Social Movement Activism in the Formation of Ontario New Democratic Party Policy on Abortion, 1982-1984 - Weir, Lorna (Labour / Le Travail, 1995)
The conflict within the Ontario New Democratic Party during 1982-1984 on the question of setting party policy in support of the feminist campaign for free-standing abortion clinics is used as a case study to develop three aspects of social movement theory: alliance and conflict systems, radical flank effects, and social movement-political party relations. A previously undocumented radical flank effect is proposed. an inequality effect, arising under conditions when the distinction between radical and dominant sectors of a social movement align with a form of fundamental social inequality. The inequality effect is consequential for creating a distinction in the alliance and conflict systems of the radical and dominant sectors of the movement. It is suggested that the relation of Canadian social democracy to social movements be read as a dynamic tension between constituency representation and brokerage politics.
Keywords: ABORTION clinics; ALLIANCES (International relations); Activism; Canada; Equality; Social conflict; Social movements

Origins of Canada's Wagner Model of Industrial Relations: The United Auto Workers in Canada and the Suppression of "Rank and File" Unionism, 1936-1953 - Wells, Donald M. (The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, 1995)
Focusing on the origins of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) in Canada during the 1940s, this study analyzes the evolution of a work-centred, "rank and file" model of unionism into a top-down model of economistic unionism centred on collective bargaining and the stabilization of labour-management relations in the workplace. In order to attain organizational security, UAW leaders turned to state elites. The main price of employer and state acceptance of such security was the union leaders' agreement to suppress worker "direct action." This tradeoff has helped to shape the current limits of trade union mobilization in Canada. –Publisher's description
Keywords: Automobile industry workers; Automotive; Bargaining; Collective Agreements; Unions; Workers

The Impact of the Postwar Compromise on Canadian Unionism: The Formation of an Auto Worker Local in the 1950s - Wells, Don (Labour / Le Travail, 1995)
At the heart of Canada's "Fordist" class compromise after World War II lay a new unionism which reinforced managerial control in the workplace. By repudiating rank-and-file initiatives against various dimensions of management control of the labour process, the new unionism displaced a potentially transformative kind of unionism that arose during the war. The significance of this transition is explored through a comparative examination of the relations between union leaders and members at two autoworker locals, one of which exemplified the ran-and-file-oriented local unionism of the war years, the other the new centralized unionism which came in its wake. It is argued that this transition to a new unionism was a key contributor to the marginalization of class-based politics in Canada after the war.
Keywords: Automobile industry workers; Canada; LABOR process; LABOUR/LE Travail (Book); Labor Unions; Labor union members; WORLD War; 1939-1945; Work environment

Industrial Relations: The Economy and Society - Wetzel, Kurt (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1995)
Industrial Relations: The Economy and Society by John Godard is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Sociology

The Humanized Workplace - Wheeler, Hoyt N. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1995)
The article reviews the book, "The Humanized Workplace," by Jerome Braun.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; work

The Eclipse of the NDP - Wiseman, Nelson (Labour / Le Travail, 1995)
The article reviews and comments on several books including "Giving Away A Miracle: Lost Dreams, Broken Promises and the Ontario NDP," by George Ehring and Wayne Roberts, "From Protest to Power: Social Democracy in Canada, 1900-Present," by Norman Penner, and "Canadian Trade Unions and the New Democratic Party," by Keith Archer and Alan Whitehorn.
Keywords: ARCHER; Keith; BOOKS – Reviews; CANADIAN Trade Unions & the New Democratic Party (Book); EHRING; George; FROM Protest to Power: Social Democracy in Canada 1900-Present (Book); GIVING Away a Miracle: Lost Dreams; Broken Promises & the Ontario NDP (Book); Nonfiction; PENNER; Norman; ROBERTS; Wayne; WHITEHORN; Alan

Home to Work: Motherhood and Politics of Industrial Homework in the United States - Zeytimoglu, Izik Urla (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1995)
The article reviews the book, "Home to Work: Motherhood and Politics of Industrial Homework in the United States," by Eileen Boris.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employment; History; Home workers; Labor Unions; Law; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social sciences; Women; Work at home; Working mothers

Abstracts / Résumés [33, Spring 1994] (Labour/Le Travail, 1994)
English/French abstracts of articles published in the issue.

Abstracts / Résumés [34, Fall 1994] (Labour/Le Travail, 1994)
English/French abstracts of articles published in the issue.

Canadian Committee on Labour History: Publications (Labour/Le Travail, 1994)
List of recent publications by the Committee.

Index, Volume 33 (Spring/Printemps 1994) (Labour/Le Travail, 1994)

Livres reçus (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Publications récentes (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

At the End of the Shift: Mines and Single-Industry Towns in Northern Ontario - Abel, Kerry (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "At the End of the Shift: Mines and Single-Industry Towns in Northern Ontario," edited by Matt Bray and Ashley Thomson.
Keywords: AT the End of the Shift: Mines & Single-Industry Towns in Northern Ontario (Book); BOOKS – Reviews; BRAY; Matt; Mineral industries; Nonfiction; THOMSON; Ashley

"Shifting Sands Beneath the State": Unemployment, the Labor Market, and the Local Community, 1893-1922 - Adams, Jr., Graham (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Shifting Sands Beneath the State: Unemployment, the Labor Market, and the Local Community, 1893-1922," by Peter C. Seixas.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Nonfiction; SEIXAS; Peter C.; SHIFTING Sands Beneath the State: Unemployment; the Labor Market & the Local Community 1893-1922 (Book); Unemployment

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace - Andiappan, P. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace," by Arjun P. Aggarwal.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Les ouvrières de Dominion Corset à Québec, 1886-1988 - Baillargeon, Denyse (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Les ouvrières de Dominion Corset à Québec, 1886-1988," edited by Jean DuBerger and Jacques Mathieu.

Soviet Marxism and Analytical Philosophies of History - Bakhurst, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Soviet Marxism and Analytical Philosophies of History," by Eero Loone.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Communism; LOONE; Eero; Nonfiction; SOVIET Marxism & Analytical Philosophies of History (Book)

Managing the Shop-floor: Subjectivity, Masculinity and Workplace Culture - Baron, Ava (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Managing the Shop-Floor: Subjectivity, Masculinity and Workplace Culture," by David Collinson.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; COLLINSON; David; MANAGING the Shop-Floor: Subjectivity; Masculinity & Workplace Culture (Book); Nonfiction; Work environment

James P. Cannon and the Early Years of American Communism: Selected Writings and Speeches, 1920-1928 - Barrett, James R. (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "James P. Cannon and the Early Years of American Communism: Selected Writings and Speeches, 1920-1928," by James P. Cannon.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Communism; JAMES P. Cannon & the Early Years of American Communism: Selected Writings & Speeches 1920-1928 (Book); Nonfiction

Planting the Province: The Economic History of Upper Canda, 1784-1870 - Baskerville, Peter (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book,"Planting the Province: The Economic History of Upper Canada, 1784-1870," by Douglas McCalla.
Keywords: 1750-1918; BOOKS – Reviews; Economic history; MCCALLA; Douglas; Nonfiction; PLANTING the Province: The Economic History of Upper Canada 1784-1870 (Book)

Trouble in the Woods: Forest Policy and Social Conflict in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick - Beach, Christopher S. (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Trouble in the Woods: Forest Policy and Social Conflict in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick," edited by L. Anders Sandberg.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Nonfiction; SANDBERG; L. Anders; Social conflict; TROUBLE in the Woods: Forest Policy & Social Conflict in Nova Scotia & New Brunswick (Book)

New Perspectives on Industrial Disputes - Beaumont, Phil (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "New Perspectives on Industrial Disputes," edited by David Metcalf and Simon Milner.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The Passionate Debate: The Social and Political Ideas of Quebec Nationalism 1920-45 - Behiels, Michael D. (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "The Passionate Debate: The Social and Political Ideas of Quebec Nationalism 1920-1945," by Michael Oliver.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Nationalism; Nonfiction; OLIVER; Michael; PASSIONATE Debate: The Social & Political Ideas of Quebec Nationalism 1920-1945; The (Book)

Syndicats et restructuration économique: introduction = Unions and economic restructuring - Bélanger, Jacques; Murray, Gregor (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Unions and Economic Restructuring: Introduction - Bélanger, Jacques; Murray, Gregor (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The extent and the scope of organizational and technological innovations currently being introduced by many firms present important challenges of adjustment for the union movement. While working to renew their own collective strength, unions must also define their position with regard to new forms of work organization. Current mutations in identities both at work and beyond raise pressing questions about the relationship between the union and its members, particularly the capacity of unions to represent increasingly diverse groups of workers. The question of the link between identity at work and social cohesion will probably be exacerbated in the coming years because the current changes in the organization of work and the management of production are likely to have increasingly significant repercussions on the post-war institutional compromise in the workplace.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Organization theory; Organizational change; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Grand Designs : The Impact of Corporate Strategies on Workers, Unions, and Communities - Belman, Dale (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Grand Designs : The Impact of Corporate Strategies on Workers, Unions, and Communities," by Charles Craypo and Bruce Nissen.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The British Collier in British Columbia: Another Archetype Reconsidered - Belshaw, John Douglas (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
It is a widely held axiom of British Columbia' s labour history that the province' s radical tradition originated among immigrant British workers who formed the social bedrock of Vancouver Island's coaltowns in the 19th century. This paper challenges the stereotype of the British BC worker in the last century by balancing the post-immigration experience against the pre-emigration vocabulary of work, class, race, and politics. I conclude that insofar as a British fountainhead is significant for BC's political history it is in the diffusion of class solidarity to competing claimants for political support. The legacy of the British collier on Vancouver Island was not one of monolithic radicalism or even Labourism; instead it was one of conflicting inclinations which were as politically divisive for labour in Britain as they were on Canada's west coast.
Keywords: British Columbia; EMIGRATION & immigration; Labor; Radicalism; VANCOUVER (B.C.); VANCOUVER Island (B.C.)

