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UNION RESTRUCTURING (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: In response to declining membership, unions are restructuring through a variety of strategies which include union amalgamations and mergers, and union revitalization and renewal initiatives.

UNION STRUCTURE (Search for related entries in the library)

UNION TRANSFORMATION 

UNION-EMPLOYER NEGOTIATIONS 

UNION-MANAGEMENT NEGOTIATIONS 

UNIONISM (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A commitment to the collective organization of workers into unions and to the defence of union protection. Minimally seeks to improve working conditions and pay (e.g., business unionism or social unionism).

UNIONIZATION (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: The process of certifying workplaces into unions. Canadian workers have the formal right to be in a union, but access to union representation depends upon an adversarial certification process because of employer resistance.

UNIONIZATION RATES 

UNIONS (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Organizations of workers that exist to protect workers' rights and seek to regulate the employment relationship primarily through collective bargaining with an employer.

UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS OF CANADA