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A brief overview of the current provisions for impasse resolution at all levels of public employment is followed by a more detailled discussion of policy and practice in jurisdictions that grant the right to strike to the employees of senior levels of government. Finally, the author tries to identify some of the problems that complicate the settlement of disputes in the public sector and considers the challenge and the prospects of resolving these problems in the light of the Canadian experience.

The paper analyzes the growing costs of various fringe benefits in Canada and their impact on expanding employment. The empirical evidence is in support of fringe barrier hypothesis but not until labour turnover costs are added to fringe costs. It emphasizes that Canadian data on fringe benefits and overtime are extremely inadequate therefore, at the present time, no conclusive study is possible without collecting data on overtime, describing the causes of assigning it internally in a factory. This study attempted to fill in this gap by suggesting that external factors such as skill shortages and capacity output are not significant determinants of overtime.

Contents: Pt. 1. Manuscripts. Pt. 2. Newspapers. Pt. 3. Pamphlets. Pt. 4. Government documents -- Addenda -- Index.

En 1973 le gouvernement du Québec, par la loi 9, modifiait substantiellement la Loi sur les relations du travail dans l'industrie de la construction. L'auteur souligne ces changements et en expose les conséquences.

The special problems that the MNC presents in the context of the American industrial relations system has led the U.S. unions, to respond with a call for controls on trade. Europeans, in a different context, are responding to the integration of Europe and the imposition of some aspects of the U.S. system by U.S. corporations in Europe. The problems of understanding each other's goals will be difficult, but controls on the MNCs could serve both.

This article reviews "The Practice of Collective Bargaining" by Edwin F. Beal, Edward D. Wickersham and Philip Kienast.

In this paper some of the factors leading to renewed interest in Manpower in the 1960's are enumerated ; the present course of Federal Manpower Programs is examined and the objectives of these programs are evaluated. It is suggested that the emphasis of the Federal Manpower Programs on economic growth and stabilization of the economy is misguided ; that the Department of Manpower and Immigration has failed to foresee shifts in labour market composition ; and that in the face of counter-productive fiscal policy, manpower programs and objectives as originally conceived do not have the capability to resurrect a sick economy.

First published in 1957, [this book] has established itself as one of the best brief surveys on the subject available today. Many of the features of the original book have been retained in this second edition: its conciseness, its clarity of style, and its analysis of Canadian labour relations in the wider North American context. In the complex and dynamic field of of industrial relations in Canada, many important developments have occurred since 1957. Even in such a slow-moving area as labour disputes legislation and pollicy, provincial and federal governments have passed a considerable amount of new legislation since 1957. In his extensive revision, Professor Jamieson deals with these developments. This new edition also places increased emphasis on problem areas in labour relations, for example, the labour scene in Quebec, the incidence of industrial conflict and strikes, and the influence of American-dominated unions in Canada. For this edition Professor Jamieson has provided a revised and enlarged bibliography which should serve as excellent guide to the increasing range of literature now available in the field of industrial relations. --Publisher's description

In the 1880s Canadians began to cope with the meaning of their emerging industrial society. During that decade the federal government first investigated industrial conditions and provincial governments passed Canada's first factory legislation. The same period saw the resurgence of an articulate and angry labor movement protesting against the excesses of modern industry. Through the Royal Commission on the Relations of Labor and Capital we can perhaps gain our best insight into the everyday world of workers and capitalists in late nineteenth-century Canada. The commission gathered evidence in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick and talked to thousands of workers, businessmen, and other concerned citizens. This edited version of its investigation includes much of the best testimony; it describes working class living conditions, the emergence of organized labor, and the attitudes of businessmen to industrial capitalism. The testimony takes us with the commissioners on their tour of New Brunswick cotton mills, Capre Breton coal pits, Ontario shops and foundries, and Quebec City wharves; it explores as well the darkest corners of Montreal cigar factories. Industrialists discuss profits, markets, sources of raw material, and problems with labor. But what is perhaps more important, the working people themselves are also heard, men and women who in most historical records appear as little more than cold statistics. The warmth and humanity of these Canadians reflecting on their lives and on the society around them bring the commission documents to life. Aging craftsmen, ten-year-old saw-mill hands, girls from the spindles and looms, describe their workplaces, wages, hours, and aspects of their lives away from the job. These almost unique interviews allow us to enter their intellectual and cultural world – to learn of their past and present and of some of their hopes and aspirations. The Labor Commission reports and testimony are essential for an understanding of the Canadian working class as it was being transformed by the new techniques of industrial production. --Publisher's description

This research study examines the attitudes of French and English workers of New Brunswick, and it attempts to show similarities and differences in the attitudes of the two cultural groups. Specifically, the worker's attitudes towards his co-workers, economic benefits, administrative practices, physical conditions, and the work itself are examined and analyzed. Overall, the study points out that there are no significant differences between the attitudes of French and those of English. But the differences are likely to increase in the years to come because of social trends.

This article reviews "Effective Management, Social Psychological Approach" by David J. Lawless.

This article reviews "Programmes Learning Aid for Personnel Administration" by George S. Odiorne.

This article reviews "Taux du Syndicalisme au Québec" from the Ministère du travail et de la main-d’oeuvre (Québec).

This article reviews "Operations Research for Managerial Decisions" by Donald R. Plane and Gary A. Kochenberger.

This article reviews "Where Have All the Robots Gone? Worker Dissatisfaction in the 70’s" by Harold L. Sheppard and Neal Q. Herrick.

Le présent article s'inscrit dans la suite logique d'un texte précédemment publié. Les auteurs y dépouillent une variété de définitions opérationnelles de la satisfaction au travail à partir desquelles ils opèrent un choix en accord avec leur position théorique. Ils procèdent ensuite à une revue sommaire des instruments de mesure disponibles et des considérations méthodologiques pertinentes afin de suggérer un devis propre à faciliter l'élaboration d'un instrument de mesure adéquat.

Total labour costs can be considered to be a function of the hourly wage, a quasi-fixed component (mainly fringe benefits and training cost) and overtime rate. The theoretical model employee in this paper suggests that an increase in the ratio of quasi-fixed cost to overtime rate leads to an increase in the amount of scheduled overtime work instead of employment. The model, tested with Canadian data, yields statistically significant results.

This paper looks beneath the national unemployment numbers to examine in detail the dimension of Canada’s youth unemployment problem. After an outline of the empirical dimensions of youth unemployment in Canada, a theoritical framework is set out to explain the particular characteristics of youth unemployment. Finally, some policy recommendations are presented.

This article reviews "Le changement du lieu de travail – étude d’un cas de reclassement" by Grégoire Tremblay with the collaboration of Isabel Romao.