MHR 600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Canadian Labour Congress, Ivan Rand, Industrial Unionism
27 Nov 2016
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Near the end of the war: gov passed wagner act 1935 (u. s. ) Increased unionization: canadian pc 1003 (1944) modeled on us wagner act (roosevelt gov. ) Key elements: right to organize w/o er retaliation, right to collective bargain er had to recognize union, right to strike w/o er harassment/punishment, union certification process, exclusive representation of defined bargaining units where majority support . Stimulated industrial union organization, congress of industrial organization (cio) formed in 1935: aka industrial unionization. American federation of labour (afl), primarily craft based unions. Congress of industrial organizations: cio (1935), primary industrial unions. Trades and labour congress (tlc) (1883), mostly craft based unions. Canadian congress of labour: ccl (1940), industrial. Fears of unemployment, return to pre-war economic conditions: ers hoping pc 1003 temporary war measure, workers, unions tried to prevent rollbacks . Some key conflicts over next 4-5 years.
