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The purpose of this paper is to see just how well available data enable us to come to grips with the apparent paradox of simultaneous job vacancies and unemployment.
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The article reviews the book, "Primary Sources in Canadian Working Class History, 1860–1930," by Russell G. Hann, Gregory S. Kealey, Linda Kealey, and Peter Warrian.
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This paper explores the relationship between the outcome of strike and the level of economic activity. The findings are based on Canadian data for the period 1901-1953.
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The authors analyse possible differences in managerial attitudes toward unionism and collective bargaining in the public and private sectors in Canada. Distinct patterns of attitudes emerge showing more favorable views in the public se et or.
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The railway boom in mid-nineteenth century British North America added a new occupational group to the working class of the area—the men in the 'running trades' who operated the trains. By the mid-eighteen eighties, these men had become members of trade unions, the 'railway brotherhoods,' which had their headquarters and most of their members in the United States. These unions were the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, the Order of Railway Conductors, and the Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen (which became the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen in 1889). This 'Americanization' of the running trades in Canada had several causes, including a tendency for Canadian railroaders, like industrial workers elsewhere, to think in international terms when it came to unionization. Clearly, however, certain differences between Canada and the United States, and the presence of the border itself, might make it difficult at times for the international brotherhoods to serve adequately the needs of their Canadian members. This study examines their efforts in this regard. The approach is basically chronological. The period examined is from approximatley the middle of the nineteenth century to the outbreak of the World War in 1914, and covers several major areas: the entry of the brotherhoods into Canada and expansion afterwards; the elimination of rival organizations; relations with Canadian governments and railway managements; and the administration of the brotherhoods' Canadian wings....
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Prairie Forum is a multidisciplinary journal serving as an outlet for research relating to the Canadian Plains region. Papers published in the journal are drawn from a wide variety of disciplines but are united through the common theme of human behaviour and nature on the Prairies. The journal’s focus is thus essentially a regional one. The Prairies have traditionally been regarded as a significant unit in the fabric of Canada, but research on this region has frequently been fragmented through being conducted on a provincial basis. Prairie Forum attempts to reduce this fragmentation by bridging both geographic and disciplinary boundaries. --Website description
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The author examines the recent developments in worker participation in the context of overall patterns in industrial relations. In Europe, it appears as a complement to traditional patterns, an attempt to decentralize influence. Efforts toward worker control are likely to have limited appeal in places such as the United States and Britain where labour perceives industrial relations as already fairly decentralized.
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