COMMERCE 4BC3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Austerity In Israel, The Employer, Collective Agreement
19 Feb 2020
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Introduction of government wage control laws, inflation still an issue: lower wage settlements, even in absence of legal restraints, employment growth slowed, union growth slowed, retrenchment years: 1990s-1998. Canada dropped: many froze or reduced public sector wages; overhauled budgets, there were 3 possibilities for employers/employees during this time, 1. Cooperative approach: work closely with unions to solve the problem: 2. Adversarial bargaining: get tough at the bargaining table : 3. Week 9: - negotiations: contract zones, bargaining power, disputes etc. Strike: a collective response by workers through their union, activity to affect the terms and conditions that will go into a collective agreement. Unions are legally required to take secret ballot strike votes, and must secure majority vote for a strike. Once a union has the majority vote, there is a strike threat. If conciliation is not successful, there is legal framework specifying when a strike can begin.
