Structure and Operation of the Steelworkers - Brasch, Hans (Journal Printers, 2005)
Abundantly illustrated update of "A Miner's Chronicle" from 1998 to 2004, that emphasizes union-related activities and events. Also includes a list of mining fatalities.
Keywords: History; Labor Unions; Miners; Sudbury; Ont.; United Steelworkers of America. Local 6500

Masters, Servants, and Magistrates in Britain and the Empire, 1562-1955 - Bright, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Masters, Servants, and Magistrates in Britain and the Empire, 1562-1955," edited by Douglas Hay and Paul Craven.

Emmeline Pankhurst: A Biography - Brooke, Stephen (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Emmeline Pankhurst: A Biography," by June Purvis.

Florence Nightingale and the Health of the Raj - Brouwer, Ruth Compton (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Florence Nightingale and the Health of the Raj," by Jharna Gourlay.

Handbook of Work Stress - Burke, Ronald J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The book Handbook of Work Stress, by Julian Barling, E. Kevin Kelloway, and Michael R. Frone, is reviewed.
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; Stress; Working conditions

Pensions and Public - Private Partnerships: A Cautionary Note for Union Trustees - Calvert, John (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2005)
A major demand of public sector unions in recent years has been for greater control over their members’ pension plans. Recently, several provincial governments, most notably British Columbia, have agreed to joint trusteeship, a development which gives union trustees a voice in investment policy. This article focuses on the implications for union trustees of investments in Public Private Partnerships (P-3s) and related privatization initiatives. Examples of such investments include: transportation infrastructure projects, hospitals and health services, schools, municipal water and sewer systems, electrical utilities, and other projects that, historically, have been within the public sector. It argues that trustees should be wary of such investments. Public sector unions have criticized privatization initiatives as a threat to public sector jobs and services. P-3 investments are problematic because they may threaten the jobs of their union’s members, undermine the credibility of their union’s public policy objections to privatization and, in the end, may prove far more risky than P-3 promoters contend.

Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire - Camfield, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire," by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri.

Renewing the Study of Public Sector Unions in Canada. - Camfield, David (Socialist Studies/Études Socialistes, 2005)
A renewal of the study of public sector unionism in Canada is long overdue. This article explains why public sector unions deserve more attention from researchers than they have received of late and proposes that studies of public sector unions would benefit from adopting a new theoretical framework that conceptualizes contemporary unions as not only labour relations institutions but also as particular kinds of working-class movement organizations within a historically-specific class formation. It also identifies two obstacles to the production of accounts of contemporary public sector unions from this perspective.

What's Class Got To Do With It? American Society in the Twenty-First Century - Camfield, David (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "What's Class Got to Do with It? American Society in the Twenty-First Century," edited by Michael Zweig.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Essays; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social classes

From UI to EI: Waging War on the Welfare State - Campeau, Georges; Howard, Richard (UBC Press, 2005)
Established in 1940 in response to the Great Depression, the original goal of Canada’s system of unemployment insurance was to ensure the protection of income to the unemployed. Joblessness was viewed as a social problem and the jobless as its unfortunate victims. If governments could not create the right conditions for full employment, they were obligated to compensate people who could not find work. While unemployment insurance expanded over several decades to the benefit of the rights of the unemployed, the mid-1970s saw the first stirrings of a counterattack as the federal government’s Keynesian strategy came under siege. Neo-liberalists denounced unemployment insurance and other aspects of the welfare state as inflationary and unproductive. Employment was increasingly thought to be a personal responsibility and the handling of the unemployed was to reflect a free-market approach. This regressive movement culminated in the 1990s counter-reforms, heralding a major policy shift. The number of unemployed with access to benefits was halved during that time. From UI to EI examines the history of Canada’s unemployment insurance system and the rights it grants to the unemployed. The development of the system, its legislation, and related jurisprudence are viewed through a historical perspective that accounts for the social, political, and economic context. Campeau critically examines the system with emphasis upon its more recent transformations. This book will interest professors and students of law, political science, and social work, and anyone concerned about the right of the unemployed to adequate protection. –Publisher's description. Contents: Why UI? – The British Act of 1911 – Developing a Canadian system – The UI Act of 1940 – UI expansion, 1940-75 – Vision under siege, 1975-88 – Rights enshrined in case law, 1940-90 – The system hijacked, 1989-96 – Onward to EI – Case law in the neoliberal riptide of the 1990s. Translation of: De l'assurance-chômage à l'assurance-emploi.
Keywords: History; Law and legislation; Unemployment insurance

Les syndicats français pris dans le tourbillon de la négociation collective - Catlla, Michel (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2005)
Le présent article interroge l'action syndicale en France dans un contexte caractérisé par une remise en cause de la loi relative à la réduction de la durée du travail. En prenant appui sur le cas d'un établissement qui s'engage dans un processus d'allongement de la durée du travail, l'auteur retrace le cheminement parcouru par les acteurs en présence qui débute par la renégociation de la règle sur les 35 heures pour aboutir à l'invention d'une nouvelle régulation entre salariés et direction. Loin d'abroger les lois Aubry, ce mouvement d'allongement de la durée du travail questionne la capacité des acteurs à mener des négociations collectives. // This paper questions the way French trade unions have dealt with the effects of the legislation purporting to limit maximum working time to 35 hours per week. The research is based on a case study of a manufacturing firm. The author examines the ways in which local actors evolved from the negotiation over the implementation of the 35 hour work week to the development of new relationships between the employees and their employer. In this specific case study, the negotiation actually ended up lengthening working time. This result does not deny the importance of working time legislation but it does call into question the capacity of local unions to achieve in collective bargaining the objectives set out legislatively.

Workplace Equality: International Perspectives on Legislation, Policy and Practice - Chicha, Marie-Thérèse; Charest, Éric (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Workplace Equality: International Perspectives on Legislation, Policy, and Practice," edited by Carol Agocs.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employment; Equality; International comparisons; Labor Unions; Legislation; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social policy

‘Because they have all the power and I have none’: State restructuring of income and employment supports and disabled women's lives in Ontario, Canada. - Chouinard, Vera; Crooks, Valorie A. (Disability & Society, 2005)
We examine the connections between neo-liberal forms of state restructuring and intervention in disabled people’s lives, looking in particular at how these have affected disabled women’s experi- ences of an income support program, the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), in Ontario, Canada. We first outline why and how state programs have been re-designed and imple- mented in increasingly harsh ways as a result of such neo-liberal forms of state restructuring. Even groups formerly considered among the ‘deserving poor’ have found their access to social assistance diminished. We then argue that this is an outcome of state programs, policies and practices which are re-asserting and more deeply entrenching ‘ableness’ as a necessary condition of citizenship, inclusion and access to justice. Finally, we illustrate how disabled women’s lives and well-being have been altered as a result of changes in the provision of these forms of state assistance using in- depth semi-structured interviews conducted with 10 women in Ontario.

Farm to Factory: A Reinterprétation of the Soviet Industrial Revolution - Clarke, Simon (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Farm to Factory: A Reinterprétation of the Soviet Industrial Revolution," by Robert C. Allen.

Industrial Relations in China - Clarke, Simon (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Industrial Relations in China," by Bill Taylor, Chang Kai and Li Qi.

Dual Commitment to the Organization and the Union: A Multi-Dimensional Approach - Cohen, Aaron (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
This study examines the multi-dimensional nature of the dual commitment to the organization and the union. Most research that has examined this concept has used only one dimension for each commitment. The most established, multi-dimensional scales of organizational and union commitment were examined in their relationship to work and union correlates. The participants were 489 members (a 65% response rate) of the Union of Nurses in Israel. The findings showed that while affective commitment and union loyalty are related to the correlates examined here, the additional dimensions added significant variance to the results already explained by affective commitment and union loyalty. For example, normative commitment is related to four correlates and the variable "willingness to work for the union" is also strongly related to the correlates. The study concluded that utilizing only one dimension to examine each commitment might result in the loss of valuable information on dual commitment.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Commitments; Employee attitude; Labor Unions; Nurses; Organizations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Workers

CCF Colonialism in Northern Saskatchewan: Battling Parish Priests, Bootleggers and Fur Sharks - Collier, Ken (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "CCF Colonialism in Northern Saskatchewan: Battling Parish Priests, Bootleggers, and Fur Sharks," by David M. Quiring.

From Consent to Coercion: The Assault on Trade Union Freedoms, 3rd edition - Compa, Lance (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The book From Consent to Coercion: The Assault on Trade Union Freedoms, 3rd edition, by Leo Panitch and Donald Swartz, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor law; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

La citoyenneté au travail ? Une introduction = Towards Citizenship at Work? An Introduction - Coutu, Michel; Murray, Gregor (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
Editorial introduction to the issue.
Keywords: 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

Self-Employed Workers Organize: Law, Policy, and Unions - Cranford, Cynthia; Fudge, Judy; Tucker, Eric; Vosko, Leah F. (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005)
Over a million self-employed Canadians work every day but many of them are not entitled to the basic labour protections and rights such as minimum wages, maternity and parental leaves and benefits, pay equity, a safe and healthy working environment, and access to collective bargaining. The authors of "Self-Employed Workers Organize" offer a multi-disciplinary examination of the legal, political, and social realities that both limit collective action by self-employed workers and create huge impediments for unions attempting to organize them. Through case studies of newspaper carriers, rural route mail couriers, personal care workers, and freelance editors - four groups who have led pioneering efforts to organize - the authors provide a window into the ways political and economic conditions interact with class, ethnicity, and gender to shape the meaning and strategies of working men and women and show how these strategies have changed over time. They argue that the experiences of these workers demonstrate a pressing need to expand collective bargaining rights to include them. –Publisher's description
Book available at Internet Archive to readers with print disabilities: https://archive.org/details/selfemployedwork0000unse
Keywords: Case studies; Labor unions; Legal status; laws; etc.; Organizing; Self-employed

Making Public Pasts: The Contested Terrain of Montreal's Public Memories, 1891-1930 - Cupido, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Making Public Pasts: The Contested Terrain of Montreal's Public Memories, 1891-1930," by Alan Gordon.

The Internet in the Workplace : How New Technology is Transforming Work - d'Iribarne, Alain (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "The Internet in the Workplace : How New Technology is Transforming Work," by Patricia Wallace.
Keywords: 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

Working Children Around the World: Child Rights and Child Reality - Dillon, Sara (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book. "Working Children Around the World: Child Rights and Child Reality," by G.K. Lieten.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Child labor; Essays; HUMAN rights; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Working conditions

Trade Unions in Europe: Meeting the Challenge - Doellgast, Virginia (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Trade Unions in Europe: Meeting the Challenge," edited by Deborah Foster and Peter Scott.

L'économie sociale dans les services à domicile - Domin, Jean-Paul (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "L’économie sociale dans les services à domicile," edited by Yves Vaillancourt, François Aubry and Christian Jetté.
Keywords: 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

Publication Bias in Union-Productivity Research? - Doucouliagos, Hristos; Laroche, Patrice; Stanley, T. D. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
This paper develops and applies several meta-analytic techniques to investigate the presence of publication bias in industrial relations research, specifically in the union-productivity effects literature. Publication bias arises when statistically insignificant results are suppressed or when results satisfying prior expectations are given preference. Like most fields, research in industrial relations is vulnerable to publication bias. Unlike other fields such as economics, there is no evidence of publication bias in the union-productivity literature, as a whole. However, there are pockets of publication selection, as well as negative autoregression, confirming the controversial nature of this area of research. Meta-regression analysis reveals evidence of publication bias (or selection) among US studies.
Keywords: Bias; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Economic conditions; Labor Unions; Productivity; Research methodology; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

The North Korean Revolution, 1945-1950 - Endicott, Stephen (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "The North Korean Revolution, 1945-1950," by Charles K. Armstrong.

Global Unions: Past Efforts and Future Prospects - Fairbrother, Peter; Hammer, Nikolaus (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
International trade unionism faces a major challenge. Historically, Global Union Federations have been small and relatively remote international union secretariats with limited capacity to mobilize and speak on behalf of local members. However, with the changing architecture of international capital and nation states, these union bodies have started to renew themselves. The argument is that the emergent political economy provides the base upon which these unions can begin to campaign and represent members in more dynamic ways than in the past. Critical to these developments has been the promulgation of International Framework Agreements which adapt and extend familiar tools of representation. The outcome is the possibility of a multi-faceted form of trade unionism.
Keywords: Agreements; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; International; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

In Practice: Studies in the Language and Culture of Popular Politics in Modern Britain - Fielding, Steven (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "In Practice: Studies in the Language and Culture of Popular Politics in Modern Britain," by James Epstein.

Jobs and Incomes in a Globalizing World - Fields, Gary S. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Jobs and Incomes in a Globalizing World," by Ajit K. Ghose.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Globalization; LABOR market; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Wages & salaries

Book Notes [56, Fall 2005] - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article briefly reviews M. Ann Hall's "The Girl and the Game: A History of Women’s Sport in Canada;" Hugh D. Hinman's "Child Labour: An American History;" Robert Michael Smith's "From Blackjacks to Briefcases: A History of Commercialized Strikebreaking and Unionbusting in the United States;" P.W. Singer's "Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry;" Andrew Hemingway's "Artists on the Left: American Artists and the Communist Movement, 1926-1956;" "Why Do People Hate America?" by Ziauddin Sardar and Merryl Wyn Davies; Robert J. Alexander's "A History of Organized Labor in Brazil;" Richard D. Salvatore's "Wandering Paysanos: State Order and Subaltern Experience in Buenos Aires During the Rosas Era;" Juanita de Barros's "Order and Place in a Colonial City: Patterns of Struggle and Resistance in Georgetown, British Guiana, 1889-1924;" "Negotiations and Change: From the Workplace to Society," by Thomas A. Kochan and David B. Lipsky; and Carl Freedman's "The Incomplete Projects: Marxism, Modernity, and the Politics of Culture."

