Historicizing Precarity: A Labour Geography of ‘Transient’ Migrant Workers in Ontario Tobacco - Reid-Musson, E. (Geoforum, 2014)
So-called ‘transient workers’ from Quebec and Atlantic Canada made up a significant proportion of Ontario’s tobacco harvest workforce in the postwar era, though there is no existing research on this migrant population. Based on analysis of an unexamined archive, the article explores the relationship between seasonal transient workers, Ontario tobacco growers, and the federal Canadian government during the 1960s and 1970s. Migrants harnessed strategic forms of mobility or marketplace agency in precarious, unorganized and seasonal tobacco work. Further, the deepening of migrant precarity in Ontario agriculture can in part be traced back to this period of conflict between transients, tobacco growers and different levels of the Canadian government. Migrant precarity did not go uncontested among this population. Managed migration programs, still operational today, reflect the attempt to undermine migrants’ informal mobility agency. Transients travelled to find tobacco jobs with few constraints or pressures other than the compulsion to gain wages, using their relative freedom of mobility strategically, especially in public spaces, to disrupt local micro-hegemonies in tobacco areas. Government programs to manage farm labour migration were unveiled during this period in part to displace transients and solve a widely reported “transient problem” in tobacco.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0016718514001560
Keywords: Agriculture; Labour geography; Migrant farm workers; Mobility; Precarity; Tobacco

Conflits travail-famille et intention de quitter dans le domaine de la santé - Rhnima, Aziz; Wils, Thierry; Pousa, Claudio; Frigon, Mélanie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2014)
La conciliation entre la vie professionnelle et la vie de famille cristallise un défi majeur aussi bien pour les travailleurs, les organisations que pour la société. De nombreux changements et mutations survenus dans le marché du travail et dans la vie familiale participent de l’avènement de cette situation (c.-à-d. les exigences accrues au niveau de la charge de travail suite aux restructurations, les changements fréquents d’affectation, la nécessité d’accorder des soins particuliers à des membres de la famille, etc.). Plusieurs facteurs nocifs à la performance des entreprises découlent de cette situation dont, entre autres, la recrudescence actuelle des comportements de retrait, des intentions de quitter et du roulement volontaire des travailleurs. Ce contexte s’avère particulièrement préoccupant dans le secteur de la santé, notamment chez le personnel infirmier. L’objectif général de la présente recherche est d’étudier l’influence de différents conflits travail-famille à l’endroit de l’intention de quitter l’organisation au niveau du personnel infirmier. Deux modèles théoriques rivaux, soit le modèle du stress organisationnel et le modèle d’effets d’entraînement, prétendent expliquer l’influence des conflits travail-famille sur l’intention de quitter l’organisation. Le but de cette étude est de vérifier lequel de ces deux modèles théoriques explique le mieux l’influence de la conceptualisation multidimensionnelle de ce conflit (deux directions de ce conflit, soit travail→famille et famille→travail exprimées chacune en termes de temps, d’effort et de comportement) à l’endroit de l’intention de quitter. À partir d’un échantillon de 404 sujets provenant du personnel infirmier d’un centre hospitalier, l’analyse de régression hiérarchique montre que le modèle du stress organisationnel explique davantage l’intention de quitter l’organisation que le modèle d’effets d’entraînement. En outre, les résultats indiquent que ce sont les ingérences de la vie d’emploi, en termes de temps et surtout d’effort, qui intensifient l’intention de quitter. Des avenues de recherche et des implications managériales sont déduites à la lumière des résultats enregistrés.
Keywords: conflicto familia-trabajo; conflicto trabajo-familia; conflit famille-travail; conflit travail-famille; départs volontaires; family-work conflict; nurses; personal enfermero; personnel infirmier; rotación voluntaria; voluntary turnover; work-family conflict

