Managing to Discriminate - Andiappan, Palaniappan (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Managing to Discriminate," by David L. Collinson, David Knights and Margaret Collinson.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Sex discrimination; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Les défis de la recherche en relations industrielles - Audet, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
La recherche en relations industrielles a surtout porté sur l'étude de nos institutions. En effet, les recherches traditionnelles dans notre domaine ont abordé principalement les questions relatives à la croissance syndicale, aux grèves, à la participation institutionnelle, à la négociation collective, aux mécanismes de règlement des conflits (arbitrage, médiation, conciliation, etc.), et finalement, à certaines dimensions des politiques publiques. Il ne fait aucun doute que les nombreuses recherches sur ces sujets ont eu le mérite de décrire des phénomènes précis. Il est à se demander, toutefois, si on a réellement développé un corpus de connaissances permettant de mieux comprendre ces divers phénomènes et de mieux prédire ou anticiper, dans une certaine mesure, les comportements et attitudes des acteurs.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The Great Depression: 1929-1939 - Axelrod, Paul (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "The Great Depression: 1929-1939," by Pierre Berton.
Keywords: BERTON; Pierre; 1920-2004; BOOKS – Reviews; DEPRESSIONS – 1929; GREAT Depression 1929-1939; The (Book); Nonfiction

Administering Danger in the Workplace: The Law and Politics of Occupational Health and Safety Regulation in Ontario, 1850-1914 - Babcock, Robert H. (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Administering Danger in the Workplace: The Law and Politics of Occupational Health and Safety Regulation in Ontario, 1850-1914," by Eric Tucker.
Keywords: ADMINISTERING Danger in the Workplace: The Law & Politics of Occupational Health & Safety Regulation in Ontario 1850-1914 (Book); BOOKS – Reviews; Industrial safety; Nonfiction; TUCKER; Eric

La Crise ordinaire: Les ménagères montréalaises et la crise des années trente - Baillargeon, Denyse (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
Cet article vise à faire ressortir la contribution des femmes de la classe ouvrière montréalaise à l'économie familiale au cours de la Crise des années trente et à cerner l'impact de cette crise économique sur les différentes composantes de leur travail domestique. Une trentaine d'entrevues, réalisées auprès de femmes qui se sont mariées vers la fin des années vingt et au début des années trente, ont servi de base à la recherche. Leurs témoignages révèlent l'ampleur de certains phénomènes comme l'utilisation de moyens contraceptifs et le travail rémunéré à domicile, et mettent en relief la très grande pauvreté dans laquelle ces familles vivaient avant même que la Crise ne survienne. Pour plusieurs d'entre elles, la période des années trente n'a donc représenté qu'un épisode de plus dans leur lutte pour la survie.
Keywords: DEPRESSIONS (Economics); ETHNOLOGY; HOUSEHOLD employees; LABOUR/LE Travail (Book); RUSSIA; WORKING class women; Women's rights

Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939 - Barrett, James R. (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939," by Lizabeth Cohen.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; COHEN; Lizabeth; INDUSTRIAL workers; MAKING a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago 1919-1939 (Book); Nonfiction

Cases in Organizational Development - Bélanger, Laurent (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Cases in Organizational Development," by Alan M. Glassman and Thomas G. Cummings.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

La planification stratégique des ressources humaines - Bélanger, Laurent (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "La planification stratégique des ressources humaines," by Thierry Wils, Jean-Yves Le Louarn et Gilles Guérin.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

La gestion socialiste des entreprises en Algérie: participation et conflit - Belghenou, Ahmed (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
Cet article porte sur le modèle de participation mis en œuvre dans le secteur d'État algérien à compter de 1971. La recherche montre que ce cadre institutionnel n'a pas résorbé le conflit entre les agents de production, comme le suggérait le discours officiel. Au contraire, le modèle de participation a généré un nouveau type de conflit entre les différents acteurs et instances impliqués dans l'entreprise socialiste.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Good-bye to Homer Martin - Benedict, Daniel (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
People frequently overdo the parallels between events and institutions in Canada and the United States, even confusing them at times. The 1939 split in the United Auto Workers Union was a case in point. The end of the 1930s was a period of stresses and strains for the unions in both countries. For the UAW, relations with the employers went on side by side with a struggle between Socialists, Communists, anti-Communists and their respective allies. Though divided, Socialists and Communists at times took the same side. One such time was in 1938-39. The high point of the period was when both joined in getting rid of the "International President," Homer Martin. In Canada, the two principal factions carried on a bitter struggle for the leadership of the union, slowing down only a bit while they both lined up with the opposition to Martin in the us. In the process, the first Canadian director of UAW, the Socialist Charles Millard, also lost his post. In the US, meanwhile, the two main factions concentrated on defeating Martin, while jockeying for position for their future struggle for the leadership.
Keywords: Anti-communist movements; Canada; Communism; INTERNATIONAL Union United Automobile Workers of America (CIO); MARTIN; Homer; MILLARD; Charles; Socialism; United States

L'emploi en devenir - Bernier, Colette (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "L'emploi en devenir," by Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Las relaciones de trabajo en los noventa. Desafíos y propuestas - Bilodeau, Michèle (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Las relaciones de trabajo en los noventa. Desafíos y propuestas," edited by Héctor Lucena and Fernando Calero.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Cracking The Canadian Formula: The Making of the Energy and Chemical Workers Union - Black, Errol (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Cracking the Canadian Formula: The Making of the Energy and Chemical Workers Union," by Wayne Roberts.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CHEMICAL workers; CRACKING the Canadian Formula: The Making of the Energy & Chemical Workers Union (Book); Nonfiction; ROBERTS; Wayne; SOCIETIES; etc.

Hard Bargains: The Manitoba Labour Movement Confronts The 1990's - Black, Errol; Silver, Jim (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Hard Bargains: The Manitoba Labour Movement Confronts The 1990's," by Jim Silver and Errol Black.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Community of Suffering and Struggle; Women, Men, and the Labor Movement in Minneapolis, 1915-1945 - Blewett, Mary H. (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Community of Suffering and Struggle: Women, Men, and the Labor Movement in Minneapolis, 1915-1945," by Elizabeth Faue.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; COMMUNITY of Suffering & Struggle: Women; Men & the Labor Movement in Minneapolis 1915-1945 (Book); FAUE; Elizabeth; Labor movement; Nonfiction

Code du travail du Québec (législation, jurisprudence et doctrine) - Blouin, Rodrigue (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Code du travail du Québec (législation, jurisprudence et doctrine)," by Pierre Laporte.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Collective Agreement Arbitration in Canada - Blouin, Rodrigue (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Collective Agreement Arbitration in Canada," by Bruce M. Palmer and Earl E. Palmer.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Index et résumés des sentences arbitrales de griefs, tome VII - Blouin, Rodrigue (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Index et résumés des sentences arbitrales de griefs, tome VII," by Coplanam Ltée.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Industrial Relations in Canadian Industries - Boivin, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Industrial Relations in Canadian Industries," edited by Richard P. Chaykowski and Anil Verma.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The Status of Industrial Relations as an Academic Discipline Within Canadian Universities - Boivin, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
A survey on the status of industrial relations (IR) as an academic discipline in Canadian universities shows that even within business programs where serious efforts are made to adequately cover labor relations phenomena, there is an overwhelming exposure to human resource management (HRM) and organizational behavior (OB) activities and very little coverage of public labor policy. This is so because, from a business perspective, labor relations stands as a subfield of HRM. The fact that the employment relationship is just one of many foci for administrative science probably explains why business programs have a normative bias in favor of the efficiency principle. On the other hand, because the entire focus of IR is on the employment relationship, IR academic programs consider as equal values the equity needs of the employees and the efficiency needs of the organization. This ontological neutrality is what distinguishes the IR and administrative science disciplines.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Colleges & universities; Curricula; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Study & teaching; higher education

Les systèmes de relations professionnelles - Bourque, Reynald (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Les systèmes de relations professionnelles, edited by Jean-Daniel Reynaud, François Eyraud, Catherine Paradeise and Jean Saglio.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Travail d'ombre et de lumière. Le bénévolat féminin àl'hôpital Sainte-Justine, 1907-1960 - Brault, Marie-Marthe T. (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Travail d'ombre et de lumière: Le bénévolat féminin à l'Hôpital Sainte-Justine, 1907-1960," by Aline Charles.

"Thousands of our men are getting practically nothing at all to do": Public Works Relief Programs in Regina and Saskatoon, 1929-1940 - Brennan, Patrick (Urban History Review / Revue d'histoire urbaine, 1992)
Unemployment relief work programs undertaken in Saskatchewan cities during 1929-32 and 1938-40 were not a failure. Carried out with an unavoidable minimum of "mismanagement" and "waste," they produced useful assets and badly needed employment, and not surprisingly were strongly supported by local taxpayers and the able-bodied unemployed alike. This record and the determined if too often unsuccessful efforts by the administrations and unemployed in Regina and Saskatoon to have even more relief money channelled into such "work and wages schemes" are an indictment of the federal response to the unemployment crisis and the impossible situation in which the flawed doctrine of "local responsibility" placed local governments. As such, the history of these programs serves as a useful corrective to the widespread impression that Prairie cities failed to show sufficient leadership or initiative in dealing with the unemployment crisis during the 1930s.

Rapports collectifs du travail - Brière, Jean-Yves (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Rapports collectifs du travail," by Fernand Morin.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

'We Are All Kin': Reconsidering Labour and Class in Calgary, 1919 - Bright, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
Recent labour historiography on the strike wave of 1919 has debated whether events are better explained within a framework of western exceptionalism (that is, stressing regional factors) or of a national revolt (that is stressing class tensions). A study of Calgary suggests that neither of these interpretations is fully satisfactory. Calgary workers, by 1919, certainly displayed a class identity and a class consciousness, but these were tempered by broader cultural bonds and by continuing entrepreneurial aspirations. Despite a generation of economic disillusionment, characterized by falling real wages and the high frequency of unemployment, labour continued to place faith in craft unions, political reforms, and class co-operation. Fitting neither of the established interpretation frameworks, the experience of workers in Calgary, 1919, indicates the need for a reassessment of current conceptions of class relations.
Keywords: Alberta; CALGARY (Alta.); ENTREPRENEURSHIP; EXCEPTIONALISM (Political science); Historiography; STRIKES & lockouts; Unemployment

Descent into Discourse: The Reification of Language and the Writing of Social History - Callinicos, Alex (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Descent into Discourse: The Reification of Language and the Writing of Social History," by Bryan D. Palmer.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; DESCENT Into Discourse: The Reification of Language & the Writing of Social History (Book); Nonfiction; PALMER; Bryan D.; REIFICATION

"Making Socialists": Bill Pritchard, the Socialist Party of Canada, and the Third International - Campbell, J. Peter (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The legacy of the Socialist Party of Canada has come down to us in phrases such as economic determinism, mechanistic materialism, impossiblism, and sectarianism. The life of Bill Pritchard reveals the humanist roots of the SPC and what the party's leading thinkers owed to William Morris and the British ethical socialist tradition. That tradition was about `making socialists' who were educated, organized, and prepared to implement fully a socialist society. Bill Pritchard and other Marxian socialists, as much as they supported the Russian Revolution, were unwilling to submerge that goal in the program of the Third International. Their humanism, as much as their determinism, explains the choices they made and the legacy they left.
Keywords: ABSTRACTS; HUMANISM; LABOUR/LE Travail (Book); MORRIS; William; 1834-1896; PRITCHARD; Bill; REVOLUTIONARY literature; Russian; Socialism; Socialist Party of Canada

The Untold Story of Ontario's Bushworkers - Campbell, J. Peter (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "The Untold Story of Ontario's Bushworkers," by Bruce Magnuson.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Labor Unions; MAGNUSON; Bruce; Nonfiction; UNTOLD Story of Ontario's Bushworkers; The (Book)

Le syndicalisme au Québec - Cardin, Jean-François (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Le Syndicalisme au Québec," by Bernard Dionne.

Labour Arbitration Yearbook - Carter, Donald (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Labour Arbitration Yearbook," by William Kaplan.
Keywords: Arbitration; 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

An Empirical Assessment of Organizational Commitment Using the Side-Bet Theory Approach - Cohen, Aaron; Gattiker, Urs E. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
According to the side-bet theory, organizational commitment increases with the accumulation of side bets or investments. Cross-national data for 7 side-bet indexes (age, tenure, education, marital status, salary, gender, and hierarchical position) were used to test the theory's generalizability. Four hundred and sixty-three white-collar employees in Canada and the US were surveyed. The findings indicate that while organizational commitment levels between Canadian and US respondents were similar, the effects of various side-bet indexes differed between the 2 countries. The results suggest that previously reported correlations between age, tenure and organizational commitment cannot be replicated.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Commitments; Corporate loyalty; Employee attitude; Labor Unions; Organizational behavior; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Studies; Variables

Native Women of the Northern Pacific Coast: An Historical Perspective, 1830-1900 - Cooper, Carol (Journal of Canadian Studies, 1992)
Discusses the economic independence and position of strength of the Nishga and Tsimshian women of the northern Pacific coast from 1830-1900. Despite the beliefs that the fur trade and missions had a negative impact upon the roles and status of native women, the status of women in the northern Pacific coast did not decline. The roles and status of Canada's northern Pacific coast women, which moved from a position of strength in the traditional era to a position of strength in the mission era, are examined.
Keywords: Canada; FIRST Nations (Canada); INDIGENOUS women – America; NISGA'A (North American people); Social conditions; TSIMSHIAN (North American people)

The Impact of the Ontarian Minimum Wage on the Unemployment of Women and the Young in Ontario: A Note - Cousineau, Jean-Michel; Tessier, David; Vaillancourt, Francois (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
A recent study presents regression results that can be used to calculate the impact on the unemployment rate of women and youth in Ontario of a variation in the minimum wage. These regressions yield results very similar to those obtained for Quebec, an economy whose structure is fairly similar to that of Ontario. These results indicate that the proposed increase in the minimum wage in Ontario would lead to a one-percentage-point increase in the unemployment of women and youth in the province, which in terms of the unemployment rate of 1991, is approximately a 10% increase in employment. Such a result is in agreement with economists and should be taken into account by policymakers.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employment; Impacts; Labor Unions; Minimum wage; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Studies; Unemployment; Variables; Women; Youth

The Many Lives of German Labour: A Review Essay - Crew, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews several books including "The Skilled Metalworkers of Nuremberg: Craft and Class in the Industrial Revolution," by Michael J. Neufeld, "Mercedes in Peace and War: German Automobile Workers, 1903-1945," by Bernard P. Bellon, and "A History of Foreign Labor in Germany 1880-1980: Seasonal Workers/Forced Laborers/Guest Workers," by Ulrich Herbert.
Keywords: BELLON; Bernard P.; BOOKS – Reviews; HERBERT; Ulrich; HISTORY of Foreign Labor in Germany 1880-1980: Seasonal Workers/Forced Laborers/Guest Workers; A (Book); MERCEDES in Peace & War: German Automobile Workers 1903-1945 (Book); NEUFELD; Michael J.; Nonfiction; SKILLED Metalworkers of Nuremberg: Craft & Class in the Industrial Revolution; The (Book)

Le discours de presse - L'image des syndicats au Québec (1982-1983) - Demers, François (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Le discours de presse - L'image des syndicats au Québec (1982-1983)," by Mayrse Souchard.

Repenser le travail. Quand les femmes accèdent à l'égalité - Déom, Esther (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Repenser le travail. Quand les femmes accèdent à l'égalité," by Ginette Legault.
Keywords: Affirmative action; Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employment; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Women

L'équité salariale et la comparaison des emplois - Déom, Esther; Mercier, Jacques (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
Cet article compare les résultats obtenus suite à l'utilisation de deux méthodes de comparaison des emplois pour réaliser l'équité salariale dans les organisations. Les deux indicateurs retenus sont la proportion d'emplois à prédominance féminine dont le salaire horaire serait ajusté à la hausse et l'ampleur des ajustements mesuré en pourcentage du salaire. Les résultats obtenus révèlent que la moyenne des ajustements salariaux ne varie pratiquement pas, peu importe la méthode utilisée. La méthode «emploi à courbe» semble cependant supérieure à la méthode «emploi à emploi» en ce qui concerne la proportion d'emplois ajustés, en particulier dans les trois organisations où le nombre d'emplois de bureau à prédominance féminine était le plus élevé.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

A Meta-Analysis of Some Determinants of Union Voting Intent - Deshpande, Satish P. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
A meta-analytical framework is used to examine the true impact of specific beliefs about unions, general beliefs about unions, job satisfaction, sex, race, and Southern US residence on union voting intent. The results strongly suggest that union voting intent is affected by both specific and general instrumentality, with specific instrumentality being a more important predictor of union voting intent than general instrumentality. The results also indicate that non-whites and women are more likely to express a pro-union voting intent, while those with high job satisfaction are more likely to express an anti-union voting intent. Meta-analysis results show that even Southerners are likely to express a pro-union voting intent, but that the magnitude of this effect is very small compared with other factors. All of the factors considered in the study do affect union voting intent regardless of the situation, but the incidence of some of the factors on union voting intent could vary across situations.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Correlation analysis; Impacts; Labor Unions; Memberships; Organizational behavior; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Unions; Voting

The Souls of the Skyscraper: Female Clerical Workers in Chicago, 1870-1930 - DeVault, Ileen A. (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "The Souls of the Skyscraper: Female Clerical Workers in Chicago, 1870-1930," by Lisa M. Fine.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CLERKS; FINE; Lisa M.; Nonfiction; SOULS of the Skyscraper: Female Clerical Workers in Chicago 1870-1930; The (Book)

Personality, Social Support and Workers' Stress - Dolan, Shimon L.; van Ameringen, Marie R.; Arsenault, Andre (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
Social support is examined as a correlate of perceived job demands and psychological strain and as a moderator of the relationship between stimulus and response, according to personality traits. An occupational stress questionnaire was administered to 807 hospital employees. Data were obtained regarding 2 sources of job demands, 3 psychological symptoms, 4 categories of personality, and 3 areas of social support. The strongest evidence favors a non-specific direct correlation between all dimensions of social support and all the strain symptoms analyzed. The differences between personality types are relative exceptions to the general trend. There is also evidence supporting a direct relationship between job demands and social support, as well as strain symptoms. Extrinsic job demands appear to be a strong correlate of both. Here again, the emphasis is on interdependency and not necessarily on causality. The results offer some support for the role of social support as a moderator variable in the relationship between occupational demands and psychological strain.
Keywords: Anxieties; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Job requirements; Labor Unions; Personality; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Stress; Trends

Love Among the Historians - Dubinsky, Karen (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the books "Love in the Time of Victoria," by Francoise Barret-Ducrocq and "Romantic Longings ― Love in America, 1830-1980," by Steven Seidman.
Keywords: BARRET-Ducrocq; Francoise; BOOKS – Reviews; LOVE in the Time of Victoria (Book); Nonfiction; ROMANTIC Longings: Love in America 1830-1980 (Book); SEIDMAN; Steven

Tom Mann - Dubofsky, Melvyn (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Tom Mann," by Joseph White.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; MANN; Tom; Nonfiction; TOM Mann (Book); WHITE; Joseph

Is Picketing a Crime? - Eaton, Jonathan B. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
Criminal prosecutions are not a common incident in industrial disputes. Nevertheless, it cannot be denied that there exists a range of criminal sanctions that can be and sometimes are used to punish picketers who get out of line. Peaceful, informational picketing is a protected right, but the criminal law is ready to step in if picketing is too loud, too pushy, untimely, or in the wrong place, or if there are simply too many picketers. Criminal sanctions thus act as an important state instrument in regulating industrial conflict. It is suggested that the use of criminal law to restrain picketing is inappropriate and incongruous with the stated aims of the industrial relations regime. Among the underlying goals of this regime is the fostering of successful collective bargaining through promoting equality of bargaining power and recognizing that the employment relationship is an ongoing one. Criminal prosecutions skew the odds in a strike in favor of the employer.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Criminal law; Labor Unions; Labor disputes; Picketing; Provisions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strikes

Progressive Discipline: An Oxymoron? - Eden, Genevieve (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
A recent study contrasts competing paradigms of a key issue in the employee-employer relationship: the application of the concept of progressive discipline. In a review of both the arbitral jurisprudence in the unionized sector, and the organizational behavior literature, two very different perspectives regarding the application of discipline in the workplace are illustrated. One view is embodied in arbitral law and focuses on the corrective effects of discipline, while the other is embodied in behavior modification theory and emphasizes its negative effects. The notion of discipline is discussed in a broader perspective by highlighting some current trends in human resource management, as well as alternative approaches to dealing with employee misconduct.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Discipline; Employee problems; Employees; Human resource management; Labor Unions; Organizational behavior; Personnel policies; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

