Industrial Relations Concepts in the USA - Barbash, Jack (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Industrial relations concepts are synthesized in order to make explicit the underlying values of industrial relations at a particular stage of its development. It is argued that industrial relations' underlying value is the human essence of labor as a commodity or factor of production and labor's right to equity in the employment relationship. Labor's human essence and employment equity are seen as the defining themes of industrial relations. Labor problems arise out of the adverse effects of industrialism on the human condition. Industrial relations' problem-solving aims to ameliorate these effects through applications of the equity principle in the employment relationship. Leading concepts of industrial relations are structured in a sort of logic or sequence of propositions that are summarily stated in the form of a syllabus as an expository device.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; Labor negotiations; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Unions

Contrôle du travail et absences de courte durée: une étude empirique - Bélanger, Jacques; Bilodeau, Michèle; Vinet, Alain (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Au-delà du comportement individuel, l'absence s'inscrit dans une dynamique sociale. À partir d'une étude de terrain dans une grande entreprise québécoise, cet article associe le phénomène des absences brèves et autorisées à un modèle de contrôle du travail caractérisé par l'autonomie ouvrière et une relation de coopération sur le plancher de production. La gestion des absences était l'une des composantes de la relation d'échange entre le superviseur et les subordonnés, ce qui permettait d'atténuer les effets de l'absence et d'évacuer toute dimension conflictuelle. De façon générale, l'absence de courte durée représentait toujours une source d'incertitude, mais son effet sur la productivité était très faible.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Images de l'organisation - Bélanger, Laurent (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Images de l'organisation," by Gareth Morgan.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Les organisations: une approche systémique - Bélanger, Laurent (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Les organisations: une approche systémique," by Yves Bertrand and Patrick Guillemet.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Profession: consultant - Bélanger, Laurent (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Profession: consultant," by Robert Lescarbeau, Maurice Payette and Yves St-Arnaud.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Australian Unions: An Industrial Relations Perspective - Benson, John (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Australian Unions: An Industrial Relations Perspective," by Bill Ford and David Plowman.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Labor's Flaming Youth: Telephone Operators and Worker Militancy 1878-1923 - Bernard, Elaine (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Labor's Flaming Youth: Telephone Operators and Worker Militancy 1878-1923," by Stephen H. Norwood.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; LABOR'S Flaming Youth: Telephone Operators & Worker Militancy 1878-1923 (Book); NORWOOD; Stephen H.; Nonfiction; Radicalism

Who Makes the Decisions? Women’s Participation in Canadian Unions - Boehm, Marina C. (Industrial Relations Centre, Queen's University, 1991)
The purpose of this report is to determine whether women are increasingly being involved in the decision-making process of Canadian unions. The scope of review of this report is restricted to public sector unions and one private sector union in the province of Ontario. A combination of methods were utilized in completing this study, including an overview of existing research, a review of statistical data, and an analysis of policy statements, convention resolutions and general union literature. The results of this review indicate that labour organizations have paid significant and increasing attention to women’s issues over the past 15 to 20 years; union policies have encompassed aspects of women’s inequality within the union, in the workplace and in society. Many unions, particularly the central labour organizations, have adopted policies of internal affirmative action, they have increased the amount of education available to staff and union members on women’s issues, they have implemented policies providing child care services during union functions such as conventions and workshops, and they have provided regular coverage of women’s issues in membership publications. While these progressive policies are a positive indication of the unions’ commitment to attaining women’s equality, they are not a guarantee of prolonged or significant increases in women’s participation in union decision-making activities. Labour organizations must be careful not to overestimate the effectiveness of their policies, and they must redouble their efforts to win the battle against discrimination within their hierarchies and structures. To this end, unions must ensure that their policies are fully implemented in practice. They must also continue to educate their staff and union members about the benefits of providing women with equal opportunities. The labour movement can only grow stronger through greater solidarity between its union sisters and brothers.

Vingt-cinq ans de pratique en relations industrielles au Québec - Boivin, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Vingt-cinq ans de pratique en relations industrielles au Québec," edited by Rodrigue Blouin.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Communications et syndicalisme: des imprimeurs aux journalistes; Quarante ans de syndicalisme chez les journalistes québécois. - Bonville, Jean de (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews two books: "Communications et syndicalisme: des imprimeurs aux journalistes," edited by François Demers, and "Quarante ans de syndicalisme chez les journalistes québécois," by Esther Déom.

La conciliation dans les conflits du travail - Bourassa, Raynald (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "La conciliation dans les conflits du travail," by Le Bureau international du Travail.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Les règles du jeu. L'action collective et la régulation sociale - Bourque, Reynald (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Les règles du jeu. L'action collective et la régulation sociale," by Jean-Daniel Reynaud.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Paul Robeson, A Biography - Brundage, Fitzhugh (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Paul Robeson, A Biography," by Martin B. Duberman.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Biographies; DUBERMAN; Martin B.; 1930-; Nonfiction; PAUL Robeson: A Biography (Book)

'Rewarding Your Enemies, Punishing Your Friends': The Labour College Strike of 1983 - Bullen, John (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
Introduced by Don Wells, the article discusses the unionization and "strike" (in reality, a boycott) of teachers at the Canadian Labour Congress's Canadian Labour College in 1983. Examines the dichotomy of militant trade unionists who become labour bureaucrats, the clash between academics and the CLC, and the pivotal role of students (who were also trade unionists) that mobilized to join the teachers' side in the dispute. Media coverage and the reaction of unions are also discussed. Concludes that the right to organize was the central issue of the conflict, and that, going forward, the college will continue to embody the best and the worst features of Canadian trade unionism. The article was authored by the union's chief negotiator for its first collective agreement.
Keywords: CANADIAN Labour Congress; Canada; DEMONSTRATIONS (Collective behavior); LABOR market; LABOR supply; Labor disputes; Labor union members; SOCIAL unrest; STRIKES & lockouts – Teachers; TEACHERS' unions

Merchant Capital, the State, and Labour in a British Colony: Servant-Master Relations and Capital Accumulation in Newfoundland’s Northeast-Coast Fishery, 1775-1799 - Cadigan, Sean (Journal of the Canadian Historical Association / Revue de la Société historique du Canada, 1991)
This paper uses a case study of class struggle in the late-eighteenth-century Newfoundland fishery to examine the relationship between merchant capital and the employment of wage labour in staple production in early colonial development. Using a modified version of the staple model which emphasises the role of the class relations and institutional structures of staple industries on long-term development, it finds that British regulation of wages to protect the migratory fishery stymied the extensive employment of wage labour by resident planters. Evidence drawn from court records suggests that fishing servants used the law to prevent erosion of wages due from planters at the end of a fishing season by ignoring mandatory preseason contracts or account overcharges. Servants enjoyed less, but still formidable, success in winning suits brought about by masters for neglect. By using wage law beyond the intentions of its British makers, servants forced planters increasingly to rely on family labour rather than wage labour. The struggles of wage labourers with their employers, rather than merchant conservatism as such, contributed to Newfoundland's long-term domination by merchant truck with fishing families.

Paternalism and Politics: Sir Francis Bond Head, the Orange Order, and the Election of 1836 - Cadigan, Sean T. (Canadian Historical Review, 1991)

A Word to Say: The Story of the Maritime Fishermen's Union - Calhoun, Sue (Nimbus, 1991)
A Word to Say is a penetrating account of how inshore fishermen, most of them Acadian, came together to take control of their industry and their livelihood. Threatened with the loss of their way of life, they fought long and hard to be heard by governments and companies alike. In the process, they saw their union spread from the east coast of New Brunswick to the shores of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. As the only union in the country made up strictly of inshore fishermen, the MFU is unique. Although it has not altered the social fabric of the region, it has played a major role in the momentous changes in the fishery since the mid-1970s. In telling the story, Sue Calhoun gives fishermen more than a word to say. She offers clear insights into the lives of inshore fishermen, so often ignored and taken for granted. Her characters aren't rich. They aren't powerful. Many aren't educated. They are ordinary people who have done extraordinary things. –Publisher's description
Includes index
Keywords: Fishers; History; Maritime Fishermen's Union; Maritime Provinces; Trade unions

Family Commitments and Career Success: Earnings of Male and Female Managers - Cannings, Kathy (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The dual-career family, with its attendant pressures for dual commitment to the home and to the career, has become an increasingly important phenomenon in recent decades. A firm-level data set is used to examine the impact of family commitments as well as cognitive, behavioral, and organizational factors on the earnings of 519 married middle managers in a large Canadian corporation. Alongside a number of behavioral variables as well as the functional division of managerial labor in the company, division of labor in the employee's household has a significant impact on managerial earnings. The inclusion of a variable reflecting the household division of labor in the managerial earnings function helps to explain a substantial proportion of the earnings disadvantage of women in this company that might otherwise simply be attributed to gender.
Keywords: Behavior; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Commitments; Dual career couples; Dual career family; Earnings; Labor Unions; Salaries pensions etc; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Studies; Variables; Women

Collective Bargaining and the Charter: Assessing the Impact of American Judicial Doctrines - Carter, Donald D.; McIntosh, Thomas (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The impact of the US judicial doctrines on recent Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms decisions relating to Canada's collective bargaining laws is analyzed. No clear pattern emerges concerning the impact of American jurisprudence on those Charter cases relating to labor law. What is very noticeable, however, is the tendency of the Canadian judiciary to consult US case law, even if it is ultimately rejected as a deciding factor in the particular decision to be rendered. Even in those cases in which US jurisprudence was seen to be particularly relevant, it was never to the exclusion of an assessment of the Canadian experience or without a recognition that the values, institutions, and constitutional arrangements of the 2 nations are different.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Charter of Rights; Collective bargaining; Constitutional law; Impacts; Labor Unions; Labor law; Legislation; Litigation; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Unions

Un homme de parole - Chartrand, Alain (Office national du film du Canada, 1991)
Documentaire sur Michel Chartrand (1916-2010) et cinquante ans de vie politique et d'action syndicale au Québec à travers lui. Ayant consacré sa vie à défendre les droits des travailleurs, ce passionné de justice sociale s'y révèle homme de cœur, complexe et généreux, amateur de poésie et de fine cuisine. –Description du site de l'ONF

Eugene Alfred Forsey, 1904-1991: Caring Canadian - Cherwinski, W. J. C. (Walter Joseph Carl) (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
Pays homage to the life and work of Eugene Forsey, who for many years was the research director of the Canadian Congress of Labour/Canadian Labour Congress and later was appointed a senator by prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. An influential advocate of the study of labour history, Forsey's book, "Trade Unions in Canada, 1812-1902," a standard reference work in the field, was the fruit of a CLC project of the 1960s, for which Canada Council funding was obtained to hire graduate students to assist with the research. Forsey also helped to obtain funding for the founding of the journal, Labour/Le Travail. A photo of Forsey is included.
Keywords: FORSEY; Eugene Alfred; 1904-1991; Obituaries

Language, Schooling, and Cultural Conflict. The Origins of the French-Language Controversy in Ontario - Choquette, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Language, Schooling and Cultural Conflict: The Origins of the French-Language Controversy in Ontario," by Chad Gaffield.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CULTURE conflict; GAFFIELD; Chad; 1951-; LANGUAGE; Schooling & Cultural Conflict: The Origins of the French-Language Controversy in Ontario (Book); Nonfiction

Critical Years in Immigration: Canada and Australia Compared - Christie, Nancy J. (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Critical Years in Immigration: Canada and Australia Compared," by Freda Hawkins.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CRITICAL Years in Immigration: Canada & Australia Compared (Book); EMIGRATION & immigration; HAWKINS; Freda; Nonfiction

C.B. Macpherson: Dilemmas of Liberalism and Socialism - Clement, Wallace (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "C.B. Macpherson: Dilemmas of Liberalism and Socialism," by William Leiss.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; LEHRER; Susan; Labor policy; Nonfiction; ORIGINS of Protective Labor Legislation for Women; 1905-1925 (Book)

Canada and the U.S.: What Makes Us Different? A Response to Seymour Martin Lipset - Conway, J. F. (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews several books by Seymour Martin Lipset including "Continental Divide: The Values and Institutions of the United States and Canada," "North American Cultures: Values and Institutions in Canada and the United States," and "Unions in Transition: Entering the Second Century."
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CONTINENTAL Divide: The Values & Institutions of the United States & Canada (Book); LIPSET; Seymour Martin; 1922-2006; NORTH American Cultures: Values & Institutions in Canada & the United States (Book); Nonfiction; UNIONS in Transition: Entering the Second Century (Book)

