Bad Time Stories: Government-Union Conflicts and the Rhetoric of Legitimation Strategies

by Charles Keim and Yonatan Reshef

The 1990s and 2000s were especially difficult decades for government-public sector union relations in Canada. Rising costs and growing debts meant that governments were on the lookout for savings, and public sector unions and employees were easy targets for government actions. Bitter conflicts between unions and governments erupted and each labour dispute involved numerous rounds of public rhetoric in which both sides attempted to justify their actions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442648821
• ISBN13: 9781442648821
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher