American Rubber Workers and Organized Labor, 1900-1941 - Bensman, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book "American Rubber Workers and Organized Labor, 1900-1941," by Daniel Nelson.
Keywords: AMERICAN Rubber Workers & Organized Labor; 1900-1941 (Book); CENTRAL labor councils; NELSON; Daniel; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; books

Latin American Labour History in Comparative Perspective: Notes on the Insidiousness of Cultural Imperialism - Bergquist, Charles (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
Discusses historical methods used in the study of Latin American labour history. Criticizes both liberal and Marxist interpretations for their Eurocentric class analysis as well as specialized "new" social histories that neglect the effects of imperialism and elite-centred power in underdeveloped societies. Argues for "big picture" comparative studies of Latin American labour as well as dependency analysis — described as Latin America's most important contribution to world social thought — to challenge these insidious forms of cultural imperialism.
Keywords: ESSAY (Literary form); Historiography; LATIN America; Labor; Social history

Resistance and Integration: Peronism and the Argentine Working Class, 1946-1976 - Bergquist, Charles (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Resistance and Integration: Peronism and the Argentine Working Class, 1946-1976," by Daniel James.
Keywords: AMERICAN Rubber Workers & Organized Labor; 1900-1941 (Book); CENTRAL labor councils; NELSON; Daniel; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; books

“Traveling the country ‘round”: migrations et syndicalisme chez les mouleurs de l’Ontario et du Québec membres de l’Iron Molders Union of North America, 1860 à 1892 - Bischoff, Peter C. (Journal of the Canadian Historical Association / Revue de la Société historique du Canada, 1990)
La mobilité géographique des populations au XIXe siècle a suscité un grand intérêt et de nombreux travaux chez les historiens canadiens. Néanmoins, du côté de l'histoire des travailleurs, ce champ d’investigation ne fait que commencer à se développer. Le présent article vise à élargir nos connaissances sur le sujet en montrant l’importance centrale de la mobilité professionnelle dans le développement de l'une des principales organisations ouvrières au Canada pendant la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle : les sections canadiennes de l’Iron Molders Union of North America. Aux prises avec une mobilité phénoménale de leurs effectifs, les mouleurs élaborent en effet une réglementation syndicale des migrations qui transforme I’influence potentiellement négative de leurs déplacements en une force pour défendre ou promouvoir le statut du métier. Le succès est tel que leur mobilité géographique favorise considérablement l’expansion géographique de l'organisation et conduit à la formation de ses plus puissantes sections dans les localités où existe précisément la plus grande mobilité de mouleurs.

Contradictions and limitations of final offer selection: the Manitoba experience - Black, Errol; Silver, Jim (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
This paper analyses Manitoba's experiment with final offer selection for the purpose of clarifying the roots of the conflict it has generated.
Keywords: Arbitration; 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

FOS in Manitoba. A Rejoinder - Black, Errol; Silver, Jim (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor law; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Contradictions and Limitations of Final Offer Selection: The Manitoba Experience; A Comment - Black, Errol; Silver, Jim; Grant, Hugh M. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
The short-lived experiment with final-offer selection (FOS) arbitration in Manitoba has evoked considerable conflict and controversy. Not only did business oppose FOS, but also the labor movement fought over and split on the issue. FOS was addressed to a real problem now facing organized labor, namely, the need to assist workers in the small, relatively weak bargaining units found in the fastest growing sectors of the economy in order to counter the changing structure of the labor force and the related decline in union membership. However, FOS addressed this problem by creating the risk that unions' willingness and capacity to strike would be eroded. In a comment, Grant argues that FOS has not been widely embraced by trade unions representing weaker bargaining units and that the researchers seem to take lightly the principle of free collective bargaining because, by submitting a dispute to a selector, the employer's right to engage in a work stoppage was unilaterally suspended.
Keywords: Arbitration; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; Labor disputes; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical data; Strikes; Unions

Le droit de refus: une révolution tranquille - étude de la mise en oeuvre d'un nouveau droit - Blouin, Rodrigue (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Le droit de refus: une révolution tranquille - étude de la mise en oeuvre d'un nouveau droit," by Marc Renaud , Gilles Trudeau, Chantal Saint-Jacques, and Louise Dubé.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Les grèves au Canada: causes et conséquences - Bourque, Reynald (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
Reviewed: Les Grèves au Canada: Causes et Conséquences. Lacroix, Robert.

Santé et sécurité. Un bilan du régime québécois de santé et sécurité du travail, 1885-1985 - Brody, Bernard (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Santé et sécurité. Un bilan du régime québécois de santé et sécurité du travail, 1885-1985," by Alain Pontaut.

Le coût des accidents du travail: État des connaissances - Brody, Bernard; Létourneau, Yves; Poirier, André (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
Le concept des coûts indirects des accidents du travail a de tout temps intéressé les intervenants en santé et sécurité au travail. Les auteurs tracent son évolution depuis la première étude d'Heinrich en 1931 jusqu'à ce jour. Ils constatent une très grande hétérogénéité dans les résultats obtenus par les études répertoriées. Ces écarts peuvent s'expliquer par des dissemblances au niveau des définitions, des méthodologies de recherche utilisées et des populations visées.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Workers' Preferences for Co-Operatives Versus Private Buy-Outs - Browning, Martin; Lewchuk, Wayne (Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1990)
We present some survey results on the preferences of workers for a coop as opposed to a private buy-out if faced with the closure of their workplace. Although there has been quite a lot of theoretical discussion of this issue there is relatively little empirical evidence. Although hedged about by reservations we conclude that the principal factor that determines preferences are the‘job risk’ characteristics of the coop and the privately owned firm. To a very large extent a worker will prefer the coop to a private buy-out if it leads to increased job security and if the coop is considered to be viable. We also find that workers expected that everyone would work harder in the coop and that this, together with increased shop floor control of production, was expected to lead to higher earnings. Significantly, however, these expected differences in the work/earnings trade-off between the coop and the privately owned firm did not lead workers to prefer one to the other.

The Processing of Unfair Labor Practice Cases in the United States and Ontario - Bruce, Peter G. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
Although many US/Canadian differences in union recognition law have been adequately analyzed, some have been overlooked — particularly differences in the frequency with which labor boards on both sides of the border dismiss unfair labor practice (ULP) cases, and the speed and fairness with which they expedite their ULP litigation. This paper analyzes these differences in detail, referring for Canada to the Ontario Labour Relations Board. It shows why they are important, how they stem from national differences in governmental structure, how they interact with other aspects of union recognition policy, and how they affect outcomes in certification cases and ultimately union growth.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

La Crise d'Octobre 1970 et le mouvement syndical québécois - Brunelle, Dorval (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
Reviewed: La Crise d'Octobre 1970 et le Mouvement Syndical Québécois. Cardin, Jean-François.

American Labor and Postwar Italy, 1943-1953: A Study in Cold War Politics - Burwood, Stephen (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "American Labor and Postwar Italy, 1943-1953: A Study in Cold War Politics," by Ronald L. Filipelli.
Keywords: AMERICAN Labor & Postwar Italy 1943-1953: A Study of Cold War Politics (Book); FILIPELLI; Ronald L.; LABOR laws & legislation; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; books

Battle Harbour in Transition: Merchants, Fishennen, and the State in the Struggle for Relief in a Labrador Community during the 1930s - Cadigan, Sean (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The early 1930s witnessed the deterioration of truck relationships between fishermen and merchants in Battle Harbour, a Newfoundland fishing community located on the coast of Labrador. By taking advantage of changes in the fishery, more prosperous fishermen began to deal with other firms, undercutting Baine, Johnston's domination of Battle Harbour. As Baine, Johnston withdrew winter credit, poorer fishermen threatened the firm with direct, violent action which neither the merchant nor the state were able to deal with except by granting relief. Such actions by Battle Harbour fishermen indicate that they were able to step outside the supposed limits of the culture of their kin-based villages, and confront directly the exploitation of merchant capital in the cod fishery.
Keywords: COD fisheries; FISHERS; HARBORS; INDUSTRIAL management; Industrial relations; Labor Unions; Labor disputes; MERCHANTS; Social conditions; Working class

Seafaring Labour: The Merchant Marine of Atlantic Canada, 1820-1914 - Cadigan, Sean (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book "Seafaring Labour: The Merchant Marine of Atlantic Canada, 1820-1914," by Eric W. Sager.
Keywords: Merchant marine; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; SAGER; Eric W.; SEAFARING Labour: The Merchant Marine of Atlantic Canada 1820-1914 (Book); books

Silver Islet: Striking it Rich in Lake Superior - Campbell, J. Peter (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Silver Islet: Striking It Rich in Lake Superior," by Elinor Barr.
Keywords: BARR; Elinor; Nonfiction; ONTARIO – Economic conditions; REVIEWS; SILVER Islet: Striking It Rich in Lake Superior (Book); books

Le conflit de l'autorité. Onze mois de grèves à Marine Industrie - Cardin, Jean-François (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
Reviewed: Le Conflit de l'Autorité: Onze Mois de Grèves à Marine Industrie. Lamoureux, François.

