JS380 Lecture 9: lecture 9.docx

• School: University of Regina
• Department: Justice Studies
• Course: JS380
• Professor: Stefan Idziak

Document Summary

Lecture 9: legal prohibition of strikes and other economic sanctions: the peace. Strikes not only means of pressure tactics rotating strikes, go slows, work-to-rule etc, all aimed at restricting/disrupting work. Strikes historically used by unions to resolve practically any disagreemet, since barring legislation this was the only tool avaliable. Legislation requires that parties negotiate before entering a strike in most jurisdictions disuptes must be summited to mediateion or concilliation before a strike can begin. So whether a strike can occur is subject to a lot of regulation. Of course illegal acts are not strikes, and you cannot take actions totally disconnected with your work ie. sabotage. Once the collective agreement has expired, you are in a legal strike position: must bargain in good faith to the point of impasse, meaning you must engage in a full and complete process of collective bargaining.