LABRST 3C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Majoritarianism, The Employer, Secret Ballot

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Labour Studies
• Course: LABRST 3C03
• Professor: John Barkans

Document Summary

Recognition: how does union get recognized in workplace used to be single largest sources of strikes and tension, many times unions got created and tons of workers on board and employer says no. Other expectations: management workers often do not go into union. Used to be no as managers get treated worse they r allowed to unionize. No want separate b/c scared mgmt w identify w workers, mgmt will take over power if in same union b/c workers fear them: confidential workers access to confidential info employer has. Difficult b/c employers can feel compromised and like something is held over their head: temp foreign workers . Labour law isnt the same for them. When union organizes workers how does it get rights to represent them. Thursday, february 8, 2018: replaced other system, no employer power if employer doesnt wanna deal w union union can go to labour board and get certified and once certified employer must recognize.