Labor Confronts Austerity: An Introduction - Ross, Stephanie; Savage, Larry (Labor Studies Journal, 2014)
Given [the] hostile political and ideological climate in which, rightly or wrongly, unions are seen as defenders of sectional rather than the general interest, the question of new and effective political strategies and tactics to combat austerity is all the more urgent for the labor movement. It is within this context that contributors to this special issue of Labor Studies Journal and other labor educators from across North America presented their research at the United Association for Labor Education conference in Toronto in March 2013 as part of six panels focused on labor’s strategic response to austerity. Panelists represented a wide range of different approaches, produced rich and varied research aimed at clarifying some of the obstacles facing unions, and explored the various routes open to the labor movement in its efforts to confront austerity. –From Editors' Introduction

Negotiating Risk, Seeking Security, Eroding Solidarity: Life and Work on the Border - Santos, Madalena (Alternate Routes: A Journal of Critical Social Research, 2014)
The article reviews the book "Negotiating Risk, Seeking Security, Eroding Solidarity: Life and Work on the Border" by Holly Gibbs, Belinda Leach, and Charlotte A.B. Yates.

Nordic Lights: Work, Management and Welfare in Scandinavia - Sarfati, Hedva (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2014)
Nordic Lights: Work, Management and Welfare in Scandinavia, edited by Ake Sandberg, is reviewed.
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; Welfare; Work environment

Meet Joe Copper: Masculinity and Race on Montana's World War II Home Front - Scheidler, Natalie F. (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
This article reviews the book, "Meet Joe Copper: Masculinity and Race on Montana's World War II Home Front," by Matthew L. Basso.

Continental Crucible: Big Business, Workers and Unions in the Transformation of North America - Schenk, Christopher Robert (Global Labour Journal, 2014)
The article reviews the book, "Continental Crucible: Big Business, Workers and Unions in the Transformation of North America," by Richard Roman and Edur Velasco Arregui.

Holding the Shop Together: German Industrial Relations in the Postwar Era - Schmidt, Ingo (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
This article reviews the book, "Holding the Shop Together: German Industrial Relations in the Postwar Era," by Stephen J. Silvia.

Pathways to the Iron Hand in the Velvet Glove: Historical Underpinnings of the Ontario Human Rights Commission as Law Enforcer Adjudicating Human Rights in the Workplace: After Ontario's Pinto Report, Where Do We Go Next - Schucher, Karen (Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal, 2014)
In 2006 Ontario undertook major reforms to its human rights enforcement regime, eliminating the human rights commission's "gatekeeper" function and introducing a "direct access" modelfor the adjudication of complaints. Drawing on extensive primary research, this paper explores the historical antecedents to current debates about the appropriate model for human rights enforcement, by describing and analyzing four themes associated with the enactment of Ontario's 'fair practices" statutes in the 1950s - predecessors of the present-day Human Rights Code. As the author explains, those statutes prohibited particular types of discrimination based on race, religion, nationality and other grounds, and were enforced through an administrative process that was intended to have a remedial rather than punitive focus. The first theme relates to a tension in the arguments advanced by the social activists who campaigned for fair prac- tices: those arguments had both a "negative" aspect, which highlighted the harm caused by discrimination and the immorality of discriminatory conduct, and a "positive" aspect, which emphasized the importance of creating equal opportunity. The second theme is the idea of the public responsibility of both governments and citizens to act against discrimination. The third theme con- cerns the views expressed by fair practices activists on the role to be played by law's coercive power, particularly the distinction they drew between prejudice and discrimination, and the emphasis they placed on conciliation as opposed to adjudication in the enforcement process. The fourth and final theme arises from the actual experience of using fair practices legislation to achieve social change. In the author's view, each of those themes raises ongoing questions about the enforcement of human rights statutes, and more generally about the potential of law as an instrument in the struggle against inequality.

A Scholar of Canada: A Tribute to Robert H. Babcock - See, Scott W. (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
The article pays homage to the life and work of US historian Robert H. Babcock (1931-2014), a Canadian studies specialist who was known especially for his book, "Gompers in Canada."
Keywords: BABCOCK; Robert H.; Historians

Border as Method: Or, the Multiplication of Labor - Sharma, Nandita (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
This article reviews the book, "Border as Method: Or, the Multiplication of Labor," by Sandro Mezzadra and Brett Neilson.

