unionization

12:30PM
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Canadians should celebrate decline of private-sector unions

Labour unions discourage investment, disincentivize work effort and cut productivity.


8:44AM
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B.C. government’s move toward secret union voting unfair to workers

The province has underperformed compared to other provinces in attracting business investment.


9:10AM
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Without a secret ballot, union organizers may pressure workers into supporting union certification.


10:54AM
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Some workers may be uncomfortable publically voicing their opinion against unionization.


9:00AM
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While much has been made about the ‘resolution’ of the teachers’ job action in Ontario, most of the discussion has missed two fundamental aspects of the debate: school choice and unionization in the public sector.


6:00AM
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Ontario, once Canada’s flourishing economic and manufacturing hub, is in steady decline with slow economic growth and rapidly expanding government debt being a sad yet reoccurring story.


6:00AM
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Normally at this is the time of year many BC families would be counting down the days until school resumed. But this year is different, with the ongoing BC teachers’ union labour dispute casting a pall of uncertainty over the start of the school year. It’s a classic example of the negative effects of a monopoly, and as is often the case with monopolies, ordinary families are the ones most affected.


2:00AM
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Tim Hudak, Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives leader, boldly started a conversation about fundamental reform of labour regulations governing unionization in 2012. He recently, and nearly as boldly, walked back from such commitments, largely out of political necessity. However, such necessity does not negate the importance of such laws for Ontario’s competitiveness.


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With Labour Day fresh in our memory and Ontario’s unemployment rate having recently increased to 7.6 per cent, the province would do well to follow Indiana and Michigan’s lead and adopt worker choice laws. Doing so would make Ontario a significantly more competitive jurisdiction for business investment and provide a much needed shot in the arm for the province’s struggling manufacturing sector.

In 2012, both Indiana and Michigan enacted worker choice laws and there is a reasonable likelihood that Ohio may soon do the same.