Protecting Fundamental Labor Rights: Lessons from Canada for the United States

Kris Warner

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Abstract: This paper examines the decline in unionization in the United States that began to occur in about 1960. While various explanations have been put forward to explain this – with many focusing on some form of structural changes to the economy or to the workforce, usually related to globalization or technological progress – this paper focuses on the role that employer opposition to unions has played, together with relatively weak labor law. In order to fully flesh out the experience of the United States, it looks to the experience of Canada as the country most similar to it.

Keywords: unions; employment; labor; collective bargaining; canada; labor law; economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J J3 J5 J50 J53 J58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2012-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-lab, nep-ltv and nep-pke
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