On July 5, 2005, the Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Labour convened a Tripartite Forum on labour/management relations, which the Canadian Labour and Business Centre help to organize and facilitate. The objective was to bring together senior representatives of employers, labour, and government to discuss the role that labour/management relationships have, through collective bargaining and other means, in contributing to strong growth in the provincial economy.
While convening this Forum responded to a commitment made by the Nova Scotia Government in its 2003 Blue Book, the opportunity to bring together management, labour, and government representatives to discuss labour/management relationships in Nova Scotia represented a proactive approach to addressing labour/management issues in a way that had not occurred for many years. The Forum thus constituted a significant event in the development of labour/management relationships in Nova Scotia.
The event consisted of plenary panels of representatives of employers, labour, and government, complemented by facilitated round table discussions, which allowed participants to exchange views on key questions. There were four presentations for which the slides are available below.
Canadian Labour and Business Centre
Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Labour
Centre for Industrial Relations, University of Toronto
