LABRST 2A03 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Collective Agreement, Canadian Union Of Public Employees, Lewis Hamilton
12 Oct 2018
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LABRST 2A03
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Fall 2018
Structures: Locals, Unions and Centrals
Locals
Large unions like CUPE are made up of large groups of locals.
Types of Union Locals
• Workplace-Based
• Most common type of union local
• They work with only one local/workplace - 1 organization for 1 job site, ex. Ford
• Common industrially
• This model rejected trade-based model/trade unions.
• Trade Unions (Craft)
• Trade-based model: worker works at the union rate depending on what town they go to.
• The law discourages trade unions today
• Hiring Hall
• To control the trade, all hiring must be done through a hiring hall
• Employee hired at a hiring hall will work at the union rate, under union conditions
• Ex. Union would get control of hiring on the port, then all the removal of good from the ship
would be the hiring process.
• Powerful, especially in 50s and 60s, (if they can get established)
• Can be done over the internet now
• Large Local
• Locals deciding, they don’t want to be with small organizations
• Food and commercial workers have large locals representing them
• Have many bargaining units
• Ex. United Food & Commercial Workers union and Service Employees International union
• Structural (Public Sector)
• Unions corresponding to government structure meaning large groups of workers under one local
(large union) government umbrella ex. City of Toronto 416, Hamilton 5167
Local VS. Bargaining Unit
• Local is a union structure. Most locals have more than 1 bargaining unit, they don’t all need to
have the same collective agreement.
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• Local is divided into different bargaining units
• Bargaining unit = all workers covered by a bargaining unit. Unions bargain and manage collective
agreements.
• All members will be covered by the collective agreement, that’s the bargain.
Internal Structure - Ground Level
Collective Agreement
• Lays out the rules
• If there’s a problem, go to the collective agreement
Stewards
• Elected to be micro-ground-level presence for the union
• Duties - Handbooks
• Face of the union to the members/ workers
• If there’s an issue, workers come to you
• Worker has confidence that the steward will know what to do/ how to help
• “first line of defence”
• Wagner model first established this structure
• Stewards council
• Stewards meeting on a monthly or bi-monthly basis
• Stewards share information to distinguish common problems or strengths
• Chief Steward
• Head of steward’s council
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Document Summary
Large unions like cupe are made up of large groups of locals. They work with only one local/workplace - 1 organization for 1 job site, ex. Ford: most common type of union local. This model rejected trade-based model/trade unions: trade unions (craft) Trade-based model: worker works at the union rate depending on what town they go to. The law discourages trade unions today: hiring hall. To control the trade, all hiring must be done through a hiring hall. Employee hired at a hiring hall will work at the union rate, under union conditions. Union would get control of hiring on the port, then all the removal of good from the ship would be the hiring process. Powerful, especially in 50s and 60s, (if they can get established) Can be done over the internet now: large local. Locals deciding, they don"t want to be with small organizations. Food and commercial workers have large locals representing them.
