A trade union is an organized group of employees who come together to advocate for better working conditions and to protect their interests and rights. Forming a trade union offers employees a myriad of advantages that can significantly enhance their working conditions, job security, and overall satisfaction through negotiations of employment terms and conditions with […]
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What Are the Initial Steps to Forming a Trade Union? Forming a trade union in Canada involves a series of steps that are governed by specific laws and regulations. The first step is to gather a group of employees who share common interests and are willing to form a union. This group, often referred to
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Employees north and south of the Canadian border are making news by unionizing their workplaces. Amazon and Starbucks are just two examples of powerful, multinational corporate employers now facing a more level playing field when negotiating the wages and working conditions of many of their workers. Workers who are unionized have better wages, working conditions, and job security. The
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In non-unionized employment, an employer has the unilateral authority to terminate an employee’s employment for “cause” or for no cause at all! If no cause exists, the employer may terminate the employment relationship by providing “reasonable notice” or pay in lieu thereof that may be as little as the minimum termination pay under employment standards
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Why Your Workplace Needs to Unionize In a non-unionized workplace, the terms and conditions of the employee’s employment are governed through oral or written employment contract between the employee and the employer, and employment standards legislation. In a unionized workplace, however, a trade union that has been chosen by the majority of the employees will
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The labour relations process that produces a union-management relationship consists of three phases: union organizing, negotiating a collective agreement, and administering or enforcing the collective agreement. Phase One of Labour Relations Process: Union Organizing In phase one of the labour relations process, a non-union employer becomes unionized through an organizing campaign. The campaign starts either
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Simply put, collective bargaining refers to the negotiation of salary, benefits, and conditions of employment by a body or group of employees. People are most often familiar with the term “labour union” or just “union” as the common name for a body of employees that enters into collective bargaining. As a specialized field of negotiation, collective
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