SOCY 336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Industrial Democracy, Co-Determination, Profit Sharing
25 Mar 2017
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Industrial democracy: workers as legitimate stakeholders. Profit sharing, worker ownership and participation in decision making linked to higher productivity (ilrr) The pro-union view: having a say in how work is performed is an absolutely essential element in producing in a high-quality, highly competitive enterprise. Saturn and xerox are two instances where union-worker participation made the difference Unions provide workers with the assurance they can speak their minds without retribution Unions help workers define through collective bargaining what their share of industry"s success will be -lynn williams, u. s. steelworkers. The anti-union view: more important than employer opposition is employee opposition They oppose joining unions because they see collective bargaining as irrelevant to their working. What do unions do: multi-faceted goals: History of unions in canada: unions played a key role in establishing many of the rights we take for granted today. E. g. , strike, bargain, 1872 trade unions act.
