The Transition from Formal Nonunion Representation to Unionization: A Contemporary Case

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dc.contributor.authorTaras, Daphne Geng
dc.contributor.authorCopping, Jasoneng
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-28T20:21:05Z
dc.date.available2010-06-28T20:21:05Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.descriptionPublished articles are under the copyright of Cornell University and cannot be sold or offered for download for any fee, except by prior agreement with the ILR Review.eng
dc.description.abstractThe authors examine three phases in the unionization process among Imperial Oil Limited employees in Canada who, in 1993, decided to withdraw from a long-standing nonunion employee representation plan: the conditions leading to the propensity to unionize; the transformation into a bargaining unit; and post-certification behaviors and practices. The unionization process in this case study differed from that suggested by literature based on unionization among workers without a previous history of collective representation. In the pre-campaign phase, workers experienced a significant loss of perceived power due to changes in company practices and managerial style. Elected worker delegates to the nonunion representation plan spearheaded the union campaign. The union organizing phase allowed the company multiple opportunities for redress without unionization. Subsequent union attachment was diminished by continuing loyalty to aspects of the old system.eng
dc.description.refereedYeseng
dc.identifier.citationDaphne G. Taras and Jason Copping (1998). "The Transition from Formal Nonunion Representation to Unionization: A Contemporary Case," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 22-44.eng
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/34064
dc.identifier.issn0019-7939
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/47922
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherCornell Universityeng
dc.publisher.corporateUniversity of Calgaryeng
dc.publisher.facultyHaskayne School of Businesseng
dc.publisher.urlhttp://www.ilr.cornell.edu/ilrreview/eng
dc.titleThe Transition from Formal Nonunion Representation to Unionization: A Contemporary Caseeng
dc.typejournal article
thesis.degree.disciplineHuman Resources & Organizational Dynamicseng
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