How Did The Order-In-Council Pc 1003 Affect The Working Class Canada

Though the Order-in-council PC 1003 formed the legal basis for the working class Canadians; it had contributed to the different experience to the working class men and the working class women. During the World War II, the Canadians labour relations suffered a state of dissatisfaction. The codes of PC 1003 put the labour relation to the rest by including the certification of the union and with the introduction of the concept of the grievance. The major cause that put the Canadian working class people in the state of dissatisfaction was the social and the economic conditions faced by the working class Canadians after the war. The social and the economic conditions faced by the working class Canadians were increasing rate of unemployment, the high cost of standard …show more content…
The government also believed that the codes of the PC 1003 can save the Canadians out of the Great depression. Evidences showed that the codes of the PC 1003 basically changed the relationship between the working class Canadians and the employers. The legislation associated with the PC 1003 would oblige the employer to recognize the union and set up the collective bargaining process for the employees. The right to collective bargaining, prohibition of the strike activity and unfair labour practices, recognition of union certification and the process of grievance were some of the codes of PC 1003. PC 1003 established the administrative board called the National Wartime Labour Relation Board. The major role of this board was to act as the bargaining representative and to prohibit the unfair labour practice. Though the codes of PC 1003 were borrowed from the Wagner Act of American Labour relation; it differed completely with the American regimes. Many provinces enacted on the legislation to obey the codes of the PC