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The labour and socialist movement of British Columbia before World War One was home to a number of competing tendencies and factions. While the different groups could and did work together on occasion, their relations with each other were often marked by hostility and suspicion. The Vancouver free speech fights of 1909 and 1912 illustrate dramatically the in-fighting between the Socialist Party of Canada. the Industrial Workers of the World, and the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council. The different approaches of the organizations to the issue of free speech reflect their different ideologies, constituencies, and clans strata, and the actions of the SPC suggest that the party was, despite its impossiblist rhetoric, more interested in pragmatic trade unionism and social democracy than revolution. In refusing to put its faith in parliamentary democracy, the IWW demonstrated that it had a more consistent and deeper analysis of capitalist society than moat historians have suggested, but this very analysis and the actions consistent with it meant the IWW could be increasingly marginalized and isolated. (English)

The article reviews the book, "The Damndest Radical: The Life and World of Ben Reitman Chicago's Celebrated Social Reformer, Hobo King, and Whorehouse Physician," by Roger A. Bruns.

The article reviews the book, "Flexible Rigidities: Industrial Policy and Structural Adjustment in the Japanese Economy, 1970-80," by Ronald P. Dore.

The article reviews the book, "Stakhanovism and the Politics of Productivity in the USSR, 1931-1941," by Robert Conquest.

The article reviews the book, "Empty Promisses: Quality of Working Life Programmes and the Labour Movement," by Donald M. Wells.

The article reviews the book, "Irish Migrants in the Canadas: A New Approach," by Bruce S. Elliott.

This collection of essays stems from a joint conference held at the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth by the Committee on Canadian Labour History and the Society for the Study of Welsh Labour History. An Introduction by David Montgomery places the essays in a broader international perspective. Contributors from Wales include John Williams, Christopher Turner, Merfyn Jones, Dot Jones, and Deian R. Hopkin. Canadian essays are by Craig Heron, Robert Babcock, Bruno Ramirez, Allen Seager, Linda Kealey, Varpu Lindstrom-Best, and Gregory S. Kealey. The volume includes photographs, maps and tables. --Publisher's description. Contents: The rise and decline of the Welsh economy, 1890-1930 / John Williams -- Labour and industrial capitalist development in the North Atlantic Region, 1880-1920 / Robert Babcock -- The second Industrial Revolution in Canada, 1890-1930 / Craig Heron -- Conflicts of faith? / Christopher Turner -- Serfdom and slavery / Dot Jones -- Of men and stones / Merfyn Jones -- Migration and regional labour markets, 1870-1915 / Bruno Ramirez -- No special protection--no sympathy / Linda Kealey -- Miners'struggles in Western Canada, 1890-1930 / Allan Seager -- Canadian mining towns / Varpu Linstrom-Best -- The parameters of class conflict / Gregory S. Kealey -- The great unrest in Wales, 1910-1913 / Deian R. Hopkin. Papers from a conference of Committee on Canadian Labour History and Llafur, the Society for the Study of Welsh Labour History, held in April 1987 near Newtown in Mid-Wales.

Compilation of recent English/French publications on Canadian labour history that emphasize the period 1800-1975. Materials pertaining to the post-1975 period may also be included, although more selectively. See also the database, Canadian Labour History, 1976-2009, published at Memorial University of Newfoundland.

This paper reports the results of a large-scale Canadian survey of nine types of workplace innovation — profit sharing, gain sharing, pay for knowledge, job sharing, job enrichment, semi-autonomous work groups, quality circles, labour management committees, and 'other' joint problem solving groups. The paper assesses the incidence ofeach type, patterns of implementation, survival rates, and trends over time.

The authors is preoccupied with the performance of given societies in providing work opportunites for their citizens, and in developing private and public policies which contribute to employment security.

El author analiza como las medidas politicas y economicas tomadas por los Estados han cambiado los sistemas de relaciones industriales en algunos paises de America Latina. Presenta las relaciones de trabajo como un "factor estrategico de desarollo" y estudia como esta influido por las relaciones que tienen los gobiernos con los sindicatos y las empresas, eso a traves de los diversos cambios, sobre todo economicos, ocurridos desde los ultimos 10 anos.

The article reviews the book, "Economic Crisis, Trade Unions and the State," edited by Otto Jacobi. Bob Jessop, Hans Kastendiendiek, and Marino Regini.

The article reviews the book, "The Worst Street in North London, Campbell Bunk, Islington, Between the Wars," by Jerry White.

The article reviews the book, "Witness Against War: Pacifism in Canada, 1900-1945," by Thomas P. Socknat.

Dans la foulée de la décision qu'il avait rendue dans Société canadienne des postes et Shoppers Drug Mart Limited, le Conseil a récemment été amené à examiner de nouveau l'application des dispositions relatives aux droits de successeur dans le secteur des postes. Il a conclu à deux reprises, mais pour des motifs différents, que la concession de l'exploitation d'un bureau de poste avec marge brute à l'intérieur d'une pharmacie ne constituait pas une vente d'entreprise au sens du Code canadien du travail (le Code) parce qu'aucun transfert au sens des dispositions relatives aux droits de successeur n 'avait été établi. Contrairement à la situation prévalant dans Shoppers Drug Mart Limited, dans ces deux affaires, la Société canadienne des postes (la Société) n'avait consenti aux concessionnaires aucune exclusivité à l'égard de la vente des produits et services postaux pour le territoire visé dans chacun des contrats.

Saisi de cinq requêtes complexes impliquant un groupe important de professionnels, le Conseil canadien des relations du travail (le Conseil) a pour la première fois effectué une étude exhaustive des dispositions du Code canadien du travail (le Code) qui traitent du statut des professionnels dans la détermination des unités de négociation. Après avoir abordé toutes les difficultés suscitées par l'application de ces dispositions, le Conseil adopte une interprétation restrictive de la notion de «professionnel au sens du Code».

This article reviews the book, "Capitalism vs Socialism? Canadian and Swedish Labour Market Policies Compared," by Joseph Smucker & Axel Van Den Berg.

This article reviews the book, "Designing Effective Organizations. The Sociotechnical Systems Perspective," by William A. Pasmore.

This article reviews the book, "The Individual, Work and Organization. Behavioural Studies in Business and Management Students," by Robin Fincham & Peter S. Rhodes.

This article reviews the book, "Thriving on Chaos. Handbook for a Managerial Revolution," by Tom Peters.