"Radical Spirits": Spiritualism and Women's Rights in Nineteenth Century America - Cook, Ramsay (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "'Radical Spirits': Spiritualism and Women's Rights in Nineteenth Century America," by Ann Braude.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; BRAUDE; Ann; Nonfiction; RADICAL Spirits: Spiritualism & Women's Rights in Nineteenth-Century America (Book); Women's rights

The Darkened Room. Women, Power and Spiritualism in Late Victorian England - Cook, Ramsay (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "The Darkened Room: Women, Power and Spiritualism in Late Victorian England," by Alex Owen.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; DARKENED Room: Women; Power & Spiritualism in Late Victorian England; The (Book); Nonfiction; OWEN; Alex; SPIRITUALISM

Foreign Ownership and Strike Activity in Canada - Cousineau, J.-M.; Lacroix, R.; Vachon, D. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
To an already tested empirical strike model, a microeconomic study adds variables that are related to foreign-owned firms in Canada. All the results point in the same direction: in Canada, it seems that foreign ownership has a negative influence on strike activity. This leads to the conclusion that, in accordance with the proposed theoretical approach, the positive impact on strike probability regarding problems of transmission and credibility of information brought about by the introduction of a third party (the head office) in the negotiations for a collective agreement was not tantamount. Attempts by multinational firms to develop negotiation "protocols" would appear to more than make up for problems in the quality and the credibility of information.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Correlations; Foreign investment; Foreign ownership of Canadian business; Labor Unions; Labor negotiations; Mathematical models; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Strikes; Studies; Variables

Collective Bargaining and The Public Interest: A Welfare Economics Assessment - Craig, Alton (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Collective Bargaining And The Public Interest: A Welfare Economics Assessment," by David M. Winch.
Keywords: Arbitration; Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Welfare economics

Technical Workers in an Advanced Society: The Work, Careers and Politics of French Engineers - Crawford, Stephen (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Technical Workers in an Advanced Society: The Work, Careers and Politics of French Engineers," by Rod Millar.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FINE; Sidney; Nonfiction; VIOLENCE in the Model City: The Cavanaugh Administration; Race Relations & the Detroit Riot of 1967 (Book); violence

Fast Forward and Out of Control: How Technology is Changing Your Life - Creet, Mario (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Fast Forward and Out of Control: How Technology is Changing Your Life," by Heather Menzies.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FINE; Sidney; Nonfiction; VIOLENCE in the Model City: The Cavanaugh Administration; Race Relations & the Detroit Riot of 1967 (Book); violence

Agnes Macphail and Canadian Working Women - Crowley, Terry (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
Women's involvement in broadening the activities of the Canadian state during the first half of the 20th century is examined in this study of the career of Agnes Macphail as it related to her efforts on behalf of working women. Noting her evolution from agrarian radical to social democrat, it stresses that Macphail's feminism stemmed from her beliefs in human rights, especially the need for greater equality of condition. As the first woman member of Parliament and of the Ontario legislature during 1921-51, Macphail's thought and activities were directed toward representing women's concerns, particularly those labouring on farms and in factories and offices, but they involved crucial personal decisions about motherhood as opposed to pursuing a career, Macphail helped to create the first universal federal social assistance program, contributed to the founding of the CCF, promoted union activity, and championed the first pay-equity legislation in Canada. She believed that integrationist politics offered the best route to assert women's influence on government.
Keywords: Canada; Feminism; MACPHAIL; Agnes; 1890-1954; Social movements; WOMEN in politics; WOMEN in the civil service; Women employees

Doing Comparable Worth: Gender, Class and Pay Equity - Cuneo, Carl J. (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Doing Comparable Worth: Gender, Class and Pay Equity," by Joan Acker.
Keywords: ACKER; Joan; BOOKS – Reviews; DOING Comparable Worth: Gender; Class & Pay Equity (Book); Discrimination in employment; Nonfiction

Les infirmières. De la vocation à la profession - Dagenais, Michèle (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Les infirmières. De la vocation à la profession," by André Petitat.

Les femmes au tournant du siècle, 1880-1940: âges de la vie, maternité et quotidien - Daigle, Johanne (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Les femmes au tournant du siècle, 1880-1940: âges de la vie, maternité et quotidien," by Denise Lemieux and Lucie Mercier.

Against the Grain: Accommodation to Conflict in Labour-Capital Relations in Prairie Agriculture, 1880-1930 - Danysk, Cecilia (McGill University, 1991)
Between the 1880s and the Great Depression agriculture emerged and matured as the mainstay of the prairie economy. Farm workers were essential to the developing economy and society, but their place in the rural west was ambiguous. During the pioneering period, labour shortages and accessible land gave farm workers bargaining strength in the labour market and a niche in prairie society. A cooperative working relationship and a shared ideology resulted in a lack of overt conflict between labour and capital. But as lands were taken, farm workers faced more and more the necessity of remaining as wage labourers. Their position became institutionalized. The First World War highlighted the conflict that was fundamental to labour-capital relations, as farm workers and farmers alike bolstered their economic positions. Labour and capital entered the post-war decade recognizing the increasing divergence of their aims. Their relationship became more overtly conflictual. Throughout this transformation, farm workers used strategies to influence the shape and rate of change in the industry and to maintain significant control over their own working lives. They responded as members of the working class, as active agents in relationships with their employers and with capitalism.

Legislating Pay Equity to Raise Women's Wages. A Progress Report on the Implementation of the Ontario, Canada Pay Equity Act - Déom, Esther (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the report, "Legislating Pay Equity to Raise Women's Wages. A Progress Report on the Implementation of the Ontario, Canada Pay Equity Act," by the National Committee on Pay Equity (Washington, DC).
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Pay Equity, Issues, Options and Experiences - Déom, Esther (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Pay Equity, Issues, Options and Experiences," by Nan Weiner and Morley Gunderson.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The Managerial Challenge of Comparable Job Worth and Job Evaluation - Déom, Esther (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "The Managerial Challenge of Comparable Job Worth and Job Evaluation," by Thomas J. Patten.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Le syndicalisme au Québec - Dionne, Bernard (Boréal, 1991)
Le Québec compte plus de un million deux cent mille syndiqués et, chaque année, des milliers de nouvelles demandes d'accréditation sont accordées. Le syndicalisme, en dépit des crises qui l'ont secoué, reste donc un important partenaire social et économique. Dans cet ouvrage, Bernard Dionne trace l'histoire du mouvement syndical au Québec depuis le XIXe siècle. Il brosse le portrait du syndicalisme québécois, de son cadre légal, de ses effectifs et de ses structures, en marquant bien ce qui fait sa spécificité. Il explique ensuite les défis qui se posent aujourd'hui au syndicalisme québécois, qu'ils touchent des questions économiques - comme le libre-échange -, sociales - comme la place des jeunes et l'équité salariale des femmes - ou stratégiques - comme la négociation collective dans le secteur public. –Résumé de l'éditeur
https://www.editionsboreal.qc.ca/catalogue/livres/syndicalisme-quebec-420.html

A History of Japanese Economic Thought - Divinsky, Pamela (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "A History of Japanese Economic Thought," by Tessa Morris-Suzuki.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FINE; Sidney; Nonfiction; VIOLENCE in the Model City: The Cavanaugh Administration; Race Relations & the Detroit Riot of 1967 (Book); violence

Slaves of the Lamp: A History of the Federal Civil Service Organizations, 1865-1924 - Doherty, Bill (Orca Book Publishers, 1991)
[This book] is the story of the Canadian men and women who, during the period from 1865 to 1924, struggled against the corruption of political patronage, abysmal working conditions and poverty-level salaries in the federal civil service. This is an account of the history of some of the organizations formed to overcome these adverse conditions, and the story of the dedicated men and women who guided them, often at great personal risk. The book documents their few victories and many defeats, and the significant impact that their dogged perseverance has had on the Canadian federal service of today. –Publisher's description
OCLC: 25091365
Keywords: Canada; Civil service Canada History; Civil service reform; Civil service reform Canada History; Fonction publique Canada Associations Histoire; Fonction publique Canada Histoire; Fonction publique Réforme Canada Histoire; Government employee unions; Government employee unions Canada History; History; Labor unions Canada Officials and employees History; Labor unions Officials and employees; Postal service Canada Employees History; Postal service Employees; Postes Canada Personnel Histoire; Syndicats Canada Fonctionnaires Histoire; Syndicats Canada Personnel Histoire; Syndicats Postes Canada Histoire

Les pâtes et papiers au Québec : Technologies, travail et travailleurs - Doray, Pierre (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Les pâtes et papiers au Québec: Technologies, travail et travailleurs," by Jean-Pierre Charland.

Les stratégies des entreprises québécoises en matière de formation - Doray, Pierre (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Au cours des dernières années, les questions relatives au développement de la formation en entreprise ont suscité un regain d'intérêt. Les appels lancés auprès des directions d'entreprise afin d'investir dans la formation de leur personnel se sont faits plus nombreux et plus pressants. Un tel investissement s'avère un gage de compétitivité et d'avenir. L'entreprise du 3e type investit en formation. L'orientation récente des politiques gouvernementales en matière de formation professionnelle des adultes va dans le sens d'un soutien à la formation en entreprise. Dans le présent article, l'auteur décrit l'état de développement de la formation en entreprise. Pour ce faire, il procède moins à un portrait statistique de la situation qu'à une analyse plus qualitative portant sur les usages que les firmes industrielles font des investissements en formation. S'appuyant sur une enquête menée dans quelques grandes entreprises du Québec, il présente une typologie des différents modes de relations construits entre la formation et le travail.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Manhattan For Rent, 1785-1850 - Doucet, Michael J. (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Manhattan For Rent 1785-1850," by Elizabeth Blackmar.
Keywords: BLACKMAR; Elizabeth; BOOKS – Reviews; MANHATTAN for Rent 1785-1850 (Book); Nonfiction; REAL property

Loi annotée sur les décrets de convention collective - Dubé, Jean-Louis (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Loi annotée sur les décrets de convention collective," by Patrick de Niverville and Claude Carigan.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Radicalism in the States: The Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party and the American Political Economy - Dubofsky, Melvyn (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Radicalism in the States: The Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party and the American Political Economy," by Richard M. Valelly.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Nonfiction; RADICALISM in the States: The Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party & the American Political Economy (Book); Radicalism; VALELLY; Richard M.

Économie du travail. Les réalités et les approches théoriques - Dussault, Ginette (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, " Économie du travail. Les réalités et les approches théoriques," by Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Class, Community and the Labour Movement: Wales and Canada, 1850-1930 - Earle, Michael (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Class, Community and the Labour Movement: Wales and Canada, 1850-1930," edited by Deian R. Hopkin and Gregory S. Kealey, with an introduction by David Montgomery.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CLASS; Community & the Labour Movement: Wales & Canada 1850-1930 (Book); HOPKIN; Deian R.; KEALEY; Gregory S.; Labor movement; Nonfiction

Queen Victoria: Gender and Power - Elliott, Bridget (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Queen Victoria: Gender and Power," by Dorothy Thompson.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Nonfiction; QUEEN Victoria: Gender & Power (Book); THOMPSON; Dorothy; 1923-2011; WOMEN in politics

Height, Health and History: Nutritional Status in the United Kingdom, 1750-1980 - Eltis, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Height, Health and History: Nutritional Status in the United Kingdom, 1750-1980," by Roderick Floud, Kenneth Wachter & Annabel Gregory.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FLOUD; Roderick; GREGORY; Annabel; HEIGHT; Health & History: Nutritional Status in the United Kingdom; 1750-1980 (Book); Nonfiction; Nutrition; WACHTER; Kenneth

The History of the Labour Movement in Quebec - Ewen, Geoffrey (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "The History of the Labour Movement in Quebec," by Louis Fournier and Michel Dore.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; DORE; Michel; FOURNIER; Louis; HISTORY of the Labour Movement in Quebec; The (Book); Labor movement; Nonfiction

Populism and Democratic Thought in the Canadian Prairies, 1910-1945 - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Populism and Democratic Thought in the Canadian Prairies, 1910-1945," by David Laycock.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; LAYCOCK; David; Nonfiction; POPULISM & Democratic Thought in the Canadian Prairies; 1910-1945 (Book); populism

Solidarité inc. : un nouveau syndicalisme créateur d'emplois - Fournier, Louis (Québec/Amérique, 1991)
L'histoire du Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec (FTQ), ou le récit de l'émergence d'un nouveau syndicalisme engagé dans le développement des entreprises, de l'emploi, de l'économie québécoise, de la démocratie économique; "Le Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec (FTQ)." –Résumé de l'éditeur
https://classiques.uqam.ca/contemporains/fournier_louis/solidarite_inc/solidarite_inc.html
Keywords: Fédération des travailleurs du Québec – History

United We Stand: The United Mine Workers of America, 1890-1990 - Frank, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "United We Stand: The United Mine Workers of America 1890-1990," by Maier B. Fox.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FOX; Maier B.; Nonfiction; UNITED Mine Workers of America; UNITED We Stand: The United Mine Workers of America 1890-1990 (Book)

Labour Management "Trust Relations" as Reflected in Collective Agreement Clauses - Fricke, John G. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Joint labor-management committees are a well established institution in industrial relations in Canada. A critical evaluation was conducted of the labor-management communication clauses in the total population of collective agreements (1,093) filed with Alberta Labor as of May 31, 1987. Provisions for joint labor-management committees or meetings were contained in 428 of these agreements. Of these, 384 specified a decision format (advisory or executive) and were separated into those representing low trust, moderate trust, and high trust. It was found that the largest number of committees in the low trust provisions were of the general purpose type and advisory in nature. For the moderate trust and high trust provisions, the number of general purpose committees was 35.5% and 25.6%, respectively. Special purpose committees seemed to be favored in the manufacturing and services sectors at all levels of trust.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Clauses; Collective bargaining; Committees; Employees; Labor Unions; Labor contracts; Labor relations; Manyindustries; Participatory management; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical data

Radical History in Australia: A Model for Canada? - Friesen, Gerald (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews several books edited by Verity Burgmann and Jenny Lee including "A People's History of Australia Since 1788: Constructing a Culture," "A People's History of Australia Since 1788: Staining the Wattle," and "A People's History of Australia Since 1788: Making a Life."
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; BURGMANN; Verity; LEE; Jenny; Nonfiction; PEOPLE'S History of Australia Since 1788: Constructing a Culture; A (Book); PEOPLE'S History of Australia Since 1788: Making a Life; A (Book); PEOPLE'S History of Australia Since 1788: Staining the Wattle; A (Book)

Just Wages: A Feminist Assessment of Pay Equity - Fudge, Judy; McDermott, Patricia (University of Toronto Press, 1991)
Papers presented at the Pay Equity: Theory and Practice Conference organized through York University's Centre for Public Law and Public Policy, May 14-15, 1990.
Keywords: Pay equity – Canada – Congresses

Black Workers: A Documentary History From Colonial Times to the Present - Fuke, Richard Paul (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Black Workers: A Documentary History From Colonial Times to the Present," edited by Philip S. Foner and Ronald L. Lewis.
Keywords: BLACK Workers: A Documentary History From Colonial Times to the Present (Book); BOOKS – Reviews; FONER; Philip Sheldon; 1910-1994; LEWIS; Ronald L.; Labor movement; Nonfiction

La participation institutionnelle du syndicalisme québécois : variations sur les formes du rapport à l'État - Gagnon, Mona Josée (La Participation politique: leçons des dernières décennies, 1991)
Table des matières : Introduction – I. Évolution des pratiques de participation : a) Les organismes consultatifs permanents ; b) Les régies gouvernementales et sociétés d'État ; c) La concertation ; II. Les organisations syndicales face à la participation institutionnelle : a) Une problématique en partie commune ; b) La Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec : consécration d'une légitimité ; c) La Confédération des syndicats nationaux : enfanter dans la douleur ; d) La Centrale de l'enseignement du Québec : l'ombre de l'État-employeur ; e) L'emploi... ou le cheval de Troie – III. Portée politique de la participation institutionnelle des organisations syndicales.
https://classiques.uqam.ca/contemporains/gagnon_mona_josee/participation_syndicalisme_qc/participation.html OCLC: 25131885
Keywords: Administration publique Participation des citoyens; Administrative agencies Citizen participation; Aufsatzsammlung; Democracy; Démocratie; Participation politique Québec (Province); Participation sociale Québec (Province); Political participation; Political participation Québec (Province); Politics and government; Politische Beteiligung; Québec; Québec (Province) Politics and government 1960-; Since 1960; Social participation; Social participation Québec (Province); democracy

Le syndicalisme : du mode d’appréhension à l’objet sociologique - Gagnon, Mona-Josée (Sociologie et sociétés, 1991)
L'article vise à illustrer les liens entre les théories du syndicalisme et les modes d'appréhension sociologique de ce dernier. Partant d'une relecture des différentes approches du syndicalisme, Pauteure propose une typologie fondée sur les prémisses méthodologiques, implicites ou explicites, des chercheurs. Une discussion subséquente permet de suggérer des repères concernant une rethéorisation du syndicalisme et leurs conséquences méthodologiques.

L'individu dans l'organisation: les dimensions oubliées - Gaha, Chiha (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The aticle reviews the book, "L'individu dans l'organisation: les dimensions oubliées," edited by J.F. Chanlat.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Évaluation des retombées d'un programme de formation en gestion de dirigeants de PME - Garnier, Bernard; Gasse, Yvon; Parent, André (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Cet article rend compte d'une expérience d'évaluation d'un programme de formation offert à l'intention de propriétairesdirigeants de PME québécoises par le ministère de l'Industrie, du Commerce et de la Technologie de la province. La recherche utilise le modèle de Kirkpatrick qui propose d'évaluer un programme déformation selon quatre niveaux distincts: réactions, apprentissage, comportements et résultats. Deux cent quatre-vingt-un participants ont été rejoints par téléphone au moins un an après la tenue de leur séminaire. L'étude documente d'une façon descriptive les différents niveaux d'impact du programme de formation. Elle apporte un éclairage nouveau sur une opération rarement effectuée qui présente de nombreuses difficultés d'ordre théorique et opérationnel.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Changements dans les législations du travail au Canada = Changes in Canada Labour Law - Gauvin, Michel; Brennan, Geoffrey; Kuijper, Tineke (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Changements dans les législations du travail au Canada = Changes in Canadian labour law - Gauvin, Michel; Brennan, Geoffrey; Kuijper, Tineke (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Changements dans les législations du travail au Canada [v. 46, no. 1, 1991] = Changes in Canada Labour Law - Gauvin, Michel; Kuijper, Tineke (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Changements dans les législations du travail au Canada [v. 46, no. 2, 1991] - Gauvin, Michel; Kuijper, Tineke (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Changements dans les législations du travail au Canada [v. 46, no. 3, 1991] = Changes in Canada Labour Law - Gauvin, Michel; Kuijper, Tineke (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The Impact of Canadian Training Programs on Long Term Unemployed - Geehan, Randall; Swimmer, Gene (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
During the past decade, Canada has experienced a disturbing rise in the number of long-term unemployed workers. The 2-stage Heckman procedure is used to evaluate the impact of training programs targeted to the long-term unemployed. The major finding is that females clearly benefit from these programs in terms of both employment stability and weekly earnings. Females who complete training are estimated to work an additional 11 weeks annually and earn an extra C$47 a week. The results for males are not encouraging, with negative estimates for employability and weekly earnings. It appears that these programs should be increasingly targeted to women, given their superior post-program labor market success. It is also shown that private employer placements are extremely effective training devices. Many trainees make a sufficiently good impression that they are taken on as regular employees.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Earnings; Effectiveness; Government aid; Hard-core unemployed; Labor Unions; Occupational training; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Studies; Success; Training; Unemployment

The United States and Canadian National Industrial Conferences of 1919: A Comparative Analysis - Gerber, Larry G. (Labor History, 1991)
Presents a comparison of the National Industrial Conferences of the US and Canada which were held in 1919 for the purpose of making postwar labor-management relations more harmonious. While the Armistice of November 1918 halted fighting between nations in "the war to end all wars," industrial "warfare" between labor and capital soon erupted in many countries of the world. In 1919, the U.S. and Canada both experienced a higher level of strike activity than ever before. The outbreak of widely publicized general strikes in Seattle and Winnipeg even caused some Americans and Canadians to believe that revolution might be in the offing.' Faced with this turmoil, the heads of government in the U. S. and Canada sought to achieve peace by calling upon the warring parties in industry to send representatives to National industrial Conferences whose purpose was to achieve a consensus about how to make postwar labor-management relations more harmonious. Months before either the U.S. or Canadian governments convened their National Industrial Conferences, the British government had successfully utilized what David Lloyd George described as a "Peace Congress" of employer and trade union representatives to help cairn postwar labor unrest in Great Britain.

The Progressive HRM Paradigm: A Theoretical and Empirical Re-Examination - Godard, John (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
In the study of industrial relations (IR), a growing preoccupation with managerial strategies has been accompanied by 2 related developments: 1. a growing integration of the human resources management (HRM) literature into the study of IR, and 2. a movement away from the deterministic approach characterizing much IR research in the 1970s. These developments suggest a normative shift. Two assumptions seem to underly this shift. A critique of these assumptions is developed, arguing that underlying sources of conflict inherent to work organizations and employment relations limit the effectiveness of progressive policies and practices and that the extent to which these policies and practices are economically rational and hence likely to be adopted varies in accordance with firm and industry-level structural variables. Survey data collected in 1980-1981 from 100 unionized firms in Canada are used to explore the effectiveness of and structural variation on progressive managerial practices.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Comparative studies; Effectiveness; Employment practices; Human resource management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Personnel policies; Regression analysis; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Surveys

Factory Girls: Women in the Thread Mills of Meiji Japan - Gordon, Andrew (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Factory Girls: Women in the Thread Mills of Meiji Japan," by E. Patricia Tsurumi.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; LEHRER; Susan; Labor policy; Nonfiction; ORIGINS of Protective Labor Legislation for Women; 1905-1925 (Book)

European Level Collective Bargaining: A New Phase? - Grahl, John; Teague, Paul (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
After nearly 2 decades on the side lines, European level collective bargaining is back on the industrial relations agenda. To a large extent, the resurgence of this notion can be attributed to the impact of the European Community's (EC) 1992 integration program on European economic and political life. For all the activity going on, it appears unlikely that EC-wide collective bargaining will come to play a significant role in industrial relations in the near future. There are 2 main dimensions to European collective bargaining: 1. the vertical dimension, which covers attempts to get greater collaboration and dialogue between trade unions and employers inside the institutional framework of the EC, and 2. the horizontal dimension, which includes developments at the enterprise and market levels aimed at promoting trade union or employer contact outside the confines of the nation state. If market completion leads to new regulatory arrangements within the EC, the social partners may be obliged to engage in meaningful discussion about collective bargaining.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; Labor negotiations; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Unions

R.C.M.P. Security Bulletins: The War Series, 1939-1941 - Granatstein, J. L. (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book "R.C.M.P. Security Bulletins: The War Series 1939-1941," edited by Gregory S. Kealey and Reg Whitaker.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; KEALEY; Gregory S.; National security; Nonfiction; R.C.M.P. Security Bulletins: The War Series 1939-1941 (Book); Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP); WHITAKER; Reg

Syndicats, salaires et conjoncture économique - Grant, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Syndicats, salaires et conjoncture économique," by André Beaucage.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

L'impact de la CAO/FAO sur la QVT: le cas de Marconi - Guérin, G.; Gagnier, F.; Trudel, H.; Denis, H.; Boily, C. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Suite à l'implantation de la CAO/F AO dans la compagnie Marconi Canada, une mesure de l'impact du changement sur la qualité de vie au travail (QVT) a été réalisée auprès de 104 utilisateurs de la nouvelle technologie. La QVT dans cette étude est perçue dans son sens le plus large englobant les dimensions du travail en soi, des conditions de travail, de la santé et la sécurité au travail et du contexte organisationnel. L'approche retenue pour mesurer les impacts est subjectiviste et ceux-ci sont différenciés, s'il y a lieu, selon la catégorie occupationnelle, le taux d'utilisation de la nouvelle technologie et la formation reçue en CAO/FAO.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Le vieillissement au travail, une question de jugement! - Guérin, Gilles (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Le vieillissement au travail, une question de jugement!," edited by Hélène David.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Comparable Worth: Analyses And Evidence - Gunderson, Morley (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Comparable Worth: Analyses And Evidence," by Mark R. Killingsworth and M. Anne Hill.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Equal pay for equal work; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Labor Relations In Europe: A History Of Issues And Developments - Haiven, Larry (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Labor Relations In Europe: A History Of Issues And Developments, by Hans Slomp.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Union Jack: Labour Leader Jack Munro - Hak, Gordon H. (Gordon Hugh) (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Union Jack: Labour Leader Jack Munro," by Jack Munro and Jane O'Hara.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Labor leaders; MUNRO; Jack; Nonfiction; O'HARA; Jane; UNION Jack: Labour Leader Jack Munro (Book)