Labour Law Through the Prism of Paccar - Carrothers, A. W. R. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
This is a story about accidents of litigation. When people contend for control over principles, personality, identity, possessions, freedoms, power - it is not exceptional that they should seek resolution through «third party intervention»: a friend, a priest - even the legal system. It is inevitable that the process of intervention generates «spin-offs» which the contestants did not seek or want, but which nevertheless take on a life of their own. Such is the case with Paccar¹• The litigants wanted to know from the Labour Relations Board of British Columbia whether the employer could make unilateral changes to terms and conditions of employment after the collective agreement expired but before the employer recovered the right to lock out....
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

Essays in the History of Canadian Medicine - Cassel, Jay (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Essays in the History of Canadian Medicine," by Wendy Mitchinson and Janice Dickin McGinnis.
Keywords: Canada; ESSAYS in the History of Canadian Medicine (Book); MCGINNIS; Janice P. Dickin (Janice Patricia Dickin); 1947-; MEDICAL care; MITCHINSON; Wendy; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; books

Industrial Relations In Japan, The Peripheral Workforce - Chalmers, Norma J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
The article reviews the book, " Industrial Relations In Japan, The Peripheral Workforce ," by Norma J. Chalmers.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Union and Firm Preferences for Bargaining Outcomes in the Private Sector - Chaykowski, Richard P. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
A study investigated union and firm preferences for bargaining outcomes in the Canadian private sector. In a survey, firm and union respondents were asked to rate the absolute importance of obtaining 12 categories of bargaining outcomes, such as union security, overtime and premium pay, technological change, and fringe benefits, if they were to negotiate an entirely new collective bargaining agreement with their current union or firm. A conceptual model of the process of bargaining outcome determination was presented. The results showed that firms ranked wages and pay guarantees, employee security, worker-management relationship, and hours and days of work categories the highest. The highest ranked categories by unions were employee security, union security, and wages and pay guarantees. The exploratory regression results for the determinants of individual outcome rankings revealed that different variables determined the rankings of the parties. Union characteristics, such as gender composition of memberships and affiliation, had differential effects on the rankings of the outcomes.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; Likert scale; Management; Priorities; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Studies; Surveys; Unions

Organizing on the Waterfront: The St. John's Longshoremen's Protective Union (LSPU), 1890-1914 - Chisholm, Jessie (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
This article studies the initial organization and development of the St John's Longshoremen's Protective Union in the years 1890 to 1914. Undoubtedly the city's most important union the LSPU organized all waterfront workers in the city, including the numerous boys who worked on the docks, and later extended the organization to include the city's sanitation workers. Through militancy and frequent strikes the LSPU established a permanent presence in St John's. The success of the LSPU is contrasted with the experience of longshoremen in Atlantic Canadian ports to raise questions about earlier interpretations of class solidarity within merchant capital.
Keywords: ATLANTIC Provinces; Industrial relations; Labor Unions; Labor disputes; SANITATION workers; STEVEDORES; Social conditions; Social conflict; WORKING class – History; Working class

Décision rendue par le Conseil canadien des relations du travail - Clarke, Graham (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Décisions rendues par le Conseil cannadien des relations du travail - Clarke, Graham (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Histoire de la Clinique des citoyens de Saint-Jacques (1968-1988). Des comités de citoyens au CLSC du plateau Mont-Royal - Collin, Jean-Pierre (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Histoire de la Clinique des citoyens de Saint-Jacques (1968-1988). Des comités de citoyens au CLSC du plateau Mont-Royal," by Robert Boivin.

L'effet du développement de la petite entreprise sur l'évolution du syndicalisme au Canada - Cousineau, Jean-Michel; Najem, Elmustapha (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
Au Canada, l'apparente stabilité du mouvement syndical dissimule une tendance de fond au déclin du syndicalisme dans le secteur privé. En complément des hypothèses traditionnellement avancées pour expliquer le déclin dans les taux de syndicalisation, les auteurs ont eu l'idée de vérifier l'incidence du développement de la petite entreprise sur l'évolution des effectifs syndicaux dans quatre grands sous-secteurs du secteur privé de l'économie canadienne. Pour ce faire, ils ont eu recours à un modèle économétrique de détermination des effectifs syndicaux tenant compte de l'influence de l'emploi, du chômage, de la densité syndicale déjà atteinte et de la politique de contrôle des prix et des revenus. Dans un modèle dont le degré d'explication s'est avéré passablement élevé, l'influence du développement de la petite entreprise s'est montrée significative et telle qu'attendue, uniquement dans le sens où ce développement caractérise principalement une part importante et croissante des nouveaux emplois créés.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Modern Grievance Procedure in the United States - Craven, Paul (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "The Modern Grievance Procedure in the United States," by David Lewin and Richard B. Peterson.
Keywords: GRIEVANCE arbitration; LEWIN; David; MODERN Grievance Procedure in the United States; The (Book); Nonfiction; PETERSON; Richard B.; REVIEWS; books

Apartheid's Rebels: Inside South Africa's Hidden War - Crush, Jonathan (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Apartheid's Rebels: Inside South Africa's Hidden War," by Stephen M. Davis.
Keywords: AMERICAN Rubber Workers & Organized Labor; 1900-1941 (Book); CENTRAL labor councils; NELSON; Daniel; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; books

The Irony of Victory: World War II and Lowell, Massachusetts - Cumbler, John T. (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "The Irony of Victory: World War II and Lowell, Massachusetts," by Marc Scott Miller.
Keywords: IRONY of Victory: World War II & Lowell; Massachusetts; The (Book); MILLER; Marc Scott; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; WORLD War; 1939-1945; books

Privatization in British Columbia - What the Experts Say Will Happen - Cunningham, Barton; Mitchell, Lari (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
Privatization is either being implemented or investigated in over 100 countries and has become the plan of action for the government of British Columbia since October 1987. The goal of this project was to predict the effects of privatization on labor relations in British Columbia. The project specifically sought to understand how privatization might affect worker stability and wages, the structure and mechanisms for bargaining, the union's structure and size, and other issues. A delphi procedure was carried out in the fall of 1988 with 3 groups that represented union, management, and neutrals. The participants included some of the highest ranking labor relations practitioners in British Columbia. Based on the delphi prediction, the future of labor relations in British Columbia is one of short-term instability for job holders, lower wages, and fragmentation of management's approach to bargaining. The future also could include increases in costs for unions, more militancy, and more difficulty with improving labor relations.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Effects; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Predictions; Privatization; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Studies; Unions

Industrial Relations Climate and Grievance Outcomes - Dastmalchian, Ali; Ng, Ignace (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
A study examined the relationship between the climate of industrial relations and grievance outcomes. The grievance data were collected from 6 federal government organizations in western Canada. Climate questionnaires were distributed to the top management groups of all of the organizations, with 46 usable responses obtained. The results suggested that grievances are more likely to be granted under a positive industrial relations climate. The more cooperative and harmonious union-management climates are likely to increase the chances of grievances being granted or partially granted. The results showed that, in organizations that have relatively low scores on the various components of climate, grievances are more likely to be denied or withdrawn. The evidence also suggested that the industrial relations climate may be related to the levels at which grievances are granted. Under favorable climates, grievances are more likely to be granted at lower levels of the grievance process; they also are dealt with more quickly than in other situations.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Conditions; Grievance procedures; Grievances; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Studies; Unions

Discrimination sur le marché du travail et information imparfaite - Déom, Esther (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Discrimination sur le marché du travail et information imparfaite," by Jean-Michel Plassard.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Les principes de l'équité salariale et les approches dans le secteur public québécois - Déom, Esther (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Les principes de l'équité salariale et les approches dans le secteur public québécois," published by Institut de recherche et d'information sur la rémunération (Montreal).
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The Effect of Mediators' Qualities and Strategies on Mediation Outcomes - Dilts, David A.; Karim, Ahmad (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
This study utilizes discriminant analysis to determine if the characteristics of mediators and the strategies they employ predict the success of mediation in resolving impasses in the public sector in lowa. The data were obtained from questionnaires administered to management and union negotiators in the 214 impasses reported in lowa during 1986. Mediators' characteristics and the strategies they employ are found to predict the success of mediation for both management and union negotiators in lowa during 1986.
Keywords: Behavior; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Disputes; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Mediation; Mediators; Settlement; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Studies; Unions

La pensée économique au Québec français. Témoignages et perspectives - Dion, Gérard (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "La pensée économique au Québec français. Témoignages et perspectives," by Gilles Paquet.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Hard Bargains: My Life On The Line - Dobson, Dawn (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book "Hard Bargains: My Life on the Line," by Bob White.
Keywords: HARD Bargains: My Life on the Line (Book); Job classification; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; WHITE; Bob; books

The Role of the State in Industrial Relations: A Comment - Downie, Bryan M. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
Sack and Lee (1989) argue that state intervention has become intrusive in Canadian industrial relations. They base their assertions on the increase in back-to-work legislation by provincial and federal governments, the use of wage controls in the public sector in a number of jurisdictions, and statutory criteria imposed on interest arbitrators requiring them to take into account government's ability to pay. They obscure and overlook the positive features of the British Columbia (BC) legislation. The model chosen for dispute resolution in the collective bargaining process has a great deal of merit and clearly does not represent retrenchment in Canadian public policy as Sack and Lee suggest. Indeed, the experience with a similar approach in Ontario suggests that the model chosen in BC may meet some of the very concerns about state intervention articulated by Sack and Lee. Thus, the BC approach to dispute resolution should be examined and evaluated with an open mind.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; Labor disputes; Labor law; Labor relations; Legislation; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical data; Strikes

