RSM100Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Canada Labour Code, Winnipeg General Strike, Labour Candidates And Parties In Canada
Document Summary
Rsm 100y chapter 9: understanding labour-management relations. Labour unions: group of workers who band together to achieve job goals. Labour relations: process of dealing with employees who are repped by a union. Unions arose from the industrial revolution bad working conditions, no safety. The power of unions come from collective action! Collective bargaining: union leaders and management negotiate common terms of employment for the workers who are apart of the union. Earliest evidence of labour unions in canada comes in the early 19th century. First national labour organization 1873 canadian labour union formed. Union as a percentage of the workforce has stalled; 43% of union are women. Unions focus more so on job security than in increased wages. Mainly due to low inflation and downsizing. Employment growth in service industry (little union power) Deregulation mergers and layoffs; non-unionized companies. Technological change hard to organize workers. Forced investigation of labour issues by government before the strike allowed.
