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In February 1944 the Canadian federal government introduced Order in Council PC 1003, a system of compulsory collective bargaining which has been conventionally characterized as the culmination of the gradual evolution in federal labour relations policy towards the greater recognition of trade unions and collective bargaining. The issue addressed in this thesis is whether this characterization is accurate. As against the tendency to present federal intervention in collective bargaining as having developed towards some inevitable maturity, the account presented herein seeks to draw attention to the suppressed alternatives of history. Thus, the thesis begins with an examination of PC 1003'S historical antecedents dating back to 1900. This is followed by an examination of the developments during the Second World War. Instead of concentrating upon federal collective bargaining policy as a means of responding to wartime pressures by establishing a mechanism for mediating and resolving disputes between labour and capital, the thesis emphasizes the extent to which the policy was part of the large post-war settlement. By ignoring this, the conventional account has failed to provide any guidance for understanding either the actual provisions wheich were introduced or the longevity of PC 1003 as the dominant institutional model for Canadian labour relations. By contrast, if PC 1003 is understood as part of an attempt to forge a post-war settlement between labour and capital it is possible to identify the general thrust of the Order. Although it represented a fundamental shift in Canadian labour policy in that employers were compelled to recognize unions for the purpose of collective agreements, PC 1003 did not radically alter the balance of power to make it easier to organize or constrain managerial prerogatives. In fact, PC 1003 was consistent with the federal government's historical preoccupation with promoting responsible unions and attaining industrial peace and stability.

This article reviews the book, "Marxism, Wars and Revolutions: Essays From Four Decades," by Isaac Deutscher.

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Changements dans les legislations du travail au Canada.

Changements dans les legislations du travail au Canada.

Changements dans les legislations du travail au Canada.

Changements dans les legislations du travail au Canada.

This article reviews the book, "Double Day, Double Burden: Women in the Garment Industry," by Charlene Gannagé.

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This article reviews the book, "The Social Foundations of Industrial Power : A Comparison of France and Germany," by Marc Maurice, François Sellier & Jean-Jacques Silvestre. This article reviews the book, "International and Comparative Industrial Relations," by Greg J. Bamber & Russell D. Lansbury.

Replies to Gilbert Levine's "Relations Between Unions and Universities in Research" published in the same issue. Argues that Levine's criticism is partly misplaced, i.e., that unions are excessively focussed on the here-and-now, that they want propaganda in place of analysis, that they lack the staff to evaluate the research being done, and that they do not know how to properly take advantage of researchers. Concludes that unions' preoccupation with social democratic politics leads them to reject explanations and lines of reasoning that cannot easily be accommodated by the status quo, and that union leaders must address the issue for an academic-labour rapprochement to occur. See also the article, "Academic Research on Labour: Strengthening Union-University Links," by Pradeep Kumar, published in the journal (no. 25, Spring 1990).

The article reviews and comments on "The Politics of Diversity: Feminism, Marxism and Nationalism" (1986), edited by Robert Hamilton and Michéle Barrett, and Mariana Valverde's "Sex, Power and Pleasure" (1985).

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Presents seven poems by Al Grierson published in the Work Poetry section of the journal: "You Are What You Eat (what the restaurant had for dinner)," "Slapstick," "It's All Our Fault," "Lunchroom Poem at the Millwork Plant," "Coon Hunting on the Afternoon Shift, "sticker crew," and "Michelle."

Les auteurs utilisent des données provenant d'entrevues afin de décrire les activités hors-travail d'un échantillon d'employés d'hôpital lors de journées passées à l'extérieur du travail.

This study explores the subject of cross-national variations in industrial conflict, looking specifically at a 'matched set' of factories in Canada and Britain. The comparison between these two countries is intriguing. Since 1943, Canadian governments have sought to regulate industrial conflict by a distinct formula whose three pillars are a) legally enforceable collective agreements meant to circumscribe disputable issues, b) the outlawing of strikes during the term of the collective agreement, and c) the substitution, for industrial action, of a well-defined grievance and arbitration procedure to settle the disputable issues arising during that term. Dispute resolution is formal, collective agreements are comprehensive and arbitral jurisprudence is encyclopaedic. In Britain, on the other hand, dispute resolution has been left almost entirely to the parties themselves. Collective agreements are not enforceable and sketch the barest details of co-regulation. An ill-defined body of 'custom and practice' still governs in most day-to-day disputes. Strikes are legally possible for all groups of employees at any time on any issue related to the workplace. And arbitration, though available, is voluntary and widely shunned by both parties. Dispute resolution is highly informal. While one might, from this comparison, predict a higher level of strike activity in Britain, Canada has equalled or surpassed Britain over the past twenty-five years in industrial conflict. Why might this be so? The study reviews several sets of theories on cross-national variations in industrial conflict and finds that the Canada-Britain comparison does not fit any of them. Suggesting a synthesis of the "institutional" and "political economy” theoretical approaches, it proposes to concentrate on the political struggle over production at the shop floor in a "politics of production" approach. Defining four "political apparatuses of production" (interests, rights, adjustments and enforcements), the study examines how these "microinstitutions" for conflict-handling articulate with three key loci on the frontier of control where conflict can erupt (discipline, the structuring of the internal labour market and job control). Through the use of intensive interviews in four workplaces (two in each country) in the brewing and aluminium fabrication industries and the analysis of general data on industrial relations in the two countries, the analytical framework is applied to examine the generation and resolution of industrial conflict.

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