Recasting Steel Labour: The Stelco Story - Bensman, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Recasting Steel Labour: The Stelco Story," by June Corman, Meg Luxton, D. W. Livingstone and Wally Seccombe.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CORMAN; June; LIVINGSTONE; D. W.; LUXTON; Meg; Nonfiction; RECASTING Steel Labour: The Stelco Story (Book); SECCOMBE; Wally; Steel industry

Les facteurs explicatifs de la propension à se syndiquer dans les services privés - Bergeron, Jean-Guy (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
Au Canada, le secteur des services privés, qui compte 40,4 % de la main-d’œuvre, n'a qu'une densité syndicale de 10,7 % comparativement à 37,9 % pour le secteur privé des biens (26,9 % de la main-d’œuvre) et 58,6 % pour le secteur public (32,7 % de la main-d’œuvre). Notre enquête démontre pourtant que près de 40 % des travailleurs non syndiqués des services privés des villes de Montréal et de Toronto désirent se syndiquer. Les facteurs explicatifs les plus importants de cette propension à se syndiquer sont les attitudes envers les syndicats, l'influence du groupe informel de travail, la solidarité avec les travailleurs et la satisfaction au travail. Les implications de cette enquête pour les acteurs du système de relations industrielles sont explorées.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor unions; Public opinion; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Ballots and Barricades: Class Formation and Republican Politics in France, 1830-1871 - Berlanstein, Lenard R. (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book , "Ballots and Barricades: Class Formation and Republican Politics in France, 1830-1871," by Ronald Aminzade.
Keywords: AMINZADE; Ronald; BALLOTS & Barricades: Class Formation & Republican Politics in France 1830-1871 (Book); BOOKS – Reviews; FRANCE – Politics & government – 1830-1848; Nonfiction

Mutual Gains. A Guide to Union-Management Cooperation - Bernier, Colette (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Mutual Gains. A Guide to Union-Management Cooperation," by Edward Cohen-Rosenthal and Cynthia E. Burton.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Perceptions et attitudes à l'égard des ressources humaines : le cas de l'alimentation au détail au Québec - Blais, René (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
Le facteur humain est un sujet de préoccupation constant pour les chefs d'entreprise. La turbulence de l'environnement force les entreprises à s'adapter aux changements de façon à se prémunir contre les menaces et à profiter des opportunités. La littérature en gestion des ressources humaines suggère que la perception d'un degré élevé de turbulence de l'environnement pousse les dirigeants d'entreprises à percevoir favorablement les ressources humaines. Nous avons exploré cette hypothèse auprès des propriétaires-dirigeants de supermarchés d'alimentation québécois.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Grocery trade; Human resource management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Labor unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Les relations du travail au Québec : une analyse de la situation dans le secteur public - Boivin, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Les relations du travail au Québec : une analyse de la situation dans le secteur public," by Michel Leclerc and Michel Quimper.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Industrial relations theory: its nature, scope and pedagogy - Boivin, Jean; Thompson, Mark; Peterson, Richard B. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
Symposium on the book, "Industrial relations theory: its nature, scope and pedagogy," edited by Roy J. Adams and Noah M. Meltz. Introduction to the symposium by Jean Boivin, with commentaries by Mark Thompson, Richard B. Peterson, and Jean Boivin.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Tendances récentes de la négociation collective dans l'industrie du papier au Québec - Bourque, Reynald; Rioux, Claude (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
Cet article examine les développements récents de la négociation collective et de l'organisation du travail dans l'industrie québécoise du papier. L'analyse des négociations menées ces dernières années par les syndicats du papier affiliés à la CSN révèle le caractère central des stratégies de flexibilisation du travail chez les employeurs, et de protection de l'emploi du côté syndical. La flexibilité fonctionnelle constitue l'aspect essentiel des changements en cours dans cette industrie depuis la fin des années 1980, les employeurs cherchant à améliorer l'efficacité productive par une rationalisation des tâches et une réduction des emplois. Dans certaines usines, la réorganisation du travail a suscité un renouveau de l'action syndicale à travers l'implication des salariés et de leur syndicat dans la gestion de l'entreprise.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; Labor unions; Pulp & paper industry; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The Westray Tragedy: A Miner's Story - Bray, Matt (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "The Westray Tragedy: A Miner's Story," by Shaun Comish.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; COMISH; Shaun; Mineral industries; Nonfiction; WESTRAY Tragedy: A Miner's Story; The (Book)

Le Code civil du Québec et la Loi sur les normes du travail : convergence ou divergence? - Brière, Jean-Yves (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
Quelles seront les incidences du nouveau Code civil sur la Loi sur les normes du travail ? De même que sa réciproque, quel sera l'effet de la Loi sur les normes sur l'interprétation des dispositions du Code ? Cette relation synergique qui devra s'établir entre les textes des deux législations fait l'objet de la présente étude. Cette analyse est à la fois comparative et prospective. L'auteur a retenu six points de comparaison : la prééminence des textes, la notion de salarié, le service continu, la rupture du lien d'emploi, le certificat de travail et l'aliénation d'entreprise.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The Effect of Multinational Institutions on Strike Activity in Canada - Budd, John W. (Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1994)
The author estimates the influence of foreign corporate ownership and international unionism on strike activity in Canadian manufacturing between 1965 and 1985, controlling for several other determinants of strike activity that were largely ignored in previous studies. He finds, contrary to the results of other studies, that the incidence and duration of strikes did not differ significantly between foreign-owned and domestically owned firms or between international and national unions. Strike incidence was significantly lower, however, among unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO than among unions affiliated with a Canadian federation.

Retraining - Not Redundancy. Innovative Approaches to Industrial Restructuring in Germany and France - Buechtemann, Christoph F. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The articler reviews the book, "Retraining - Not Redundancy. Innovative Approaches to Industrial Restructuring in Germany and France," by Gerhard Bosch.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The Politics of Work: Gender and Labour in Victoria, 1880-1939 - Burr, Christina (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "The Politics of Work: Gender and Labour in Victoria, 1880-1939," by Raelene Frances.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FRANCES; Raelene; Labor; Nonfiction; POLITICS of Work: Gender & Labour in Victoria 1880-1939; The (Book)

The Battle for Coal: Miners and the Politics of Nationalization in France, 1940-1950 - Burwood, Stephen (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "The Battle for Coal: Miners and the Politics of Nationalization in France, 1940-1950," by Darryl Holter.
Keywords: BATTLE for Coal: Miners & the Politics of Nationalization in France 1940-1950; The (Book); BOOKS & reading; BOOKS – Reviews; Coal miners; HOLTER; Darryl; Nonfiction

Reviewing the Past and Looking to the Future: Activists Reminisce at the Mine Mill Centennial Conference Sudbury, May 1993 - Buse, Dieter K.; Steedman, Mercedes (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article introduces the edited transcript of sessions of the Mine Mill Centennial Conference held in Sudbury, Ontario, in May 1993. The conference, which commemorated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers' Union, was attended by 200 people including union stewards, academics, labour leaders, and retired workers. The sessions provided a forum for retired activists to reflect on their lifetime of experience in the union movement as well as to address current political concerns. Themes included the union and communism, the union in the community, relations with other unions, women in the labour movement (notably the Mine Mill Women's Auxiliary), political activism, and the path forward for working people and organized labour. Brief biographies of the presenters are also provided.
Keywords: CONFERENCES & conventions; CONGRESSES; LABOR unions – Congresses; Labor movement; Ontario; SUDBURY (Ont.)

Controlling Common Property: Regulating Canada's East Coast Fishery - Cadigan, Scan (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Controlling Common Property: Regulating Canada's East Coast Fishery," by David Ralph Matthews.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CONTROLLING Common Property: Regulating Canada's East Coast Fishery (Book); Fisheries; MATTHEWS; David Ralph; Nonfiction

"Not as a White Man, Not as a Sojourner": James A. Teit and the Fight for Native Rights in British Columbia, 1884-1922 - Campbell, J. Peter (Left History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Historical Inquiry and Debate, 1994)
James Teit played a key role in the native rights movement in British Columbia, and he spearheaded the attempt to bring greater unity to the movement by struggling for the unity of natives and non-natives, and the unity of the interior and coast native peoples. It is simply impossible to understand the history of the native rights movement in British Columbia in the first two decades of the twentieth century without understanding the role played by James Teit. –From Introduction

Les syndicats face au pouvoir. Syndicalisme et politique au Québec de 1960 à 1992 - Cardin, Jean-François (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Les syndicats face au pouvoir. Syndicalisme et politique au Québec de 1960 à 1992," by Roch Denis and Serge Denis.

Radical Literature and Cultural Validation: The Paradox of Merlin Radical Fiction - Carr, Graham (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews and comments on three books including "Out of Work," by Margaret Harkness, "The Story of a Modern Woman," by Ella Hepworth Dixon and "Sandwichman," by Walter Brierley.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; BRIERLEY; Walter; DIXON; Ella Hepworth; HARKNESS; Margaret; Nonfiction; OUT of Work (Book); SANDWICHMAN (Book); STORY of a Modern Woman; The (Book)

Thomas McGrath: Life and the Poem - Casciato, Arthur D. (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Thomas McGrath: Life and the Poem," edited by Reginald Gibbons and Terrence Des Pres.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; DES Pres; Terrence; MCGRATH; Thomas; 1916-1990; Nonfiction; POETS; THOMAS McGrath: Life & the Poem (Book)

Enjeux actuels de la formation professionnelle - Chicha, Marie-Thérèse (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Enjeux actuels de la formation professionnelle," edited by Pierre Dandurand.
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; Vocational education

Professionalization and Proletarianization: Medicine, Nursing, and Chiropractic in Historical Perspective - Coburn, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
Two separate theoretical streams touch on the fate of workers and their work, class and 'occupations and professions'. Analysis of the historical development of three interrelated occupations, medicine, nursing, and chiropractic, indicates that medicine is losing control over the health care division of labour. Whether or not one sees processes of proletarianization, however, depends upon whether one is examining a particular occupation or a set of occupations within a particular work domain. The analysis indicates that the struggles amongst occupations themselves contributes to proletarianization.
Keywords: CHIROPRACTIC; Division of labor; Labor; Medicine; Nursing; Proletarianization

Beneath the "Sentimental Veil": Families and Family History in Canada - Comacchio, Cynthia R. (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews and comments on the books, "Canadian Family History: Selected Readings," edited by Bettina Bradbury, and "Working Families: Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal," by Bettina Bradbury.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; BRADBURY; Bettina; CANADIAN Family History: Selected Readings (Book); FAMILY history (Sociology); Nonfiction; WORKING Families: Age; Gender & Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal (Book)

L'organisation du monde patronal au Québec : un portrait diversifié - Delorme, François; Fortin, Régis; Gosselin, Louis (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
En s'appuyant sur une classification centrée sur le degré d'implication par rapport à la négociation collective des conditions de travail, cet article présente la diversité du monde patronal québécois et il en expose certaines composantes. Il traite aussi des mouvements professionnels dans leur ensemble, parfois assimilés à tort aux organisations d'employeurs. Il montre également, données numériques à l'appui, l'importance des divers regroupements recensés et la difficulté, dans certains cas, de les associer à une seule catégorie.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Labor unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The Selling of the South: The Southern Crusade for Industrial Development, 1936-1990, 2nd edition - Dick, W. M. (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "The Selling of the South: The Southern Crusade for Industrial Development, 1936-1990," 2nd edition, by James C. Cobb.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; COBB; James C.; INDUSTRIALIZATION; Nonfiction; SELLING of the South: The Southern Crusade for Industrial Development 1936-1990; The (Book)

Debts to Pay. English Canada and Quebec from the Conquest to the Referendum - Dickinson, John A. (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Debts to Pay. English Canada and Quebec From the Conquest to the Referendum," by John F. Conway.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CONWAY; John F.; DEBTS to Pay: English Canada & Quebec From the Conquest to the Referendum (Book); Nonfiction; REFERENDUM

Louis Laberge. Le Syndicalisme, c'est ma vie - Dionne, Bernard (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Louis Laberge. Le Syndicalisme, c'est ma vie," by Louis Fournier.

