Union membership in the private sector is in a steady slow decline, here and elsewhere in the world. Increasingly, workers in the private sector are choosing not to unionize. In the public sector, unionization reaches 71% of civil servants. Are unions becoming pressure groups for government ...
1884 the American Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demanded an eight-hour workday, to come in effect as of May 1st 1886. This resulted in the general strike and the Haymarket (in Chicago) Riot of 1886, but eventually also in the official sanction of the eight-hour workday....
There was enormous public support for the parade and the authorities could no longer deny the important role that the trade unions had to play in the emerging Canadian society. A few months later, a similar parade was organized in Ottawa and passed the house of Canada’s first prime minister...
Several unions in Canada have begun to dedicate significant resources to better organize and represent Aboriginal workers. Drawing on interviews with union activists, organizers and representatives from two national public sector unions in Canada, we present an overview of union strategies to engage with...
These were usually local or provincial groups using the Labour Party or Independent Labour Party name, backed by local Labour Councils (made up of all the union locals in a city) or individual trade unions. There was an attempt to create a national Canadian Labour Party in the 1920s, but ...
They are controlled by an intricate web of financial and legal standards such as fiduciary responsibility and yet as deferred wages, are largely beyond the control of workers or their unions.; This study argues that, given their tax-exempt status, pension funds can provide the long-term capital...
This article focuses on labour movements in Canada. It is high time for labour activists and the Left in the labour movement, especially in public-sector u... Hoogers,Evert - 《Canadian Dimension》 被引量: 6发表: 2004年 The Women and Men of 1926: A Gender and Social History of the Ge...
Globalisation and the Working Class in South Korea: Contestation, Fragmentation and Renewal social movement unionism, which unifies labour issues and social issues, has emerged as an alternative to militant economic unionism of unions composed of... KY Shin - 《Journal of Contemporary Asia》 被引...
But it had started with the early unions, and its original meaning was shaped by a tradition of local labour days that celebrated craft pride and the working-class contribution to social progress in late Victorian Canada. From the beginning Labour Day was a ritual both of social solidarity and...
Unions and associations across Canada have their very own insurance program, powered by Canadian unionized insurance brokers. It’s a members-helping-members approach to risk, managing your home, automobile and seasonal assets—a unique insurance service to fit your unique needs. ...