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The article reviews "Comment fonctionne la co-gestion dans la sidérurgie de la Rhur," [author's name not given], in Revue de l'Action Populaire, décembre 1953, pp. 952-958.

The article reviews the book, "Histoire du mouvement ouvrier," by Edouard Dolleans, Volume III, (424 pages).

The article reviews "Law and Labour Relations," by Harold J. Clawson, extract from the volume, Moxon Essays, published by the College of Law, University of Saskatchewan— University of Toronto Press, pp. 93-126.

The article reviews the book, "Le Syndicalisme révolutionnaire Paul Delesalle," by Jean Maitron.

The article reviews « Les chances de l'arbitrage obligatoire », by Pierre Laroque, published in Droit Social, septembre-octobre 1953, pp. 468-476.

The article reviews "Les Présidents des Conseils d'arbitrage, nomination, sentence, délais," by Marius Bergeron, in Bulletin des dirigeants de la C.T.C.C, mai 1954, pp. 5-11.

The article reviews "Pour une économie des besoins, Economie et Humanisme," Le diagnostic, No. 84, mars-avril 1954.

The article reviews the book, "Le Fédéralisme canadien," by Maurice Lamontagne.

Dans la présente chronique, nous nous sommes limités à étudier le contenu de certaines sentences arbitrales récentes en autant que les deux questions suivantes étaient concernées: les salaires et la rétroactivité.

Dans la présente chronique, nous reproduisons la principale partie d'un récent jugement (1) de la Cour Supérieure du district de Québec et qui a trait particulièrement aux pouvoirs des tribunaux d'arbitrage et à la possibilité de prendre contre ces derniers un bref de prohibition. Nous n'avons pas reproduit la partie du jugement qui rapporte le contenu des procédures faites dans ce cas par les procureurs des parties, ainsi que celle qui traite de la décision elle-même dans le cas particulier soumis au Tribunal.

La présente chronique réfère au contenu de certaines sentences arbitrales récentes en autant que les questions de sécurité syndicale et retenue syndicale sont concernées.

Dans cette chronique, nous nous sommes limités à reviser le contenu de certaines sentences arbitrales rendues dans les mois d'août, septembre, octobre et novembre 1953, en autant que la question de la retenue syndicale est concernée.

In the surveys made on the problem of job satisfaction, nobody has really questionned the necessity or the kind of relationship which should exist between the criterion and the attitude response. All the items of an attitude survey should be weighed according to their relative importance if the questionnaire is to be validated. Is there a relationship between the amount of satisfaction received from a group of incentives and the importance attributed to those incentives ? Can the present theories of human motivation explain that relationship ? The purpose of this study is an attempt to answer'the above questions. The author did it investigating operationnally for supervisors the kind of relationship which exists between the satisfaction received from certain incentives and the importance attributed to them.

La réhabilitation se dessine au pays comme le mouvement destiné à écrire le prochain chapitre de la sécurité sociale. Elle marque une évolution profonde du régime. La sécurité sociale est apparue tout d'abord comme un système de secours généralisé, par la suite comme une méthode de redistribution du revenu, dorénavant, par la réhabilitation, elle veut être un moyen de valoriser la personne humaine. Quelques questions opportunes peuvent aider à comprendre ce mouvement et à en saisir la portée. L'auteur aborde ces problèmes et présente dans cet article des aspects de la réhabilitation au Québec.

The article reviews the book, "Voluntary Medical Care Insurance — A Study of Non-Profit Plans in Canada." Published by the Research Division, Department of National Health and Welfare, Canada (208 pages).

L'étude qui va suivre portera sur le rôle de l'Etat au Canada dans le domaine économique et social et plus particulièrement dans les sectuers du développement industriel, de la stabilitié économique et du bien-être social. L'auteur étudie d'abord en quoi a consisté ce rôle dans le passé et quels sont les facteurs qui l'ont déterminé. Il se demande ensuite si l'interprétation du passé au Canada n'a qu'une signification historique ou si elle peut conduire à une théorie générale sur le comportement de l'Etat. Enfin, ces deux premières étapes serviront de base à une tentative de prévision sur le rôle que l'Etat sera appelé à exercer au cours des prochaines décennies.

