History 2125F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Labor Management Relations Act Of 1947, List Of Association Football Teams To Have Won Four Or More Trophies In One Season, World Bank
14 Dec 2017
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Northern enterprise lecture 12: nickel, diamond and other private resources are privatized, oil, mechanization of staples means less people working in staples industry, many staples extractors are foreign owned, wanted not needed staple. Labour in an open business world: unions face restructured/flexible workplaces. New hires attack strikers strikers win but lose in end because plant closes. Use of back to work law almost quadruples. Supreme court: government cannot interfere in collective bargaining. Productivity not enough- average work week increases. World bank report: unions good for the economy: technology, new business strategies. Misconstruing efficiency as simply cost cutting i. e. downsizing. Stock markets used for speculation than actual trade: general ideology of globalization, elites vs. unions: the gainers strike (edmonton) 1986. End of social contract implicitly in fordist industrial compromise: end to keynesian policies, mass layoffs= increased profits. Where are we now: personal gain is all that matters. Conrad black: economy re-enforces class structure.
