Econ Outline

What have been the major industrial relations developments over the last 10 years and what are the principal factors affecting these developments in the National Hockey League

Industrial relations definition: Industrial relations is a multidisciplinary field that studies the employment relationship. Industrial relations studies examine various employment situations, not just ones with a unionized workforce. It can be closely related to labor relations

Industrial relations has three disciplines: science building, problem solving, and ethical.

- In the science building face, industrial relations is part of the social sciences, and it seeks to understand the employment relationship and its institutions through high-quality, rigorous research.

- In the problem solving face, industrial relations seeks to design policies and institutions to help the employment relationship work better.

- In the ethical face, industrial relations contains strong normative principles about workers and the employment relationship, especially the rejection of treating labor as a commodity in favor of seeing workers as human beings in democratic communities entitled to human rights.

BODY POINTS: leading up to NHL lockout, the events of the lockout, and the outcomes of the lockout

- Centre around the NHL lockout: background on the NHL lockout…..

History: Prior to the lockout, in late 2003 the union proposed a system that included revenue sharing, a luxury tax, a one-time five percent rollback in player salaries, and reforms to the league's entry level system. The league rejected this proposal almost immediately because it essentially maintained the status quo in favor of the players. Shortly before the lockout commenced in 2004, the NHLPA offered another proposal to the league that was believed to be similar to their earlier proposal. The league again rejected the union offer, claiming the union's new proposal was worse than the offer they rejected in 2003. At...