'Enough to Keep Them Alive': Indian Welfare in Canada, 1873-1965 - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "'Enough to Keep Them Alive':Indian Welfare in Canada, 1873-1965," by Hugh Shewell.

From UI to EI: Waging War on the Welfare State - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "From UI to EI: Waging War on the Welfare State," by Georges Campeau.

Message in a Bottle: The Making of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Message in a Bottle: The Making of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome," by Janet Golden.

The Myth of the Good War: America in the Second World War - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "The Myth of the Good War: America in the Second World War," by Jacques R. Pauwels.

Silence on the Mountain: Stories of Terror, Betrayal and Forgetting in Guatemala - Forster, Cindy (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Silence on the Mountain: Stories of Terror, Betrayal and Forgetting in Guatemala," by Daniel Wilkinson.

Psychologie de la formation, jalons et perspectives - Fournier, Pierre-Sébastien (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Psychologie de la formation, jalons et perspectives," by Jacques Leplat.
Keywords: 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

Discounted Labour: Women Workers in Canada, 1870-1939 - Frager, Ruth A.; Patrias, Carmela (University of Toronto Press, 2005)
The years between 1870 and 1939 were a crucial period in the growth of industrial capitalism in Canada, as well as a time when many women joined the paid workforce. Yet despite the increase in employment, women faced a difficult struggle in gaining fair remuneration for their work and in gaining access to better jobs. Discounted Labour analyses the historical roots of women's persistent inequality in the paid labour force. Ruth A. Frager and Carmela K. Patrias analyse how and why women became confined to low-wage jobs, why their work was deemed less valuable than men's work, why many women lacked training, job experience, and union membership, and under what circumstances women resisted their subordination. Distinctive earning discrepancies and employment patterns have always characterized women's place in the workforce whether they have been in low-status, unskilled jobs, or in higher positions. For this reason, Frager and Patrias focus not only on women wage-earners but on women as salaried workers as well. They also analyze the divisions among women, examining how class and ethnic or racial differences have intersected with those of gender. Discounted Labour is an essential new work for anyone interested in the historical struggle for gender equality in Canada. –Publisher's description
Book available at Internet Archive to readers with print disabilities: https://archive.org/details/discountedlabour0000frag
Keywords: 19th century; 20th century; Canada; Employment; History; Sexual division of labor; Women

Theorizing Historical Consciousness - Frank, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Theorizing Historical Consciousness," edited by Peter Seixas.

Saint-Laurent: La Main de Montréal - Frenette, Yves (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Saint-Laurent: La Main de Montréal," by Pierre Anctil.

After Industrial Citizenship: Market Citizenship or Citizenship at Work? - Fudge, Judy (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
This article sketches the rise and fall of industrial citizenship in Canada, and presents two very different models of citizenship that might replace it. It begins by defining the concept of citizenship, and explaining how industrial citizenship has conventionally been understood. It then traces the genealogy of industrial citizenship in Canadian labour law, and how the processes of feminization, deregulation, and globalization have challenged it as a normative ideal and undermined the conditions that have sustained it. The article concludes by considering two scenarios for industrial citizenship in the future: one in which the substance of citizenship is circumscribed by an emphasis on the market, and the other in which citizenship is extended beyond employment to work.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Citizenship; HUMAN rights; Labor Unions; Labor law; Models; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Workers

Public Sector Employment and Gender Wage Inequalities in British Columbia: Assessing the Effects of a Shrinking Public Sector - Fuller, Sylvia (The Canadian Journal of Sociology, 2005)
The public sector is an important employer of women in Canada, particularly at the provincial level. As a result, recent initiatives to cut employment in this sector have the potential to impact broader gender inequalities in the labour market. This study uses data from the Labour Force Survey to estimate provincial-level public and private sector wage differentials in British Columbia for men and women, and to assess the degree to which declines in public sector employment in B.C. may affect the overall gender wage gap. Results confirm that provincial public sector employment is both relatively more prevalent and advantageous for women than for men. Substantial declines in employment in this sector therefore have the potential to noticeably increase the gender wage gap.

Deference and Defiance in Monterrey: Workers, Paternalism, and Revolution in Mexico, 1890-1950 - Galleguillos, Nibaldo H. (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Deference and Defiance in Monterrey: Workers, Paternalism, and Revolution in Mexico, 1890-1950," by Michael Snodgrass.

Work and Citizenship in Mexico in the Era of Globalization - García, Arnulfo Arteaga (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
This article analyzes the case of Mexico in order to provide an overview of citizenship at work in the context of a dependent regional economy in a global era. It examines the framework of rights (civil, political and social) linked to the condition of the working class in a state-corporatist labour regulation model. It also explores the repercussions for workers, both at work and beyond the workplace, of current transitions from this model as well as looking at the redefinition of labour rights now taking place. Four different segments of the labour force are used to illustrate the nature of the historical and continuing deficit in the exercise of citizenship at work. This preliminary exploration leads to the identification of some paths for future research.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Citizenship; Globalization; Labor Unions; Labor law; Regulation; Rights; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social classes; Working conditions

The Blue Eagle at Work: Reclaiming Democratic Rights in the American Workplace - Gérin-Lajoie, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "The Blue Eagle at Work: Reclaiming Democratic Rights in the American Workplace," by Charles J. Morris.
Keywords: American history; Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; Labor law; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Wagner Act 1935-US

Bora Laskin: Bringing Law to Life - Girard, Philip (Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, 2005)
In the history of twentieth-century Canadian law, Bora Laskin (1912-1984) is by all accounts one of its most important figures. Born in northern Ontario to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents, Laskin became a prominent human rights activist, university professor, and labour arbitrator before embarking on his 'accidental career' as a judge on the Ontario Court of Appeal, a member of the Supreme Court of Canada, and Chief Justice of Canada. Throughout his entire professional life, he used the law to make Canada a better place for workers, racial and ethnic minorities, and the disadvantaged. As a judge, he sought to make the judiciary more responsive to changing expectations in regard to justice and fundamental rights." "In this biography, Philip Girard chronicles the life of a man who fought corporate capital, university boards, the Law Society of Upper Canada, and his own judicial colleagues in an effort to modernize institutions and reshape Canadian law. Girard draws on a wealth of previously untapped archival sources to provide, in vivid detail, a critical assessment of the contributions of a dynamic man on an important mission. –Book cover description
OCLC: 60416363
Keywords: Biographies; Biographies; memoirs and correspondance; Canada; Canada. Cour suprême Biographies; Canada. Supreme Court; Canada. Supreme Court Biography; Canada. Supreme Court History; Electronic books; Judges; Judges Canada Biography; Juges Canada Biographies; Laskin; Bora; Supreme court

"Stand by the Union, Mr. Arch": The Toronto Labour Establishment and the Emigration Mission of Britain's National Agricultural Labourers' Union - Goutor, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
In the fall of 1873 Joseph Arch, the president of England's National Agricultural Labourers' Union (NALU), embarked on a mission to scout Canada as an emigration destination. He was received with much hospitality in Canada. Large-scale migration of British farmworkers had the support of an extraordinary consensus between the NALU, Canadian political and business elites, and Toronto labor leaders who wielded enormous influence over the labor movement in Ontario. The consensus was the result of developments in British agricultural unionism, Ontario's farming sector, Canada's immigration policy, and the Toronto labor establishment's approach to immigration. However, during the mission, tensions emerged between Arch and the Toronto labor establishment that strained the appearance of international union solidarity. These tensions revealed the treacherous nature of a relationship between labor leaders in an immigrant-receiving country and an organization, even a union, looking to promote emigration.

La négociation au travail - Greco, Luca (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "La négociation au travail," edited by Michèle Grosjean and Lorenza Mondada.
Keywords: 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

British Trade Unions since 1933 - Griffiths, Clare (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "British Trade Unions since 1933," by Chris Wrigley.

La mesure du contrat psychologique dans un contexte de travail francophone - Guerrero, Sylvie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
Si le concept de « contrat psychologique » est désormais largement répandu dans la littérature, les instruments de sa mesure font encore défaut. Rousseau a proposé en 1990 le Psychological Contract Index (PCI), qu’elle a actualisé en 1998-2000. Cet article vise à adapter cet outil en France et à le compléter en testant deux mesures de la réalisation du contrat psychologique : une mesure directe et une mesure soustractive. Il pose aussi le problème de la mesure de la réciprocité propre au contrat psychologique et s’appuie sur le modèle de Morrison et Robinson pour tester une relation modératrice entre les scores de réalisation de l’entreprise et ceux de l’employé. Les résultats d’une enquête menée auprès de 217 cadres français confirment partiellement les hypothèses de l’auteure. Ils montrent que la structure factorielle du PCI manque de stabilité et doit faire l’objet de nouvelles recherches quant à sa validité : 14 facteurs sont identifiés au lieu des sept avancés par Rousseau dans le PCI. Conformément aux hypothèses posées, c’est la mesure directe de la réalisation du contrat qui démontre la meilleure validité. En outre, l’auteur valide le rôle modérateur de la réalisation du contrat psychologique par le salarié.

The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Media - Gunster, Shane (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Media," by Peter Steven.

Ontario Public Service Employment & Labour Law - Hadwen, Timothy; Eady, Don; Marvy, Leonard; Strang, David (Irwin Law, 2005)
This book deals with the Crown Employees Collective Bargaining Act and the Public Service Act, the statutes that primarily govern unionized and non-unionized employment and labour relations in the Ontario Public Service and Crown Agencies. The book provides a full review of all sections, and all judicial and arbitral consideration, of both acts. It also discusses the unique treatment of the Crown and its employees in the Public Sector Labour Relations Transition Act and the Employment Standards Act.
Keywords: Civil service; Collective labor agreements; Employee-management relations in government; Government employees; Law and legislation; Ontario

Le renouveau syndical et la restructuration du travail : Introduction au numéro thématique de Just Labour - Haiven, Larry; Le Queux, Stéphane; Lévesque, Christian; Murray, Gregor (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2005)

Bus Griffiths' Now You're Logging: A Graphic Novel about British Columbia Coastal Logging in the 1930s - Hak, Gordon H. (Gordon Hugh) (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
A comic book is an unlikely entrée into the history of logging in coastal British Columbia, but Bus Griffiths’ 1978 graphic novel "Now You’re Logging" provides an intriguing window onto work in the woods in the 1930s. Griffiths worked for years as a logger on the coast, experiencing the camps of the 1930s directly. ..."Now You’re Logging" offers a particular version of the loggers’ life, but it still captures many aspects of work in the coastal forests of the 1930s, and does so in an accessible manner. There are many popular histories of British Columbia coastal logging, chock full of photographs, but Griffiths offers black-and-white drawings, and, as bird watchers inspecting field guides know, drawings often provide a more effective way of presentation. As a work of fiction it stands comfortably with other narratives, such as Haig-Brown’s "Timber" and Martin Allerdale Grainger’s "Woodsmen of the West," in giving helpful perspectives on the history of the loggers’ world. –From author's introduction and conclusion

The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power/Wealth by Stealth; Corporate Crime, Corporate Law and the Perversion of Democracy - Haley, Ella (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Wealth by Stealth: Corporate Crime, Corporate Law and the Perversion of Democracy," by Harry Glasbeek.

La citoyenneté et la reconnaissance du travail féminin : Une convergence souhaitable et nécessaire ? - Hallée, Yves (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
Cet article se veut une réflexion sur la mise en relation de l’équité salariale avec le concept de citoyenneté. Ainsi, la pérennité de l’équité salariale serait tributaire du partage des valeurs associées au travail féminin et de la reconnaissance collective du « care », le travail centré sur autrui, qui le caractérise. À partir d’un questionnement sur le caractère universel et inclusif de la citoyenneté et sur sa présomption d’égalité, le texte converge vers une représentation citoyenne susceptible de légitimer davantage le travail féminin. De plus, l’impulsion donnée par sa croissance, couplée à une identité imprégnée de valeurs associées au « care », pourraient contribuer à une meilleure reconnaissance salariale. L’équité salariale serait l’expression cohérente et effective d’une citoyenneté, qui passe par une reconnaissance juste et équitable du travail centré sur autrui.

