SOSC 2210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Frank Tannenbaum, Harry Braverman, Anti-Capitalism
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September 19th 2016: labour relations in canada lecture 1. They"re required by law to be democratic and financially accountable to their members. They do have to provide how they use their money, some unions have a lot of money from their membership fees, they use it to pay for their staff and also a strike fund. When you go on strike you don"t get paid your regular salary or you don"t get paid. Unions as a democratizing force: workers are subject to the control of employers, who have the legal and practical power to organize the workplace as they see fit. Therefore, unions must have democratizing effects on both capitalist workplaces and societies: harry braverman (1974): as individuals, most workers are unable to counter the unrestrained power of employers over workers. Creating community: music, poetry, art: when there wasn"t internet, they sang, wrote songs, poetry about labour.