Nate Holdren explains how the very legislation that gave workers the right to strike also ensured strikes would become less frequent.
“There Oughta Be a Law”
Catherine Kemp and Marianne Garneau argue that law doesn’t advance social progress, but instead tries to halt the power struggles that do.
When they say jump
A maintenance worker with the Toronto Transit Commission describes a recent uneventful job action called by union leadership.
Labor law doesn’t advance class struggle, the end
Nick Driedger argues two provocative points: that “the purpose of labor law is to condition non-militant unions into existence” and that “union contracts are a way of creating a tiered labor law for different parts of the workforce.”
A tighter embrace
While some parts of Canadian labor law are the envy of the American left, Marianne Garneau argues that overall Canada’s system draws unions into a tighter embrace with employers
Unions by the numbers
According to a recent survey, 42% of workers would like to belong to a union. Nick Driedger talks about would it take to get to 42% union density.