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The article reviews the book, "Women Strike for Peace: Traditional Motherhood and Radical Politics in the 1960s," by Amy Swerdlow.

The debate about public funding and regulation of childcare has always had as its central focus: should mothers be encouraged or discouraged from seeking paid work outside the home? While some scholars argue that labour needs -- the "reserve army" thesis --best explain resulting public policies regarding childcare, this article argues that campaigns by women's organizations, sometimes aided by mixed-sex progressive social organizations, have been more important in public policy-making. Discourse on paid work for women with children has shifted from 1945 to 1990 from extremely negative to ambivalent. But the Right has limited the impact of women's mobilization for shared state responsibility for childcare by insisting on childcare arrangements as a working mother's responsibility.

The article reviews the book, "Consuming Canada: Readings in Environmental History," edited by Chad Gaffield and Pam Gaffield.

This collection of essays provides a generous introduction to the vibrant field of labour and working-class history in Canada's eastern provinces. Organized in four sections covering pre-industrial labour, the industrial revolution, labour's wars of the early twentieth century, and the rise of industrial legality, the book should prove useful in university classrooms and for all readers interested in the history of the region's ordinary people. Concluding chapters address topics of current interest such as public sector unionism, the role of women in the fishery, and the horrors of the Westray mine disaster. The editors provide an introduction, section heads, and suggestions for further reading. The volume is edited by David Frank, Department of History, University of New Brunswick, the former editor of Acadiensis, and Gregory S. Kealey, Department of History, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Dean of Graduate Studies. Authors include T. W. Acheson, Rusty Bittermann, Sean Cadigan, Jessie Chisholm, Patricia M. Connelly, Peter DeLottinville, E. R. Forbes, Eugene Forsey, Harry Glasbeek, Linda Little, Martha MacDonald, Robert McIntosh, Ian McKay, D. A. Muise, Nolan Reilly, Eric W. Sager, Anthony Thomson, and Eric Tucker. --Publisher's description

The article reviews the book, "Lost Comrades: Socialists of the Front Generation, 1918-1945," by Dan S. White.

A large-scale project to introduce a participatory ergonomics approach into 100 health care establishments in France was conducted by a hospital sector union. The project took the form of ergonomics training provided to union delegates to committees responsible for health, safety, and working conditions. Data on the project's progress and results show that when unions had assimilated an ergonomic approach, the view that hospital actors had of one another was modified, as were the relations concerning working condition issues. The conditions for the success, extension and durability of this approach are discussed.

The article reviews the book, "La résolution des griefs dans l'entreprise," by Jean-Claude Bernatchez.

Les relations entre le vieillissement des salariés et les conditions de travail se situent à deux niveaux: l'un individuel qui est propre au vieillissement de chacun, l'autre collectif qui est marqué par les phénomènes de génération et d'époque. Ces relations ont été étudiées dans l'industrie automobile française en se centrant sur le travail répétitif sous cadence imposée et en associant des approches en démographie du travail et des approches ergonomiques. Les résultats permettent de définir des actions anticipatrices pour éviter les effets négatifs d'une double évolution : celle du vieillissement de la population des opérateurs et celle de l'organisation du travail.

Changements dans la législation du travail au Canada.

Certification data were used from the province of Nova Scotia to provide further evidence that convergence of industrial relations systems between the US and Canada is far from unavoidable. Contrary to arguments advanced by Troy (1991), private sector organizing in Canada, even when operating under a US-style legal environment, remains remarkably robust, posting a win rate of 68% over a 10-year period with no evidence of longitudinal decline. Furthermore, there is compelling evidence that international unions are unable to match the organizing performance of their Canadian counterparts.

The Canadian Auto Workers union, the CAW, has a long and rich history. Part of the U.S.-based United Auto Workers for almost fifty years, the CAW separated from its American parent in 1985. Today, the Canadian Auto Workers union encompasses members from a broad range of industries. It is also one of the most powerful unions in the country. Yet few people know the union's history, how it acquired its strength, or what accounts for its split with its American parent. This illustrated history provides a fascinating look at the union from its origins to the present. Beginning in the twenties, Sam Gindin describes the early years of the automobile industry and the emergence of GM, Ford, and Chrysler. He looks at the birth of the UAW in 1936, the conflicts that rocked the union in the fifties, the signing of theAutopact in the sixties, and the historic split of the Canadian section from the UAW two decades later. Finally, he considers the issues facing the union and the Canadian labour movement as the century draws to a close. By providing a profile of the CAW as well as the labour and social movements that it helped shape, The Canadian Auto Workers offers us something unusual — an engrossing glimpse of our past, written from a union perspective. --Publisher's description

A chapter of the book "Labour/Le Travail" is presented. It explores the discussion on whether slaves in the U.S. were proletarians. It highlights the reasons behind why criticism of W. E. B. Du Bois' use of neo-Marxist terminology has been restricted in the country. It notes the move of Noel Ignatiev to rely on Du Bios to refute Eric Foner, who reviewed the book "Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1963-1877."

The article reviews the book, "Houses for All: The Struggle for Social Housing in Vancouver, 1919-1950," by Jill Wade.

The article reviews the book, "Histoire de l'Outaouais," by Chad Gaffield, André Cellard, Gérald Pelletier, Odette Vincent-Domey, Caroline Andrew, André Beaucage, Normand Fortier, Jean Harvey, and Jean-Marc Soucy.

The article reviews the book, "The Irish in Quebec: An Introduction to the Historiography," by Robert J. Grace.

Dans un monde en changement, l'organisation s 'ajuste aux besoins de son environnement. Dans le contexte des annees 1980, la tangente prise par les entreprises privilégie la fonction ressources humaines en lui conférant un rôle prépondérant dons l'atteinte des objectifs organisationnels. Au cours de la dernière décennie, les chercheurs ont développé de nouvelles approches de gestion des ressources humaines et les praticiens ont vanté les mérites d'une préoccupation accrue de cette ressource dans l'organisation. Cependant, qu'en est-il réellement? Cette étude tente de retracer l'évolution de la fonction ressources humaines entre 1978 et 1989 au Québec et de vérifier si !es pérceptions qu 'en ont les directeurs généraux et les directeurs des ressources humaines dans des entreprises du secteur sécondaire privé ont sensiblement changé au cours de cette même période.

The article reviews the book, "Macmillan," by John Turner.