The Arrogance of Race: Historical Perspectives on Slavery, Racism, and Social Inequality - Hansen, Klaus J. (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "The Arrogance of Race: Historical Perspectives on Slavery, Racism and Social Inequality," by George M. Fredrickson.
Keywords: ARROGANCE of Race: Historical Perspectives on Slavery; Racism & Social Inequality; The (Book); BOOKS – Reviews; FREDRICKSON; George M.; Nonfiction; Slavery

Canadian Volunteers: Spain 1936-1939 - Horn, Michiel (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Canadian Volunteers: Spain 1936-1939," by William C. Beeching.
Keywords: BEECHING; William C.; BOOKS – Reviews; CANADIAN Volunteers: Spain 1936-1939 (Book); Nonfiction; Volunteers

Canadian Political Economy: An Economic Introduction - Howlett, Michael (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Canadian Political Economy: An Economic Introduction," by Paul Phillips.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CANADA – Politics & government; CANADIAN Political Economy: An Economic Introduction (Book); Nonfiction; PHILLIPS; Paul

Beyond Multinationalism: Management Policy And Bargaining Relationship In International Companies - Jain, Hem C. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Beyond Multinationalism: Management Policy And Bargaining Relationship In International Companies," by Jairus Banaji and Rahini Hensman.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Management; Multinational corporations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Great "Dominion": A Pamphlet written by an English Working Man, 30 June 1885, [by] R. James - James, R. (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
Reproduces the text of a handwritten 1885 opinion piece by R. James that was intended as a pamphlet. In addressing labourers in the British Isles, the writer, himself an English emigrant, cautions that Canada is already "a land of labourers." He accuses the Canadian government of having "turned its back" on labourers during a recent economic downturn, as a result of which they face harsh living and working conditions. Problems of unemployment, job competition, low wages, continental climate, mobility, clothing, food, religion, and ethnicity are described and commented upon. Concludes that if British labourers do book passage, it should be to Western rather than Eastern Canada. The manuscript, the opening page of which is also reproduced, is taken from a document found amongst the pages of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Annual Meeting, Montreal 1884, Scrapbook I, and is kept at the Blacker-Wood Library, McGill University.
Keywords: GREAT Dominion: A Pamphlet Written by an English Working Man June 30; 1884; The (Book); RAMSEY; Ellen L.

L'évolution des politiques sociales au Québec, 1940-1960 - Jean, Dominique (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "L'évolution des politiques sociales au Québec, 1940-1960," by Yves Vaillancourt.

A Working Class in the Making: Belgian Colonial Labor Policy, Private Entreprise, and the African Mineworker, 1907-1951 - Jewsiewicki, Bogumil (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "A Working Class in the Making: Belgian Colonial Labor Policy, Private Entreprise, and the African Mineworker, 1907-1951," by John Higginson.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; LEHRER; Susan; Labor policy; Nonfiction; ORIGINS of Protective Labor Legislation for Women; 1905-1925 (Book)

La qualité de vie au travail des professionnels de la fonction publique du Québec - Julien, Germain (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Le concept de qualité de vie au travail sert à mesurer si le milieu de travail est favorable au bien-être des employés. Son utilisation dans cette étude permet une meilleure connaissance et une meilleure compréhension des déceptions, des doléances ou des insuffisances gui engendrent un mauvais moral parmi les professionnels. Il permet d'évaluer s'il existe une harmonie entre les attentes des professionnels à l'égard de leur emploi et les contraintes ou les exigences de leur milieu de travail.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Profit Sharing and Auto Workers' Earnings: The United States vs Canada - Katz, Harry C.; Meltz, Noah M. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
In response to the 1981-1982 recession and demands for concessions, the United Auto Workers (UAW) accepted contracts that shifted away from the 3-decades-old annual improvement factor and included profit-sharing plans. In Canada, the Canadian branch of the UAW negotiated wage increases that differed from those in the US and that did not include profit sharing. The impact of the different negotiating approaches are examined by comparing the earnings of auto assembly workers at General Motors (GM), Ford, and Chrysler in the US and Canada from 1980 to 1989. It is found that, in terms of direct monetary earnings alone, from 1982 to 1989, American auto workers received less than their Canadian counterparts. In current dollars, the cumulative difference in pay between 1982 and 1989 for US and Canadian auto workers was $13,402 at GM, $1,755 at Ford, and $8,721 at Chrysler.
Keywords: AUTOMOBILE industry; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Cost of living adjustments; Labor Unions; Labor negotiations; Labor relations; Profit sharing plans; Salaries pensions etc; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical data; Unions

Editor's Note = Note du rédacteur (28, Fall 1991) - Kealey, Gregory S. (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article notes various articles published in the issue including on state security repression, security, and intelligence during the Cold War, state intervention in labour relations, women's role in the labour movement in Canada, and the rise of the Knights of Labor and the Salvation Army in the context of late Victorian working-class culture in Ontario. Two award-winning papers that were originally published in Labour/Le Travail are also reported.
Keywords: Canada; Labor movement; Labor policy

Les limites du partenariat. Les expériences sociales-démocrates de gestion économique en Suède, en Allemagne, en Autriche et en Norvège - Laflamme, Marcel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Les limites du partenariat. Les expériences sociales-démocrates de gestion économique en Suède, en Allemagne, en Autriche et en Norvège," by Louis Gill.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Psychologie et organisations. L'individu dans son millieu de travail - Larocque, Alain (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Psychologie et organisations. L'individu dans son millieu de travail," by Léandre Maillet.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Perspectives on Canadian Economic Development: Class, Staples, Gender, and Elites - Laxer, Gordon D. (Oxford University Press, 1991)
This new collection of readings brings together articles offering a wide range of perspectives on the pattern of Canada's economic development. Among the features they emphasize are Canada's historical reliance on resource (staple) exportation; trade dependence on one or two metropolitan centres; regional economic disparities,; a tendency towards centralized control of economic institutions; and a high-wage labour force. Organized in five sections - neoclassical economics, the staples approach, elites, class politics, and the roles of gender and labour in economic development - the selections in this book reflect the variety of approaches to Canada's economic history that have developed over the last quarter century. –Publisher's description
OCLC: 23053001
Keywords: Canada; Canada Conditions économiques; Canada Economic conditions; Canada Economic conditions 1971-1991; Economic history; Kanada; Wirtschaftsentwicklung

Work, Inc. A Philosophical Enquiry - Laycock, Henry (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Work, Inc. A Philosophical Enquiry," by Edmund F. Byrne.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FINE; Sidney; Nonfiction; VIOLENCE in the Model City: The Cavanaugh Administration; Race Relations & the Detroit Riot of 1967 (Book); violence

Day Care, Trade Unions, and the Women’s Movement: Trade Union Women Organize for Change - Leah, Ronnie (Making Knowledge Count: Advocacy and Social Science, 1991)
This case study of union women organizing for day care in Ontario analyses the emergence of a women's movement within labour. It provides a social history of women's organizing efforts in the Ontario labour movement, tracing political mobilization of support for universally accessible, publicly funded child care. In addition, day care sheds light on recent developments in two Canadian social movements: the labour movement and the women's movement. Developments in each of these areas have facilitated gains made by both. The active campaign of trade union women for women's equality in the unions has been integrally connected to the contemporary women's movement. While the growth of feminism established a foundation for the struggles of working-class women in unions around gender issues such as day care, a growing number of working women joined unions in the last decade to organize against the domination of the labour movement by men. –Introduction
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780773562783-012 OCLC: 23051661
Keywords: Action sociale; Sciences sociales Philosophie; Social action; Social sciences Philosophy

Training Factors Within the Ontario Manufacturing Sector - LeBrasseur, Rolland; Lambert, Marie-Josee (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Through on-site and supported training, business in Canada has a crucial role to play in the supply of specialized and multiskilled workers. The results of a survey of the Ontario manufacturing sector are presented, and intra- and extraorganizational factors influencing the training activities of firms are identified. On average, employees received 2.6 days of directly provided training and some supported training. It is concluded that improvement in training participation rates has taken place throughout the 1980s and that leading companies are reaching new levels in the duration of training offered. A variety of factors, such as management commitment, are found to be significant predictors of training activities.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employees; Improvements; Labor Unions; Manufacturers; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical data; Surveys; Training; Variables

On Strike at Hormel: The Struggle for a Democratic Labor Movement - Lederer, Norman (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "On Strike at Hormel: The Struggle for a Democratic Labor Movement," by Hardy Green.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strikes

Notebook [27, Spring 1991] - Leier, Mark (James Mark) (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
Takes note of forthcoming conferences and a San Diego exhibit entitled Camera as Weapon: Worker Photography Between the Wars.

Notebook [28, Fall 1991] - Leier, Mark (James Mark) (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
Takes note of forthcoming conferences, a call for papers, and international research projects on European social democracy in World War I, the Communist International, and the complete works of Mikhail Bakunin.

Making Their Way: Education, Training and the Labour Market in Canada and Britain - Lemelin, Clément (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Making Their Way: Education, Training and the Labour Market in Canada and Britain," by D. Ashton and G. Lowe.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Coopération et syndicalisme: le cas des relations du travail dans les caisses populaires Desjardins - Lévesque, Benoît (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Admettant que le syndicalisme et la coopération ont une origine commune, du moins en Europe, et qu'ils privilégient tous les deux un fonctionnement démocratique, on peut se demander pourquoi les relations du travail y sont apparemment si conflictuelles? Pour répondre à cette question, l'auteur s'arrête d'abord sur la spécificité coopérative pour montrer comment cette forme d'entreprise est plus complexe que les autres en raison du double rapport de sociétariat et d'activité et comment l'évolution de ce double rapport peut jouer sur l'intensité des conflits du travail. Ensuite, il tente d'illustrer cette problématique à partir d'une étude exploratoire des relations du travail dans les caisses populaires Desjardins.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Cooperation and Conflict in Occupational Safety and Health: A Multination Study of The Automotive Industry - Lewchuk, Wayne (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Cooperation and Conflict in Occupational Safety and Health: A Multination Study of The Automotive Industry," by Richard E. Wokutch.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; COOPERATION & Conflict in Occupational Safety & Health: A Multination Study of the Automotive Industry (Book); Industrial safety; Nonfiction; WOKUTCH; Richard E.

Industrialization and Occupational Mortality in France Prior to 1914 - Lewchuk, Wayne (Explorations in Economic History, 1991)
Did workplace characteristics, such as the degree of mechanization or the level of managerial control, systematically influence occupational mortality rates in France at the beginning of the 20th century? Data from an early 20th-century study of occupational mortality in France lead us to conclude that long hours of work, under conditions where labor had limited control of the pace of work, represented the most serious occupational risk facing early French workers. The effect of long hours of work on mortality dwarfed the impact of either mechanization or size of establishment.

Les Franco-Américains - Little, J. I. (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Les Franco-Américains," by François Weil.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; History; LABOR supply; LES Franco-Americains (Book); Nonfiction; WEIL; Francois

The Bibliography of Ontario History/La Bibliographie d'histoire ontarienne, 1976-1986 - Lonardo, Michael (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "The Bibliography of Ontario History/La Bibliographie d'histoire ontarienne 1976-1986," by Gaétan Gervais, Gwenda Hallsworth and Ashley Thomson.
Keywords: BIBLIOGRAPHY of Ontario History (Book); BOOKS – Reviews; GERVAIS; Gaetan; 1944-; HALLSWORTH; Gwenda; History; LA Bibliographie d'histoire ontarienne 1976-1986 (Book); Nonfiction; Ontario; THOMSON; Asley

Recent Publications in Canadian Labour History = Travaux récents en histoire des classes populaires canadiennes. - Lonardo, Michael; Sweeney, Robert C. H. (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
Compilation of recent English/French publications on Canadian labour history that emphasize the period 1800-1975. Materials pertaining to the post-1975 period may also be included, although more selectively. See the database, Canadian Labour History, 1976-2009, published at Memorial University of Newfoundland.

