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During World War II, the government of Canada sought to prevent strikes primarily through the use of "compulsory conciliation:" in specified industries, strikes and lockouts were prohibited until a government-sponsored board had investigated the dispute and delivered its report. This paper examines the operation of that regime during the war years. It highlights the tension between two alternative views of the boards' function (adjudication and mediation), indicates how the government manipulated the conciliation process in order to prevent or delay strikes, discusses briefly the reasons invoked by boards in their judgements, and demonstrates the frustration arising from the government's reluctance to prescribe clear norms of industrial conduct. In the turbulent wartime economy, compulsory conciliation failed to achieve the level of industrial peace demanded of it. Eventually, mandatory wage controls and a labour code modeled on the American Wagner Act were adopted, restricting the scope of the conciliation regime.
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This paper reports results of a survey which assesses both management and union perceptions of the impact of a professional nurses' union upon hospitals in Saskatchewan's centralized health-care bargaining system. It evaluates union impact on four dimensions: economic outcomes, employee attitudes and behavior, management policy and control and quality of patient care.
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This article reviews the book, "Segmented Work Divided Workers : The Historical Transformation of Labour in the United States," by David Gordon, Richard Edwards & Michael Reich.
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This article reviews the book, "Working-Class Experience : The Rise and Reconstitution of Canadian Labour, 1800-1980," by Bryan Palmer.
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This article reviews the book, "German Workers in Industrial Chicago 1850-1910: A Comparative Perspective," edited by Hartmut Keil and John B. Jentz.
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The slowness with which British firms adopted Scientific Management and Fordism has often been noted.The paper argues that in Britain, management had difficulty controlling labor effort norms after 1870. The state intervened to resolve the issue and in the process became a major proponent of industrial democracy. It is argued that the early interest in industrial democracy retarded the adoption of American methods that assumed a greater degree of managerial control over factory organization.
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This article reviews the book, "Joe Rapoport: The Life of a Jewish Radical," edited by Kenneth Kann.
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