The article reviews the book, "Stokdyk, Architect of Cooperation," by Joseph G. Knapp. Published by the American Institute of Cooperation.

The period under study is the formative period of working-class political action in this province. The conditions and events of this time form the foundation upon which the Socialist Party of Canada, the Federated Labor Party, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, and the Labor Progressive Party grew to be important factors in British Columbia affairs. Consideration of this period is therefore highly relevant to any evaluation or assessment of these organizations. The wage-workers of British Columbia began to organize into unions in significant numbers in the 1880's. Being concerned with improving their lot as workers, some of the unionists turned toward the idea of taking class action on the political field in order to obtain favorable legislation. In the economic sphere, the main complaint of the workers during this period was that the many Chinese in the province worked long hours for low wages, and thus tended to lower the living standards of those who had to compete with them. Another complaint with economic as well as political aspects was that much of the land and resources of British Columbia had been alienated to such corporations as the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company and the Canadian Pacific Railway. In their political action the workers demanded a solution of these grievances, and in the case of the latter were strongly attracted to the doctrine of "single tax." They also expressed a wish for government-sponsored arbitration and conciliation procedures which would settle labor-management disputes in a peaceful manner. The demands for political reform were occasioned by the use of government in the interests of the wealthy element of the community, and were very much influenced by American and socialist ideas. The basic principle involved was that of “direct democracy”, including the initiative, referendum, and recall, and it persisted throughout the whole period in various forms. The first election to be contested by labor candidates was the provincial election of 1886. Pour candidates ran in Victoria and Nanaimo, and all were defeated. At this time the Knights of Labor was at the peak of its power. The organization soon declined, and its place was occupied in most cases by trade unions. In 1890 the Nanaimo miners' union succeeded in electing two members to the British Columbia legislature. Although these members were unable to carry through any of their own measures, their presence led to the passage of a mechanics' lien law and an arbitration and conciliation act. In 1894 the miners’ candidates were defeated but the Nationalist Party of Vancouver, a labor organization, succeeded in getting Robert Macpherson elected. Although not always strictly a labor representative, Macpherson was generally a protagonist of the cause of labor. In the 1896 federal election the Nationalists also initiated the successful candidature of Rev. George R. Maxwell, who remained in parliament until his death in 1902. In 1898 Nanaimo labor recovered part of the lost ground by electing Ralph Smith to Victoria. Smith changed to the federal field in 1900, was elected, and remained in parliament until 1911. However, he was very closely linked to the Liberal Party, and in 1902 was repudiated by the Nanaimo miners. The 1900 provincial election was the high point of labor political action in this period. Labor Candidates with reform programs appeared in Vancouver and Nanaimo. The Western Federation of Miners in the southern Interior supported non-labor candidates pledged to defend the new eight-hour law for metal-miners. All the W.F.M.-backed candidates and one Nanaimo labor man were elected. This election saw the first appearance of the term "Socialist” as the official designation of a candidate — Will MacClain. The period 1900-1906 witnessed the decline of reformist ”laborism” and the rise of socialism as a political force in the province, culminating in the capture of a Labor Party convention by members of the Socialist Party of Canada. A study of this period has a special relevance to the present political situation in British Columbia. We are now in a time of re-alignment and re-orientation of political forces, the understanding of which demands an appraisal of past political changes. The events and situations recounted and analyzed here, since they are concerned with a period of political experimentation, may afford us useful light on present changes.

Dans une première partie de cet article, l'auteur précise les objectifs que le syndicalisme ouvrier a le droit de poursuivre. Dans une seconde, en tenant compte des tendances actuelles de l'économie, il explique d'une façon lumineuse ce que l'on doit entendre par le « corporatisme » préconisé dans l'enseignement des Souverains Pontifes.

L'auteur, après avoir étudié dans trois articles précédents la nature et les objectifs des syndicats ainsi que ses rapports avec la religion et les partis politiques, envisage ici les relations qui existent entre le syndicat et l'Etat. Son étude se place tant sur le plan des principes que dans son évolution historique.