Methods will include lectures, seminars, text and reading assignments, role-playing and classroom discussion. Guest speakers and audio-visual materials will be used where appropriate. All students will participate in a collective bargaining simulation.
- Origins and history of Canada's labour movement
- International unions
- Craft and industrial unions
- The Winnipeg general strike
- Socio-political forces affecting the growth and support for unions
- The Great Depression, war and post-war labour-management conflict
- Structure of unions
- The union local, national and international structures
- Labour councils and federations
- The Canadian Labour Congress
- Unions and union membership in Canada
- Labour legislation and public policy
- B.C. Labour Relations Code and guide
- Employment Standards Act
- Impact of Human Rights legislation
- Recent changes to legislation
- Collective bargaining rights
- Reasons employees join unions
- The certification process
- Collective bargaining
- Contract administration
- Grievances
- Arbitration
- Conciliation
- Mediation
- Strikes and lockouts
- Contemporary issues
- The future of Industrial Relations: unionism vs. managerialism
At the end of this course, successful students will be able to:
- demonstrate knowledge of the purpose and history of trade unions in Canada;
- identify the current structures, organization and operations of unions;
- explain public policy and legislation covering labour and employment relations;
- analyze the processes of union certification, collective bargaining, and the administration of collective agreements;
- identify effective negotiating approaches for resolving conflict and apply this knowledge by role-playing in a collective bargaining simulation; and
- recognize contemporary issues in labour relations.
| Midterm Examination | 20-30% |
| Final Examination | 30% |
| Simulation | 10-20% |
| Participation | 10% |
| Case Study (Individual Paper) | 20% |
| 100% |
NOTE: students must achieve a grade of at least 50% on the combined examination components to pass the course.
Suffield, Larry, G. Ganon, Labour Relations. Latest edition, (Toronto: Pearson Education Canada)
(or such other textbook approved by the Business Law Department)
Additional cases and readings decided by the Instructor.
Completion of 30 credits OR instructor permission OR active in:
PBD Advanced Human Resource Management;
PDD Human Resource Management; or
PDD Business Law.
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