BU121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Toronto–Dominion Bank, Canada Labour Code, International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers
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Canada labour code when business crosses boundaries in midst of what they do. Parent = family name e. g. cupe, teamsters canada, unifor, usw. Threat of a strike remove resource that management needs: timing. Ability to carry it out: strike fund. Ability to withstand a strike: stockpiling, subcontracting, skeleton staff, strikebreakers. Employer association bargaining: ecao vs. ibew. Craft/trade = skilled workers, electricians, not everyone can do this work, one skill one unit. Everybody with that skill in that group. Control access to apprenticeships, monopolize skill, limit the #, demand and supply. The minute they leave cannot be replaced. In the industry in that particular company, in that shop where that steel is used. Not what they do but where they work. Only hard to replace if they all leave, strength in numbers, if a few of them leave management can just reduce work or hire new. Picket line controls access through intimidation, power within group.
