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Why Do Workers Support Policies To Weaken Labour Rights?
My colleague here at the School of HRM at York, Tony Fang, found a while back that the union wage premium in Canada is about 7.7% (see page 13), meaning that…
Upcoming Work Law Conferences
It’s a busy time for labour and employment law academics. I, like many other scholars in work law and industrial relations, am bogged down right now in preparing papers for…
My New Academic Papers on Labour Law
One thing I do on this website is promote Canadian academic scholarship in labour and employment law. You can always find links to many of the best academic papers…
Target Violates U.S. Labour Laws in Attempts to Thwart Union Organizing Campaign
Canada’s newest giant discount retailer Target is in hot water south of the border. The retailer committed a long list of violations of American labor laws in its efforts to…
Saskatchewan’s Bill 85: When Ideology Trumps Good Sense?
Saskatchewan has a big problem. It’s not unemployment. It’s the opposite. The province must attract some 60,000 new workers to the prairie province in the next 5-7 years to meet…
Saskatchewan Court of Appeal: No Charter Right to Strike Until SCC Says So
The much awaited decision of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has arrived. I reviewed the background to this case here. The Court of Appeal went cautious, and ruled essentially that…
Saskatchewan Court of Appeal to Rule Tomorrow on Charter Right to Strike
My prairie sources tell me that tomorrow is the big day. The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal is set to issue its landmark ruling on whether the Section 2(d) of the…
New Book Explores the Future of Work Regulation
Harry Arthurs sends along notice of an important new book entitled Rethinking Workplace Regulation: Beyond the Standard Contract of Empoyment. Harry and Katherine Stone edited the book, which includes chapters…
Another Senator Lambasts Tories’ Wasteful, Partisan Attacks on Unions
The Conservative’s latest attack on its nemesis, the labour movement, has awoken the Senate, which is playing its role of providing ‘sober second thought’ with gusto in opposition to Bill C-377.…
The Conservative Temporary Foreign Labour Program Fiasco
This story just gets weirder, and more troubling every day. Check out this list of employers the Conservative government approved to permit Canadian employers to bring in foreign workers. Link…
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