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When it comes to picket lines, courts aim to uphold civil and property rights without jeopardizing workers’ freedom of expression.
Although work in journalism has never been a safe bet, it’s now rife with deepening uncertainty. The TVO strike aimed at job security is a matter of public interest.
We need a new agreement between employers and employees in the B.C. ports that will allow both sides to enjoy the benefits of new workplace technologies.
COVID-19 transformed the workforce, including in the public sector. A complete reversal to pre-pandemic work models is unlikely, but there’s lots at stake as employers contemplate the future of work.
U.K. health worker protests echo issues in Canada. They are also a harbinger of future labour disputes and systemic collapse if austerity, underinvestment and neglect of health workers continue.
The Ontario government’s latest use of the notwithstanding clause is at odds with its stated intention to keep kids in school amid a labour dispute — and at odds with the heart of labour relations norms.
Strikes are happening across various UK industries at the moment, but what is the history of strike action in UK?
Many formal sector jobs are increasingly precarious and poorly paid, meaning that formal work is not an avenue to greater social equality for many people.
Internal documents reveal how police and government respond to protests or labour disputes that are framed as threats to national security, and how heavily corporations are involved.
The ongoing labour dispute at the Rainforest Cafe in Niagara Falls, Ont., highlights some dubious efforts by employers to take tips from hospitality workers due to minimum wage increases.
Ottawa has ordered postal workers back on the job, but is it constitutional? We should be circumspect about intervening in the bargaining process and skeptical about claims it’s in the public good.
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Associate Professor, Labour studies, Brock University
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Professor of Urban Studies, Simon Fraser University
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Professor, Labour Studies, Brock University
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Senior lecturer, University of Edinburgh
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Postdoctoral fellow, School of Planning, University of Waterloo
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Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University
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Research Assistant, Centre on Governance, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor Emeritus of History, University of Huddersfield
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Assistant Professor, Global Health Policy, University of British Columbia
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Professeur agrégé en gestion de projet, European Academy of Management (EURAM); Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)
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Professeur agrégé, École d'études politique, Directeur, Centre d'études en gouvernance / Associate professor, School of Political Studies, Director, Centre on Governance, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Associate Professor, Communication, University of Toronto
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Senior Research Fellow, Bielefeld University