Femmes en mouvement. Trajectoires de l'Association fémine d'éducation et d'action sociele, AFÉAS, 1966-1991 - Domey, Odette Vincent (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Femmes en mouvement. Trajectoires de l'Association fémine d'éducation et d'action sociele, AFÉAS, 1966-1991," by Joceylyne Lamoureux, Michèle Gélinas, and Katy Tari.

The Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Strike of 1914-1915: Espionage, Labor Conflict, and the New South Industrial Relations - Draper, Alan (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "The Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Strike of 1914-1915: Espionage, Labor Conflict, and the New South Industrial Relations," by Gary M. Fink.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FINK; Gary M.; FULTON Bag & Cotton Mills Strike of 1914-1915: Espionage; Labor Conflict & the New South Industrial Relations; The (Book); Nonfiction; STRIKES & lockouts

Comprendre le changement technique - Dumas, Martin (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Comprendre le changement technique," by Christian DeBresson.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Maritime Radical: The Life and Times of Roscoe Fillmore - Earle, Michael (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Maritime Radical: The Life and Times of Roscoe Fillmore," by Nicholas Fillmore.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FILLMORE; Nicholas; FILLMORE; Roscoe; MARITIME Radical: The Life & Times of Roscoe Fillmore (Book); Nonfiction

Reinstatement in the Nonunion Sector - an Empirical Analysis - Eden, Genevieve (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
Reinstatement to the workplace is an important feature of statutory protection against unjust dismissal for nonunion employees. An empirical study examined the post-reinstatement experience of workers under the Canada Labour Code. Overall, the results contrast with the reinstatement experience in union settings, which generally show favorable results. It was concluded that the presence of a union may be a key variable in the effectiveness of the reinstatement remedy. In the absence of a union, workers ordered reinstated would have to be provided with greater support. This may be achieved through a follow-up mechanism directed by the governmental agency that administers the statute.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Effectiveness; Labor Unions; Labor law; Nonunion; Reinstatement; Remedies (Law); SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Wrongful discharge

Indentured Labor, Caribbean Sugar: Chinese and Indian Migrants to the British West Indies, 1838-1918 - Eltis, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Indentured Labor, Caribbean Sugar: Chinese and Indian Migrants to the British West Indies, 1838-1918," by Walton Look Lai.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; INDENTURED Labor; Caribbean Sugar: Chinese & Indian Migrants to the British West Indies 1838-1918 (Book); Immigrants; Nonfiction; WALTON Look Lai

After Chartism: Class and Nation in English Radical Politics, 1848-1874 - Epstein, James (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "After Chartism: Class and Nation in English Radical Politics, 1848-1874," by Margot Finn.
Keywords: AFTER Chartism: Class & Nation in English Radical Politics 1848-1874 (Book); BOOKS – Reviews; CHARTISM; FINN; Margot; Nonfiction

Social Classes and Social Credit in Alberta - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Social Classes and Social Credit in Alberta," by Edward Bell.
Keywords: BELL; Edward; BOOKS – Reviews; Nonfiction; SOCIAL Classes & Social Credit in Alberta (Book); Social classes

Le travail au féminin. Analyse démographique de la discontinuité professionnelle des femmes au Canada - Fortin, Andrée (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Le travail au féminin. Analyse démographique de la discontinuité professionnelle des femmes au Canada," by Marianne Kempeneers.

Nineteenth Century Cape Breton: A Historical Geography - Frank, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Nineteenth Century Cape Breton: A Historical Geography," by Stephen J. Hornsby.
Keywords: 19TH Century Cape Breton: A Historical Geography (Book); BOOKS – Reviews; HISTORICAL geography; HORNSBY; Stephen J.; Nonfiction

Adult Education and Union Education: Aspects of English Canadian Cultural History in the 20th Century - Friesen, Gerald (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
Explores from a class perspective the adult education movement and union-sponsored educational and communication activities in English-speaking Canada. Assesses historic British and US influences, changes in communication technology. and Canadian state interventions (such as the founding of the National Film Board) on the development of adult and union education. The latter was instrumental in character (e.g., grievance handling) and premissed on working within the capitalist order. Adult education was ambiguous in terms of class, coalescing on an activist definition of citizenship that had social democratic overtones, although the Cold War years somewhat chilled this more left-leaning approach. In contrast, the Saskatchewan CCF government's radical experiment in adult education was short-lived. Public relations efforts by unions also fell short, as did establishment of a labour press, and articulating a vision of the social order beyond capitalism. The growing inflluence of US-dominated corporations, including on media, has had a profound effect since the 1970s. Concludes that this raises questions whether working people will be able enter the debate, let alone participate effectively, as society confronts new cultural, economic, and political challenges.
Keywords: Adult education; Canada; Communication; GREAT Britain; Imperialism; Labor Unions; United States

Stacking the Deck: The Streaming of Working-Class Kids in Ontario Schools - Gamberg, Ruth (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Stacking the Deck: The Streaming of Working-Class Kids in Ontario Schools," by B. Curtis, D. W. Livingstone and H. Smaller.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CURTIS; B.; EDUCATION – Social aspects; LIVINGSTONE; D. W.; Nonfiction; SMALLER; H.; STACKING the Deck: The Streaming of Working-Class Kids in Ontario Schools (Book)

Changement dans les legislations du travail au Canada [v. 49, no. 2, 1994]: 1er octobre au 31 decembre 1993 = Changes in Canada labour law - Gauvin, Michel; Brennan, Geoffrey (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
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

Changements dans la legislation du travail au Canada [v. 49, no. 4, 1994], 1er avril au 30 juin 1994 = Changes in Canadian labour laws, April 1 to June 30 1994 - Gauvin, Michel; Brennan, Geoffrey (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
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

Changements dans les législations du travail au Canada = Changes in Canada labour law: 1 July to 30 September 1993 - Gauvin, Michel; Brennan, Jeffrey (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
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

Changements dans les legislations du travail au Canada [v. 49, no. 3, 1994]: 1er janvier au 31 mars 1994 = Changes in Canada Labour Law: 1 January to 31 March 1994 - Gauvin, Michel; Brennan, Jeffrey (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
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

Trois siècles d'histoire médicale au Québec - Greenier, Guy (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Trois siècles d'histoire médicale au Québec," by André Goulet and Denis Paradis.

La gestion des ressources humaines : du modèle traditionnel au modèle renouvelé - Guérin, Gilles; Wils, Thierry (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
Symposium: La gestion des ressources humaines : du modèle traditionnel au modèle renouvelé by Gilles Guérin et Thierry Wils. Introduction : Michel Audet. Commentaires - Comments: Laurent Bélanger, Richard J. Long, Bernard Galambaud.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Human resource management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Symposium : La gestion des ressources humaines : du modèle traditionnel au modèle renouvelé. Introduction : Commentaires = Comments - Guérin, Gilles; Wils, Thierry; Audet, Michel; Bélanger, Laurent; Long, Richard J.; Galambaud, Bernard (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
Symposium: La gestion des ressources humaines : du modèle traditionnel au modèle renouvelé, Gilles Guérin et Thierry Wils. Introduction : Michel Audet. Commentaires - Comments: Laurent Bélanger, Richard J. Long, Bernard Galambaud.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Southern Labor and Black Civil Rights: Organizing Memphis Workers - Hahamovitch, Cindy (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Southern Labor and Black Civil Rights: Organizing Memphis Workers," by Michael K. Honey.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CIVIL rights movements; HONEY; Michael K.; Nonfiction; SOUTHERN Labor & Black Civil Rights: Organizing Memphis Workers (Book)

Transfer of Training : Action-Packed Strategies to Ensure High Payoff from Training Investments - Haines, Victor (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Transfer of Training : Action-Packed Strategies to Ensure High Payoff from Training Investments," by Mary L. Broad and John W. Newstrom.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Wobblies, Pile Butts, and Other Heroes: Laborlore Explorations - Halker, Clark "Bucky" (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Wobblies, Pile Butts, and Other Heroes: Laborlore Explorations," by Archie Green.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; GREEN; Archie; Labor; Nonfiction; WOBBLIES; Pile Butts & Other Heroes: Laborlore Explorations (Book)

