The Pros And Cons Of Minority Groups

Minority groups started a very long process of work to have their rights and protection from the trade unions. Minority groups had different strategies and methods that need to be taken for further their interests within the union. Minority groups had it rough especially in the early 20th century. Because there were a lot of lack of support from trade unions towards the minority groups (Hunt & Rayside, ). The trade unions ignored many different minority group’s needs and minority groups were suffering because of it. To change this stressful situation; one of the first methods for minority groups to fight against the white male dominated trade unions, was to start to organize their own groups. For example, the Chinese Canadian Labor Movement
Legislations are the forces of the law to protect people and to _____. It becomes the law and as Hunt and Rayside point out that “Law and courts have forced management to change even in the absence of union pressure” (p.417). It means that legislations are there to protect those in need, that the government enforces unions and workplaces to follow the rules. For example, the Canadian Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination against disabled people (White,). Legislations are meant to prevent discrimination and to punish those who encourage it. Legislations take a long time to be formed and count as a law. White mentions that the disabled lobbied for years in the Canadian government to have a law amended to make it mandatory for employers to accommodate disable workers (White, ). In context, it is an incredible method because I am disabled, I was born deaf and became of hard of hearing with my cochlear implants. I was able to get work and to feel security of my job because it is the law for employers to accommodate me. Legislations is an important tool to push unions to have more interest in minority groups and laws to grant support for minority
Gays and lesbian workers in the past were being pushed aside before and were stuck in low-paid entry positions before (White,). Because of their sexuality, gays and lesbians were being targeted and victimized. For example, there was this gay man: Brian Mossop, a federal civil servant who was denied work-leave for his father’s death. It was because he was gay and he lacked support from the Canadian Union of Professional and Technical Employees. Brian did not get the support he needed from his union and felt discriminated against because of his sexuality. Brain is just one of the many gay and lesbians who experienced discrimination because of their sexuality. It is also not just gays and lesbians but also other minorities too. Overall, despite the progress minorities have made in the past, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done for