期刊名称：Just Labour : A Canadian Journal of Work and Society
电子版ISSN：1705-1436
出版年度：2009
卷号：15
出版社：York University
摘要：As America's neighbours, we have a clear interest in the outcome of this debate. The uniquely skewed nature of U.S. labour market institutions, which have created the most unequal and precarious labour market and social structure in the industrialized world, exerts a powerful influence on economic and social trends in other countries ¨C all the more so for Canadians, given our extensive economic, political, and cultural ties with America. Advocates of a more inclusive and egalitarian labour market model are all watching the U.S. debate with interest and concern. But there is another Canadian dimension to the Free Choice debate that Canadian labour scholars need to consider, as well. Some U.S. opponents of the Act have seized on the Canadian experience (given our higher union density, and the use of majority sign-up and first-contract arbitration procedures in several Canadian jurisdictions) to argue that these provisions would undermine future U.S. labour market performance. One widely-cited study by a contract researcher has used Canadian data to argue that the Act would increase U.S. unemployment by as much as 5.4 million people. (This entire study, authored by Anne Layne-Farrar of LECG Consulting, is available at
