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"In May 1919, the Trades and Labour Council of Winnipeg called a general strike in support of the metal and building trades in that city, who were on strike over the issues of higher wages, and the right to bargain collectively. The opposing positions on the Winnipeg General Strike were, in 1919, couched in stark black and white (perhaps blue and red provide a better analogy) rhetoric. The Winnipeg General Strike represented, for both its opponents and proponents, a clash of absolutes. The difference in the two conceptions lay in the definition of the absolutes. For the societal elite in Canada, the Winnipeg General Strike represented a clash between "anarchy and Red revolt," on the one hand, and "order and decency," on the other hand. Opposing this view, working ... "

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The face of labor in Canada is quickly changing. The number of blue-collar jobs has been declining for years in such areas as resource industry, construction, manufacturing, and so on, where unionization has traditionally been the most common. Present and future jobs in the so-called post-industrial society are to be found in sales and services, especially in the private sector. These jobs are typically diverse, part time, poorly paid, and thus difficult, if not impossible, to organize. This paper will look at the effects of the present and emerging economy on organized labour in Canada.

Tags:organized, labour, canada

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This paper focuses on the continuing relevance of Canadian labor unions in the face of globalization and the new co-operative environment focusing on productivity and efficiency that characterizes/labour management relations today.

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This paper examines the situation of women and women of colour in Canada. It focuses on work, income and employment. Women are disadvantaged in a gendered workplace while overburdened with unpaid domestic labour. Women of colour confront these discriminatory practices and racism as well.

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This paper argues that several environmental factors in Canada both underscore the need for pay equity and tend to interfere with its achievement. Inequality of pay, has direct relationship to social and legal realities in Canada that work against the cause of ensuring pay equity. Women's roles and places in society have changed dramatically, but in terms of real politick, their frequent condition of disadvantage continues, pointing to women's general precariousness, situations of prevailing pay inequity and what can seem inescapable traps of female poverty.

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"The Los Angeles Times proclaimed that the recent Teamsters strike "has served as a reminder how much the union's influence has waned" . The failed outcome of the strike, reiterated the newspaper, confirms that labor unionism in North America is growing increasingly irrelevant in economics and in politics--a point further driven home by the inability of labor to prevent congressional enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

This research examines the role of labor unions in both the United States and Canada. The history of the union movement will be charted, and the impact of labor unions on the standard of living will be assessed. Future prospects for the rise of unionism and its ability to enhance the quality of life in North America will also be discussed."

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This paper describes how Canadian workers are seeing an increase in work conflicts, stress, hazardous work environments, and job dissatisfaction due to long-term unemployment, globalization, labour market polarization, and technological changes. The paper explains how management, governments, unions and labour can reform work through different management theologies addressing these concerns and create a more productive, satisfying and participative organization. The paper concludes by stating that work needs to be done to find a strategy that will satisfy both capital and labour.

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''Canadian workers are seeing an increase in work conflicts, stress, hazardous work environments, and job dissatisfaction due to long-term unemployment, globalization, labour market polarization, and technological changes which is leading to a gradual dismantling of individual self worth and family structures. Management, governments, unions and labour can reform work through different management theologies addressing these concerns and create a more productive, satisfying and participative organization. Although, these groups cause of many of the issues relating to work reform and by extension make reformation difficult.
''Generally, satisfying work first can be characterized by financial rewards but as Krahn and Lowe state, "wages cannot neutralize the impact of what earners are obliged to do for over one-third of their waking hours, year in and year out," which shows alone money is not the only factor on levels of worker alienation and dissatisfaction.''

Tags:labour studies, canadian, work reforms

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This paper relates the major social inequalities in Canada, the people it affects, and the public policies believed to be the most effective to reduce inequalities. The paper applies human capital theory as complemented by social-mobility theory and labor market segmentation theory as complemented by the dual economy theory to this problem. The paper concludes that the goal of employment equity is to ensure that ability is the only criteria in making employment decisions; however, in reality, despite legislation, continuing forms of indirect and direct discrimination against disadvantaged groups and individuals still exist.

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"Human capital theory also asks whether everyone has the same chance at gaining a post-secondary education. Differences in socio-economic status indirectly affect those seeking a higher education. With tuition fees continuing to rise, we need to ask if we are adding another factor to drive back human capital and place a barrier whereby only the rich and privileged will be able to afford education. Finally, it is shown that regional location, gender, and ethnicity figure prominently in occupational attainment."

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This paper discusses the common-refrain of the Conference Board of Canada to report that private-sector unions and management are becoming more likely to pull "closer together for the sake of survival" in the newer global economy. The paper points out that in the public sector the Board generally reports that relations are worsening. It continues that despite the fact that strife garners much more in the way of headlines than agreements negotiated good faith, the Board's statement that private-sector unions are making more of an effort to work with employers is ideological in that it creates a spin pressuring unions to reduce demands in the name of tax cuts.

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The paper looks at the advantages and implications of excluding managerial employees from collective agreements under Canadian Labor Law. It examines the way different Labor Boards treat and rule on who should be excluded in each case.

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"Whenever a trade union in Canada applies for certification to the Labor Board, it undergoes a series of procedures before the Board acknowledges to the union that the latter, in fact, exists under the law. One of the steps that the union and a related employer(s) undertake is called the definition of the bargaining unit. This procedure involves submitting to the Labor Board a list of names of all employees in a proposed unit along with their positions and job descriptions. The purpose of this move is to pin-point those categories of employees that may and will be excluded from the proposed unit if found in the initial submission."

Tags:canada, industrial, labor, law, union