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This article discusses Unfair Advantage: Workers' Freedom of Association in the United States under International Human Rights Standards and Your Voice at Work: Global Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. During the past decade a strong international consensus has emerged that holds that a set of core labor rights should be regarded as fundamental human rights. The appearance of these 2 reports indicates that the situation is rapidly changing.

The article reviews the book, "So Close to the State/s: The Emergence of Canadian Feature Film Policy," by Michael Dorland.

Mirrors of Stone delves into the many ethnic cultures that thrived in the mining areas of Northern Ontario from the 1920s to the 1960s. The stormy history of hardrock mining camps has never fit into the comfortable cliches by which Canada “tells its story.” Angus unearths the dark sides of this history–“the wild tales of bootleggers, mobsters, and prostitution rings” and in so doing opens up new ways of seeing Ontario’s history and culture. --Publisher's description

The article reviews the following laobur/left films that were screened at the Cannes 2000 festival: "Bread and Roses." UK, directed by Ken Loach; "Takhté Siah" (Blackboards). Iran, directed by Amira Makhmalbaf; "Lista de Espéra" (Waiting List). Spain/Cuba, directed by Juan Carlos Tabio; "Capitaes de Abril" (Captains of April), Portugal, directed by Maria de Medeiros.

The study reports workplace innovations in 112 large, unionized Canadian organizations from data collected in 1994 by the Bureau of Labour Information. The frequency of specific workplace innovations and the relationship to organization and bargaining unit characteristics are reported.

The article pays tribute to Trudeau and the standard of political discourse he represented.

The article reviews the book, "A Theory of Employment Systems : Micro-Foundations of Societal Diversity," by David Marsden.

The article reviews the books, "Nice Girls and Rude Girls: Women Workers in World War One," by Deborah Thom, and "Working Class Cullture, Women and Britain, 1914-1921," by Claire A. Culleton.

Cet article présente la démarche et l’évaluation d’une intervention participative fondée sur une formation dispensée auprès de groupes Ergo réunissant des cadres et des employés du secteur de la production de métal chaud. La formation portait d’abord sur le diagnostic ergonomique et puis sur la transformation des situations de travail. L’évaluation de type réaliste porte sur le processus et les résultats. Elle montre que la concrétisation des projets d’amélioration dans les usines implique certes des acquis relatifs à l’analyse du travail obtenus par la formation, mais aussi que les participants à la formation détiennent ou développent une connaissance riche des processus de conduite de projets — formels et informels — propres à l’usine.

The article reviews the book, "Gestion de la rémunération : théorie et pratique," by Roland Thériault and Sylvie St-Onge.

L’objectif de cette recherche évaluative était d’analyser la relation susceptible d’exister entre le processus d’un programme de formation de base en santé et sécurité du travail et ses effets attendus. Ce programme, dispensé par une centrale syndicale québécoise à ses membres, a pour objectif ultime d’améliorer l’action syndicale des travailleurs à ce sujet dans leur milieu de travail. Nos résultats semblent indiquer que ce programme produit la majorité des effets attendus relatifs aux thèmes étudiés, soit d’accroître la compréhension du rôle des facteurs environnementaux sur l’occurrence d’accidents de travail et d’attribuer ces événements à des risques environnementaux dont les employeurs sont responsables.

This introductory text examines the vital role of trade unions in Canada. In particular, it emphasizes how the values. objectives and activities of unions are shaped and changed in the context of employer opposition and often hostile governments. --Publisher's description.

Through a historical account of the Pro-Canada/Action Canada Network (PCN/ACN), this dissertation examines coalition formation among social movements. It argues that the complex process of cross-sectoral coalition formation and thus the potential for convergence of social movements can best be understood by combining elements of different analytical frameworks. This dissertation draws on elements of the two dominant paradigms for the study of social movements, resource mobilization theory and new social movement theory. Specifically, it utilizes the formers' attention to the specifics of organization and structure and the latter's focus on the discursive formation of identities. Both are then combined with the uniquely Canadian but theoretically underdeveloped concept of the popular sector and a neo-gramscian perspective on social formation and mobilization that draws on political economy and class-analytical traditions. With its formation in 1988 around opposition to the Canada - U.S. Free Trade Agreement, the PCN/ACN was an early example of a broader trend for trade and investment to become key arenas for social and political contention at the turn of the century. This dissertation challenges the assumptions of most analytical frameworks concerning the limits to coalition formation and argues that the nature of the unifying issue is an important determinant of the potential for the growth and deepening of social alliances. After reviewing the historical conjuncture in which the PCN/ACN emerged, this dissertation traces the history of key sectors and member organizations - labour, women and ecumenical justice - paying specific attention to their approach to political engagement and the issue of free trade. As a result, it establishes the necessary background to understand both the initial basis for unity and the Network's progression beyond a lowest common denominator alliance around a single issue, to a broader mandate. This dissertation provides empirical evidence on which to judge the potential of social movements to displace other discourses and agencies on the left. Given the contemporary interest in the role of social movements, NGOs and civil society, this dissertation provides some essential signposts for two types of practitioners: academics seeking to understand outcomes and activists hoping to determine them.

The article reviews the book, "Public Sector Labour Relations in an Era of Restraint and Restructuring," by Gene Swimmer.

La restructuration de l’industrie du papier au Québec a eu un impact majeur sur l’action syndicale. Cet article présente les changements intervenus dans les pratiques syndicales de la Fédération des travailleurs du papier et de la forêt (FTPF-CSN) et de ses syndicats affiliés, notamment en ce qui a trait à la demande de nouveaux services découlant de l’implication syndicale dans la réorganisation du travail. Nous analysons également les effets de ces changements sur les relations entre la FTPF et ses syndicats locaux, ainsi que les problèmes et les défis inhérents au renouvellement des pratiques syndicales.

The article reviews the book, "Rights, not Roses": Unions and the Rise of Working-Class Feminism, 1945-80," by Dennis A. Deslippe.