LABRST 2A03 Lecture Notes - Underemployment, Nonunion, Capital Flight
9 Dec 2013
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By late 1960s, union rights extended to public sector. By mid 1980s, about 3. 7 million workers or about 38% union density. Public sector unions largest and majority of unionized labour force. Greater reliance on market mechanism to regulate economy. Rise of neoliberalism in the early 1980s. Regulate economy through manipulation of interest rates and not direct investment in job creation. Attacks on union rights: permanent exceptionalism. Introduce regressive labour legislation under the justification of emergency measures. Essential service designation, back to work, price and wage controls. Social wage: attacks on unemployment insurance and other labour market supports, universality. Provision of public goods: vulnerable to budgetary pressure, privatization too expensive to deliver , driven by lean principles . Government deficits blamed on big government : size and costs. Taxation cuts funded through reductions in public service. Guarantor of civil liberties and workplace rights and employer. Public service granted unionization rights in 1960s but with limits.
