LABRST 2A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Wildcat Strike Action, New Social Movements, Labour Candidates And Parties In Canada

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Labour Studies
• Course: LABRST 2A03
• Professor: David Goutor

Document Summary

Wildcat strikes: poverty, new social movements, new left. Union expansion: economy, public sector, canada. Continued to do very well in bargaining. Standard of livings were good in both canada and usa (continuing to rise) Major social tensions about other social issues. 1962-63: very large waves of wildcat strikes (workers are unhappy) Unions are not dealing w/ how the work is done push-backs: unions focus on contracts, economics, wages and benefits, not focusing on how work is done. Work is getting more routine, sped up and workers don(cid:495)t have. Unions are big agents of democracy b/c they aren(cid:495)t changing. Wagner model: to avoid disruptions but now workers are the work and routines. 1960s: reached the tipping point: b/c work is becoming too routine frustrated w/ their work. Labrst 2a03: as economy was growing, it seems to be (cid:494)getting better(cid:495) ways of, 1960s: parts of the country that still had high levels of poverty standard of living.