Reforming Pensions in Europe: Evolution of Pension Financing and Sources of Retirement Income - Harvey, Mark (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The book Reforming Pensions in Europe: Evolution of Pension Financing and Sources of Retirement Income, by Gerard Hughes and Jim Stewart, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Pension plan funding; Pension plans; Reforms; Retirement; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Duty to Accommodate - Hatfield, Robert (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2005)
Workers traditionally accommodated co-workers. But, as accommodation law developed, tensions emerged. In Meiorin: accommodation is the norm. Employers must eliminate standards, rules, practices, etc. that discriminate on prohibited grounds, up to undue hardship. In the Canadian Human Rights Act, undue hardship includes only cost, health and safety. Other jurisdictions, following Central Alberta Dairy Pool, consider: impact on the collective agreement, other workers’ rights, employee morale, size of operation, workforce and facility adaptability. O’Malley clarifies adverse affect discrimination. A rule, although made in good faith, may discriminate “if it affects a person … differently from others”. Accommodation may override contract provisions (Renaud), including seniority (Goyette). While employers have principal responsibility for accommodation, unions have a role too (Gohm). Unions reduce accommodation tensions by: auditing collective agreements, reviewing accommodation procedures, educating members and leaders.

L’obligation d’adaptation - Hatfield, Robert (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2005)
De tout temps, les travailleurs et les travailleuses se sont accommodés les uns les autres. Cependant, l’adoption de lois sur l’adaptation a semé des tensions entre eux. Avec Meiorin: l’adaptation est la norme. Les employeurs doivent éliminer les normes, règles, pratiques, etc., qui établissent une distinction fondée sur un motif illicite, pourvu que cela ne leur impose pas une contrainte excessive. Dans la Loi canadienne sur les droits de la personne, la contrainte excessive ne comprend que le coût et les considérations relatives à la santé et à la sécurité. Par suite de la décision Central Alberta Dairy Pool, d’autres ressorts tiennent en outre compte des répercussions sur la convention collective, des droits des autres travailleurs et travailleuses, du moral du personnel, de la taille de l’organisation, de son effectif et de sa facilité d’adaptation. La décision O’Malley éclaircit la discrimination par suite d’un effet préjudiciable. Toute règle, même si elle a été adoptée de bonne foi, peut être discriminatoire si elle influence une personne « d'une manière différente par rapport à d'autres personnes visées ». L’obligation d’adaptation peut l’emporter sur les dispositions des conventions collectives (Renaud), y compris celles qui portent sur l’ancienneté (Goyette). Bien que la responsabilité d’adaptation incombe principalement aux employeurs, les syndicats doivent en assumer une partie (Gohm). Les syndicats réduisent les tensions relatives à l’adaptation en vérifiant les conventions collectives, en examinant les procédures d’adaptation et en sensibilisant leurs membres et leurs chefs.

The Workers' Festival: A History of Labour Day in Canada - Heron, Craig; Penfold, Steve (University of Toronto Press, 2005)
For most Canadians today, Labour Day is the last gasp of summer fun: the final long weekend before returning to the everyday routine of work or school. But over its century-long history, there was much more to the September holiday than just having a day off. In The Workers' Festival, Craig Heron and Steve Penfold examine the complicated history of Labour Day from its origins as a spectacle of skilled workers in the 1880s through its declaration as a national statutory holiday in 1894 to its reinvention through the twentieth century. The holiday's inventors hoped to blend labour solidarity, community celebration, and increased leisure time by organizing parades, picnics, speeches, and other forms of respectable leisure. As the holiday has evolved, so too have the rituals, with trade unionists embracing new forms of parading, negotiating, and bargaining, and other social groups re-shaping it and making it their own. Heron and Penfold also examine how Labour Day's monopoly as the workers' holiday has been challenged since its founding, with alternative festivals arising such as May Day and International Women's Day. The Workers' Festival ranges widely into many key themes of labour history - union politics and rivalries, radical movements, religion (Catholic and Protestant), race and gender, and consumerism/leisure - as well as cultural history - public celebration/urban procession, urban space and communication, and popular culture. From St. John's to Victoria, the authors follow the century-long development of the holiday in all its varied forms. –Publisher's description
Available at Internet Archive to readers with print disabilities: https://archive.org/details/illustratedhisto0000unse_q6n8/mode/2up

Capital and Community Reconsidered: The Politics and Meaning of Deindustrialization - High, Steven C. (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews and comments on "I Was Content and Not Content: The Story of Linda Lord and the Closing of Penobscot Poultry" by Cedric Chatterley and Alicia J. Rouverol, "Capital Moves: RCA’s 70-Year Quest for Cheap Labor" by Jefferson Cowie, "Beyond the Ruins: The Meaning of Deindustrialization" edited by Jefferson Cowie and Joseph Heathcott, and "Steeltown U.S.A.: Work and Memory in Youngstown," by Sherry Lee Linkon and John Russo.

Race and Politics in Histories of the 20th-century US Working Class - Hinshaw, John Hendrix (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews and comments on "Behind the Backlash: White Working-Class Politics in Baltimore, 1940-1980" by Kenneth D. Durr, "Victory at Home: Manpower and Race in the American South During World War II" by Charles D. Chamberlain, "Civil Rights Unionism: Tobacco Workers and the Struggle for Democracy in the Mid-Twentieth Century South" by Robert Rodgers Korstad, and "Black Freedom Fighters in Steel: The Struggle for Democratic Unionism" by Ruth Needleman.

"The Evils with Which We are Called to Grapple": Élite Reformers, Eugenicists, Environmental Psychologists, and the Construction of Toronto's Working-Class Boy Problem, 1860-1930 - Hogeveen, Bryan (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
Since the 19th century Toronto, Ontario's working-class delinquent boys have been subjected to intense scrutiny and control. The deviant and criminal conduct that brought working-class juvenile offenders to police and court attention did not change significantly over the late 19th and early 20th centuries. However, how their conduct was understood and governed was in a constant state of change and adjustment. This article explores how Toronto's working-class delinquent boys were represented and governed by elites, reformers, juvenile justice officials, medical experts, and university-trained psychologists from 1860 to 1930. More specifically, it demonstrates how the 19th-century male juvenile offender, judged the product of injurious circumstances, was reinvented by eugenicists as the mentally deficient subject of the late 1910's and again (re)defined as an environmental psychiatric subject after 1925. These representations often overlapped, were discontinued, conflicted, and were in constant tension. Despite theoretical and practical differences, elites, eugenicists, and environmental psychologists were all particularly troubled by working-class male delinquency.

Sweated Work, Weak Bodies: Anti-Sweatshop Campaigns and Languages of Labor - Holmes, John (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Sweated Work, Weak Bodies: Anti-Sweatshop Campaigns and Languages of Labor," by Daniel E. Bender.

Machine-breaking in England and France during the Age of Revolution - Horn, Jeff (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
This essay will attempt to depict the dramatic impact that the violent wrecking of machines had on entrepreneurial decision-making and state action in England and France [in the 18th and 19th centuries]. Resistance to the machine must be situated in its local, regional, national, and international contexts in order to understand the consequences of organized, violent machine-breaking on the course of industrial development. The movements that led to the widespread destruction of machines were organized regionally rather than locally and the patterns of entrepreneurial reaction, technological development, and technology transfer, as well as mechanization, also varied by region. –From author's introduction

Fighting for Dignity: The Ginger Goodwin Story - Isitt, Benjamin (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Fighting for Dignity: The Ginger Goodwin Story," by Roger Stonebanks.

Fighting for a Living Wage - Jacobs, Ken (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Fighting for a Living Wage," by Stephanie Luce.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Economic policy; Labor Unions; Minimum wage; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; enforcement

The Economics of Affirmative Action - Jain, Harish C. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "The Economics of Affirmative Action," edited by Harry J. Holzer and David Neumark.
Keywords: Affirmative action; Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Economic theory; Essays; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Réponses syndicales à la sous-traitance - Jalette, Patrice (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2005)
La sous-traitance est l'un des plus importants défis pour les syndicats à l'heure actuelle. Cet article explore quatre positions syndicales en matière de sous-traitance : opposition, défensive, abstention et offensive. Différents exemples tirés de nos observations sur le terrain permettent d'illustrer ici les différentes attitudes adoptées et les ressources susceptibles d'être mobilisées par les syndicats pour répondre à la sous-traitance. Le principal constat demeure que la réponse syndicale à la sous-traitance est bien souvent plus subtile et nuancée qu'une simple opposition inconditionnelle. Afin de conserver une certaine marge de manœuvre dans le développement et l'adoption d'une position en matière de sous-traitance, il est nécessaire pour un syndicat de travailler sur ses ressources de pouvoir. Quelques pistes sont suggérées pour y parvenir : le développement d'une vision globale, la mobilisation à l'interne, la construction de liens de solidarité à l'externe. // Subcontracting is one of the most important current challenges for unions. This article explores four union positions with regard to subcontracting: oppositional, defensive, abstentionist and proactive. It draws on different examples and cases from the author's research in the field to highlight the different union stances and the resources likely to be mobilized by unions in response to subcontracting. The major finding is that rather than a simple position of unconditional opposition, union responses to subcontracting are highly varied and finely nuanced. Moreover, in order to enlarge its scope to develop a position on subcontracting, a union must work on its power resources. Several avenues are identified in order to reinforce these resources. It was found that a global vision, internal mobilization and the development of solidarity with outside groups all contribute to a greater capacity on the part of the union to deal with subcontracting.

Code Green: Money-Driven Hospitals and the Dismantling of Nursing - Jones, Esyllt (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Code Green: Money-Driven Hospitals and the Dismantling of Nursing. Weinberg," by Beth Dana.

Women in Non-Traditional Occupations: Challenging Men - Jurik, Nancy (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Women in Non-Traditional Occupations: Challenging Men," by Barbara Bagilhole.

La théorie de la structuration : Une analyse des formes et des dynamiques organisationnelles - Kechidi, Med (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
L’objectif de cet article est de présenter les concepts et la démarche de la théorie de la structuration d’Anthony Giddens. L’idée fondamentale du modèle de structuration des systèmes sociaux proposé par cet auteur est que les structures, ensemble de règles et de ressources, organisent les activités tout autant que les activités les organisent et leur donnent du sens et une finalité. Cette dualité de l’organisé et de l’organisant débouche sur une conception pertinente de l’action, de la coordination et du changement organisationnel ; elle permet notamment de « faire le pont » entre les dynamiques de structuration individuelles et les dynamiques de structuration collectives.

Ruling Canada: Corporate Cohesion and Democracy - Klassen, Jerome (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Ruling Canada: Corporate Cohesion and Democracy," by Jamie Brownlee.

Radio Active: Advertising and Consumer Activism, 1935-1947 - Kuffert, Len (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Radio Active: Advertising and Consumer Activism, 1935-1947, by Kathy M. Newman.

Carrying on the Struggle in Ontario, 1952-1973 - Lang, John (Madeleine Parent: Activist, 2005)
Chronicles the Ontario years of Madeleine Parent and Kent Rowley, including the founding of the Council of Canadian Unions (later the Confederation of Canadian Unions) in Sudbury in 1969.
Keywords: Biography; Feminism; History; Parent; Madeleine; 1918-2012; Social conditions; Syndicalism; Women political activists

Human Capital in the United States from 1975 to 2000 : Patterns of Growth and Utilization - Lavoie, Marie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Human Capital in the United States from 1975 to 2000 : Patterns of Growth and Utilization," by Robert H. Haveman, Andrew Bershadker and Jonathan A. Schwabish.
Keywords: 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

Droits de la personne, relations du travail et défis pour les syndicats contemporains - Legault, Marie-Josée (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
Les chartes des droits de la personne, les lois protégeant ces mêmes droits et la jurisprudence qu’elles engendrent provoquent des bouleversements dans les milieux de travail régis par le droit des rapports collectifs de travail et dans les règles de fonctionnement syndical. Les cas des femmes intégrant des secteurs d’emploi non traditionnellement féminins par le truchement des programmes d’accès à l’égalité et des associations regroupant les syndiqués contestant les effets des clauses de disparité de traitement sont ici utilisés pour illustrer la profondeur du choc entre les nouvelles règles fondées sur l’équité qu’introduisent les droits de la personne et les règles de l’égalité formelle entre syndiqués qui ont traditionnellement régi le fonctionnement syndical.

L'aveuglement organisationnel ou comment lutter contre les malentendus - Legendre, Camille (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "L’aveuglement organisationnel ou comment lutter contre les malentendus," by Valérie Boussard, Delphine Mercier and Pierre Tripier.
Keywords: 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

Choosing to Labour: Structure and Agency in School-Work Transitions - Lehmann, Wolfgang (Canadian Journal of Sociology, 2005)
We still know relatively little about how young people rationalize their educational and occupational plans and what this might tell us about the relationship between structure and agency in school-work transitions. In this paper, based on a multi-method comparison of youth apprentices in Canada and Germany, the range of school-work transition alternatives realistically under consideration was circumscribed by socio-economic status, habitus, cultural capital, and institutional factors. While their vocational choices reproduced their class position, youth apprentices nevertheless saw their entry into the trades as an expression of a preference for, and identity with, working-class ideals of manual work. Further analysis suggests, however, that these narratives can also be interpreted as post-facto rationalization strategies in response to public discourses that equate life course success with ever higher levels of educational attainment.

