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Index Abandonment of bargaining rights, 186, 358–359 Arbitral jurisprudence, 221 Accounts receivable, transfers of, 352 Arbitration, expedited, 324–327 Accreditation, for collective bargaining, 182 Arbitration award: Adversarial confl icts, 223 creation of, 321–322 Adverse impact discrimination, 15 legalism in, 324 Affi liates, 103 Arbitration hearings, 318–320 Affordable Care Act, 415 Arbitrators, appointment of, 316–317 AFL, see American Federation of Labor Arthurs, Jimmy, 52 AFL-CIO, 415 Asbestos strike, 73 Air Canada, 362 Ashley, Susan, 290 Alberta: Asian Canadian Labour Alliance, 394 disputes inquiry board in, 297 Assets, transfer of, 351–352 labour codes on grievances in, 306 Attitudes toward unions: mediation in, 286 employees, 119–122 preserving labour history of, 52 society, 123–124 provisions for employees returning during strike in, 261 Attitudinal structuring, 212–215, 223 supermarket employees in, 28 Australia: Alberta Federation of Labour, 94 and globalization model, 406 Alberta Labour History Institute (ALHI), 52 work stoppages in, 267–268 “Alive After 5” workshops, 395 Auto industry, whipsawing in, 181–182 Allan, Mark, 293 Automatic certifi cation, 132, 360 All-Canadian Congress of Labour, 67 Automation, 408 American Airlines Inc. v. Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Back-to-work legislation: Employees, 166 and Canadian National Railway strike, 238 American Association of University Professors, 256 use of, to end public sector strikes, 252 American Federation of Labor (AFL), 61, 69, 71 Bakke, E. Wight, 39–40, 44 American industrial relation legislation, 127 Balance of probabilities: Anti-Infl ation Board, 77 in grievance arbitration, 319 Anti-union animus, 165 for unfair labour practices, 165–166 actions of employers showing, 165 Bangladesh, 407 in changes to employers, 348–349,COPYRIGHTED 353 Bargaining MATERIAL agents, 124–125 in workplace restructuring, 369–370 Bargaining councils, 182 Appeals, to arbitration awards, 321–322 Bargaining in good faith, 193–196 Application bars, 154–155 Bargaining power, 218–220 Application for certifi cation, 129–139 Bargaining process, effect of, on strikes and lockouts, 246–247 appropriate bargaining units described in, 133–139 Bargaining range, narrowing of, 208–209 assessment of, 150–156 Bargaining rights, abandonment of, 186, 358–359 determining employee support for, 150–151 Bargaining structure, and likelihood of strikes, 244 hearing for, 155–156 Bargaining unit(s), 133–139 representation vote following, 151–155 defi ning employees for, 136–137 suffi cient membership support for, 130–133 defi ning employers for, 137–139 withdrawals of, 153 defi ning trade unions for, 139 workplace notice of, 150 managerial and non-managerial employees in, 134–136 Apprenticeship, 31 size and location of, 134, 244 444 Index Barrett, Steven, 18 as national labour federation, 102–107 Beatty, Rex, 238 one-day strike organized by, 77–78 Bettman, Gary, 210 structure of, 103–107 Beyond a reasonable doubt standard, 319 Canadian labour relations board, 127 Binding (term), 281, 288 Canadian Labour Union, 59 Bjornson, Rosella, 388 Canadian Media Guild (CMG), 387 Booking out, in third-party interventions, 285 Canadian National Railway (CN), 238 Bottom line, 208, 218 Canadian Union of Postal Workers, 415 Boulwarism, 194 Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), 76, 176, 302, Boycotts, during strikes, 255–256 307, 394, 395, 399 Braverman, Harry, 45–46, 49 Capital, division between labour and, 35 British Columbia: Cappelli, Peter, 46–47, 49 health care workers in, 204 Carr, Mike, 293 industrial inquiry commission, 297 Case Administrator, of labour relations board, 148 industrial relations legislation in, 18 Catholicism, 65–66 labour codes on grievances in, 306 Cavanagh, Danny, 302 Labour Relations Code in, 412 CAW, see Canadian Auto Workers mediation in, 286 CCF (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation), 69 restrictions on replacement workers in, 257 CCL (Canadian Congress of Labour), 71 British Columbia Federation of Labour, 395 CCU (Confederation of Canadian Unions), 79 British Columbia Labour Relations Board, 148 CDLC (Calgary and District Labour Council), 86 British North America Act (1867), 11 “Censure lists,” 256 British Privy Council, 68 Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ), 108–109 Brown, George, 58 Centralized labour federations, 107–110 Business agents, 91 Centralized union structures, 74 and agenda of local unions, 92 CEP (Communications, Energy and Paperworkers) union, in grievance procedures, 313–314 344, 361 Business cycle, 245–246 Certifi cation: Business mergers, 362 application for, see Application for certifi cation Business unions, 94 and collective bargaining, 178–180 Business unionism, 38 collective bargaining required following, 180 if parties change, 160 Calgary, Alberta, 