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[T]his history is a major contribution in recording the tumultuous times and many sharp battles of the working class in British Columbia. --From introduction by Maurice Rush

Dans cette recherche, nous tentons d'expliquer le phénomène de démobilisation chez les diplômés universitaires récemment embauchés à partir de leurs attentes et des possibilités de réalisation de ces attentes offertes par l'organisation. Différents modèles explicatifs sont testés et celui qui considère les attentes et les possibilités de réalisation comme des effets indépendants se révèle bien plus significatif que le modèle classique des attentes insatisfaites. L'effet des attentes initiales sur la démobilisation s'avère très réduit, remettant ainsi en cause l'hypothèse des attentes excessives qui augmenteraient les risques de démobilisation. Par contre, le défaut par l'organisation de responsabiliser, d'utiliser les compétences et d'informer est beaucoup plus préjudiciable.

The article review and comments extensively on Murray Bookchin's "Considering the Third Revolution: Popular Movements in the Revolutionary Era," 2 vols. (1998).

Following a brief review of the concept of quality, the article analyzes the representations and practices of quality by managers and employees at four Quebec manufacturing plants - Comtel, Microcom, Primétal and Afcan. Each was involved in the transformational process of Total Quality Management. Concludes that there is a duality: either quality management reinforces the relationship of subordination to managerial authority, or, on the contrary, it is based on a negotiated agreement in which unions and workers make themselves heard.

The article reviews the book, "Labor and the Wartime State: Labor Relations and Law during World War II, by James B. Atleson.

Relief policy in English Canada in the 1930s was the forerunner of the Canadian welfare state. As practised, the strength of relief lay in local responsibility but this was also a weakness. The aims of relief policy were undermined by the politics of place: the impact of specific historical and spatial circumstances at the local level. Relief policy was not uniformly enforced nor were the outcomes exactly as intended. The objectives, to provide minimal necessities, to exclude individuals and families from relief rolls, to control gender and familial roles, and to impose middle class societal prescription, were not met. Instead, a complex negotiation of responsibilities and expectations was undertaken. Relief recipients, were able to win some concessions. Further, the fragility of social categories used to implement relief policies was crystallized. The conflict between the ideals of policy and people's realities becomes apparent when two very different cities are compared. Using extensive oral history interviews and contemporary relief policy documents and relief department records, this research shows that while the principles of relief were almost identical in Saskatoon and Vancouver, the practice of relief in these two cities revealed the dependency of relief policy upon face to face delivery. Designed to eliminate potential abuse by recipients, the system barely controlled it. Further, local responsibility also ensured that citizens had access to the mechanisms of local politics and tools for change. The local population in Saskatoon was able to win considerable and significant improvements to relief while Vancouver's system remained virtually untouched, in spite of dramatic and revolutionary local activities which reached the national stage.

Using a large data set of large and small bargaining units, the implications for collective bargaining disputes of the evolution toward small bargaining units and the move to non-traditional forms of representation are examined. It is found that smaller bargaining units, as well as independent unions in both the public and private sectors, are less likely to reach an impasse. This finding supported those hypothesizing the cooperative nature of these organizations. These 2 sets of results suggest that the movement to smaller bargaining units, and towards more independent representation, will result in a higher proportion of directly negotiated settlements in the future. However, a reduced incidence of impasse does not necessarily mean a reduction in industrial conflict. Evidence is found of a shift away from a collective expression of conflict such as strikes, to more individual expressions. Thus, in the future, there may be a greater need for internal conflict resolution systems.

Using monthly data from the Canadian Labour Force Survey, changes in the complete duration of new job spells from 1981 through 1996 are investigated. While the average complete length of new jobs did not increase or decrease over a period, investigation of the distribution of complete job lengths reveals 2 important changes. First, the probability that a new job would end within 6 months rose during the 1980s, but then reversed during the 1990s, meaning that there was little net change over the period as a whole. Second, the conditional probability that a job that had lasted 6 months would continue on past 5 years rose through the whole period. This pattern of change was found among virtually all demographic subgroups examined, suggesting that an economy-wide explanation must be sought.

The article reviews the book, "The CIO, 1935-1955," by Robert H. Zieger.

The article reviews the book, "Daimler-Benz in the Third Reich," by Neil Gregor.

The article reviews and comments on the books, "The Other Side of the Sixties: Young Americans for Freedom and the Rise of Conservative Politics," by John A. Andrew III, "Blues for America: A Critique, A Lament, and Some Memories," by Doug Dowd, "The Way the Wind Blew: A History of the Weather Underground," by Ron Jacobs, "Living Inside Our Hope: A Steadfast Radical's Thoughts on Rebuilding the Movement," by Staughton Lynd, and "Direct Action: Radical Pacifism from the Union Eight to the Chicago Seven," by James Tracy.

