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The ‘Great Recession,’ the Employers’ Offensive and Canadian Public Sector Unions
Author(s) -
David Camfield
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
socialist studies
Language(s) - French
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1918-2821
pISSN - 1717-2616
DOI - 10.18740/s4m887
Subject(s) - political science , public sector , humanities , context (archaeology) , art , geography , law , archaeology
The global economic crisis and its effects have changed the context for public sector unions in Canada. There is evidence that an intensified offensive against public sector unions is beginning. Few public sector unions are prepared to respond adequately to such an offensive, as the important 2009 strike by Toronto municipal workers illustrates. In this more difficult context, change within public sector unions is increasingly urgent. The most promising direction for union renewal lies in the praxis of social movement unionism. However, there are very few signs of moves to promote this approach within Canadian public sector unions. La crise economique globale et ses effets ont change le contexte pour les syndicats du secteur public au Canada. Il y a des signes qu’une attaque violente contre les syndicats du secteur public a commence. Peu de syndicats du secteur public sont prets a repondre dans une maniere satisfaisante a cette attaque, comme le montre la greve importante des travailleurs municipaux a Toronto en 2009. Dans ce contexte plus difficile, des changements au sein des syndicats du secteur public sont de plus en plus urgents. La direction la plus prometteuse pour une renaissance syndicale est la pratique d’un syndicalisme de mouvement social. Toutefois, il y a tres peu d’indices que les syndicats du secteur public au Canada s’inscrivent dans une telle approche.

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