La recherche comparative en relations industrielles : l'apport de la tradition ethnographique - Edwards, P. K. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
La recherche comparative en relations industrielles bénéficie actuellement d'un regain d'intérêt. Un des thèmes majeurs est la génération du consentement au sein de l'atelier. Il existe déjà une tradition de recherche bien établie sur ce thème, mais son apport n'a reçu que peu d'attention jusqu'ici. L'article expose les grandes lignes de cette tradition ethnographique, mettant ses forces en relief. Il existe aussi des points faibles, notamment en ce qui a trait à la généralisation des résultats. Après évaluation, ces limites paraissent moins définitives que ne le suggèrent certaines critiques. Des exemples de l'application de cette approche à l'étude comparative sont présentés, et un programme de recherche est avancé.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Ideology: An Introduction - Elderkin, Susan Huntley (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Ideology: An Introduction," by Terry Eagleton.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; EAGLETON; Terry; 1943-; IDEOLOGY; IDEOLOGY: An Introduction (Book); Nonfiction

Arbitrability Restrictions in Action - England, G.; McKenna, I. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
A number of hypotheses as to the possible impact of the collective bargaining process of Section 48 of the Alberta Public Service Employee Relations Act (PSERA) are tested. Section 48 declares non-arbitrable a broad range of management rights items. The results suggest that power relations, market forces, and shared understandings in Crown hospitals have overridden the anticipated effect of the law. In Crown Service bargaining, however, Section 48 has served to buttress traditional management rights that pre-date the PSERA. Management's defense of such rights, facilitated by Section 48, has contributed to frustrating legalism, strained bargaining relationships with certain Crown locals, and a blunting of union power within the formal bargaining system. Further research is needed to determine the nature and effect of informal workplace responses. Recent unlawful strikes of social workers and corrections officers are evidence of growing pressure for change in the legislation.
Keywords: Arbitration; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Civil service; Collective bargaining; Hypotheses; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Legislation; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Blacksmith in Upper Canada, 1784-1850: A Study of Technology, Culture and Power - Errington, Jane (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "The Blacksmith in Upper Canada, 1784-1850: A Study of Technology, Culture and Power," by William N. T. Wylie.
Keywords: BLACKSMITH in Upper Canada 1784-1850: A Study of Technology; Culture & Power (Book); BOOKS – Reviews; Nonfiction; POWER (Social sciences); WYLIE; William N. T.

Madison Daze - Fellman, Michael (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews and comments extensively on the book, "History and the New Left: Madison, Wisconsin, 1950-1970," edited by Paul Buhle.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; BUHLE; Paul; HISTORY & the New Left: Madison; Wisconsin 1950-1970 (Book); New Left; Nonfiction

Shop Steward Performance: A Constrained-Decision Analysis - Fisher, E. G.; Reshef, Yonatan (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
Many industrial relations decisions are made on the basis of perceptions, including, in some cases, which shop steward to approach to handle a union member's grievance. An analysis of shop steward performance and role conflict suggests that steward effectiveness in relating to members and management can be fostered by providing more time for stewards to perform their duties as union representatives. While training can ease the adjustment to stewardship, its main impact on role performance may be greater information dissemination. Most important, greater conflict in the union-management relationship may lead to fewer resolutions at the first step, lower quality steward-management relations, and a lesser ability to disseminate information. Stewards generally reported that they adopted a rather pragmatic approach to resolving grievances with supervisors. Regression analysis suggests that women may adopt a less-aggressive, more problem-solving approach than men.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Decision analysis; Grievances; Labor Unions; Officials; Regression analysis; Skills; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Theory; Unions

An Ex Post Evaluation of Canadian Occupational Projections, 1961-1981 - Foot, David K.; Meltz, Noah M. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
A study presents a quantitative retrospective evaluation of 3 Canadian occupational projections covering the period of 1961 to 1981 in an attempt to assess their usefulness as a guide to education and training policies. Using appropriately adjusted, detailed occupational data from the 1961, 1971, and 1981 Canadian censuses, the results indicate that for broad categories, such projections do appear to provide reasonable results. For the major occupational groups, all 3 projections were within a range of plus or minus 10% of the ex post actual employment for the majority of the groups. As might be expected, the projection accuracy declined as the occupational detail increased. However, these ex post evaluations do suggest that a variable coefficients model can provide useful additional information for occupational projections. The results do not suggest that it is possible to simply take on faith the results of any occupational projection.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employment; Forecasts; LABOR market; Labor Unions; Occupations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Studies; Variables

The Sad March to the Right: J. B. McLachlan's Resignation from the Communist Party of Canada, 1936 - Frank, David; Manley, John (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The resignation of J.B. McClachlan from the Communist Party of Canada in 1936 is one of the more controversial episodes in the biography of a well-known Canadian labour radical. He was one of the few party leaders to enjoy wide recognition and popular support. His resignation was a difficult personal decision as well as a significant episode in the history of the party. In previous accounts his resignation has been presented ultimately as a repudiation of labour radicalism generally and the Communist Party in particular, as a protest against the adoption of the united front in 1935, or as a form of local and personal political exceptionalism. McLachlan himself made no formal public announcement of his resignation and, except for an impromptu speech at a public meeting in September 1936, he remained largely silent. In response to a letter from party general secretary Tim Buck he prepared a personal explanation of his withdrawal from the party in June 1936. This document, which is reproduced at the end of this article, remains the most important single piece of evidence concerning his resignation. An analysis of the circumstances leading to McLachlan's resignation shows that he did not regard his resignation as a repudiation of basic principles. He had supported the move towards the united front both internationally and domestically but disagreed with the implementation of the policy by the party leadership, especially sa demonstrated in the case of the Amalgamated Mine Workers of Nova Scotia. McLachlan's view of the united front, which he considered to be consistent with the position of the Communist International, stressed the principles of internal democracy and local autonomy in the construction of the united front. In McLachlan's view there were already enough indications to show that leaders such as John L. Lewis had not been fundamentally transformed and that in the long run the decision to endorse an alliance of convenience with the established labour bureaucracy was an ambiguous legacy for the class struggle. In 1936 McLachlan was overtaken by events, but given his own history he was in a position to perceive the difficulties ahead more clearly than most of his contemporaries.
Keywords: ABSTRACTS; BUCK; Tim; Communist Party of Canada; EXCEPTIONALISM (Political science); LABOUR/LE Travail (Book); LEWIS; John L.; MCLACHLAN; James Bryson; MORAL & ethical aspects; Political parties; RESIGNATION from public office

Les transitions sur le marché du travail: une perspective longitudinale - Fréchet, Guy; Langlois, Simon; Bernier, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
La précarité de l'emploi caractérise de plus en plus la culture contemporaine du travail. Les individus sont appelés par conséquent à subir des transitions sur le marché du travail. Certaines sont volontaires mais plus de 80 % sont involontaires et parmi les personnes qui subissent de telles transitions une première fois, plus de la moitié subiront une transition subséquente. Nous nous attardons ici aux seules transitions entre l'entrée et la sortie en emploi, qui touchent plus du tiers de la population active à chaque année au Canada, d'après les données recueillies par Statistique Canada auprès de plus de 65 000 personnes au cours des années 1986 et 1987.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Life and Labor on the Border: Working People of Northeastern Sonora, Mexico, 1886-1986 - French, William E. (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Life and Labor on the Border: Working People of North-Eastern Sonora, Mexico, 1886-1986," by Josiah McC. Heyman.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; HEYMAN; Josiah McC. (Josiah McConnell); 1958-; LIFE & Labor on the Border: Working People of North-Easter Sonora; Mexico 1886-1986 (Book); Labor; Nonfiction

Combination and Conspiracy [:] A Legal History of Trade Unionism 1821-1906 - Fudge, Judy (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Combination and Conspiracy: A Legal History of Trade Unionism 1821-1906" by John V. Orth.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; COMBINATION & Conspiracy: A Legal History of Trade Unionsim 1821-1906 (Book); Labor Unions; Nonfiction; ORTH; John V.

Socialist History and Socialism's Future - Gabbert, Mark A. (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews and comments extensively on the book, "Socialism Unbound," by Stephen Eric Bronner.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; BRONNER; Stephen Eric; Nonfiction; SOCIALISM Unbound (Book); Socialism

A la jonction du mouvement ouvrier et du mouvement des femmes: la Ligue auxiliaire de l'Association internationale des machinistes, Canada, 1903-1980 - Gagnon, Mona Josée (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "A la Jonction du Mouvement Ouvrier et du Mouvement des Femmes: La Ligue Auxiliaire de l'Association Internationale des Machinistes, Canada, 1903-1980," by Sylvie Murray.

Changements dans les législations du travail au Canada = Changes in Canada Labour Law - Gauvin, Michel; Brennan, Geoffrey (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Changements dans les législations du travail au Canada = Changes in Canada labour law (December 1, 1991 to February 29, 1992) - Gauvin, Michel; Brennan, Geoffrey (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
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 [v. 47, no. 1, 1992] = Changes in Canada Labour Law - Gauvin, Michel; Kuijper, Tineke (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
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

Contemporary Industrial Relations Ideologies: A Study of Canadian Academics - Godard, John (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The ideologies of Canadian industrial relations (IR) scholars are analyzed. At the descriptive level, it would appear that a considerable majority of the scholars, perhaps as high as 70%, adhere to beliefs consistent with either a liberal-reformist or a radical ideology, even though there is widespread support for many of the arguments associated with the "new cooperativism." It would also appear that, whatever the content of ideology, its structure remains by and large one-dimensional. The findings also suggest that scholars who report that they specialize in IR or are affiliated primarily with an IR school tend to be more left-wing than their counterparts in economics and management. This would appear to reflect an ideological partitioning of the field among different schools. In turn, ideology would appear to have important implications for the pedagogy of scholars and the orientation they are likely to convey to future decision makers.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Opinions; Polls & surveys; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical data

Filles et familles en milieu ouvrier: Hull, Québec à la fin du XIXe siècle - Gossage, Peter (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Filles et familles en milieu ouvier: Hull, Québec à la fin du XIXe siècle," by Odette Vincent Domey.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; DOMEY; Odette Vincent; FILLES et familles en milieu ouvier: Hull; Quebec a la fin du XIXe siecle (Book); History; Nonfiction; WORKING class women

All or Nothing: Modernization, Dependency and Wage Labour on a Reserve in Canada - Haddad, Tony; Spivey, Michael (Canadian Journal of Native Studies, 1992)
This is a case study of one Native community that attempted to end the cycle of poverty and underdevelopment by encouraging investment by a multinational corporation. The authors examine the impact the investment has had on social relations within the community. Specifically it is argued that this path of development has followed modernization principles similar to those undertaken in many Third World countries. While such investment creates jobs in the community, it also leads to economic exploitation and dependency, while furthering factionalization in terms of politics and culture.