Introduction: Setting the Stage - Lévesque, Andrée (Madeleine Parent: Activist, 2005)
Portrays Madeleine Parent's life and times.
Keywords: Feminism; History; Parent; Madeleine; 1918-2012; Social conditions; Syndicalism; Women political activists; Working class

Madeleine Parent: Activist - Lévesque, Andrée (Sumach Press, 2005)
"[B]rings together some of the papers presented at the conference, "Madeleine Parent, ses lutes et ses engagements /Madeleine Parent and her struggles," held in March 2001 at McGill University under the auspices of the Quebec Studies Programme and the McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on Women." – Editor. Translation of: Madeleine Parent, militante (2003). Contents: Portfolio of photographs – Introduction: setting the stage; Student life at McGill, 1936-1940 / Andrée Lévesque – Textile strikes in Quebec: 1946, 1947, 1952 / Denyse Baillargeon – Carrying on the struggle in Ontario, 1952-1973 / John Lang – The Atlantic connection / John St-Amand – The women's movement in Canada: setting the agenda / Lynn Kaye & Lynn Mcdonald – The importance of being Madeline: how an inactivist won the heart of Quebec's immigrant and minority women – A tribute to a valiant lady / Françoise David – Madeleine Parent: an unfailing ally of native women / Michèle Rouleau – An iron will and a string of pearls / Rick Salutin – A friend, a role model / Monique Simard.
Keywords: Feminism; History; Parent; Madeleine; 1918-2012; Social conditions; Syndicalism; Women political activists

Portfolio of Photographs - Lévesque, Andrée (Madeleine Parent: Activist, 2005)
Annotated reproductions of photographs of Parent as well as pertinent news clippings.
Keywords: Biography; Feminism; History; Parent; Madeleine; 1918-2012; Social conditions; Syndicalism; Women political activists

Student Life at McGill, 1936-1940 - Lévesque, Andrée (Madeleine Parent: Activist, 2005)
Discusses Parent's education at McGill University in the late 1930s, including professors who influenced her and student associations to which she belonged.
Keywords: Biography; Feminism; History; Parent; Madeleine; 1918-2012; Social conditions; Syndicalism; Women political activists

Union Disaffection and Social Identity: Democracy as a Source of Union Revitalization - Lévesque, Christian; Murray, Gregor; Queux, Stéphane Le (Work and Occupations, 2005)
This article examines union members’evaluation of the relevance of unions and their identification with a traditional collective value frame for union action. It seeks to take account of the impact of increasing labor market heterogeneity, declining instrumentality, and the behavior of unions and employers. Using Canadian data gathered from individual union members and their local union leaders, the study finds that new labor market identities are notlinked to weaker belief in the relevance of unions but are associated with weaker identification with the traditional value frame. Although declining instrumentality and hostile employer behavior are associated with greater identification with traditional value frames, greater union democracy is associated with less membership disaffection on both the relevance of unions and their collective modes of action. Union democracy is therefore found to be a key tool to address membership disaffection and to generate collective identities for a renewed union project.
Keywords: democracy; labor union; social differentiation; union renewal; workplace

The Workers' Festival: A History Of Labour Day In Canada - Levine, Gil (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "The Workers' Festival: A History Of Labour Day In Canada," by Craig Heron and Steve Penfold.

The Invisible Health Risks of Precarious Employment - Lewchuk, Wayne; De Wolff, Alice; King, Andy; Polanyi, Michael (Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, 2005)
This article reports a new conceptual approach to measuring the characteristics of precarious employment and their effect on health. Our starting point is the Karasek 'job strain' model. We argue that 'job strain' focuses on the health effects of work once people are employed. It is less effective in capturing the health effects associated with the employment relationship, the process by which workers acquire work, keep work and negotiate its terms and conditions. We develop a new construct, 'employment strain' to measure these aspects of work organisation. Evidence presented indicates employment strain is associated with poorer health outcomes.

Union Networks and Global Unionism in Maritime Shipping - Lillie, Nathan (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
Under the auspices of the International Transport Workers' Federation's (ITF) Flag of Convenience campaign, maritime unions have developed transnational global structures exploiting interdependencies in transportation production chains. The ITF, a London-based association of transport unions, connects the struggles of seafarers and port workers through a global strategy of union networking and coordinated industrial action. Seafaring unions draw on the industrial leverage of port workers to negotiate minimum standard pay agreements, while dock unions leverage the growing influence of the ITF in fighting union busting in ports. A global transnational ship inspector network provides the power basis for imposing collective agreements on shipowners. Although conceived as a resource for organizing seafarers, the inspectorate also provides port unions with leverage.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Business conditions; International; Labor Unions; Maritime industry; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Hidden Knowledge : Organized Labour in the Information Age - Linhart, Danièle (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Hidden Knowledge : Organized Labour in the Information Age," by D. W. Livingstone et Peter H. Sawchuk.
Keywords: 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 Influence on Worker Education and Training in Canada in Tough Times - Livingstone, D. W.; Raykov, Milosh (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2005)
This research has focused on re-analyzing data from previous large-scale Canadian surveys that include information on education and training activities and union status, as well as other demographic and organizational factors, most prominently the 1993 and 1997 Adult Education and Training Surveys. In contrast to some recent studies, we find that union status has had consistent positive individual-level effects in Canada on participation in adult education courses and employer-sponsored courses in general, and especially for women union members. In addition, our analysis of data from the 1998 national survey on informal learning finds that in this much more extensive form of learning, unionized workers are significantly more likely than non-unionized workers to participate in more directly empowering forms of knowledge including learning about workers’ rights and political issues.

Recent Publications in Canadian Labour History - Lonardo, Michael; Sweeny, Robert C.H. (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
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.]
Keywords: BIBLIOGRAPHY (Documentation); Working class

Capacity Building - Preparing Caribbean Public Sector Unions for an Economic Environment in Transition - Lorde, Ann-Marie J. (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2005)
This paper seeks to examine the renewal of the Caribbean Public Sector trade unions (CPSU), and make a number of recommendations as it regards the capacity building and institutional strengthening of these unions. The paper begins with an introduction that lays the foundation for the discussion of capacity building for CPSU. It continues with a socio-historical background to the current difficulties facing the CPSU, and continues with an examination of a number of regional concerns for the CPSU. Based on the Regional concerns identified and the fact that CPSU need to step out of their traditional role of representation and, in addition, become concerned with national issues, the paper concludes with a number of recommendations for the way forward for the CPSU. // Cet article examine le renouveau des syndicats du secteur public des Caraïbes (SSPC) et établit un certain nombre de recommandations eu égard à leur capacité de consolidation institutionnelle. L’introduction expose les éléments de fonds qu’il s’agit d’avoir à l’esprit pour comprendre la capacité d’action des SSPC. S’en suivent une présentation des conditions socio-historiques qui expliquent leurs difficultés actuelles, puis un examen des questions régionales auxquelles ils font face. De là, et prenant parti que les SSPC doivent sortir de leur rôle traditionnel de représentation, y inclus une prise en compte des questions nationales, l’article conclut en identifiant des voies d’avenir.

The Future of Worker Representation - Lucio, Miguel Martínez (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The book The Future of Worker Representation, edited by Geraldine Healy, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Forecasts; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Workers

Les stratégies des ressources humaines - Malo, François Bernard (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Les strategies des ressources humaines," 3rd edition, by Bernard Gazier.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Human resources; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Moscow Rules? 'Red' Unionism and 'Class Against Class' in Britain, Canada, and the United States, 1928-1935 - Manley, John (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article analyzes the claims of traditionalist and revisionist historians concerning communism by comparing industrial work of the national socialist parties in Great Britain, the U.S. and Canada in the period 1928-1935. The efforts made by the national parties to strive for leadership of the working class in the workplace are explored. Traditionalist historians are of the opinion that adequate comprehension of communism requires recognition of subordination of each national party to the demands of Moscow, Russia. According to revisionist historians, the national parties enjoyed autonomy in resisting or adapting to the demands of Moscow.
Keywords: Canada; Communism; Comparative studies; GREAT Britain; Labor Unions; SOCIALIST parties; United States; Working class

Real Country: Music and Language in Working-Class Culture - Mann, Geoff (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Real Country: Music and Language in Working-Class Culture," by Aaron A. Fox.

The Politics of Prostitution - Maria, Laura (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "The Politics of Prostitution," edited by Joyce Outshoom.

The Failed Century of the Child: Governing America's Young in the Twentieth Century - Marshall, Dominique (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "The Failed Century of the Child: Governing America's Young in the Twentieth Century," by Judeith Sealander.

La multiplicité des ancres de carrière chez les ingénieurs québécois : Impacts sur les cheminements et le succès de carrière - Martineau, Yvon; Wils, Thierry; Tremblay, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
Le modèle des ancres de carrière proposé par Schein en 1978 est considéré comme une contribution majeure pour comprendre les cheminements de carrière des individus. En fait, cette théorie repose sur le postulat implicite selon lequel un individu ne posséderait qu’une seule ancre dominante. Ce phénomène de dominance est encore appelé « différenciation ». Aussi, de nombreux chercheurs en déduisent-ils qu’il faut ne retenir que l’ancre de carrière ayant le score le plus élevé pour opérationnaliser ce concept de dominance ou de différenciation. Pourtant certains individus pourraient posséder plusieurs ancres élevées, ce qui pose la question de la multiplicité des ancres, ici appelée « indifférenciation ». S’appuyant sur un échantillon de 900 ingénieurs québécois, cette étude montre que « l’indifférenciation » est plus fréquente qu’on ne le pense, qu’elle n’est pas un phénomène pathologique et qu’elle permet de mieux cerner un cheminement de carrière mal connu, soit le cheminement hybride.

Working Like a Homosexual: Camp, Capital, Cinema - Maynard, Steven (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Working Like a Homosexual: Camp, Capital, Cinema," by Matthew Tinkcom.

"Still Raining, Market Still Rotten": Homeless Men and the Early Years of the Great Depression in Vancouver - McCallum, Todd (Queen's University, 2005)
Single transient homeless men are one of the archetypal figures of the chaotic decade known as the Great Depression. They are also a misunderstood group, commonly associated with a degraded and hopeless existence. This thesis focuses on homeless men, both on the road and in Vancouver, in the period from the fall of 1929, with the collapse of North American stock markets, until the spring of 1932, with the breakdown of the provincial government's relief camp scheme. It argues that those involved in the relationships of charity provision, whether homeless recipient or government bureaucrat, characterized the world of relief with the same terms they used to understand the normalized world of the capitalist economy. Homeless transients flocked to Vancouver by the thousands. Many became the rank-and-file backbone of Communist-led protest movements. Consistently, these movements demanded relief at union rates, challenged the gendered, racial and national categories that divided the unemployed, and rejected outright the oppressive relief measures accorded transients. In response, the municipal government sought to introduce Fordist methods of business management, rationalizing the processes of relief provision with an eye to efficient administration and surveillance. Relief was not a one-sided transaction-a gift from one party to another-but an exchange. When offering the poor food, shelter, fuel and clothing, public and private charities became involved in commercial relationships with the city's service industries. Businesses across Vancouver clamoured to get their share of relief money, hoping to translate some of the money spent on the unemployed into profit. With state-run relief camps, governments created one of the sharpest contradictions of the 1930s, unemployed workers who worked for a living, but for substandard rates of relief. Officials seized upon the crisis to initiate a program designed to develop British Columbia's economic infrastructure. The work of the jobless would thus pay dividends by enabling an increased rate of economic growth once the crisis had passed. In these ways, relief became an industry. The hundreds of people who wrote about tramps during the 1930s twinned the objectification and the commodification of transiency. Whether espousing a humanitarian or a hateful view of hoboes, these authors almost unanimously agreed that the tramping life had to be destroyed. Hoboes would vanish from the Canadian landscape because their lives were without value. For their part, the hoboes who put words on paper ranged across a host of subjects pertaining to life on the road and life in the city. While some cried out against what they saw as the oppressions of transient life and envisioned a future in which they would be reintegrated into society, others lauded the camaraderie and mutuality amongst tramps. For this group, the hobo life was an end in itself, valued because it enabled them to live free from the exploitation that was the lot of wage workers.
OCLC: 59135675
Keywords: Academic Dissertation; Academic theses; Thèses et écrits académiques

The Tramp Is Back - McCallum, Todd (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews and comments on "The Tramp in America" by Tim Creswell, "Citizen Hobo: How a Century of Homelessness Shaped America" by Todd DePastino, and "Indispensable Outcasts: Hobo Workers and Community in the American Midwest, 1880-1930" by Frank Tobias Higbie.

The Women's Movement in Canada: Setting the Agenda - McDonald, Lynn; Kaye, Lynn (Madeleine Parent: Activist, 2005)
Describes Parent's contributions to the Canadian women's movement from 1970 to 2000, including the "equal pay for work of equal value" campaign and the defence of the rights of immigrant and Indigenous women.
Keywords: Biography; Feminism; History; Parent; Madeleine; 1918-2012; Social conditions; Syndicalism; Women political activists

Initiative individuelle et formation - Méhaut, Philippe (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Initiative individuelle et formation," edited by Fabienne Berton, Mario Correia, Corinne Lespessailles and Madeleine Maillebouis.
Keywords: 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

Third-Sector Development: Making Up for the Market - Melnyk, George (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Third-Sector Development: Making Up for the Market," by Christopher Gunn.

Responsabilité sociale d'entreprise et finance responsable : quels enjeux ? - Mercier, Samuel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Responsabilité sociale d’entreprise et finance responsable : quels enjeux ?," edited by Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay and David Rolland.
Keywords: 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

Travail, organisation et santé: le défi de la productivité dans le respect des personnes - Morin, Denis (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Travail, organisation et santé : le défi de la productivité dans le respect des personnes," by Alain Vinet.
Keywords: 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

Formidable Heritage; Manitoba's North and the Cost of Development 1870 to 1930 - Morrison, William R. (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Formidable Heritage: Manitoba's North and the Cost of Development 1870 to 1930, by Jim Mochoruk.