The Canadian Labour Bibliography = La Bibliographique du mouvement ouvrier canadien, 1986-1987 - Lonardo, Michael; Sweeney, Robert C. H. (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
Compilation of recent English/French publications on Canadian labour history that emphasize the period 1800-1975. Materials pertaining to the post-1975 period may also be included, although more selectively. [See the database, Canadian Labour History, 1976-2009, published at Memorial University of Newfoundland.]

The Origins of Economic Democracy: Profit Sharing and Employee-Shareholding Schemes; The Impact Of Economic Democracy: Profit Sharing And Employee Shareholding Schemes - Long, Richard J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the books, "he Origins of Economic Democracy: Profit Sharing and Employee-Shareholding Schemes," by Michael Poole and "The Impact Of Economic Democracy: Profit Sharing And Employee Shareholding Schemes," by Glenville Jenkins.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employees; Labor Unions; Profit sharing plans; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Stockholders

Getting to Work: The Challenge of the Women Back Into Stelco Campaign - Luxton, Meg; Corman, June (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
In 1978-79, the ad hoc Women Back Into Stelco Committee launched a campaign to force Stelco management to end twenty years of sexist hiring practices. The campaign succeeded in winning public and legal recognition that Stelco had practiced discriminatory hiring and it forced Stelco to begin hiring women. This paper reviews the campaign and explores what happened when the women entered the formerly all-male workplace. It assesses the implications of such campaigns for the sex/gender division of labour the organization of work, and the politics of the women's movement and the labour movement.
Keywords: Discrimination in employment; EMPLOYMENT (Economic theory); Feminism; Labor movement; SEX discrimination in employment; STELCO Inc.; Sexual division of labor; WOMEN – Employment; Women employees

The Loyalties of E. Herbert Norman - Lyon, Peyton V. (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
Reviews the life and work of Canadian diplomat E. Herbert Norman, who died by suicide during the Cold War after being hounded for years as a suspected agent of the Soviet Union (the US Senate had recently reopened its investigation). Concludes that Norman was not a Soviet agent nor was he disloyal, despite his communist sympathies while a student at Cambridge University in the 1930s. The report, which was commissioned by the Canadian government, is based on ministerial records, RCMP files, Norman's personal correspondence, interviews, and a literature review. Includes two appendices.
Keywords: CANADA. Dept. of External Affairs; CANADA. International Trade Tribunal; CANADA. Ministry of International Trade; Canada; Communism; NORMAN; E. Herbert; 1909-1957; SOVIET Union; SPIES; TOTALITARIANISM

The Industrial Verse of 'Slim' McInnis - MacGillivray, Don; McInnis, John J. (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
Introduces the protest poetry of John J. "Slim" McInnis, whose verse was steeped in his experiences as a steelworker at the plant in Sydney, Nova Scotia, from the 1940s to the 1970s. The poems include "Doscomocracy," "From Breadlines to Battlefields," and "Dosco's Inferno." Note: The Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation was also known as Dosco.
Keywords: DOSCO'S Inferno (Poem); DOSCOMOCRACY (Poem); FROM Breadlines to Battlefields (Poem); MCINNIS; John J.

The Knights of Labor and the Salvation Army: Religion and Working-Class Culture in Ontario, 1882-1890 - Marks, Lynne (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
In the 1880s both the Knights of Labor, and the Salvation Army, which in this period was an exclusively revivalistic movement, drew mass support from Ontario's working class. This paper looks at the nature of working class support for the two movements, noting that the Salvation Army was more likly to attract working class women and unskilled men, while the Knights were most popular among skilled men. The possibility of overlap in membership is also addressed. In assessing the appeal of the two movements to working class Ontarians the relationship between working class religion and class consciousness is explored. Christianity was clearly important to many individual Knights, and fueled the Order's class conscious critique of nineteenth century society. The Salvation Army's otherwordly emphasis meant that it ignored contemporary social and economic issues; nonetheless the Army provided a distinctly working class religious alternative which was actively critical of the respectable mainstream churches. The popularity of both the Knights and the Army demonstrate the importance of class identity and religious belief within the late nineteenth century Ontario working class.
Keywords: CHRISTIANITY; KNIGHTS of Labor; LABOR market; Labor economics; Ontario; Religion; SALVATION Army; WORKING class women; Working class

Secretaries Talk: Sexuality, Power and Work - Maroney, Heather Jon (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Secretaries Talk: Sexuality, Power and Work," by Rosemary Pringle.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Nonfiction; PRINGLE; Rosemary; SECRETARIES Talk: Sexuality; Power & Work (Book); Work environment

Developing a Labour Point of View: Advocacy and the Labour Movement - Marshall, Stan (Making Knowledge Count: Advocacy and Social Science, 1991)
A quick perusal of the literature in work and industry, industrial relations, and labour studies readily confirms that the current trend is towards some form of Quality of Working Life coupled with an appeal for all parties involved - employer, employee, and government - to change radically their attitudes towards collective bargaining. Employers have to become more willing to accept union contributions; employees have to become more cooperative and "confine adversarial tactics"; and the government has to adopt "a more positive attitude toward employers and unions" in order to facilitate trust and harmony between the two. –Introduction
https://www.mqup.ca/making-knowledge-count-products-9780773508194.php DOI: 10.1515/9780773562783-009

Business And Government In Canada - Matejko, Alexander J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Business and Government in Canada," by Stephen Brooks and Andrew Stritch.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Business government relations; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Capitalism and Modernity: An Excursus on Marx and Weber - Matejko, Alexander J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Capitalism And Modernity: An Excursus On Marx And Weber," by Derek Sayer.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Capitalism; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Sociology Of Management - Matejko, Alexander J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "The Sociology Of Management," by Mike I. Reed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Management; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Passion and Power: Sexuality in History - Maynard, Steven (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Passion and Power: Sexuality in History," edited by Kathy Peiss and Christina Simmons.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; HUMAN sexuality & history; Nonfiction; PASSION & Power: Sexuality in History (Book); PEISS; Kathy; SIMMONS; Christina

Class, Ethnicity, and Social Inequality by Richard D. Alba - McAll, Christopher (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Class, Ethnicity, and Social Inequality," by Richard D. Alba.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; LEHRER; Susan; Labor policy; Nonfiction; ORIGINS of Protective Labor Legislation for Women; 1905-1925 (Book)

Democracy in Kingston: A Social Movement in Urban Politics, 1965-70 - McBride, Joy (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Democracy in Kingston: A Social Movement in Urban Politics 1965-1970," by Richard Harris.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; DEMOCRACY in Kingston: A Social Movement in Urban Politics 1965-1970 (Book); HARRIS; Richard; Nonfiction; Social movements

"Now that we've burned our bras...": Review of Justice and Gender - McCallum, Margaret E. (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book "Justice and Gender: Sex Discrimination and the Law," by Deborah L. Rhode.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; JUSTICE & Gender: Sex Discrimination & the Law (Book); Nonfiction; RHODE; Deborah L.; SEX discrimination – Law & legislation

The State, Business, and Industrial Change in Canada - McDowaIl, Duncan (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "The State, Business and Industrial Change in Canada," by Michael M. Atkinson and William D. Coleman.
Keywords: ATKINSON; Michael M.; BOOKS – Reviews; COLEMAN; William D.; INDUSTRIAL management; Nonfiction; STATE; Business & Industrial Change in Canada; The (Book)

Unidentified National Objects - McKay, Ian (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews and comments on three volumes edited by Raphael Samuel: "Patriotism: The Making and Unmaking of British National Identity. History and Politics," Volume I, "Patriotism: The Making and Unmaking of British National Identity: Minorities and Outsider," Volume II and "Patriotism: The Making and Unmaking of British National Identity: National Fictions," Volume III.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Nonfiction; PATRIOTISM: The Making & Unmaking of British National Identity: History & Politics (Book); PATRIOTISM: The Making & Unmaking of British National Identity: Minorities & Outsiders (Book); PATRIOTISM: The Making & Unmaking of British National Identity: National Fictions (Book); SAMUEL; Raphael

Socialism and Underdevelopment - McKnight, Glenn H. (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Socialism and UnderdevelopmentGreen Cities: Ecologically Sound Approaches to Urban Space," by Ken Post and Phil Wright, .
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FINE; Sidney; Nonfiction; VIOLENCE in the Model City: The Cavanaugh Administration; Race Relations & the Detroit Riot of 1967 (Book); violence

Workshop on Canadian Working-Class History, Victoria, May 1990 - McPherson, Kathryn; Conley, James R.; Creese, Gillian; Seixas, Peter; Piva, Michael J.; Bernard, Elaine; Leger, Raymond (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
Presents seven papers from the workshop: "Feminist Reflections on the Writing of Canadian Working Class History in the 1980s" by Kathryn McPherson, "Peculiarities of British Columbians" by James R. Conley, "The British Columbia Working Class: New Perspectives on Ethnicity/Race and Gender" by Gillian Creese, "Teaching Working Class History in B.C." by Peter Seixas, "Labour Programmes: A Challenging Partnership" by Elaine Bernard, "Labour Historians and Unions: Assessing the Interaction" by Michael J. Piva, and "The New Brunswick Experience" by Raymond Leger.
Keywords: Canada; History; LABOR market; Labor Unions; Labor movement; Man-woman relationships; STRIKES & lockouts; Social classes; WORKING class in literature; WORKING class women; Working class

A Guide To Organizing Unions - McPhillips, David C. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "A Guide To Organizing Unions," by Leo McGrady.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Membership drives; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Analyse critique de la typologie des choix de carrière - Mercure, Daniel; Bourgeois, Robert-Paul; Wils, Thierry (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Tout au long de leur vie active, les travailleurs prennent plusieurs décisions importantes quant à leur cheminement de carrière. Ces choix stratégiques de carrière ont été analysés, dans la littérature, d'abord selon une perspective dynamique (cf. les étapes de carrière), et plus tard selon une perspective plus statique (cf. les concepts de carrière). Le but de notre étude est de présenter une reformulation de la typologie de Driver susceptible de réconcilier l'approche dynamique et l'approche statique. En particulier, un élargissement théorique de la typologie de Driver est proposé afin de mieux saisir le phénomène des cheminements de carrière. Une étude empirique réalisée sur quatre-vingts travailleurs à la retraite permet de confirmer certains paramètres théoriques postulés.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Fool for Christ: The Political Thought of J.S. Woodsworth - Mills, Allen (University of Toronto Press, 1991)
James Shaver Woodsworth (1874-1942) stands as one of the half-dozen most important national political figures in twentieth-century Canadian history. Allen Mills acknowledges his outstanding achievements while providing a critical account of the Woodsworth legacy and revising the received opinion of him as a man of unbending conviction and ever-coherent principle. A product of western Canada's pioneer society and a stern Methodist household, Woodsworth grew up to make his way into social service and politcal action. A member of parliament for over twenty years, he rejected the traditional forms of political activity, seeking a new politics and a new political party. The latter turned out to be the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation founded in 1932. Its first leader was Woodsworth himself. In a crucial period between the World Wars, Woodsworth helped define the character of the modern Canadian, non-Marxist Left and of many of Canada's important economic and social institutions. Among them are the welfare state, the Bank of Canada, and Canada's internationalist role in the contemporary world.–Publisher's description.
Book available at Internet Archive to people with print disabilities: https://archive.org/details/foolforchristpol0000mill/mode/2up OCLC: 246743306

Livelihood and Resistance: Peasants and the Politics of Land in Peru - Moore, Jerry D. (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Livelihood and Resistance: Peasants and the Politics of Land in Peru," by Gavin Smith.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FINE; Sidney; Nonfiction; VIOLENCE in the Model City: The Cavanaugh Administration; Race Relations & the Detroit Riot of 1967 (Book); violence

Unions And Communities Under Siege: American Communities And The Crisis Of Organized Labor - Moran, Martin J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Unions And Communities Under Siege: American Communities And The Crisis Of Organized Labor," by Gordon L. Clark.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Le salariat agricole au Québec - Moran, Paul John; Trudeau, Gilles (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Cet article s'intéresse aux salariés non familiaux du secteur agraire québécois. Il décrit d'abord les principales caractéristiques socio-économiques des ouvriers agricoles. Ensuite, il analyse dans quelle mesure le droit du travail québécois s'applique à ces travailleurs. Enfin, il discute de la validité des diverses exceptions et exclusions légales visant les salariés agricoles à la lumière des chartes canadienne et québécoise des droits de la personne.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

L'élargissement de l'espace social: l'exemple européen - Moreau-Bourlès, Marie-Ange (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Depuis 1958, le droit social communautaire se forge. Mais avec la réalisation du grand marché intérieur en 1992 se trouve posées de nouvelles problématiques sociales qui peuvent être rapprochées de celles qui résulteront de l'ouverture économique entre les USA et le Canada avec l'Accord de libre-échange. Elles s'articulent autour de la nécessaire mobilité des travailleurs et de la recherche d'un statut social pour le travailleur communautaire.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Les femmes et l'équité salariale, un pouvoir à gagner! - Morel, Sylvie (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Les femmes et l'équité salariale, un pouvoir à gagner!," edited by Marie-Claire Dumas and Francine Mayer.