Research priorities for the 1990's - Haiven, Larry (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
Keywords: 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

Industrial Relations in Canadian Industries - Harcourt, J. Mark (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Industrial Relations in Canadian Industries," edited by Richard P. Chaykowski and Anil Verma.
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_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

School Teaching In Canada - Harp, John (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "School Teaching In Canada," by Alexander Lockhart.
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; Teachers

Importing Foreign Workers- A Comparison of German and American Policy - Hoerder, Dirk (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Importing Foreign Workers: A Comparison of German and American Policy," by John Bendix.
Keywords: BENDIX; John; BOOKS – Reviews; IMPORTING Foreign Workers: A Comparison of German & American Policy (Book); Nonfiction

The Paradox of the White Worker Studies in Race Formation - Igantiev, Noel (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book "The Rise and Fall of the White Republic: Class Politics and Mass Culture in Nineteenth-Century America," by Alexander Saxton and "The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class," by David Roediger.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Nonfiction; RISE & Fall of the White Republic: Class Politics & Mass Culture in Nineteenth Century America; The (Book); ROEDIGER; David; SAXTON; Alexander; 1919-2012; WAGES of Whiteness: Race & the Making of the American Working Class; The (Book)

Les enjeux du travail à l'Alcan (1901/1951) - Igartna, José E. (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
the article reviews the book, "Les Enjeux du Travail à l'Alcan, 1910-1951," by Luc Côté.

The Re-Education of the American Working Class - Ingerman, Sidney H. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "The Re-education of the American Working Class," by Steven H. London and Joseph F Wilson.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Educational services; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Industrial Restructuring with Job Security: The Case of European Steel - Kaliski, S.f. (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Industrial Restructuring with Job Security: The Case of European Steel," by Susan N. Houseman.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; HOUSEMAN; Susan N.; INDUSTRIAL Restructuring With Job Security: The Case of European Steel (Book); Nonfiction; job security

The RCMP, the Special Branch, and the Early Days of the Communist Party of Canada: A Documentary Article - Kealey, Gregory S. (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
Introduces five sets of documents that shed light on the early years of the Communist Party of Canada and the RCMP security apparatus that surveilled and infiltrated it. The materials include in-camera CPC bulletins and reports, transcripts of secret speeches by Pan-American Bureau agent Charles Scott to party members in Regina and Edmonton, RCMP correspondence with the UK's Special Branch, and RCMP security bulletins. The materials were released by the Public Record Office in London, England, and through a freedom-of-information request with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Concludes that the documents are indicative of the close relationship between Canadian and British security agencies and their joint preoccupation with the threat of international communism.
Keywords: Canada; Communist Party of Canada; England; GREAT Britain. Public Record Office; LABOUR/LE Travail (Book); ROYAL Canadian Mounted Police; Radicalism; Socialism

Family Violence and the Women's Movement: The Conceptual Politics of Struggle - Kinsman, Gary (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book ,"Family Violence and the Women's Movement: The Conceptual Politics of Struggle," by Gillian A. Walker.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FAMILY Violence & the Women's Movement: The Conceptual Politics of Struggle (Book); FAMILY violence; Nonfiction; WALKER; Gillian A.

Incompetence vs. Culpable Non-Performance: The Canadian Arbitration and Adjudication Experience - Knight, Thomas R.; McPhillips, David C.; Shetzer, Larry (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
Inadequate work performance and incompetence have often been considered by Canadian labor arbitrators within the context of promotion, demotion and transfer cases. However, these issues have also frequently arisen, in the last decade, as the primary issues in discipline and discharge cases as well. Inappropriate employee behavior falls into 2 categories: culpable behavior (intential actions) and nonculpable behavior (no-fault action). A culpable failure to perform one's duties is referred to as nonperformance. In cases of culpable behavior, a disciplinary approach is appropriate and required. An analysis of a number of arbitration awards is conducted. It is believed that the distinction between culpable work performance and nonculpable incompetence must be maintained and clearly understood by the management, unions and arbitrators. The distinction is necessary to the achievement of consistency and fairness in dealing with problems of nonculpable incompetence and inadequate work performance in the workplace.
Keywords: Arbitration; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Discipline; Employees; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Performance appraisal; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical data; Unions

Unions' Collective Bargaining Agenda on Women's Issues: The Ontario Experience - Kumar, Pradeep; Acri, Lynn (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
Even though there has been an significant increase in the number of women entering the Canadian labor force, there has been little impact on their labor market status. The serious labor market plight of women has focused attention on such issues as pay and employment equity, family responsibility-related leaves, better child care facilities, equal treatment and opportunities, and a nondiscriminatory working environment free from sexual harassment. These issues have become a major part of the Canadian labor movement's active legislative and bargaining agenda in recent years. A number of selected unions are evaluated to demonstrate the effectiveness of unions' efforts toward incorporating these issues into their collective agreements. Findings indicate that union efforts to achieve a better deal for women have had mixed success.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Clauses; Collective bargaining; Employment; Labor Unions; Labor contracts; Manycompanies; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical data; Studies; Unions; Women

A Word To Say: The Story of the Maritime Fishermen's Union - Kuplan, William (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "A Word To Say: The Story of the Maritime Fishermen's Union," by Sue Calhoun.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CALHOUN; Sue; FISHERS; Nonfiction; SOCIETIES; etc.; WORD to Say: The Story of the Maritime Fishermen's Union; A (Book)

Une étude empirique sur les rôles de base des services de ressources humaines - Labelle, Christiane; Dyer, Lee (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
Cette recherche concerne un sujet peu étudié dans la littérature en gestion des ressources humaines. Il s'agit des rôles de base d'un «service» de ressources humaines. Théoriquement, un certain nombre de rôles fondamentaux lui sont attribués par divers auteurs, aussi bien aux États-Unis, au Canada, en France qu'en Grande-Bretagne. Cependant, il n'existe pratiquement pas d'études empiriques pour appuyer ces rôles tels que conçus. La présente recherche a permis, dans un premier temps, de développer un modèle servant à circonscrire le domaine concernant les rôles des services de ressources humaines. Un questionnaire portant sur six rôles considérés fondamentaux d'après ce modèle a par la suite été élaboré et administré à un échantillon de 264 organisations américaines de divers secteurs industriels.
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

Women, Minorities and Unions in the Public Sector - Leah, Ronnie (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Women, Minorities and Unions in the Public Sector," by Norma M. Riccucci.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; ETHNIC relations; Nonfiction; RICCUCCI; Norma M.; WOMEN; Minorities & Unions in the Public Sector (Book)

Kipling Gets a Red Card - Leier, Mark (James Mark) (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
Discusses Rudyard Kipling's poems, "The Cry of Toil," "The Song of the Dead," and "Tommy," which were lampooned by the Industrial Workers of the World. Concludes that, although Kipling was the bard of the British empire, his sympathy for the common soldier influenced the parodies. Both the Kipling and IWW texts are included in the article.
Keywords: CRY of Toil; The (Poem); KIPLING; Rudyard; 1865-1936; POEMS – Reviews; POETRY (Literary form) – History & criticism; SONG of the Dead; The (Poem); TOMMY Atkins (Poem : Kipling)

Notebook [29, Spring 1992] - Leier, Mark (James Mark) (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
Takes note of forthcoming conferences and the continuation of the Marx-Engels Gesamtausgabe with the signing of an agreement between the Amsterdam-based International Marx-Engels Foundation and the Conference of German Academies of the Sciences.
Keywords: CONFERENCES & conventions; Canada; LABOR – Congresses; MICHIGAN; MINNESOTA; WORKSHOPS (Adult education)

Notebook [30, Fall 1992] - Leier, Mark (James Mark) (Labour/Le Travail, 1992)
Reports on the Randall B. Smith Collection on the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) at the New York Public Library. Smith (1916-1989) was a civil war veteran who, in addition to collecting a variety of resources, tape-recorded interviews with other veterans. Takes note of forthcoming conferences.
Keywords: CIVIL War; 1936-1939; Canada; History; LABOR – Congresses; Labor; SPAIN; WAR & society

Class Formation and Urban-Industrial Society: Bradford, 1750-1850 - Levine, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Class Formation and Urban-Industrial Society: Bradford, 1750-1850," by Theodore Koditschek.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CLASS Formation & Urban Industrial Society: Bradford 1750-1850 (Book); Class formation; KODITSCHEK; Theodore; Nonfiction

On the Move: French-Canadian and Italian Migrants in the North Atlantic Economy, 1860-1914 - Little, J. I. (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "On the Move: French-Canadian and Italian Migrants in the North Atlantic Economy, 1860-1914," by Bruno Ramirez.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Immigrants; Nonfiction; ON the Move: French-Canadian & Italian Migrants in the North Atlantic Economy 1860-1914 (Book); RAMIREZ; Bruno

Canada - Lonardo, Michael (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Canada," by Ernest Ingles.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CANADA (Book : Ingles); Canada; INGLES; Ernest; Nonfiction

Bibliography: Recent Publications in Canadian Labour History = Bibliographie : Travaux récents en histoire des classes populaires canadiennes (30, Fall 1992) - Lonardo, Michael; Sweeney, Robert C. H. (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
Compilation of recent English/French publications on Canadian labour history that emphasize the period 1800-1975. Materials pertaining to the post-1975 period may also be included, although more selectively. See the database, Canadian Labour History, 1976-2009, published at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Keywords: BIBLIOGRAPHY (Documentation); Labor

The Incidence and Nature of Employee Profit Sharing and Share Ownership in Canada - Long, Richard J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
In recent years, both profit sharing and employee ownership have experienced a dramatic resurgence of interest in most western countries. As companies have attempted to find ways of dealing with difficult economic circumstances and increased global competition, they have become receptive to these concepts. However, both types of plans find opponents within the labor unions. A recent study describes the incidence and general nature of employee profit sharing and share ownership in Canada, based on telephone interviews with chief executive officers of 626 Canadian firms conducted during 1989 and 1990. The results indicate that there has been a dramatic growth in both of these during the past decade, despite the absence of strong legislative support, and that this growth will likely continue for some time.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Data collection; ESOP; Employees; Labor Unions; Profit sharing plans; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical data; Stockholders; Trends

Understanding Employee Ownership - Long, Richard J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Understanding Employee Ownership," by Corey Rosen and Karen M. Young.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employee ownership; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Age of Light, Soap and Water: Moral Reform in English Canada, 1885-1925 - Loo, Tina (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "The Age of Light, Soap and Water: Moral Reform in English Canada, 1885-1925," by Mariana Valverde.
Keywords: AGE of Light; Soap & Water: Moral Reform in English Canada 1885-1925; The (Book); BOOKS – Reviews; Nonfiction; SOCIAL problems; VALVERDE; Mariana

Crafting Selves: Power, Gender, and Discourses of Identity in a Japanese Workplace - MacDonald, Eleanor (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Crafting Selves: Power, Gender, and Discourses of Identity in a Japanese Workplace," by Dorinne K. Kondo.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CRAFTING Selves: Power; Gender & Discourses of Identity in a Japanese Workplace (Book); KONDO; Dorinne K.; Nonfiction; Work environment