This volume presents the inaugural issue and articles from The Woman Worker, the official newspaper of the Canadian Federation of Women's Labor Leagues, during its 1926 to 1929 run. Edited by prominent Communist Party of Canada leader Florence Custance, The Woman Worker's objective was to "champion the Protection of Womanhood, and the cause of the Workers generally." In this collection, Hobbs and Sangster have provided an introductory chapter examining the evolution The Woman Worker, its editor Florence Custance, the Communist-led Women's Labor Leagues, and, more generally, the socio-economic and political context of the mid to late 1920s. Each chapter includes an introduction and suggestions for further reading. Chapters include women and wage work, protective legislation, feminism and social reform, peace and war, women and the sex trade, marriage, the family and domestic labour, and the local Women's Labor Leagues at work. --Publisher's description

The article reviews the book, "The Polish Coal Miners' Union and the German Labor Movement in the Ruhr, 1902-1934: National and Social Solidarity," by John J. Kulczycki.

At the time of its publication in 1930, The Fur Trade in Canada challenged and inspired scholars, historians, and economists. Now, almost seventy years later, Harold Innis's fundamental reinterpretation of Canadian history continues to exert a magnetic influence. Innis has long been regarded as one of Canada's foremost historians, and in The Fur Trade in Canada he presents several histories in one: social history through the clash between colonial and aboriginal cultures; economic history in the development of the West as a result of Eastern colonial and European needs; and transportation history in the case of the displacement of the canoe by the York boat. Political history appears in Innis's examination of the nature of French-British rivalry and the American Revolution; and business history is represented in his detailed account of the Hudson's Bay and Northwest Companies and the industry that played so vital a role in the expansion of Canada. In his introduction to this new edition, Arthur J. Ray argues that The Fur Trade in Canada is the most definitive economic history and geography of the country ever produced. Innis's revolutionary conclusion - that Canada was created because of its geography, not in spite of it - is a captivating idea but also an enigmatic proposition in light of the powerful decentralizing forces that threaten the nation today. Ray presents the history of the book and concludes that "Innis's great book remains essential reading for the study of Canada. --Publisher's description. Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-441) and index.

L'auteur cherche ici à établir un parallèle entre l'évolution du contexte affaires des organisations et le renouvellement de la fonction formation et développement de la main-d’œuvre. L'un des principaux défis des intervenants en ce domaine réside alors dans la capacité de ceux-ci à mobiliser des stratégies d'apprentissage qui favorisent la synergie entre les savoirs tacites et explicites facilitant ainsi la création de nouveaux savoirs collectifs qui sont à la base de l'innovation diffuse.

The article reviews the book, "Capturing Women: The Manipulation of Cultural Imagery in Canada's Prairie West," by Sarah Carter.

The article reviews the book, "Who Supports the Family? Gender and Breadwinning in Dual-Earner Marriages," by Jean L. Potuchek.

The article reviews and comments on several books: Kristi Anderson's "After Suffrage: Women and Partisan and Electoral Politics before the New Deal" (1996), Suzanne Marilley's "Woman Suffrage and the Origins of Liberal Feminism in the United States, 1820-1920" (1996), and Susan Marshall's "Splintered Sisterhood, Gender and Class in the Campaign against Woman Suffrage" (1997).

As the labor movement refocuses its commitment to organizing, it is turning increasingly toward organizing in communities of color. We know from quantitative research that workers of color are more likely to organize and are concentrated in low-wage industries that are more sus ceptible to organizing. Despite major victories such as Justice for Janitors in Los Angeles and a string of victories by UNITE in the South, unions have much to learn about organizing in communities of color. This article is an in-depth analysis of UNITE's victory among predominantly El Salvadoran workers at the Richmark plant in Everett, Massachusetts. It is based on interviews with union staff, community activists, and workers at the Richmark plant. Given its unusual circumstances, Richmark is in many ways not a model for organizing. Yet there are important lessons to be learned from the Richmark victory that extend beyond this Everett- based plant and inform organizing in communities of color. First, UNITE did not just enter the El Salvadoran community for this campaign but already had a presence in the community. Second, UNITE organizers recognized and nurtured the rank-and-file leadership that emerged. And, finally, the organizers and staff at UNITE were flexible, adapting both to the situation and to the workers at Richmark. While schooled in a specific model of organizing, they were able to look beyond those models and emerged victorious.

The article revews and comments on "The Undeclared War: Class Conflict in the Age of Cyber Capitalism," by James Laxer, and "Postmodern Management: The Emerging Partnership Between Employees and Stockholders," by William McDonald Wallace.