Bargaining and Worker Representation Under New Zealand's Employment Contracts Legislations: A Review After Two Years - Harbridge, Raymond; Hince, Kevin (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
New Zealand has had a long history of state-sponsored trade unionism, with up to 60% of the workforce being employed under the terms and conditions of a union negotiated collective bargain. It had adopted systems of industrial conciliation and arbitration as a means of resolving disputes over wage fixing and related matters. However, 2 major rewrites of legislation, the Labor Relations Act 1987 and the Employment Contracts Act 1991, have made a significant shift in these fundamentals. It is estimated that collective bargaining has fallen by nearly 60% in the 2 years since the Act took effect. Multi-employer bargaining has largely collapsed. Unions lost some 90,000 members in the first 7 months under the new system and an additional 86,000 in the most recent year - an aggregate loss of almost 30% of membership in less than 2 years. If the Employment Contracts Act regime continues, further fragmentation of unions may occur and collective bargaining will continue to collapse.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Employment contracts; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Legislation; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Understanding industrial organizations: theoretical perspectives in industrial sociology - Harrisson, Denis (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Understanding Industrial Organisations : Theoritical Perspectives in Industrial Sociology," by Richard K. Brown.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Industrial sociology; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Confiance, coopération et partenariat : un processus de transformation dans l'entreprise québécoise - Harrisson, Denis; Laplante, Normand (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
Les transformations de l'organisation du travail reposent sur les relations de confiance entre les principaux agents du travail et de la gestion. Nous présentons quatre cas de coopération concertée vers une réorganisation de la production dans des établissements manufacturiers syndiqués. Le processus de mise en confiance se fonde sur la présence de personnes réputées et compétentes. La répétition de l'expérience, la durée des contacts interpersonnels et l'échange d'informations jugées crédibles permettent de consolider la confiance entre les représentants syndicaux et les membres de la direction qui solutionnent des problèmes particuliers au processus de transformation de l'organisation du travail dans leur établissement. Les ententes patronales syndicales sont de nature consensuelle et permettent la flexibilité recherchée par les acteurs. Des facteurs hors de leur contrôle les incitent toutefois à cosigner ces ententes et à cristalliser de nouvelles formes de relations fondées sur la coopération.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Trading Freedom: How Free Trade Affects our Lives, Work and Environment - Hellman, Judith Adler (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Trading Freedom: How Free Trade Affects our Lives, Work and Environment," edited by John Cavanagh, John Gershman, Karen Baker and Gretchen Helmke.
Keywords: BAKER; Karen; BOOKS – Reviews; CAVANAGH; John; Free trade; GERSHMAN; John; HELMKE; Gretchen; Nonfiction; TRADING Freedom: How Free Trade Affects Our Lives; Work & Environment (Book)

Décentralisation des relations professionnelles et gestion de l'emploi en France - Hoang-Ngoc, Liem; Lallement, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
Les lois Auroux de 1982 ont impulsé, en France, un mouvement de décentralisation des relations professionnelles. On peut effectivement constater, au cours de la dernière décennie, un développement notable des accords d'entreprise. Aux yeux de l'observateur, ce mouvement ne doit pas occulter, malgré tout, ni la pérennité des accords de branche, ni l'importante variable des accords d'entreprise selon les secteurs et les tailles d'entreprise ni, enfin, le fait que la dynamique n'est pas nécessairement la même d'un thème de négociation à l'autre. Une enquête menée dans deux secteurs (électronique et santé) permet de spécifier les limites de la décentralisation en matière de négociation sur l'emploi.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Labor unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Time to Certification of Unions in British Columbia - Holmes, Richard; Rogow, Robert (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
A study examined the effects of various factors underlying variations in the time taken to certify unions in British Columbia. A multivariate regression model with granting time as the dependent variable was employed, with dummy variables for the certification process, unfair labor practice complaints, region, industry union, and time period as the independent variables. The size of the union bargaining unit was considered, also. The results show that the certification process is the most important determinant of granting time. Most of the explanatory power of the model was obtained from the certification process and region regressors.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Certification; Collective bargaining unit; Labor Unions; Manyindustries; Regression analysis; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Unionization

The Politics of Continuity: British Foreign Policy and the Labour Government: 1945-46 - Hyman, Richard (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "The Politics of Continuity: British Foreign Policy and the Labour Government: 1945-46," by John Saville.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; GREAT Britain – Politics & government – 1945-; Nonfiction; POLITICS of Continuity: British Foreign Policy & the Labour Government: 1945-1946; The (Book); SAVILLE; John

Maritime Capital: The Shipping Industry in Atlantic Canada, 1820-1914 - Inwood, Kris (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Maritime Capital: The Shipping Industry in Atlantic Canada, 1820-1914," by Eric Sager and Gerald Panting.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; MARITIME Capital: The Shipping Industry in Atlantic Canada 1820-1914 (Book); Nonfiction; PANTING; Gerald; SAGER; Eric; SHIPPING (Water transportation)

People in Struggle: The Life and Art of Bill Stapleton - Jessup, Lynda (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "People in Struggle: The Life and Art of Bill Stapleton," by C. H. Gervais.
Keywords: ARTISTS; BOOKS – Reviews; GERVAIS; C. H.; Nonfiction; PEOPLE in Struggle: The Life & Art of Bill Stapleton (Book)

Editor's Note = Note du directeur [34, Fall 1994] - Kealey, Gregory S. (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The editor takes note of two papers published in the journal as well as editorial board members who received awards.
Keywords: AWARDS; BRADBURY; Bettina – Awards; HISTORY – Societies; etc.; RAJALA; Richard A. – Awards; SANGSTER; Joan – Awards

The German Version of Deregulation and Beyond - Keller, Berndt (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article deals with various deregulatory efforts in relation to labour relations and labour markets in Germany. The analysis differentiates between flexibilisation as a strategy of employers and deregulation as a collection of actions taken by the state, which currently provide the political flanks for employers' efforts towards flexibility. The central measures of German deregulation are described and criticized in theoretical and empirical perspective. A controlled form of flexibility instead of a market driven, non-controlled flexibility is given preferential treatment. Proposals are made for defensive, compensatory steps towards re-regulation; offensive, formative forms of regulation are discussed.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Government regulation; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

On Strike at Hormel: The Struggle for a Democratic Labor Movement - Kellogg, Paul (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "On Strike at Hormel: The Struggle for a Democratic Labor Movement," by Hardy Green.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; GREEN; Hardy; Nonfiction; ON Strike at Hormel: The Struggle for a Democratic Labor Movement (Book); STRIKES & lockouts

On Wisconsin Women: Working for Their Rights from Settlement to Suffrage - Kellow, Margaret M. R. (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "On Wisconsin Women: Working for Their Rights From Settlement to Suffrage," by Genevieve G. McBride.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; MCBRIDE; Genevieve G.; Nonfiction; ON Wisconsin Women: Working for Their Rights From Settlement to Suffrage (Book); SUFFRAGISTS

Of Mommy Tracks and Glass Ceilings: A Case Study of Men's and Women's Careers in Management - Konrad, Alison M.; Cannings, Kathy (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The public is concerned about whether the management careers of women are hindered by discrimination and whether women and men in management who try to balance career and family are penalized for doing so. In an attempt to address those questions, data from a 1989 survey of over 600 middle-level managers im a large Canadian corporation were analyzed to examine the characteristics of jobs held by career-family and career-primary men and women. Hypotheses were developed based on human capital theory, statistical discrimination theory, and gender role congruence theory. Examining career outcomes suggested that participation in household labor had a significantly more negative association with men's hierarchical level than with women's.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Career development planning; Employment discrimination; Executives; Labor Unions; Managers; Men; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Studies; Women; Work & family; Working mothers

Employer Responses to Workers' Compensation Insurance Experience Rating - Kralj, Boris (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
A study investigates the impact of an insurance premium experience rating mechanism that is designed to induce firms to reduce the incidence of workplace accidents and accident claims costs. Logit model analysis of survey-response data and case study information is used to analyze the impact of the introduction of workers' compensation insurance premium experience rating on employer behavior in Ontario, Canada. The main result is that the financial incentives provided by experience rating have induced employers to alter their behaviors and undertake strategies aimed at accident prevention (reducing accident frequency rates) and reducing workers' compensation claims cost.
Keywords: Accident prevention; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Cost control; Insurance; Insurance premiums; Labor Unions; Management; Occupational health & safety; Organizational behavior; Premiums; Risk management; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Workers compensation

Who Will Help? Willingness to Work for the Union - Kuruvilla, Sarosh; Fiorito, Jack (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
A model of a critical union commitment dimension - willingness to work for the union - is proposed and tested. Given the decline in union density in most advanced industrial societies, unions all over face the need for increased member activism. Organization and social psychological theories, along with previous empirical research, are used to develop the conceptual model, measures, and predictions. These predictions are tested via a 2-stage regression model, using data from a large sample of Swedish professional union members. As predicted, both attitudinal commitment and subjective norms are critical influences on the individual's willingness to work on behalf of the union. These results suggest that future research on union participation should focus on the determinants of behavioral intentions given the high correlation between willingness to work for the union and actual participation.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Memberships; Organization theory; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social psychology; Statistical analysis; Studies

Histoire des idées sociologiques, Tome I : Des origines à Weber; Tome 2 : De Parsons aux contemporains - Laberge, Yves (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article reviews the books, "Histoire des idées sociologiques, Tome I : Des origines à Weber; Tome 2 : De Parsons aux contemporains," by Michel Lallement.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Working Women of Collar City: Gender, Class, and Community in Tory, 1864-86 - Ladd-Taylor, Molly (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Working Women of Collar City: Gender, Class, and Community in Tory, 1864-86," by Carole Turbin.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Nonfiction; TURBIN; Carole; WORKING Women of Collar City: Gender; Class & Community in Tory 1864-1986 (Book); Women employees

Un demi-siècle de relations industrielles à l'Université Laval = A Half Century of Industrial Relations at Université Laval - Laflamme, Gilles (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

La Culture inventée. Les stratégies culturelles aux 19e et 20e siècles - Lamonde, Yvan (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "La Culture inventée. Les stratégies culturelles aux 19e et 20e siècles," edited by Pierre Lanthier and Guido Rousseau.

Strikes and Class Consciousness - Langford, Tom (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
This article uses a classical Marxist framework to study the consciousness and action of inside postal workers in Hamilton, Ontario during and after their participation in the 1987 strike by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). At the time of the strike the Hamilton Local of CUPW was 58 per cent women; the article includes a discussion of the impact of gender processes on women worker's consciousness and action. It also deals with three more general issues. First, through a discussion of conceptual issues and the presentation of a multi-level theoretical model, I offer advice on how to proceed with empirical research on strikes and class consciousness. Second, the "culture of solidarity" portrayal of strikers, as developed by Rick Fantasia, is criticized for presenting an over-integrated view of the participation and consciousness of strikers. I argue that one need not romanticize striking workers in order to be optimistic about the political role of the contemporary working class. This optimism must recognize that in a macro context of politico-economic stability, only a minority of a striking workforce can be expected to experience an expansion of generalized class consciousness. Third, I suggest that Marxist political action in the 1990s should concentrate on the development of generalized class consciousness, especially workers' positive sense of class unity, through the organization of local worker solidarity networks.
Keywords: CANADIAN Union of Postal Workers; HAMILTON (Ont.); MARXIST analysis; Ontario; POSTAL service – Employees; STRIKES & lockouts; Women employees

Aspects économiques de la santé et sécurité au travail - Lanoie, Paul (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
Cette étude fournit une synthèse des travaux effectués par des économistes sur le thème de la santé et de la sécurité du travail. Ces derniers ont surtout essayé d'évaluer les effets des différentes politiques adoptées par les gouvernements en tant au 'assureur et promoteur de la santé et sécurité au travail. Le texte tente également défaire le point sur la question de la substitution entre l'assurance-accident et l'assurance-chômage. À la lumière d'une comparaison internationale de la générosité de ces deux régimes d'assurance, des solutions de rechange sont proposées permettant de réduire l'incitation à la substitution.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Entre voisins. La société paroissiale en milieu urbain: Saint-Pierre-Apôtre de Montréal, 1849-1930. - Laperrière, Guy (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Entre voisins. La société paroissiale en milieu urbain: Saint-Pierre-Apôtre de Montréal, 1849-1930," by Lucia Ferretti.