Industry, Ideology, and Social Formation in British Columbia, 1849-1885 - Morton, Jamie (University of Victoria, 2005)
This study examines how the systems of production of the commodity exporting industries of pre-1885 British Columbia contributed to the social formation of the region. Such industries provided the economic base for post-contact development and non-Native settlement of the region, mediated by the cultural values of immigrant and indigenous populations. The intent here is to synthesize a more inclusive model to clarify how these economic and cultural factors intersected to produce a distinct regional society. Beginning with Ian McKay’s suggestion to interpret the history of Canada as a process of naturalizing the liberal order, this study moves the analysis away from microstudies of individual industries or social groups in order to emphasize the way in which a broader vision became naturalized. This approach avoids some of the simple dichotomies of class and race that have informed much of the historiography of BC, in favour of a more nuanced analysis that emphasizes the negotiated process that leads to social consensus. Beginning with the merchant capitalist relations of the fur trade, and accelerating with the 1858 gold rush, BC became understood as a place that provided opportunities for economic and social mobility through participation in commodity exporting ventures. A consensus emerged that emphasized the producer ethic [the economic and cultural value of independent producers], and the creation of a meritocratic socio-political environment to support opportunities for achieved, rather than ascribed, social position. This attracted Euro-North American immigrants hoping to escape social restrictions or proletarianization by achieving independent producer status. Such a goal meant that these immigrants resisted waged labour, creating a chronic shortage that impeded industrial development. This was filled with Chinese immigrants or Aboriginal participants, attracted by the prospect of converting earnings into increased status in their originating societies. Combining the demand for labour with racial ideology, certain jobs were racialized, and BC industries were typified by split labour markets, with an upper echelon comprised of occupationally-mobile Euro-North American workers, and a lower echelon defined by race as well as skill, with little opportunity for mobility. In turn, this contributed to naturalizing ideology concerning race, class, and social position. The emphasis on the producer ethic contributed to an artificial division between “producers” and “agents,” with the former celebrated, while the latter, arguably more important to the systems of production by providing links to export markets, are portrayed less favourably. A commodity exporting, producer-centric variant of the liberal order was naturalized in nineteenth century BC, providing the logic for social and political development, and explaining how certain groups were valued, and either integrated into or excluded from hegemonic society. The degree to which individuals or groups conformed to the naturalized values of the emerging society largely determined their social position in the nineteenth century, and their subsequent treatment in the historiography.

Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies: Itinerant Experts in a Knowledge Economy - Mosco, Vincent (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies: Itinerant Experts in a Knowledge Economy," by Stephen R. Barley and Gideon Kunda.

When Coal Was King: Ladysmith and the Coal-Mining Industry on Vancouver Island - Mouat, Jeremy (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "When Coal Was King: Ladysmith and the Coal-Mining Industry on Vancouver Island," by John R. Hinde.

The Importance of Being Madeleine: How an Activist Won the Hearts of Quebec's Immigrant and Minority Women - Mulay, Shree (Madeleine Parent: Activist, 2005)
Homage to Parent's work in defence of immigrant and minority women in Quebec in the late 1980s and 1990s.
Keywords: Biography; Feminism; History; Parent; Madeleine; 1918-2012; Social conditions; Syndicalism; Women political activists

Conflict between Liberal Economic Ideology and Citizenship at Work - Murray, Georgina (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
Citizenship in work is a continuous process of sustaining and fighting for just social rights. The argument here is that currently a major impediment to this democratic process at work is the practical and ideological imposition of economic liberal policy, conceived for and by dominant class interests. This article discusses the idea of citizenship, its antithesis economic liberalism and its synthesis Keynesianism and the welfare state. Then it asks what these and other ideas bring to the debate about citizenship and work in a global society?
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Citizenship; Democracy; Economic policy; Labor Unions; Rights; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social classes; Social policy

New Jersey Dreaming: Capital, Culture, and the Class of '58 - Neatby, Nicole (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "New Jersey Dreaming: Capital, Culture, and the Class of '58. Ortner, Sherry B.

'Fight for Life': Dave Kashtan's Memories of Depression-Era Communist Youth Work - Niergarth, Kirk; Kashtan, Dave (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
Dave Kashtan, who was born in 1912, reminisces about his life and times in as a young Communist activist in Montreal in the late 1920s and 1930s, during which he visited the Soviet Union and was also jailed for a year for allegedly seditious remarks made at a public meeting in Montreal. Published posthumously, Kashtan's memoir (entitled "Living in One's Time") is introduced and edited by Kirk Niergarth.
Keywords: Canada; KASHTAN; Dave; Labor movement; SOCIAL stratification; Working class

Global Game, Local Arena: Restructuring in Corner Brook, Newfoundland - Norcliffe, Glen (Memorial University Press, Institute of Social and Economic Research, 2005)
In Global Game, Local Arena, geographer Glen Norcliffe explores how powerful forces of global economic integration have played out in Corner Brook and interprets the town's creation as a company town in the colonial era, its slow transformation into a public municipality, and the phase of vigorous restructuring launched in 1984 to raise the paper mill's performance in response to increased global competition. Restructuring introduced lean production, and in turn this impacted on workers' families, and on the larger community. Through extensive interviews with former and present mill workers and their families, and by examining written records — newspaper accounts, legislative acts, earlier published sources — the author sheds valuable light on how the process of globalization has played out in one small but typical local arena. Since 1984 Corner Brook has experienced large-scale out-migration of younger adults, and a rapid aging of the population. Community resistance to this process has been mostly subtle, taking the form of a reconnection to the population's local roots in outports and the woods. –Publisher's description
OCLC: 836228196

Can Joint Training Increase Union Knowledge and Power? - Olson, Corliss (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2005)
Globalization has been accompanied by a decline in unionization; however, while globalization presents extremely serious challenges to unions, globalization does not necessarily result in weakened unions. It is important for unions to identify and utilize ways to increase and leverage union power that are responsive to the pressures of globalization. Companies frequently introduce training during restructuring efforts aimed at remaining competitive in a global environment. This paper describes a joint union-management training program which offers an example of a pro-active union approach to joint training initiatives. The training took place in early 2004 in a typical paper mill in central Wisconsin. While the training was designed and undertaken in response to various competitive pressures, the content of the training was primarily determined by employee focus groups. The training design is examined against criteria for successful union involvement in joint ventures. The paper argues that, while joint ventures typically address management's production concerns at the expense of labor, a pro-active union can work to ensure that benefits also accrue to the union. Recent literature on union power in a globalized economy suggests that this training model could be used in other industries to enhance union knowledge and power.

Maurice Spector, James R Cannon, and the Origins of Canadian Trotskyism - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article discusses communism in Canada. The study of communism is stated to have generated less new work and little controversy. Issues concerning bureaucratism of Comintern, Stalinization and transformation of the Left in 1920s are explored by comparing the political histories of Maurice Spector and James P. Cannon. In late 1928, Spector and Cannon abandoned Stalinism and embraced Trotskyism. The efforts made by Spector and Cannon to keep alive the revolutionary potential of Bolshevism highlights the importance of the subjective realm in the construction of a left opposition.
Keywords: BUREAUCRATIZATION; CANNON; James Patrick; 1890-1974; COMMUNIST International; Canada; Communism; OPPOSITION (Political science); RIGHT & left (Political science); SPECTOR; Maurice; TROTSKYISM

Le statut d’emploi : Un élément constitutif de la condition sociale ? - Paquet, Esther (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
Le travail atypique se caractérise par d’importantes disparités de traitements entre les personnes effectuant, au sein d’une même entreprise, des tâches semblables mais ayant des statuts d’emploi différents. Le présent article tente d’établir si le statut d’emploi peut être considéré comme un élément constitutif de la condition sociale au sens de l’article 10 de la Charte des droits et libertés de la personne. Pour ce faire, nous analyserons l’évolution jurisprudentielle de la notion de condition sociale en nous penchant tant sur l’interprétation des tribunaux de droit commun que sur celle du Tribunal des droits de la personne, nous identifierons les éléments objectifs et subjectifs du travail précaire et nous questionnerons l’interprétation de la notion de condition sociale proposée par la Commission des droits de la personne.

Making Class: The YMCA and Workingmen, 1877-1920 - Parnaby, Andrew (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Making Men, Making Class: The YMCA and Workingmen, 1877-1920," by Thomas Winter.

Ma vie de syndicaliste - Parrot, Jean-Claude (Boréal, 2005)
Pendant quinze ans, Jean-Claude Parrot a occupé le poste de président du Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses des postes, et pendant plus de dix-huit ans, il en a été le négociateur en chef. Au cours de toutes ces années, le leadership de Jean-Claude Parrot a fait de ce syndicat un des plus militants et des plus démocratiques au Canada. Quand Pierre Elliott Trudeau a décidé de transformer le service postal en société de la Couronne, c’est Parrot qui était à la barre. C’est lui également qui a supervisé la fusion des divers syndicats des postiers en un seul grand syndicat. Jean-Claude Parrot raconte ici son histoire, mais en même temps celle de la formation d’une grande union syndicale. Il raconte également comment la démocratie syndicale s’est construite – comment les membres de la base ont pu s’imposer dans tout le mécanisme de prise de décisions. Ce livre nous permet de suivre la carrière de l’un des plus grands dirigeants syndicaux du Canada, de le voir engagé dans son combat pour donner une voix aux travailleurs. Dans ce combat, Parrot a souvent placé son engagement syndical avant sa vie privée, et il a préféré faire de la prison plutôt que de sacrifier ses principes. À travers le récit de Jean-Claude Parrot, nous voyons la démocratie en marche, nous voyons le combat d’un homme pour défendre la cause des travailleurs et des syndicats. Traduit de l'anglais (Canada) par Claire Laberge –Résumé de l'éditeur
OCLC: 500202546

My Union, My Life: Jean-Claude Parrot and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers - Parrot, Jean-Claude (Fernwood, 2005)
Jean-Claude Parrot was National President of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers for fifteen years and its chief negotiator for eighteen. During that time he provided the leadership which built what became Canada’s most militant and democratic union. When Pierre Trudeau decided to make the post office a crown corporation Parrot was there to guide the transition. He was also there to oversee the merger of the various postal unions into “one union for all.” As well as Jean-Claude Parrot’s story, this is also the story of the formation of a union. It is a story of how union democracy was built–of how the grassroots union membership became an integral part of decision making in the union. In the pages of this book you will follow the life of one of Canada’s greatest union leaders as he fought to give the workers a voice. In the course of the struggle Parrot often put his union work and commitments before his own personal life and spent time in prison rather than sacrifice his principles and the cause of the workers in the union. Through Parrot’s recounting of these years we learn about how the struggle was waged, how democracy was built and how a union leadership worked tirelessly in the service of the union membership. –Publisher's description
https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/my-union-my-life
Keywords: Biography; Canadian Union of Postal Workers; Officials and employees; Parrot; Jean-Claude; Postal service

Keeping Up with the Dow Joneses: Debt, Prison, Workfare - Peck, Jamie (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Keeping Up with the Dow Joneses: Debt, Prison, Workfare," by Vijay Prashad.

Co-operative Values, Institutions and Free Riding in Australia: Can It Learn from Canada? - Peetz, David (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
While there is a strong logic favouring co-operation, it faces a central problem: the "free rider" or "cheat." Collectives find ways of promoting norms of solidarity and seek regulation to prevent free riding. Around two-fifths of Australian employees covered by collective agreements are free-riding non-members. Evidence suggests that the recent growth of free riding reflects institutional changes and not the decline of co-operative values and the ascendancy of individualism. The Canadian solution to the cheating problem, which is the Rand formula, inspired Australian unions to introduce (excessive) "agency fees" into collective agreements. These were eventually stopped by the state. Alternative models include "social obligation fees" - provisions for employees covered by the agreement to make a contribution to a voluntary organization of their choice.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Cheating; Collective bargaining; Cooperation; International comparisons; Labor Unions; Models; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Values

Individualisation and Resistance at the Coal Face - Peetz, David; Murray, Georgina (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2005)
This paper examines the implementation of a model of systematic individualisation of the employment relationship by a large multinational corporation in Australia, operating with the support of a pro-corporate state, and the nature and effects of resistance. Principally through interviews with affected workers, we show how the symbolic and the real effects of employment practices, relational practices and informational practices were all aimed at removing freedom of association and replacing it with uncontested, union-free managerial control. We consider how workers and their families were affected by these strategies and how they and their union responded. // Cet article examine la mise en place d'un modèle systématique d'individualisation de la relation d'emploi par une grande multinationale australienne, cela avec le support d'un gouvernement partialement favorable au patronat. La nature et l'impact de la résistance des travailleurs syndiqués sont également mis à jour. Nous montrons, principalement à l'appui des témoignages des travailleurs en cause, comment les effets réels ou symboliques des pratiques d'emploi, ceux des pratiques relationnelles et informationnelles ont été utilisés de concert pour dénier la liberté d'association et la remplacer par un contrôle gestionnaire incontestable et exempt de présence syndicale. Nous relatons comment les travailleurs et leurs familles ont souffert de ces stratégies patronales et comment leur syndicat a rétorqué.

