This article assesses one of the longest private sector strikes in Canadian history - the United Steelworkers (USW) Local 6500 strike at Vale in Sudbury, 2009-2010. It argues that in the context of corporate globalization and the recent financial crisis, Vale took full advantage of its economic...

It is hard to find a popular business or news magazine today that does not focus on what is commonly described as the inexorable movement toward a single global market. With the collapse of the communist system in 1989, one economic system now dominates the globe. Moreover, in the past decade,...