An Economic History of the English Poor Law, 1750-1850 - MacKay, Lynn (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "An Economic History of the English Poor Law, 1750-1850," by George R. Boyer.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; BOYER; George R.; ECONOMIC History of the English Poor Law 1750-1850; An (Book); Economic history; Nonfiction

Workers and Their Unions in Eastern Europe—May 1991 - MacShane, Denis (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
Conference paper that provides background and assesses the current state of politics and the labour movement in Eastern Europe in the wake of the collapse of the Communism. Concludes that Canadian labour should be in the vanguard of world support for the development of unions that advance the social, economic and democratic project in those countries.
Keywords: ASIA; ASIA – Economic conditions – 1945-; Communism; EUROPE; EUROPE – Economic conditions – 1945-; Labor movement; SOLIDARITY; STALINISM; TOTALITARIANISM; economic development

Politics and War: European Conflict from Philip II to Hitler - Malcolmson, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Politics and War: European Conflict from Philip II to Hitler," by David Kaiser.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; KAISER; David; Nonfiction; POLITICS & War: European Conflict From Philip II to Hitler (Book); POLITICS & war

Preaching the Red Stuff: J.B. McLachlan, Communism, and the Cape Breton Miners, 1922-1935 - Manley, John (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
During the early 1920s the Communist Party of Canada (CPC) established a significant presence in industrial Cape Breton, based on support from the militant minority of the district's unusually combative coal mining union, UMWA District 26, and its charismatic Secretary-Treasurer James Bryson McLachlan. The latter's early recruitment was centrally important in forging what would become enduring political links with rank-and-file militants; it was largely thanks to McLachlan that, through all the ebb and flow of social context and human agency, the party survived the vicissitudes of deteriorating structural conditions and its own tactical blunders (most notably during the ‘third period’), to emerge in the mid-130s with genuinely optimistic prospects. The Scot did not always lead his forces well: like many revolutionary contemporaries his bolshevik temperament was ill-suited to defensive struggle. He nevertheless perceived, and to a limited extent acted upon, the need to construct a defensive communist counter-culture within the struggle for workers' power in the community and the workplace. The embodiment of bolshevik intransigence, McLachlan offered a fixed rallying-point for ‘class fighters,’ especially those who shared his internationalist perspective. Having drawn a new layer of younger militants towards him in 1934-35—and having seen off the CCF in the process—McLachlan could claim to have placed the CPC in its strongest position for a decade.
Keywords: Coal mines & mining; Communism; Communist Party of Canada; History; McLachlan; J.B. (James Bryson); United Mine Workers of America

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Canadian Society: A Guide to the Literature - Mannion, John (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Interdisciplinary Approaches to Canadian Society: A Guide to the Literature," edited by Alan F. J. Artibise.
Keywords: ARTIBISE; Alan F. J.; BOOKS – Reviews; INTERDISCIPLINARY Approaches to Canadian Society: A Guide to the Literature (Book); LITERATURE & society; Nonfiction

Hanging By A Thread: Social Change In Southern Textiles - Marcus, Irwin M. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Hanging By A Thread: Social Change In Southern Textiles," by Jeffrey Leiter et al.
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; Textile industry

Pay Knowledge and Referents in a Tiered-Employment Setting - Martin, James E.; Lee, Raymond T. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
Some companies use the 2-tier compensation structure. This approach places new employees on pay scales which are lower than the pay scales of employees hired before the tiers were in place. These pay structures have been controversial because they violate a basic union tenet: equal pay for equal work. A recent study examined both the main and the interaction effects of knowledge of the pay structure and social and self-pay referents on pay attitudes in a setting with wage and job-duty tiers. Knowledge of the pay structure when hired and expected pay were among the most important predictors of pay fairness and pay satisfaction. The significant interaction effects found across tier levels indicated pay knowledge had a differential impact on pay attitudes. The interaction effects, however, did not support the assumption that the reason attitudes differ among employees on various tier levels is that they use different referents.
Keywords: Attitude surveys; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Grocery stores; Knowledge; Labor Unions; Pay structure; Regression analysis; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical data; Studies; Unions; Wages & salaries

Efficient Contracts Without Bargaining Over Employment - Martinello, Felice (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
It is often asserted that unions must bargain over employment if efficient contracts are to be achieved. However, efficient outcomes can be reached and supported if the average rate of compensation paid to labor decreases with employment. It is argued that common fringe benefit and layoff and recall provisions should make the average cost of compensation decline with employment. This implies that most firms and unions can reach and support efficient outcomes even though the union negotiates only wages and fringes, and the employer chooses employment unilaterally. Thus, the distinction between monopoly models and efficient bargain models of union-firm interaction is not as relevant an empirical issue as previously believed.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Compensation; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Models; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Unions

Wage Labor and Guilds in Medieval Europe - Masschaele, James (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Wage Labor and Guilds in Medieval Europe," by Steven A. Epstein .
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; EPSTEIN; Steven A.; Nonfiction; WAGE Labor & Guilds in Medieval Europe (Book); Wages

The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism - Matejko, Alexander J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism," by Gösta Esping-Andersen.
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; Welfare economics

Piedmont Mill Workers and the Politics of History - McCurry, Stephanie (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews and comments on the books, "Like a Family: The Making of a Southern Cotton Mill Word," by Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, James Leloudis, Robert Korstad, Mary Murphy, LuAnn Jones, and Christopher Daly, and "Habits of Industry: White Culture and the Transformation of the Carolina Piedmont," by Allen Tullos.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; DALY; Christopher; HABITS of Industry: White Culture & the Transformation of the Carolina Piedmont (Book); HALL; Jacquelyn Dowd; JONES; LuAnn; KORSTAD; Robert; LELOUDIS; James; LIKE a Family: The Making of a Southern Cotton Mill World (Book); MURPHY; Mary; Nonfiction; TULLOS; Allen

Vancouver's Chinatown: Racial Discourse in Canada, 1875-1980 - Mcdonald, Robert A. J. (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Vancouver's Chinatown: Racial Discourse in Canada, 1875-1980," by Kay J. Anderson.
Keywords: ANDERSON; Kay J.; BOOKS – Reviews; Nonfiction; Racism; VANCOUVER'S Chinatown: Racial Discourse in Canada 1875-1980 (Book)

A Fool for Christ: The Political Thought of J.S. Woodsworth - McNaught, Kenneth (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "A Fool for Christ: The Political Thought of J. S. Woodsworth," by Allen Mills.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FOOL for Christ: The Political Thought of J.S. Woodsworth; A (Book); MILLS; Allen; Nonfiction; WOODSWORTH; J. S. (James Shaver); 1874-1942

Workers and the State in Twentieth Century Nova Scotia - Miller, Carman (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Workers and the State in Twentieth Century Nova Scotia," edited by Michael Earle.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; EARLE; Michael; Nonfiction; Nova Scotia; WORKERS & the State in 20th Century Nova Scotia (Book)

Comprendre et prévenir le burnout - Morin, Denis (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Comprendre et prévenir le burnout," by Claude Gervais.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

La sélection du personnel: pour trouver l'excellence - Morin, Denis (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "La sélection du personnel: pour trouver l'excellence," by Denis Boucher and Christian Doyon.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Les besoins de formation en management: principes et méthodes de diagnostic - Morin, Denis (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Les besoins de formation en management: principes et méthodes de diagnostic," by Milan Kubr and Joseph Prokopenko.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Sachez évaluer votre personnel: le chemin de la réussite - Morin, Denis (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Sachez évaluer votre personnel: le chemin de la réussite," by Denis Boucher and Christian Doyon.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Subduing Satan: Religion, Recreation, and Manhood in the Rural South, 1865-1920 - Morton, Suzanne (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Subduing Satan: Religion, Recreation, and Manhood in the Rural South, 1865-1920," by Ted Ownby.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Masculinity; Nonfiction; OWNBY; Ted; SUBDUING Satan: Religion; Recreation & Manhood in the Rural South 1865 -1920 (Book)

Vic Midgley Writes Home: A Letter from New Zealand, 1939 - Mouat, Jeremy (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
Introduces and provides background on the letter written on Feb. 21, 1939, from Victor Midgley in New Zealand to his friend and fellow socialist, Angus MacInnis, in Vancouver. Midgley, who was formerly a prominent member of the BC labour movement and the CCF, gives his assessment of union and political affairs in New Zealand, where a Labour government was then in power. The opening page of the handwritten letter is reproduced.
Keywords: History; LABOUR/LE Travail (Book); Labor movement; Letters; MACINNIS; Angus; MIDGLEY; Victor; NEW Zealand; Politics & government; WORLD politics

Quand les ménagères se font militantes: la Ligue auxiliaire de l'Association internationale des machinistes, 1905-1980. (French) - Murray, Sylvie (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
Cet article examine l'implication sociale et politique d'un groupe de ménagères de la classe ouvrière au cours du vingtième siècle. Dès leur formation en 1905, jusque dans les années trente, les locaux canadiens de la Ligue auxiliaire de l'Association internationale des machinistes ont promu des activités de nature familiale au sein du mouvement ouvrier et syndical. Ils ont également offert à leurs membres un centre d'éducation et d'action politique important. Après la deuxième guerre mondiale cependant, alors que les membres de la Ligue continuent de s'impliquer publiquement au sein de leurs communautés, elles expriment un sentiment d'appartenance au mouvement syndical et ouvrier nettement plus ambigu. L'évolution de la Ligue est examiné à la lumière des changements structurels qui affectent le mouvement syndical au cours des années trente et quarante.
Keywords: Canada; Communism; INTERNATIONAL Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers; Labor movement; Social classes; WORLD War; 1939-1945

European Centre for Work and Society - Muthu, S. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "European Centre for Work and Society," edited by George Spyropoulos and Gabriel Fragnière.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

On the Political Economy of Social Democracy: Selected Papers of J.C. Weldon; Economic Theory, Welfare and the State: Essays in Honour of J. C. Weldon - Naylor, R. T. (Robin Thomas) (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews two books: "On the Political Economy of Social Democracy: Selected Papers of J. C. Weldon," edited by Allen Fenichel and Sydney Ingerman, and "Economic Theory, Welfare and the State: Essays in Honour of J. C. Weldon," edited by Athanasios Asimakopulos, Robert Cairns and Christopher Green.
Keywords: ASIMAKOPULOS; Athanasios; BOOKS – Reviews; CAIRNS; Robert; ECONOMIC Theory; Welfare & the State: Essays in Honor of John C. Weldon (Book); FENICHEL; Allen; GREEN; Christopher; INGERMAN; Sydney; Nonfiction; ON the Political Economy of Social Democracy: Selected Papers of J.C. Weldon (Book)

