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What role the law should play in encouraging the growth of trade unions is a matter of considerable controversy in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Limits to growth in other sectors of the economy coupled with heightened employer hostility to unionism have made the extension of collective bargaining to the tertiary sector the most pressing task for unions in the 1980s. In a limited way, the Canadian procedure for certifying and recognizing unions is being considered as a model for labour law reform. And there is much to recommend the Canadian system. It is far more efficient than its American counterpart. There are fewer delays, fewer unlawful interventions by employers, and a substantially higher likelihood that newly organized unions will be granted certification. Even so, unions have failed to break into the trade, finance, and services industries that are so critical to their future. Taken as a whole, Canadian labour law tends to block rather than promote the growth of unions in the unorganized sectors of the economy. The certification procedure is only one aspect of a legal regime that has as its primary purpose the preservation of industrial peace, not the encouragement of union growth. By shaping bargaining structure and regulating bargaining tactics, Canadian labour law tilts the balance of power in favour of employers. Small, fragmented unions are frequently pitted against large corporations and as there is nothing to stop antiunion employers from using their overwhelming strength to frustrate the collective bargaining process, efforts to organize the tertiary sector have failed.

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

The article reviews and comments on "British Coalminers in the Nineteenth Century: A Social History," by John Benson, "Independent Collier: The Coal Miner as Archetypal Proletarian Reconsidered," edited by Royden Harrison, "Keir Hardie: The Making of a Socialist," by Fred Reid, "By the Sweat of their Brow: Womee Workers at Victorian Coal Mines," by Angela John, "Work Relations in the Coal Industry: The Hand-Loading Era, 1880-1930," by Keith Dix, "The Miner's Freedom: A Study of the Working Life in a Changing Industry," by Carter Goodrich, "Life, Work, and Rebellion in the Coal Fields: The Southern West Virginia Miners, ,1880-1922," by David Corbin, and "Power and Powerlessness: Quiescence and Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley," by John Gaventa.

This article reviews the book, "Industrial Relations and New Technology," by Annette Davies.

The author examines how the participation scheme proposed by the Royal Commission on the Economie Union and Development Prospects for Canada (Macdonald Commission) can be made viable and enduring.

In February 1944 the Canadian federal government introduced Order in Council PC 1003, a system of compulsory collective bargaining which has been conventionally characterized as the culmination of the gradual evolution in federal labour relations policy towards the greater recognition of trade unions and collective bargaining. The issue addressed in this thesis is whether this characterization is accurate. As against the tendency to present federal intervention in collective bargaining as having developed towards some inevitable maturity, the account presented herein seeks to draw attention to the suppressed alternatives of history. Thus, the thesis begins with an examination of PC 1003'S historical antecedents dating back to 1900. This is followed by an examination of the developments during the Second World War. Instead of concentrating upon federal collective bargaining policy as a means of responding to wartime pressures by establishing a mechanism for mediating and resolving disputes between labour and capital, the thesis emphasizes the extent to which the policy was part of the large post-war settlement. By ignoring this, the conventional account has failed to provide any guidance for understanding either the actual provisions wheich were introduced or the longevity of PC 1003 as the dominant institutional model for Canadian labour relations. By contrast, if PC 1003 is understood as part of an attempt to forge a post-war settlement between labour and capital it is possible to identify the general thrust of the Order. Although it represented a fundamental shift in Canadian labour policy in that employers were compelled to recognize unions for the purpose of collective agreements, PC 1003 did not radically alter the balance of power to make it easier to organize or constrain managerial prerogatives. In fact, PC 1003 was consistent with the federal government's historical preoccupation with promoting responsible unions and attaining industrial peace and stability.

This article reviews the book, "Marxism, Wars and Revolutions: Essays From Four Decades," by Isaac Deutscher.

The article reviews the book, "Poor Labouring Men: Rural Radicalism in Norfolk, 1870-1923," by Alun Howkins.

This article reviews the book, "The Economy of British America, 1607-1789," by John J. McCusker & Russell R. Menard.

Changements dans les legislations du travail au Canada.

Changements dans les legislations du travail au Canada.

Changements dans les legislations du travail au Canada.

Changements dans les legislations du travail au Canada.

This article reviews the book, "Double Day, Double Burden: Women in the Garment Industry," by Charlene Gannagé.

This article reviews the book, "Strikes in Essential Services," by Gillian S. Morris.

This article reviews the book, "The Social Foundations of Industrial Power : A Comparison of France and Germany," by Marc Maurice, François Sellier & Jean-Jacques Silvestre. This article reviews the book, "International and Comparative Industrial Relations," by Greg J. Bamber & Russell D. Lansbury.

Replies to Gilbert Levine's "Relations Between Unions and Universities in Research" published in the same issue. Argues that Levine's criticism is partly misplaced, i.e., that unions are excessively focussed on the here-and-now, that they want propaganda in place of analysis, that they lack the staff to evaluate the research being done, and that they do not know how to properly take advantage of researchers. Concludes that unions' preoccupation with social democratic politics leads them to reject explanations and lines of reasoning that cannot easily be accommodated by the status quo, and that union leaders must address the issue for an academic-labour rapprochement to occur. See also the article, "Academic Research on Labour: Strengthening Union-University Links," by Pradeep Kumar, published in the journal (no. 25, Spring 1990).

The article reviews and comments on "The Politics of Diversity: Feminism, Marxism and Nationalism" (1986), edited by Robert Hamilton and Michéle Barrett, and Mariana Valverde's "Sex, Power and Pleasure" (1985).

The article reviews the book, "Historical Atlas of Canada: From the Beginning to 1800," edited by R. Cole Harris.

Presents seven poems by Al Grierson published in the Work Poetry section of the journal: "You Are What You Eat (what the restaurant had for dinner)," "Slapstick," "It's All Our Fault," "Lunchroom Poem at the Millwork Plant," "Coon Hunting on the Afternoon Shift, "sticker crew," and "Michelle."