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Resource type
Book
Authors/contributors
Title
Work on Trial: Canadian Labour Law Struggles
Abstract
Work on Trial is a collection of studies of eleven major cases and events that have helped to shape the legal landscape of work in Canada. While most of the cases are well-known because of the impact they have had on collective bargaining, individual employment law, or human rights, less is known about the social and political contexts in which the cases arose, the backgrounds and personalities of the judges and the litigants, the legal manoeuvres that were employed, or the ultimate fate of all those who were involved. These studies, written by some of Canada's leading labour and legal historians, provide this context. Beginning with Toronto Electric Commissioners v. Snider, one of the earliest and most important cases involving the division of powers in the Canadian federation, to the events leading to the articulation of the "Rand Formula" in the immediate post Second World War period, and on to the struggles of women workers in the late 20th century in challenging the continu-ing employment practices based on hegemonic gender-based assumptions, each study tells a compelling story, rich in detail and full of perceptive insights into the complex relationship between law and work. -- Publisher's description.
Edition
1st edition
Place
Toronto
Publisher
Irwin Law
Date
2010
# of Pages
xiv, 426 pages, illustrations
Language
English
ISBN
978-1-55221-167-0
URL
https://www.irwinlaw.com/titles/work-trial-canadian-labour-law-struggles
Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents: Introduction / Judy Fudge and Eric Tucker -- pt 1. Constitutions and institutions. "Capitalist ’justice’ as peddled by the ’noble lords’" : Toronto Electric Commissioners v. Snider et al. / R. Blake Brown and Jennifer J. Llewellyn -- John East Iron Works v. Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board : a test for the infant administrative state / Beth Bilson -- pt. 2. Responsible unions : security, orderly production, and dissent. How Justice Rand devised his famous formula / William Kaplan -- Dissent, democracy, and discipline : the case of Kuzych v. White et al. / Mark Leier -- Organizing offshore : labour relations, industrial pluralism, and order in the Newfoundland and Labrador oil industry, 1997-2006 / Sean T. Cadigan -- pt. 3. Courts and collective action in the post-war regime. The Royal York Hotel case : the "right" to strike--and not be fired for striking / Malcolm E. Davidson -- Hersees of Woodstock Ltd. v. Goldstein : how a small town case made it big / Eric Tucker -- A certain "malaise" : Harrison v. Carswell, shopping centre picketing, and the limits of the post-war settlement / Philip Girard and Jim Phillips -- pt. 4. Human rights norms at work. Debating maternity rights : Pacific Western Airlines and flight attendants’ struggle to "fly pregnant" in the 1970s / Joan Sangster -- Challenging norms and creating precedents : the tale of a woman firefighter in the forests of British Columbia / Judy Fudge and Hester Lessard -- pt. 5. Changing common law norms. The micropolitics of Wallace v. United Grain Growers Ltd. / Daphne G. Taras -- Afterword : looking back / Harry Glasbeek.

Citation
Fudge, J., & Tucker, E. (Eds.). (2010). Work on Trial: Canadian Labour Law Struggles (1st edition). Irwin Law. https://www.irwinlaw.com/titles/work-trial-canadian-labour-law-struggles
Link to this record
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