[LABRST 2A03] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 92 pages long Study Guide!
1 Dec 2016
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Focus on how unions are going to grow. A set of unions have adapted to this model by diversifying their basis. Unions that are created because they are aggressively beating out unions in other areas. In canada, 7 unions represent 2/3 of unionized workers in canada. Searching for diversification in terms of gender, sector etc. An attempt to put new resources into new union drives. When a union takes over a local which was previously part of another union. When people seem unhappy with their union, they are inclined to align with another. Unions will have their business employees watching if employees seem unhappy. A congress evolved out of new union drives and desperation to launch new organizing. It is not a successful breakaway, frustration over new organizing drives cause them to fail. Unifor - created out of a merger between the caw and the cep. The union is diversified, lots of public and private sector representation.