Les syndicats et les nouvelles formes d'organisation du travail - Lapointe, Paul-André; Paquet, Renaud (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
L'objet de cet article est d'apporter des précisions sur les positions des dirigeants syndicaux locaux à l'égard des nouvelles formes d'organisation du travail. Les résultats de l'enquête par questionnaire auprès de dirigeants locaux de la FTQ, de la CSN et de la CSD démontrent que les positions varient selon la nature des nouvelles formes d'organisation du travail. De façon générale, les positions syndicales sont favorables et elles ont évolué en ce sens au cours des dernières années. La volonté de s'adapter à un environnement changeant, la position de la centrale syndicale et l'expérience passée sont les facteurs qui expliquent le mieux les variations des positions syndicales locales.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Job design; Labor Unions; Labor unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Le Pouvoir et la Règle. Dynamiques de l'action organisée - Le Queux, Stéphane (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Le Pouvoir et la Règle. Dynamiques de l'action organisée, " by Erhard Friedberg.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Notebook [33, Spring 1994] - Leier, Mark (James Mark) (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
Brief obituary for Robert Kenney, who died in Toronto on Sept. 28, 1993 at age 88. A bibliophile with a longstanding commitment to Marxist philosophy, Kenney's collections of books, pamphlets, leaflets, and newspapers, as well as the personal papers of A.E. Smith, were donated to the the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto. The Memorial University library has acquired 2,200 pamphlets in the English language representing an international spectrum of opinion include socialist, communist (the Canadian Communist Party is well-represented), trade unionist and anti-war. Saskatchewan labour collections assembled by the Saskatchewan provincial archives include union papers, strike files and secondary sources from the 1940s-1980s. The collection is named after Bob Hale, the former Canadian Labour Congress regional director for the Prairies. Takes note of forthcoming conferences and a newsletter on comparative industrial relations published at McMaster University.
Keywords: HISTORY – Congresses; KENNY; Robert S.; LABOR – Congresses; NEWSLETTERS; PUBLICATIONS

Mères et travailleuses. De l'exception à la règle - Lévesque, Andrée (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Mères et travailleuses. De l'exception à la règle," by Renée B. Dandurand and Francine Descarries.

London in the Age of Industrialisation: Entrepreneurs, Labour Force and Living Conditions, 1700-1850 - Levine, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "London in the Age of Industrialisation: Entrepreneurs, Labour Force and Living Conditions, 1700-1850," by L. D. Schwarz.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; LABOR supply; LONDON in the Age of Industrialisation: Entrepreneurs; Labour Force & Living Conditions 1700-1850 (Book); Nonfiction; SCHWARZ; L. D.

Popular Resistance to Legal Authority in the Upper St. Francis District of Quebec: The Megantic Outlaw Affair of 1888-89 - Little, J. I. (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
This essay attempts to explain why the Scots Canadians of Québec's upper St. Francis district protected the fugitive, Donald Morrison, against the full force of the law in 1888-89. It rejects the proposition that ethnic tensions were a major factor, arguing instead that Morrison conforms to Eric Hobsbawm's definition of a primitive rebel. With the railway undermining the local subsistence-oriented economy and encouraging families to migrate from the district, the Highland community was facing a survival crisis which it would ultimately lose. The Megantic Outlaw affair therefore represented a final defiant and largely symbolic stand on the part of a tightly-knit rural community succumbing to the forces of industrial capitalism.
Keywords: CANADIANS; Capitalism; Country life; DISSENTERS; HOBSBAWM; E. J. (Eric J.); 1917-2012; MORRISON; Donald; QUEBEC (Province)

The International Labour and Radical History Pamphlet Collection at Memorial University of Newfoundland - Lonardo, Michael (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
Describes the collection of over 2,200 pamphlets as well as a number of books that was received from the University of Prince Edward Island Library in 1992, which in turn had been acquired as part of a purchase of the stock of the Blue Heron Bookstore in Toronto in 1970. The holdings include pamphlets by Tim Buck and other leading Canadian communists as well as a range of leftist literature from the US, UK, Soviet Union, and China. Other significant holdings of radical/left literature at the Queen Elizabeth II Library are also described. {}Note: The pamphlet collection has since been digitized and may be searched at: https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/radical]
https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/radical
Keywords: COMMUNIST parties; Capitalism; PAMPHLETS; PRINCE Edward Island; RADICALS; Radicalism

Profit Sharing: Does It Make a Difference? - Long, Richard J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Profit Sharing : Does it Make a Difference?," by Douglas L. Kruse.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Profit sharing plans; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Tangled Webs of History: Indians and the Law in Canada's Pacific Coast Fisheries - Loo, Tina (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Tangled Webs of History: Indians and the Law in Canada's Pacific Coast Fisheries," by Dianne Newell.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Fisheries; NEWELL; Dianne; Nonfiction; TANGLED Webs of History: Indians & the Law in Canada's Pacific Coast Fisheries (Book)

Militant Workers: Labour and Class Conflict on the Clyde, 1900-1950 - MacGillivray, Don (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Militant Workers: Labour and Class Conflict on the Clyde, 1900-1950," edited by Robert Duncan and Arthur McIvor.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; DUNCAN; Robert; 1919-1988; MCIVOR; Arthur; MILITANT Workers: Labour & Class Conflict on the Clyde 1900-1950 (Book); Nonfiction; Working class

Emptying Their Nets: Small Capital and Rural Industrialization in the Nova Scotia Fishing Industry - MacNeil, Alan R. (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Emptying Their Nets: Small Capital and Rural Industrialization in the Nova Scotia Fishing Industry," by Richard Apostle and Gene Barrett.
Keywords: APOSTLE; Richard; BARRETT; Gene; BOOKS – Reviews; EMPTYING Their Nets: Small Capital & Rural Industrialization in the Nova Scotia Fishing Industry (Book); FISHERY economics; Nonfiction

To Save Ourselves: The Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance of New York - Malcolmson, Patricia (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "To Save Ourselves: The Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance of New York," by Renqiu Yu.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Labor Unions; Nonfiction; RENQIU Yu; TO Save Ourselves: The Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance of New York (Book)

Canadian Communists, Revolutionary Unionism, and the “Third Period”: The Workers’ Unity League, 1929-1935 - Manley, John (Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, 1994)
In compliance with the Third Period "line" of the Communist International (Comintern), the Communist Party of Canada (CPC) launched The Workers' Unity League (WUL) as a centre of "revolutionary" or "red" unionism in December 1929. Until it was "liquidated" during the winter of 1935-6, the WUL had a significance in Canada's Depression labour struggles far outweighing its maximum membership of between 30,000 and 40,000; a significance, moreover, that has yet to be fully acknowledged or analysed. This article seeks to look beyond the conventional view that presents the CPC as a Comintern cipher and the WUL (when it is considered at all) as a "sectarian", "adventurist", "ultra-left" organisation with no real interest in building stable labour unions. While there is no doubt that the two most crucial decisions concerning the WUL — to create it and to liquidate it — were taken in Moscow, neither the Comintern nor the CPC leadership in Toronto was in a position to supervise the implementation of the Third Period line on the ground. Within the broad parameters of the line, local organisers tended to operate as "good trade unionists" rather than "good bolsheviks", using every available opportunity to modify and adapt tactics to local realities. They used their room for manoeuvre to considerable effect, especially during the economic and political upturn of 1933-34, when the WUL led a majority of all strikes and established union bases in a host of hitherto unorganised or weakly organised industries. At the height of its power, however, the WUL knew that it had barely dented the essential mass production industries — auto, steel, rubber, farm machinery. This fact, coupled with the experience of defeat in several key strikes,forced the party to reconsider the WUL's future. Whether the WUL could have survived as part of a national union centre remains open to question. Indisputably, the Comintern terminated that option in 1935.

'Nations Are Built of Babies': Saving Ontario Mothers and Children 1900-1940 - Marshall, Dominique (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "'Nations Are Built of Babies': Saving Ontario Mothers and Children 1900-1940," by Cynthia R. Comacchio.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CHILD welfare; COMACCHIO; Cynthia R.; NATIONS Are Built of Babies: Saving Ontario Mothers & Children 1900-1940 (Book); Nonfiction

Les carnets de David Thomas : roman - Massé, Georges (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Les carnets de David Thomas : roman," by Andrée Dandurand.

Sex, Court Records, and Labour History - Maynard, Steven (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
Examines crown attorney prosecution files at the Archives of Ontario as primary source material on communism in Canada, union organizing, strike activity, state surveillance, the role of women and youth in left-wing politics and the labour movement, and gender and sexual relations in labour organizing. Discusses several court cases and reproduces a 1929 Communist Party leaflet used as evidence in charging four women with circulating seditious pamphlets. Concludes that the evidence in the files sheds light on the collective struggle for economic and social justice for working people.
Keywords: COMMUNIST parties; Canada; Communists; Court records; Labor movement; Political activity; STRIKES & lockouts – History; WOMEN communists

Culture, Gender, Race and U.S. Labor History - McCollester, Charles J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Culture, Gender, Race and U.S. Labor History," edited by Ronald C. Kent, Sara Markham, David R. Roediger, and Herbert Shapiro.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; History; Labor; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

From Liberal to Labour with Women's Suffrage: The Story of Catherine Marshall - McCrone, Kathleen E. (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "From Liberal to Labour With Women's Suffrage: The Story of Catherine Marshall," by Jo Vellacott.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FROM Liberal to Labour With Women's Suffrage: The Story of Catherine Marshall (Book); Nonfiction; SUFFRAGE; VALLACOTT; Jo

