Industrial Relations Outlook 2001

This annual survey alerts readers to emerging trends, explores issues, and investigates processes that can assist labour and management in building relationships.

Document Highlights 

Highlights of this year’s report include:

• Although collective bargaining remains fundamentally adversial, collaborative relations are on the upswing.
• Following a decade of restraint, unions will seek wage catch-up in the year ahead. A strong economy, combined with a continued tight labour market, will support the demand for increased wages.
• Demographic patterns, particularly an ageing workforce, will place issues of security on the bargaining table.
• Management will seek a renewed relationship with unions in 2001.
• While the general outlook for collective bargaining is positive, there may be a tumultuous period ahead in the provincial public sector.