La face cachée de l'organisation : groupes, cliques et clans - Pépin, Richard (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "La face cachée de l’organisation : groupes, cliques et clans," by Luc Brunet and André Savoie.
Keywords: 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

From Conquest to Capitalism: The State, Class, and Capital in British North America, 1760-1860 - Peters, John (York University, 2005)
This thesis traces the transformations in state, class, and politics in British North America from 1760-1860, and how these facilitated the emergence of wider economic change. Building on recent studies in political economy, Marxist and economic history, as well as historical sociology, it employs a class power model of historical change to explain how and why colonial Canada's political economy developed. The argument also draws upon comparative political economy to highlight how different class structures and different forms of political institutionalization shaped political economic regimes and long-run forms of economic growth. The case study analysis of British North America within a wider comparative context demonstrates that class interests, institutions, and policy making were critical to state building and changes in state-society relations, above all to state 'autonomy' and class 'embeddedness'. Agrarians and commercial classes struggled over economic benefits and the reins of political power. But how these classes forged coalitions and how their conflicts were institutionalized within the state determined whether or not new productive dynamics emerged. By the mid-19th century, with greater autonomy, colonial governments across the North American colonies designed institutions, laws, and policies to improve taxation, build infrastructures, enhance the rule of law, and extend the contractual equalities necessary to commercialize the economy. With greater class embeddedness, broader class coalitions of agrarians and merchants actively reshaped agrarian property and agricultural labour to conform to the structures of a market economy, and enacted new market law to allow for the expansion of free labour markets, trade, commerce, and small manufacturing. Looked at comparatively, the thesis claims, 19th century colonial British North America emerged as a 'Liberal Settler' society, led by a diverse coalition of agrarians and merchants. Despite its many state and class particularities, this crystallization of settlers, merchants, and Imperial market-directed politics made colonial Canada a variant of Britain's own liberal political economy, and very similar to other growing settler countries such as the United States. Exploring the connections between state, class, and politics, the thesis concludes, can tell us much about why and how these distinct historical patterns emerged, and why 19th century political economies changed in ways that fostered the development of capitalism.
Keywords: Capital; Capitalism; Conquest; Political economy

Notebook: Canadian Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War: New Evidence from the Comintern Archives - Petrou, Michael (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
When the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, symbolically ending the Cold War, few imagined that the resulting shockwaves that toppled the Soviet Union would also reach a perpetually dark and quiet microfilm reading room on the third floor of Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa. But this is what occurred. The disintegration of the Communist order in Russia loosened rigid Soviet control of state archives and made available to Western researchers material which had been inaccessible for the length of the Cold War. This included tens of thousands of documents pertaining to the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War—foreign volunteers, including roughly 1,600 Canadians, who had been recruited and sent to Spain by the Communist International to fight a fascist rebellion lead by General Francisco Franco. ...In 1993 and 1994, George Bolotenko, an archivist at Library and Archives Canada, visited the Centre for the Preservation and Study of Records of Contemporary History in Moscow, also known as the Comintern Archives, to purchase microfilmed copies of some 10,000 pages of documents on Canadians in the International Brigades. Although the impact of this material on historical scholarship has thus far been light, it has the potential to irrevocably change scholarship on Canadians in the Spanish Civil War. –Author's introduction
Keywords: ARCHIVAL resources; CIVIL War; 1936-1939; Foreign workers; History; SPAIN; VOLUNTARY military service

Walking the Union Walk: Stories from CEP’s First Ten Years - Phillips, Paul (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2005)
Walking the Union Walk: Stories from CEP’s First Ten Years, by Jamie Swift, is reviewed.

From "Old Left" to "New Labour"? Eric Hobsbawm and the Rhetoric of "Realistic Marxism" - Pimlott, Herbert (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
While the relationships between intellectual research and political commitment, and indeed political engagement, have been identified amongst social, labour, and Marxist historians, such as the Communist Party of Great Britain’s Historians’ Group, there are few, if any, examinations of the rhetorical and communications process by which such public intellectual activity is made: i.e., the “how” of political interventions. This paper addresses this important area in examining the means by which [Eric] Hobsbawm was able to intervene effectively in public debates, having a direct impact on the Labour Party’s future trajectory. Hobsbawm exercised considerable influence in the highly public political infighting within the Labour Party [i.e., Old Left and New Labour], even though he was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, and he was able to effect changes through his contributions to debates which affected both political parties simultaneously. –From author's introduction
Keywords: BLAIR; Tony; 1953-; Communism; DEBATES & debating; GREAT Britain; HOBSBAWM; E. J. (Eric J.); 1917-2012; Labor movement; Labor policy; METAPHOR; Public speaking

The Red Man's on the Warpath: The Image of the "Indian" and the Second World War - Pitsula, James M. (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "The Red Man's on the Warpath: The Image of the "Indian" and the Second World War," by R. Scott Sheffield.

Money in Their Own Name: The Feminist Voice in Poverty Debate in Canada, 1970-1995 - Porter, Ann (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Money in Their Own Name: The Feminist Voice in Poverty Debate in Canada, 1970-1995," by Wendy McKeen.

What Do They Call a Fisherman?: Men, Gender, and Restructuring in the Newfoundland Fishery - Power, Nicole Gerarda (Memorial University Press, Institute of Social and Economic Research, 2005)
Newfoundland fisheries have been transformed from an industry once dominated by petty commodity production and merchant-fisher relations to one dominated by private enterprise and corporate capitalism. State efforts to enclose the fisheries through boat quotas and to limit participation through a core classification system demonstrate a shift in values. Science-based regulation, in which the estimates of fisheries scientists were overly optimistic, led to the collapse of the cod fishery. The recent turn to a fishery based on classical economics, emphasizing professionalization, has left inshore fishers caught between two value systems. The traditional view valorizes hard work and local knowledge about the fishing environment; the modern view embraces technology, rationalization and professionalization. In [this book] Nicole Power examines, through a feminist lens, how this tension between two views — between a way of life and a way to make a living — and how these changes have affected men (and women) in the Bonavista and Trinity Bays inshore fishery. Has a "crisis of fish" and the loss or diminution of livelihood led to a "crisis of masculinity"? Through extensive interviews with fishers and fish-plant workers, the author discovers that men have responded to restructuring in complex ways that are mediated, enabled and constrained by their class and gender positions, and by maritime cultural values and practices. –Publisher's description
OCLC: 835553416

Weapons of Mass Persuasion: Marketing the War against Iraq - Poyntz, Stuart (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Weapons of Mass Persuasion: Marketing the War against Iraq," by Paul Rutherford.

An Introduction To “Restructuring Work And Labour In The New Economy” (RWL-INE) - Pupo, Norene (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2005)

Culture and Resistance: Conversations with Edward W. Said - Razack, Sherene H. (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Culture and Resistance: Conversations with Edward W. Said," by David Barsamian and Edward W. Said.

A Troublemaker's Handbook 2: How To Fight Back Where You Work - And WIN! - Rebick, Judy (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2005)
A Troublemaker's Handbook 2: How To Fight Back Where You Work - And WIN!, by Jane Slaughter, is reviewed.

Jewish Radicalism In Winnipeg, 1905-1960: Jewish Life and Times, Volume VIII - Reilly, Nolan (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Jewish Radicalism in Winnipeg, 1905-1960," edited by Daniel Stone.

From the Lower East Side to Hollywood: Jews in American Popular Culture - Reiter, Ester (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "From the Lower East Side to Hollywood: Jews in American Popular Culture," by Paul Buhle.

The Historical Origins of an Industrial Disaster: Occupational Health and Labour Relations at the Fluorspar Mines, St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, 1933-1945 - Rennie, Richard (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
Using union, government, and company records, as well as interviews, this article explores the origins of one of the most notorious industrial disasters in Canadian history - the deaths from industrial disease of some two hundred fluorspar miners on the south coast of Newfoundland. It explores the social, economic, and political forces that shaped the hazards they believed were destroying their health and the response of industry and the state to those efforts. Central to the account is a series of strikes that took place during 1941 and the actions of a government tribunal appointed to settle the dispute. Setting events at St. Lawrence in the context of some of the theoretical and methodological considerations intrinsic to the study of occupational health as a labor relations issue, this article not only adds to the knowledge of the forces that shaped this particular disaster but also represents a contribution to a neglected area of Canadian labor and working-class history.

The Tyranny of Work: Alienation and the Labour Process - Rinehart, James W. (Nelson, 2005)
[E]xamines the institution of work from the perspective of alienated labour, a perspective that many conventional approaches to the subject have ignored or misrepresented. Completely updated to reflect current trends in the labour force and research in the field of labour studies, The Tyranny of Work begins with a thorough discussion of work as a social problem and the sources of alienation. The book then examines the development of industrial capitalism in Canada, the white-collar and blue-collar worlds, and, finally, solutions to the problem of alienated labour. All statistics and data have been updated to reflect the most current research. Information from the 2001 Census has been integrated throughout the text. The Tyranny of Work examines the institution of work from the perspective of alienated labour, a perspective that many conventional approaches to the subject have ignored or misrepresented. –Publisher's description
Keywords: Alienation (Social psychology); Labor; Working class

Unfair Advantage: Workers' Freedom of Association in the United States under International Human Rights Standards - Root, Lawrence S. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The book Unfair advantage: Workers' Freedom of Association in the United States under International Human Rights Standards, by Lance Compa, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Freedom of Association; Labor Unions; Labor law; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Workers

The Making of CUPE: Structure, Democracy and Class Formation - Ross, Stephanie (York University, 2005)
This thesis explores the nature and challenges of democracy within unions through an historical examination of the emergence and early years of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). Formed by a merger of two pre-existing unions in 1963, CUPE casts new light on the Marxist, Michelsian and Institutionalist theoretical approaches to union democracy. The thesis calls into question the narrow and ahistorical link made between centralization, oligarchy and effectiveness on the one hand, and decentralization, democracy and ineffectiveness on the other. Instead, the case of CUPE shows that unions are subject to contradictory pressures and that neither centralization nor decentralization is inherently more democratic. Union democracy is part of an historical process of class formation, in which both union purposes and the boundaries of the democratic community (which can make legitimate claims on members' solidarity and self-discipline) are struggled over. As such, it is possible that decentralizing forces can place narrow and sectionalist priorities over the interests of the broader community. Moreover, the thesis argues that the use of merger as a method of forging greater class unity is itself problematic. The merger which created CUPE involved a protracted struggle over which model of union would prevail. The compromise which was reached entrenched a self-reinforcing cycle of autonomy-seeking by union locals which, over the long term, prevented the development of an effective national union capable of carrying out the democratic will of the membership as a whole. As such, through an historical excavation of the roots of contemporary crises in CUPE, the thesis points to the important way in which the outcomes of past decisions come to structure future political possibilities for unions and other social justice organizations.
Keywords: Canadian Union of Public Employees; Class formation; Democracy; Labor Unions; Social sciences

Oshawa Autoworkers: Social Integration and Oppositional Class Consciousness Among the Unionized Workers of General Motors - Roth, Reuben N. (University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 2005)
Many social theorists (Goldthorpe, Lipset, Giddens, Hout, Brooks and Manza) have portrayed members of the Western industrial working-class as accommodative and resistant to a class-based social revolution. They suggest that an affluent proletariat has seen its oppositional class-consciousness subverted and transformed by the 'cash nexus' into various forms of social integration. With reference to Mann's (1973) measures of class-consciousness typologies and Livingstone and Mangan's (1996) study of Hamilton steelworkers, I explore expressions of working-class consciousness among organized workers at one of Canada's largest industrial union locals, the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) Local 222 at General Motors, in Oshawa, Canada. I accomplish this via an examination of the existence and degree of working-class imagery, class identity, and oppositional working-class consciousness among this group of workers on the basis of measured responses to a survey questionnaire (N=102), in-depth interviews, and participant observation. My thesis asserts that Oshawa autoworkers' material advantage is insufficient to transform their proletarian consciousness. I have found that among Oshawa autoworkers there is a shared view of Canadian society as class-based, a clear working-class self-identification and measurable forms of oppositional working-class consciousness.
Keywords: Autoworkers; General Motors; Ontario; Oppositional class consciousness; Oshawa; Social integration; Social sciences; Unionized

No Collar: The Humane Workplace and Its Hidden Costs - Russell, Jason (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "No Collar: The Humane Workplace and Its Hidden Costs, by Andrew Ross.