Beyond the Vote: Canadian Women and Politics - Dubinsky, Karen (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Beyond the Vote: Canadian Women and Politics," edited by Linda Kealey and Joan Sangster.
Keywords: BEYOND the Vote: Canadian Women & Politics (Book); KEALEY; Linda; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; SANGSTER; Joan; WOMEN in politics; books

Ecological Imperialism: The Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 - Duncan, Colin A.M. (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Ecological Imperialism: The Expansion of Europe, 900-1900," by Alfred W. Crosby.
Keywords: AMERICAN Rubber Workers & Organized Labor; 1900-1941 (Book); CENTRAL labor councils; NELSON; Daniel; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; books

Caring By The Hour: Women, Work, and Organizing at Duke Medical Center - Englander, Susan (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book "Caring By The Hour: Women, Work, and Organizing at Duke Medical Center," by Karen Brodkin Sachs.
Keywords: CARING by the Hour: Women; Work & Organizing at Duke Medical Center (Book); HEALTH facilities; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; SACHS; Karen Brodkin; books

Madeleine Parent, Léa Roback, Entretiens avec Nicole Lacelle - Ferretti, Lucia (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Madeleine Parent, Léa Roback, Entretiens avec Nicole Lacelle," by Nicole Lacelle.

Two Ages of Waterfront Labour - Foster, John Bellamy (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews two books, "Workers on the Waterfront: Seamen, Longshorement, and Unionism in the 1930s," by Bruce Nelson, and "Work on the Waterfront: Worker Power and Technological Change in a West Coast Port," by William Finlay.
Keywords: FINLAY; William; NELSON; Bruce; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; WORK on the Waterfront: Worker Power & Technological Change in a West Coast Port (Book); WORKERS on the Waterfront: Seamen; Longshoremen & Unionism in the 1930s (Book); books

The World of Our Mothers: The Lives of Jewish Immigrant Women - Frager, Ruth A. (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "The World of Our Mothers: The Lives of Jewish Immigrant Women," by Sydney Stahl Weinberg.
Keywords: JEWISH women; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; WEINBERG; Sydney Stahl; WORLD of Our Mothers: The Lives of Jewish Immigrant Women; The (Book); books

Continuity, Chance, and Change: The Character of the Industrial Revolution in England - Freedeman, Charles E. (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book,"Continuity, Chance, and Change: The Character of the Industrial Revolution in England," by E. A. Wrigley.
Keywords: CONTINUITY; Chance & Change: The Character of the Industrial Revolution in England (Book); Industrial Revolution; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; WRIGLEY; E. A. (Edward Anthony); 1931-; books

The People of Sonora and Yankee Capitalists - French, William E. (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "The People of Sonora and Yankee Capitalists," by Ramón Eduardo Ruiz Urueta.
Keywords: AMERICAN Rubber Workers & Organized Labor; 1900-1941 (Book); CENTRAL labor councils; NELSON; Daniel; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; books

Labor Law and Business Change: Theoretical and Transactional Perspectives - Fudge, Judy (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Labor Law and Business Change: Theoretical and Transactional Perspectives," by Samuel Estreicher and Daniel G. Collins.
Keywords: AMERICAN Rubber Workers & Organized Labor; 1900-1941 (Book); CENTRAL labor councils; NELSON; Daniel; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; books

Mouvement populaire et intervention communautaire de 1960 à nos jours. Continuités et ruptures - Gagnon, Gabriel (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Mouvement Populaire et Intervention Communautaire de 1960 à Nos Jours: Continuités et Ruptures," by Louis Favreau.

Paid Work in the Home — A Brief Report - Gannagé, Charlene (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
Briefly summarizes the conference, "Making Connections, Workers and Their Communities," held at York University on May 26-28, 1989. Mary DeVan related her doctoral research on Filipino domestic workers in Vancouver, Margaret Oldfield and Belinda Leach adddressed low-paid clerical and garment workers (including the methodological challenges of researching the latter) whose workplace is the home, and Sedef Arat-Koç commented on a recently published paper [entitled "In the Privacy of Our Own Home: Foreign Domestic Workers as a Solution to the Crisis in the Domestic Sphere of Canada"] on the political economy of the relationship of the state to domestic service. Concludes that a holistic approach to women's work including a new commitment to labour-community organization is necessary to uncover the reality of women's invisible household labour.
Keywords: CONFERENCES & conventions; CONGRESSES; DEVAN; Mary; HOUSEHOLD employees; LEACH; Belinda; Ontario; Toronto (Ont.); WORKING class – Congresses; YORK University (Toronto; Ont.)

Comprendre et appliquer une convention collective - Gascon, Hélène (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Comprendre et appliquer une convention collective," by Ronald Sirard and Alain Gazaille.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Changements dans les législations du travail au Canada - Gauvin, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Changements dans les législations du travail au Canada - Gauvin, Michel; Brennan, Geoffrey (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Changements dans les législations du travail au Canada [v. 45, no. 2, 1990] - Gauvin, Michel; Brennan, Geoffrey (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Collective Bargaining In Industrialised Market Economies: A Reappraisal - Giles, Anthony (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Collective Bargaining In Industrialised Market Economies: A Reappraisal," by John P. Windmuller.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Bâtir un pays. Histoire des travaux publics au Canada - Gingras, Yves (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Bâtir un pays. Histoire des travaux publics au Canadam" edited by Norman R. Ball.

The Left in the Detroit Labour Movement - Glaberman, Martin (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the books "Maurice Sugar: Law, Labor, and the Left in Detroit, 1912-1950," by Christopher H. Johnson, and "Two Who Were There: A Biography of Stanley Nowak," by Margaret Collingwood Nowak.
Keywords: JOHNSON; Christopher H.; MAURICE Sugar: Law; Labor & the Left in Detroit; 1912-1950 (Book); NOWAK; Margaret Collingwood; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; TWO Who Were There: A Biography of Stanley Nowak (Book); books

'The Power of the Sack': The Cost of Job Loss in Canada, 1953-1985 - Grant, Hugh M.; Strain, Frank (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
In this paper, we construct an index of the "cost of job loss" — defined as the income that a "representative worker" would lose upon being dismissed or laid off — in Canada between 1953 and 1985. Since this measure captures the monetary cost of unemployment, it is superior to the aggregate unemployment rate as an indicator of the relative bargaining power of capital and labour. Changes in the distribution of income between capital and labour are then considered. It is argued that with the decline in the cost of job loss between 1962 and 1973, the relative bargaining power of workers increased, and real wages rose accordingly. Subsequently, the cost of job loss has risen dramatically and real wages have fallen as capital has sought to restore conditions for rapid rates of accumulation.
Keywords: Canada; EMPLOYEES – Dismissal of; Employees; INCOME tax; Income distribution; Minimum wage; PURCHASING power; REAL wages; Unemployment

Les obstacles rencontrés par des personnes de 45 à 64 ans à la recherche d'un emploi - Guérin, Gilles; Hébert, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
La littérature suggère que les personnes âgées de 45 à 64 ans rencontrent trois groupes de difficultés dans la recherche d'un emploi: les problèmes découlant de l'accessibilité aux programmes gouvernementaux, les pratiques discriminatoires des employeurs et les caractéristiques et faiblesses des personnes concernées. Les auteurs vérifient l'importance relative de ces obstacles auprès de 207 répondants.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Power and Powerlessness in Industry: An Analysis of the Industrial Relations of Production - Harris, Rosemary (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Power and Powerlessness in Industry: An Analysis of the Industrial Relations of Production," by Rosemary Harris.
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

Learning to Earn: School, Work, and Vocational Reform in California, 1880-1930 - Hawthorne, Dan (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book "Learning to Earn: School, Work, and Vocational Reform in California, 1880-1930," by Harvey A. Kantor.
Keywords: KANTOR; Harvey A.; LEARNING to Earn: School; Work & Vocational Reform in California 1830-1930 (Book); Nonfiction; REFORMATION; REVIEWS; books

Le renouvellement du régime des décrets de convention collective - Hébert, Gérard (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
Avant de se demander s'il faut renouveler une institution, ii importe de savoir si elle a une chance de survie, si les principes de fond sur lesquels elle repose sont encore valables, enfin si le renouvellement dont elle pourrait avoir besoin vise des aspects substantiels et constitutifs, ou accessoires et accidentels. Je me propose de repondre aces trois questions, d'abord par un coup d'oeil sur l'histoire de la loi en question, ensuite en rappelant les principes de fond qui ont amene son adoption, en 1934, et, finalement, en esquissant quelques conditions de sa survie et de son renouvellement.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Social Workers and Labor Unions - Herrick, John M. (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Social Workers and Labor Unions," edited by Howard Jacob Karger.
Keywords: KARGER; Howard Jacob; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; SOCIAL Workers & Labor Unions (Book); Social workers; books

