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The practice of collective bargaining in the private sector in Quebec (Canada): the changing ‘rules of the game’
Author(s) -
Hennebert MarcAntonin,
PérezLauzon Sara
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/irj.12249
Subject(s) - collective bargaining , private sector , democracy , trade union , economic system , bargaining power , social dialogue , economics , business , market economy , political science , labour economics , microeconomics , economic growth , law , politics
Drawing on 45 semi‐structured interviews with union negotiators active in the Quebec private sector, this article shows that local bargaining practices, despite their plurality, have tended to change following major trends. It also reveals, more fundamentally, a redefinition of the ‘rules of the game’. The transformation and stability of these social rules, which are much more focused on the needs of employers, have tended to weaken collective bargaining as a tool for industrial democracy.