Overview
Labour Relations: The Unionized Workplace, by Laurence Olivo and Peter McKeracher, is part of Emond Montgomery’s Working with the Law series.
Laurence Olivo teaches at Seneca College in the Law and Public
Administration program, and is also actively involved in Seneca’s
industrial relations activities. Peter McKeracher teaches labour and
employment law course, and industrial relations at Durham College.
Together, these gifted teachers have written the first text on labour
relations for those in law and law-related community college programs.
- Written for all college level courses in labour relations,
including law clerk and paralegal courses; business management courses;
and HRPAO (Human Resources Professionals Association of Ontario)
continuing education courses.
- Provides an historical overview of the trade union movement, along with pertinent theories and analytical models.
- Details the negotiation and administration of a collective
agreement — from choosing a bargaining unit, to negotiating a first
contract, to the grievance and arbitration processes.
- Places the unionized workplace in its statutory context — both federally and provincially.
- Describes the interface between provincial employment standards legislation and collective agreements.
- Identifies the influences of globalization on labour standards.
- Examines the political, economic, social, and technological factors
affecting today’s workplace and speculates on how these factors will
likely affect trade unions in the future.
- Includes challenging review and discussion questions, several case studies, a glossary of key terms, and an index.
- Provides a detailed sample collective agreement in the appendix.
Top ∧Content Summary
- The Labour Movement
- The Labour Relations System
- Organizing a Workplace
- Negotiating a Collective Agreement
- Administering a Collective Agreement
- Federal Labour Relations
- Public Sector Bargaining
- Emerging Trends in Labour Relations
- Employment Standards
