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WTF Happened with that Westjet Strike?
By David Doorey I was minding my own business on the Canada Day long weekend touring the tops of Manhattan skyscrapers (see below) and attending labour law panels at the …
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Without a Successful Strike Vote, York Faculty Are Sitting Ducks
By David Doorey, York University In 2018 I published a piece called “The Folly of Not Voting to Strike in Canadian Collective Bargaining Law”. The context was ongoing collective bargaining …
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The “Canadian Problem” in Professional Sports Collective Bargaining
By David Doorey North American professional sports provides a fascinating example of voluntary transnational collective bargaining. It works (most of the time) because the leagues and their member teams and …
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How Will a TTC Strike End?
By David Doorey, York University A legal strike by TTC employees represented by the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 113 could begin overnight. In all probability, that strike will not last …
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More Details on the UFCW-UBER Agreement
Written by David Doorey, York University In this January 2022 post, I discussed the breaking news that UFCW and UBER Canada had reached some sort of secret deal that involved …