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- Title
The Future of Public Sector Collective Bargaining in Canada.
- Authors
Swimmer, Gene; Bartkiw, Tim
- Abstract
This article presents information on the future of public sector collective bargaining in Canada. It is informed that collective bargaining for most Canadian public employees became a reality in the mid-1960s. The article presents an analysis of the current Canadian public sector labor relations system which differs substantially from the U.S. model. The article also attempts to explain the trends in Canadian government policies towards public sector bargaining. It is informed that there are two major areas where the public sector legislative framework has diverged from the private sector model: the scope of bargaining and dispute resolution. Based on the philosophy that public policy should be determined in the legislature, not at the bargaining table, the scope of issues subject to negotiation is often narrower than in the private sector. It is opined that the most controversial aspect of public sector collective bargaining has been dispute resolution. From the outset, Canadian legislatures accepted that there must be some form of finality for the bargaining regime to be credible.
- Subjects
CANADA; COLLECTIVE bargaining; INDUSTRIAL relations; LABOR disputes; PUBLIC sector; ECONOMIC sectors
- Publication
Journal of Labor Research, 2003, Vol 24, Issue 4, p579
- ISSN
0195-3613
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12122-003-1015-0