Unions In Canada Research Paper
Are Unions already past their prime or still useful in Canada? According to my research, unions are still useful. Different reasons that prove this opinion and methods that help to protect unions will be listed.
First of all, history of Canada’s unions clearly reveals the importance for the existence of themselves. In 1872, the Toronto Typographical Union demanded a nine-hour workday from the city publishers. The union organized a strike since employers refuse to reduce the work time. Over 10,000 supporters showed up for a rally at Queen’s Park on April 15,1872. Eventually, employers agree to move the “Nine-Hour Movement”. To celebrate the Union and printers’ victory, Toronto printers led to annual celebrations of Labour Day.
In addition, public service workers win bargaining rights in 1965 with the help of union. They staged one of the …show more content…
It shows that union is still working on how to offer workers a better work experience.
Although unions are still useful for individuals, one thing we should admit is that unions have not done a good job connecting with young workers these days. “I think unions are extremely relevant — but I don't think they are too present or prevalent when it comes to young workers,” Godoy told CBC Hamilton. “It's not necessarily on their minds.”
Therefore, it is important to reconnect young workers with the union since if unions disappear in the workplace, there will be no organization that can help workers deal with their wage, vacation and security issues. According to Godoy, the national representative for the United Food and Commercial Workers Union(UFAW), he thinks that letting young workers acknowledge the history of what unions won for the workers can help them understand why unions are still useful to them. To my perspective, unions can choose some elder workers who enjoys the benefit offered by unions to do some speech about why unions is still significant to these young
First of all, history of Canada’s unions clearly reveals the importance for the existence of themselves. In 1872, the Toronto Typographical Union demanded a nine-hour workday from the city publishers. The union organized a strike since employers refuse to reduce the work time. Over 10,000 supporters showed up for a rally at Queen’s Park on April 15,1872. Eventually, employers agree to move the “Nine-Hour Movement”. To celebrate the Union and printers’ victory, Toronto printers led to annual celebrations of Labour Day.
In addition, public service workers win bargaining rights in 1965 with the help of union. They staged one of the …show more content…
It shows that union is still working on how to offer workers a better work experience.
Although unions are still useful for individuals, one thing we should admit is that unions have not done a good job connecting with young workers these days. “I think unions are extremely relevant — but I don't think they are too present or prevalent when it comes to young workers,” Godoy told CBC Hamilton. “It's not necessarily on their minds.”
Therefore, it is important to reconnect young workers with the union since if unions disappear in the workplace, there will be no organization that can help workers deal with their wage, vacation and security issues. According to Godoy, the national representative for the United Food and Commercial Workers Union(UFAW), he thinks that letting young workers acknowledge the history of what unions won for the workers can help them understand why unions are still useful to them. To my perspective, unions can choose some elder workers who enjoys the benefit offered by unions to do some speech about why unions is still significant to these young