HRM307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: William Lyon Mackenzie King, Ontario Public Service Employees Union, Rand Formula

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM307
• Professor: Mark Gernon

Document Summary

Wager act in canada: flowed north and similar legislation enacted in nova scotia leading towards p. c. 1003 copied the key elements of the wagner act. Privy council order 1003: adopted on february 17, 1944 by the federal liberal government of prime minister william lyon mackenzie. King as a wartime measure during world war ii. It was the first legislation in canada to legally recognize the existence of unions and to force employers to negotiate with organized workers. Rand formula: process for dues check-off whereby union dues are deducted automatically from pay and remitted to the. Union whether or not the person chose to be a union member: workers may choose not to be a member of the union but they will pay union dues. Macroeconomic policy policy that applies to economy wide goals such as inflation, unemployment, and growth: regulation / deregulation, privatization, nafta/usmca, supply and demand of human capital.