COMM 421 Collective Bargaining Resources for the Bargaining Simulation

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COMM 421Collective BargainingResources for
the Bargaining Simulation

• David Lam Library, February, 2007

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Agenda

• Realistic research
• Your course guide
• Key library resources
• Connecting to online library resources from
  off-campus

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Reality of Research

• What you want
• One short article summarizing trends in length
  of collective agreements, health benefits,
  extended health benefits, flexible work
  arrangements, leaves, wages, for your industry
  in your province.

• What you can find easily
• Books/articles on negotiation
• Individual collective agreements
• Monthly summaries of collective
• agreements
• Articles on general trends
• Articles on dental plans
• Articles on extended health benefits
• Wage statistics
• CPI for Vancouver Victoria

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UBC Library

• Catalogue
• E-Journals
• - organized by subject and title
• Business Databases
• - specialized list for business researchers
• Research Guides
• the best resources on over 30 topics
• Course Guide for COMM 421

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UBC Library
http//www.library.ubc.ca/
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David Lam Library homepage

• To find a
• list of
• Business
• databases,
• click here

http//www.library.ubc.ca/lam
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UBC Library - Business Databases

• Alphabetical
• annotated
• list of 50
• databases of
• interest to
• business
• researchers.

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ABI/Inform, Canadian Newsstand, CBCA

• Databases which you can search simultaneously
• Access to 2000 magazines, journals, newspapers
• Include Canadian sources
• Provide the ability to separate scholarly
  journals, newspapers, magazines

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COMM 421 Course Guide

• For your course guide, click here

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COMM 421 Course Guide
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COMM 421 Bargaining Simulation Course Guide
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Collective Agreements

• BC. Labour Relations Board. Collective Agreements
  database
• Negotech database
• Business Council of BC. Industrial Relations
  Bulletin

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Labour Relations Board of BC

• BC collective agreements organized by employer
  name
• Includes links to the BC Labour Relations Code, a
  guide to the code, decisions, information
  bulletins, and reports

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Negotech search results

• Collective
• Agreements
• for
• Dairies

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Collective Agreement for Parmalat (from Negotech)

• Collective
• Agreement
• Scroll down
• For elements
• like vacation,
• overtime,
• hours of work
• leaves, etc.

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Researching Trends - HRDC

• Human
• Resources
• Development
• Canada (HRDC)
• Produces
• publications on
• trends, wage
• settlements,
• working
• conditions, etc.
• Workplace Bulletin

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Researching Trends - Articles

• Use article
• databases
• like
• Business
• Source Premier
• ABI Inform,
• Factiva, to
• Find studies
• on trends
• in collective
• bargaining
• or negotiation
• techniques

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BC Stats Labour Statistics
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BC Stats Socioeconomic Profiles

• Also try
• Electoral
• Profile
• of Kamloops

Source BC Stats, Socioeconomic Profiles
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Statistics Canada Census Profiles
Kamloops
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Statistics Canada Profiles

• You can compare Kamloops with the region, with
  Canada, with other cities
• You can build your own report.

http//www.statcan.ca
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Cost of Living

• Statistics Canada Electronic Publications
• 2. American Chamber of Commerce Cost of Living
  Index
• 3. Best Cities for Business from Canadian
  Business (Via Business Source Premier)

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Statistics Canada - Wages
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Stats Can - Wages
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Industry Canadas Strategis

• Strategis has
• an industry
• profile which
• Includes
• Production
• wage costs

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Accessing Library Resources from off-campus

• Computers with a UBC IP address are automatically
  allowed access to UBC Library resources.
• For UBCcard holders who are not at a UBC network
  address, a virtual private network has been set
  up.
• Web browsers must be configured to access this
  server.

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Review

• Use your Commerce 392 guide to start your
  research
• - for Collective Agreements use Negotech
• - for trends in Collective Agreements use
  Business Council of BC, HRDC, ejournals, article
  databases
• - for socio-economic profiles, use BC Stats
  Statistics Canada
• - for CPI, Wages, use Statistics Canada
• - for industry Statistics, use Industry
  Canadas Strategis
• 2. Use the VPN to connect to library resources
  from off-campus.

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More Help

• Reference Desk, David Lam Library
• Monday-Friday 10-4
• Amber Lannon Christina Sylka Jan Wallace