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Cooperative forms of enterprise are often held up as a progressive, moderate alternative to the privations of the capitalist market economy. This paper considers the Prince Rupert Fishermen's Co-op and its relations with organized labour in the north of British Columbia. The paper describes a contradiction within the co-op based on the possibilities of social ownership within a market economy. Through a discussion of the escalating labour conflicts between the co-op and its non-member employees the weaknesses of co-operative enterprises are revealed.
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The article reviews the books, "Domestic Goods: The Material, the Moral, and the Economic in the Post-War Years," by Joy Parr, and "A History of Domestic Space: Privacy and the Canadian Home," by Peter Ward.
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The article reviews the book, "Gentlemen Engineers: The Working Lives of Frank and Walter Shanly," by Richard White.
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The article reviews the book, "Canadian Marxists and the Search for a Third Way," by J. Peter Campbell.
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The article reviews the book, "Rédaction d’une convention collective : guide d’initiation," edited by Serge Tremblay.
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The article reviews the book, "Citizens and Nation: An Essay on History, Communication, and Canada," by Gerald Friesen.
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The article reviews the book, "Rebel Life: The Life and Times of Robert Gosden, Revolutionary, Mystic, Labour Spy," by Mark Leier.
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The article is the text of the speech given in honour of Shirley Goldenberg as recipient of CIRA's award at its annual conference in 2000.
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This study examines the nature of education and training for full-time union staff and officials in Canada and explores some of the factors that affect such provision. It was designed to complement similar studies of other countries and to contribute to more general discussions of labor education. The study compares the opportunities of training for Canadian union staff with similar provision in Britain and the US and locates the discussion about further training within the contexts of existing programs of labor education and current debates about the revitalization of the labor movement. The study concludes with a call for more systematic discussion of these issues and analysis of different programmatic models.
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The article reviews the book, "The World's Strongest Trade Unions: The Scandinavian Labor Movement," by Walter Galenson.
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The article reviews the book, "For Home, Country, and Race: Constructing Gender, Class, and Englishness in the Elementary School, 1880-1914," by Stephen Heathorn.
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Hard Work: The Making of Labor History, by Melvyn Dubofsky, is reviewed.
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The study of he working class and commitment to its causes is central to what this journal is about. Three men who made significant contributions to working class life over the course of the last century, but whose personal efforts, sadly and to our collective loss, came to an end in the year 2000, merit our attention. Marcel Pepin, a vibrant voice in the modern history of Quebec's union movement and former leader of the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CNTU/CSN), died 6 March 2000. ...On 15 June 2000 another advocate of Canadian workers, especially those incarcerated in homelessness and poverty, Norman N. Feltes, died. ...Jack Scott was a revolutionary of the 20th century who had hope for the 21st. He no doubt understood, however, that others would be making history in the new millennium, and his contributions had already been made. He died as the century closed, on 30 December 2000.
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The article pays homage to the life and work of Jack Scott.
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The article reviews the book, "A Candle For Durruti," by Al Grierson.
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The article reviews the book, "Populism," by Paul Taggart.
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The nineteenth century in Montreal was a formative era in the development of modern labour relations. In particular, from 1830 to 1845 the contractual nature of master-servant relations became increasingly apparent, and resort to the local courts as a mechanism for resolving master-servant disputes became commonplace. Master-servant law was comprised of sometimes-competing sources such as notarial contracts and oral agreements, provincial statutes, and municipal bylaws, as well as common law principles and judicial discretion. Other complexities resulted from the discord between the relevant laws governing such relations within the city of Montreal and beyond its limits. Through analysis of primary sources, the author examines the nature and extent of servants rights in the judicial district of Montreal during this period. He devotes particular attention to both the constituent elements of master-servant relations and the most common types of disputes. He begins with an overview of the various forms of nineteenth century labour relations in the Montreal area. Next, he undertakes to elucidate the legal nature of these relations, the roles performed by notaries, and the use of indentures to record the reciprocal contractual obligations of masters and servants. He also considers the differences in master-servant law in the two principal areas of the judicial district of Montreal. Specifically, he considers the types of suits brought within the city of Montreal and beyond its limits and the impact of the different governing laws on their chances of success. Ultimately, servants, through the courts were generally able to protect their rights by bringing suits against their masters for various forms of misconduct.