Uncommon Property: The Fishing and Fish-Processing Industries in British Columbia; Salmon: The Decline of the British Columbia Fishery - Neis, Barbara (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews two books: "Uncommon Property: The Fishing and Fish-Processing Industries in British Columbia," edited by Patricia Marchak, Neil Guppy, and John McMulla, and "Salmon: The Decline of the British Columbia Fishery," by Geoff Meggs.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; GUPPY; Neil; MARCHAK; Patricia; MCMULLA; John; MEGGS; Geoff; Nonfiction; SALMON: The Decline of the British Columbia Fishery (Book); UNCOMMON Property: The Fishing & Fish-Processing Industries in British Columbia (Book)

The Probability of Union Membership in the Private Sector - Ng, Ignace (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The extent to which the probability of union membership is affected by demographic characteristics, occupational characteristics, and labor policies is examined. The results for the first 2 sets of factors show that married workers are more union-prone, whereas those with working spouses are less likely to become union members. Age is also significantly related to the probability of union membership, but education and gender are not. The results indicate that blue-collar workers and full-time employees are more likely to become union members. The most important finding, however, is that labor provisions do affect the probability of union membership. If the trade union movement wants to increase its membership, it should lobby for a reduction in the minimum support requirement during certification application and for a majority status based on those voting during certification elections. The movement may also want to support statutes protecting workers against their own unions.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Demographics; Labor Unions; Memberships; Probability; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Studies; Time series; Union membership

Belated Feudalism: Labor, the Law, and Liberal Development in the United States - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Belated Feudalism: Labor, the Law, and Liberal Development in the United States," by Karen Orren.
Keywords: BELATED Feudalism: Labor; the Law & Liberal Development in the United States (Book); BOOKS – Reviews; FEUDALISM; Nonfiction; ORREN; Karen

Book Notes [29, Spring 1992] - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article briefly reviews "'Just Call Me Mitch': The Life of Mitchell F. Hepburn," by John T. Saywell, "Duff Pattullo of British Columbia," by Robin Fisher, "Social Democracy Without Illusions: Renewal of the Canadian Left," edited by John Richards, Robert D. Cairns, and Larry Pratt, " Frontier and Metropolis: Regions, Cities, and Identities in Canada," by J.M.S. Careless, "Women Who Taught: Perspectives on the History of Women and Teaching," edited by Alison Prentice and Marjorie R. Theobald, "Community Organization and the Canadian State," edited by Roxana Ng, Gillian Walker, and Jacob Muller, "More Than Our Jobs: An Anthology," edited by Glen Downie and Pam Tranfield, "Immigrant Odyssey: A French-Canadian Habitant in New England," by Felix Albert, introduced by Frances H. Early, "The Diary of a Shirtwaist Striker," by Theresa Serber Malkiel, introduced by Francois Basch, "The Re-Education of the American Working Class," edited by Steven H. London, Elvira R. Tarr, and Joseph F. Wilson, "The Anti-Chinese Movement in California," by Clarence Sandmeyer, "The Fictitious Commodity: A Study of the U.S. Labor Market. 1880-1940," by Ton Korver, "Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression," by Robin D.G. Kelley, "Masters to Managers: Historical and Comparative Perspectives on American Employers," edited by Sanford M. Jacoby, "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round: The Pursuit of Racial Justice in the Rural South," by Richard A. Couto, "The 60s Experience: Hard Lessons About Modern America," by Edward P. Morgan, "The Rise of Financial Capitalism: International Capital Markets in the Age of Reason," by Larry Neal, "The Struggle For Market Power: Industrial Relations in the British Coal Industry, 1800-1840," by James A. Jaffe, "Industrialization and the Working Class: The English Experience, 1750-1900," by John Belchem, "The ILP on Clydeside, 1893-1932: From Foundation to Disintegration," edited by Alan McKinlay and R.J. Morris, "What's Left? Women in Culture and the Labour Movement," by Linda Swindells and Lisa Jardin, "Writing Women's History: International Perspectives," edited by Karen Offen, Ruth Roach Pierson, and Jane Rendall, "Agrarian Capitalism and the World Market: Buenos Aires in the Pastoral Age, 1840-1890," by Hilda Sabato, "Slavery in the Circuit of Sugar: Martinique and the World Economy," by Dale W. Tomich, and "The Welfare State in Capitalist Society: Policies of Retrenchment and Maintenance in Europe, North America, and Australia," by Ramesh Mishra.
Keywords: 60S Experience: Hard Lessons About Modern America; The (Book); BOOKS – Reviews; DUFF Pattullo of British Columbia (Book); FISHER; Robin; 1946-; MORGAN; Edward P.; Nonfiction; SLAVERY in the Circuit of Sugar: Martinique & the World Economy (Book); TOMICH; Dale W.

Book Notes [30, Fall 1992] - Palmer, Bryan D.; Kealey, Gregory S. (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article briefly reviews "The Formation of Labour Movements, 1870-1914: An International Perspective," edited by Marcel Van Der Linden,and Jurgen Rojahn, "Reluctant Icon: Gladstone, Bulgaria, and the Working Classes, 1856-1878," by Ann Pottinger Saab, "On the Move: Essays in Labour and Transport History Presented to Philip Bagwell," edited by Chris Wrigley and John Shepherd, "Regulating a New Economy: Public Policy and Economic Change in America, 1900-1933," by Morton Keller, "The Nature of Work: Sociological Perspectives," edited by Kai Erickson and Steven Peter Vallas, "Repression and Recovery: Modern American Poetry and the Politics of Cultural Memory, 1910-1945," by Cary Nelson, "The Arbitration of Rights Disputes in the Public Sector," by Clarence R. Deitsch and David A. Dills, "Women, Employment and the Family in the International Division of Labour," edited by Sharon Stichter and Jane L. Parpart, "History from South Africa: Alternative Visions and Practices," edited by Joshua Brown et al., "Arbitration Discharge: Grievances in Ontario : Outcomes and Reinstatement Experiences," by Peter J. Barnacle, "Labour Arbitration Yearbook, 1991, Volume 1," edited by William Kaplan, Jeffrey Sack, and Morley Gunderson, "Class War: A Decade of Disorder," edited by Ian Bone, Alan Pullen and Tim Scargill, "Taylorism Transformed: Scientific Management Theory Since 1945," Stephen P. Waring, and "Women Workers and Global Restructuring," edited by Kathryn Ward / reviews by Bryan D. Palmer – "Foreign Language Literature on the Nordic Labour Movements," edited by Marianne Bagge Hansen and Gerd Callesen / review by Gregory S. Kealey.
Keywords: BONE; Ian; 1956-; BOOKS – Reviews; CLASS War: A Decade of Disorder (Book); Nonfiction; PULLEN; Alan; SCARGILL; Tim; TAYLORISM Transformed: Scientific Management Theory Since 1945 (Book); WARD; Kathryn; WARING; Stephen P.; WOMEN Workers & Global Restructuring (Book)

Russia's Cotton Workers And The New Economic Policy - Pereira, N.G.O. (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Russia's Cotton Workers And The New Economic Policy," by Chris Ward.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Economic policy; Nonfiction; RUSSIA; RUSSIA'S Cotton Workers & the New Economic Policy (Book); WARD; Chris

Industrial Harmony In Modern Japan: The Invention Of A Tradition - Perline, Martin M. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Industrial Harmony In Modern Japan: The Invention Of A Tradition," by W. Dean Kinzley.
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

Entre l'accès àl'égalité et la préservation des modèles: Ambivalence du discours et des revendications du Comité Féminin de la CTCC-CSN, 1952-1966 - Piché, Lucie (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
Cet article examine l'évolution du discours et des revendications du Comité féminin de la CTCC-CSN. Créé en 1952 à la demande des travailleuses de cette centrale, ce comité reçoit le mandat d'étudier les problèmes particuliers de la main-d'œuvre féminine. Les résultats de l'analyse révèlent que les membres de ce comité semblent se situer, en fait, à la jonction de deux courants idéologiques qui se chevauchent sans pour autant s'exclure l'un l'autre. En effet, leur réflexion et leurs pratiques revendicatives s'inspirent à la fois d'un féminisme égalitaire et d'un discours de la différence modulé par l'intériorisation des rapports sociaux de sexe et notamment, par l'assignement prioritaire des femmes à la sphère privée. Au coeur de cette ambivalence se trouve peut-être un fil conducteur permettant de mieux comprendre le cheminement de ces militantes dans leur volonté de définir un nouvel espace social pour les femmes.
Keywords: AMBIVALENCE; ANTI-feminism; IDEOLOGICAL conflict; PAY equity; QUEBEC (Province); SOCIAL rights; Social movements; Women employees; Women's rights

"Hello Central?" Gender, Technology, and Culture in the Formation of the Telephone Systems - Pike, Robert M. (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Hello Central? Gender, Technology, and Culture in the Formation of the Telephone Systems," by Michèle Martin.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; HELLO Central? Gender; Technology & Culture in the Formation of the Telephone Systems (Book); MARTIN; Michele; Nonfiction; Social aspects; TELEPHONE systems

Time Delays in Grievance Arbitration - Ponak, Allen; Olson, Corliss (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The problems of time delay, costs and legalism in grievance arbitration are interrelated. Previous studies, as well as new data from the Province of Alberta, show that delays are increasing and that the average grievance that ultimately is resolved through arbitration takes a year to proceed from its origin to the arbitrator's award. Factors associated with time delay include the use of 3-person boards (as opposed to sole arbitrators), the sector (public or private), and the type of issue. The most obvious way to save time without a drastic overhaul of the system is to use sole arbitrators more frequently. In order to reduce the length of the process, it is useful to break the process into 4 distinct phases: 1. the grievance procedure stage, 2. the arbitrator selection stage, 3. the scheduling stage, and 4. the decision stage. The first and last stages need not be tampered with; however, refinements in the arbitrator selection and scheduling stages must be addressed.
Keywords: Arbitration; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Grievance procedures; Labor Unions; Problems; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Statistical data; Studies; Time; Unions

New Forms of Ownership - Portis, Bernard (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "New Forms of Ownership," edited by Glenville Jenkins and Michael Poole
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Corporations; Labor Unions; Reorganization; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

New Times, The Changing Face of Politics in the 1990s - Purdy, Sean (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "New Times: The Changing Face of Politics in the 1990s," edited by Stuart Hall and Martin Jacques.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; HALL; Stuart; 1932-2014; JACQUES; Martin; NEW Times: The Changing Face of Politics in the 1990s (Book); Nonfiction; Political Science

Work and Wages: Natural Law, Politics and the Eighteenth-Century French Trades - Reddy, William M. (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Work and Wages: Natural Law, Politics and the Eighteenth-Century French Trades," by Michael Sonenscher.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; LABOR laws & legislation; Nonfiction; SONENSCHER; Michael; WORK & Wages: Natural Law; Politics & the 18th-Century French Trades (Book)

Incidence and Patterns of Representation Campaign Tactics: A Comparison of Manufacturing and Service Unions - Reed, Thomas F. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
Data on 430 union organizing campaigns in the US are used to examine the incidence and patterns of organizing tactics in representation campaigns. The results show that most traditional tactics were widely used, but most new organizing strategies and tactics were infrequently used in the sample of representation campaigns. None of the corporate power tactics were used in more than 5% of the campaigns. The community acceptance and integration tactics tended to be used less often than the classical approach tactics but more often than the corporate power tactics. Service unions tended to use the classical approach tactics less often and the corporate power and the community acceptance and integration tactics more often than manufacturing unions. Manufacturing unions used paid advertisements more often than service unions, perhaps because they have more resources at their disposal to do so. The importance of new organizing strategies seems to have been exaggerated in the literature.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor negotiations; Labor relations; Membership drives; Polls & surveys; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical data; Union membership; Unionization

Moncton 1871-1929. Changements socio-économiques dans une ville ferroviaire - Robert, Jean-Claude (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Moncton 1871-1929. Changements socio-économiques dans une ville ferroviaire," edited by Daniel Hickey.

