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The constitutional right to bargain collectively: the ironies of labour history in the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Labour/Le Travail
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March 22, 2008
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- Tucker, Eric
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READERS OF THIS JOURNAL are probably aware that in a judgement issued in June 2007, Health Services and Support--Facilities Subsector Bargaining Association v. British Columbia, (1) the Supreme Court of Canada (scc) held that the right to bargain collectively is constitutionally protected under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms' guarantee of freedom of association. Less well known is that the court cited the work of this journal's current editor, Bryan Palmer, and a number of past contributors, (2) as well as that of other progressive academics and activists. (3) Not only is it unusual for labour history to make an appearance in scc judgements, but the court's reliance on the ...
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