10.2190/65FH-YN8R-LMN2-P8CJ 65FHYN8RLMN2P8CJ 5 Unjust Dismissal for Nonunion Workers: Adjudication Decisions in the Canadian Federal Jurisdiction 39 55 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 65FHYN8RLMN2P8CJ.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=65FHYN8RLMN2P8CJ 1 Genevieve Eden University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada This study involves an analysis of the determinants of adjudicator decisions dealing with complaints of unjust dismissal from nonunionized workers in the Canadian federal jurisdiction. All decisions rendered between the enactment of the legislation in 1978 and up to March 1989 were analyzed and the relevant decisions (395 cases) were coded according to the factors believed to determine arbitral decision making. 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