Lumber Society on the Industrial Frontier: Burrard Inlet, 1863-1886 - McDonald, Robert A. J. (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
From the mid- to late 19th century, the small settler population in British Columbia formed relatively isolated and highly discrete communities. One of these settlements, on Burrard Inlet, is best understood as the operation of industrial capitalism in a frontier setting. While settlement clustered around two sawmills, the power of capital – expressed through policies of managerial paternalism – was sharply curtailed by the ethnically complex, relatively transient, geographically isolated, and generally unstable nature of lumber society. As a consequence, relations between the companies and the community were much more a negotiated process than a simple exercise of managerial domination. Lumber capitalists could not escape the constraints imposed upon them by the frontier nature of their operation.
Keywords: BURRARD Inlet (B.C.); British Columbia; CAPITALISTS & financiers; Capitalism; HUMAN settlements; Lumber industry; Paternalism

The System of Industrial Relations in Canada - McPhillips, David C. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "The system of industrial relations in Canada," 4th edition, by Alton W.J. Craig and Norman A. Solomon.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Origins and Evolution of the Field of Industrial Relations in the United States - Meltz, Noah M. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article reviews the book, The Origins and Evolution of the Field of Industrial Relations in the United States, by Bruce E. Kaufman.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The Social Origins of Democratic Socialism in Jamaica - Millette, James (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "The Social Origins of Democratic Socialism in Jamaica," by Nelson W. Keith and Novella Z. Keith.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; KEITH; Nelson W.; KEITH; Novella Z.; Nonfiction; SOCIAL Origins of Democratic Socialism in Jamaica; The (Book); Socialism

From the Social Gospel to "the Plain Bread of Leninism": A.E. Smith's Journey to the Left in the Epoch of Reaction After World War I - Mitchell, Tom (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
A.E. SMITH was a central figure in the Communist Party from the mid-1920s until his death in 1947. An advocate of the radical Social Gospel until at least 1923, Smith's interchange with leading members of the Canadian Communist movement, the growing prestige of the Soviet State, and his disillusionment with the social democratic movement in Canada and abroad, combined during the post-war epoch of reaction to cause a shift in his perspective away from the optimistic verities of the Social Gospel to his apocalyptic vision of the Communist International. While he retained his basic epistemological perspective after 1923, Smith's estrangement from the non-Communist left led to his political isolation and, in early 1925, to his entry into the Communist Party. (English)
Keywords: COMMUNIST parties; Canada; Communism; SMITH; A. E.; SOCIAL gospel; Social movements

Human Resource Management in Canada - Morin, Denis (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Human Resource Management in Canada," by Thomas H. Stone and Noah M. Meltz.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Effets combinatoires de deux codes : Code du travail et Code civil du Québec - Morin, Fernand (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
Depuis le 1er janvier 1994, Québec s'est doté d'un nouveau Code civil qui établit, en harmonie avec les chartes, le droit commun applicable aux rapports entre les personnes. Ainsi se pose la question de l'harmonisation de ces règles à celles qui régissent les rapports particuliers entre employeurs, syndicats et salariés. La question est d'autant plus intéressante que ce nouveau Code civil traite directement de la relation de travail et qu'il ne comporte aucune réserve à l'endroit du Code du travail et des conventions collectives. L'arrivée de ce nouveau Code civil imposera une délicate gestion des conflits de droit en raison de l'inévitable rencontre de ces deux codes, Code civil et Code du travail, et de leur acte respectif, le contrat de travail et la convention collective.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The First Forty Years: A History of the Tunnel and Rock Workers Union Local 168 - Mouat, Jeremy (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "The First Forty Years: A History of the Tunnel and Rock Workers Union Local 168," by M. C. Warrior and Mark Leier.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FIRST 40 Years: A History of the Tunnel & Rock Workers Union Local 168; The (Book); LEIER; Mark; Labor Unions; Nonfiction; WARRIOR; M. C.

The English Occupational Song - Narváez, Peter (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "The English Occupational Song," by Gerald Porter.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; ENGLISH Occupational Song; The (Book); ENGLISH songs; Nonfiction; PORTER; Gerald

A Way of Work and a Way of Life: Coal Mining in Thurber, Texas, 1888-1926 - Noseworthy Davis, Glenda D. (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "A Way of Work and a Way of Life: Coal Mining in Thurber, Texas, 1888-1926," by Marilyn Rhinehart.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; COAL mines & mining; EHINEHART; Marilyn; Nonfiction; WAY of Work & a Way of Life: Coal Mining in Thurber; Texas 1888-1926; A (Book)

Common Whites: Class and Culture in Antebellum North Carolina - O'Brien, John T. (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Common Whites: Class and Culture in Antebellum North Carolina," by Bill Cecil-Fronsman.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CECIL-Fronsman; Bill; COMMON Whites: Class & Culture in Antebellum North Carolina (Book); Nonfiction; Social classes

Winnipeg 1919: A City in Crisis. A Review - Osborne, Ken (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
This abundantly illustrated article reviews and comments on the exhibition organized at the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Winnipeg General Strike. Concludes by noting that the event, which was organized with union support, contributes to the ongoing struggle to make the people's history known.
Keywords: ANNIVERSARIES; Exhibitions; GENERAL strikes; MANITOBA; WINNIPEG (Man.)

Book Notes [v. 33 & 34] - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
See the Notes section for brief reviews published in volmes 33/34.
Keywords: BIBLIOGRAPHICAL citations; Labor

Obituary: Homage to Edward Thompson, Part II - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article completes the memorial appreciation of historian E.P. Thompson, focusing on his seminal work, "The Making of the English Working Class."
Keywords: Communism; MAKING of the English Working Class; The (Book); MARXIAN historiography; RIGHT & left (Political science); STALINISM; THOMPSON; Edward P.

La négociation collective du travail : adaptation ou disparition ? - Paquet, Renaud; Bergeron, Jean-Guy (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "La négociation collective du travail : adaptation ou disparition ?," edited by Colette Bernier, Roch Laflamme, Fernand Morin, Gregor Murray and Claude Rondeau.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Pelegos No More? Labour Historians Confront the 'New Unionism' in Brazil - Parker, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews and comments on several books including "Working Women, Working Men: São Paulo and the Rise of Brazil's Industrial Working Class, 1900-1955," by Joel Wolfe, "The Brazilian Workers' ABC: Class Conflict and Alliances in Modern São Paulo," by John D. French and "The Workers' Party and Democratization in Brazil," by Margaret E. Keck.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; BRAZILIAN Workers' ABC: Class Conflict & Alliances in Modern Sao Paulo; The (Book); FRENCH; John D.; KECK; Margaret E.; Nonfiction; WOLFE; Joel; WORKERS' Party & Democratization in Brazil; The (Book); WORKING Women; Working Men: Sao Paulo & the Rise of Brazil's Industrial Working Class 1900-1955 (Book)

" Have You No Manhood In You?": Gender and Class in the Cape Breton Coal Towns, 1920-1926 - Penfold, Steven (Acadiensis, 1994)
This study is an effort to integrate the analysis of gender dynamics and class conflict in the coalfields of Cape Breton in the 1920s. An "enlarged" view of strike activity is adopted in order to better integrate the actions of non-waged working-class women. ...Women's Labour Clubs constituted the most organized expression of women's commitment to class action, but women also played an important role in crowd actions, and the domestic labour of women itself constituted a hidden form of strike support. This study is concerned to map the discourses of gender, mainly as they relate to class and labour militancy in the working-class community, and in doing so to write women back into the well-established narrative of class conflict in the coalfields. –From author's introduction

The Struggle for Economic Democracy in Sweden - Phillips, Paul (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "The Struggle for Economic Democracy in Sweden," by Gregg Olsen.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; MANAGEMENT – Employee participation; Nonfiction; OLSEN; Gregg; STRUGGLE for Economic Democracy in Sweden; The (Book)

Farm, Factory, and Fortune: New Studies in the Economic History of the Maritime Provinces - Pryke, Kenneth (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Farm, Factory, and Fortune: New Studies in the Economic History of the Maritime Provinces," edited by Kris Inwood.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Economic history; FARM; Factory & Fortune: New Studies in the Economic History of the Maritime Provinces (Book); INWOOD; Kris; Nonfiction

Union Leaders and the Economic Crisis: Responses to Restructuring - Pupo, Norene; White, Jerry (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The restructuring of the economy of Canada continued at a quick pace throughout the recession of the early 1990s. Challenges are faced by unions and their leaders as the workplace undergoes major reorganization as a result of recent economic policy, unrelenting global competition, and political uncertainty. Interviews were conducted with senior and upper middle-level leaders of 8 unions in Ontario in 1992. Interview data were supplemented with an examination of documents. All the union leaders argued that the basic roles of unions and their members' expectations of their unions have not changed despite transformations in the composition of the membership and changes in the structure of the workplace and the economy. Union leaders generally see the importance of the union's involvement in local affairs, but are cautious about their particular union's place in social movements. All leaders agreed that the present climate for labor-management negotiations is adversarial and increasingly contentious.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Economic conditions; Economic impact; Economic reform; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

La gestion des organisations publiques - Rainville, Jean-Marie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "La gestion des organisations publiques," by Harold F. Gortner, Julianne Mahler, and Jeanne Bell Nicholson.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Conflict of Interests: Organized Labor and the Civil Rights Movement in the South, 1954-1968 - Ralph Jr., James R. (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Conflict of Interests: Organized Labor and the Civil Rights Movement in the South, 1954-1968," by Alan Draper.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CIVIL rights movements; CONFLICT of Interests: Organized Labor & the Civil Rights Movement in the South 1954-1968 (Book); DRAPER; Alan; Nonfiction

The Atlantic Provinces in Confederation - Rawlyk, G. A. (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "The Atlantic Provinces in Confederation," edited by E. R. Forbes and D. A. Muise.
Keywords: ATLANTIC Provinces in Confederation; The (Book); BOOKS – Reviews; FORBES; E. R.; HISTORICAL geography; MUISE; D. A.; Nonfiction

The Shaker Experience in America: A History of the United Society of Believers - Reid-Maroney, Nina (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "The Shaker Experience in America: A History of the United Society of Believers," by Stephen Stein.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Nonfiction; SHAKER Experience in America: A History of the United Society of Believers; The (Book); SHAKERS; STEIN; Stephen

The French Worker: Autobiographies from the Early Industrial Era - Reid, Donald (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "The French Worker: Autobiographies From the Early Industrial Era," edited and translated by Mark Traugott.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FRENCH Worker: Autobiographies From the Early Industrial Era; The (Book); Nonfiction; TRAUGOTT; Mark; Working class