Informal Participation Patterns in the Railroad Running Trades - Morgan, Richard Ernest (Lefty) (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
Analyzes the informal elements of rules-based railway yard and road service operations as an example of the semi-autonomous, self-management of worker teams in North American industry. Also discusses rank, discipline, hiring, and training. Concludes that while the seniority system is not fully democratic, there are other factors that contribute to a feeling of equality and fairness amongst workers. Includes a bibliography and a photograph of the author, who was a railway engineer.
Keywords: LABOR market; LABOR supply; Management; NORTH America; RAILROAD terminals; RAILROAD trains; RAILROAD yards; RAILROADS & state; RAILROADS – Management; Transportation industry

Décrets et comités paritaires - Morin, Fernand (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Décrets et comités paritaires," by Jean-Louis Dubé.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Reshaping Labour: Organization, Work and Politics – Edinburgh in the Great War and After - Morris, R. J. (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Reshaping Labour: Organization, Work and Politics – Edinburgh in the Great War and After," by John Holford.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; HOLFORD; John; Labor economics; Nonfiction; RESHAPING Labour: Organisation; Work & Politics: Edinburgh in the Great War & After (Book)

A Rope of Sand: The AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education, 1955-1967 - Morton, Desmond (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "A Rope of Sand: The AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education 1955-1967," by Alan Draper.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; DRAPER; Alan; Nonfiction; POLITICAL science – Study & teaching; ROPE of Sand: The AFLCIO Committee on Political Education 1955-1967; A (Book)

Political Choices and Electoral Consequences: A Study of Organized Labour and the New Democratic Party - Morton, Desmond (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Political Choices and Electoral Consequences: A Study of Organized Labour and the New Democratic Party," by Keith Archer.
Keywords: ARCHER; Keith; BOOKS – Reviews; Labor movement; Nonfiction; POLITICAL Choices & Electoral Consequences: A Study of Organized Labour & the New Democratic Party (Book)

Guide des sources archivistiques sur l'industrie forestière au Nouveau-Brunswick = A Guide to Archival Sources on the New Brunswick Forest Industry. - Nahuet, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Guide des sources archivistiques sur l'industrie forestière au Nouveau-Brunswick = A Guide to Archival Sources on the New Brunswick Forest Industry," by Daniel Hickey, Louise Charlebois, and Bruce Oliver.

The New Democracy: Challenging the Social Order in Industrial Ontario, 1914-1925 - Naylor, James (University of Toronto Press, 1991)
James Naylor traces the transformation of class relations in the industrial cities of southern Ontario, examining the character of the regional labour movement, the nature of employer and state response, and the reasons for the failure of labour's "new democracy." –Publisher's description. Inside front-cover summary: The period during and after the First World War was marked by tremendous labour unrest, not only in Winnipeg where the general strike of 1919 was a watershed, but across the country. James Naylor focuses on southern Ontario, in the industrial heartland of Canada, as a key to understanding the character of this phase of labour history. In the 1919 provincial election, the Independent Labor Party of Ontario swept most of the province's industrial constituencies outside Toronto and formed a coalition government with the organized farmer. Strike activity soared to unprecedented levels. The Toronto Trades Council organized a general strike, and new forms of industrial unionism began to emerge. If these events lacked some of the drama of those in the West, they reflect both an increasingly articulate working-class view of democracy and labour's determination not to be overlooked in the postwar reconstruction. Naylor examines a number of issues: the nature of working-class views of democracy and the state; the role of women in these movements; the logic participation in the electoral process; the dynamic between 'industrial' and 'political' activity in the context of a liberal-democratic system. He also considers the responses of employers and government with a view to undertanding the 'negotiated' character of postwar reconstruction in the context of social classes.
Book available at Internet Archive to readers with print disabilities: https://archive.org/details/newdemocracychal0000nayl_w7k8 OCLC: 244768063
Keywords: Arbeidersbeweging; Electronic books; HISTORY Canada General; History; Livres numériques; Ontario; Politieke participatie; SOCIAL SCIENCE Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE Minority Studies; Travailleurs Ontario Histoire; Working class; Working class Ontario History; e-books

Chandler's Three Faces of Capitalism - Nelles, H. V. (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews and comments on the book, "The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism," by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CHANDLER; Alfred D. (Alfred Dupont); 1918-2007; Capitalism; DYNAMICS of Industrial Capitalism; The (Book); Nonfiction

Trade Union Gospel: Christianity and Labor in Industrial Philadelphia, 1865-1915 - O'Dell, Doris (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Trade Union Gospel: Christianity and Labor in Industrial Philadelphia 1865-1915," by Ken Fones-Wolf.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FONES-Wolf; Ken; LABOR – Religious aspects; Nonfiction; TRADE Union Gospel: Christianity & Labor in Industrial Philadelphia 1865-1915 (Book)

Book Notes [27, Spring 1991] - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article briefly reviews "Killing Time, Losing Ground: Experiences of Unemployment." by Patrick Burman, "423 Days on the Picket Line," by Raymond Léger, "Restructuring and Resistance: Perspectives From Atlantic Canada," edited by Bryant Fairley, Colin Leys, and James Sacouman, "Privatizing a Province: The New Right in Saskatchewan," by James Pittula and Ken Rasmussen, "Up and Doing: Canadian Women and Peace," edited by Janice Williamson and Deborah Gorham, "Race, Class, Gender: Bonds and Barriers," edited by Jesse Vorst, et al., "Co-operative Organizations and Canadian Society: Popular Institutions and the Dilemmas of Change," edited by Murray E. Fulton, "Attitudes to Social Structure and Mobility in Upper Canada, 1815-1840: 'Here We Are Laird Ourselves,'" by Peter Russell, "Old Ontario: Essays in Honour of J.MS. Careless," edited by David Keane and Colin Read, "Essays in the History of Canadian Law, III: Nova Scotia," edited by Philip Girard and Jim Phillips, "Moments of Unreason: The Practice of Canadian Psychiatry and the Homewood Retreat, 1883-1923," by Cheryl Krasnick Warsh, "In Whose Interest? Quebec's Caisses Populaires, 1900-1945," by Ronald Rudin, "Perspectives on American Labor History," edited by J. Carroll Moody and Alice Kessler-Harris, "Working Classics: Poems on Industrial Life," edited by Peter Oresick and Nicholas Coles, "Labor Divided; Race &. Ethnicity in United States Labor Struggles, 1835-1960," edited by Robert Asher and Charles Stephenson, "Within the Shell of the Old: Essays on Workers' Self-Organization" and "George Rawick, 1930-1990: In Memoriam," edited by Don Fitz and David Roediger, "Fitness in American Culture: Images of Health, Sport, and the Body, 1830-1940," edited by Kathryn Grover, "Visible Histories: Women and Environments in a Post-War British City," by Suzanne Mackenzie, "Death by Migration: Europe's Encounter with the Tropical World in the Nineteenth Century," by Philip D. Curtin, "Kropotkin and the Rise of Revolutionary Anarchism, 1872-1886," by Caroline Cahm, "Resistance and Revolution in Mediterranean Europe, 1939-1948," edited by Tony Judt, "The Dialectic of Change," by Boris Kagarlitsky, "The New Detente: Rethinking East-West Relations," edited by Mary Kaldor et al., "The Debate on Classes," by Erik Olin Wright et al., and "An Introduction to Labor Law," by Michael Evan Gold.

Book Notes [28, Fall 1991] - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article briefly reviews "Canadian and Australian Labour History," edited by Gregory S. Kealey and Greg Patmore, "Brother Max: Labour Organizer and Educator," by Max Swerdlow, edited by Gregory S. Kealey, "The New Era of Global Competition: State Policy and Market Power." edited by Daniel Drache and Meric S. Gertler, "Making a Middle Class: Student Life in English Canada during the Thirties," by Paul Axelrod, "Careless at Work: Selected Canadian Historical Studies," by J.M.S. Careless, "The Political Economy of Manitoba," edited by Jim Silver and Jeremy Hull, "Debating Canada's Future: Views from the Left," edited by Simon Rosenblum and Peter Findlay, "Activists and Advocates: Toronto's Health Department, 1883-1983," by Heather MacDougall, "Perspectives on Canadian Economic Development: Class, Staples, Gender, and Elites," edited by Gordon Laxer, "The Upper Ottawa Valley to 1855," edited by Richard M. Reid, "Women and Social Change: Feminist Activism in Canada," edited by Jeri Dawn Wine and Janice L. Ristock, "Delivering Motherhood: Maternal Ideologies and Practices in the 19th and 20th Centuries," edited by Katherine Amup, Andrée Levesque, and Ruth Roach Pierson, "Radical Sociologists and the Movement: Experiences, Lessons, and Legacies," edited by Martin Oppenheimer, Martin J. Murray, and Rhonda F. Levine, "Fire in the Hearth: The Radical Politics of Place in America; The Year Left, IV," edited by Mike Davis et al., "The Sociogenesis of a Race Riot: Springfield, Illinois, in 1908," by Roberta Senechal, "American Immigrants and Their Generations: Studies and Commentaries on the Hansen Thesis after Fifty Years," edited by Peter Kivisto and Dag Blanck, "Working Time in Transition: The Political Economy of Working Hours in Industrial Nations," edited by Karl Hinrichs, William Roche, and Carmen Sirianni, "Dependent Care and the Employee Benefits Package: Human Resources Strategies for the 1990s," by LouEllen Crawford, "Learning About Women: Gender, Politics, and Power," edited by Jill K. Conway, Susan C. Bourque, and Joan Scott, "Opera Muliebria: Women and Work in Medieval Europe," by David Herlihy, "Fin de Siècle Socialism; and Other Essays," by Martin Jay, "History and Communications: Harold Innis, Marshall McLuhan, and the Interpretation of History," by Graeme Patterson, "Marx's Proletariat: The Making of a Myth," by David W. Lovell, and "Ideology and Class Conflict in Jamaica: The Politics of Rebellion," by Abigail B. Bakan.

Marchés du travail: limites sociales des nouvelles théories - Paquet, Renaud (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Marchés du travail: limites sociales des nouvelles théories," by David Marsden.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Dangerous Premises: An Insider's View Of OSHA Enforcement - Parsons, Michael D. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Dangerous Premises: An Insider's View Of OSHA Enforcement," by Don J. Lofgren.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Laws & regulations; Occupational health & safety; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Becoming Prominent: Regional Leadership in Upper Canada, 1791-1841 - Patterson, Graeme (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Becoming Prominent: Regional Leadership in Upper Canada 1791-1841," by J. K. Johnson.
Keywords: BECOMING Prominent: Regional Leadership in Upper Canada 1791-1841 (Book); BOOKS – Reviews; JOHNSON; J. K.; Leadership; Nonfiction

East of Adelaide: Photographs of Commercial, Industrial and Working-class Urban Ontario, 1905-1930 - Pedersen, Diana (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "East of Adelaide: Photographs of Commercial, Industrial and Working-Class Urban Ontario 1905-1930," by Alan Noon.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; EAST of Adelaide: Photographs of Commercial; Industrial & Working-Class Urban Ontario 1905-1930 (Book); NOON; Alan; Nonfiction; Working class

La communication interpersonnelle et organisationnelle: l'effet Palo-Alto - Pépin, Yvon (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "La communication interpersonnelle et organisationnelle: l'effet Palo-Alto," by P. Dionne et G. Ouellet.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Employee Participation Plans in the U.S.: How Far Can They Go? - Perline, Martin M.; Poynter, David J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
In order to deal with the intense competition, both from international and domestic sources, there has been a movement among unions and management in the US to create a new cooperative relationship. While the concept of cooperation has taken several forms, one such approach involves labor participation in some phase of the production process through various programs. Their progress up the hierarchy is such that they are more likely to interfere with traditional managerial prerogatives. A questionnaire was sent to the executive in charge of the labor relations function at 213 major US corporations; 93 corporate officials responded. The basic conclusion reached was that management is still very protective of its perceived rights. On almost all issues surveyed, an overwhelming majority of respondents believed that the issue should be determined solely by management.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Employee involvement; Employees; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Participatory management; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical data; Surveys; Unions

The Labour Party: A Marxist History - Pette, Martin (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "The Labour Party: A Marxist History," by Tony Cliff and Donny Gluckstein.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FINE; Sidney; Nonfiction; VIOLENCE in the Model City: The Cavanaugh Administration; Race Relations & the Detroit Riot of 1967 (Book); violence

Sexes et militantisme - Piché, Lucie (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Sexes et militantisme," by Anne-Marie Gingras, Chantal Maillé, and Evelyne Tardy.

