Management and labor conflict : an introduction to the US and Canadian history / Jason Russell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russell, Jason, 1968- author.

Series:

Routledge Focus on Business and Management

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor unions--United States.

Labor unions.

Labor unions--Canada.

Industrial relations--United States.

Industrial relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Routledge, [2023]

Summary:

"Management and labor have been adversaries in American and Canadian workplaces since the time of colonial settlement. Labor lacked full legal legitimacy in Canada and the United States until the mid-1930s until the passage of laws that granted collective bargaining rights and protection from dismissal due to union activity. The US National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) became the model for labor laws in both countries. Organized labor began to decline in the United States in the late 1960s due to a variety of factors including electoral politics, internal social and cultural differences, and economic change. Canadian unions fared better in comparison to their American counterparts, but still engaged in significant struggles. This book focuses on management and labor interaction in the United States and Canada from the 1930s to the turn of the second decade of the twenty-first century. It also includes a short overview of employer and worker interaction from the time of European colonization to the 1920s. The book addresses two overall questions: in what forms did management and labor conflict occur and how was labor-management interaction different between the two countries? It pays particular attention to key events and practices where the United States and Canada diverged when it came to labor-management conflict including labor law, electoral politics, social and economic change, and unionization patterns in the public and private sectors. This book shows that there were key points of convergence and divergence in the past between the United States and Canada that explain current differences in labor-management conflict and interaction in the two countries. It will be of interest to researchers, academics, and students in the fields of management and labor history, employment and labor relations, and industrial relations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction 1. The 1930s and 1940s 2. The 1950s and 1960s 3. The 1970s and 1980s 4. The 1990s and 2000s Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Russell, Jason Management and Labor Conflict

ISBN:

0-429-29493-X

1-000-80624-3

9780429294938

OCLC:

1347021869