Publisher: IRC Press
ISBN: 0-88886-392-6
Year: 1994
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Summary:
The Canadian economy, like those of other industrialized nations, is under great pressure to restructure in response to freer international trade, shifting loci of manufacturing competitiveness, and a growing concern about environmental pollution. The workplace has been changing rapidly since the 1980s, and some observers believe that the pace has accelerated further in the 1990s. The challenge for free, democratic, and open economies is to make the transition to a system of industrial relations that will meet the needs of the market while preserving the pluralist tradition that provides fairness and justice on the job. Industrial relations and human resource practices and policies will play a central role in any strategy to improve the performance of the US and Canadian economies. Any industrial relations strategy that hopes to be effective in transforming the workplace must build on the pluralist foundation that recognizes the legitimacy of all parties to the system. This publication documents the responses of the parties to the pressures for change in the 1980s and 1990s.
Author biographies:
Anil Verma is Professor of Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management at the University of Toronto, where he holds a joint appointment at the Faculty of Management and the Centre for Industrial Relations. He has taught previously at the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of British Columbia, and University of Saskatchewan and worked in the steel industry as an engineer for five years.
Joseph Weiler is a Professor in University of British Columbia Faculty of Law. He has served as a mediator and arbitrator of more than 400 disputes and was elected to the National Academy of Arbitrators in 1984. His teaching subjects include: Labour Law, Criminal Law, and Sports and Entertainment Law.
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