HRM 2600 Lecture 14: Chapter 14- Labour Relations

• School: York University
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM 2600
• Professor: Michael Mc Garry

Document Summary

Key legislation: the industrial relations disputes and investigation act, canada labour code, provincial labour law statutes. Why employees unionize: economic needs, dissatisfaction with management, social and leadership concerns. Organizing steps: employee/union contact initial organization meeting formation of in house organizing committee application to labour relations board and receipt of certification election of bargaining committee and contract negotiation. Union tactics: cannot interfere with the formation of an employer association, cannot intimidate or coerce employees to become members of a union, must provide fair representation for all in the bargaining unit. Bargaining unit: a group of two or more employees who share common employment interests and conditions and may reasonably be grouped together for purposes of collective bargaining. Impact of unionization on managers: challenges to management decisions: may involve such issues as the subcontracting of work, productivity standards, and job content, loss of supervisory authority: covering wages, benefits, job security, and working hours.