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Based on participant observation and in-depth interviews, this book describes the work women do in their homes, caring for children and partners, and maintaining the house. It shows how their lives are shaped by domestic responsibilities and challenges the ways in which their work is neither recognized nor valued. Arguing that the work they do is socially necessary and central to the economy, it calls for a transformation of current social and economic relations. -- Publisher's description (2009 reprint). Originally published: Toronto : Women's Press, 1980. Reissued as Women's Press Classic with updated preface. Contents: Introduction -- Domestic labour in Flin Flon: An overview of the study -- Wives and husbands -- Mothers and children -- Housewives and housework -- Making ends meet -- Bread and roses.

This article reviews the book, "The Limits of Legitimacy: Political Contradictions of Contemporary Capitalism," by Alan Wolfe.

In this paper, the authors extend the literature on union wage effect in two ways. They use aggregate industry data in a simultaneous-equations model to provide an estimate for the union wage effect in Canada which recognizes the endogenity of union coverages. And they suggest a possible cause for the difference in results obtained for the U.S. by Ashenfelter and Johnson, on the one hand, and Kahn on the other.

Ceci est le premier d'une série d'articles sur les principaux changements apportés à la législation du travail par les différentes administrations canadiennes. On y retrouvera des mentions aux projets de loi, règlements d'application et autres textes réglementaires ayant une importance significative. Le présent article fait état des modifications proposées ou adoptées entre le Ierjanvier et le 30 avril 1980.

Le Conseil a décidé que l'employeur en l'occurrence une banque, avait agi illégalement en octroyant une augmentation de salaire à tous ses employés à l'exception de ceux qui travaillaient dans des succursales pour lesquelles une demande en accréditation avait été agréée par le Conseil ou qui était encore pendante devant celui-ci. Dans cette affaire, l'employeur avait fait connaître sa prise de position antisyndicale en annonçant ladite augmentation et ses réserves quant aux employés mentionnés plus haut, au moyen d'une lettre circulaire qui fut distribuée dans toutes ses succursales. Ces gestes constituent une entrave à la formation et à l'administration du syndicat plaignant quant à ses efforts et dans ses espoirs de réussir à syndicaliser les employés d'autres succursales; en même temps, ils constituent des menaces à peine voilées à l'endroit de ces employés et de la discrimination quant à ceux qui ont voulu exercer leurs droits en vertu du Code. Finalement, il y a modification illégale des conditions de travail des employés travaillant dans des succursales pour lesquelles une requête en accréditation était pendante puisque le consentement du Conseil n'a pas été requis par l'employeur avant de donner effet à ladite augmentation de salaire.

L'article 161.1 du Code s'applique indistinctement à tout le système de présentation à l'emploi instauré en vertu d'une convention collective conclue dans le champ d'application du Code Canadien du Travail entre un syndicat et un employeur tombant sous sa juridiction et ce, peu importe le fait qu'en vertu du même système, ce syndicat s'occupe aussi de présenter des personnes à des employeurs qui ne se trouvent pas à être régis par la législation fédérale.

L'embargo sur le temps supplémentaire décrété par le syndicat doit être considéré comme illégal tant que les prérequis menant à l'acquisition du droit de grève n 'auront pas été respectés. Société Radio-Canada et Syndicat des employés de production du Québec et de l'Acadie. Dossier 725-54; décision du 5 décembre 1979, motifs de décision communiqués le 18 mars 1980 (no 236); Panel du Conseil: Me Marc Lapointe, président, Me Nicole Kean et M. Jacques Archambault, membres.

The bureaucratic model becomes more and more self-defeating in present time because it is highly inadequate to meet the challenges of the modem world. Literature on the alternative models of collective work is now available. These are also several highly encouraging practical experiences. Fewer and fewer people still trust that any substitute for bureaucracy is just unrealistic.

This thesis deals with the working class of two advanced capitalist countries and focuses upon ideological conflict within working class organizations such as trade unions and political parties. The outcome of such conflicts within working class organizations is considered to be an expression of the state of working class consciousness at a given time. Within this broad context particular attention is paid to the ideology of social democracy which has been dominant in working class organizations in both countries during the modern period albeit to different degrees. The thesis uses a comparative approach and pays considerable attention to the interaction between the working class and its societal environment- the political economies of the two countries, the activities of the capitalist class and the impact of its ideology upon the working class. Using this approach the thesis deals with the emergence of social democracy as the hegemonic working class ideology, its main features particularly as they were developed in the post-war period, the emergence of possible contradictions between social democratic parties and ideology, and their working class supporters, and, utilizing an historical analysis of previous ideological shifts in working class organisations, the possibility of social democracy being superceded in its hegemonic role is considered. In dealing with such matters the issues of nationalization and incomes policies were judged to be especially salient and are discussed in some detail. In the course of this study theories which posited an end to ideological conflict in the advanced capitalist societies are considered and rejected. The past, present and future of social democracy, of ideological conflict, and of the working class itself, was found to be considerably more dynamic, complex and open to change than such theories had imagined.

