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This article reviews "Technological Change & Human Development" by Wayne L. Hodges and Matthew A Relly.

The author investigates the strikes and labour unrest, and the associated widespread violence and illegality in the mid-sixties ; is this a new trend on the Canadian industrial relations scene? It is seen as the crest of the third wave of Canadian labour unrest since 1900. The author supports the main recommendations in the Woods' Report that directly concern the question of labour unrest and industrial conflict.

Après avoir analysé la structure formelle et la compétence des organes de l'autogestion ouvrière dans l'industrie yougoslave, l'auteur expose les résultats des deux recherches empiriques sur les attitudes et opinions des ouvriers concernant l'autogestion, l'influence de divers organes de l'autogestion, le rôle du parti et des syndicats et la sécurité des ouvriers au travail.

This article reviews "Labour Relations and Court Review" by Philip Cutler.

This article reviews "Relations humaines et relations industrielles" by Marcel Bolle De Bal.

L'étroite interdépendance des phénomènes économiques et sociaux explique le choix de l'année 1896 comme point de départ de cette brève étude de la condition des travailleurs de Québec: à partir de 1896, une phase de croissance succède à une longue période de récession économique; cette conjoncture plus favorable accélère le développement d'une infrastructure industrielle dans la province. Seul le déclenchement de la première guerre mondiale modifiera quelque peu le rythme de cette croissance. C'est à l'intérieur de cette période assez longue, soit de 1896 à 1914, que nous voulons élaborer un cadre général deréférence dans lequel pourront par la suite s'insérer plusieurs études particulières. L'état embryonnaire des recherches surl'histoire des travailleurs québécois nécessite d'abord un travail de défrichage, une perspective globale sans laquelle on ne saurait comprendre ni le sens des revendications ouvrières, ni la montée du syndicalisme dans les principales agglomérations urbaines. --Introduction

Une forme nouvelle de grève est apparue au Québec : la« grève tournante », ou arrêt de travail concerté et partiel, exécuté successivement par des ensembles de salariés compris dans une même unité de négociation. Juridiquement, ce procédé doit-il être reçu avec une faveur particulière, en tant qu'instrument de« civilisation » de la grève ? Faut-il, au contraire, y voir une forme particulièrement pernicieuse de l'exercice du droit de grève ?

This article reviews "Industrialization and the Individual" by James G. London.

The author endeavors to present a detailed analysis of the economic rationale of a manpower training policy, and provides useful insights on its limits through a selective study of macro-, micro-, and welfare economic theory.

Dans un premier temps, l'auteur estime que la démarche de la Commission consistant à faire la classification des occupations par définitions est vide de substance analytique, et donc non susceptible d'aboutir à la compréhension des phénomènes étudiés ni à la formulation de corollaires politiques. Dans un second temps, l'auteur dégage deux principes d'analyse des professions : soit l'absence d'information des consommateurs sur la qualité des services professionnels et l'incitation que subissent les professionnels à se constituer en corporations « fermées » pour promouvoir leurs intérêts.

The author gives a philosophical analysis of the general tenor of the Woods' Report, and provides a brief appraisal of its observations, particularly in regard to collective bargaining.

Après avoir rappelé les assises juridiques du régime d'accréditation, l’auteur note les effets de l'accréditation à l'égard de certains salariés dans un premier temps et à l'égard du syndicat dans un second temps.

L'auteur tente de rechercher les éléments fondamentaux d'une notion universelle de fonctionnaire i.e. de rechercher ce qu'il y a de commun dans la plupart des pays dans la nature du rapport entre l'individu fonctionnaire et l’Etat, ce qui permettra de faire la distinction entre le fonctionnaire et le salarié privé et de situer les enseignants et les employés d'hôpitaux par rapport à l'Etat.

The author discusses the analysis and recommendations jound in the Woods* Report on the position of the individual member of the union. He views the investigation into the rights of individuals in two parts: (1) the extent to which unions are granted exclusive control over employment conditions and (2) the extent to which the services provided by such unions are vital to Us members. Solutions to the problems inherent in individual member versus union conflicts cannot be found in appeals to abstract 'democracy', internal reform or changes in the common law, but through legislation.

The hypothesis of the thesis is that Canadian teachers have sought to gain some control over their professional lives through organisation. The study traces the evolution of the Canadian teachers' organizations from a period of vigorous ascendency between 1916 and 1921 to the middle of the 1950s. By then the organizations had formed their main features and shaped their occupational ideology. The simplest theoretical statement, framework, or model of the thesis is that teachers have attempted to escape from or at least to modify the bureaucratic environment which prescribed the conditions of their vocation. While teachers largely united in seeking this escape, they were not of one mind as to the appropriate means or alternatives: professionalism, unionism, or a combination of both. To most teachers, professionalism and unionism seemed polar and incompatible. The conclusion reached in the study is that teachers’ organizations evolved as "professional unions," largely because of the teachers' need to cope with their salaried and employee status while clinging to the aspiration of professionalism and public service. The thesis rests extensively on primary sources: the records and files of the teachers' organizations, journals of the organisations, contemporary newspapers and magazines, and documents housed in the various archives of Canada. The thesis is not a definitive study of all the issues that have concerned teachers or their organizations. Rather, it is keyed to those issues and situations that have involved a debate over unionism and professionalism, or which have caused teachers to adopt more militant postures. Admittedly the study is pro-teacher, essentially a result of the sources consulted. A deliberate attempt, however, has been made to record the teachers' reactions to their own historical experience, the trustees, and government. The study is divided into six chapters. The first, tracing the years of formation and survival (1915-1930), explains the causes for teacher organization and the teachers' goals. It probes their occupational ideologies. The second chapter investigates the teachers' strikes of the 1920's, and ponders the meaning of these strikes and the issues of teacher militancy. The third chapter deals with the impact of the depression and the war (1930-1945) on the evolution of the organized profession. This chapter reveals the extent of economic retrenchment on teachers' salaries, the spirit of organizational experimentation, and the renewed militancy as the depression receded and the war ensued. The fourth chapter shows how the teachers' "professional unionism" is rooted in their acceptance of the essentials of trade unionism. The fifth chapter records the teachers' courtship with organized labour--affiliation. In particular, it traces in detail the experiment of the British Columbia Teachers' Federation with affiliation, with public admission of trade unionism. The last chapter deals with the achievement of statutory or automatic membership, an organizational development which is singularly the most significant in the history of the Canadian teaching profession.

L'auteur étudie les dispositions nouvelles relatives au tribunal du travall dans le Code du travail du Québec.

This article reviews the study "Compulsory Arbitration in Australia" by J.E . Isaac.

This article reviews the study "Professional Workers and Collective Bargaining" by Shirley B. Goldenberg.

This article reviews "Radical Politics and Canadian Labour" by Martin Robin.