Les pâtes et papiers au Québec, 1880-1980 : Technologies, travail et travailleurs - Hull, James P. (Institut québécois de recherche sur la culture, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Les pâtes et papiers au Québec, 1880-1980 : Technologies, travail et travailleurs," by Jean-Pierre Charland.
Keywords: Work; Working class

Trade Unions in Britain Today - Hyman, Richard (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book "Trade Unions in Britain Today," by John Mcllroy.
Keywords: Labor Unions; MCLLROY; John; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; TRADE Unions in Britain Today (Book); books

Gender at Work: The Dynamics of Job Segregation by Sex during World War II - Johnston, Edna (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book "Gender at Work: The Dynamics of Job Segregation by Sex during World War II," by Ruth Milkman.
Keywords: GENDER at Work: The Dynamics of Job Segregation by Sex During World War II (Book); GENDER inequality; MILKMAN; Ruth; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; books

Fur Production as a Specialized Activity in a World System: Indians in the North American Fur Trade - Kardulias, P. Nick (American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1990)
This paper examines the economic and social impact of the fur trade on Indian cultures, in an effort to illuminate further the nature of Indian-white relations from the sixteenth through the early nineteenth centuries. As such, the paper, which may be of interest to anthropologists, historians, and archeologists, contributes to the literature on culture contact. The Indian role in the fur trade can be described as a craft specialization. Craft specialization is often treated as an indicator of cultural complexity that develops as a response to a variety of influences. In this case, I posit the development of the activities associated with the fur trade into a specialization, resulting from Indian intensification of existing practices but stimulated by economic emoluments offered by the European market. The model for discussing this economic network draws on the work of several scholars. The fur trade can perhaps be best understood as one segment of a world-system. Wallerstein points out that even small-scale economies in remote parts of the world are often tied into international exchange networks; fluctuations in prices, supplies, and demand at the more developed end of the system (i.e., European market economies) will reverberate throughout the system. I suggest it is inaccurate to describe native groups tied into this Euro-American network as operating at a subsistence level in a traditional economy. –Introduction

Editor's Note = Note du directeur [25, Spring 1990] - Kealey, Gregory S. (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
Takes note of articles published in the issue including on the unskilled, the labour/non-labour of women and children, Canadian job loss over the last 30 years, the attitude and ideological underpinning of labour history writing, and the relationship between academics and the labour movement. Discusses the transfer of Canadian Security Intelligence Service records to the National Archives, which had been long promised. Access, however, remains problematic. Explains the increased cost of the journal subscription and two minor corrections to the previous issue are noted, including a book review by VSP rather than BDP.
Keywords: Child labor; Labor movement

Radical Pamphlets at the Library of the University of Prince Edward Island - Kealey, Gregory S. (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
Describes a visit to the collection of radical pamphlets, primarily 20th-century and mainly Canadian, at the library of the University of Prince Edward Island. The materials were filed by title on two ranges of eight-foot steel shelves running at least 50 to 60 linear feet. Housed at UPEI since the late 1960s, the collection came as part of the library's purchase of the stock of the Blue Heron Book Store in Toronto, which had been run by the bibliographer, Peter Weinrich. Included are at least 62 titles that pertain to communist party leader Tim Buck. [Note: The collection was later transferred to the Memorial University library. See the article, "The International Labour and Radical History Pamphlet Collection at Memorial University of Newfoundland," by Michael Lonardo, published in the journal in Fall 1994.
Keywords: CHARLOTTETOWN (P.E.I.); COLLECTION development in libraries; COLLECTORS & collecting; COMMUNIST parties; Collections; History; PAMPHLETS; PRINCE Edward Island; PUBLICATIONS; UNIVERSITY of Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown; P.E.I.); VERTICAL files (Libraries)

Reform, Labor and Feminism: Margaret Dreier Robins and the Women's Trade Union League - Kealey, Linda (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Reform, Labor and Feminism: Margaret Dreier Robins and the Women's Trade Union League," by Elizabeth Anne Payne.
Keywords: Nonfiction; PAYNE; Elizabeth Anne; REFORM; Labor & Feminism: Margaret Dreier Robins & the Women's Trade Union League (Book); REVIEWS; WOMEN labor union members; WOMEN'S Trade Union League; books

Unionization and Labour Regimes in Canada and the United States: Considerations for Comparative Research - Kettler, David; Struthers, James; Huxley, Christopher (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
Three principal features distinguish the contemporary state of research in industrial relations. First, the unsettlement of fixed categories in the theoretical study of state and society turns the attention of political theorists towards this politically charged domain of dynamic order. Second, recent developments within the domain itself challenge the principal approaches whose competition has governed the discipline. Third, the elaboration of the discipline itself yields increased recognition of the need for heightened theoretical and methodological self-awareness. The decade of comparative studies of divergent union density rates between the United States and Canada provide materials for an exploration of these theoretical issues, especially in light of the fact that recent analytical consensuses are called into doubt but the most recent tendencies. A comparative approach oriented to a history-sensitive concept of "labour regimes" offers a method capable of learning from the principal competing analytical strategies, while promoting a more open and reliable research programme than many of those considered. Critical encounters with the work of Lipset, Weiler, Teubner, Panitch and Swartz, and others are complemented by comparative historical study, in order to lay out the main elements of the approach proposed.
Keywords: Canada; History; INTERGROUP relations; Industrial relations; LABOR organizing; LABOR unions – United States; SELF-perception; THEORISTS; United States

Academic Research on Labour: Strengthening Union-University Links - Kumar, Pradeep (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
Examines academic research on labour in the past five years with a view toward strengthening ties between unions and the academy. Discusses the nature of academic research, currents in the literature, and gaps that need to be addressed. Points to funding challenges and argues that there is a need for interdisciplinary collaboration. Comments on the perception of industrial relations' research, including scholars whose subject background does not foster sympathetic appreciation of working-class issues. Concludes with a set of recommendations for going forward, such as an labour-academic exchange program to improve dialogue and to create integrated approaches that contribute to labour's role in society. The article is based on a literature review, a mailed survey, and interviews with academics.
Keywords: Canada; EDUCATION – Research; EMPLOYEES – Psychology; Industrial relations; Industrial sociology; Labor Unions; Labor movement; MANPOWER; Management science; Research

La norme et les déviantes. Des femmes au Québec pendant l'entre-deux-guerres - Lachance, André (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "La Norme et les Déviantes: Des Femmes au Québec pendant l'entre-Deux-Guerres," by Andrée Lévesque.

Détruire le PCF – Archives de V Etat français et de l'occupant hitlérien 1940-1944 - Lalancette, Michèle (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Détruire le PCF — Archives de V Etat français et de l'occupant hitlérien 1940-1944," by Roger Bourderon and Yvan Avakoumovitch.
Keywords: AVAKUMOVIC; Ivan; BOURDERON; Roger; DETRUIRE le PCF: Archives de l' Etat francais et de l' occupant hitlerien 1940-1944 (Book); Nonfiction; PARTI communiste francais; REVIEWS; books

Le travail à temps partiel: Vers une polarisation de plus en plus nette - Langlois, Simon (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
Le travail à temps partiel a connu une croissance marquée durant les années 1980. Si ce régime d'emploi reste très répandu chez les jeunes et les personnes autour de l'âge de la retraite, il est en forte croissance chez les 25-44 ans. La féminisation du travail à temps partiel s'est encore accrue et ce régime d'emploi apparaît de plus en plus comme non volontaire. On observe l'avènement d'une nette polarisation. D'un côté, le travail à temps partiel est une forme d'emploi précaire imposée par les mutations du marché du travail. De l'autre, il est recherché comme tel en tant que réponse à des changements dans les façons de vivre des individus, pour qui le travail n 'occupe pas une place centrale dans leur vie. L'emploi à temps partiel est alors pour les uns forme de travail précaire et pour les autres une façon originale de concilier le travail avec la poursuite d'autres activités. La polarisation de l'emploi à temps partiel résulte de la rencontre entre deux types de transformations sociales: celles qui affectent les entreprises et le marché du travail et celles qui marquent les modes de vie et les préférences des individus.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Three Anglo-American Radicals, and the Dilemmas of Syndicalism and Social Democracy - Laslett, John H.M. (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the books "Big Bill Haywood," by Melvyn Dubofsky and "A. J. Cook," by Paul Davies.
Keywords: A.J. Cook (Book); BIG Bill Haywood (Book); DAVIES; Paul; DUBOFSKY; Melvyn; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; books

Retirement and Skill Issues in Northern Ontario Industries - LeBrasseur, Rolland (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
In a follow-up study to Schell et al. (1989), the occupational and age profiles of employees aged 45 years to 64 years are explored in relation to retirement issues. The data collected by Schell and colleagues were taken from a mail survey of 465 male employees aged 45 years or over from 8 participating firms. The following profiles were presented: 1. socio-demographic, including health, 2. present and future finances, and 3. retirement age intentions and opinions. Results showed that all 4 occupational groups were inclined to take an early retirement in the medium term and were more inclined to do so in the long term. Given the current levels of expected financial security and health concerns, the recent acceptance rate of 60% for existing pension packages probably will continue. With all other things being equal, companies need not improve the packages significantly. However, any increase in workforce requirements, which could happen in the long term, would oblige companies to consider diminishing their use of early retirement offers.
Keywords: Age and employment; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Early retirement; Employees; LABOR supply; Labor Unions; Retirement; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical data; Surveys; Training

Harvey and Jessie: A Couple of Radicals - Leier, Mark (James Mark) (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Harvey and Jessie: A Couple of Radicals," by Jessie Lloyd O'Connor, Harvey O'Connor and Susan M. Bowler.
Keywords: BOWLER; Susan M.; HARVEY & Jessie: A Couple of Radicals (Book); Nonfiction; O'CONNOR; Harvey; O'CONNOR; Jessie Lloyd; RADICALS; REVIEWS; books

Notebook [25, Spring 1990] - Leier, Mark (James Mark) (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
Takes note of forthcoming conferences, research grants, and the 75th anniversary commemoration of Joe Hill. Reports that National Archives has received from the National Labour Relations Board records pertaining to the certification of unions from 1944 to 1947.