Worker Commitment and Labour Management Relations Under Lean Production at Cami - Rinehart, James W.; Huxley, Christopher; Robertson, David (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
CAMI, a unionized Suzuki-General Motors auto plant in Ontario, attempted to construct a workplace characterized by worker commitment and cooperative labor-management relations. These efforts failed. There was a 5-week strike in the Fall of 1992 at the plant. While CAMI was in the start-up mode, labor-management relations were relatively harmonious and the working environment relaxed. With the onset of full production all this changed, and the meaning of "lean" production became clearer. Workers regularly contested the dictates of lean production at CAMI. Interest and participation in quality circle and suggestion programs declined. Proponents of lean production are likely to define CAMI as an aberration by involving the partial implementation thesis or stressing the militancy of the union. In one respect only are they right. The strike does distinguish CAMI as exceptional, at least until there are similar manifestations of industrial conflict in other transplants. However, the conditions that produced the strike appear in unionized as well as non-unionized transplants.
Keywords: AUTOMOBILE industry; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Commitments; Japanese management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strikes; Studies

NAFTA, Social Unionism, and Labour Movement Power in Canada and the United States - Robinson, Ian (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is likely to affect labor movement power in Canada and the US. A thorough analysis of NAFTA's impact on labor movement power must examine its impact on the power resources available to labor movements. Four organizational structure variables that affect power resources are: 1. union density, 2. left party legislative strength, 3. organized labor's unity and coherence, and 4. collective bargaining centralization. NAFTA will increase transnational corporate power resources while at the same time reducing all 4 basic types of labor movement organizational power resources in the short to medium run. NAFTA's net impact on labor movement power resources will be positive if it enhances labor movement mobilization capacity sufficiently to offset the negative impacts on movement power.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employment; Free trade & protection; Impacts; Labor Unions; Labor relations; North American Free Trade Agreement; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social aspects; Studies

George Rudé (1910-1993) - Rogers, Nicholas (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article pays homage to the life and work of George Rudé, a member of the historians' group of the Communist Party of Great Britain who taught at Concordia and York universities during the later part of his career.
Keywords: 1910-1993; George; RUDE

Plebeians and Proletarians in 18th-Century Britain - Rogers, Nicholas (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews and comments on the books "The London Hanged: Crime and Civil Society in the Eighteenth Century," by Peter Linebaugh, and "Customs in Common," by E. P. Thompson.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CUSTOMS in Common (Book); LINEBAUGH; Peter; LONDON Hanged: Crime & Civil Society in the 18th Century; The (Book); Nonfiction; THOMPSON; E. P.

From Uniformity to Diversity : Industrial Relations in Canada and the United States - Rose, Joseph B. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "From Uniformity to Diversity : Industrial Relations in Canada and the United States," by Pradeep Kumar.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Clara Zetkin, féministe sans frontières - Schade, Rosemarie (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Clara Zetkin, féministe sans frontières," by Gilbert Badia.
Keywords: BADIA; Gilbert; BOOKS – Reviews; CLARA Zetkin: Feministe Sans Frontieres (Book); Nonfiction; ZETKIN; Klara; 1857-1933

The Tale of Tessie the Textile Worker: Female Textile Workers in Cornwall During World War II - Scheinberg, Ellen (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The recent historiography pertaining to women during World War II has tended to focus on women in either the war industries or armed forces. While the first feminist scholars argued that women experienced a type of second emancipation during this period due to changes in societal attitudes, more recently, historians have contended that women were temporarily treated to certain economic and social benefits during the War because the government and industries were in desperate need of workers. This paper attempts to offer an alternative interpretation of women's experiences during this time, through the investigation of female textile workers in Cornwall, Ontario. Using a dual structural analysis, this study illustrates how male union leaders and company owners often collaborated in maintaining a segregated work force. Instead of experiencing a type of liberation from traditional occupational constraints, Cornwall's female textile workers remained subjugated in lower paying and lower skilled "female" jobs in the mills. Within this industry then, continuity rather than change characterized the experiences of female textile workers during World War II.
Keywords: CORNWALL (Ont.); Ontario; TEXTILE workers; Textile industry; WOMEN & war; WORLD War; 1939-1945

A Tribute to Jack Barbash, 1911-1994 = Hommage À Jack Barbash, 1911-1994 - Sexton, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
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

Hommage à Jack Barbash, 1911-1994 - Sexton, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Measures of Excess Demand and Unemployment in Canada and the United States - Siebert, Calvin D.; Zaidi, Mahmood A. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
During the 1980s, the unemployment rate in Canada was several percentage points higher than in the US. Prior to this time, the level and the movements in the unemployment rates in the 2 countries were similar. Reasons for the shifts in the unemployment vacancy (UV) relationship in Canada and the US during the past 2 decades are examined to determine whether these shifts can explain this gap in unemployment between the 2 countries. Changing structural imbalances in the labor markets by themselves cannot explain the shifts in the UV curves or the gap in the unemployment rates in the 2 countries. It is concluded that aggregate economic shocks that create some structural imbalances are required to explain the shifts in the UV curves and the differing unemployment experiences in the 2 economies.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Comparative studies; Economic theory; Economic trends; Job openings; LABOR market; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Unemployment

A Proper Account of Improper Sex - Simmons, Christina (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews and comments on the book "Improper Advances: Rape and Heterosexual Conflict in Ontario, 1880-1929," by Karen Dubinsky.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; DUBINSKY; Karen; IMPROPER Advances: Rape & Heterosexual Conflict in Ontario 1880-1929 (Book); Nonfiction; SEX crimes

International and Comparative Industrial Relations : A Study of Industrialised Market Economies - Slomp, Hans (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "International and Comparative Industrial Relations : A Study of Industrialised Market Economies," edited by Greg J. Bamber and Russell D. Lansbury.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Education for Motherhood: Advice for Mothers in Twentieth-Century Canada - Snell, James G. (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Education for Motherhood: Advice for Mothers in Twentieth-Century Canada," by Katherine Arnup.
Keywords: ARNUP; Katherine; BOOKS – Reviews; EDUCATION for Motherhood: Advice for Mothers in 20th-Century Canada (Book); MOTHERHOOD; Nonfiction

Le Québec en jeu : comprendre les grands défis - Solasse, Bernard (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Le Québec en jeu : comprendre les grands défis," edited by Gérard Daigle, with the collaboration of Guy Rocher.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Japanization at Work - Spencer, Bruce (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Japanization at Work," by John Bratton.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Labour Education in Canada: A SoliNet Conference - Spencer, Bruce; Taylor, Jeff (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
Introduces and presents a selection of messages posted during the Solidarity Network's "electronic conference" on Canadian labour education that was moderated by Athabasca University from October to December 1992. The 68 registrants included labour educators from across Canada (including some working overseas), two US academics, and a range of union reps with CUPE being in the majority. Topics included the relationship between postsecondary education institutions and trade unions, technology, gender in labour education, pedagogy, and courses/programs taught by unions/colleges/universities. Concludes that this type of computer conference would be an exciting application for distance education.
Keywords: COMMUNICATION & technology; CONFERENCES & conventions; Canada; Distance education; Education; Labor; Labor Unions

The Promise: Communist Organizing in the Needle Trades, the Dressmakers' Campaign, 1928-1937 - Steedman, Mercedes (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
This paper deals with the Needle Trades Industrial Union (NTIU) organization drive in the garment industry of the cities of Montréal, Toronto, and Winnipeg. I argue that the relative success of this branch of the Workers Unity League (WUL) in unionizing the female workforce originates in part from the union's internal representation structure. Women's work was isolated from men's by the sharp gender division of work, which characterized the garment trade. A union structure adopted to overcome this division of work, one based on the place of work (and not on the industrial branch) favoured women's participation to unionism.
Keywords: CLOTHING workers – Labor unions; DRESSMAKERS; Division of labor; Labor Unions; MONTREAL (Quebec); QUEBEC (Province); Sexual division of labor

The Struggle for Job Ownership in the Canadian Steel Industry: An Historical Analysis - Storey, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
This paper centres on the struggles over job ownership between labour and management that have been integral to the shaping and reshaping of the Canadian steel industry over the course of the 20th century. In the first phase of industry development (1900-1940s), management had virtual control over the structuring of jobs. The second phase (1940s-1970s) saw the arrival of industrial unionism and the establishment of seniority and grievance systems which gave workers employment security and, over time, a sense of job ownership. The third phase (1980s) has been a period of crisis in which steel management in Canada has embarked on a restructuring campaign – a critical feature of which is their determination to recapture job ownership through the introduction of new technologies, job amalgamations, and the implementation of teams. If steel management succeeds in wresting job ownership back from its workers, the paper concludes, then conditions will return to the pre-union period where management created and destroyed jobs as they desired.
Keywords: Canada; EMPLOYEE seniority; Labor; Labor Unions; Steel industry; job security

No Part of Our Life: Local and Official Constructions of Meaningful Work in Contemporary Newfoundland - Sullivan, Lisa M. (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
Examines the values of work and employment in federal and provincial policy papers on regional development versus those in Newfoundland's popular culture, as expressed in the heroic, masculine ideals of its folksong tradition. Argues that Newfoundlanders seeming resistance to change stems from this conflict in values. Concludes that long-term policy development of viable alternatives to the traditional, resource-based occupations should focus on the elements of status, autonomy, and identity that comprise meaningful work.
Keywords: CENTRAL economic planning; EMPLOYMENT (Economic theory); ESSAY (Literary form); Economic policy; NEWFOUNDLAND & Labrador; NEWFOUNDLAND & Labrador – Economic conditions; PRODUCTIVE life span; Popular culture

Notes of a Red Guard - Suny, Ronald Grigor (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Notes of a Red Guard," by Eduard M. Dune and edited by Diane P. Koenker and S. A. Smith.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; DUNE; Eduard M.; KOENKER; Diane P.; MEMOIRS; NOTES of a Red Guard (Book); Nonfiction; SMITH; S. A.

