Unionization of agricultural workers in British Columbia

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dc.contributor.authorJensen, Heather
dc.contributor.supervisorFudge, Judy
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-25T23:49:34Z
dc.date.available2013-01-25T23:49:34Z
dc.date.copyright2013en_US
dc.date.issued2013-01-25
dc.degree.departmentFaculty of Lawen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Laws LL.Men_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis provides a multi-method – historical, quantitative, qualitative, and jurisprudential – socio-legal case study of the unionization of agricultural workers in British Columbia. Agricultural employees have access to the Labour Relations Code of British Columbia. A historical examination of exclusion of agricultural workers from labour relations legislation from 1937 to 1975 explores the rationale behind labour relations laws and the political context of the legislative exclusion. Next, economic aspects of BC’s agricultural sector are described, with a focus on employment characteristics and the regionalised nature of agricultural production. Finally, this thesis explains the legal aspects of an ongoing campaign by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) to unionize migrant and resident agricultural workers. The union organizing campaign shows how legal labour relations processes operate in relation to migrant workers in a sector with low rates of unionization and high rates of precarious and low-paid, dangerous work.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/4452
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjecttrade unionsen_US
dc.subjectlabour lawen_US
dc.subjectagricultural workersen_US
dc.subjectUnited Food and Commercial Workersen_US
dc.subjectunionizationen_US
dc.subjectBritish Columbiaen_US
dc.subjectfarm workersen_US
dc.subjectmigrant workersen_US
dc.subjectlabour historyen_US
dc.subjectagricultural employmenten_US
dc.titleUnionization of agricultural workers in British Columbiaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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