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From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Unions, etc
Message-ID: <5073@utcsrgv.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 24-Aug-84 10:35:47 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 24 10:35:47 1984
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Organization: The Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto
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In article <1707@ucbvax.UUCP> faustus@ucbvax.UUCP (Wayne Christopher) writes:
~| Maybe somebody out there who has a background in legal history
~| can answer this -- is there any way that a union which unfairly
~| prevents an employer from hiring non-union labor can be found in
~| violation of anti-trust laws?  As somebody pointed out, in
~| effect a union has a monopoly on labor, and can have just as bad
~| an effect on the economy as a corporation that has a monopoly on
~| the capital in a given industry. I wonder if the phrasing of the
~| anti-trust laws would allow such an application...


I don't know about the U.S., but if I recall correctly, the
Canadian anti-trust legislation (Combines Investigation Act)
specifically excludes unions from the definition of "monopolies"
which are prohibited.

Dave Sherman
Toronto
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