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This article reviews the book, "The Remaking of Pittsburgh: Class and Culture in an Industrializing City," by Francis G. Couvares.
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This article reviews the book, "Contradictions of the Welfare State," by Claus Offe, edited and introduced by John Keane.
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This article reviews the book, "Pensions Policy in Britain : A Socialist Analysis," by Eric Shragge.
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Working people seldom make it into the history books, and when they do the picture is seldom flattering. Too often, ordinary Newfoundlanders have been cast as a race of cap-doffers and forelock-tuggers. In this book Bill Gillespie confrnts the myth. He tells the story of that most important of working class institutions - the trade union. And as the story unfolds, a new cast of characters is introduced to our written history. They are the men and women who struggled within an economic system they did not control to improve the lives of their families and their class. Gillespie records their losses and their victories, their weaknesses as well as their strengths. Ultimately he records their success. It is the story of how Newfoundlanders surprised even themselves and turned their tiny country into the most unionized corner of North America. --Publisher's description
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Collective bargaining simulation exercises are valuable to students for a number of reasons: 1. They help students develop insight into interpersonal issues. 2. They motivate students. 3. The exercises offer specific skills that are usable in the job market. However, there are also a number of problems with simulation exercises. First, simulations are constructed using a contrived environment that does not parallel the real world. Second, peer pressure during the simulation encourages gregarious and arrogant forms of communication. Finally, production and personnel managers, presidents, and shop stewards cannot be included effectively. Despite these problems, there are 3 methods that can be used to give simulations a greater sense of reality: 1. follow up the first round of simulation with another based on the results of the first, 2. make third-party intervention available, and 3. encourage group support of a single chief negotiator.
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This article reviews the book, "Power in a Trade Union: The Role of the District Committee of the AUEW," by Larry James.
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La présente étude concerne le lien entre le nombre de mentors et le nombre de promotions obtenues par un individu au cours de sa carrière. Elle précise l'influence de diverses variables, reliés au mentor et au protège, sur la relation mentors-promotions en carrière. D'autres variables sont aussi mises en rapport avec le nombre de mentors eus au cours de la carrière d'un protège.
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This article reviews the book, "Entreprises d'intérêt collectif et création d'emplois," by Initiatives locales de création d'emplois.
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This article reviews the book "One Union in Wood: A Political History of the International Woodworkers of America," by Jerry Lembcke and William Tattum.
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This article reviews the book, "The Rebellion of 1837 in Upper Canada: A Collection of Documents," edited by Colin Read and Ronald J. Stagg.
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This article reviews the book, "Contemporary Canadian Labour Relations," by John A. Willes.
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This article reviews the book, "The Labor History Reader," by Daniel J. Leab.
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This article reviews the book, "Culture, Ideology and Politics," edited by Raphael and Gareth Stedman Jones.
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The Port Alberni and Prince George districts of British Columbia experienced the beginnings of an extensive forest industry at about the same time, the second decade of the twentieth century, and both regions were destined to become substantial lumber centres. Yet in their early period of development, before the major changes of the 1940s, the two communities had distinct growth patterns: by 1939 the Port Alberni district had emerged as a prosperous lumber-producing centre housing an active, coordinaed working class while the Prince George district remained an economic backwater with a weak forest industry base, an ill-formed class, and quiscent labour movement. Simple economic or geographic explanations do not begin to address the complexity of the histories of the two regions. Only by closely examining the lumber companies, the sawmill workers, the loggers, and the broader community can the local historical contexts be understood. Further, exogenous factors such as western Canadian working-class initiatives, the role of the provincial state, and the shifting international lumber trade must also be taken into account. Business decisions, union drives, strike action, and political structures were all intertwined in shaping the velopment of these fringe areas of the province. By comparing the two forest districts this thesis not only highlights the various elements that interacted in creating the forest economics and forest-based communities, it also sheds light on the development of British Columbia's most important industry and the history of the western Canadian working class.
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This article reviews the book, "Time Without Work," by Walli F. Leff and Marilyn G. Haft.
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L'avènement de l'instruction obligatoire au Québec en 1943 s'inscrit dans un tissu de relations complexes, d'alliances, et de luttes très longues. Contrairement à ce que laisse croire l'histoire officielle, le mouvement ouvrier et le mouvement paysan ont joué un rôle actif dans cette longue «querelle.» Quoique prenant part dans cette lutte, ces mouvements ont aussi été très divisés. Alors que le Congrès des métiers et du travail du Canada (CMTC) appuie la fréquentation scolaire obligatoire, la Confédération des travailleurs catholiques du Canada (CTCC), et l'Union Catholique des cultivateurs (UCC) s'y opposent durement. L'influence que l'Église Catholique exerce sur la CTCC et l'UCC explique en partie le refus catégorique de ces deux organisations, mais sans plus. La composition des membres de chacune, les secteurs d'implantation de celles-ci, le type d'agriculture dominant au Québec et les coûts liés à l'éducation ont joué un rôle déterminant dans les positions des organisations étudiées.
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This article reviews the book, "Shaky Palaces: Homeownership and Social Mobility in Boston's Suburbanization," by M. Edel, E. D. Sclar and D. Luria.
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This article reviews the book, " Dictionnaire canadien des relations du travail," by Gérard Dion.
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This article reviews the book, "Foucault, Marxism and History: Mode of Production versus Mode of Information," by Mark Poster.
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