Many unions around the globe have been experiencing a drop in membership and a decline in density over the last ten years. The union response, as documented in this paper based on a survey of innovations and change in Canadian labour organizations, has been both defensive and pro-active,...

In the face of increasing corporate internationalism, and the implications for movement of production, capital, and jobs from one country to another, the union movement has increasingly faced changes to the nature of the worker-management relationship. Central to the changing relationship is the...

Workplaces in Canada have experienced a wide variety of changes over the past two decades. This paper presents highlights of the results of a major survey of unions on their perceptions of the impact of change initiatives and their responses to initiatives.