Chris, what we have to recognize is that it is often "little" decisions, large on a local scale but small on a global scale, that work their way through an economic and political system and bring about long term changes. By striking down a provincial law, the Supreme Court of Canada told the Government of British Columbia and cannot cut its costs by outsourcing work to private companies and that it has to bargain collectively with its employees. It struck down a provincial law that permitted such outsourcing. While the impact of the decision may be uncertain, you can bet that every political jurisdiction in Canada is thinking about what it may mean for them.
There is another event currently underway in Canada that could bring about significant change in the way large businesses treat their junior employees. This is a class action suit against one of our major banks alleging failure to pay front-line employees for overtime work. Again, a relatively small action that could have widespread repercussions. Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christoph Reuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 6:52 AM Subject: Re: [Futurework] Future of work? >> From today's Globe and Mail -- in case anyone on the list is still >> interested in the future of work. > > I'm afraid the "wireless revolution" and "the tail wagging the dog" > has much MORE to do with the Future of Work (or lack thereof) than > we would wish for. This court ruling, OTOH, is merely a typical > "social-democrat" band-aid carrot to gloss over the whips of Free Trade > which happen to reduce the carrot to insignificance in the big picture. > > Chris > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the > keyword > "igve". > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca > http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
