5-minute read
La valeur de la sécurité d’emploi
Publication of Le Point de l’IEDM on the value of job security
4-minute read
Wal-Mart: bénéfique pour le commerce en région
Reaction to the closing of the Jonquière Wal-Mart store.
4-minute read
We must stop punishing capital
Publication of an Economic Note on the harmful effects of the capital tax.
4-minute read
La taxe sur le capital
Publication of an Economic Note on the harmful effects of the capital tax.
3-minute read
Wal-Mart bénéfique pour le commerce
Reaction to the closing of the Jonquière Wal-Mart store.
3-minute read
Wal-Mart: une réalité fort complexe!
Reaction to the closing of the Jonquière Wal-Mart store.
4-minute read
Les «scabs»
Publication of an Economic Note on the effects of anti-scab measures.
3-minute read
Les effets pervers des dispositions anti-briseurs de grève
Publication d’une Note économique sur les effets des mesures anti-briseurs de grève.
4-minute read
Workers pay for anti-scab laws
Publication of an Economic Note on the effects of anti-scab measures
1-minute read
The perverse effects of anti-scab measures
In 1977, the Quebec legislature amended the Labour Code to introduce measures prohibiting employers at establishments affected by legal strikes or lockouts from replacing the striking or locked-out workers. According to the government then in power, these measures were introduced with the twin goals of preventing violence and making labour conflicts shorter. These arguments are still raised today, even though studies show that strikes have generally not been shortened.