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The article reviews and comments on the book, "Solidarity and the Politics of Anti-Politics: Opposition and Reform in Poland Since 1968," by David Ost.
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The article reviews the book, "The Agony of Modernization: Labor and Industrialization in Spain," by Benjamin Martin.
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L'objet de cette étude est de mettre en lumière l'évolution historique des interventions du gouvernement du Québec dans le domaine de la main-d'oeuvre à partir du début du XXe siècle. La démarche historique permet d'une part de dégager la rationalité économique de ces interventions et d'autre part d'offrir des explications à l'avortement des multiples tentatives du gouvernement du Québec de se doter d'une politique active du marché du travail.
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The article reviews the book, "Change in Industrial Relations: The Organization and Environment," by P.B. Beaumont.
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Evidence on the relationship between technical innovation and nonmanual skills and work organization in the UK is drawn from 5 case studies covering a range of production and service environments and workplace size. In each case study, 3 months of intensive research was conducted between April 1983 and November 1986. Return visits were made 2 years after the detailed research to assess changes in the workplace. In none of the cases could the introduction of new technologies simply equate technical innovation with deskilling and enhanced managerial control. There was a tendency for overall skill polarization to occur rather than straightforward deskilling. It was found that technological change has been more favorable for technical than for clerical occupational groups. In telecommunications and metals research, the introduction of new technology led to a concentration of skills for technical workers that were primarily computer-related. The most important change in maintenance technicians' work was in the way that faults were diagnosed and repaired.
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The article reviews the book, "Le travail en mutation," edited by Colette Bernier, with the collaboration of Catherine Teiger.
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The article reviews the book, "The Practice Of Labour Relations," 3rd edition, by David A. and Paul Bergman.
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[The] absence of mainstream inquiry in Canada [into teacher union history] has been lamented by some historians of education and ignored by others, while labour historians have not felt impelled to include teacher union histories in their surveys or discussions on the Canadian labour movement. Yet if the historiography of teacher unionism is uninspiring, the history of teacherunions in Canada, despite their recent origins (c. 1920), is rich and vibrant, and distinctive in character compared with their counterparts in the United States or the British Commonwealth of Nations. This essay hopes to generate a new historical interest in this fascinating, and relevant, field of inquiry, by attempting to fulfil two tasks. The first is to provide a critical discussion of what has already been written on Canadian teachers' unions; this discussion will have the additional dimension of an international perspective. The second task of the essay is to suggest by insight and example that what has been written over the past fifty years, whatever its merits, provides a foundation for renewed effort and fresh enterprise. ...From introduction
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Examines trade unionism and working class politics in Great Britain since the Second World War with implications for Canada. Discusses national developments and local workplace experience with emphasis on the Labour government of Harold Wilson in the period after the Donovan Commission of 1968, that saw openness to pluralist approaches to industrial relations. Explores union and class consciousness, bureaucratization, sectionalism, and the current state of unions in the aftermath of Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government. Also considers the position of white collar workers, women, and black workers. Concludes that the British and Canadian labour movements are in a similar situation, with both remaining in a defensive, reactive mode unless there is a much broader movement toward syndicalist/workers' control of production and services.
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The article reviews the book, "Yours for the Union: Class and Community Struggles in South African," by Baruch Hirson.
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The article reviews the book, "E.P. Thompson: Critical Perspectives," edited by Harvey J. Kaye and Keith McClelland.
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The article reviews the book, "Origins of Protective Labor Legislation for Women, 1905-1925," by Susan Lehrer.
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The article reviews the book, "The Rise of Industrial Unionism in Canada: A History of the CIO," by Don Taylor and Bradley Dow.
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The article reviews the book, "A Secretary and a Cook: Challenging Women's Wages in the Courts of the United States And Britain," by Steven L. Willborn.
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The article reviews the book, "The Reconquest of Montreal: Language Policy and Social Change in a Bilingual City,"by Marc V. Levine.
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Panel data obtained from Canada's Labour Market Activity Survey are used to estimate union effects on wages, wage dispersion, and pension coverage. The selectivity corrected estimate of the union-nonunion wage differential is in the 13.1%-15.5% range, which is consistent with other selectivity corrected estimates for Canada but most notably those by Grant, Swidinsky, and Vanderkamp (1987). The estimated union effect on wage dispersion is less pronounced: The standard deviation of 1n wages falls by .02 (or by roughly 5%) when workers become unionized. However, the union effect on the probability of pension coverage is considerably greater. Selectivity corrected estimates indicate that a worker employed in a union job is 22%-25% more likely to have pension coverage than if the individual is employed in a nonunion job.
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The article reviews the book, "Revolution, A Sociological Interpretation," by Michael S. Kimmel.
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The article reviews the book, " Un nouvel ordre des choses : la pauvreté, le crime, l'État au Québec, de la fin du XVlIIe siècle à 1840," by Jean-Marie Fecteau.
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The article pays homage to the life and work of Gérard Dion, who for decades played a pivotal role in the department of industrial relations at Laval University as well as its journal, Relations industrielles/Industrial Relations. A Catholic priest, Dion, who also held degrees in sociology and theology, wrote extensively on labour and industrial relations, and was involved at a number of levels in Quebec society. He was the recipient of honours and awards, including the Order of Canada. A photo of Dion is included.
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Offers a tribute to Forsey's life and work – scholar, labour and political activist, and media commentator.