{"product_id":"35-accords-re-imagining-british-columbias-public-sector-labour-relations","title":"35 Accords: Re-Imagining British Columbia's Public Sector Labour Relations","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e35 Accords \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSubtitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e Re-Imagining British Columbia's Public Sector Labour Relations\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSubject Classification: \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003ePolitics and Government, History, Economics and Finance\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBIC Classification: \u003c\/strong\u003eJP, HB, KC \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBISAC Classification: \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003ePOL013000, POL017000, BUS038010\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Hardback, Paperback, eBook\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 23 Jun 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN (Hardback):\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e978-1-83711-277-7 \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN (eBook):\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e978-1-83711-278-4 \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN (Paperback): \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e978-1-83711-279-1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo view a sample of the book, please click \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration:\" underline data-mce-style=\"text-decoration:\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehere\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ee-books available for libraries from \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProquest\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEBSCO\u003c\/strong\u003e\n \n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewith non-institutional availability from \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\nGooglePlay\n\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor larger orders, or orders where you require an invoice, contact us  \u003cspan id=\"cloak8074a48c555b85c31ec4347354a45e96\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\nadmin@ethicspress.com\n\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eWhat does a cash-strapped government do when the collective agreements for almost a quarter million of its unionized employees expire simultaneously while wishing to maintain a respectful relationship with its labour supporters? In 1997, the Premier of British Columbia (BC), Canada, Glen Clark, thought of an imaginative solution. It was to offer unions an opportunity to participate with the government in developing policies on issues affecting their members and the services they provide. This was BC’s public sector policy Accord process. The goal was to establish a different, more collaborative relationship with unions, one in which they had a voice in shaping policy solutions. This parallel process – entirely separate from collective bargaining - would also avoid the adversarial relationship that so often characterizes a government’s relations with its unions, by recognizing the positive role unions and their members could play in contributing to improving BC’s public programs and services.\u003cbr\u003eThe authors, who worked on the Accord process with Premier Clark, provide an insider’s story of the intensive three-year period, during which the parties negotiated 35 policy accords across the entire provincial public sector. The Accords covered a wide range of issues, including pension trusteeship and portability, early retirement, provincial school class size, benefits trusts, government procurement policy, hospital laboratory services, workforce training, pay equity, creation of a health and safety agency and numerous smaller policy fixes.\u003cbr\u003eThe accord process demonstrated that it was possible for a government to initiate a new and more collaborative relationship with its unions by inviting them into the policy process. The accords definitely improved relations with the government and contributed to collective bargaining settlements within the government’s money mandate.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eBiography\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAuthor(s):\u003c\/span\u003e \n\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTony Penikett is a past president (Chair) of the federal New Democratic Party in Canada, former premier of the Yukon and one-time Fulbright Scholar at the University of Washington's Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, and Officer of the Order of Canada.\u003cbr\u003eJohn Calvert is an LSE graduate and retired professor from Simon Fraser University, Canada who has written extensively on public policy and labour issues. 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