Private and Public Sector Bargaining in Canada: 1980-2015
Joseph B. Rose
What the paper says
Since 1980 collective bargaining has been influenced by significant economic, technological, political and legislative developments. This study compares the impact of these developments on selected collective bargaining indicators in the private and public sectors, including: union membership and density, the duration of collective agreements, settlement stages, wage settlements and strike activity. A key issue is to assess the overall impact of environmental pressures on collective bargaining trends and compare bargaining patterns between sectors. The study is based on unionization figures compiled by Statistics Canada and a special tabulation on other bargaining indicators provided by the Workplace Information and Research Division, Employment and Social Development Canada. Except for unionization, most bargaining indicators trended in the same general direction. However, there were notable differences in the magnitude and timing of these trends, and the underlying factors contributing to them. The findings reflect the erosion of the relative bargaining power of unions.
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Evidence weight
Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40
| F · citation impact | 0.11 × 0.4 = 0.05 |
| M · momentum | 0.80 × 0.15 = 0.12 |
| V · venue signal | 0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03 |
| R · text relevance † | 0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20 |
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