400 labour relations laws concerning, 12 Calgary and District Labour Council (CDLC), 86 for previously unionized workplace, 156–160 Call centres, lack of unionization at, 28 and successorship, 346–347 Canada: Certifi cation order, 153 characteristics of, 54–56 Changes to union or employer, 344–372 and globalization model, 406 case examples of, 373–380 industrial relations in, 47–49 decertifi cation, 354–361 jurisdiction over industrial relations in United States vs., and re-certifi cation, 160 411–412 successorship, 346–354 labor law in United States vs., 418–421 technological changes, 364–368 strike record of, 263–268 union mergers, 344, 361–364 work stoppages in, 267–268 workplace restructuring, 368–371 Canada Labour Code, 178, 257, 305 Charbonneau, Joseph, 73 Canada Post, 415 Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 16–19, 78, 253 Canadian Airlines, 362 Chaykowski, Richard, 47–49 Canadian Association of University Teachers, 256 Child labour, 34 Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), 344, 361, 382, 404–405, 416 Chilling effect, in interest arbitration, 291 Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 418–419 Christie, Gordon, 86 Canadian Congress of Labour (CCL), 71 CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations), 69, 71 Canadian International Development Agency, 409 Class struggle, 44–45 Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), 74, 79, 392, 409 Class systems, and unions, 36–37 and affi liation with labour councils, 99 CLC, see Canadian Labour Congress functions of, 107 Clear and cogent evidence, 320 Index 445 Clement, Tony, 191 Community of interest, for bargaining units, 134 Client leverage campaigns, 116 Company unions, 139–140 Clinton, Bill, 415 Compensation, and employee support for unions, 120–122 Closed shops, 72, 179 Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, 409 CMG (Canadian Media Guild), 387 Compressed workweeks, 397 CMG Freelance, 387 Concessions, 209 CN (Canadian National Railway), 238 Conciliation, as third-party intervention, 278–283 CNTU (Confederation of National Trade Unions), 66 Conciliation Act (1900), 61 Coal mining industry, 62 Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN), 66, Code of ethical organizing (CLC), 104, 105 109–110, 395 Code of ethics (CLC), 104 Confédération des travailleurs catholiques du Canada Code of union citizenship (CLC), 103 (CTCC), 65–66 Cole, Desmond, 387 Confederation of Canadian Unions (CCU), 79 Collective agreements: Confederation of National Trade Unions (CNTU), 66 formed by item-by-item fi nal offer selection, 290–292 Congresses, of parent unions, 96 formed by total-package fi nal offer selection, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), 69, 71 289–290 Conscription, 62 and human rights legislation, 16 Consensual adjudication, 316 imposition of, by labour relations boards, 196 Construction industry, unionization in, 140, 179 labour relations laws concerning, 12 Continental movement, 57 and raiding, 158–160 Continuing grievances, 307 timeframes for, 185 Continuity, in successorship, 349 Collective bargaining, 176–197 Contracts, transfers of, 352 areas addressed by, 185–186 Control: case examples of, 198–202 deskilling and maintenance of, 45–46 and certifi cation, 178–180 in successorship, 349 in good faith, 193–196 and union membership, 40 by local unions, 92 Conventions, of parent unions, 96 method of, in Webbs’ theories, 35 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), 69 at Mount Allison University, 176 Cosh, Colby, 10 participants in, 182–184 “Cost of disputes “model (collective bargaining process), preparation for, 186–196 220–222 as protected right, 18 Craft guilds, 30–32 setting priorities for, 188–192 Craft union model, 56 structure of, 180–182 Creature comforts, 40 timelines for, 186–188 Crisis stage of negotiations, 209, 210 as workplace democracy, 9 Cross-examination (grievance arbitration), 320 Collective bargaining process, 204–224 Crossing picket lines, 255 case examples of, 225–231 CSN, see Confédération des syndicats nationaux “cost of disputes “model of, 220–222 CSQ (Centrale des syndicats du Québec), 108–109 mutual gains model of, 222–223 CTCC (Confédération des travailleurs catholiques du and negotiations process, 206 Canada), 65–66 power of union members in, 204 Cultures, in Canada, 54–55 role of, in negotiations, 218–220 CUPE, see Canadian Union of Public Employees simulation exercise, 231–236 Customers, and continuity of business, 353–354 stages of negotiations, 206–212 Customer lists, transfer of, 352 subprocesses of negotiations stages, 212–218 Common employers, 138–139 Daly, Bill, 209, 210 Common employer declaration, 353–354 Decertifi cation, after changes to union or employer, 354–361 Common rule, device of, 36 Decertifi cation vote, 359 Commons, John, 37–38 Delay, in grievance arbitration 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