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The article reviews the book, "The Transformation of British Life, 1950-2000," by Andrew Rosen.

The article focuses on farm labor in Ontario. It is said that migrant farm workers are widely employed in Niagara because they return better profit. However, it is claimed that the use of workers from Mexico and the Caribbean serves to depress wages and complicates union formation. It is also noted that these workers are denied with the rights enjoyed by workers with landed-immigrant status.

Book review of: "Capitalism Rebooted: Work, Welfare and the New Economy" by Dave Broad & Wayne Antony (eds.)

The article reviews the book, "Continentalizing Canada: The Politics and Legacy of the Macdonald Royal Commission," by Gregory J. Inwood.

From October 7-23, 2005, the strike by the 38,000-strong British Columbia Teachers' Federation (bCTF) was the "main event" in BC labour relations. Teachers demonstrated enormous solidarity and determination to achieve a fair negotiated settlement that they could put to a vote. The focus of this paper is not the BCTF strike itself but the remarkable sympathy strike action organized in support of BCTF, primarily by the BC division of CUPE. Such worker action is highly unusual. Since the 1940s sympathy strike action has been illegal and extremely rare. This paper sets CUPE-BC's strikes in support of BCTF in the context of the legal framework established over half a century ago and the decline of sympathy strikes that followed. It then summarizes the events of October 2005 and examines the effects and significance of the strikes and what made them possible. It concludes with a reflection on the implications of these events for the labour movement. The analysis here is shaped by the perspective that public sector unions are best able to resist hostile governments when they adopt a militant and highly democratic approach that aims to build a broad social movement, sometimes referred to as social movement unionism.

Challenges from employers and governments and the limited success of public sector union responses suggest the need for renewal in Canadian public sector unions. This article engages with discussions of union renewal by way of theoretically conceptualizing the modes of union praxis relevant to Canadian unions. It then examines the nature of neoliberal public sector reform and assesses the experiences of Canadian public sector unions under neoliberalism. In this difficult context, unions that are able to make progress in the interconnected development of greater democracy and power will be more capable of channelling workers’ concerns into union activity. This, along with international and Canadian evidence, highlights the significance of the praxis of social movement unionism to union renewal in the public sector.

We use data from a unique survey of Ontario physicians to examine the determinants of work and personal stress in physicians with six stress indexes we constructed. We have a number of findings of particular interest. First, we find that males experience significantly less stress than women in a number of our regressions. Second, some of our estimates suggest that physicians who practice in health service organizations, which are paid primarily by capitation rather than fee-for-service, experience less stress. This estimate suggests that alternative payment systems, which are becoming more prevalent, may help to alleviate the stress experienced by physicians. Third, increases in the percentage of billings required to cover overhead expenses are associated with higher levels of stress. Finally, our most consistent empirical finding relates to the number of hours a week the physician works, which had a significant effect on all six of our stress indexes.

The article reviews the book, "If the Workers Took a Notion: The Right to Strike and American Political Development," by Josiah B. Lambert.

The article reviews the book, "Schools of Democracy: A Political History of the American Labor Movement," by Clayton Sinyai.

The article reviews the book, "The Embedded Corporation: Corporate Governance and Employment Relations in Japan and the United States," by Sanford M. Jacoby.

The article reviews the book, "Mavericks: An Incorrigible History of Alberta," by Aritha van Herk.

La recherche étudie l’impact des changements apportés dans trois systèmes de GRH sur la variation de l’engagement affectif des employés d’un établissement de santé au Québec entre 1999 et 2002. La problématique de la recherche se base sur la théorie du contrat psychologique de Rousseau (1995), selon laquelle les changements organisationnels modifient les paramètres de la relation d’emploi, lesquels permettent d’améliorer les conditions de travail et le contrat psychologique de l’employé. À l’aide de deux échantillons comparables de 80 répondants, les résultats révèlent que les employés sont plus autonomes et peuvent davantage participer aux processus décisionnels, que les procédures sont plus impartiales et que la perception de plafonnement de carrière est moins élevée dans l’échantillon de 2002 comparativement à celui de 1999. Ces améliorations dans la gestion des ressources humaines sont accompagnées d’une faible augmentation du niveau d’engagement affectif en 2002.

This paper explores the impact of precarious employment relationships on health outcomes. It uses a novel framework, “Employment Strain” to describe the characteristics of different employment relationships and how they impact health outcomes. It uses interview data and comments provided on a survey to explore these issues. The paper begins by exploring if the health effects reported by mid-career individuals in precarious employment are different from those of younger and older workers. Finding limited evidence to support this hypothesis, the paper goes on to explore in detail the conditions under which precarious employment does increase stress and tension and impact health outcomes. It concludes that a combination of an individual's desire for more permanent employment, the expectation that permanent employment will be found, and the support individuals receive from various sources are critical to understanding the health effects of precarious employment.

The article reviews the book, "Dirty Politics? New Labour, British Democracy and the Invasion of Iraq," by Steven Kettell.

The article reviews the book, "Jailed for Possession: Illegal Drug Use, Regulation and Power in Canada 1920-1961," by Catherine Carstairs.

This paper examines the history of the British juvenile immigrants, a group of over 100,000 children who arrived in Canada between 1868 and 1939 to work on farms or as domestic workers. There was both a pressing need within Canada for farm workers, and overcrowding in British cities, therefore conditions were right for a mutually beneficial labour exchange between the two nations. British philanthropists encouraged this movement and ensured its continued success over a seventy year period. The societal changes that occurred in Canada during the same period as a result of the reform movement are also traced within this historical examination. The increase in child welfare policies, and the subsequent attitudinal changes in the Canadian public also impacted how the home children were treated and viewed. Through this research, this neglected group of immigrants will be given a more prominent position in Canadian social and immigration history.

Dans la soirée du samedi 10 avril 1734, Montréal brûle. L'esclave Marie-Joseph- Angélique est traduite devant la justice et accusée d'avoir mis le feu. Soumise à la question extraordinaire, forme de torture atroce pendant laquelle on brise les os des jambes, elle craque et avoue avoir commis cet incendie criminel. Puis, elle est pendue. Angélique entre dans l'histoire canadienne en tant que criminelle. Cependant, son procès nous offre une occasion unique de raconter sa vie d'esclave, une vie dont on n'aurait pas entendu parler autrement. Afua Cooper fait revivre brillamment un chapitre méconnu de l'histoire du Canada, celui d'une Noire rebelle d'origine portugaise qui a cherché à briser ses chaînes. En nous présentant le vécu de cette jeune femme, elle met en lumière ce qui l'a sans doute poussée à commettre pareil crime. Par le fait même, elle détruit le mythe d'un Canada considéré comme un paradis pour les Noirs ayant échappé à l'esclavagisme des États-Unis. L'histoire d'Angélique est le plus ancien récit à propos de l'esclavage dans le Nouveau Monde. En lui consacrant cet ouvrage, Afua Cooper apporte une importante contribution à l'historiographie canadienne et met en perspective l'esclavage accepté légalement et culturellement au Canada. --Publisher's description

The article reviews the book, "Responsabilité sociale et environnementale de l’entreprise," edited by Marie-France B. Turcotte and Anne Salmon.

The article reviews the book, "L’essentiel sur les salaires minimums dans le monde," by François Eyraud and Catherine Saget.