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Documentaire sur Michel Chartrand (1916-2010) et cinquante ans de vie politique et d'action syndicale au Québec à travers lui. Ayant consacré sa vie à défendre les droits des travailleurs, ce passionné de justice sociale s'y révèle homme de cœur, complexe et généreux, amateur de poésie et de fine cuisine. --Description du site de l'ONF
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Pays homage to the life and work of Eugene Forsey, who for many years was the research director of the Canadian Congress of Labour/Canadian Labour Congress and later was appointed a senator by prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. An influential advocate of the study of labour history, Forsey's book, "Trade Unions in Canada, 1812-1902," a standard reference work in the field, was the fruit of a CLC project of the 1960s, for which Canada Council funding was obtained to hire graduate students to assist with the research. Forsey also helped to obtain funding for the founding of the journal, Labour/Le Travail. A photo of Forsey is included.
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The article reviews the book, "Language, Schooling and Cultural Conflict: The Origins of the French-Language Controversy in Ontario," by Chad Gaffield.
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The article reviews the book, "Critical Years in Immigration: Canada and Australia Compared," by Freda Hawkins.
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The article reviews the book, "C.B. Macpherson: Dilemmas of Liberalism and Socialism," by William Leiss.
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The article reviews several books by Seymour Martin Lipset including "Continental Divide: The Values and Institutions of the United States and Canada," "North American Cultures: Values and Institutions in Canada and the United States," and "Unions in Transition: Entering the Second Century."
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The article reviews the book, "'Radical Spirits': Spiritualism and Women's Rights in Nineteenth Century America," by Ann Braude.
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The article reviews the book, "The Darkened Room: Women, Power and Spiritualism in Late Victorian England," by Alex Owen.
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To an already tested empirical strike model, a microeconomic study adds variables that are related to foreign-owned firms in Canada. All the results point in the same direction: in Canada, it seems that foreign ownership has a negative influence on strike activity. This leads to the conclusion that, in accordance with the proposed theoretical approach, the positive impact on strike probability regarding problems of transmission and credibility of information brought about by the introduction of a third party (the head office) in the negotiations for a collective agreement was not tantamount. Attempts by multinational firms to develop negotiation "protocols" would appear to more than make up for problems in the quality and the credibility of information.
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The article reviews the book, "Collective Bargaining And The Public Interest: A Welfare Economics Assessment," by David M. Winch.
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The article reviews the book, "Technical Workers in an Advanced Society: The Work, Careers and Politics of French Engineers," by Rod Millar.
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The article reviews the book, "Fast Forward and Out of Control: How Technology is Changing Your Life," by Heather Menzies.
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Women's involvement in broadening the activities of the Canadian state during the first half of the 20th century is examined in this study of the career of Agnes Macphail as it related to her efforts on behalf of working women. Noting her evolution from agrarian radical to social democrat, it stresses that Macphail's feminism stemmed from her beliefs in human rights, especially the need for greater equality of condition. As the first woman member of Parliament and of the Ontario legislature during 1921-51, Macphail's thought and activities were directed toward representing women's concerns, particularly those labouring on farms and in factories and offices, but they involved crucial personal decisions about motherhood as opposed to pursuing a career, Macphail helped to create the first universal federal social assistance program, contributed to the founding of the CCF, promoted union activity, and championed the first pay-equity legislation in Canada. She believed that integrationist politics offered the best route to assert women's influence on government.
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The article reviews the book, "Doing Comparable Worth: Gender, Class and Pay Equity," by Joan Acker.
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The article reviews the book, "Les infirmières. De la vocation à la profession," by André Petitat.
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The article reviews the book, "Les femmes au tournant du siècle, 1880-1940: âges de la vie, maternité et quotidien," by Denise Lemieux and Lucie Mercier.
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Between the 1880s and the Great Depression agriculture emerged and matured as the mainstay of the prairie economy. Farm workers were essential to the developing economy and society, but their place in the rural west was ambiguous. During the pioneering period, labour shortages and accessible land gave farm workers bargaining strength in the labour market and a niche in prairie society. A cooperative working relationship and a shared ideology resulted in a lack of overt conflict between labour and capital. But as lands were taken, farm workers faced more and more the necessity of remaining as wage labourers. Their position became institutionalized. The First World War highlighted the conflict that was fundamental to labour-capital relations, as farm workers and farmers alike bolstered their economic positions. Labour and capital entered the post-war decade recognizing the increasing divergence of their aims. Their relationship became more overtly conflictual. Throughout this transformation, farm workers used strategies to influence the shape and rate of change in the industry and to maintain significant control over their own working lives. They responded as members of the working class, as active agents in relationships with their employers and with capitalism.
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The article reviews the report, "Legislating Pay Equity to Raise Women's Wages. A Progress Report on the Implementation of the Ontario, Canada Pay Equity Act," by the National Committee on Pay Equity (Washington, DC).
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The article reviews the book, "Pay Equity, Issues, Options and Experiences," by Nan Weiner and Morley Gunderson.
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The article reviews the book, "The Managerial Challenge of Comparable Job Worth and Job Evaluation," by Thomas J. Patten.
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