Unions in court : organized labour and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Savage, Larry, 1977- author.

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"Since the turn of the twenty-first century, Canadian unions have scored a number of important Supreme Court victories, securing constitutional rights to picket, bargain collectively, and strike. But how did the labour movement, historically hostile to judicial intervention in labour relations, come to embrace Charter-based legal activism as a first line of defense as opposed to a last resort? "Unions in Court" documents the evolution of the Cana...

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Canada. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Labor laws and legislation Canada

Labor unions Canada

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Law and society series Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)

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ISBN:

9780774835381

Description:

x, 268 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Organized labour and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Notes:

Canadiana
Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Labour rights in the pre-Charter era
Disorganized labour and the Charter of Rights
Canadian labour and the first era of Charter challenges
A legal response to neoliberalism
The possibilities and limitations of constitutional labour rights
A new era of constitutional labour rights

Control Number:

2101536

Other Authors:

Smith, Charles W., 1976- author

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