Contribution théorique aux analyses de la relation au travail chez les salariés vieillissants - Pilon, Alain (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Plusieurs recherches déjà publiées concluent au haut degré de satisfaction au travail des salariés vieillissants. La préoccupation principale est alors la relation entre l'âge et la satisfaction au travail. Le présent article tente d'ajouter à notre compréhension de la transformation de la relation au travail à mesure que le salarié vieillit en considérant simultanément l'âge professionnel, l'âge physiologique et l'âge légal.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Biography of Richard E. (Lefty) Morgan - Pool, Gail R.; Stanley, Jim; Young, Donna (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
Profiles the life and work of Richard Ernest (Lefty) Morgan (1914-1987)—radical political activist, railway engineer, trade unionist, editor, and independent scholar. In the 1930s, he spent time in the BC relief camps for the unemployed and was clubbed by police at the Battle of Ballantyne Pier during the Vancouver Longshoremen's Strike of 1935. An admirer of the Wobblies, he wrote and edited on capitalism, the labour process, and railway operations, with an eye toward work place democracy and workers' control. A longtime member of the Stanley Park Club, Morgan was a member of the Labour Party of Canada (1958-60), then joined the CCF in 1962 and attended the NDP's founding convention, only to become disillusioned. Although a strong trade union activist, he nevertheless believed that unions were subverted by negotiations and capitalist economic requirements. Concludes that Morgan was fundamentally a democrat who believed that individual freedom and democratic decision-making, whether in the work place or elsewhere, were essential to social peace and economic well-being.
Keywords: CAMP sites; facilities; etc.; Labor movement; MORGAN; Richard E.; RECREATION areas

Joint Management and Employee Participation - Portis, Bernard (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Joint Management And Employee Participation," by Neal Herrick.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employees; Labor Unions; Participatory management; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Labor-Management Cooperation, New Partnerships or Going in Circles? - Portis, Bernard (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Labor-Management Cooperation, New Partnerships or Going in Circles?," by William N. Cooke.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employees; Labor Unions; Participatory management; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

United We Stand: A History of Winnipeg's Civic Workers - Pringle, Jim (Manitoba Labour Education Centre, 1991)
Presents a history of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 500.
OCLC: 23653395
Keywords: Canadian Union of Public Employees. Local 500 Histoire; Canadian Union of Public Employees. Local 500 History; History; Labor unions Manitoba Winnipeg Municipal employees History; Manitoba Winnipeg; Syndicats Fonctionnaires municipaux Manitoba Winnipeg Histoire

The Fragile Bridge: Paterson Silk Strike, 1913; A Tale of Three Cities: Labor Organization and Protest in Paterson, Passaic, and Lawrence, 1916-1921 - Rachleff, Peter (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews two books:"The Fragile Bridge: Paterson Silk Strike 1913," by Steve Golin, and "A Tale of Three Cities: Labor Organization and Protest in Paterson, Passaic, and Lawrence 1916-1921," by David J. Goldberg.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FRAGILE Bridge: Paterson Silk Strike 1913; The (Book); GOLDBERG; David J.; GOLIN; Steve; Nonfiction; TALE of Three Cities: Labor Organization & Protest in Paterson; Passaic & Lawrence 1916-1921; A (Book)

Décisions rendues par le Conseil canadien des relations du travail - Racicot, Pascale (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

New Forms of Work Organization: The Challenge for North American Unions - Rankin, Tom (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "New Forms of Work Organization: The Challenge for North American Unions," by James Rinehart.
Keywords: ASHTON; David; BOOKS – Reviews; LABOR market; LOWE; Graham; MAKING Their Way: Education; Training & the Labour Market in Canada & Britain (Book); Nonfiction

Joe Zuken: Citizen and Socialist - Rea, J. E. (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Joe Zuken: Citizen and Socialist," by Doug Smith.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; JOE Zuken: Citizen & Socialist (Book); Nonfiction; SMITH; Doug; ZUKEN; Joe

Nascent Proletarians: Class Formation in Post-Revolutionary France - Reid, Donald (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Nascent Proletarians: Class Formation in Post-Revolutionary France," by Michael Hanagan.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FINE; Sidney; Nonfiction; VIOLENCE in the Model City: The Cavanaugh Administration; Race Relations & the Detroit Riot of 1967 (Book); violence

Organized Labor at the Crossroads - Reshef, Yonatan (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Organized Labor At The Crossroads," by Wei-Chiao Huang.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Union Decline: Lessons from Alberta - Reshef, Yonatan; Murray, Alan I. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Alberta, Canada, has shown a decline in unionization levels over the past few years. Part of this decline can be attributed to environmental developments in the 1980s that combined to increase hostility to unions. Philosophically, unions accepted a limited role in Albertan society and tried to rely on collective bargaining to advance their members' interests. In practice, unions attempted to realize their philosophy by following an action orientation emphasizing immediate economic interest (real wage increases and job security) in collective negotiations. Union decline is the result of an inconsistency between unions' adversarial view and their inability to realize the economic objectives that this view promotes. An attempt is made to test whether an inconsistency exists between unions' view of industrial relations and their effectiveness in securing real wage gains.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Correlations; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Memberships; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Studies; Union membership; Unions; Variables

Coal, Class, and Color: Blacks in Southern West Virginia, 1915-1932 - Roediger, Dave (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Coal, Class, and Color: Blacks in Southern West Virginia, 1915-1932," by Joe William Trotter, Jr.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; COAL; Class & Color: Blacks in Southern West Virginia 1915-1932 (Book); Nonfiction; TROTTER; Joe William; Working class

Living for the Weekend: The Shorter Hours Movement in International Perspective - Ross, Steven J. (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the several books including "Our Own Time: A History of American Labor and the Working Day," by David R. Roediger and Philip S. Foner, "A Quest For Time: The Reduction of Work in Britain and France 1840-1940," by Gary Cross and "Worktime and Industrialization: An International History," edited by Gary Cross.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CROSS; Gary; FONER; Philip Sheldon; 1910-1994; Nonfiction; OUR Own Time: A History of American Labor & the Working Day (Book); QUEST for Time: The Reduction of Work in Britain & France 1840-1940; A (Book); ROEDIGER; David R.; WORKTIME & Industrialization: An International History (Book)

A Union on the Hill: The International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers and the Organization of Trail Smelter and Chemical Workers, 1938-1945 - Roth, David Michael (Simon Fraser University, 1991)
Using union records, newspapers and relevant secondary sources this thesis examines the complex process of union organization at a local level, an area of union activity that has received little attention from Canadian labour historians. In 1938, the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers began a drive to organize workers at the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company's industrial complex in Trail, British Columbia. Although the campaign took place in an era of explosive trade union growth, the attempt to establish a local in Trail was long and difficult, succeeding only in 1945. The following study analyzes the various factors which limited or aided Local 480's growth during this seven year period. The historical development of both company and union is examined along with organizational strategies, management reaction, worker response and the effect of labour legislation. This thesis argues that, while all the above factors were important, labour legislation had the greatest impact on the organization process and was instrumental in the successful completion of Local 480's campaign.

L'histoire de la FTQ. Des tout débuts jusqu'en 1965 - Rouillard, Jacques (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "L'Histoire de la FTQ. Des tout débuts jusqu'en 1965," by Émile Boudreau and Léo Roback.

Le syndicalisme dans l'opinion publique au Canada - Rouillard, Jacques (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Cette étude vérifie la perception que les Canadiens se font du syndicalisme depuis la Deuxième Guerre mondiale grâce à l'analyse d'un très grand nombre de sondages effectués par plusieurs firmes. Les sondages de Gallup Canada se sont révélés particulièrement riches d'informations car cette firme interroge les Canadiens depuis 1941 et répète certaines questions depuis plusieurs décennies. Cette continuité permet de retrouver les grandes tendances de l'opinion publique au Canada.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

A Fair or a Minimum Wage? Women Workers, the State, and the Origins of Wage Regulation in Western Canada - Russell, Bob (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
Patriarchal domination is now, correctly, viewed as a major feature of social organization in pre-capitalist and non-capitalist societies. In capitalist market societies, it has been related to the operant division of labour, the separation of domestic from waged work and the implications that this has for both spheres of activity. Various theoretical approaches have been developed to account for structured gender inequality in the face of supposed labour market impartiality. By examining an explicit case of gender bias, the use of minimum wage laws to regulate the conditions of women workers, the paper offers an evaluation of these approaches, while at the same time bringing the state and relevant political issues back into the analysis of gender.
Keywords: CANADA; Western; GENDER inequality; LABOR laws & legislation; LABOR market; Labor economics; Labor policy; Minimum wage; WOMEN – Employment; Women employees

Dependent Development, Labour and the Trenton Steel Works, Nova Scotia, c. 1900-1943 - Sandberg, L. Anders (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The history of labour at the Trenton Steel Works of the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company [Scotia] is explored in the context of dependent development from circa 1900 to 1943. The local owners and managers of Scotia sought profits by aligning themselves with foreign capital and by manufacturing semi-manufactured steel and staples for export. The investment outlook was short-term, few attempts were made to diversity production, and the steel facilities were left to deteriorate already before the contraction of regional and national markets in the 1920s. Before the post-World War I depression, workers at Scotia responded to corporate industrial strategy by resorting to industrial unionism, whose success was aided by a scarcity of labour and the possibility of moving away or moving into small commodity or subsistence production locally. With the post-World War I depression, capital and the state consolidated the Trenton steel works as a technologically obsolescent plant dependent on low-wage, seasonal and part-time labour, The corporate parents, in light of state concessions and favour, could not, however, close the Trenton Works for political reasons. Labour and community interests lobbied hard for industry retention and settled into a work pattern which was aimed at coping with industrial neglect and disinvestment. The combination of technological obsolescence, low-wage and seasonal labour was threatened with the formation of a union at the steel works in 1937 and the support of the federal state during the war in levelling wages of Scotia workers with steel workers elsewhere. The labour scarcity during the war provided the political precondition for closure of the rolling mills and nut and bolt plant, the wage increases awarded by the Federal Labour Board served as an excuse while the cause, a conscious corporate strategy of industrial neglect and winding down, was left unchallenged.
Keywords: CAPITAL movements; CORPORATE divestiture; DISINVESTMENT; DIVERSITY in the workplace; FOREIGN investments; INDUSTRIAL management; Investments; Nova Scotia; PERSONNEL management; Steel industry

Racism and the Incorporation of Foreign Labour: Farm Labour Migration to Canada Since 1945 - Satzewich, Vic (Routledge, 1991)
Intended to be of interest to students of sociology, ethnic studies and history, this book assesses the political economy of migration. Labour shortages, the racialization of Caribbean migrant farm labour and alternatives to labour imports are discussed. –Publisher's description
OCLC: 22626304
Keywords: Agricultural laborers; Foreign; Agricultural laborers; Foreign Canada History; Boeren; Buitenlandse arbeiders; Canada; Canada Relations raciales Histoire; Children of foreign workers; Children of foreign workers Canada History; Discrimination raciale Canada Histoire; Einwanderung; Enfants de travailleurs étrangers Canada Histoire; Foreign workers; Foreign workers Canada History; Foreign workers; West Indian; Foreign workers; West Indian Canada History; Geschichte 1945-1990; History; Kanada; Landarbeiter; Migratie (demografie); Personnel Immigrants; Race discrimination; Race discrimination Canada History; Racism; Rassendiscriminatie; Travailleurs agricoles étrangers Canada Histoire; Travailleurs étrangers Canada Histoire; Travailleurs étrangers antillais Canada Histoire

