MHR 523 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Secret Ballot, Arbitration Clause, Collective Bargaining
4 Apr 2017
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Ongoing interactions between labour unions and management. A formal agreement regarding terms and conditions of employment. Group of employees recognized for collective bargaining purposes. Purposes: to provide a common set of rules for fair negotiations, to protect public interest by preventing impact of labour disputes. No strike/lockout during life of the contract. Boards set up in the federal and provincial jurisdictions to administer labour relations legislations. Investigate violation of the law and have power to investigation and make decisions. Interfering in the formation of a union or contributing financially. Discriminating based on union membership or because employee exercises rights. Intimidating or coercing an employee to join or not join. Trying to bargain when the union is not the certified agent. Persuading employees during working hours, or at the workplace to join or not join. The rate of unionization has fallen from 37. 6% in 1981 to. Demographics aging workforce bringing management and unions together.
