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This paper examines the origins of Canada's labour policy during the first years of this century. It explains why the Canadian government rejected arbitration as the chief means of settling labour disputes, adopting conciliation instead. This choice lies at the foundation of Canadian labour law: governments since that time have sought to dampen industrial conflict by pushing the parties to compromise; they have generally balked at imposing specific terms of employment. The argument proceeds in three stages. It first reviews the formation of Canadian labour policy during the years 1900 to 1907. It then identifies the specific reasons for the government's rejection of arbitration. Finally, it suggests structural characteristics of the Canadian political economy which favoured the choice of conciliation over arbitration.
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The article reviews the book, "Administering Danger In The Workplace: The Law And Politics Of Occupational and Safety Regulation In Ontario, 1850-1914," by Eric Tucker.
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A study examined the relationship between gender and multiple dimensions of worker commitment to the union organization in light of the growing feminization of membership in Canadian labor unions. Based on survey responses from 223 female and 222 male union members in Saskatchewan, the results reveal no gender differences with regard to expressed levels of union "loyalty" and "responsibility to the union." However, a small but significantly lower level of "willingness to work for the union" was expressed by female union members. In comparative analyses of males and females, the results are generally supportive of greater commonality than differences in the correlates of union commitment for men and women.
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The article reviews the book, "Holding the Line: Compulsory Arbitration and National Employer Co-ordination in Australia," by David H. Plowman, .
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The article reviews the book, "Yours for the Union: Class and Community Struggles in South Africa, 1930-1947," by Baruch Hirson.
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The subsistence-based mixed economy of Northern Canada is both productive and essential to community life and survival (Berger, 1977; Brody, 1981 ; Wenzel, 1981; Asch, 1982; Fait, 1982; Usher, 1982). Usher further states that this economy needs to be maintained for its economic value and fundamental linkages to social and cultural conditions. Most researchers state that the productivity of this economy depends on the interdependency of women's and men's work; however, within the extensive literature on this subject few writers examine the labour of women. The purpose of this thesis is to document and analyze Woods Cree women's labour within the subsistence-based mixed economy. Their labour, which is embedded in the profoundly different voice of Woods Cree culture, is best understood through detailed case studies. Oral histories were collected from three generations of Woods Cree Women aged sixteen to seventy, covering the period between 1900 and 1989. Usher's analytical framework of the anatomy of the Northern economy is a most useful model; however, it required some adjustment in order to address gender affected production. The feminist critiques of Delphy and Nicholson are used in analyzing the nature of women's labour. The research found that although Woods Cree women's labour has changed over time and space, it is still essential to the functioning and maintenance of the subsistence-based mixed economy.
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A questionnaire developed to learn employer reasons for hiring part-time workers who are covered by collective agreements was sent to 258 organizations in Ontario, Canada, in 1988. The majority of the 172 respondents were human resources or labor relations directors or specialists. Of these, 50% were in health care, 37% were in education and education-related work, 8% were in retail trade, and 5% were from the hospitality sector. Results revealed that, in the health care, education, and retail trade sectors, flexibility in scheduling work was considered the most important reason for hiring part-time workers. In the hospitality sector, the unavailability of full-time labor was the most important reason for hiring part-time help. While the health care and education sectors considered employees' preference for part-time work to be relatively important, the hospitality and retail sectors placed more emphasis on flexibility in employment decisions and savings in wages and benefits.
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The article reviews the book, "The Diary Of A Shirtwaist Striker," by Theresa S. Malkiel.
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We present some survey results on the preferences of workers for a coop as opposed to a private buy-out if faced with the closure of their workplace. Although there has been quite a lot of theoretical discussion of this issue there is relatively little empirical evidence. Although hedged about by reservations we conclude that the principal factor that determines preferences are the‘job risk’ characteristics of the coop and the privately owned firm. To a very large extent a worker will prefer the coop to a private buy-out if it leads to increased job security and if the coop is considered to be viable. We also find that workers expected that everyone would work harder in the coop and that this, together with increased shop floor control of production, was expected to lead to higher earnings. Significantly, however, these expected differences in the work/earnings trade-off between the coop and the privately owned firm did not lead workers to prefer one to the other.
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English/French abstracts of articles in the issue.
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List of recent publications by the Committee.
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This cumulative index is the second supplement to the index published in v. 25, no. 4 of this journal, covering the journal contents and the conferences of the annual industrial relations' conference at Université Laval. The first index covered the period 1945-70 for the journal and 1946-70 for the conferences, i.e., since both were founded. A first supplement was published in v. 35, no. 4, covering the period 1971 to 1980 for the journal and the conferences.
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