LABRST 2A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Union Democracy, Brad Wall

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Labour Studies
• Course: LABRST 2A03
• Professor: David Goutord

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Neoliberal age: government making little exceptions to the wagner model, saying unions can not bargain to strike: back-to-work legislation. When a government is dealing with a strike. Government forces workers back to work during the workers" strike. Terms also used to settle the dispute. Arbitration or mediation: good example in 2015 with stephan harper government, ad-hoc legislation. Passing a quick wall about a certain group of workers and their rights: ex. Trying to undermine and attack the wagner model, making it less affective: british columbia: gordon campbell. Best example of undoing the wagner model, making it difficult for workers to receive. Campbell de-funded labour boards, making less affective to organize a new union. A case of back to work legislation. Wrote into the law new wages, that workers will lose their job and union entirely: an aggressive form of undoing the wagner model and undermining, b. c. Removing teacher"s union rights: ability to bargain, strike and grieve.