Collective Bargaining in Canada

“Canada’s reputation as an international champion of human rights falls appallingly short when it comes to the question of workers’ rights. While we are among the first nations to sign international labour conventions, too often we break them when they prove inconvenient at home. This timely and valuable publication chronicles a list of these abuses, and challenges us as a nation to reclaim our once shining international reputation.” –ED BROADBENT, FORMER MP “This study recounts how freedom of association and collective bargaining have been cut back across Canada since the 1980s. It poses an important challenge to policy makers: will Canada live up to its international obligations and treat freedom of association and collective bargaining as fundamental human rights? –JUDY FUDGE, PROFESSOR, OSGOODE HALL LAW SCHOOL / YORK UNIVERSITY