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From a theoretical viewpoint, there can be market failures resulting in an underprovision of occupational health and safety. Works councils may help mitigate these failures. Using establishment data from Germany, our empirical analysis confirms that the incidence of a works council is...
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This study explores the impact an exogenous improvement in childhood health has on later-life outcomes. Using extensive and detailed register data from the Swedish Interdisciplinary Panel, we follow individuals exposed to the introduction of the first vaccine against polio in Sweden (birth...
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We study the effects of the unionization of faculty at Canadian universities from 1970-2022 using an event-study design …. Using administrative data which covers the full universe of faculty salaries, we find strong evidence that unionization … increase on average by 2 to over 5 percent over the first 6 years post unionization. These effects are driven largely by gains …
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their ability to effectively unionize. This Article explores the impact of subcontracting on unionization of subcontracted … that model. The Article maps the various hurdles subcontracting poses to unionization. It identifies three main challenges …
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United States and Canada. This is the first study which compares support for unionization and collective bargaining in … significant predictors of support for faculty unionization. The academics in Canada are likely to be more supportive of faculty …
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This study investigates the prevalence and impacts of employer resistance to union certification applications in eight Canadian jurisdictions. Employer resistance was found to be the norm, with 80 percent of employers overtly and actively opposing union certification applications. Analysis...
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Graduate student unions are beginning to attract attention in Canada and the United States. In Canada, unionization on … decades. Graduate student unionization is also important in the wider context of precarious employment in North America …
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each of the two countries. In Quebec, the lack of unionization within temporary placement agencies is primarily the result … in France, the very low level of unionization can be explained by many factors which are not obviously legal in nature … representation scheme to the specific situations of interim workers. On the other hand, in Quebec, the unionization of interim …
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The industrial relations system at Magna International is an example of an integrated, coherent, non-union human resource management strategy. It includes significant mechanisms of worker voice and conflict resolution as substitutes for union representation. Potential labour-management conflicts...
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Terms such as labour-community coalitions, community unionism and social movement unionism are important features of current strategies for union renewal. This article develops a three-part framework of union-community relationships, from ad hoc to deeply engaged relationships. Criteria such as...
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