Notebook [26, Fall 1990] - Leier, Mark (James Mark) (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
Takes note of forthcoming conferences, a contest, and a database on Canadian industry in 1871 that is based on the census data for that year.

Syndicats, salaires et conjoncture économique, L'expérience des fronts communs du secteur public québécois de 1971 à 1983 - Lemelin, Maurice (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Syndicats, salaires et conjoncture économique, L'expérience des fronts communs du secteur public québécois de 1971 à 1983," by André Beaucage.

Les relations patronales-syndicales - Lequin, Jacques-André (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Les relations patronales-syndicales," by Jean Boivin and Jacques Guilbault.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The New Day Recalled - Lévesque, Andrée (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "The New Day Recalled: Lives of Girls and Women in English Canada, 1919-1939," by Veronica Strong-Boag.

Si le Travail m'était conté autrement...Les Travailleuses de la CTCC-CSN : quelques fragments d'histoire - Lipsig-Mummé, Caria (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Si le Travail m'était conté autrement...Les Travailleuses de la CTCC-CSN : quelques fragments d'histoire," by Nadia Fahmy-Eid and Louis Piché.

Femmes et emploi : le défi de l'égalité - Lipsig, Carla (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Femmes et emploi : le défi de l'égalité," by Hélène David.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Collective Action in Outport Newfoundland: A Case Study from the 1830s - Little, Linda (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
As a permanent population established itself on the island of Newfoundland in the 19th century, the various sectors of society jostled each other for a share of control over their society. In the Conception Bay outports of Harbour Grace and Carbonear the social divisions and alliances which spawned an active culture of resistance formed around ethno-religious groups, political affiliation, and social class. The first part of this paper will recount a number of diverse collective plebeian acts and look at the natives and loyalties connected with each. Part two deals with election violence with which the population used informal means to affect change in a formal theatre. Section three is devoted to the largest plebeian disturbance of the decade; the 1832 sealers' strike. Here fishermen overcame their various social biases to work in class ways for their common good.
Keywords: CONSENSUS (Social sciences); ETHNIC groups; FISHERS; NEWFOUNDLAND & Labrador; POLITICAL affiliation; PUBLIC interest; Social classes; Social conditions; Social conflict; Working class

The Canadian Labour Bibliography = La Bibliographique du mouvement ouvrier Canadien - Lonardo, Michael; Sweeney, Robert C. H. (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)

John Maclean - Macintyre, Stuart (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book "John Maclean," by B. J. Ripley and J. McHugh.
Keywords: Communists; JOHN Maclean (Book); MCHUGH; J.; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; RIPLEY; B. J.; books

That Noble Dream: The "Objectivity Question" and the American Historical Profession - Mah, Harold (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book,"That Noble Dream: The 'Objectivity Question' and the American Historical Profession," by Peter Novick.
Keywords: HISTORIANS – United States; NOVICK; Peter; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; THAT Noble Dream: The Objectivity Question & the American Historical Profession (Book); books

The Social Credit Phenomenon in Alberta - Mallory, J.r. (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "The Social Credit Phenomenon in Alberta," by Alvin Finkel.
Keywords: FINKEL; Alvin; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; SOCIAL Credit Phenomenon in Alberta; The (Book); SOCIAL credit; books

Décision rendue par le Conseil canadien des relations du travail - Marleau, Véronique L. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The Dark Side of Victorian Halifax - Marquis, Greg (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "The Dark Side of Victorian Halifax," by Judith Fingard.
Keywords: DARK Side of Victorian Halifax; The (Book); FINGARD; Judith; HALIFAX (N.S.); Nonfiction; REVIEWS; books

British and Norwegian Offshore Industrial Relations : Pluralism and Neo-Corporatism as Contexts of Strategic Adaptation - Matejko, Alexander J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
This article reviews the book, "British and Norwegian Offshore Industrial Relations : Pluralism and Neo-Corporatism as Contexts of Strategic Adaptation," by Svein S. Andersen.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Grupa pracownicza jako przedmiot i podmiot motywowania [Polish] [Work Group as an Object and Subject of Stimulation] - Matejko, Alexander J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Grupa pracownicza jako przedmiot i podmiot motywowania," by Alicja Kozdroj.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Worker Dislocation : Case Studies of Causes and Cures - Mazerolle, Maurice J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
This article reviews the book, "Worker Dislocation : Case Studies of Causes and Cures," by Robert F. Cook.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Capital-Labour Relations in the U.S. Textile Industry - McCullough, A. B. (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Capital-Labour Relations in the U.S. Textile Industry," by Barry E. Truchil.
Keywords: CAPITAL-Labour Relations in the US Textile Industry (Book); Industrial relations; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; TRUCHIL; Barry E.; books

All Solid Along The Line: The Reid Newfoundland Strike of 1918 - McInnis, Peter S. (Peter Stuart) (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
As the Canadian and international record will testify, the years between 1917-1920 were critically important to workers' aspirations for industrial unionism. An account of the Newfoundland Industrial Workers' Association (NIWA) has largely been passed over in the writing of the Island's labour history. Yet this organization figures prominently in the events which helped to shape the labour-capital relationship during the wartime period. In the Newfoundland context, the effective use of the strike weapon during this period is a telling indicator of the heightened sense of militancy resulting from the temporary convergence of labour organizations around issues relating to the war. Centred in St. John's. but exerting an Island-wide presence, the NIWA arose Out of a pressing need for Newfoundlanders to address the economic and political exigencies of World War I. This article examines the NIWA in terms of its structure, membership, and mandate for change with specific reference to the major confrontation waged between the NIWA and their principal opponent, the Reid Newfoundland Company in the spring of 1918.
Keywords: INDUSTRIAL management; Industrial relations; Labor Unions; Labor disputes; NEWFOUNDLAND & Labrador; STRIKES & lockouts; Social conditions; Social conflict; WORKING class – History; Working class

Unequal Work - McIntyre, Sheila (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Unequal Work," by Veronica Beechey.
Keywords: AMERICAN Rubber Workers & Organized Labor; 1900-1941 (Book); CENTRAL labor councils; NELSON; Daniel; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; books

What's a Coal Miner to Do? The Mechanization of Coal Mining - McKay, Ian (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "What's a Coal Miner to Do? The Mechanization of Coal Mining," by Keith Dix.
Keywords: COAL mines & mining; DIX; Keith; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; WHAT'S a Coal Miner to Do? The Mechanization of Coal Mining (Book); books

Political Economy Without the Working Class? - McNally, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the books "The New Canadian Political Economy," by Wallace Clement and Glen Williams and "Open for Business: The Roots of Foreign Ownership in Canada," by Gordon Laxer.
Keywords: CLEMENT; Wallace; LAXER; Gordon; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; WILLIAMS; Glen; books

Socialist Cities: Municipal Politics and the Grass Roots of American Socialism - McNaught, Kenneth (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Socialist Cities: Municipal Politics and the Grass Roots of American Socialism," by Richard W. Judd.
Keywords: JUDD; Richard W.; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; SOCIALIST Cities: Municipal Politics & the Grass Roots of American Socialism (Book); Socialism; books

Compensation Management and Canadian Wrongful Dismissal - Lessons from Litigation - McShane, Steven L.; Redekop, Bruce (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
An attempt is made to analyze 110 recent Canadian common law wrongful dismissal cases to identify principles pertaining to compensation management policies and practices. Each case involved "constructive dismissal," in which the employee sued the employer for altering a fundamental condition of employment. The case law is divided into pay level issues, pay form issues, pay structure issues, and pay communication issues. The courts typically will decide that constructive dismissal has occurred when the employer reduces, withdraws, or withholds an aspect of the compensation package. An attempt to clarify an ambiguous remuneration package also may constitute a breach of employment contract. In addition, courts have been sympathetic to employees whose opportunity to receive future income has been limited by an employer's actions. Employers are obliged to fulfill remuneration promises when there is evidence that those promises existed. Changing the form of remuneration can result in constructive dismissal, depending on the circumstances and the test used by the court.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Common law; Compensation administration; Court decisions; Employers; Illegal; Labor Unions; Litigation; Personnel policies; Prevention; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Terminations; Wrongful discharge

