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The Amalgamated Mine Workers of Nova Scotia (AMW) was a Communist-led union of coal miners that broke away from the established United Mine Workers of America (UMW) in the early depression years, at a time when only Communists called for trade-union militance. The new union adopted principles of extreme rank-and-file democracy and radical resistance to company demands for wage cuts. It held the allegiance of the majority of miners in the province for several years, but its rival, the UMW, was supported by the coal company and the government. Moreover, the AMW never carried out its threats of a district strike to win recognition. After several years of the dual union situation, the miners saw the necessity of unity in confrontations with the company. In addition, the UMW was resurgent in the United States and had begun to take a more militant stance. Finally, changes in the policy of the Communist Party caused it to press for reunification. In rejoining the UMW, however, the miners were obliged to surrender many of their aspirations for district autonomy and inner-union democracy.
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The article reviews the book, "E. C. Drury: Agrarian Idealist," by Charles M. Johnston.
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The article reviews two books: "Prophetic Sons and Daughters: Female Preaching and Popular Religion in Industrial England," by Deborah M. Valenze, and "Independent Spirits: Spiritualism and English Plebeians, 1850-1960," by Logie Barrow.
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The article reviews and comments on "Workers on the Edge: Work, Leisure, and Politics in industrializing Cincinnati, 1788-1890," by Steven J. Ross.
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In the period following World War II, Alberta's Social Credit government passed several pieces of restrictive legislation which limited labour's ability to organize workers and to call strikes. The enforcement of labour law also reflected an anti-union bias. This article argues that Social Crediters, who had a penchant for conspiracy theories, believed that union militancy was the product of the manoeuverings of an international communist conspiracy. Their labour legislation was intended to foil the conspiracy's plans in Alberta and incidentally to reassure potential investors, particularly in the oil patch, of a good climate for profit-taking. But the path for such legislation was made smoother by the conservatism of one wing of the labour movement in the province and the fear of being tarnished with the communist brush by the other wing. On the whole, the Alberta experience casts a grim reflection on the theory that the post-war period provided a measure of industrial democracy for Canadian workers.
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This article reviews the book, "Strikes in Nova Scotia, 1970-1985," by C.H.J. Gilson.
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The article reviews and comments on "British Coalminers in the Nineteenth Century: A Social History," by John Benson, "Independent Collier: The Coal Miner as Archetypal Proletarian Reconsidered," edited by Royden Harrison, "Keir Hardie: The Making of a Socialist," by Fred Reid, "By the Sweat of their Brow: Womee Workers at Victorian Coal Mines," by Angela John, "Work Relations in the Coal Industry: The Hand-Loading Era, 1880-1930," by Keith Dix, "The Miner's Freedom: A Study of the Working Life in a Changing Industry," by Carter Goodrich, "Life, Work, and Rebellion in the Coal Fields: The Southern West Virginia Miners, ,1880-1922," by David Corbin, and "Power and Powerlessness: Quiescence and Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley," by John Gaventa.
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This article reviews the book, "Industrial Relations and New Technology," by Annette Davies.
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The author examines how the participation scheme proposed by the Royal Commission on the Economie Union and Development Prospects for Canada (Macdonald Commission) can be made viable and enduring.
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This article reviews the book, "Marxism, Wars and Revolutions: Essays From Four Decades," by Isaac Deutscher.
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The article reviews the book, "Poor Labouring Men: Rural Radicalism in Norfolk, 1870-1923," by Alun Howkins.
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This article reviews the book, "The Economy of British America, 1607-1789," by John J. McCusker & Russell R. Menard.
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Changements dans les legislations du travail au Canada.
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Changements dans les legislations du travail au Canada.
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Changements dans les legislations du travail au Canada.
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Changements dans les legislations du travail au Canada.
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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, "Strikes in Essential Services," by Gillian S. Morris.
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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.
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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).