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[This book] focuses on six important - but largely unknown - strikes where Canadian workers fought the combined forces of capital and government for basic union rights and for decent wages and working conditions. The strikes described - the Winnipeg 1919 general strike, Estevan 1931, Stratford 1933, Oshawa 1937, the Ford Windsor strike of 1945, and Asbestos 1949 - were all major events in Canadian labour and political history. They demonstrate the strength of the labour movement, and they show the willingness of governments to use police, troops, intimidation and violence in attempts to break strikes and crush unions. --Publisher's description. Contents: Introduction. The Winnipeg General Strike / David Bercuson -- Estevan, 1931 / S.D. Hanson -- Aid to the civil power: the Stratford strike of 1933 / Desmond Morton -- Oshawa 1937 / Irving M. Abella -- Ford, Windsor, 1945 / David Moulton -- Asbestos 1949 / Fraser Isbester.

In this article, the "solidarity" argument is questioned on both theoretical and empirical grounds. It is argued instead that the unionization differential between the two continents may be more adequately explained in terms of differences on key dimensions of the existing industrial relations systems.

Not much is known about the origins of the labour movement in the pre-Confederation Canadas. The fifties in particular are well worth a closer examination than they have received at the hands of Canadian labour historians. The mid-century decade saw labour pass through the sunshine of the greatest boom of the century, and the shadow of the severe depression which followed the Crash of 1857. The years between 1853 and 1855 were surprisingly turbulent in terms of strike action among both skilled and unskilled men in the Canadas. After a generation of passivity, Canadian labour embarked on a path which led to the birth of a genuine labour movement in the Canadas. Though the scale of the movement was small by comparison with that of Britain or the United States, it was no less vigorous and dynamic during the years which saw the birth of the "new unionism" in both America and Britain. The labour activism of the fifties was largely a response to inflationary pressures brought on by the great railway development boom. In addition, the Canadas were coming more and more under the influence of the forces unleashed by the industrial revolution, and technological innovation created pressures which helped to spur strike action and union organizing activity. The leaders of the "wages movement" and the "insurrection of labour" were working men in the traditional crafts and trades. The most active were those in what might be called the "middle trades," which took in the building trades, shoemakers, tailors, and others who were not among the labour aristocrats of their time. The labour force was dominated by the recent immigrants, and the men who founded the unions of the fifties were men with strong traditions of labour. Many of them were Irish, and the Irish deserve credit for being the co-founders of the unions of the fifties. In Canada the Irish had successfully penetrated a number of the middle rank trades, and many were active participants in the unions of their day. After 1854, unionism had a foothold in the major Canadian cities. Linkage with the parent movements was precipitated by the post-1857 depression. Pragmatic, wage-conscious, and basically non-ideological in character, the Canadian unions did not differ significantly from the British or American unions of their day, except in ways which were a function of the differing scale of the three societies. The 1854 climax of unrest among skilled men was a significant turning point in the relations between labour and capital in the Canadas. The breakthrough was most visible in the Toronto-Hamilton region, which was the focal point of labour activity. Labour in the two cities exhibited a dynamism which was unprecedented in Canada up to that time. The sixties, which brought the further growth of trade unions, and affiliation with American unions, saw the logical extension of a process which was begun in earnest a decade earlier.

Le but de cet article est de décrire l'effet de l'inflation sur les salaires réels, de décrire les principes théoriques régissant la mise sur pied de contrats qui prévoient les indemnités de taux de salaires en termes réels et d'examiner la relation entre ces principes et leur application aux conventions collectives.

Samuel Gompers, the charismatic chief of the American Federation of Labor at the turn of the century, claimed to represent the interests of all workers in North America, but it was not until American corporations began to export jobs to Canada via branch plants that he became concerned with representing Canadian workers. Within a very short time the Canadian labour movement was rationalized into a segment of the American craft-union empire. In order to secure the loyalty of these new recruits, the AFI reduced the national trade-union centre of Canada, the Trades and Labor Congress, to the level of an American state federation of labour. But Gombers failed to perceive the different political, historical, and cultural climates north of the forty-ninth parallel, and his policies inevitably generated friction. Although some Canadian workers felt sympathy for labour politicians inspired by left-wing doctrines and the social gospel movement, Gompers strove to keep Canadian socialists at bay. And although Canadian workers expressed considerable interest in governmental investigation of industrial disputes, Gompers remained inimical to such moves. Canadian labour groups desired a seat on international labour bodies, but Gompers would not allow them to speak through their own delegate. Canadian unions deemed rivals to AFL affiliates were banished. Dues were siphoned off into union treasuries in the US, and American labour leaders kept firm control over organizing efforts in Canada. Perhaps most importance, the AFLs actions at the TLC convention of 1902 its opposition to dual unionism helped spawn a separate labour movement in Quebec. Yet by 1914, following nearly two decades of effort by Gompers, many Canadian workers had become his willing subjects. Though others struggled to loosen Gompers' grip on the Canadian labour movement, Canadian trade unions appeared firmly wedded to the AFLs continentalism. The story of Gompers in Canada has never been properly treated: this book is a significant addition to Canadian and American labour history and to the study of American expansion. Based upon exhaustive research in the Gompers papers, the AFL-CIO archives, and in various Canadian manuscript and newspaper sources, it clearly reveals an important aspect of the growth of American s informal empire at the turn of the century. --Publisher's description. Contents: Introduction -- First encounter --The rise of branch plants -- Organizing boom -- Labour politics in Canada -- Dual unions -- Berlin victory -- A ‘state’ federation -- External enemies -- Jurisdictional disputes and secessions -- Political action -- Master and servant -- Labour continentalism -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Bibliography.

This article examines the impact of organizational climate components upon engineers' commitment to, and identification with, their employing organizations. The application of multiple regression analysis indicates that a significant proportion of the variance of the dependent variables can be accounted for by organizational climate scores.

This article reviews "Career Management" by Marion S. Kellog.

This article reviews "Managerial Motivation and Compensation" by H.L. Tosi, R.J. House, and edited by M.D. Dunette.

This article reviews "A Practical Guide to Flexible Working Hours" by Stephen Baum and W. McEwan Young.

This article reviews "Changement planifié et développement des organisations" created under the direction of Roger Tessier et Yvan Tellier.

This article reviews "Comparative Studies in Organizational Behavior" edited by William K. Graham and Karlene H. Roberts.

This article reviews "Current Perspectives in Organization Development" edited by J. Jennings Partin.

This article reviews "L’aménagement du temps" by Jacques De Chalendar.