Factors Behind the Changes in Canada's Family Income Distribution and the Share of the Middle Class - McWatters, Catherine J.; Beach, Charles M. (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
This paper seeks to examine whether there have been noticeable changes in the main features of the Canadian distribution of family income over the last two decades, in particular to examine what changes have occurred to the middle-class income share in Canada, and thence to identify possible determinants of these changes among a number of alternative hypotheses in the literature.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Family; Income; Income distribution; Labor Unions; Middle class; Regression analysis; Statistical analysis; Studies; Trends

Sport, Politics and the Working Class - Metcalfe, Alan (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book "Sport, Politics and the Working Class," by Stephen G. Jones.
Keywords: JONES; Stephen G.; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; SPORT; Politics & the Working Class (Book); Working class; books

Le droit dans tous ses états - Morin, Fernand (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Le droit dans tous ses états," by Robert D. Bureau and Pierre MacKay.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Modification unilatérale des conditions de travail au terme d'une négociation collective! - Morin, Fernand (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Histoire du syndicalsime Québécois: Des origines à nos jours - Morton, Desmond (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book "Histoire du Syndicalisme Québécois: Des Origines à nos Jours," by Jacques Rouillard.
Keywords: HISTOIRE du Syndicalisme Quebecois: Des Origines a nos Jours (Book); Labor Unions; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; ROUILLARD; Jacques; books

The White-Blouse Revolution: Female Office Workers Since 1870 - Mosco, Vincent (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book "The White-Blouse Revolution: Female Office Workers Since 1870," edited by Gregory Anderson.
Keywords: ANDERSON; Gregory; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; SHIFT systems; WHITE-Blouse Revolution: Female Office Workers Since 1870; The (Book); books

Workers' Health, Workers' Democracy: The Western Miners' Straggle, 1891 -1925 - Mouat, Jeremy (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book "Workers' Health, Workers' Democracy: The Western Miners' Struggle, 1891 -1925," by Alan Derickson.
Keywords: DERICKSON; Alan; Industrial hygiene; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; WORKERS' Health; Workers' Democracy: The Western Miners' Struggle 1891-1925 (Book); books

The Regulation of Strike Law in Times of New Technologies and Deregulation: The Case of West Germany - Muckenberger, Ulrich (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
The field of collective labor law in West Germany covers 2 main areas. The first is collective bargaining, including conciliation, strike, and lock-out. The 2nd concerns the specific German pay of institutionalized bargaining on plant and on enterprise level. On the field of collective labor law as a whole, current legislation is more in favor of indirect sorts of regulation rather than direct prohibitions or mandatory regulation as takes place in the UK. While there have been many deregulatory measures in West Germany concerning labor and social security law, the law of strike has remained, with one important exception, unchanged in the last decade, at least by the legislator. One key measure in legislation was the amendment to the Work Promotion Act. As a rule, employees affected by a temporary shut-down whatever the reason are paid either wages or wage substitutes from the unemployment insurance fund. In cases of labor disputes, the unemployment insurance funds must adopt a neutral stance and must not act to affect the bargaining balance by making financial payments.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; Labor disputes; Labor law; Labor relations; Legislation; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strikes; Unemployment insurance; Unions

New Orleans Dockworkers: Race, Labor, and Unionism, 1892-1923 - Nelson, Bruce C. (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "New Orleans Dockworkers: Race, Labor, and Unionism, 1892-1923," by Daniel Rosenberg.
Keywords: NEW Orleans Dockworkers: Race; Labor & Unionism 1892-1923 (Book); Nonfiction; REVIEWS; ROSENBERG; Daniel; STEVEDORES; books

Workers, Managers, and Welfare Capitalism: The Shoeworkers and Tanners of Endicott H. Johnson, 1890-1950 - Nelson, Daniel (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book "Workers, Managers, and Welfare Capitalism: The Shoeworkers and Tanners of Endicott H. Johnson, 1890-1950," by Gerald Zahavi.
Keywords: Capitalism; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; WORKERS; Managers & Welfare Capitalism: The Shoeworkers & Tanners of Endicott Johnson 1890-1950 (Book); ZAHAVI; Gerald; books

Dreams of Equality: Women on the Canadian Left, 1920-1950 - Newton, Janice (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book "Dreams of Equality: Women on the Canadian Left, 1920-1950," by Joan Sangster.
Keywords: DREAMS of Equality: Women on the Canadian Left 1920-1950 (Book); Equality; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; SANGSTER; Joan; books

Corruptions of Empire: Life Studies and the Reagan Era - Olinger, John Peter (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Corruptions of Empire: Life Studies and the Reagan Era," by Alexander Cockburn.
Keywords: COCKBURN; Alexander; 1941-2012; CORRUPTIONS of Empire: Life Studies & the Reagan Era (Book); Corruption; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; books

Economic Crisis and the End of Democracy: Politics in Newfoundland During the Great Depression - Overton, James (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The Dominion of Newfoundland gave up responsible government in 1934. From then until 1949, when it joined Canada, Newfoundland was governed by a Commission responsible to the British government in Westminster. The ostensible cause of the collapse of democratic government in Newfoundland was a financial crisis and the country's impending bankruptcy triggered by a drastic fall in state revenue during the depression of the early 1930s. The financial side of the crisis. Newfoundland's economic weakness, and the broad political events of the period have received considerable attention. But aspects of Newfoundland's internal politics have not received the attention they deserve. It has been noted that there was little opposition to the movement in favour of an end to democratic government developed in Newfoundland in the early 1930s. It is aspects of this movement that are examined in this paper. Why did people in Newfoundland not only accept, but in many cases openly work for, and end to responsible government? In trying to answer this question attention is focused on the actions of labour leaders and the political representatives of the working classes. In particular, the disillusion with democracy of two key reformers, J.R. Smallwood, the founder of the first Newfoundland Federation of Labour, and William Coaker, the founder of the Fishermen's Protective Union, is explored.
Keywords: Business cycles; Democracy; FINANCIAL crises; LABOR unions – Political activity; Labor disputes; Labor leaders; Labor movement; NEWFOUNDLAND & Labrador; Social classes; Social conditions; Working class

Book Notes [25, Spring 1990] - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article briefly reviews "Working People and Hard Times: Canadian Perspectives," edited by Robert Argue, Charlene Gannage, and D.W. Livingstone, "Social Movements/Social Change: The Politics and Practice of Organizing," edited by Frank Cunningham, Sue Findlay, Mar-lene Kadar, Alan Lennon, and Ed Silva, "Life Spaces: Gender, Household, Employment," edited by Caroline Andrew and Beth Moore Milroy, "Changing Patterns: Women in Canada," edited by Sandra Burt, Lorraine Code, and Lindsay Dorney, "Cape Breton Lives: A Book from Cape Breton's Magazine," edited by Ronald Caplan, "Feudal Society and Colonization: The Historiography of New France," by Roberta Hamilton, "Conspicuous Production: Automobiles and Elites in Detroit, 1899-1933," by Donald Finlay Davis, "In the Shadow of the Statue of Liberty: Immigrants, Workers, and Citizens in the American Republic, 1880-1920," edited by Marianne Debouzy, "The Jungle," by Upton Sinclair, introduction by James R. Barrett, "Sealskin and Shoddy: Working Women in American Labor Press Fiction, 1870-1920," edited by Ann Schofield, "Union Maids Not Wanted: Organizing Domestic Workers, 1870-1940," by Donna L. Van Raaphorst, "Corruption and Racketeering in the New York City Construction Industry: Interim Report" by the New York State Organized Crime Task Force, "A Revolutionary of the Heart: Essays on the Catholic Worker," edited by Patrick G. Coy, "Behind the Lines: Gender and the Two World Wars," edited by Margaret Randolph Higonnet, Jane Jensen, Sonya Michel, and Margaret Collins Weitz, "Women in the First Capitalist Society: Experiences in Seventeenth-Century England," by Margaret George, "Sectarian Violence: The Liverpool Experience, 1819-1914," by Frank Neal, "Childhood in Nineteenth-Century France: Work, Health and Education Among the Classes Populaires," by Colin Heywood, "Stalin's Industrial Revolution: Politics and Workers, 1928-1932," by Hiroaki Kuromiya, and "House and Street: The Domestic World of Servants and Masters in Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro," by Sandra Lauderdale Graham.

