Comparison of Wagner and Solidarity Unionism in Canada

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2 Answer the Two Short Answer Questions Answers to the Two Short Questions 1. According to Canadian labor, compare and contrast the "Wagner model" of unionism with "solidarity unionism." Following Canadian labor, unionism, a model by Wegner, compares in different ways with solidarity unionism. It is interesting to complete the labor laws of North America and their labor relations in the future. Unites States and Canada initially adopted a similar legal framework for then labor relations. The variations of the Canadian frameworks of 1935 with the Act of the United States of unionism by the Wagner (generally known as "Wegener model"). However, the model by Wegner has played out exclusively different roles in Canada and United States. One of the main indicators of this trajectory divergence of the changing density of the Union over the last sixty years in Canada and the US. In contrast to the severe and sustainable decline in the United States unionism, Canada, on the other, experienced a longer, better period of growth and a slower decline. In some few decades, it was quiet and fairly stable unionization. There has been some connection between the labor laws of the United States and Canada. The development of labor laws in Canada has been influenced either indirectly or directly by the United States' labor laws from the recent early 20 th century. One of the direct influences on the development of Canada's labor laws by the Wegner Act arose for the Canadian unions' efforts to with US headquarters links pressurizing the provincial and federal government to make adoption of the labor legislation relating to Wagner Act.

3 Answer the Two Short Answer Questions 2. Identify and explain “the duty of fair representation "regarding labor laws in the Canadian context. The duty of fair representation denotes states that all trade unions shall not act or operate in a form or manner that discriminatory, arbitrary, or in bad faith while representing their employees. The lawyers of the Union are required not to act on behalf of the member's defense to the existing management and clients' lawyers. The basic fair representation's duty can be applied to an employee’s representation by the Union in relation or connection to his or her employer. A good example can be decisions made by the Union while processing the employees' grievances, and thin include those concerning the Employment Standard Act's entitlements and carrying out negotiation. The duty of fair representation does not go beyond the Union's responsibility to represent their employees concerning their employers. A good example is that while various unions help their members or employees with basic claims with the Workplace Insurance and Safety Board, the CCBA, FPPA, and the LRA do not require them to do the same. The Union is responsible for handling the employees' grievances by processing through all the basic steps in the grievance procedure set out in the employees' collective agreement. Based on the fair representation, the Union has to consider employees' matters as it is their right honestly. Union, to be fair, is required to discuss the merits of the grievance with the employees to represent in grievance procedure with the employer, making sure that there is an account by the Union of the relevance in considerations.

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