Did the Wagner Act have any influence in Canada?
Yes.
As a result of international unions operating in Canada, information
about the law in the United States was followed closely. The Committee
for Industrial Organizing was very active in Canada for unions based
in the United States.
In
1937, the Trades and Labour Congress prepared a draft statute for
provinces to adopt, taking a great many ideas from the Wagner
Act. All provinces, except Ontario and Prince Edward Island,
then passed laws based on the draft statute, which confirmed that
collective bargaining was legal. This
legislation made it illegal for an employer to interfere with the
rights of an employee or to refuse to bargain with a union that
represented the majority of the workforce.
Later,
Ontario passed a law that went further in establishing a Labour
Court to deal with issues of union selection.
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