Abstracts/Résumés

FAIRNESS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR CHOICE: THE EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE ACT & THE CANADIAN MODEL

Sara Slinn
Associate Professor,
Osgoode Hall Law School,
York University,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Richard W. Hurd
Professor of Labor Studies,
School of Industrial and Labor Relations,
Cornell University,
Ithaca, New York, United States of America

The authors are engaged in a multi-dimensional project that analyzes Canadian private sector experience under provincial and federal labour statutes. The broad objective of the research is to draw nuanced lessons from the Canadian experience that will inform the debate over labour law reform in the U.S. This commentary reflects the authors´ preliminary research results as they relate to the specific proposals included in the Employee Free Choice Act.