Everybody's Business: Human Rights Enforcement and the Union's Duty to Accomodate Adjudicating Human Rights in the Workplace: After Ontario's Pinto Report, Where Do We Go Next - Shilton, Elizabeth (Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal, 2014)
In this paper, the author argues that by imposing a duty to accommodate on unions in the Renaud case, the Supreme Court of Canada intended primarily to encourage unions to cooperate with employer efforts to accommodate, and did not seek to make unions co-liable for all discrimination embedded in collect- ive agreements. The Court's decision was ambiguous, however, and subsequent tribunals and courts have distorted its original intent by imposing joint (and sometimes sole) liability on unions for discrimination in situations in which they had no meaningful control over bargaining outcomes or no independent abil- ity to accommodate the claimant, or in which unions' representative role was not properly considered. Unions have largely avoided Renaud-based liability because, in the decades since that decision, workplace human rights claims have increasingly been dealt with through grievance arbitration (where unions are not vulnerable to co-liability claims) rather than before human rights tribunals. The author sees this as a generally positive development which permits human rights claims to be integrated with collective agreement claims and places pri- mary accountability for workplace discrimination on employers, who are best placed to remedy the discrimination. She acknowledges, however, that dealing with workplace discrimination at arbitration could create conflicts of interest, which may require reconsideration of some aspects of current procedure. She concludes that Renaud has largely done the job the Supreme Court intended, although it has done so by influencing union behaviour in arbitration rather than by making unions directly accountable for compliance with statutory human rights norms. She expresses continuing concern about Renaud's ambiguities and calls on the Supreme Court to clarify Renaud's message in light of modern conceptions of the duty to accommodate and the realities of workplace power distribution.

The War and its Shadow: Spain's Civil War in Europe's Long Twentieth Century - Shubert, Adrian (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
This article reviews the book, "The War and its Shadow: Spain's Civil War in Europe's Long Twentieth Century," by Helen Graham.

Les Salariés de l'incertitude. Solidarité, reconnaissance et équilibre de vie au travail - Sibaud, Laetitia (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2014)
Les Salariés de l'incertitude. Solidarité, reconnaissance et équilibre de vie au travail, by Diane Bellemare, is reviewed.
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

"We didn't want to totally break the law": Industrial Legality, the Pepsi Strike, and Workers' Collective Rights in Canada - Smith, Charles W. (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
Canada’s system of industrial legality has routinely limited the collective abilities of workers to strike. Under the conditions of neoliberal globalization, those limitations have intensified. Yet, in 1997, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, waged a successful strike against Pepsi-Cola Canada. In addition to defeating the company, the union also expanded workers’ collective rights through a successful constitutional challenge to restrictive common-law rules limiting secondary picketing. This paper examines the history of that strike, exploring the multifaceted strategies that the workers undertook to challenge the company, the state, and the existing law. It argues that workers were successful because they utilized tactics of civil disobedience to defend their abilities to picket. Recognizing that success, the paper is also critical of the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision and its evolution of common-law torts to limit workers’ collective action. The paper concludes by arguing that the Pepsi conflict highlights the importance of civil disobedience in building workers’ movements while emphasizing the inherent limitations of constitutional challenges to further workers’ collective freedoms in Canada.
Keywords: BEVERAGE industry – Employees – Labor unions; Canada; Industrial relations; LABOR laws & legislation; Labor movement; PEPSICO Inc.; Picketing; STRIKEBREAKERS; STRIKES & lockouts – History

