Yonatan Reshef
School of Business
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 2R6 CANADA

• The first agreement between S.A.F. and L.O.

• Established management's right to hire and fire workers, direct and allocate work, and employ workers according to needs of the organization

• L.O. won the right for blue-collar workers to organize, bargain collectively, and be recognized by employers.

• Employers recognized the legitimate right of unions to represent the interests of not only their own members, but also that of the working class as a whole

• L.O. and S.A.F. agreed that their constituent unions and associations would meet on a regular basis to establish general terms and conditions of employment on a multi-employer, industrial basis