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Mission
and Mandate
It
is common thing to affirm that work and its institutions are in
full mutation. Unions, main defenders of work and working people,
are dragged in deep upheavals under the combined effect of globalization,
closures, technological changes, transformation of the role of
the state and the setting up of a new work ethic. No industrialized
country, nor any economic sector of activity is saved. Researchers
of the CEREST are interested in the problems arising from these
changes and, more especially, those which affect work, employment
and unionism.
The
ties between working people and their employer is changing: most
of new employment is now precarious, the attachment with the organization
is replaced by occupational comittment, the notion of career takes
different forms, the physical environment of work widens, the
organization of work seems to be democratized.
The
labour mouvement often makes the expenses of these upheavals,
with the decline of permanent jobs and the difficulty to penetrate
the new economy. It tries to redefine itself through the development
of new strategies, which hold in account the new contexts. Pay
and employment equity, partnership, democratization of work, qualifying
training take seat beside the more traditional concerns of the
defense of members ommediate interests, of the building of power
and the negotiation and enforcement of collective agreements.
By its
research and study activities, the CEREST tries to better understand
these phenomena and to analyze the orientations of the various
actors who, in turn, give a direction to the transformation in
progress. The CEREST aims at developing research partnership with
labour organizations, employers and governments on subjects which
are related to the transformation of work and its institutions
and to the above mentionned problems. Thse research are aimed
at helping the organizations in their operation, their strategy
or their planning.
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activities in 1999-2000
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1.
Research on youth involvement in unions.
Partner: Ontario Public Service Employees Union |
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Research on membership participation in the union
Partners: Public Service Alliance of Canada, Ontario Public
Service Employees Union, Syndicat des professionnels du gouvernement
du Québec, Syndicat de la fonction publique du Québec |
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3.
Research on working conditions in the community sector
Partners: Chaire de recherche en développement communautaire,
CRISES, International Labour Organization |
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4.
Research on local labour management relations in the federal
public service
Partner: Treasury Board Secretariat (Fryer Committee) |
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5.
Research on union strategies for membership involvement
Partner: Syndicat des employés municipaux de la Ville
de Hull (CSN) |
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6.
Research on work reorganization in the public service
Partners: Quebec governement, Syndicat des professionnels
du gouvernement du Québec, Syndicat de la fonction
publique du Québec |
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Bellemare,
Guy: Work Sociology |
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Laplante,
Normand: Health and Safety |
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Gosselin,
Éric: Industrial Pyschology |
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Paquet,
Renaud: Collective Bargaining, Unionism |
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Harisson,
Denis: Work Sociology |
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UQO
PO Box 1250 Succ, Hull
Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
J8X 3X7
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Phone
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( 819) 595-3900
poste 1674
Fax:
( 819) 773-1788
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E-Mail
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CEREST@uqo.ca
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