Religion, Revolution and English Radicalism: Nonconformity in Eighteen-Century Politics and Society - Rogers, Nicholas (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Religion, Revolution and English Radicalism: Nonconformity in Eighteen-Century Politics and Society," by James Bradley.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; BRADLEY; James E.; Nonfiction; RELIGION & sociology; RELIGION; Revolution & English Radicalism: Non-Conformity in 18th Century Politics & Society (Book)

Unions and Economic Competitiveness - Rondeau, Claude (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Unions and Economic Competitiveness," edited by Lawrence Mishel and Paula B. Voos.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Robust Unionism. Innovations In The Labor Movement - Rose, Joseph B. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Robust Unionism. Innovations In The Labor Movement," by Arthur B. Shostak.
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

Work Family Conflicts: Private Lives ― Public Responses - Rosenfeld, Mark (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Work Family Conflicts: Private Lives ― Public Responses," by Bradley K. Googins.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; GOOGINS; Bradley K.; Nonfiction; SOCIAL problems; WORK Family Conflicts: Private Lives: Public Responses (Book)

For Democracy, Workers, and God: Labor Song-Poems and Labor Protest, 1865-95 - Salvatore, Nick (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "For Democracy, Workers, and God: Labor Song-Poems and Labor Protest, 1865-1895," by Clark D. Halker.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FOR Democracy; Workers & God: Labor Song-Poems & Labor Protest 1865-1895 (Book); HALKER; Clark D.; Labor; Nonfiction

Artisans into Workers: Labor in Nineteenth Century America - Samson, Danny (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Artisans into Workers: Labor in Nineteenth Century America," by Bruce Laurie.
Keywords: ARTISANS Into Workers: Labor in 19th Century America (Book); BOOKS – Reviews; History; LAURIE; Bruce; Labor; Nonfiction

Order Against Chaos: Business Culture and Labor Ideology in America, 1880-1915 - Scheinberg, Stephen J. (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Order Against Chaos: Business Culture and Labor Ideology in America, 1880-1915," by Sarah Lyons Watts.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; IDEOLOGY; Nonfiction; ORDER Against Chaos: Business Culture & Labor Ideology in America; 1880-1915 (Book); WATTS; Sarah Lyons

The Butte Irish: Class and Ethnicity in an American Mining Town, 1875-1925 - Seager, Allen (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "The Butte Irish: Class and Ethnicity in an American Mining Town, 1875-1925," by David M. Emmons.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; BUTTE Irish: Class & Ethnicity in an American Mining Town 1875-1925; The (Book); EMMONS; David M.; Ethnicity; Nonfiction

Education for Struggle: The American Labor Colleges of the 1920 and 1930s - Seixas, Peter (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Education for Struggle: The American Labor Colleges of the 1920 and 1930s," by Richard J. Altenbaugh.
Keywords: ALTENBAUGH; Richard J.; BOOKS – Reviews; EDUCATION for Struggle: The American Labor Colleges of the 1920 & 1930s (Book); Labor movement; Nonfiction; UNIVERSITIES & colleges

Femmes de parole: L'histoire des Cercles de fermières du Québec 1915-1990 - Shaver, Frances M. (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Femmes de parole: L'histoire des Cerles de fermières du Québec 1915-1990," by Yolande Cohen.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CERCLES de fermieres du Quebec; COHEN; Yolande; FEMMES de parole: L'histoire des Cercles de fermieres du Quebec 1915-1990 (Book); Nonfiction; QUEBEC (Province)

Joint Training Programs: A Union-Management Approach to Preparing Workers for the Future - Simon, Lise Poulin (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Joint Training Programs: A Union-Management Approach to Preparing Workers for the Future," edited by Louis A. Ferman, Michele Hoyman, Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld and Ernest J. Savoie.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Understanding Employee Ownership - Slott, Mike (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Understanding Employee Ownership," edited by Corey Rosen and Karen M. Young.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Employee ownership; Nonfiction; ROSEN; Corey; UNDERSTANDING Employee Ownership (Book); YOUNG; Karen M.

The Nature of Technological Change: Its Implications for Work and Labour Regulation - Smith, Anthony E. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
Recent developments in the new technology debate suggest that the effects of technological change may be more complex and ambiguous than managerialist and labor process writers have argued. The process of technological change in an employing organization involves a number of distinct stages. A recent study challenged the position that technological change brings about the deskilling of workers. It is demonstrated that the independent influence of technology is a necessary compliment to an examination of the way outcomes of change are chosen and negotiated. The study used a set of survey data based on 435 unionized employing organizations in Atlantic Canada.
Keywords: Automation; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Hypotheses; Implications; Labor; Labor Unions; Labor force; Microelectronics; Polls & surveys; Production planning; Regression analysis; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Technological change; Theory

Managing Innovation: A Study of British and Japanese Factories - Smith, Michael R. (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Managing Innovation: A Study of British and Japanese Factories," by D. H. Whittaker.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; MANAGING Innovation: A Study of British & Japanese Factories (Book); Nonfiction; PERSONNEL management; WHITTAKER; D. H.

Factors Determining the Successful Implementation of New Information Technology in a Professional Union - Solomon, Norman; Templer, Andrew (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The successful implementation of information technology in a teachers federation in a Canadian province is examined. At least 3 key factors seem to account for successful implementation: 1. the presence of an influential and energetic technology advocate, 2. the involvement of users in the implementation, and 3. a general ethos in the organization that encourages excellence in the services provided by staff but within a collegial framework. It is clear that the federation was successful in harmonizing the interests of employees and members. The appointment of an executive assistant was crucial in focusing attention on the technology issue. Building on the mission given to him by the elected officials, the executive assistant played a key role in gaining organizational commitment to new technology. Also important to success was the attention the federation paid to getting input from professional and non-professional staff about decisions concerning information technology.
Keywords: Automation; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Computer applications; Implementations; Information management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Unions

Industrial Studies for Trade Unionists - Spencer, Bruce (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
Discusses industrial studies (the equivalent of labour studies) provision for trade unionists in Great Britain with implications for Canada. Provides a historical overview of workers' education since WWI that saw increasing consolidation under the Trade Union Congress, which strongly emphasized work place skills training rather than a broad understanding of labour history and the social and political economy. The Labour government's 1975 Employment Protection Act provided financial support to this instrumentalization that in turn led to further compromise by the TUC under the succeeding Conservative government. Concludes that the professionalization of the TUC curriculum has resulted in a narrowing of its scope, and that it should not be emulated in Canada, where there has been support for broader studies of the labour movement both through universities and labour-supported institutions.
Keywords: GREAT Britain; LABOUR/LE Travail (Book); Labor Unions; TRADE Union Congress; WORKING class – Education

The Permanent Revolution? Conservative Law and the Trade Unions - Spencer, Bruce (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "The Permanent Revolution? Conservative Law and the Trade Unions," by John McIlroy.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor law; Politics & government; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Newfoundland Loggers Respond To The Great Depression - Sutherland, Dufferin (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
Accounts of the 1959 International Woodworkers of America strike in Newfoundland have portrayed the Newfoundland Lumbermen's Association, the local union which held jurisdiction over many of the island's loggers, as a "company union" and its president, Joseph Thompson, as a co-opted unionist. This essay examines the NLA'S origins during the 1930s and shows that Thompson built an autonomous union to improve logger's lives. The paper also brings to the fore the loggers' own experience of the Great Depression to show they did not passively accept economic hardship and exploitation and took an active role in the making of their union. At times, the loggers' militancy dictated the NLA's bargaining positions and prompted some social change in the woods. The paper concludes that while Thompson and the NLA did not view class and class conflict in explicitly political terms, it does not diminish their importance in the loggers' working lives during the 1930s.
Keywords: EXPLOITATION of humans; INTERNATIONAL Woodworkers of America (Organization); Jurisdiction; LOGGERS – Labor unions; NEWFOUNDLAND & Labrador; STRIKES & lockouts; THOMPSON; Joseph

Unionism and the Job Attachment of Canadian Workers - Swidinsky, Robert (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
Unions have the ability to affect exit behavior through a distinctive collective voice which provides a mechanism for expressing preferences and resolving grievances. It has been demonstrated that workers with a voice institution for the resolution of problems should resort to the exit option less frequently and maintain longer attachments with their companies. A study was conducted based on the 1986-1987 Labour Market Activity Survey (LMAS) longitudinal data from Statistics Canada. Evidence is presented of the effect of unionism on job tenure and job separation rates derived from regressions which control for the effects of wages, pension rights, firm size and other factors. The results show that unionism is associated with significantly lower probabilities of job separation and significantly longer spells of tenure.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Effects; Grievances; Job satisfaction; Labor Unions; Memberships; Regression analysis; Resignations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Unions; Wages & salaries; tenure

The Duty to Accommodate Disabled Employees - Taras, Daphne G. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
Traditionally, management had the right to hire, fire and schedule hours of work, unless constrained by collective agreements or contracts. When exercising these rights, management has a duty to act in a fair manner. There is concern, however, that some management practices might have a disparate effect on the health and performance of disabled employees. Human rights legislation in Canada prohibits both overt discrimination and unintended systemic discrimination arising from employment practices which may seem neutral in application but which have a disparate effect on a protected group of employees. Four specific points of law illustrate the balancing act involved in adjudicating adverse effect discrimination allegations of disabled employees: 1. actuarial risk versus individual assessment, 2. shifting onus of proof from employer to employee, 3. importation of human rights principles into arbitration, and 4. discipline and discharge of employees. Special attention is placed on diabetic shiftworkers as an example of adverse effect discrimination.
Keywords: Arbitration; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Disability; Discrimination; Employment; HUMAN rights; Handicapped people; Handicapped workers; Human resource management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Supreme Court decisions