This study empirically evaluates current personnel practices in 216 Canadian firms. Specifically, 33 decision areas are considered in an attempt to determine the role of Canadian personnel departments in the organization's decision making process. Also evaluated is the possible impact of size, ownership and geographic differences on the level of involvement by personnel departments.

This article reviews the book, "Grèves et lock-out au Québec – 1978, Rapport annuel," by Services des études en relations et conditions de travail.

This article reviews the book, "The Economic Analysis of Trade Union," by Charles Mulvey, Glasgow Social & Economic Research Studies 5.

The Independent Labour Party of Manitoba was established in November 1920, mainly through the efforts of two English immigrants, F.J. Dixon and S.J. Farmer. Dixon was the I.L.P.'s first provincial house leader and Farmer was an I.L.P. M.L.A. from 1922 to 1949, as well as being Mayor of Winnipeg in 1923 and 1924. In their early years in Winnipeg both of them were strong supporters of Henry George's single tax doctrine and militant anti-socialists. This article has two purposes: first, to analyze the political ideas of Dixon and Farmer, and, secondly, to explore the influence of their Georgeite world view on the outlook of the early I.LP.

This article reviews the book, "The Health Care Business. International Evidence on Private Versus Public Health Care Systems," by Ake Blomqvist.

The purpose of this paper is to examine the rationale behind and provisions of a recent amendment to the Canada Labour Code, where the parties negotiating a first collective agreement are unable to reach agreement and have met all the legal requirements precedent to a strike or lockout, the Minister of Labour may direct the Labour Relations Board to inquire into the dispute and if advisable settle the terms and conditions of the first collective agreement. That agreement will be binding on the parties and in force for one year. The reactions of the organized labour and employers to this amendment are also discussed.

This article reviews the book, "The Making of the Crofting Community," by James Hunter.

The article reviews "Die Entstehung der Kommunistischen Partei Deutschlands. Überblick" by Heinz Wohlgemuth, "Die Hamburger Arbeiterbewegung vom Vorabend des Ersten Weltkrieges bis zur Revolution 1918/19, 2 Bande, Geistes — und Sozialwissenschaftliche Dissertationen, 37/1," by Volker Ullrich, "Novemberrevolution. Die Volkserhebung gegen den deutschen Imperialismus und Militarismus 1918/19," by Wolfgang Ruge, "Arbeiter- und Soldatenräte im rheinisch-westfälischen Industriegebiet: Studien zur Geschichte d. Revolution 1918/19 ," edited by Reinhard Rürup, "Zwei Formen von Radikalismus in der deutschen Arbeiterbewegung," by Erhard Lucas, "USPD: Zur Geschichte der Unabhängigen Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands," by Hartfrid Krause, "The Socialist Left and the German Revolution: A History of the German Independent Social Democratic Party, 1917-1922," by David W. Morgan, USPD und Internationale. Sozialistischer Internationalismus in der Zeit der Revolution," by Robert F. Wheeler, "Das Verhältnis der KPD zu den Gewerkschaften in der Weimarer," Republik, Schriftenreihe der Otto Brenner Stiftung 8, by Freya Eisner,"Arbeitslosigkeit und Rationalisierung. Die Lage der Arbeiter und die kommunistische Gewerkschaftspolitik 1920-1928," by Eva Cornelia Schöck, "Wie kam es zur RGO? Probleme der Gewerkschaftsen-wicklung in der Weimarer Republik von 1927 bis 1929," by Steffen Lehndorff, "Workers in Arms. The Austrian Schutzbund and the Civil War of 1934," by Ilona Duczynska, "Die Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands (SAP). Untergrund und Exit 1933-1945," by Jorg Bremer, "Economy and Class Structure of German Fascism," by Alfred Sohn-Rethel, "Arbeiterklasse und Volksgemeinschaft. Dokumente und Materialmen zur deutschen Arbeiterpolitik 1936-1939," Schriften des Zentralinstituts fur sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung der Freien Universitat Berlin Band 22 , by Timothy Mason, and "Sozialpolitik im Dritten Reich. Arbeiterklasse und Volksgemeinschaft," by Timothy Mason.

This article reviews the book, "Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe," by Peter Burke.

Dans le modèle explicatif proposé par March et Simon, l'hypothèse selon laquelle le niveau d'éducation des employés démontre une corrélation positive avec les taux de roulement volontaire est émise. Dans cet article, l'auteur examine un cas où l'effet contraire est observé, ce qui permet à l'auteur de remettre en question l'hypothèse de March et Simon, et de la remplacer par une notion plus nuancée.