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Focuses on the role of the union local in the development of `research. Presents three case studies in steel, chemical, and telecommunications to illustrate how academic research can identify and respond to workers' needs. Discusses challenges faced by researchers. Concludes that academic research can be aligned with worker interests.

The article reviews the book, "The Limits of Labour: Class Formation and the Labour Movement in Calgary, 1883-1929," by David Bright.

The article reviews the book, "Négociations : essai de sociologie du lien social," by Christian Thuderoz.

The article reviews the book, "E. W. Scripps and the Business of Newspapers," by Gerald J. Baldasty.

The dominant, nationalist tradition of left-wing political economy in Canada has always stood as an obstacle to the articulation of a Marxist political economy of Canada capable of contributing to the development of a class-struggle, socialist politics. The evolution of the New Canadian Political Economy that emerged in the 1960s is traced and its main schools of thought are delineated. Against the nationalist preoccupations of the NCPE, the argument is made that the economic troubles of Canada in the past quarter century are attributable to the "normal" crisis tendencies of an advanced capitalist economy (as analyzed by Marx) and should not be seen as the product of "foreign domination" of the Canadian economy.

The article reviews the book, "Les acteurs de l'innovation et l'entreprise," edited by Caroline Lanciano, Marc Maurice, Jean-Jacques Silvestre and Hiroatsu Nohara.

Cette recherche analyse l'influence de deux formes d'appui, l'appui affectif et l'appui instrumental, provenant de trois sources d'appui en milieu organisationnel — celui offert par le supérieur hiérarchique, les collègues et les dirigeants d'entreprise — sur le succès en télétravail. Les données ont été recueillies par questionnaire auprès de 193 employés qui télétravaillent depuis au moins six mois au sein de trois organisations ayant un programme de télétravail. En général, les résultats confirment que plus les télétravailleurs estiment recevoir certaines formes d'appui de leur supérieur hiérarchique et des dirigeants de leur entreprise, plus ils évaluent favorablement certains indicateurs de succès en télétravail. Les résultats peuvent servir de référence aux dirigeants d'entreprise et aux gestionnaires qui souhaitent implanter ou améliorer l'efficacité d'un programme de télétravail à domicile.

Discusses the unveiling of a plaque on 26 June 1999 at the site of No. 1 Mine in Nanaimo, B.C., where coal was mined from 1883 to 1938. The No. 1 Mine disaster in 1887 was the worst in British Columbia's history.

In the mid-1970's, workers and local union activists at Bendix Automotive in Windsor, Ontario, became aware that the brake shoes they manufactured contained asbestos and that the dust that regularly filled the air in sections of the company's two plants contained asbestos dust. Workers and local United Automobile Workers (UAW) union activists at Bendix pressured the company and the Ontario government to clean up and eliminate asbestos from their workplace. In the midst of this struggle Bendix management announced that, for solely economic reasons, it was closing down its operations in Windsor. The shutdown highlighted the tensions and contradictions confronting workers and unions in the area of health and safety. While Bendix workers wanted their workplace to be safe and healthy, they also needed their jobs. At the same time, local and national union UAW officials, while trying to secure a safe and healthy working environment for their members, confronted the possibility of the plant shutting down if they pushed too hard on asbestos. In the end, the ability of Bendix to close down its operations, with minimal legal and no statutory sanctions, demonstrated the power of corporate capital and the conflicting and constrained nature and extent of workers' choices under capitalism in the arena of worker health and safety.

Values at Work: Employee Participation Meets Market Pressures at Mondragon, by George Cheney, is reviewed.

The article reviews the book, "Labor and the State in Egypt," by Marsha Pripstein Posusney,

The article reviews the book, "Le droit de l'emploi au Québec," by Fernand Morin and Jean-Yves Brière.

The article reviews the book, "Libertad sindical," edited by J.A. Bouzas Ortiz.

Employs data and qualitative analysis to demonstrate that the editorial cartoons of three Toronto newspapers - the conservative "Evening Telegram," the liberal "Toronto Star," and the communist "Worker" - are illustrative of their ideological stances and readerships during the period 1929-33. Concludes that the "Worker" was the only paper focused on social and class conflict issues. More generally, although not always political, the three newspapers' cartoons reflected the social tensions, political partisanship, personal rivalries, and class struggle evident in both Toronto and Canada during the early Depression years.

The article reviews the book, "Temps: The Many Faces of the Changing Workplace," by Jackie Krasas Rogers.

The article reviews the book, "Converging Divergences: Worldwide Changes in Employment Systems," by Harry C. Katz and Owen Darbishire.

The article reviews the book, "La représentation syndicale: visage juridique actuel et futur," by Gregor Murray and Pierre Verge.

In February 1997, Canada Post privatized its ad-mail services and in the process terminated 10,000 Canadian Union of Postal Workers. These events became a part of the central driving force which derailed contract negotiations and led to the November 1997 postal strike. The purpose of this article is to expose the process and consequences of this major event in the industrial relations of Canada Post; to examine the role and positions of the three major institutions involved — the government, the corporation (Canada Post) and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), and to explore the implications of privatization with regards to industrial relations in Canada Post. The article also documents the fate of the 10,000 workers through a survey of their status six months after the privatization.

Virtually absent in the arbitration literature is the voice of the grievor. Post-reinstatement experiences are examined primarily from the perspectives of a group of 7 Alberta grievors. First, a review is presented of the declining frequency of Alberta arbitrations, the extent to which dismissal cases form a proportion of the arbitral caseload, and the relatively low rate of reinstatement. Findings are: 1. Grievors are unaware of the public availability of arbitration awards. 2. Reinstated grievors are critical of the union that successfully defended them. 3. They have a more benign view of management. 4. Very little reinstatement assistance is offered. 5. Grievors' positive attitudes to their worksites are more determinative if successful reinstatement than remorse and acceptance of culpability.

Examines the complexity of capital, state, and labor relations during the early 20th century through a case study of British Columbia employers' associations. To evaluate the sources of employers' strength and to determine the restrictions placed on their dominance, this study uses current theories of the state as a framework. They provide opportunities to examine British Columbia's government as either a "captive state," in a position of relative autonomy, or autonomous. No single theory explains the events of this period. In some sectors of the economy, employers were able to control state policy, but the contradictions created by the state's two primary objectives of capital accumulation and legitimation insured that it would take steps to retain its autonomy in order to maintain capitalist class institutions.