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Eric M. Tucker

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2014

Strikes and lockouts

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Hersees Of Woodstock Ltd. V. Goldstein: A Small Town Case Makes It Big, Eric M. Tucker Jul 2014

Hersees Of Woodstock Ltd. V. Goldstein: A Small Town Case Makes It Big, Eric M. Tucker

Eric M. Tucker

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Can Worker Voice Strike Back? Law And The Decline And Uncertain Future Of Strikes, Eric Tucker Jul 2014

Can Worker Voice Strike Back? Law And The Decline And Uncertain Future Of Strikes, Eric Tucker

Eric M. Tucker

This paper examines strikes as an expression of worker voice. It begins with a discussion of the connection between voice and strikes. It then documents the sharp decline in strike frequency across the common law world. It looks more closely at strike rates in Canada, where strike rates have declined in both the public and private sectors and at a greater rate than the decline in union density. It then considers the role of law in decline from the perspective that structural factors primarily shape the environment for strikes but that labour law mediates their impact to a degree. It …