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This article reviews the book, "Solidarity Forever, An Oral History of the IWW," by Stewart Bird, Dan Georgakas, and Deborah Shaffer.

The article reviews the book, "Art and Labor: Ruskin, Morris and the Craftman Ideal in America," by Eileen Boris.

The article reviews two books: "Working-Class Patients and the Medical Establishment, Self-help in Britain from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to 1948," by David Green, and "The Social History of Occupational Health," edited by Paul Weindling.

Vu qu'un grand nombre d'emplois du secteur public n'ont pas de point de comparaison dans le marche, les auteurs suggèrent une méthode de comparaison avec des professions comparable.

The changing roles of native women, devices for assimilation, the re-birth of the Metis: these are among the issues examined in this collection of provocative essays which explore the link between aboriginal culture and economic patterns. --Publisher's description. Contents: The Iroquois wars and native arms / Brian J. Given -- Epidemics / Susan Johnston -- Ktaqamkuk Ilnui Saqimawoutie : aboriginal rights and the myth of the micmac mercenaries in Newfoundland / Dennis Bartels -- Families of mixed descent in the Western Great Lakes Region / Harriet Gorham -- The significance of hunting territories today / Adrian Tanner -- Waswanipi Cree management of land and wildlife: Cree ethno-ecology revisited / Harvey A. Feit -- The Innu bands of Labrador / Eleanor Leacock -- The home guard Cree and the Hudson's Bay Company / J.E. Foster -- The Métis Nation: buffalo hunting versus agricullture in the Red River Settlement, 1810-1870 / Herman Sprenger -- The Métis: genesis and rebirth / Jennifer S.H. Brown -- Indian reserves in Western Canada: Indian homelands or devices for assimilation? / J.L. Tobias -- Slave raiding on the North Pacific Coast / Leland Donald -- Women traders in the maritime fur trade / Loraine Littlefield -- Fishing is women’s business: changing economic roles of carrier women and men / Jo-Anne Fiske -- The marginalization of the Tsimshian cultural ecology: the seasonal cycle / James Andrew MacDonald -- Changing perceptions of the industrial development of the North / Bruce Alden Cox -- Capital and economic development: a critical appraisal of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Commission / Michael J. Asch -- Survival and adaptation of the Innu ethnic identity: the importance of the Inuktituk / Jean-Philippe Chartrand -- Prospects for the northern Canadian native economy / Bruce Alden Cox -- Recent publications in Canadian native studies / John A. Price.

This article reviews the book, "Strikes in Nova Scotia 1970-1985," edited by C. H. J. Gilson.

After having defined some of concerns union members have with technological change, this paper outlines the recent history of such changes in the telecommunications industry before offering a viewpoint on future responses to the issue.

L'auteur étudie l'effet atténuant de l'écoulement du temps qui, à la limite, rend inopposable aujourd'hui une faute qu'on aurait du reprocher hier au salarie qui lui mérite une sanction.

This article reviews the book, "Culture and Class in Anthropology and History: A Newfoundland Example," by Gerald M. Sider.

This article reviews the book, "Women's Liberation and the Dialectics of Revolution: Reaching for the Future," by Raya Dunayevskaya.

Updates new or additions to existing archival resources on labour history, labour relations, and nationally significant organizations and individuals affecting the lives of working of working people that were incorporated into the National Archives since the last listing published in the journal (no. 10, Autumn 1982). A second listing by Richard Lochead and Daniel Robinson describes oral histories on labour in the National Archives' Moving Image and Sound Division. Each entry includes the subject, the participants, the production or publication for which it was intended (if applicable), and the duration.

The article reviews the book, "The Tenant Movement in New York City, 1904-1984," edited by Ronald Lawson.

This article reviews the book, "Shifting Gears, Changing Labor Relations in the U.S. Automobile Industry," by Harry C. Katz.

This article reviews the book, "A Brotherhood of Memory: Jewish Landsmanshaften in the New World," by Michael R. Weisser.

This article reviews the book, "Workers and Allies : Female Participation in the American Trade Union Movement, 1824-1976," by Judith O'Sullivan & Rosemary Gallick.

The Amalgamated Mine Workers of Nova Scotia (AMW) was a Communist-led union of coal miners that broke away from the established United Mine Workers of America (UMW) in the early depression years, at a time when only Communists called for trade-union militance. The new union adopted principles of extreme rank-and-file democracy and radical resistance to company demands for wage cuts. It held the allegiance of the majority of miners in the province for several years, but its rival, the UMW, was supported by the coal company and the government. Moreover, the AMW never carried out its threats of a district strike to win recognition. After several years of the dual union situation, the miners saw the necessity of unity in confrontations with the company. In addition, the UMW was resurgent in the United States and had begun to take a more militant stance. Finally, changes in the policy of the Communist Party caused it to press for reunification. In rejoining the UMW, however, the miners were obliged to surrender many of their aspirations for district autonomy and inner-union democracy.

The article reviews the book, "E. C. Drury: Agrarian Idealist," by Charles M. Johnston.

The article reviews two books: "Prophetic Sons and Daughters: Female Preaching and Popular Religion in Industrial England," by Deborah M. Valenze, and "Independent Spirits: Spiritualism and English Plebeians, 1850-1960," by Logie Barrow.

The article reviews and comments on "Workers on the Edge: Work, Leisure, and Politics in industrializing Cincinnati, 1788-1890," by Steven J. Ross.

In the period following World War II, Alberta's Social Credit government passed several pieces of restrictive legislation which limited labour's ability to organize workers and to call strikes. The enforcement of labour law also reflected an anti-union bias. This article argues that Social Crediters, who had a penchant for conspiracy theories, believed that union militancy was the product of the manoeuverings of an international communist conspiracy. Their labour legislation was intended to foil the conspiracy's plans in Alberta and incidentally to reassure potential investors, particularly in the oil patch, of a good climate for profit-taking. But the path for such legislation was made smoother by the conservatism of one wing of the labour movement in the province and the fear of being tarnished with the communist brush by the other wing. On the whole, the Alberta experience casts a grim reflection on the theory that the post-war period provided a measure of industrial democracy for Canadian workers.