MHR 520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: National Labor Relations Act, Majoritarianism
8 May 2019
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The fundamental freedoms are freedom of expression, freedom of religion, freedom of thought, freedom of belief, freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association. } The supreme court of canada has often noted that freedom of association protects the rights of employees to associate for the meaningful pursuit of collective workplace goals. The purpose of freedom of association in the workplace is to preserve collective employee autonomy against the superior power of management and to maintain equilibrium between the parties . The wagner act model of labour relations permits a sufficiently large sector of employees to choose to associate themselves with a particular trade union and, if necessary, to decertify a union that fails to serve their needs.
