LAW 529 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Majoritarianism, Rand Formula, National Labor Relations Act

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 529
• Professor: Clara Chapdelaine- Feliciati

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Advantages: unionized employee perspective -> better wages, benefits, more security, business perspective -> higher productivity, less turnover, society perspective (non-unionized employee) -> reduces welfare. Disadvantages: unionized employee perspective -> (cid:455)ou (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:859)t de(cid:448)iate fro(cid:373) a u(cid:374)io(cid:374), e(cid:448)e(cid:374) if (cid:455)ou do(cid:374)(cid:859)t agree, business perspective -> strikes, society perspective (non-unionized employee) -> might feel unfair because those in unions may have more rights. Imbalance of bargaining power keeps individual employment contracts from being satisfactory regulatory mechanism. Collective negotiation between trade unions and employers leads to a collective agreement between the parties that governs the terms and conditions of employment. Adjudication is done by specialized administrative tribunals -> labour relations boards in canada. Ontario labour relations act provides the procedural mechanism (not actual terms and conditions of employment) In the face of industrialization, workers cease to own or control the resources they used in creating goods or services. Wages and working conditions were determined solely by competitive market forces.