BU121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Unifor, United Steelworkers, Canadian Labour Congress
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Government lays out the rule by which they play the game legislation: olra ontario labour relations act. There is one for each province: clc canada labour code. Therefore they use this to be more federal. Parent union what you think of when you think of union : what they do is like what the parent of a family would do, ex. Labour congress do a lot of research to ensure they have the power to negotiate with the government: afl/cio american federation of labour/congress of industrial organizations. All across na (international: clc canadian labour congress. National: ofl ontario federation of labour. Ability to take the human resource away: this can give them sufficient power. Ability to carry it out: strike fund. Unions threaten to strike when it would be the most inconvenient for management = Mailmen would threaten to strike during christmas as they would have the most power then: ex.