Does Training Work for Displaced Workers? A Survey of Existing Evidence; Back to Work: Testing Reemployment Services for Displaced Workers - Sexton, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the books, "Does Training Work for Displaced Workers? A Survey of Existing Evidence," by Duane E. Leigh and "Back to Work: Testing Reemployment Services for Displaced Workers," by Howard S. Bloom.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Éditorial = Editorial - Sexton, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Hommage à Gérard Dion, 1912-1990 = Gerard Dion, 1912-1990. A tribute - Sexton, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Pays tribute to the life and work of Gérard Dion.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Violence In The Model City: The Cavanaugh Administration, Race Relations, and the Detroit Riot of 1967 - Shapiro, Herbert (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Violence in the Model City: The Cavanaugh Administration, Race Relations and the Detroit Riot of 1967," by Sidney Fine.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FINE; Sidney; Nonfiction; VIOLENCE in the Model City: The Cavanaugh Administration; Race Relations & the Detroit Riot of 1967 (Book); violence

Strikers and Subsidies: The Influence of Government Transfer Programs on Strike Activity - Sharma, Basu (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Strikers And Subsidies: The Influence Of Government Transfer Programs On Strike Activity," by Robert Hutchens, David Lipsky, and Robert Stern.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strikes; Unemployment insurance; Welfare

The Poverty of 'Anti-Politics' - Shenton, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews and comments on the book, "Solidarity and the Politics of Anti-Politics: Opposition and Reform in Poland Since 1968," by David Ost.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Nonfiction; OPPOSITION (Political science); OST; David; SOLIDARITY & the Politics of Anti-Politics: Opposition & Reform in Poland Since 1968 (Book)

The Agony of Modernization: Labor and Industrialization in Spain - Shubert, Adrian (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "The Agony of Modernization: Labor and Industrialization in Spain," by Benjamin Martin.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; LEHRER; Susan; Labor policy; Nonfiction; ORIGINS of Protective Labor Legislation for Women; 1905-1925 (Book)

Historique des interventions du gouvernement du Québec dans le domaine de la main-d'oeuvre: une politique en panne - Simon, Lise Poulin; Carroll, Judith (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
L'objet de cette étude est de mettre en lumière l'évolution historique des interventions du gouvernement du Québec dans le domaine de la main-d'oeuvre à partir du début du XXe siècle. La démarche historique permet d'une part de dégager la rationalité économique de ces interventions et d'autre part d'offrir des explications à l'avortement des multiples tentatives du gouvernement du Québec de se doter d'une politique active du marché du travail.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Change In Industrial Relations: The Organization and Environment - Smith, Anthony E. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Change in Industrial Relations: The Organization and Environment," by P.B. Beaumont.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

New Technology and the Non-Manual Labour Process in Britain - Smith, Anthony E. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Evidence on the relationship between technical innovation and nonmanual skills and work organization in the UK is drawn from 5 case studies covering a range of production and service environments and workplace size. In each case study, 3 months of intensive research was conducted between April 1983 and November 1986. Return visits were made 2 years after the detailed research to assess changes in the workplace. In none of the cases could the introduction of new technologies simply equate technical innovation with deskilling and enhanced managerial control. There was a tendency for overall skill polarization to occur rather than straightforward deskilling. It was found that technological change has been more favorable for technical than for clerical occupational groups. In telecommunications and metals research, the introduction of new technology led to a concentration of skills for technical workers that were primarily computer-related. The most important change in maintenance technicians' work was in the way that faults were diagnosed and repaired.
Keywords: Automation; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Impacts; Labor; Labor Unions; Manyindustries; Occupations; Requirements; Skills; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Technological change

Le travail en mutation - Solasse, Bernard (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Le travail en mutation," edited by Colette Bernier, with the collaboration of Catherine Teiger.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The Practice of Labour Relations - Solomon, Norman A. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "The Practice Of Labour Relations," 3rd edition, by David A. and Paul Bergman.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Fields of Disappointment: The Writing of Teacher Union History in Canada - Spaull, Andrew (Historical Studies in Education/Revue d'histoire de l'éducation, 1991)
[The] absence of mainstream inquiry in Canada [into teacher union history] has been lamented by some historians of education and ignored by others, while labour historians have not felt impelled to include teacher union histories in their surveys or discussions on the Canadian labour movement. Yet if the historiography of teacher unionism is uninspiring, the history of teacherunions in Canada, despite their recent origins (c. 1920), is rich and vibrant, and distinctive in character compared with their counterparts in the United States or the British Commonwealth of Nations. This essay hopes to generate a new historical interest in this fascinating, and relevant, field of inquiry, by attempting to fulfil two tasks. The first is to provide a critical discussion of what has already been written on Canadian teachers' unions; this discussion will have the additional dimension of an international perspective. The second task of the essay is to suggest by insight and example that what has been written over the past fifty years, whatever its merits, provides a foundation for renewed effort and fresh enterprise. ...From introduction

Trade Unionism, Workplace, and Politics in Post-War Britain: and Inferences for Canada - Spencer, Bruce (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
Examines trade unionism and working class politics in Great Britain since the Second World War with implications for Canada. Discusses national developments and local workplace experience with emphasis on the Labour government of Harold Wilson in the period after the Donovan Commission of 1968, that saw openness to pluralist approaches to industrial relations. Explores union and class consciousness, bureaucratization, sectionalism, and the current state of unions in the aftermath of Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government. Also considers the position of white collar workers, women, and black workers. Concludes that the British and Canadian labour movements are in a similar situation, with both remaining in a defensive, reactive mode unless there is a much broader movement toward syndicalist/workers' control of production and services.
Keywords: Canada; GREAT Britain; GREAT Britain – Politics & government; Industrial relations; Labor Unions; Labor movement; WILSON; Harold; 1916-1995; Work environment

Defining the Chinese Other: White Supremacy, Schooling and Social Structure in British Columbia Before 1923 - Stanley, Timothy John (University of British Columbia, 1991)
During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, racism, in the form of white supremacy, shaped relations between whites and Chinese British Columbians. In resisting and accommodating to white supremacy, the Chinese were active participants, along with the members of the dominant society, in shaping these relations. White supremacy was consequently a dynamic system, one whose many parts were continually in flux, and whose central constructs—notions of "race" and British Columbia as "a White Man's province"—were largely political in nature. The thesis argues that white supremacy, as both ideology and organization, was deeply imbedded in British Columbia society. Exclusion based on "race" was incorporated into government institutions as they were remade at Confederation in an effort to enhance the power of white male property-owners. By the early twentieth century, ideological constructs of "the Chinaman" and "the Oriental" were used as foils in the creation of identities as "whites" and as "Canadians." The official public school curriculum transmitted these notions, while schools themselves organized supremacy in practice by imposing racial segregation on many Chinese students. In reaction, the Chinese created their own institutions and ideologies. While these institutions often had continuities with the culture of South China, the place of origin of most B.C. Chinese, they were primarily adaptations to the conditions of British Columbia, including the realities of racism. Chinese language schools played an especially important role in helping to create a Chinese merchant public separate from the dominant society. This public was at once the consequence of exclusion and the greatest community resource in resisting white supremacy. The study concludes by questioning the workability of contemporary anti-racist strategies which treat racism as a marginal phenomenon, or as merely a set of mistaken ideas. Instead, it suggests that such strategies must recognize that racism is one of the major structures of Canadian society.

Yours for the Union: Class and Community Struggles in South Africa - Steenkamp, Philip (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Yours for the Union: Class and Community Struggles in South African," by Baruch Hirson.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; LEHRER; Susan; Labor policy; Nonfiction; ORIGINS of Protective Labor Legislation for Women; 1905-1925 (Book)

E.P. Thompson: Critical Perspectives - Steinberg, Marc (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "E.P. Thompson: Critical Perspectives," edited by Harvey J. Kaye and Keith McClelland.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Democratic socialism; E.P. Thompson: Critical Perspectives (Book); KAYE; Harvey J.; MCCLELLAND; Keith; Nonfiction

Origins of Protective Labor Legislation for Women, 1905-1925 - Stewart, Mary Lynn (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Origins of Protective Labor Legislation for Women, 1905-1925," by Susan Lehrer.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; LEHRER; Susan; Labor policy; Nonfiction; ORIGINS of Protective Labor Legislation for Women; 1905-1925 (Book)

The Rise of Industrial Unionism in Canada: A History of the CIO - Struthers, James (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "The Rise of Industrial Unionism in Canada: A History of the CIO," by Don Taylor and Bradley Dow.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Canada; DOW; Bradley; Labor Unions; Nonfiction; RISE of Industrial Unionism in Canada: A History of the CIO; The (Book); TAYLOR; Don

A Secretary and a Cook: Challenging Women's Wages in the Courts of the United States And Britain - Sullivan, Nancy (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "A Secretary and a Cook: Challenging Women's Wages in the Courts of the United States And Britain," by Steven L. Willborn.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Equal pay for equal work; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Reconquest of Montreal: Language Policy and Social Change in a Bilingual City - Sweeny, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "The Reconquest of Montreal: Language Policy and Social Change in a Bilingual City,"by Marc V. Levine.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; LEVINE; Marc V.; Language policy; Nonfiction; RECONQUEST of Montreal: Language Policy & Social Change in a Bilingual City; The (Book)

Longitudinal Estimates of the Union Effects on Wages, Wage Dispersion and Pension Fringe Benefits - Swidinsky, R.; Kupferschmidt, M. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Panel data obtained from Canada's Labour Market Activity Survey are used to estimate union effects on wages, wage dispersion, and pension coverage. The selectivity corrected estimate of the union-nonunion wage differential is in the 13.1%-15.5% range, which is consistent with other selectivity corrected estimates for Canada but most notably those by Grant, Swidinsky, and Vanderkamp (1987). The estimated union effect on wage dispersion is less pronounced: The standard deviation of 1n wages falls by .02 (or by roughly 5%) when workers become unionized. However, the union effect on the probability of pension coverage is considerably greater. Selectivity corrected estimates indicate that a worker employed in a union job is 22%-25% more likely to have pension coverage than if the individual is employed in a nonunion job.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Impacts; Labor Unions; Nonunion; Pension plans; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical data; Unions; Variables; Wage differential

Revolution, A Sociological Interpretation - Teeple, Gary (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Revolution, A Sociological Interpretation," by Michael S. Kimmel.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; LEHRER; Susan; Labor policy; Nonfiction; ORIGINS of Protective Labor Legislation for Women; 1905-1925 (Book)

Un nouvel ordre des choses : la pauvreté, le crime, l'État au Québec, de la fin du XVlIIe siècle à 1840 - Théorêt, Bruno (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, " Un nouvel ordre des choses : la pauvreté, le crime, l'État au Québec, de la fin du XVlIIe siècle à 1840," by Jean-Marie Fecteau.

Gérard Dion, 1912-1990 - Thwaites, James (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article pays homage to the life and work of Gérard Dion, who for decades played a pivotal role in the department of industrial relations at Laval University as well as its journal, Relations industrielles/Industrial Relations. A Catholic priest, Dion, who also held degrees in sociology and theology, wrote extensively on labour and industrial relations, and was involved at a number of levels in Quebec society. He was the recipient of honours and awards, including the Order of Canada. A photo of Dion is included.
Keywords: DION; Gerard; Obituaries

In Memoriam – Eugene Forsey 1904-1991 - Thwaites, James (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Offers a tribute to Forsey's life and work – scholar, labour and political activist, and media commentator.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Domesticity and Dirt: Housewives and Domestic Servants in the United States, 1920-1945; Few Choices: Women, Work and Family - Tillotson, Shirley (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
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.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; DOMESTICITY & Dirt: Housewives & Domestic Servants in the United States (Book); DUFFY; Ann; FEW Choices: Women; Work & Family (Book); MANDELL; Nancy; Nonfiction; PALMER; Phyllis; PUPO; Norene

"We may all soon be 'first-class men'": Gender and skill in Canada's early twentieth century urban telegraph industry - Tillotson, Shirley (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
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.
Keywords: CREATIVE ability in technology; Canada; LABOR organizing; LABOR supply; Labor movement; PRINTING system; TECHNOLOGICAL innovations; TELEGRAPH & telegraphy; Telecommunication; Urbanization