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The article reviews the book, "À nouveau travail, formations nouvelles," by Collette Bernier and Anne Filion.
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The article reviews and comments n former automobile worker Ben Hamper's "Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line" (1991) and labour lawyer Thomas Geoghegan's "Which Side Are You On? Trying to Be for Labor When It's Flat on Its Back" (1991).
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Takes note of forthcoming conferences, the Arkansas History Quarterly, and the annual summer course on comparative labour history taught at the University of Washington.
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Reports forthcoming conferences and new publications. The Reuther Archives of Labour and Urban Affairs at Wayne State University is to be added to the National Bibliographic System. The Steel Project at University College of Cape Breton has a wide variety of archival resources on steelmaking technology and workers. The files of the Detroit Red Squad have been deposited at the Detroit Public Library, but will remain closed until 2018.
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Levine, N. (1993). Canada Made Me. Porcupine’s Quill. https://archive.org/details/canadamademe00levi
First published in England in 1958, this book is a bitter, critical reassessment of the moral and cultural values of Canada. Levine's account of his three-month journey from Halifax to Ucluelet, a fishing village on the west coast, is an unconventional portrait of Canada's underbelly. The book ends with the words: `I wondered why I felt so bitter about Canada. After all, it was all part of a dream, an experiment that could not come off. It was foolish to believe that you can take the throwouts, the rejects, the human kickabouts from Europe and tell them: Here you have a second chance. Here you can start a new life. But no one ever mentioned the price one had to pay; how much of oneself you had to betray.' Canada Made Me was regarded as so controversial that it did not appear in a Canadian edition until 1979. Critical opinion, however, has slowly swung around to the point the book was recently described in the Globe and Mail as a `laconic classic'. For this new edition Norman Levine has written an introduction which traces the book's publishing history and reputation.
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The article reviews the book,"Markets, Firms, and the Management of Labour in Modern Britain," by Howard F. Gospel.
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The article reviews the book, "Worker Protection, Japanese Style : Occupational Safety and Health in the Auto Industry," by Richard E. Wokutch.
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The article reviews the book, "European Labor Unions," edited by Joan Campbell.
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The article reviews the book, "The Pristine Culture of Capitalism: A Historical Essay on Old Regimes and Modern States," by Ellen Meiksins Wood.
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Compilation of recent English/French publications on Canadian labour history that emphasize the period 1800-1975. Materials pertaining to the post-1975 period may also be included, although more selectively. [See the database, Canadian Labour History, 1976-2009, published at Memorial University of Newfoundland.]
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Contemporary historians of the Canadian working class have portrayed the period after the 1937 General Motors (GM) strike in Oshawa until the outbreak of World War II as one of slow growth and setbacks for the union movement, and between 1937 and 1939 union membership did decline. Union initiatives after the Oshawa strike led GM employees to form other organizations which included a ladies' auxiliary, a bowling club, a Rod and Gun Club, and a credit union. The proliferation of such organizations enhanced the position of autoworkers in the community and gave all workers a stronger presence in Oshawa. As the city became more unionized, cooperation grew among workers both inside and outside the city. Locally in Oshawa between 1937 and 1939, industrial workers became more active politically. After the Oshawa strike, a new class consciousness among that city's industrial workers emerged. The Oshawa strike "kick-started" the industrial union movement in Canada.
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The article reviews the book, "Soft Coal, Hard Choices: The Economic Welfare of Bituminous Coal Miners 1890-1930," by Price V. Fishback.
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The article reviews the book, "A Portrait of Bureaucracy. The Bankruptcy of the Socialist System in Poland," by Adam Sarapata.
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The article reviews the book, "From socialism to market economy: the transition period," edited by William S. Kern.
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The article reviews the book, "Getting on Track: Social Democratic Strategies for Ontario," edited by Daniel Drache and John O'Grady.
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The article reviews the book, "From Middle Income to Poor : Downward Mobility Among Displaced Steelworkers," by Allison Zippay.
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The article reviews the book, "Actresses as Working Women: Their Social Identity in Victorian Culture," by Tracy C. Davis.
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Until well into the 20th century, the garment trades were one of the largest employers in manufacturing in Canada. The decline of artisanal clothing trades over the middle of the 19th century led to a marked growth in outwork and deteriorating labor standards. As the garment trades became rife with sweating, a process conditioned by the structured inequalities of class and gender, they became a major source of wage labor for women. Only in the 20th century were steps taken that limited, but by no means ended, sweated labor in the garment industry. The impact of protective legislation has been slight; much more credit in the struggle against sweating has to be given to the industrial garment unions.
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The article reviews the book, "Hospital Strike: Women, Unions and Public Sector Conflict," by Jerry White.
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A study examines the relationship among union status, occupational injury rates, and the probability of collective workers' compensation benefits. The results indicate that union status and occupational injury rates have an especially significant effect on the probability of obtaining workers' compensation. The potential linkages between union occupational health and safety initiatives, actual injuries, reported injuries, and the receipt of workers' compensation are examined. The analysis suggests that the relationship between unionization and occupational risk is complex and difficult to disentangle even with a detailed data set. The finding of more workers' compensation claims for lower wage workers may be related to a higher replacement rate of previous earnings for these individuals. Immigrants have more frequent claims possibly because they face more actual risk in a given job situation because they do not fully understand safety regulations and warnings.
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