Research Needs in Canadian Industrial Relations: Emerging from the Solitudes - Thompson, Mark (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The distinguishing features of the Canadian industrial relations system for research purposes are its fragmentation, its extensive legal regulation, and its pattern of strikes. Research needs should be based on this description of Canadian industrial relations, including the environment of the system, the major actors within the system, the processes of industrial relations, and the results of negotiation. Specific gaps in industrial relations research occur with regard to: 1. the treatment of regionalism or regional variables, 2. managerial policies and their determinants, 3. the theoretical bases of strikes, including noneconomic variables, interindustry variations, strike length, and mid-contract strikes, and 4. day-to-day relations among employees, management, and the union in the workplace. Greater attention to Canadian issues and closer integration with cognate disciplines will focus research efforts more effectively.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Research; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strikes

Blackboard Unions: The AFT and the NEA, 1900-1980 - Thornicroft, Kenneth Wm. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Blackboard Unions: The AFT and the NEA, 1900-1980," by Marjorie Murphy.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Managing Workforce 2000: Gaining The Diversity Advantage - Thornicroft, Kenneth Wm. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Managing Workforce 2000: Gaining The Diversity Advantage," by David Jamieson and Julie O'Mara.
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

Rank-and-File Rebellion: Teamsiers for a Democratic Union - Tine, Warren R. Van (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Rank-and-File Rebellion: Teamsters for a Democratic Union," by Dan La Botz.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; LA Botz; Dan; Labor Unions; Nonfiction; RANK-And-File Rebellion: Teamsters for a Democratic Union (Book)

Law and the Shaping of the American Labor Movement - Tucker, Eric (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Law and the Shaping of the America Labor Movement," by William E. Forbath
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FORBATH; William E.; LAW & the Shaping of the American Labor Movement (Book); Labor movement; Nonfiction

Pauperism, Moral Character, and the Liberal State - Valverde, Mariana (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the books "The Constitution of Poverty: Toward a Genealogy of Liberal Governance," by Mitchell Dean, "Un nouvel ordre des choses: la pauvreté, le crime, l'État au Québec, de la fin du XVIIIe siècle à 1840," by Jean-Marie Fecteau, "Poverty and Compassion: The Moral Imagination of the Late Victorians," by Gertrude Himmelfarb.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CONSTITUTION of Poverty: Toward a Genealogy of Liberal Governance; The (Book); DEAN; Mitchell; FECTEAU; Jean-Marie; 1949-2012; HIMMELFARB; Gertrude; Nonfiction; POVERTY & Compassion: The Moral Imagination of the Late Victorians (Book); UN nouvel ordre des choses: la pauvrete; le crime. l' Etat au Quebec; de la fin du XVIIIe siecle a 1840 (Book)

Future directions in Canadian industrial relations - Verma, Anil (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The process of research or scientific enquiry is often serendipitous and, like art, inherently creative. The intricacies and complexities of the human mind determine its course. Exigencies such as war and social upheaval often drive its priorities. It is difficult, therefore, if not impossible, to chart out research directions the way corporations plot market strategies. Nevertheless, it is useful (even necessary, some would argue) to make some assessments of the directions in Industrial Relations (IR) research, past and present, and to speculate on its potential. It is with these ideas in mind that the Canadian Industrial Relations Association (CIRA) invited a panel of researchers and practitioners to address the issue of future directions at the meetings in Victoria in June 1990. This paper and those that follow grew out of the discussions at the panel.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Forecasts; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Choosing Sides: Unions and the Team Concept - Wells, Don (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Choosing Sides: Unions and the Team Concept," by Mike Parker and Jane Slaughter.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CHOOSING Sides: Unions & the Team Concept (Book); Labor; Management; Nonfiction; SLAUGHTER; Jane

Taxonomie des pratiques organisationnelles de carrière au Québec - Wils, Thierry; Bernard, Roxane; Guérin, Gilles (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
Cette recherche a pour objet de clarifier un nouveau domaine de la gestion des ressources humaines, soit la gestion des carrières. Jusqu'à présent, les travaux ont abordé ce domaine en décrivant les pratiques de gestion de carrière une à une au lieu de décrire des systèmes de carrière (c'est-à-dire des configurations de pratiques). En développant une taxonomie des systèmes de carrière, la présente recherche comble cette lacune. À partir d'un échantillon de 254 observations, quatre types de système de carrière ont été empiriquement identifiés. Selon les résultats de cette recherche, ces quatre types ont une certaine validité, puisqu'ils sont associés significativement à 13 variables n'ayant pas servi à identifier les types (par exemple la taille, la philosophie de relations avec les employés, la stratégie de dotation, l'orientation du système, l'intégration avec les autres pratiques de gestion des ressources humaines). Finalement, ces quatre types ont été nommés et discuté.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Sedition in Upper Canada: Contested Legality - Wright, Barry (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
This paper examines the uses of sedition law in Upper Canada. Largely neglected by historians, sedition prosecutions were frequently resorted to by the government between the 1790s and the 1820s, and are suggestive of larger patterns in the Canadian experience of dissent and national security measures. The essay focuses on the series of eases connected to the Gourlay affair as the best illustrations of the various facets of sedition law in the province. The availability and use of sedition law by the government to regulate provincial polities, and in particular, to delineate the loyal community and its enemies, was contested, sometimes successfully, by opposition leaders. The formal claims of the legal system, while helping to legitimate the exercise of power, also limited the repression to some extent. The cases brought to the fore the tension between the rule of law and discretionary power, played out in terms of issues about executive control over criminal prosecutions, jury selection and the scope fo the jury's verdict, and judicial independence. These contested issues appear to have had some degree of broader public engagement based on popular understandings of the British constitution. The sedition eases not only suggest the importance of law in the exercise of authority, but also the importance of the courts as a site of oppositional struggles.
Keywords: ABSTRACTS; ADMINISTRATIVE law; CANADA – Politics & government; CRIMINAL justice administration; Canada; Constitutions; Criminal law; SECURITY management; SEDITION

Unionized Part-Time Professionals and Opportunities for Filling Full-Time Vacancies and Training - Zeytinoglu, Isik Urla (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The factors that might influence career opportunities for unionized part-time professionals in comparison with their full-time counterparts are analyzed. The results suggest the following conclusions. First, the career opportunities of part-time professionals are influenced by: 1. employers' less favorable perceptions of part-time professionals, 2. the differences in career goals and interests of full- and part-time professionals, and 3. the constraints that operate in collective agreements. Second, although part-time professionals are in highly skilled and well-paid occupations, their overall work environment exhibits the typical employment characteristics of the periphery: there exists little opportunity for filling full-time vacancies and little access to training programs. The results raise an important practical question for part-time professionals of how progress is possible in their organizations.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Career development planning; Labor Unions; Part time employment; Perceptions; Professionals; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Studies; Unions

Competitive Advantage on the Shop Floor - Zonderman, David A. (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Competitive Advantage on the Shop Floor," by William Lazonick.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; COMPETITIVE Advantage on the Shop Floor (Book); Industrial relations; LAZONICK; William; Nonfiction

Abstracts / Résumés [v.27, Spring 1991] (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
English/French abstracts of articles in the issue.

Abstracts / Résumés [v.28, Fall 1991] (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
English/French abstracts of articles in the issue.

Canadian Committee on Labour History: Publications [no. 28, Fall 1991] (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
List of recent publications by the Committee.

Index, Volume 25-26 (1990) (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)

Index — volume 46 — 1991 (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Liste des appréciateurs 1991 (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Livres reçus (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Publications récentes (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Management And Labour In Europe - Adams, Roy J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Management And Labour In Europe," by Christel Lane.
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

Against Essentialism: Latin American Labour History in Comparative Perspective. A Critique of Bergquist - Adelman, Jeremy (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
Rebutts Charles Bergquist's critique of historical methods of Latin American labour history, published in the Spring 1990 edition of the journal. Defends "new" labour interpretations of working class experience and class consciousness, although it is acknowledged that some studies were excessively particularistic. Argues that there is no historical norm or law of economic development. Concludes that Bergquist's approach to the study of class consciousness and economic development in Latin America is mistakenly "essentialist," that new social historical methods can be usefully applied, and that comparative studies of labour that include North America or Europe with Latin America are valid.
Keywords: BERQUIST; Charles; History; LABOR laws & legislation; LABOR market; LABOR process; LABOR supply; LATIN America; Labor Unions; Labor movement; PERSONNEL management

The Economics of Comparable Worth - Agarwal, Naresh C. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "The Economics Of Comparable Worth," by Mark R. Killingsworth.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Equal pay for equal work; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Irish Emigration and Canadian Settlement: Patterns, Links, and Letters - Akenson, Donald Harman (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Irish Emigration and Canadian Settlement: Patterns, Links and Letters," by Cecil J. Houston and William J. Smyth.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; EMIGRATION & immigration; HOUSTON; Cecil J.; IRISH Emigration & Canadian Settlement: Patterns; Links & Letters (Book); Nonfiction; SMYTH; William J.

Trade Unions and Socialist Politics - Albo, Gregory (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
The article reviews the book, "Trade Unions and Socialist Politics," by John Kelly.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FINE; Sidney; Nonfiction; VIOLENCE in the Model City: The Cavanaugh Administration; Race Relations & the Detroit Riot of 1967 (Book); violence

The Miners and the Mounties: The Royal North West Mounted Police and the 1906 Lethbridge Strike - Baker, William M. (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
This essay explores the nature of the relationship between police and workers using the 1906 strike of Lethbridge coalminers as a case study. Following a discussion of relevant literature and theoretical frameworks it examines in detail the relationship between the Lethbridge strikers and the Mounted Police. This interaction was extremely complex with each party having an influence on the other. Consequently, no definitive conclusion can be drawn as to the interpretative debate between pluralist theory and class cortflict theory insofar as police-striker relations are concerned.
Keywords: COAL mines & mining; CRIMINAL justice administration; CRIMINAL justice personnel; Coal miners; DEMONSTRATIONS (Collective behavior); LETHBRIDGE (Ont.); Labor disputes; Legal status; laws; etc.; Ontario; PEACE officers; STRIKES & lockouts

Margaret Lowe Benston, 1937-1991 - Balka, Ellen (Labour / Le Travail, 1991)
Pays homage to the life and work of Margaret Benston, an influential writer on women, science, and technology who taught chemistry, computer science and women's studies at Simon Fraser University, Benston also was a labour activist and helped to found feminist community-music ensembles in Vancouver.
Keywords: BENSTON; Margaret Lowe

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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