The diverse conceptual perspectives and practical experiences with nonunion employee representation (NER) in the United States and Canada are reviewed. We first propose a 6-dimensional descriptive schema to categorize observed NER practices. Dimensions of diversity include (1) form, (2)...

Books reviewed: Laboring Below the Line: The New Ethnography of Poverty, Low-Wage Work, and Survival in the Global Economy edited by Frank Munger. Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 2002. Global Woman: Nannies, Maids and Sex Workers in the New Economy edited by Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie...

Virtually absent in the arbitration literature is the voice of the grievor. We examine post-reinstatement experiences primarily from the perspectives of a group of seven Alberta grievors. We first review the declining frequency of Alberta arbitrations, the extent to which dismissal cases form a...

Non-union employee associations are neither banned nor protected in Canada. Issues arise when the employer's intent, or the effect of these associations, thwarts unions or deprives employees of their right to unionize. Thirty Canadian cases are examined involving: (i) employee associations...