The GRIPP (Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire sur la philosophie politique) and CRIMT (Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalization and Work) are pleased to invite you to an in-person seminar entitled: “The Empire Strikes Back: The Evolution of Legal Restrictions on Strikes in Québec and Canada”.
As strikes rates have risen in recent years across Québec and Canada, so too have government efforts to restrict them. These efforts are part of a long Canadian tradition of state repression of strikes, although they have evolved over time.
What is behind these efforts to suppress strikes? How and why have they changed over time? How do they affect collective bargaining? Why isn’t arbitration a suitable alternative? And why do governments keep doing this?
Join a panel of labour experts and legal practitioners for a round-table discussion of these and other important questions related to efforts to suppress workers’ right to strike.
Date and time: Monday, November 10, 1:00–2:30 PM
Location: Room 200, New Chancellor Day Hall, McGill University
Panelists:
Sibel Ataogul (Melançon Marceau Grenier Cohen)
David Doorey (York University)
Barry Eidlin (McGill University)
Dalia Gesualdi-Fecteau (Université de Montréal)
Moderator: Evan Fox-Decent (McGill University Faculty of Law)
The seminar will be conducted in English.
Everyone is welcome!
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