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The article reviews the book, "States, Markets, Families: Gender, Liberalism and Social Policy in Australia, Canada, Great Britain and the United States," by Julia S. O'Connor, Ann Shola Orloff and Sheila Shaver.
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The article reviews the book, "Strategic human resource management: a reader," by Christopher Mabey.
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Employs class analysis to compare the position of the working class during the Russian revolution(s) of 1917 with the collapse of the Soviet regime in 1991. Concludes that the working class was much weaker in 1991, with little or no say on the outcome. The conclusion also comments that the peoples of the former Soviet Union paid a heavy price for the absence of socialism in the West.
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Patrick Lenihan: From Irish Rebel to Founder of Canadian Public Sector Unionism, edited by Gil Levine, is reviewed.
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This study builds on the union organizing and free-rider literature by examining determinants of dues-paying membership in the Temple Association of University Professionals. The TAUP, an American Federation of Teachers affiliate, is the collective bargaining representative for 992 members of the Temple University faculty, 52% of whom are dues-paying members. Results indicate that attitudes about unions in general, the cost of union dues, the perception of alternative faculty governance effectiveness, and the beliefs about the appropriateness of unionization for professional employees were related to joining behavior. In contrast, job attitudes about the employer, perceived bargaining unit effectiveness, and political ideology were not significant predictors of membership status.
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The article reviews and comments on several books including "We Have a Glowing Dream: Recollections of Working-Class and People's Struggles in B. C. from 1935 to 1996" by Maurice Rush, "Cold Warrior: C.S. Jackson and the United Electrical Workers" by Doug Smith, and "Red Bait!: Struggles of a Mine Mill Local" by Al King with Kate Braid.
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The turn of the millennium also marks the centenary of Canadian socialism, dated from 1901 (the first free-standing country-wide organization) or 1905 (the formation of the first electorally successful socialist party). By probing the logic and rhetoric of key texts from the Canadian socialist movement, we can discern four distinct formations--evolutionary science, revolutionary praxis, national State management, and revolutionary humanism and national liberation--in a history marked throughout by a hegemonic liberal order. These strategies are worth careful, sympathetic, and critical study as socialist movements regroup in the 21st century.
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The article reviews the book, "Who's Not Working and Why ? Employment, Cognitive Skills, Wages, and the Changing U.S. Labor Market," by Frederic L. Pryor and David L. Schaffer.
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Jusqu'à une période très récente, les réticences des organisations syndicales et patronales françaises envers l'engagement contractuel ainsi que l'emprise des normes étatiques ont considérablement limité la place de la négociation collective dans la régulation des relations du travail. Mais un nouveau régime de la négociation collective est en voie d'émerger : l'autonomisation de l'entreprise comme instance de régulation accompagne et favorise le passage d'une négociation orientée vers la régulation salariale à une négociation de régulation de l'emploi. Celle-ci est porteuse de nouvelles exigences et de nouveaux risques pour l'acteur syndical. Elle appelle sans doute une meilleure prise en compte des dynamiques territoriales dans les institutions de la négociation collective, mais qui pour l'heure bute sur la structuration des acteurs sociaux.
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The article reviews the book, "Steelworker Alley: How Class Works in Youngstown," by Robert Bruno.
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The article reviews the book, "Social Exclusion: An ILO Perspective," edited by Jose B. Figueiredo and Arjan de Haan.
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The article reviews the books, "Unemployment Insurance in the United States : Analysis of Policy Issues," edited by by Christopher J. O'Leary and Stephen A. Wandner, and "Topics in Unemployment Insurance Financing" by Wayne Vroman.
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The article reviews the book, "Le travail sans qualités : les conséquences humaines de la flexibilité," by Richard Sennett.
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Les technologies d'information et de communication (TIC) permettent, incitent ou forcent les entreprises à modifier leurs processus de gestion et de contrôle. Par voie de conséquence, la relation de travail et les conditions d'exécution du travail en sont métamorphosées. Pouvons-nous affirmer que ces techniques nouvelles confèrent vraiment au salarié une plus grande autonomie professionnelle au-delà des premières apparences ? L'absence du regard indiscret d'un contremaître ou d'un directeur de service ne saurait suffire pour répondre à cette question puisque les TIC permettent de suivre le salarié comme s'ils 'agissait de son ombre. Dès lors, une deuxième question peut être valablement posée : ces TIC constitueraient-ils des nouveaux instruments d'asservissement ? La réponse peut dépendre aussi de la qualité des gestionnaires selon qu'ils savent utiliser ces données informatisées pour ce qu'elles sont et sans plus... En d'autres termes, les indicateurs de performance que procurent les TIC ne peuvent servir de substituts au jugement toujours essentiel du gestionnaire.
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The article reviews the book, "Storia del Canada: Dalle Origini ai Giorni Nostri. Codignola," by Luca Codignola and Luigi Bmti-Liberati.
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Severe critique of the documentary, "Prairie Fire: The Winnipeg General Strike" (1999). Concludes that the film is a historiographic and cinematic failure.
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Expresses appreciation to the editorial team. Calls attention to the forthcoming special edition on the millennium. Introduces "Presentations," a new section of the journal devoted to discussion of labour and its various audiences. Highlights the symposium in honour of French labour historian Marianne Debouzy.
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Introduces the special volume that marks the millennium, including the painting, "Labouring the Millennium," by Ellison Robertson, commissioned by Labour/Le Travail and reproduced on the cover.