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New evidence on the relative earnings of visible minority immigrant and native-born paid workers in Canada using data from the 1996 Census is presented. The findings show that labor market disadvantages associated with visible minority status are largely confined to immigrant men. The earnings deficits imputed to minority native-born men and immigrant women are fairly modest, and it appears that native-born women are paid a premium. Among immigrant men, labor market disadvantages are apparent primarily among those who were older when they arrived in Canada. There is some evidence that foreign work experience is relatively undervalued, but there is little evidence that immigrants receive lower compensation for foreign-based schooling. The analysis of individual ethnic minority groups reveals that Black men are most profoundly affected by labor market discrimination. The earnings deficit they must contend with is both significant and intergenerationally persistent.
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Beyond Unions and Collective Bargaining, by Leo Troy, is reviewed.
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The article reviews the book, "Mackenzie King and the Prairie West," by Robert Wardhaugh.
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La prévention traditionnelle des risques musculo-squelettiques du travail est orientée selon deux axes quasi indépendants : l’axe technique et l’axe humain. Les limites de ces approches sont actuellement reconnues par les ergonomes et certains professionnels de la prévention qui tentent ensemble d’instaurer une troisième voie. Il s’agit de concilier les orientations techniques et humaines à partir de la compréhension de l’activité de travail et de concevoir, en particulier, des programmes de formation à la prévention des risques qui développent à la fois la capacité de réflexion de tous les acteurs de la prévention sur leur propre activité de travail et leur pouvoir d’action sur les aspects techniques ou organisationnels du travail. Cet article propose une brève analyse de l’histoire des idées et des pratiques de la formation institutionnelle dans ce domaine particulier des risques musculo-squelettiques qui restent un enjeu d’importance malgré les « modernisations » du travail.
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The article reviews the book, "Workers Compensation: Foundations for Reform," edited by Morley Gunderson and Douglas Hyatt.
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The media headlines rest in my thoughts as I write a paper about social workers and abortion services. I am reminded of the cultural ambivalence, if not silence, that surrounds abortion work and which, I argue, makes it difficult to position issues facing abortion workers in relation to more general work place safety concerns. ...[W]e need to move beyond the sensationalized debates that often dominate any reflection on abortion services and attempt to understand the daily workplace risks faced by workers in these clinics. Although such a task is beyond the scope of this brief paper, I would like to use this opportunity to establish a conceptual framework for such a rethinking. --From author's introduction
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The article reviews the book, "The Labour Party and taxation: Party identity and political purpose in twentieth-century Britain," by Richard Whiting.
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The Family Division of Labour, by Marie-Agnes Barrere-Maurisson, is reviewed.
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The article reviews the book, "Working time in comparative perspective, v. 2," edited by Susan Houseman and Alice Nakamura.
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Transnational Cooperation among Labor Unions, edited by Michael E. Gordon and Lowell Turner, is reviewed.
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Tulchinsky introduces this reprint of "From the American scene: May Day in Toronto," by Ben Lappin. Originally published in Commentary in May 1955. Lappin's article portrays the annual May Day celebration of Toronto's working-class Jewish community at a time of generational transition.
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The article reviews and comments on the books, "Gardens of Their Dreams: Desertification and Culture in World History," by Brian Griffith, "Brave New Seeds: The Threat of GM Crops to Farmers," by Robert Ali Brac De La Pierre and Frank Seurat, and "Hungry for Trade: How the Poor Pay for Free Trade," by John Madeley,
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La réalité globale de l’entreprise transnationale, l’ensemble intégré de son activité, s’étend à plusieurs pays, même si elle est elle-même le plus souvent juridiquement fragmentée en différentes sociétés nationales. Dans quelle mesure le Droit parvient-il à saisir dans toute sa réalité significative, c’est-à-dire transnationale, cette entreprise ; réussit-il à atteindre son centre de pouvoir ? L’examen porte d’abord sur la normativité applicable. Existe-t-il une normativité commensurable à cette entreprise ? Les droits des pays d’implantation se montrent-ils capables d’applications extraterritoriales à son endroit ? Il y a ensuite à considérer la mise en oeuvre, en particulier juridictionnelle, des normes applicables, tantôt l’intervention du for du pays de la filiale, tantôt celle du for de la société dominante.
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The article reviews the book, "Cultures of darkness: night travels in the histories of transgression [from medieval to modern]," by Bryan D. Palmer.
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The article reviews the book, "Making the American team: Sport, culture, and the Olympic experience
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Globalization from Below: The Power of Solidarity by Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello, and Brendan Smith, is reviewed.
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A Very Red Life: The Story of Bill Walsh by Cy Gonick, is reviewed.
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This paper argues that we need to look again at hours of work. One out of every five Canadians is working more than 40 hours a week as their regular hours, while one out of ten work over 50 hours. On top of this, overtime is excessive - paid overtime alone is the equivalent of 225,000 full-time jobs. A major study by the CEP in the pulp and paper industry has shown that overtime may be more expensive than hiring additional workers and that workers are willing to reduce overtime in order to save or create jobs. On reducing regular hours of work, the CEP has found that additional days away from work, once negotiated and experienced, are extremely popular. While more time off is about job creation, better health and safety and improving family and social life, it opposes the lean and mean approach of business corporations.
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