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Labour Issues

 

McMaster University is an excellent environment for students interested in Domestic and International Labour Issues.  Four members of the department have active research programs in the field:

  • Robert O'Brien holds the LIUNA / Mancinelli Professorship in Global Labour Issues.  His research focuses upon the relationship between Globalization and Labour, including topics such as the emergence of a Global Labour Movement and Labour Interaction with Global Governance Institutions.
  • Stephen McBride holds a Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Public Policy and Globalization and has conducted research on OECD employment policy and state responses to financial crisis.  
  • Charlotte Yates, is the Dean of Social Sciences and her interests include Union Renewal, Labour Markets in the Auto Sector, Organized Labour and the State, the Role of Unions in Economic Restructuring.  
  • Don Wells is the Director of the interdisciplinary program in Labour Studies and his research interests are: Corporate and Multipartite International Regulation of Labour Standards; Labour Market Segmentation and Restructuring of the North American Auto Industry; Corporate Campaigns and Social Movements.

 

Students can also benefit from opportunities provided by faculty research networks and projects.  One example of this is that the Faculty has a School of Labour Studies which includes the Institute on Work in a Global Society (WIGS).  We also host the new open access online journal Global Labour.
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