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The following paper is a study of the impact of World War II on Canadian women’s participation in the labour force between 1939 and 1951. The role which women played in the Canadian labour force prior to the outbreak of the war is discussed, as well as women’s experiences during the war years and the immediate postwar period. The paper demonstrates that, far from having the emanicipating effect which one might expect, women’s wartime experiences had relatively little lasting impact on their position in the labour force during the postwar period. The King government regarded women’s increased involvement in the labour force as a response to the extraordinary conditions of war, and introduced measures to facilitate women’s employment solely within the context of the war effort. The government’s traditional attitudes towards women’s proper roles in society and the work force are illustrated by its policies of selective recruitment of women workers, beginning with single women and turning to married women only when labour shortages were most severe. The speed with which the government cancelled measures such as the day nurseries program following the war also supports this argument, as does the fate of the government sponsored Report on the Postwar Problems of Women. An examination of the popular press during this period generally reveals its support for the government’s conservative attitudes towards women#&8217;s roles, an opinion which the Canadian public seems to have shared. The number of women in the labour force declined rapidly after the war, and they remained concentrated in the same limited number of traditional job they had held before the war. Only the tremendous increase in the number of married women workers during this period suggests that women’s wartime experiences might have laid the groundwork for future changes in women’s participation in the labour force.

This article reviews the book, "L'arbitrage des griefs et les infractions disciplinaires à caractère criminel," by Francine Gauthier-Montplaisir.

Cette étude passe en revue les modèles économiques usuels de détermination des avantages sociaux qui, pour la plupart, ont été développes et testes aux États-Unis. Elle présente des résultats d'estimation inédits pour le Canada et en tire un certain nombre d'implications pour les finances publiques, la politique économique et la compréhension du fonctionnement des marches du travail.

This article reviews the book, "Renewal in the Workplace : A Critical Look at Collective Bargaining," by Harry Antonides.

Trade unions were not criminal conspiracies in Canadian law prior to the passage of the Trade Unions Act. In a series of trials between 1854 and 1872 the Toronto criminal courts consistently failed to convict workers on evidence that would have warranted conviction had combinations to raise wages or lessen hours been considered to be criminal conspiracies. Analysis of the English case-law reveals a lack of judicial consensus that such combinations were criminal conspiracies, and in any event all such statements of law were merely obiter dicta. While such trade union purposes as raising wages could serve as evidence of combination, there was no criminal conspiracy in the absence of specific crimes.

This paper examines the role of Canadian immigration policies in the creation of an ethnically segmented working class in pre-Second World War British Columbia. Existing research on the British Columbian working class has documented the radical nature of (white) working class trade union and socialist organization, while at the same time identifying anti-Asian racism as a major feature of organized (white) working class activity in the province. The formation of an ethnically segmented working class occurred through a complex and reciprocal process of ethnic segmentation within the labour market and the political and ideological practices of the working class. In British Columbia, I argue, state immigration policies played a crucial role in this process by according Asian immigrants, in contrast to European and American immigrants, an inferior political status as "non-settlers' within Canada, reinforcing their marginal economic position within the labour market and placing Asian workers in a position of economic and political inferiority vis-a-vis other workers in the province. In this context, immigration policies became a focus of class conflict in British Columbia, and working class organization and consciousness developed in an ethnically segmented and racist form.

[This book] is the last of a 5-volume series of readers designed to present an overview of Canada's social history, encompassing such topics as economic development, social structure, protest and violence, social control, work and workers, and the changing role of women. In this volume the editors have commissioned a collection of original essays designed to provide a scholarly response to the vital questions: "Who are we as a people? How did we become what we are?" The extent and influence of foreign ownership in the post-war world is examined by Paul Phillips and Stephen Watson. David Wolfe chronicles the emergence of the welfare state after the war and its recent decline. Michael Behiels explores the ideological tensions among federalist, nationalist, and socialist intellectuals in Quebec and Canada. Ruther Pierson and Marjorie Cohen discuss sexual bias in federal manpower policies in depression, war, and reconstruction. The struggles of labour, management, and government are examined in articles by Wayne Robert and John Bullen, and by Wallace Clement. And the education system as a instrument of social control is the subject of Paul Axelrod's essay. --Publisher's description

This article reviews the book, "Work and Politics. The Division of Labor in Industry", by Charles F. Sabel.

L'annulation du congédiement pour raison de vice de procédure entraine-t-elle l'incapacité de l'employeur de procéder à un nouveau congédiement fonde sur les mêmes faits.

This article reviews the book, "Une majorité laborieuse. Les femmes qui gagnent leur vie, mais à quel prix," by Pat Armstrong & Hugh Armstong.

The authors critically reassess the standard view that Canada's skilled-unskilled wage differential has collapsed over the past four decades.

This article reviews the book, " Le droit du travail en pratique," by Yves Delamotte.

Sur la base d'une enquête menée en 1981 dans cinq municipalités d'union de la gauche situées dans la banlieue «rouge» de Paris, l'auteur examine le comportement d'une section cégétiste d'employés municipaux face à un maire communiste, comment la CGT agissait-elle dans une municipalité socialiste et comment réagit la CFDT.

The autors aim at ascertaining whether perceived organisational climate alone explains any significant portion of variance in work performance and to examine whether the concomitant entrance of selected sociodemographic variables yields any additional contribution in explaining performance.

This article reviews the book, "The Politics and Philosophy of Economics: Marxians, Keynesians, and Austrians," by T.W. Hutchison.

This article reviews the book, "Wages and Hours: Labor and Reform in Twentieth-Century America," by Ronnie Steinberg.

This article reviews the book, "Les grèves illégales dans les hôpitaux du Québec, 1977-1978," by Chantel Gagnon & Gérard Hébert.

This article reviews the book, "The Australian Council of Trade Unions," by C.D. Donn.

Text of the poem, "Keep Going."

L'auteur résume les principaux résultats d'une étude longitudinale explorant quelques variables psychologiques relatives au choix et au transfert de secteur organisationnel chez des diplômes M.B.A.