Mapping the Margins: The Family and Social Discipline in Canada, 1700-1975 - Rutherdale, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Mapping the Margins: The Family and Social Discipline in Canada, 1700-1975," edited by Nancy Christie and Michael Gauvreau,

Robitnytsia, Ukrainian Communists, and the 'Porcupinism' Debate: Reassessing Ethnicity, Gender, and Class in Early Canadian Communism, 1922-1930 - Sangster, Joan (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article offers information on the interrelationship between ethnicity, gender and class in Canadian communism in the period 1922-1930. Ethnicity is stated to have been a contested and complex relationship in the Canadian Communist Party, whereas the Ukrainian section of the party is stated to have been numerically strong. The interrelationship between ethnicity, gender and class is examined by analyzing the content of the Canadian Ukrainian newspaper "Robitnytsia." Emphasis is given on the debate concerning women's equality and the role of women in social movement published in the newspaper.
Keywords: Canada; Communism; Communist Party of Canada; Ethnicity; Gender identity; Social classes; Social movements; Women's rights

Flexible Work Arrangements: Conceptualizations and International Experience - Sarfati, Hedva (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The book Flexible Work Arrangements: Conceptualizations and International Experience, by Isik Urla Zeytinoglu, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Flexible hours; International comparisons; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Die "Schutzbedürftigte Frau": Zur Konstruktion von Geschlecht durch Mutterschaftsversicherung, Nachtarbeitsverbot und Sonderschutzgesetzgebung - Schade, Rosemarie (The "Vulnerable Woman": The Construction of Gender by Maternity Assurance, Night Work Ban and Special Protection Legislation., 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Die "Schutzbedürftigte Frau": Zur Konstruktion von Geschlecht durch Mutterschaftsversicherung, Nachtarbeitsverbot und Sonderschutzgesetzgebung," edited by Regina Wecker, Brigitte Studer, and Gaby Sutter.

History of Social Work in Europe 1900-1960: Female Pioneers and their Influence on the Development of International Social Organizations - Schade, Rosemarie (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "History of Social Work in Europe 1900-1960: Female Pioneers and their Influence on the Development of International Social Organizations," edited by Sabine Hering and Berteke Waaldijk.

The Global Union Research Network: A Potential for Incremental Innovation? - Schmidt, Verena (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2005)
One of the current paradoxes for trade unions is that organizing is an essentially local or national affair whilst the most pressing challenge for unions, which is globalization, can only be faced in a global context. This paper analyzes to what extent the Global Union Research Network (GURN) has the potential to be regarded as an incremental innovation for research within the international labour movement. The paper argues that the GURN can become an incremental innovation and there are three stages to this argument. Firstly the GURN in conceptualized within the international trade union movement. Secondly the term 'innovation' is defined and the GURN is presented as a potential, albeit incremental, innovation. The final stage examines GURN sustainability and the barriers to its institutionalization.

Sexual Harassment Investigations: How to Limit Your Liability and More: A Practical Guide - Shebib, Maureen E. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The book Sexual Harrassment Investigations: How to Limit Your Liability and More: A Practical Guide, by Arjun P. Aggarwal and Madhu M. Gupta, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Investigations; Labor Unions; Liability; Sexual harassment; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Contingent Employment in Europe and the United States - Shields, John (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Contingent Employment in Europe and the United States," edited by Ola Bergström and Donald Storrie.

The Nonprofit Sector in Interesting Times: Case Studies in a Changing Sector - Shields, John (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "The Nonprofit Sector in Interesting Times: Case Studies in a Changing Sector," edited by Kathy L. Brock and Keith G. Banting.

Pratiques en GRH et engagement des employés : Le rôle de la justice - Simard, Gilles; Doucet, Olivier; Bernard, Sarah (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
En s’appuyant sur la théorie de l’échange social, cet article rend compte de l’effet médiateur des différentes formes de justice organisationnelle (distributive, procédurale, interactionnelle) dans la relation entre les pratiques en gestion des ressources humaines (GRH) inspirées du modèle de Lawler (1986) et l’engagement affectif. Les 134 répondants sont des directeurs aux services financiers d’une institution bancaire située au Québec. Des analyses de régression, effectuées selon les procédures de Kenny, Kashy et Bolger (1998), ont confirmé l’hypothèse de recherche. Ainsi, les résultats font ressortir que la perception de chacune des formes de justice organisationnelle représente une variable médiatrice essentielle pour que la mise en place des pratiques en GRH contribue efficacement au développement et à la consolidation de l’engagement des employés envers leur organisation.

The Effects of the Use of Striker Replacement Workers in Canada: An Analysis of Four Cases - Singh, Parbudyal; Zinni, Deborah M.; Jain, Harish C. (Labor Studies Journal, 2005)
The use of striker replacements is one of the most controversial and emotional issues facing those involved with the industrial relations system. However, a paucity of research has been done on the actual use of replacement workers and how that affects industrial relations outcomes, such as strike activity. Initial research suggests that the use of replacements is associated with longer strikes, supporting the con tention that the use of replacements should be prohibited. Using four case studies, we explore some of the dynamics of strikes that utilize replacements versus those that do not. The results suggest that, in ad dition to economic factors, social and psychological variables may be intricately linked to the relationship between the use of replacements and strike activity.
https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=f12d22c06914a64893b0e07132ea9ff85fddd8c6

Death by Consumption - Soron, Dennis (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews and comments on "State of the World 2004. Special Focus: The Consumer Society" by the Worldwatch Institute, edited by Linda Starke, "The High Price of Materialism" by Tim Kasser, and "The Consumer Trap: Big Business Marketing in American Life" by Michael Dawson.

Managing Employment Change - Soussi, Sid Ahmed (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Managing Employment Change," by Huw Beynon, Damian Grimshaw, Jill Rubery and Kevin Ward.
Keywords: 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

Hidden Knowledge: Organized Labour in the Information Age - Spencer, Bruce (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Hidden Knowledge: Organized Labour in the Information Age," by D.W. Livingstone and Peter H. Sawchuck.

Workplace Learning: A Critical Introduction - Spencer, Bruce (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Workplace Learning: A Critical Introduction," by John Bratton et al.

"In case you hadn't noticed!": Race, Ethnicity, and Women's Wage-Earning in a Depression-Era City - Srigley, Katrina (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
Unites an extensive collection of oral histories with the documentary record - newspapers, the census, and other government records - to examine women's employment during the Great Depression in Toronto, Ontario, discussing how privilege and disadvantage based on race and ethnicity, gender, and class influenced women's work experiences. In Toronto's garment industry and as clerical workers, domestics, and teachers, the women in this study had various levels of economic stability, came from varied ethnic and racial backgrounds, and enjoyed, as a consequence, different job options in a period when employment access was particularly important for women and their families. This article explores the intersection between identity and job access to show why this was so in the 1930's. Ultimately, individual experiences indicate that gender should not be given analytical predominance for understanding all depression-era labor markets. In some historical contexts and for some women, gender had less relevance to their experiences than race, ethnicity, or class.

The Atlantic Connection, 1982-2000 - St. Amand, John (Madeleine Parent: Activist, 2005)
Labour organizer John St. Amand describes his mentorship by Madeleine Parent and his work in Nova Scotia to build Canadian unions.
Keywords: Biography; Feminism; History; Parent; Madeleine; 1918-2012; Social conditions; Syndicalism; Women political activists

Corporate Governance in Global Capital Markets - Stanford, Jim (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Corporate Governance in Global Capital Markets," edited by Janis Sarra.

The Oriental Question: Consolidating a White Man's Province, 1914-1941 - Stanley, Timothy J. (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "The Oriental Question: Consolidating a White Man's Province, 1914-1941," Patricia E. Roy.

Marginalized and Dissident Non-Citizens: Foreign Domestic Workers - Stasiulis, Daiva K.; Bakan, Abigail B. (Negotiating Citizenship: Migrant Women in Canada and the Global System, 2005)
The systemic reproduction of migrant domestics as non-citizens within the countries where they work and reside renders them in a meaningful sense stateless, as far as access to state protection of their rights is concerned. This is despite the formal retention of legal citizenship status accorded by their home country, and, often, the legal entry as non-citizen migrant workers in the host country. In previous chapters, we have identified how the construction of non-citizenship is central to maintaining the vulnerability of foreign domestic workers in Canada. In this chapter, we consider the lived experiences of domestic workers themselves, based largely on a survey of foreign domestic workers living in Toronto. This chapter offers a comparative analysis of the experiences of two groups of women of colour, those of West Indian and Filipino origin, working in the homes of upper-middle- and upper-class Canadian families resident in Toronto, Ontario in the mid-1990s.
https://utorontopress.com/9780802079152/negotiating-citizenship/
Keywords: Canada; Citizenship; Filipinos; Nurses; West Indians; Women foreign workers; Women household employees

Naming the System: Inequality and Work in the Global Economy - Stevenson, Paul (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Naming the System: Inequality and Work in the Global Economy," by Michael D. Yates.

Union Power: The Charged Politics of Electricity in Ontario - Swift, Jamie; Stewart, Keith (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2005)
A neoliberal electricity privatization experiment in Ontario, Canada’s largest province, was supposed to eliminate one of the country’s biggest public utilities and introduce market discipline to the system. The grand experiment would begin in 2001. But an activist campaign by an opposition coalition initiated by electricity workers was crucial in turning back the market-oriented reforms, and indeed turning it into one of the great political train-wrecks in Ontario history.

Going Public: The Role of Labor-Management Relations in Delivering Quality Government Services - Swimmer, Gene (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, Going Public: The Role of Labor-Management Relations in Delivering Quality Government Services," edited by Jonathan Brock and David B. Lipsky.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Essays; Government services; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Working Precariously: The Impact of Race and Immigrant Status on Employment Opportunities and Outcomes in Canada - Teelucksingh, Cheryl; Galabuzi, Grace-Edward (Canadian Race Relations Foundation, 2005)
The research draws attention to racial discrimination in employment in Canada, and discusses the impact on the status of racialized groups in the Canadian labour market. Racial discrimination occurs in Canada in at least two forms, economic discrimination, (when employers make generalized assumptions about the worth of racialized employees), and exclusionary discrimination (when members of a racialized group are not hired, paid equally or promoted regardless of their skills and experience). Recognizing the growth of the racialized population of Canada, the report emphasizes the concern about hierarchical structures affecting the distribution of opportunity in the labour market and argues that this growth in the racialized population makes the issue of racial discrimination one of great importance. If the racialized and immigrant population of Canada do not have equal access to the labour market, Canada will not reap the benefits of the potential of this growing proportion of its population.
https://www.academia.edu/7133006/Working_Precariously_The_impact_of_race_and_immigrants_status_on_employment_opportunities_and_outcomes_in_Canada?email_work_card=title
Keywords: Canada; Degrees; Employment discrimination; Immigrants; Race; Service; Working conditions

The Great Land Rush and the Making of the Modern World, 1650-1900: Land, Power, and Economics on the Frontier of Upper Canada - Teeple, Gary (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Land, Power, and Economics on the Frontier of Upper Canada," by John Clarke.

Challenging The Market: The Stuggle To Regulate Work And Income - Thomas, Mark (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Challenging The Market: The Stuggle To Regulate Work And Income," edited by Jim Stanford and Leah F. Vosko.

Globalization Under Fire - Thomas, Mark (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews and comments on "The Children of NAFTA: Labor Wars on the U.S./Mexico Border" by David Bacon, "Juggernaut Politics: Understanding Predatory Globalization" by Jacques B . Gelinas, "Labour and Globalisation: Results and Prospects" edited by Ronaldo Munck, and "System in Crisis: The Dynamics of Free Market Capitalism" by James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer.

Representations of a Radical Historian; System Failure: The Breakdown of the Post-War Settlement and the Politics of Labour in Our Time - Thorn, Brian T.; Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The notebook opens with "Representations of a Radical Historian," a review of "You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train," a documentary on Howard Zinn by Deb Ellis and Denis Mueller (78 minutes, colour, (Brooklyn 2004)). In the second part, entitled "System Failure: The Breakdown of the Post-War Settlement and the Politics of Labour in Our Time," Bryan D. Palmer presents a revised version of an "educational and agitational address" given to the Alberta Federation of Labour's membership forum on 7 May 2004 in the aftermath of the British Columbia hospital and long-term care workers' strike.

From the 'Original Affluent Society' to the 'Unjust Society': A Review Essay on Native Economic History in Canada - Tough, Frank (Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, 2005)
This essay will initiate an assessment of the literature that actually seeks to explain the economic relationships between Natives and Whites. This review is not a detailed empirical study of a particular aspect of Native economic history or a demonstration of the immediate relevance of economic history. Instead, the present-day need for an accessible account, summary and analysis of the existing economic history literature and a critical evaluation of this disparate body of work will be addressed by this essay. By summarizing and reviewing this disparate literature, a rough chronology of Native economic history can trace major changes. Innovative studies using interesting data sources and methods will be highlighted. The examination of economic history before 1870 will focus on the fur trade to consider exchange relations, racial stratification, credit, and resource management problems. The period following 1870 will consider how the social overhead of the fur trade became a government responsibility. –From Introduction

The Accidental Republic: Crippled Workingmen, Destitute Widows, and the Remaking of American Law - Tucker, Eric (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "The Accidental Republic: Crippled Workingmen, Destitute Widows, and the Remaking of American Law," by John Fabian Witt.

Booze: A Distilled History - Tufts, Steven (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2005)
Booze: A Distilled History, by Craig Heron, is reviewed.

Work and Labour in Canada: Critical Issues - Tufts, Steven (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2005)
Work and Labour in Canada: Critical Issues, by Andrew Jackson, is reviewed.

