LABR 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Equal Exchange, Theoretical Definition, Nonunion
1 Feb 2018
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Def: industrial relations - the study of all aspects of people at work. All those working canadians who are in an employment relation in a position of subordination to those in authority. Manual workers and non-manual workers and professional workers. Labour unions principal for of worker organization in canada. Def: labour union organization of workers intended primarily to represent and advance the interests and values of their members. Primary purpose is to represent their members using collective bargaining. Labour movement and organized labour includes labour federations. Def: labour federations are associations (page 5) of unions, established primarily to represent, coordinate, and provide services to member unions at the provincial and national levels. Encompass all employed canadians who do exercise authority. Authority at each level overarching authority at lower levels. Managers typically find themselves in positions of subordination as well as superordination. Def: employer the term used to refer to an organization in which people work in return for economic compensation.
