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This article reviews the book, "Malthus Past and Present," edited by J. Dupaquier, A. Fauve-Chamoux & E. Grebcntk.
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This article reviews the book, "The History of the British Coal Industry. Volume 2: 1700-1830, The Industrial Revolution," by Michael W. Flinn assisted by David Stoker.
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This article reviews the book, "State Apparatus," by Gordon L. Clark and Michael Dear.
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This article reviews the book, "A Needle, A Bobbin, A Strike: Women Needleworkers in America," edited by Joan M. Jensen & Sue Davidson.
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This article reviews the book, "Capitalist Democracy in Britain," by Ralph Miliband.
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This article reviews the book, "Conflict or Compromise? The Future of Public Sector Industrial Relations," edited by Mark Thompson and Gene Swimmer.
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This article reviews the book, "The Elements of Industrial Relations," by Jack Barbash.
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Considering rates of return on capital, sales and assets, the evidence primarily but not unambigously supports a negative effect of unions on profitability. Whether this occurs only through effects on wages and labour productivity or through other channels as well is unclear.
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During the 1920s and early 1930s the struggle for industrial unionism in the Canadian auto industry was predominantly organized and led by Communist Party members. They, however, had little success with workers whose enjoyment of unusually high industrial wages was tempered by the knowledge that they themselves were almost as replaceable and interchangeable as the parts they assembled. An upswing of industrial militancy in the 1928-9 boom suggested that "Fordism" was not immutable, but any possibility of establishing a "red" auto union disappeared with the arrival of the Depression. Nevertheless, during the grimmest crisis years, Communists kept the idea of industrial unionism alive, and in semi-clandestine conditions built a network of union activists. The formation of the CIO and UAW gave this group the opportunity to turn their aspirations into reality.
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This article reviews the book, "The Working Class in Modern British History: Essays in Honour of Henry Pelling," by Jay Winter, edited.
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This article reviews the books, "A Passion for Excellence. The Leadership Difference," by Tom Peters and Nancy Austin, and "Reinventing the Corporation. Transforming Your Job and Your Company for the New Information Society," by John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene.
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This article reviews the book, "Cheats at Work. An Anthropology of Workplace Crime," by Gerald Mars.
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This article reviews the book, "Group Process. An Introduction to Group Dynamics," 3rd ed., by Joseph Luft.
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This article reviews the book, "The American Samurai. Blending American and Japanese Managerial Practices," by Jon P. Alstom.
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This article reviews the book, "Work, Employment and Unemployment. Perspectives on Work and Society," by Kenneth Thompson.
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This article reviews the book, "Workplace Democraticization: Its Internal Dynamics," by Paul Bernstein.
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This article reviews the book, "Parliament vs. People," by Philip Resnick.
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Presents work poetry including "Carlo's First Born," "White Wall," "Unlike Napoleon," "First Job," and "Mid-Season Strike."
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Labour unrest and demands for social reform during and immediately after World War I prompted most provincial governments in Canada to enact limited minimum wage statutes, aplicable only to female wage-earners in specified industries. Minimum wage boards issued separate wage orders for each industry, after consultation with representative employers and employees. The standard for the minimum wage was decent subsistence for a single woman with no dependants and no need to save for sickness, layoffs, or old age. The Ontario Minimum Wage Board, established in 1920, insisted that if a minimum wage was a real minimum, employers did not object to paying it, or to cooperating with the board. To insure employer cooperation, the board provided employers with ample opportunity to present their views, but generally accepted employers' views over those of labour. Minimum wage statutes were justified not on the basis of a wage-earner's right to a fair wage, but on women's special needs as the mothers of the future generation; the Ontario Minimum Wage Board expressed a similar attitude towards women in its administration of the Ontario Act.
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British Columbia's economy is heavily reliant on electrical processes, yet little is known of the electrical workers.... A major purpose of this thesis is to analyze the electrical workers through a sixty-year history of an important and often controversial union: Local 213 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). ...Three themes characterize the history of Local 213: the first is the union's struggle for better wages and better working conditions against recalcitrant employers. The second is the relationship between Local 213 and different varieties fo socialism in British Columbia. Electrical workers generally supported cautious social democratic practices, but there have been important exceptions. The third theme is the intervention of outside forces, in particular the international office of IBEW, whenever the electrical workers appeared to support either radical leaders or radical proposals.... From author's abstract. Contents: The structure of the electrical industry in British Columbia to 1961 -- Boomers, grunts and narrowbacks: the radical tradition, 1901-1919 -- The defeat of radicalism, 1919-1922 -- The Morrison years, 1922-1939 -- Radicalism renewed, 1939-1953 -- Unholy alliance, 1953-1955 -- Towards militancy at Lenkurt. Bibliography (pages 280-89).
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