Publisher's Synopsis
Since the first edition was published in 1988, "The Assault on Trade Union Freedoms" has been used in university and union courses. The examination of "back to work" legislation, the rulings of the Supreme Court on cases pertaining to workers' freedom of association, statutory wage controls and restrictive changes in labour legislation have now been completely updated. Significant examples of resistance to coercion, such as the PSAC and the public sector workers' struggles in New Brunswick are examined. The legislative record of provinces with NDP governments (BC, Ontario and Saskatchewan) are analyzed to discern the meaning of reform in the current context.;A new concluding chapter explores how the labour movement is currently responding to ongoing challenges. In this new edition, Leo Panitch and Donald Swartz argue that the era of coercion has continued into the 1990s.
