LABRST 2A03 Lecture Notes - Unifor, Bargaining Unit, Walmart
9 Dec 2013
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Erosion of union power resulting from: legislative assault, global capital and labour markets, higher levels of unemployment with fewer unemployment supports. Shift from demand to supply: atrophied political activism. Union security: rand formula, dues check off. Limit on strikes: must be legal and after collective agreement expires, no wildcat strikes (illegal) Tacit legitimization of union political role: junior partner in maintaining economic and political order. State commitment to political and economic structures to ensure stability: favourable to both unionized and non-unionized workers. Organized along industrial sector: natural jurisdiction. Power based on density within a particular sector (take wages out of competition: equalize working wages and conditions across the sector (standardize, lip-sawing . Ignored smaller workplaces (not a threat to collective bargaining power there is power in numbers: labour relations system, unions had a critical mass so not a threat to union power. Reoriented away from radical politics: no more overthrowing the system, but rather fix it.
