HRM 3422 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Job Performance, New Public Management, Canadian Union Of Public Employees

• School: York University
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM 3422
• Professor: Indira Somwaru

Document Summary

71% unionization in public sector; 16% in private sector. Different laws for public sector lr (essential workers cannot strike) Role of gov"t- (employer of public servants) part of cb. Role of party as direct interest: gov"t intervention dismantle cb process for public sector. Back to work legislation, wage freeze, mid contractor pay rollbacks. Two parties know gov"t make hard decision then don"t need to make it. Political & public opinion- political power substitute for economic power. Pressure from loss of services & public pressure on who"s to blame. Parties settle ca outcomes less visible & more long term. Public ees can"t bargain over policy matters only bread & butter. Public sector bargaining law restrict scope of bargaining to conditions of employment. History of public sector- public sector unions 3rd wave of unionism in cdn 1960s (union growth factors) 1) social upheaval- civil rights & antiwar movements rise for public sector union.