Canadian Labour Relations: Law, Policy, and Practice, 2nd Edition

Part I: The Law of Work: Themes, Frameworks, and Perspectives
1. Canadian Law of Work in a Nutshell
2. A Framework for Analyzing the Law of Work
3. Key Perspectives That Shape the Law of Work
4. What is Employment?

Part II: The Collective Bargaining Regime
5. Introduction to the Collective Bargaining Regime and the Canadian Labour Movement
6. A Brief History of Labour and the Law
7. Why Do Workers Join Unions and What Effects Do Unions Have on Business?
8. The Unionization Process
9. Unfair Labour Practices and the Right to Organize
10. Collective Bargaining and Making a Collective Agreement
11. The Law of Industrial Conflict
12. The Collective Agreement
13. Grievances, the Labour Arbitration, and “Just Cause” in the Unionized Workplace
14. The Regulation of Unions: Legal Status, the Duty of Fair Representation, and Decertification
15. Public Sector Labour Relations

Part III: The Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Work
16. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Work
17. Globalization and the Law of Work: International Labour Law and Trade Law

Part IV: Issues and Debates in Industrial Relations and Collective Bargaining
18. Issue: Card-Check or Mandatory Vote: Which Model Better Measures Employees’ Desire to Unionize?
19. Issue: Is the Wagner Model of Collective Bargaining Good for Canadian Workers?
20. Issue: Should Minority Unionism Be Recognized and Promoted in Canadian Labour Policy?
21. Issue: Should Canada Adopt Right to Work Laws?
21. Issue: Should the Use of Replacement Workers Be Prohibited?
22. Issue: Should Public Sector Workers have the Right to Strike?
23. Issue: Has the Charter Advanced Labour Rights?

Chapter 10: Collective Bargaining and the Making of a Collective Agreement

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