From Plant to Politics: The Autoworkers Union in Postwar Canada - Swartz, Donald (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "From Plant to Politics: The Autoworkers Union in Postwar Canada," by Charlotte Yates.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FROM Plant to Politics: The Autoworkers Union in Postwar Canada (Book); Labor Unions; Nonfiction; YATES; Charlotte

Do Lawyers Affect Grievance Arbitration Outcomes? The Newfoundland Experience - Thornicroft, Kenneth Wm. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
Unions and employers are no doubt aware that retaining legal cousel necessitates a more expensive and less expeditious grievance arbitration process. However, if a party's prospects for success are enhanced by legal representation, the additional delay and expense may be justified. Does legal representation affect grievance outcomes? Most arbitrators are lawyers. Does an arbitrator's legal training affect the outcome of a grievance? In an effort to answer these questions, all discipline or discharge grievance arbitration awards decided in the Canadian province of Newfoundland during the period 1980-1992 were analyzed. The results suggest that legal representation does not affect grievance outcomes, nor do lawyer-arbitrators decide cases any differently than their lay colleagues.
Keywords: Attorneys; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Grievance procedures; Impacts; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Legal services; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Studies

Softcore Solipsism - Tilly, Charles (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews and comments on the books "Visions of the People: Industrial England and the Question of Class, 1814-1914," by Patrick Joyce and "Politics and the People: A Study in English Political Culture c. 1815-1867," by James Vernon.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; JOYCE; Patrick; Nonfiction; POLITICS & the People: A Study in English Political Culture c. 1815-1867 (Book); VERNON; James; VISIONS of the People: Industrial England & the Question of Class 1814-1914 (Book)

Étude des déterminants de la rémunération des employés manuels dans les municipalités québécoises - Tremblay, Michel; Marcoux, Denis (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
Cette étude cherche à identifier les déterminants de la rémunération des employés manuels à l'échelle du secteur municipal québécois. L'examen de 60 municipalités réparties selon une stratification basée sur la population révèle que la rémunération est plus fortement reliée à la taille qu'à la capacité de payer. L'éloignement des centres urbains, l'ancienneté et le salaire régional moyen exercent également une influence indépendante sur la rémunération de ces employés municipaux. Le modèle permet d'expliquer jusqu'à 47 % des variations du salaire de base et 35 % des variations de l'enveloppe des avantages sociaux.
Keywords: Blue collar workers; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor unions; Municipal officials & employees; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The Faces of Coercion: The Legal Regulation of Labor Conflict in Ontario, 1880–1889 - Tucker, Eric (Law and History Review, 1994)
This article is part of a larger study of Canadian labor law before the advent of statutory collective bargaining, which questions the traditional periodization and the meanings of the categories. It is often an un-articulated premise that the exercise by employers of their superior economic power, as imparted and structured through the law of property and contract, is not coercion. Rather, the analysis is restricted to direct state coercion, exercised through the criminal law, the police, and the injunction. This framework produces a partial view of the role of law and interferes with an analysis of the strategic choices made by workers and employers. By bringing 'normal' market relations back in, we can more fully examine the nuances of coercion and consent at a given time.
https://www.canlii.org/en/commentary/doc/1994CanLIIDocs237#!fragment/zoupio-_Tocpdf_bk_1/BQCwhgziBcwMYgK4DsDWszIQewE4BUBTADwBdoAvbRABwEtsBaAfX2zhoBMAzZgI1TMAjAEoANMmylCEAIqJCuAJ7QA5KrERCYXAnmKV6zdt0gAynlIAhFQCUAogBl7ANQCCAOQDC9saTB80KTsIiJAA

Work and Health - Tucker, Eric (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Work and Health," by M. Quinlan.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Pride and Solidarity: A History of the Plumbers and Pipefitters of Columbus, Ohio, 1889-1989 - Van Tine, Warren (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Pride and Solidarity: A History of the Plumbers and Pipefitters of Columbus, Ohio, 1889-1989," by Richard Schneirov.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Nonfiction; PLUMBING industry; PRIDE & Solidarity: A History of the Plumbers & Pipefitters of Columbus; Ohio 1889-1989 (Book); SCHNEIROV; Richard

Such Hardworking People: Italian Immigrants in Postwar Toronto - Vecoli, Rudolph J. (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Such Hardworking People: Italian Immigrants in Postwar Toronto," by Franca Iacovetta.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; IACOVETTA; Franca; Immigrants; Nonfiction; SUCH Hardworking People: Italian Immigrants in Postwar Toronto (Book)

Travail plus. Le travail et vos droits - Veilleux, Diane (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Travail plus. Le travail et vos droits," by Hélène Ouimet and Pierre Laporte.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Sweatshop Strife: Class, Ethnicity and Gender in the Jewish Labour Movement of Toronto, 1900-1939 - Ventresca, Robert (Left History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Historical Inquiry and Debate, 1994)
The articles reviews the book, "Sweatshop Strife: Class, Ethnicity and Gender in the Jewish Labour Movement of Toronto, 1900-1939," by Ruth A. Frager.
https://www.academia.edu/58612067/Ruth_A_Frager_Sweatshop_Strife_Class_Ethnicity_and_Gender_in_the_Jewish_Labour_Movement_of_Toronto_1900_1939

Through Jaundiced Eyes : How the Media View Organized Labor - Verma, Anil (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Through Jaundiced Eyes : How the Media View Organized Labor," by William J. Puette.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Les bâtisseuses de la Cité : actes du Colloque Les Bâtisseuses de la Cité dans le cadre de la Section d'études féministes du Congrès de l'Acfas 1992 - Vincent, Odette (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Les Bâtisseuses de la Cité," by Evelyne Tardy et al.

The Politics of Restructuring: Trade Unions on the Defensive in Britain Since 1979 - Waddington, Jeremy; Whitston, Colin (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
Restructuring and the associated political program have thrown British unions onto the defensive. Structural employment shifts have created an imperative for recruitment in previously unorganized areas and, although employers have tended not to reject an established union presence, moves to decentralize bargaining have rendered inappropriate some forms of union organization. In broad terms, 3 interlinked tensions will effect future policy development with each union. They concern: 1. administration and support, 2. individualism and collectivism, and 3. participative and parliamentary forms of representation. A review of policy initiatives since 1979 identifies several shortcomings and suggests that attempts to establish a new agenda have only just begun.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; History; Labor Unions; Organizational change; Policy making; Political behavior; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Shades of Right: Nativist and Fascist Politics in Canada, 1920-1940 - Wagner, Jonathan F. (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Shades of Right: Nativist and Fascist Politics in Canada, 1920-1940," by Martin Robin.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Nonfiction; RIGHT & left (Political science); ROBIN; Martin; SHADES of Right: Nativist & Fascist Politics in Canada 1920-1940 (Book)

The New Politics of British Trade Unionism: Union Power and the Thatcher Legacy - Warburton, Rennie (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "The New Politics of British Trade Unionism: Union Power and the Thatcher Legacy," by David Marsh.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Labor movement; MARSH; David; NEW Politics of British Trade Unionism: Union Power & the Thatcher Legacy; The (Book); Nonfiction

Toward a Test of Wheeler's "Integrative Theory" in Six Union Election Causes - Wheeler, Hoyt N.; McClendon, John A.; Weikle, Roger D. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
In the US, union growth ultimately occurs, or fails to occur, at the level of the union representation election. The phenomenon of unionization is examined using data from 6 union certification election cases (3 union wins and 3 union losses) in the US. The study draws upon the "integrative theory" of industrial conflict set out in Wheeler (1985). This theory aims at a broad based understanding of such phenomena as organizing and strikes, drawing upon knowledge from a number of disciplines, and attempts to integrate them into a single model. The comparative case study assessment suggests that a union win is related to employee deprivation, calculation as to union effectiveness, instrumentality perceptions, and attitudes about unions. In general, the results are somewhat supportive of the theory and suggest avenues for future research.
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; Statistical analysis; Studies; Theory; elections

Facteurs explicatifs des intentions de quitter des cadres: l'importance de la carriere - Wils, Thierry; Saba, Tania; Guerin, Gilles (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
Research note on the factors that explain leaving the management and the importance of a career.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employees; Labor Unions; Labor unions; Psychology; Resignations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Décentralisation des services de ressources humaines : impacts sur la satisfaction des clients - Wils, Thierry; Saint-Onge, Marcel; Labelle, Christiane (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1994)
Le but de cette étude est d'évaluer dans quelle mesure la décentralisation d'un service de ressources humaines a un impact sur la satisfaction de ses clients. Une enquête par questionnaire a été réalisée dans deux organisations du secteur public fédéral (l'une possédant un service centralisé et l'autre ayant opté pour une structure décentralisée). À partir d'un échantillon de 496 répondants, l'analyse statistique révèle que la satisfaction des clients envers leur service de ressources humaines est influencée positivement par la décentralisation, mais que cette relation est modérée par l'endroit de travail des clients (impact positif sur la satisfaction des clients en région). L'analyse montre également que la consultation et la flexibilité constituent deux facteurs explicatifs qui entrent enjeu seulement dans une structure décentralisée pour expliquer la satisfaction des clients.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Human resource departments; Human resource management; Labor Unions; Labor unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Time and Money: The Making of Consumer Culture - Wright, Cynthia (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Time and Money: The Making of Consumer Culture," by Gary Cross.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CONSUMERISM; CROSS; Gary; Nonfiction; TIME & Money: The Making of Consumer Culture (Book)

Sisters of Solidarity - Yates, Charlotte A. B. (Charlotte Alyce Bronwen) (Labour / Le Travail, 1994)
The article reviews the book, "Sisters of Solidarity," by Julie White.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Nonfiction; SISTERS of Solidarity (Book); WHITE; Julie; Women

Men and Monotony: Fraternalism as a Managerial Strategy at the Ford Motor Company - Lewchuk, Wayne (The Journal of Economic History, 1993)
The introduction of mass production transformed many skilled tasks into repetitive and monotonous jobs. In industries such as automobiles, the workforce remained predominantly male despite contemporary assessments that women could efficiently do many of these jobs. This article explores why. It is argued that employers such as Ford concluded that the conversion of labor time into effort would be more difficult in a mixed-gender workforce. The paper shows how Ford developed a fraternalist labor strategy, a men's club, whose objective was to accommodate men to monotony and maximize labor productivity.

Abstracts / Résumés [31, Spring 1993] (Labour/Le Travail, 1993)
English/French abstracts of articles in the issue.

Abstracts / Résumés [32, Fall 1993] (Labour/Le Travail, 1993)
English/French abstracts of articles in the issue.

Canadian Committee on Labour History: Publications [no. 31, Spring 1993] (Labour/Le Travail, 1993)
List of recent publications by the Committee.

Index, Volume 31 (Spring/Printemps 1993) (Labour/Le Travail, 1993)

Livres reçus (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Publications récentes (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

New Women for God: Canadian Presbyterian Women and Indian Mission, 1876-1914; A Sensitive Independence: Canadian Methodist Women Missionaries in Canada and the Orient, 1881-1925 - Andrew, Sheila (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the books, "New Women for God: Canadian Presbyterian Women and Indian Mission, 1876-1914," by Ruth Compton Brouwer, and "A Sensitive Independence: Canadian Methodist Women Missionaries in Canada and the Orient, 1881-1925," by Sheila Andrew.