MHR 522 Chapter 2: MHR 522 Reading 3

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Human Resources
• Course: MHR 522
• Professor: Tim Bartkiw

Document Summary

Mhr 522 - reading 3 /4 collective bargaining legislation in canada. As we examine canadian labor legislation, we will see two themes throughout the law: an interest in encouraging collective bargaining. Interest in discouraging industrial conflict and work stoppages such as strikes and lockouts. In 1907 federal government passed the industrial disputes investigation act (idia) to address industrial unrest of a series of strikes by railway, mining, and public utility. Crucial mechanism introduced by idia is compulsory third-party intervention as a precondition to a legal strike or lockout when collective bargaining breaks down. Intent was to use public opinion to pressure an uncooperative party to compromise and settle. Described as one of the paradoxes of canadian labor law: on one hand our system of labor law accepts that union-management relations will include conflict and that work stoppages may occur. On other hand our labor law system is characterized by regulations, procedures, and other obstacles to such expressions of conflict.