Family Quarrel: Joe Salsberg, the'Jewish' Question, and Canadian Communism - Tulchinsky, Gerald (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
A biography of communist Joseph Baruch Salsberg is presented. He was born in 1902 in Lagov, Poland and had immigrated to Canada in 1913 with his parents. In his 30-year career in the Labor-Progressive Party of Canada (LPP), he and several Jewish radicals propagated the notion that communism results in a better world and provides solution to several problems including the Jewish question. According to Salsberg, antisemitism is prevalent in the Soviet Union.
Keywords: ANTISEMITISM; Communism; LABOR parties; SALSBERG; Joseph Baruch

Waterfront Revolts: New York and London Dockworkers, 1946-61 - Turnbull, Peter (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Waterfront Revolts: New York and London Dockworkers, 1946-61," by Colin J. Davis.

Labour in the Laboratory: Medical Laboratory Workers in the Maritimes, 1900-1950 - Twohig, Peter (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005)
Medical laboratory technology is currently the third largest health profession in Canada but those who work in it remain largely invisible, both to the public and in the literature. In Labour in the Laboratory Peter Twohig examines the origins of the laboratory workforce in the Maritime provinces and rethinks the broader history of the twentieth-century Canadian hospital. –Publisher's description.
Book available at Internet Archive to people with print disabilities: https://archive.org/details/labourinlaborato0000twoh
Keywords: 20th century; Biomedical technology; History; Hospital laboratories; Maritime Provinces; Medical Laboratory Personnel; Medical technologists

On-to-Ottawa Trek and the Regina Riot - Waiser, W. A. (Bill) (The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, 2005)
In October 1932, Ottawa finally accepted responsibility for the single, homeless unemployed roaming the country in search of work and established a national system of camps under the auspices of the Department of National Defense (DND). The men were fed, clothed, sheltered and paid 20Â¢ per day in exchange for their labour on various make-work projects. Although the scheme was universally applauded at the beginning, it did not take long for the camps to become the focus of disillusionment and discontent, especially since Conservative Prime Minister R.B. Bennett seemed to place greater importance on where the men were, as opposed to what they were doing. In April 1935, hundreds of disgruntled men walked out of DND relief camps throughout British Columbia and descended on Vancouver in a bold attempt to reverse their dead-end lives and secure some meaningful employment. But no level of government wanted to help the men - least of all the federal government, which believed that the Communist Party of Canada had orchestrated the protest. Eventually, the relief camp strikers decided to go to Ottawa and present their grievances directly to the Prime Minister. –Introduction

Job Stress, Depression and Work-to-Family Conflict: A Test of the Strain and Buffer Hypotheses - Wallace, Jean E. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
In this paper, the Job Demand-Control (JDC) model is used to predict depression and work-to-family conflict for married lawyers working full-time. The objectives of this paper are: (1) to determine whether the JDC model applies to work-to-family conflict; (2) to incorporate domain-specific job demand and job control variables; and (3) to examine a wider array of different forms of social support. First, the JDC model also helps explain work-to-family conflict. Second, domain-specificity does not appear key to documenting the buffering effects for job control. Third, spouse's support of one's career has the strongest main effect on both depression and work-to-family conflict, whereas coworker support functions as a moderator of lawyers' job demands and has both buffering and amplifying effects. This paper closes by discussing the possible conditions under which members of support systems may transfer or exacerbate stress effects rather than alleviate them.
Keywords: Attorneys; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Families & family life; Labor Unions; Models; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social support; Stress; Studies; Work life balance

On the Side of the People: A History of Labour in Saskatchewan - Warren, Jim W.; Carlisle, Kathleen (Coteau Books, 2005)
A comprehensive history of working people in Saskatchewan, from the mid-1800s to the present, in a handsome coffee-table format, including numerous historical photos of the personalities and events that bring it to life. This book is created for the working people that it celebrates. In a plain-spoken and engaging narrative style, it captures the events and the personalities that shaped the working people of Saskatchewan, and the life of the province that those workers built. Jim Warren tells the fascinating tale of jobs, working conditions, and the attempts to effect meaningful changes in the condition of workers' lives. Starting with the Fur Trade period, and moving through the arrival of the railroad brotherhoods, the emergence of the craft unions, two world wars, modernization, and into the present age, Working in Saskatchewan shows the evolution of the work force, and the relationship between that work force and both private and public sector employers. The book wraps up with a short chapter on the imagined future of labour in the province, in the voices of a series of speakers ranging from former Premier Allan Blakeney to ordinary workers on the floor of a recent SFL convention. Working in Saskatchewan also includes a number of features that will make it even more useful for private study or school work. Two comprehensive indexes detail the chief characters who played a role in the development of the labour movement, and a list of events and important topics. A series of informational appendices present statistical information relating to the Saskatchewan labour force - size of the organized and unorganized labour force, number of women in the work force, etc. There will also be a helpful glossary of the acronyms and abbreviations that characterize written or oral discussions about labour, and a "genealogy of labour" which charts the rise and growth of certain unions and their transformation into, or absorption by, others. –Publisher's description
OCLC: 62087199
Keywords: History; Labor movement; Labor movement Saskatchewan History; Labor unions; Labor unions Saskatchewan History; Mouvement ouvrier Saskatchewan Histoire; Saskatchewan; Saskatchewan Conditions sociales; Saskatchewan Social conditions; Social conditions; Syndicats Saskatchewan Histoire; Travailleurs Saskatchewan Histoire; Working class; Working class Saskatchewan History

Engaging Women’s History Through Textiles: Enhancing Curricula with Narratives of Historical Memory - Wheeler, Eileen Margaret (University of British Columbia, 2005)
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.

Are Activation Policies Converging in Europe? The European Employment Strategy for Young People - White, Michael (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book< Are Activiation Policies Converging in Europe? The European Employment Strategy for Young People," edited by Amparo Serrano Pascual.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employment; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social policy; Young adults

Caring For/Caring About: Women, Home Care and Unpaid Caregiving - Whitney, Laurel (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Caring For/Caring About: Women, Home Care and Unpaid Caregiving," edited by Karen R. Grant et al.

Eugene A. Forsey: An Intellectual Biography - Wiseman, Nelson (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Eugene A. Forsey: An Intellectual Biography," by Frank Milligan.

Imperialism and Disorder: The Global Ambitions and Internal Decay of the United States - Wood, Geoffrey (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews and comments on "Incoherent Empire" by Michael Mann, "Contours of Descent: US Economic Fractures and the Landscape of Global Austerity" by Robert Pollin, and "Tyranny in America: Capitalism and National Decay" by Neal Wood.

Non-Standard Work and Benefits: Has Anything Changed since the Wallace Report? - Zeytinoglu, Isik Urla; Cooke, Gordon B. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
This paper examines whether there has been improvement in benefits coverage for non-standard workers since the Wallace Report in 1983. This study uses Statistics Canada's Workplace and Employee Survey (WES) 1999 data. Results show significant differences in the receipt of benefits among non-standard workers, suggesting heterogeneity within this group of workers in terms of benefits coverage. Regular part-time and temporary full-time workers receive fewer benefits than regular full-time workers. Temporary part-time workers have significantly less likelihood of receiving benefits than the other three groups of workers. Overall, results show that since the Wallace Report findings, there has been little improvement in benefits coverage for non-standard workers, and they continue to be relatively disadvantaged in comparison to regular full-time workers.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employee benefits; Labor Unions; Part time employment; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Temporary employment

The Voice of Southern Labor: Radio, Music, and Textile Strikes, 1929-1934 - Zieger, Robert H. (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "The Voice of Southern Labor: Radio, Music, and Textile Strikes, 1929-1934," by Vincent J. Roscigno and William F. Danaher.

An Exploratory Study of Graduate Student Unions in Canada - Zinni, Deborah; Singh, Parbudyal; MacLennan, Anne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
Graduate student unions are beginning to attract attention in Canada and the United States. In Canada, unionization on campuses is especially important for organized labour, as union density has dropped below 30 percent for the first time in five decades. Graduate student unionization is also important in the wider context of precarious employment in North America. Despite the decline in overall union density, graduate student unions have continued to grow in the past decade. However, there is a paucity of scholarly research in this area. In this article, we trace the historical origins of graduate student unions in Canada, discuss relevant legal concerns, analyze pertinent collective bargaining and strike issues, and suggest avenues for future research.

The Right to Bargain Collectively in International Law: Workers' Right, Human Right, International Right? - Macklem, Patrick (University of Toronto, Public Law Research Paper 04-14, 2004)
Two conceptions of the right to bargain collectively have influenced its protection in international law. In international labor law, the right historically has been conceived of as one of several workers' rights that protect domestic rights of workers from international competition. In international human rights law, the right is conceived of as a human right that protects a universal feature of what it means to be a human being. This paper examines the status of the right in both fields in light of economic globalization and transnational flexible production. Instead of a weakening of the right at the international level, both fields reveal a trend toward its enhanced protection. Economic globalization and transnational flexible production are also changing the normative relationship between international human rights law and international labor law. They have sparked a third conception of labor rights as international rights - as instruments that possess the potential to vest the international legal order with a measure of normative legitimacy by attending to state and non-state action that international law otherwise authorizes in the name of economic globalization or flexible production. Armed with this new conception, international labor law is realigning its relationship to international human rights law around a shared task of mitigating the distributional consequences of globalization and transnational flexible production - a task in which the right to bargain collectively performs a critical function.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.627504

'It Is Not the Beliefs but the Crime That Matters': Post-War Civil Liberties Debates in Canada and Australia - Clément, Dominique (Labour History, 2004)
In both Canada and Australia, a modern rights movement dedicated to the preservation of individual rights irrespective of creed, class, beliefs, race or ethnicity emerged in the 1930s. One of the central themes in the early years of both movements was the treatment of communists and organised labour amid concerns over state abuse of freedoms of speech, association and due process. The Australian Council for Civil Liberties and the Canadian Civil Liberties Union were founded in the 1930s to counter increasing tendencies of the state to suppress political rights, most often directed against the radical left. However, divisions within the political left, most notably between social democrats and communists, as well as weaknesses in the legal system created significant obstacles to the civil liberties movement in both countries. The following article explores the key themes in the early Australian and Canadian civil liberties movement by comparing two separate national social movements operating within a similar legal, political and social context. Debates over the Communist Party Dissolution Bill (1950) and subsequent referendum (1951) in Australia and the espionage commission (1946) in Canada represented high profile post-war debates on civil liberties issues in both countries, arising out of attempts by the federal government to suppress communism.

The People's Paper - Boughton, Noelle (The Beaver, 2004)
A voice on the left - that was the impulse for the Winnipeg Citizen. Then the real world intruded. –Introduction

Abstracts = Résumés [53. (Spring/Printemps 2004] (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
English/French abstracts of articles published in v. 53, Spring 2004.

Abstracts = Résumés [54, Fall/Automne 2004] (Labour/Le Travail, 2004)
English/French abstracts of articles published in v. 54, Fall 2004.

International and Comparative Employment Relations: Globalization and the Developed Market Economies - Adams, Roy J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The book, "International and comparative employment relations: Globalization and the Developed Market Economies," edited by Greg J. Bambier, Russell D. Lansbury, and Nick Wailes, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; International; International comparisons; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Labor Standards in the United States and Canada - Albertyn, Christopher J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The book, "Labor Standards in the United States and Canada," by Richard N. Block and R. Oliver Clarke, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Economic theory; International comparisons; Labor Unions; Labor economics; Labor standards; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The New Dialectic and Marx's Capital - Albritton, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "The New Dialectic and Marx's Capital," by Christopher J. Arthur.

Industrial Relations as a Discipline and Field in France and the UK - Almond, Philip (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
This article analyses the differences in the post-war study of employment relations in the UK and France, examining both the orientations of the main literatures, and more recent developments in response to the changes of recent years. Through a comparison of the literature, the article seeks to analyse the implicit assumptions behind research in the field. The predominant means of investigating employment relations in both countries are seen to have been over-fixed on normative assumptions drawn from the specific circumstances of the post-war industrial relations climates of the two countries. This provides a partial explanation for the emergence of new normative frameworks, including that of Human Resource Management, particularly in the UK It is argued that in order for a move away from an explicitly managerial agenda to occur, researchers into industrial relations, particularly in English-speaking countries, must integrate their arguments within a greater awareness of wider societal change
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Economic theory; International comparisons; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Between Nationalism and Continentalism: State Auto Industry Policy and the Canadian UAW, 1960-1970 - Anastakis, Dimitry (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
In the turbulent 1960s Canadians debated foreign control of the Canadian economy and Canada’s relations with the United States. The Canadian section of the United Auto Workers (UAW) also struggled with these questions as it faced a number of government policies designed to bolster the auto industry and solve balance of payments difficulties, culminating in the 1965 Canada-United States Auto motive Products Trade Agreement (auto pact). The auto pact rationalized the Canadian Big Three (General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler) production into their parent corporations and by 1970 the Canadian industry was fully integrated into a continental system of North American automobile manufacturing. The Canadian UAW played an ineffectual role in shaping this transformation, one which rekindled and exacerbated conflict within the membership and between militant locals and the union’s leadership. Nonetheless, by the end of the decade, the union had become a strong advocate of the new continental auto regime, a reflection of the increased employment and production resulting from the changes. The essay explains the issues the union faced in this period and some of the long-term consequences which the continentalization of the auto industry had on the union.
Keywords: AUTOMOBILE industry; CHRYSLER Corp.; COMMERCIAL treaties; Canada; FORD Motor Co.; GENERAL Motors Corp.; INTERNATIONAL Union United Automobile Workers of America (CIO)