HRM 3422 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bob Rae, North American Free Trade Agreement, National Labor Relations Board

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

Document Summary

Master-servant relationship- master (employer) made rules, servant (ee) follow suit. Ee limited rights and protection (common law) ee perform work & employer pay wages. Ee forced into employment terms & conditions. Illegal to quit, bargain collectively, or form union. Court & law: little to no employment protection; give more power to mgmt. (ex) master-servant act= workers refused work or follow law guilty of criminal offence. American federation of labour and the trades and labour congress of canada. Federation of trade union built in 3 principals (1886: exclusive jurisdiction- single union reps all workers in trade or occupational (wage earners) One union per craft, one craft per union: business unionism- pure and simple unionism. Focus on economic gains= bread & butter unionism n. a. Not social unionism (challenges capitalism and seeks equity for union and non-union members: political nonpartisanship- labour not aligned w/ any 1 political group. Labour support political group if political groups support them.