BU354 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Canadian Labour Congress, Peer Pressure
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The union-management framework: union: an organization with the legal authority to represent workers, negotiatie the terms and conditions of employment with the employer, and administer the collective agreement. Why employees seek union representation: collective agreement: a labour contract that addresses a variety of issues such as wages and benefits, hours of work, working conditions, grievance procedures, safety standards, probationary periods, and worok assignments. Labour unions: goals and structure: union goals & philosophy, business unionism: a type of unionism whose mission is to protect workers, increase their pay, improve their working conditions and help workers in general. Industrial union: a type of union that includes the unskilled and semiskilled workers at a particular location: canadian labour congress (clc): an organization, with a membership of about 3. 3 million, that represents many unions in canada. Has five main functions: representint canada at the international labour organizatoin.
