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Offers a tribute to Forsey's life and work – scholar, labour and political activist, and media commentator.
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The article reviews two books: "Domesticity and Dirt: Housewives and Domestic Servants in the United States, 1920-1945," by Phyllis Palmer, and "Few Choices: Women, Work and Family," by Ann Duffy, Nancy Mandell and Norene Pupo.
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Urban telegraph offices in the early twentieth century employed both women and men as telegraph operators. The fact that both sexes worked together in this skilled occupation makes telegraphy an interesting case for the study of links between gender and skill. Through an examination of the labour process and the telegraph operators' craft culture, this paper describes how the connection between masculinity and skill was established. It is suggested that, while Morse operating provided conditions in which that link was questioned, technological change during World War I helped create a more exaggerated gender division of labour and a newly-defined, fortified link between masculinity and ability.
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The article reviews the book, "Women and Industrialization: Gender at Work in 19th-Century England," by Judy Lown.
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The article reviews the book, "Green Cities: Ecologically Sound Approaches to Urban Space," edited by by David Gordon.
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The article reviews the book, "La flexibilité des marchés du travail au Canada et aux États-Unis," edited by Gilles Laflamme et al.
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Dans cette affaire, le Conseil canadien des relations du travail (le Conseil) précise la portée du Code canadien du travail (le Code) dans le cas des propriétaires exploitants de camions et des chauffeurs qu'ils engagent. Le Conseil est d'avis que les dispositions définissant «l'entrepreneur dépendant» s'appliquent dans les deux cas et que, par conséquent, tant les propriétaires-exploitants que les chauffeurs sont des employés pour les fins du régime de négociation collective prévu à la Partie I du Code.
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The article reviews the book, "Back to Work? Labour, State and Industrial Relations in Canada," by Bob Russell.
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During the first three quarters of the nineteenth century, the question of whether trade unions in Ontario were criminal conspiracies under common law was never clearly determined. By examining the development and interaction of the legal and social zones of toleration we can illuminate how law was shaped by and shaped early struggles between workers and employers. The statutory reforms of 1872 clearly defined a narrow zone of legal toleration in which trade unions were accepted as labour market organizations while the means they could to pursue their objectives were restricted. The contours of industrial legality which began to emerge during this period remain a salient feature of current labour law.
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The article reviews the book, "At Face Value: The Life and Times of Eliza McCormack/John White," by Don Akenson.
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The article reviews the book, "Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations in Industrialised Market Economies," edited by R. Blanpain.
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The article reviews the book, "Making Their Way: Education, Training and the Labour Market in Canada and Britain," edited by David Ashton and Graham Lowe.
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This paper examines the origins of Canada's labour policy during the first years of this century. It explains why the Canadian government rejected arbitration as the chief means of settling labour disputes, adopting conciliation instead. This choice lies at the foundation of Canadian labour law: governments since that time have sought to dampen industrial conflict by pushing the parties to compromise; they have generally balked at imposing specific terms of employment. The argument proceeds in three stages. It first reviews the formation of Canadian labour policy during the years 1900 to 1907. It then identifies the specific reasons for the government's rejection of arbitration. Finally, it suggests structural characteristics of the Canadian political economy which favoured the choice of conciliation over arbitration.
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The article reviews the book, "Administering Danger In The Workplace: The Law And Politics Of Occupational and Safety Regulation In Ontario, 1850-1914," by Eric Tucker.
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A study examined the relationship between gender and multiple dimensions of worker commitment to the union organization in light of the growing feminization of membership in Canadian labor unions. Based on survey responses from 223 female and 222 male union members in Saskatchewan, the results reveal no gender differences with regard to expressed levels of union "loyalty" and "responsibility to the union." However, a small but significantly lower level of "willingness to work for the union" was expressed by female union members. In comparative analyses of males and females, the results are generally supportive of greater commonality than differences in the correlates of union commitment for men and women.
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The article reviews the book, "Holding the Line: Compulsory Arbitration and National Employer Co-ordination in Australia," by David H. Plowman, .
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The article reviews the book, "Yours for the Union: Class and Community Struggles in South Africa, 1930-1947," by Baruch Hirson.
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The subsistence-based mixed economy of Northern Canada is both productive and essential to community life and survival (Berger, 1977; Brody, 1981 ; Wenzel, 1981; Asch, 1982; Fait, 1982; Usher, 1982). Usher further states that this economy needs to be maintained for its economic value and fundamental linkages to social and cultural conditions. Most researchers state that the productivity of this economy depends on the interdependency of women's and men's work; however, within the extensive literature on this subject few writers examine the labour of women. The purpose of this thesis is to document and analyze Woods Cree women's labour within the subsistence-based mixed economy. Their labour, which is embedded in the profoundly different voice of Woods Cree culture, is best understood through detailed case studies. Oral histories were collected from three generations of Woods Cree Women aged sixteen to seventy, covering the period between 1900 and 1989. Usher's analytical framework of the anatomy of the Northern economy is a most useful model; however, it required some adjustment in order to address gender affected production. The feminist critiques of Delphy and Nicholson are used in analyzing the nature of women's labour. The research found that although Woods Cree women's labour has changed over time and space, it is still essential to the functioning and maintenance of the subsistence-based mixed economy.
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