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Political Science Labor & Industrial Relations

Forging Business-Labour Partnerships

The Emergence of Sector Councils in Canada

edited by Morley Gunderson & Andrew Sharpe

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Mar 1998
Category
Labor & Industrial Relations, Labor, General
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442675018
    Publish Date
    Mar 1998
    List Price
    $105.00
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780802009043
    Publish Date
    Apr 1998
    List Price
    $107.00

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The recent emergence of joint business-labour sector councils represents a major innovation in Canadian industrial relations. The federal government and certain provincial governments have developed these councils as a key component of their human-resource development initiative. This collection brings together the views of economists, political scientists, and industrial-relations specialists on this important experiment.

The authors suggest that, despite its innovative spirit, the sectoral initiative is fragile. Its future viability and wider diffusion depend on mutual trust and the long-term commitment of labour, management, and governments. Still, the consensus-building approach is seen as a remarkable achievement in Canada's adversarial institutional climate, with the potential to transform the nature and direction of Canadian labour-management relationships.

In bringing together a wide range of views on sector councils, this book is a singular resource for all those interested in industrial relations, labour economics, and public policy.

About the authors

Morley Gunderson is the CIBC Professor of Youth Employment at the University of Toronto, and Professor at the Centre for Industrial Relations and the Department of Economics.

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Andrew Sharpe is Executive Director of the Centre for the Study of Living Standards in Ottawa.

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