Bill C-39 makes it easier for Ottawa to intervene when collective bargaining produces the very conflict that it is designed to manage.
Articles on Strikes
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The federal government says new labour rules will reduce intervention in strikes, but they could weaken workers’ bargaining power.
Disputes from 1944 to today trace the increasingly central role of government funding in shaping working conditions in the arts.
Canada’s approach to airline strikes pits the need for reliable air travel against the constitutionally protected right to strike. Other countries show there is a workable middle ground.
Mining workers are among the highest paid workers in Australia. But this strike is about far more than pay.
A Senate committee is recommending a permanent tribunal that could ban strikes in federally regulated industries. The proposal would gut constitutional protections workers won in court.
In nations as far apart as Australia, Canada, Indonesia and the UK, this is how a historic court decision could make it easier for unions to go on strike in future.
Understandably, some residents of the affected Melbourne councils are unhappy about the escalating dispute. But these are lawful, protected actions.
Alberta’s unions face significant political obstacles, but the evidence shows their resilience pays off for working people
and benefits the fabric of democratic societies.
An estimated 8% of US doctors had joined a union in 2024, up from 5.7% a decade earlier.
The Air Canada dispute may mark a turning point for labour standards in the airline industry and result in unpaid ground time being a thing of the past.
Thursday, 18 September is a day of national strike action in France.
What role have strikes played in French history? What meaning do they have today?
The federal government’s reliance on Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code to end strikes undermines collective bargaining and may violate workers’ constitutional right to strike.
A professor of management who has been stranded during the recent Air Canada strike shares research-backed strategies to help make unbearable situations easier to navigate.
The dispute exposes several fault lines in Canada around work, how we value it and how the law impacts workers.
Air Canada flight attendants have been in negotiations with the company since March, fighting for fairer wages and working conditions.
An expert on Philadelphia’s municipal workers union talks about how social media helped the workers on strike to get their message out.
The key issue at the heart of the Canada Post strike is the growth of gig work and other forms of precarious labour across the private delivery sector.
Restoring the defined-benefit pension plan the workers gave up in 2013 was a rallying cry. But the union didn’t get it back even though it did win a significant pay increase.
The agreement labor leaders and management reached will suspend the strike until at least Jan. 15, 2025. There will be more time for additional collective bargaining and negotiations.
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