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This report examines some of the persistent themes in the social science literature about farm women since the middle of this century. It is one researcher's attempt to deal with the wide variety of perspectives from which farm women have been studied and to suggest the usefulness of some of the material for future scholarship.

The case for systematic attention by labour historians to the crew list collection held in the Maritime History Archive of the Memorial University of Newfoundland is argued in terms of the historical interest of British maritime labour in the 19th and 20th centuries, and of the richness of the material itself. Maritime labour was characterised by a series of hiring practices and business dynamics which make it particularly worthy of attention. The impact of steam and steel technology, in- creased capitalization and government attention, and the emergence of a collective identity within the workforce, combine to produce a unique but important labour phenomenon which the existence of almost complete demographic and employment data bring well within the grasp of the historian. Various methodologies for studying the material are discussed, and the preferred method of studying the workforce of one large firm over a short period of time is illustrated with a brief case study.

Le Canada s'interrogeant sur l'adéquation de ses catégories juridiques face aux impératifs des nouvelles conditions d'exercice du travail subordonné liées aux nouvelles technologies, l'auteur examine d'abord le cadre légal et ensuite les dispositions conventionnelles palliatives ou complémentaires sur ce sujet.

The article reviews the book, "A Generation of Boomers: The Pattern of Railroad Labour Conflict in Nineteenth-Century America," by Shelton Stromquist.

The article reviews the book, "State, Class, and Bureaucracy: Canadian Unemployment Insurance and Public Policy," by Leslie A. Pal.

The article reviews the book, "The Tyranny of Work: Alienation and the Labour Process," by James W. Rinehart.

This article reviews the book, "Le congédiement en droit québécois en matière de contrat individuel de travail," by Georges Audet and Robert Bonhomme.

L'objet de cet article est de retracer le processus de féminisation des emplois de bureau dans le milieu bancaire, en examinant le cas des employés masculins et féminins du siège social de la Banque d'Hochelaga, entre 1900 et 1929. En premier lieu, il présente les incidences qu'a eu la révolution administrative sur l'organisation du travail bancaire et surtout sur la répartition sexuelle des tâches. Tandis que les hommes sont présents dans l'ensemble des groupes d'emplois, les femmes occupent un éventail plus restreint de postes. Bien des études jusqu'à ce jour en ont conclu que les femmes n'auraient eu d'autres possibilités que d'occuper les emplois subalternes et mal rétribués, laissant aux employés masculins les postes qualifiés. Ce type de conclusions pose de nombreaux problèmes dans la mesure où il présente la main-d'oeuvre féminine comme étant un groupe homogène et masque la diversité des expériences professionnelles féminines. L'analyse comparative des intinéraires individuels au sein de la banque, plutôt que l'étude plus conventionnelle de la seule organisation du travail, permet de faire émerger cette diversité des expériences et des pratiques professionnelles et ce, tant chez les femmes que chez les hommes.

The article reviews the book, "Histoire de l'administration publique québécoise, 1867-1970," by James Iain Gow.

The article reviews the book, "The Struggle to Organise: Resistance in Canada's Fishery," by Wallace Clement.

The article reviews the book, "Histoire du syndicalisme au Québec. Des origines à nos jours," by Jacques Rouillard.

This thesis addresses the issue of foreign domestic workers. The government of Canada has been involved in the recruitment of people to perform domestic service for households since the turn of the century. The devaluation of domestic labour and increasing employment opportunities for Canadian women resulted in a constant shortage of labour to fill the demand. A variety of programs have been initiated to solve the "servant problem" culminating in the Foreign Domestic Movement in 1981. Within this policy foreign domestics are classified as a category of migrant labour and, as such, are formally denied citizenship rights. The majority of workers who come to Canada as foreign domestics under this program are Filipino women. These women often migrate to Canada as domestic workers due to limited options for employment in their home country. Their need to remain in Canada due to limited options in the Philippines, the lack of political rights in Canada, and the restrictions placed on workers who enter Canada under the Foreign Domestic Movement combine to situate these women in a position of dependence and vulnerability. In addition, live-in domestics perform devalued labour within an isolated work setting, and are often not included within provincial labour standards. These conditions keep wages depressed and lessen the ability to bargain for improved conditions of employment. The thesis problem is examined within an historic context. In addition to a literature review of the specific topic and related areas of gender and migrant labour, the data are from Statistics Canada, Employment and Immigration and the Special Collections Division of the University of British Columbia. The data shows : the labour market activity of Canadian women, the shift away from domestic service as other alternatives became open, the increasing number of dual income earning families, and the number of foreign domestics recruited to provide domestic service for Canadian households. Interviews with a variety of people draw out the particular factors leading to the reasons for the supply and demand of this group of workers. In addition, the interviews point to specific problems frequently experienced by women who work as live-in domestics.

The purpose of the thesis is to compare mining and forestry single-industry-towns in Canada in terms of their community and work structures. More specifically, what is examined is how these structures interconnect at local levels and impact upon social relations and class consciousness. Following a critical review of selected literature in political economy, labour and community studies, insights from Harold Innis' staple theory are expanded in order to link these three theoretical approaches and to justify the analysis of community and work in specific resource contexts. Drawing from this discussion, a comparative model of forestry and mining town structures is outlined. The main underlying idea is that the overall structure of forestry towns could be seen as more modern--in spite of its traditional elements--for it is more diversified and opaque, whereas that of mining towns is more archaic--despite the modern features of its industry--because of the greater control industry has on economic and community life. This theoretical model however needs further empirical testing.

Le syndicalisme au Canada jouit d'une situation assez avantageuse par rapport à celle de la plupart des pays industrialises, mais les transformations rapides effectuées tant dans l'ensemble de l'économie que dans la composition du marche du travail et les interprétations que les tribunaux donneront à la Charte canadienne des droits et les libertés l'affecteront surement. Il est évident que le syndicalisme continuera d'exister, mais il est difficile de prédire la forme qu'il aura, surtout s'il ne se donne pas la peine de prendre les virages qui s'imposent.

Presents black-and-white reproductions of 12 images from the the exhibition, "Images/Images Industrielles." Curated by Rosemary Donegan, the exhibition was produced by the Art Gallery of Hamilton and sponsored by National Museums of Canada. The exhibition, which toured nationally in 1987-88, included painting, sculpture, graphics, photographs, and the promotional arts from the first half of the twentieth century. Those chosen for the journal have a labour event or social issues theme, as indicated in the annotations accompanying each image.

The article reviews the book, "Feminist Organizing for Change: The Contemporary Women's Movement in Canada," by Nancy Adamson, Linda Briskin, and Margaret McPhail.

The article reviews the book, "Barons of Labor: The San Francisco Building Trades and Union Power in the Progressive Period," by Michael Kazin.

The article reviews the book, "The Question of the Commons: The Culture and Ecology of Communal Resources," edited by Bonnie M. McCay and James M. Acheson.

The article reviews the book, "E. Sylvia Pankhurst: Portrait of a Radical," by Patricia Romero.

The origins of the modern system of industrial relations in Canada as seen in the key struggles and compromises with the power of employers and governments in the province of Nova Scotia. Focusing on changes in coal-mining, fishing and the public sector, this collection offers a challenging case study in Canadian labour history. --Publisher's description