Book Notes [26, Fall 1990] - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article briefly reviews "Canadian Papers in Business History," edited by Peter Baskerville, "Challenging the Regional Stereotype: Essays on the 20th Century," by E.R. Forbes, "The Development of the Pacific Salmon-Canning Industry: A Grown Man's Game," edited by Dianne Newell, " Arrangiarsi: The Italian Immigration Experience in Canada," edited by Roberto Perin and Franc Sturino, "One Man's War: Reflections of a Rough Diamond," by Milan (Mike) Bosnien, "Dissent and the State," edited by C.E.S. Franks, "Family Life Impacts of Offshore OU and Gas Employment," by Keith Storey, Mark Shrimpton, Jane Lewis and David Clark, "Jacobins and Jeffersonians: Anglo-American Radicalism in the United States, 1790-1820," by Richard J. Twomey, "The Samuel Gompers Papers: v. 3 — Unrest and Depression. 1891-94," edited by Stuart J. Kaufman and Peter J. Albert, "Came a Stranger: The Story of a Hull-House Girl," by Hilda Scott Polacheck, "The Butte Irish: Class and Ethnicity in an American Mining Town, 1875-1925," by David M. Emmons, "Homework: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Paid Labor at Home," edited by Eileen Boris and Cynthia R. Daniels, "Women, Class and the Feminist Imagination," edited by Karevn V. Hansen and Dene J. Philipson, "The Roots of Community Organizing, 1917-1939," edited by Neil Betten and Michael J. Austin, "Communities in Economic Crisis: Appalachia and the South," edited by John Oaventa, Barbara Ellen Smith, and Alex Willingham, "On the Line," by Harvey Swados, "Poletown: Community Betrayed," by Jeanie Wylie, "Occupation and Class Consciousness in America," by Douglas M. Eichar, "Planned to Death: The annihilation of a place called Howdendyke," by J. Douglas Porteous, "John Strachey," by Michael Newman, "A Secretary and a Cook: Challenging Women's Wages in the Courts of the United States and Great Britain," by Steven L. Willborn, "Visible Histories: Women and Environments in a Post-War British City," by Suzanne Mackenzie, "Strikes, Wars, and Revolutions in International Perspective: Strike Waves in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries," edited by Leopold Haimson and Charles Tilly, "The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery, 1776-1848," by Robin Blackburn, "Labor and Industrial Relations Journals and Serials: An Analytical Guide," by Michael C. Vocino, Jr., and Lucille W. Cameron, "Labor Markets in Action: Essays in Empirical Economics," by Richard B. Freeman, and "For Freedom and Dignity: Historical Agency and Class Structures in the Coalfields of NSW," by Andrew Metcalfe.

Mechanic Accents: Dime Novels and Working-Class Culture in America - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book "Mechanic Accents: Dime Novels and Working-Class Culture in America," by Michael Denning.
Keywords: DENNING; Michael; MECHANIC Accents: Dime Novels & Working-Class Culture in America (Book); Nonfiction; REVIEWS; United States; Working class; books

A Matter of Hours: Women, Part-Time Work and the Labour Market - Phillips, Paul (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "A Matter of Hours: Women, Part-Time Work and the Labour Market," by Veronica Beechey and Tessa Perkins.
Keywords: AMERICAN Rubber Workers & Organized Labor; 1900-1941 (Book); CENTRAL labor councils; NELSON; Daniel; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; books

Gender and the Unemployment Insurance Debates in Canada, 1934-1940 - Pierson, Ruth Roach (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article discusses the significance of gender in the debate over unemployment insurance in Canada in the late 1930s. The longstanding belief that the man was the head of the household is described, noting that the Great Depression undermined men's confidence in their role as head of the household and main provider. The question of how concern for women was related to the debate over unemployment insurance is discussed, noting that the large number of unemployed women in the Great Depression was almost entirely ignored at the time.
Keywords: ARCHITECTURE; CAMPAIGN debates; Canada; DEBATES & debating; Employees; Family allowances; LABOR laws & legislation; POLITICAL debates & debating; Unemployment insurance

John Ross Bullen, Ph.D. (1952-1989) - Piva, Michael (Labour/Le Travail, 1990)
The article pays homage to the historian and labour activist, John Ross Bullen, who taught at the Labour College of Canada in Ottawa. Includes a photo of Bullen.
Keywords: BULLEN; John Ross; Obituaries

Les Juifs progressistes au Québec - Poirier, Marie (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Les Juifs progressistes au Québec," by Allen Gottheil.

Flexibility and Labour Markets in Canada and the United States - Pragnell, Brad (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Flexibility and Labour Markets in Canada and the United States," edited by Gilles Laflamme, Gregor Murray, Jacques Belanger and Gilles Ferland.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; LABOR supply; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Histoire générale du Canada - Pratt, Michel (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
Reviewed: Histoire Générale du Canada. Brown, Craig, ed.

Beyond the Martyrs: A Social History of Chicago's Anarchists, 1870-1900 - Rachleff, Peter (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book "Beyond the Martyrs: A Social History of Chicago's Anarchists, 1870-1900," by Bruce C. Nelson.
Keywords: BEYOND the Martyrs: A Social History of Chicago's Anarchists; 1870-1900 (Book); NELSON; Bruce C.; 1951-2011; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; Social history; books

Reshaping the US Left: Popular Struggles in the 1980s - Rinehart, James (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Reshaping the US Left: Popular Struggles in the 1980s," edited by Mike David and Michael Sprinker.
Keywords: AMERICAN Rubber Workers & Organized Labor; 1900-1941 (Book); CENTRAL labor councils; NELSON; Daniel; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; books

Which Side Were You On Boys ... Canadian Life on the Left.\ A Communist Life: Jack Scott and the Canadian Workers Movement 1927-1985 - Rodney, William (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the books "Which Side Were You on Boys...Canadian Life on the Left," by Peter Hunter and "A Communist Life: Jack Scott and the Canadian Workers Movement 1927-1985," by Jack Scott.
Keywords: COMMUNIST Life: Jack Scott & the Canadian Workers Movement 1927-1985; A (Book); HUNTER; Peter; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; Scott; Jack; WHICH Side Were You on Boys...Canadian Life on the Left (Book); books

La conciliation volontaire est-elle plus efficace que la conciliation obligatoire? Le cas du Québec - Ross, Claudette; Brossard, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
Le but de cet article est de comparer l'efficacité de la conciliation volontaire et de la conciliation obligatoire au Québec.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

La vie d'artiste. Le cinquantenaire de l'Union des Artistes - Rouillard, Jacques (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "La vie d'artiste. Le cinquantenaire de l'Union des Artistes," by Louis Caron.

Aspects dynamiques du marché du travail au Québec - Roy, Paul-Martel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
Utilisant les données d'une enquête spéciale de Statistique Canada, l'auteur examine d'abord la dynamique du marché du travail au Québec comparativement à celle du Canada et de l'Ontario. Il étudie ensuite la situation spécifique au Québec en se concentrant sur les travailleurs déplacés et recyclés.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Images of Appalachian Coalfields - Samson, Danny (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Images of Appalachian Coalfields," by Builder Levy.
Keywords: COALFIELDS; IMAGES of Appalachian Coalfields (Book); LEVY; Builder; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; books

Le harcèlement sexuel au travail: Résultats de deux études québécoises - Savoie, Dominique; Larouche, Viateur (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
Les auteurs présentent les données de deux études québécoises menées respectivement en 1983 et 1986 sur le harcèlement sexuel au travail. Les résultats sont présentés sous sept rubriques distinctes: 1) types de comportements harcelants; 2) caractéristiques de la personne harcelée; 3) caractéristiques du harceleur; 4) lien d'autorité (ou organisationnel) existant entre la personne harcelée et le harceleur; 5) réactions des personnes harcelées, des tiers et des harceleurs; 6) conséquences vécues par les personnes harcelées et les harceleurs et 7) caractéristiques des milieux du travail dans lesquels se trouvaient les personnes harcelées.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The Industrial Workers of the World and the Unemployed In Edmonton and Calgary in the Depression of 1913-1915 - Schulze, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The radicalism of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in the early 20th century placed it outside of the dominant, contemporary social ideology. At the same time, there were large numbers of unskilled, migrant, and largely immigrant workers employed in seasonal, labour-intensive industries, whose social and economic marginalization made them receptive to the IWW's radicalism, while the IWW was prepared for the radical step of attempting to organize them. This paper is a study of the IWW's efforts to organize the unemployed of Edmonton and Calgary during the depression of 1913-1915: most were transient and unskilled; many had just arrived from railway construction camps in the interior where the IWW had led massive strikes. The tactics used in the struggle included large demonstrations, the invasion of churches, and refusals to pay for restaurant meals. But the special nature of unemployment — which was caused by the economic system, threatened the men's integrity as workers, but was dealt with by the State — allows a careful examination of the practical effects of the IWW's ideology. Other Canadian cities saw protests by the unemployed, but only the IWW in Alberta asked for work at the best going rate for general labour, 30 cents an hour, and if they could not get that they demanded free food and accommodation. They tried to preserve the men's integrity as labourers, based on a belief that unemployment was not an inevitable experience to be passively endured, but a nefarious consequence of capitalism to be actively resisted. The IWW also fostered an inter-ethnic solidarity founded on a right to work, "regardless of race, color or nationality." However, the IWW's efforts also took place within very narrowly circumscribed limits: the workers they represented had little economic bargaining power and less still in a time of unemployment. when they were dependent on urban political authorities to whom most had no other connection. Their political force was only equal to their threat to public order and hungry men were no match for the police. Moreover, responsibility for their relief was thrust onto municipalities which could barely afford to care for the resident unemployed. In the end, the difficulty of achieving even short-term material gains must have discouraged most workers and doomed the organization to instability.
Keywords: Blue collar workers; CULTURAL movements; Canada; IDEOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL workers; Immigrants; POLITICAL doctrines; RADICAL sociology; Radicalism; Unemployed

Women, Work and the French State: Labour Protection and Social Patriarchy, 1879-1919 - Scott, Joan Wallach (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Women, Work and the French State: Labour Protection and Social Patriarchy, 1879-1919," by Mary Lynn Stewart.
Keywords: Nonfiction; REVIEWS; STEWART; Mary Lynn; WOMEN – Employment – Law & legislation; WOMEN; Work & the French State: Labour Protection & Social Patriarchy 1879-1919 (Book); books

The Canadian Pacific Railway and the Development of Western Canada, 1896-1914 - Seager, Allen (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "The Canadian Pacific Railway and the Development of Western Canada, 1896-1914," by John A. Eagle.
Keywords: CANADIAN Pacific Railway & the Development of Western Canada 1896-1914; The (Book); EAGLE; John A.; Nonfiction; RAILROADS & state; REVIEWS; books

New Technology International Perspectives on Human Resources and Industrial Relations - Serediak, Martin (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "New Technology International Perspectives on Human Resources and Industrial Relations." by Greg J. Bamber and Russell D. Lansbury.

