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Culture of Misfortune: An Interpretive History of Textile Unionism in the United States, by Clete Daniel, is reviewed.
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This article uses time-series data from two aluminium plants from Canada and the U.K. to analyze the social relations of productivity. The eventual turn to teamwork reflected, not hard evidence that productivity change had dried up, but a belief that they were the next step towards further improvement. By considering the structure of social relations over time in each smelter, this paper contributes to ongoing debates on the complex connections between productivity growth and organizational innovation. On the basis of direct observation and interviews, the article also reveals some of the social dynamics generating productivity growth and describes the development of idiosyncratic competencies. It stresses how the development of teamwork was historically in line with the productive ethos that had developed over time under continuous process technology.
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By distinguishing between Canadien and Acadien workers, on the one hand, and Canada workers, on the other, this essay examines some of the cognitive implications of L/LT’s epistemological commitment to a Canada-centered interpretation of labour history, particularly with respect to francophone working-class minorities. It argues that this labour history journal is representative of how emphasis on Canada-based workers and labour yields its own definition of class experience, a geopolitical definition that does not necessarily correspond to the ethnically-grounded “national” aspirations and struggles of French-Canadian and Acadian workers.
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The paper reviews the book, "1939: L 'Alliance de la dernière chance," by Michael Carley, published in English as "The Alliance That Never War."
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The article reviews the book, "J. B. McLachlan: A Biography," by David Frank.
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The article reviews and comments on severa; books, "Engendering the State: Family, Work, and Welfare in Canada," by Nancy Christie; "The Wages of Sickness: The Politics of Health Insurance in Progressive America, by Beatrix Hoffman; Aux origines sociales de l'État-providence: Familles québécoises, obligation scolaire et allocations familiales, 1940-1955," by Dominique Marshall; and "Poverty Knowledge: Social Science, Social Policy, and the Poor in Twentieth-Century U.S. History," by Alice O'Connor.
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In the last two decades, Brazilian unionism and the left have experienced an unprecedented development, posing for the first time in history, a real challenge to the ruling classes. The effects of this new political reality on labour history took a while to be felt, but in recent years a whole new historiography has emerged, leading to the constitution of the Mundos do Trabalho (Worlds of Labour) work group, an official branch of the National History Association.
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The article reviews the book, "Disposable people: New slavery in the global economy," by Kevin Bales.
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The article reviews the book, "Employment dispute resolution and worker rights in the changing workplace," edited by Adrienne E. Eaton and Jeffrey H. Keefe.
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The article reviews the book, "American Crucible: Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century," by Gary Gerstle.
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The legal approach in Canada towards the regulation of trade union democracy has sought to balance individual member's rights with respect for the autonomy of unions. While the United States and England have heavily legislated the areas of internal trade union affairs, Canada has enacted relatively few laws in this area. Rather, unions in Canada have enjoyed considerable legal freedom to develop their own democratic practices and culture. The irony of this approach is that it is the Canadian courts, rather than the more experienced and liberal labour relations boards, that are the final legal arbiters over most internal union matters. However, this is slowly changing. Several provinces have recently enacted modest changes that direct their labour boards to hear complaints from union members respecting the fairness of internal hearings. In the absence of extensive statutory regulation, union constitutions and the democratic traditions behind them become significant legal documents
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The article reviews the book, "Trade unions and democratization in South Africa, 1985-1987," edited by Glenn Adler and Eddie Webster.
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Remember Kirkland Lake: The Gold Miners' Strike of 1941-42, revised edition by Laurel Sefton MacDowell, is reviewed.
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A comment is presented of Richard P. Chaykowski and George A. Slotsve's "Government Administered Workplace Surveys and Industrial Relations in Canada" (2002). Their article comments on Godard's 2001 article, "New Dawn or Bad Moon Rising? Large Scale Government Administered Workplace Surveys and the Future of Canadian IR Research."
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Strikes in Essential Services, by Bernard Adell, Michael Grant and Allen Ponak, is reviewed.
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The article reviews the book, "La Nouvelle France: The Making of French Canada - A Cultural History," by Peter N. Moogk.
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The article reviews the book, "Gustave Francq : figure marquante du syndicalisme et précurseur de la FTQ," by Éric Leroux.
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The article reviews the book, "French socialists before Marx," by Pamela Pilbeam.
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Work and Employment in a Globalized Era: An Asia-Pacific Focus edited by Yaw A. Debrah and Ian G. Smith, is reviewed.
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