Yonatan
Reshef
School of Business
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
BASIC PRINCIPLES
FULL EMPLOYMENT/LOW INFLATION
A MARKET ECONOMY COMBINED WITH SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY
VOLUNTARISM
CLOSE COLLABORATION BETWEEN LABOR AND CAPITAL
THE MEIDNER-REHN MODEL (1950; ENDORSED BY LO IN 1955)
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICY
Labor demand policies (relief work)
Labor supply policies (training, mobility assistance)
Matching policies (job placement, aptitude testing, occupational rehabilitation, counseling)
Expanding the public sector
SOLIDARISTIC WAGE POLICY
Equal pay for work in the same jobs across all industries; plus reasonable differentials for different jobs within each industry
1952 - the first SW agreement in the private sectors
1960 - the first SW agreement in the public sector