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UNIONIZATION [8 records]

Record 1 2021-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
OBS

The party campaigns on the promotion of direct democracy, protection of Canadian heritage and environmental sustainability, while opposing urban sprawl onto farmland, big business and unionization. The party's proposed health care plan would "give individuals more responsibility over their own health care"; however, it would not support a two-tier health care system. If elected, the party would hold a referendum on the French Language Services Act and halt all multicultural funding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Labour Relations
DEF

[An association that] advances employee rights in labour relations [and] provides employees with resources on unionization, to help [them] make informed choices.

OBS

[LabourWatch’s] guiding principles provide a framework for improving Canada’s labour laws and their application in order to protect and advance the rights of all employees.

Key term(s)
  • Labour Watch
  • LaborWatch
  • Labor Watch
  • Canadian Labour Watch Association
  • Canadian LaborWatch Association
  • Canadian Labor Watch Association
  • LabourWatch Association of Canada

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Relations du travail
DEF

[Association qui] défend les droits des employés en matière de relations de travail [et qui] offre aux employés des ressources variées sur la syndicalisation pour [les] aider à faire des choix avisés.

OBS

[InfoTravail cherche], au moyen de [ses] principes directeurs, à donner forme aux efforts mis de l'avant en vue d'améliorer la législation canadienne sur le travail et son application afin de protéger et promouvoir les droits de tous les employés.

Key term(s)
  • Association Labour Watch du Canada
  • Association LaborWatch du Canada
  • Association Labor Watch du Canada
  • Association Canadienne LabourWatch

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Union Organization
DEF

The act of unionizing.

OBS

See "unionize".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation syndicale
DEF

Action de syndicaliser [...]

OBS

Voir «syndicaliser», «syndiquer» et «se syndiquer».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organización sindical
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Record 4 1997-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Union Organization
DEF

the proportion of potential members who are actually in membership of a trade union, or of trade unions generally.

OBS

See :"unionization".

Key term(s)
  • unionization density
  • unionisation rate
  • unionisation density

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation syndicale
DEF

rapport du nombre de salariés syndiqués au nombre total de salariés dans un cadre défini (entreprise, profession, secteur économique, etc.).

Key term(s)
  • taux d'implantation syndicale
  • degré d'implantation syndicale

Spanish

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Record 5 1989-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Union Organization
  • Labour Disputes
DEF

An assembly of workers called together during working hours to hear their employer's views on unionization or union activities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation syndicale
  • Conflits du travail
DEF

Réunion convoquée par l'employeur durant les heures de travail afin de faire connaître son point de vue à ses employés au cours d'une campagne d'organisation syndicale ou d'un conflit.

Spanish

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Record 6 1985-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Union Organization
CONT

Since 1933, the CIO and finally the AFL have modified the pattern in the direction of industrial unionization of whole mass-production industries rather than relying solely upon craft-unionization of skilled workers.

Key term(s)
  • industrial unionisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation syndicale

Spanish

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Record 7 1981-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel Management (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 8 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour Relations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations du travail

Spanish

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