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Detailed assessment of the mixed record of the Canadian labour movement over the past decade. Concludes that union renewal lies in the balance between union education and democracy, and engagement with workplace restructuring.
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Discusses way and means to rejuvenate union democracy and education, with references to the Canadian labour movement.
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Analyzes how, in the late 1980s, industrial unions such as the Canadian Auto Workers adapted successfully to the growth of the service sector and the changing composition of the workforce. Concludes that problems of internal union structure and identity, as well as jurisdictional disputes between unions, are still not resolved.
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Describes the varying patterns of union governance and membership since 1945 in the five primarily English-speaking countries of Australia, Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand, and the US. Discusses union efforts at renewal in the 1990s as a result of declining membership and waning political influence.
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Provides a detailed historical account of Ottawa's transformation during the 19th century, focusing on the rise of its working class, labour movements, and the challenges faced during the construction of Parliament Hill. Discusses Daniel O'Donoghue, whose election to the Ontario legislature in 1874 made him the first independent labour candidate to be elected in Canada. Concludes that O'Donoghue's defeat in 1877 signalled an ebbing of working-class power in Ottawa.
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Analyzes Supreme Court of Canada's decisions of the 1980s and 1990s that collective bargaining is a not a fundamental right under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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Discusses the extensive surveillance of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers by the RCMP and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service from the 1960s-80s, and the union's efforts under the Access to Information Act as well as court challenges to obtain documentation of it. Also discusses the Canadian Labour Congress's 1996 resolution that called for the disbandment of the security service.
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The current debate in academic and business circles in the United States over section 8(a)(2), the National Labor Relations Act’s ban on “dominated” labor organizations (company unions), the fact of dramatic union decline in the United States, and the post-NAFTA atmosphere in labor relations that features employer confidence, management aggressiveness against unions, an active search for a nonunion environment either through plant shutdowns or the encouragement of nonunion representation forms, has heightened business interest and renewed curiosity about company unions.
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Despite the great economic advantage of capitalism - that it is an efficient system of production and distribution - capitalist societies struggle with its by-products of poverty, exclusion, corruption, and environmental destruction. The essays in "Ethics and Capitalism" address the question of ensuring ethical and just societies within a capitalist system without sacrificing productivity. The introductory essay is a guide to the issues in the emerging field of ethics and capitalism, and refers to recent contributions from several disciplines. The collection as a whole evaluates the morality of capitalism by looking at its foundation in property theory, its relationship to democracy, the problems of corruption and globalization, as well as the impact of capitalism on non-European cultures and the environment. Contributors consider various ideological and cultural biases that affect our understanding of capitalism. It is the aim of the collection to defend the practical merits of capitalism while raising concerns about its ethical problems. In conclusion, the volume considers the possibility of a mitigated form of capitalism that would ensure economic efficiency and productivity while avoiding ethical pitfalls. --Publisher's description
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Documents the RCMP's monitoring of the women's auxiliaries of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers in northeastern Ontario in the Cold War era.