The Master Spirit of the Age: Canadian Engineers and the Politics of Professionalism - Shore, Marlene (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book "The Master Spirit of the Age: Canadian Engineers and the Politics of Professionalism," by J. Rodney Millard.
Keywords: MASTER Spirit of the Age: Canadian Engineers & the Politics of Professionalism; The (Book); MILLARD; J. Rodney; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; books; professionalism

Use of Equal Opportunities Legislation and Earnings Differentials: A Comparative Study - Sloane, Peter J.; Jain, Harish C. (Industrial Relations Journal, 1990)
This article traces the number of legal cases concerning gender, race and other forms of discrimination in the US, Canada and Britain where there is now up to a quarter of a century's experience. Substantial differences in the extent to which the legislation is used across countries and by different groups within each country are revealed.

Innovation by Negotiation: Case Studies Among British White-Collar Unions - Smith, Anthony E. (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
On the basis of a series of case studies, it is suggested that the influence of white-collar local unionism is often considerable. These case studies were carried out in environments where unions might not have been expected to exercise significant influence on the introduction of new technologies. Three interrelated propositions can be advanced arising out of the evidence: 1. There has been a growing emphasis on consultation and information procedures over the past decade alongside existing bargaining and grievance procedures. 2. The uncertainty that many employers feel about what to do with microprocessor-based technology and the awareness that a positive attitude from the workforce is probably crucial if new equipment and new processes are to produce positive results have made consultation almost a necessity to get new systems off the ground successfully. 3. Union-employee influence on work reorganization, through both bargaining and consultative channels, has been limited in its character.
Keywords: Automation; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Disputes; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Settlement; Technological change; Unions; White collar workers

Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America - Smith, Geoffrey S. (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America," by John D'Emilio and Estelle B. Freedman.
Keywords: D'EMILIO; John; FREEDMAN; Estelle B.; HUMAN sexuality; INTIMATE Matters: A History of Sexuality in America (Book); Nonfiction; REVIEWS; books

Lady Inspectors: The Campaign for a Better Workplace, 1893-1921 - Strange, Carolyn (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Lady Inspectors: The Campaign for a Better Workplace, 1893-1921," by Mary Drake McFeely.
Keywords: LADY Inspectors: The Campaign for a Better Workplace 1893-1921 (Book); MCFEELY; Mary Drake; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; WOMEN – Employment; books

Private Sector Unions and Strategic Planning: A Research Agenda - Stratton, Kay; Reshef, Yonatan (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
Several environmental factors have been proposed to account for union decline in the US, some of which apply to Canada as well. An attempt is made to: 1. link a new union paradigm with a new union strategy by suggesting that unions should engage in strategic planning, 2. present union resources as important constructs in predicting a union's likelihood to engage in strategic planning, 3. propose relevant research hypotheses for analyzing the union resource-strategic planning relationship, and 4. ground the research hypotheses by offering an illustrative example focusing on the Communications Workers of America (CWA), Local 7800. Union leaders must begin to act as strategic planners outside the structure of corporate management if they are to move from a new paradigm to a new action orientation. As illustrated by the case of CWA Local 7800, the presence of certain elements seems necessary in order for strategic planning to occur.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Leadership; Private sector; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strategic planning; Unions

'We Always Had Things to Do': The Paid and Unpaid Work of Anglophone Children Between the 1920s and the 1960s - Sutherland, Neil (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
By the 1920s child labour and school attendance legislation had almost eliminated the full-time labour of those under fifteen. However, interview data show that both middle- and working-class Canadian children continued to do a great deal of work in their households. Many young boys and girls also worked at regular and irregular part-time paying jobs. The earnings of working-class children often stood between their families and real economic hardship, while those of middle-class youngsters reduced pressure on tight family budgets. In addition to its contribution to family economies, children's work played a considerable role in developing the gender identities of both girls and boys.
Keywords: BOURGEOIS ideologies; CANADIANS; English-speaking; CHILDREN; Canada; Child labor; Households; Labor; Middle class; Working class; Youth

Canadian Union Movement in the 1980s: Perspectives from Union Leaders - Swartz, Donald (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book "Canadian Union Movement in the 1980s: Perspectives From Union Leaders," edited by Pradeep Kumar and Dennis Ryan.
Keywords: CANADIAN Union Movement in the 1980s: Perspectives From Union Leaders (Book); KUMAR; Pradeep; Labor Unions; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; RYAN; Dennis; books

Gender Based Differences in Promotions of Clerical Workers - Swimmer, Gene (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
An attempt is made to empirically address the issue of whether promotions of female clerical employees are less likely when education and other qualifications are held constant. A model was developed for the probability of promotion. The data were drawn from a large public employer and covered the period of the early 1980s. Questionnaires were sent to all employees, with a 75% response rate. The questionnaires supplemented employer records. Results of the study demonstrated that female clerks were not treated in the same way as their male counterparts in regard to promotions to junior levels of management. The regressions predicted that, if females had been subject to the male criteria, their success in obtaining the promotions would have been almost double its actual value and higher than the actual success of males. The results also indicated a prima facie case of discrimination in promotion. The results were especially important since most discussion of affirmative action focuses on increasing the number of women in upper levels of management.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Clerical personnel; Employee promotions; Labor Unions; Office workers; Regression analysis; Sex discrimination; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Union-Management Relations in Canada - Swimmer, Gene (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
This article reviews the book, "Union-Management Relations in Canada," 2nd ed., by John C. Anderson, Morley Gunderson, and Allen Ponak.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Reproducing Families: The Political Economy of English Population History - Thompson, E.p. (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Reproducing Families: The Political Economy of English Population History," by David Levine.
Keywords: Economics; LEVINE; David; 1946-; Nonfiction; REPRODUCING Families: The Political Economy of English Population History (Book); REVIEWS; books

Are We Those Names? - Valverde, Mariana (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the books "Am I That Name?: Feminism and the Category of Women in History," by Denise Riley and "Gender and the Politics of History," by Joan Wallach Scott.
Keywords: AM I That Name? Feminism & the Category of Women in History (Book); GENDER & the Politics of History (Book); Nonfiction; REVIEWS; RILEY; Denise; SCOTT; Joan Wallach; books

Santé et sécurité du travail - Vinet, Alain (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "Santé et sécurité du travail," by Micheline Plasse.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Workers' Knowledge of Their Legal Rights and Resistance to Hazardous Work - Walters, Vivienne; Denton, Margaret (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
The paper presents data from a study of workers' knowledge, perceptions and actions regarding occupational health and safety. The correlates of workers' knowledge of health and safety legislation are analyzed, as well as the links between their knowledge and their resistance to hazardous work. The data suggest that workers who are most disadvantaged in the workplace are least likely to be aware of their rights. The correlates of action regarding health and safety are less clear, though knowledge of the legislation was related to resistance to hazardous work.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Laws & regulations; Occupational health & safety; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

L'entreprise à l'écoute - Weiss, Dimitri (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "L'entreprise à l'écoute," by Michel Crozier.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The New Unionism: Employee Involvement in the Changing Corporation - Wells, Donald M. (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "The New Unionism: Employee Involvement in the Changing Corporation," by Charles C. Heckscher.
Keywords: AMERICAN Rubber Workers & Organized Labor; 1900-1941 (Book); CENTRAL labor councils; NELSON; Daniel; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; books

The Commercial Fishery of the Canadian Great Lakes - West, John J. Van (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "The Commercial Fishery of the Canadian Great Lakes," by A. B. McCullough.
Keywords: COMMERCIAL Fishery of the Canadian Great Lakes; The (Book); Canada; Fisheries; MCCULLOUGH; A. B.; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; books

Planification des ressources humaines dans la fonction publique fédérale - Wils, Thierry; Bourgeois, Robert-Paul; Labelle, Christiane (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1990)
La planification des ressources humaines en tant que nouveau style de gestion des ressources humaines est en train d'émerger dans le secteur privé. La présente étude montre qu'elle commence également à apparaître dans le secteur public. À partir d'une enquête par entrevue (n = 11) et par questionnaire (n = 76), cette recherche indique que la planification des ressources humaines a fait son apparition dans certaines parties de la fonction publique fédérale.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History - Wylie, Robin (Labour / Le Travail, 1990)
The article reviews the book, "The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History," by Craig Heron.
Keywords: CANADIAN Labour Movement: A Short History; The (Book); HERON; Craig; Labor movement; Nonfiction; REVIEWS; books