An "Entirely Different" Kind of Union: The Service, Office, and Retail Workers' Union of Canada (SORWUC), 1972-1986 - Smith, Julia (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
In this article, I examine the Service, Office, and Retail Workers’ Union of Canada (SORWUC), an independent, grassroots, socialist-feminist union that organized workers in unorganized industries in Canada in the 1970s and 1980s. I look at SORWUC’s role in Canadian labour history in general, and its efforts to organize workers in the service industry in particular. My central thesis is that SORWUC’s socialist-feminist unionism and commitment to organizing unorganized workers positioned the union as radically different from the mainstream labour movement. This difference both helped and hindered the union. Specifically, SORWUC’s experiences organizing workers at Bimini pub and Muckamuck restaurant in British Columbia demonstrate that although its alternative structure and strategies aided organizing and strike efforts, these factors made little difference in the union’s dealings with the labour relations boards and the courts: in both cases, the action or inaction of the state ultimately determined the outcome. Although SORWUC no longer exists, it remains an important historical example of how workers in Canada have been and can be organized. SORWUC thus offers important lessons about service worker organizing, alternative forms of unionization, and the powerful role of the state in labour relations in the postwar period.
Keywords: BARS (Drinking establishments) – Employees; BRITISH Columbia – Politics & government – 20th century; Canada; Feminism; History; Industrial relations; Labor Unions; RESTAURANT employees – Labor unions; SERVICE industries workers – Labor unions; STRIKES & lockouts – Restaurants

Examining the Relationship Between Chronic Conditions, Multi-Morbidity and Labour Market Participation in Canada: 2000–2005 - Smith, Peter; Chen, Cynthia; Mustard, Cameron; Bielecky, Amber; Beaton, Dorcas; Ibrahim, Selahadin (Ageing and Society, 2014)
Relatively little attention has been paid to understanding and addressing the potential health-related barriers faced by older workers to stay at work. Using three representative samples from the Canadian Community Health Survey, we examined the relationship between seven physical chronic conditions and labour market participation in Canada between 2000 and 2005. We found that all conditions were associated with an increased probability of not being able to work due to health reasons. In our adjusted models, heart disease was associated with the greatest probability of not working due to health reasons. Arthritis was associated with the largest population attributable fraction. Other variables associated with not being able to work due to health reasons included older age, female gender and lower educational attainment. We also found particular combinations of chronic conditions (heart disease and diabetes; and arthritis and back pain) were associated with a greater risk than the separate effects of each condition independently. The results of this study demonstrate that chronic conditions are associated with labour market participation limitations to differing extents. Strategies to keep older workers in the labour market in Canada will need to address barriers to staying at work that result from the presence of chronic conditions, and particular combinations of conditions.
Keywords: arthritis; chronic conditions; epidemiology; heart disease; labour market participation

An Environmental History of Canada - Sowards, Adam M. (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
The article reviews the book, "An Environmental History of Canada," by Laurel Sefton MacDowell.
Keywords: Canada; ENVIRONMENTAL History of Canada; An (Book); History; Human ecology; MACDOWELL; Laurel Sefton; Nonfiction

Connecting Canadians and Others - Spencer, David R. (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
The article reviews and comments on the books, "Connecting Canadians: Investigations in Community Informatics," edited by Andrew Clement, Michael Gurstein, Graham Longford, Marita Moll, and Leslie Regan Shade; "Alternative Media in Canada," edited by Kirsten Kozolanka, Patricia Mazepa, and David Skinner; "Public Engagement and Emerging Technologies," edited by Kieran O’Doherty and Edna Einsiedel; and "Networks Of Outrage and Hope: Social Movements in the Internet Age," by Manuel Castells.
Keywords: CASTELLS; Manuel; 1942-; CLEMENT; Andrew; CONNECTING Canadians: Investigations in Community Informatics (Book); EINSIEDEL; Edna; GURSTEIN; Michael; LONGFORD; Graham; MOLL; Marita; NETWORKS of Outrage & Hope: Social Movements in the Internet Age (Book); Nonfiction; O'DOHERTY; Kieran; PUBLIC Engagement & Emerging Technologies (Book); SHADE; Leslie Regan

Articuler emploi et famille : le rôle du soutien organisationnel au coeur de trois professions - St-Onge, Sylvie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2014)
Book review of: Articuler emploi et famille : le rôle du soutien organisationnel au coeur de trois professions by Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay.
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

Climate@Work - Stevis, Dimitris (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
This article reviews the book, "Climate@Work," edited by Carla Lipsig-Mummé.

Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life - Storey, Kenton (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
This article reviews the book, "Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life," by James Daschuk.

Limiting Identities: The Conservative Attack on History and Feminist Claims for Equality - Strong-Boag, Veronica (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
Critiques the Conservative Party's attack on evidence-based research and the teaching of Canadian history as part of a broader, neoliberal assault on equality, including feminism, environmental protection, and minority rights.
Keywords: CANADA – Politics & government – 1980-; CIVIL society; CONSERVATIVE Party of Canada (2003- ); Canada; Conservatism; FEMINISM & history; Historiography; Patriarchy

Health, Sustalnabllity, Food Sovereignty and the Future of Food and Farming: Critical Issues In Food Studies - Sumner, Jennifer (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
The article reviews and comments on the books, "Foodopoly: The Battle over the Future of Food and Farming in America," by Wenonah Hauter; "Health and Sustainability in the Canadian Food System: Advocacy and Opportunity for Civil Society," edited by Rod MacRae and Elisabeth Abergel; and "Food Sovereignty in Canada: Creating Just and Sustainable Food Systems," edited by Hannah Wittman, Annette Aurélie Desmarais, and Nettie Wiebe.
Keywords: ABERGEL; Elisabeth; DESMARAIS; Annette Aurelie; FOOD Sovereignty in Canada: Creating Just & Sustainable Food Systems (Book); FOODOPOLY: The Battle Over the Future of Food & Farming in America (Book); HAUTER; Wenonah; HEALTH & Sustainability in the Canadian Food System: Advocacy & Opportunity for Civil Society (Book); MACRAE; Rod; Nonfiction; WIEBE; Nettie; WITTMAN; Hannah

Labour Rights and Union Strategies - Swartz, Donald (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2014)
"Constitutional Labour Rights in Canada: Farm Workers and the Fraser Case," by Fay Faraday, Judy Fudge and Eric Tucker, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Farmworkers; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Supreme Court decisions

American Anarchism - Tomchuk, Travis (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
This article reviews the book, "American Anarchism," by Steve J. Shone.

Shall Wagnerism Have No Dominion? - Tucker, Eric (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2014)
The Wagner Act Model has formed the basis of Canada's collective bargaining regime since World War II but has come under intense scrutiny in recent years because of legislative weakening of collective bargaining rights, constitutional litigation defending collective bargaining rights and declining union density. This article examines and assesses these developments, arguing that legislatively we have not witnessed a wholesale attack on Wagnerism, but rather a selective weakening of some of its elements. In the courts, it briefly appeared as if the judiciary might constitutionalize meaningful labour rights and impede the erosion of Wagnerism, but recent judicial case law suggests the prospects for this outcome are fading. While the political defence of Wagnerism may be necessary when the alternatives to it are likely worse, holding on to what we've got will not reverse the long-term decline in union density. The article concludes that at present there are no legal solutions to the labour movement's problems and that innovative efforts to represent workers' collective interests outside of formal collective bargaining provide a more promising alternative.

Union Voices: Tactics and Tensions in UK Organizing by Melanie Simms, Jane Holgate, and Edmund Heery - Tufts, Steven (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
This article reviews the book, "Union Voices: Tactics and Tensions in UK Organizing," by Melanie Simms, Jane Holgate, and Edmund Heery.

Populist Unionism Confronts Austerity in Canada - Tufts, Steven; Thomas, Mark P. (Labor Studies Journal, 2014)
The 2008 financial crisis continues to have profound implications for workers worldwide, as governments have embarked on “austerity” programs and employers have confronted organized labor with concessionary demands, placing unions on the defensive. At the same time, populist movements have arisen across North America and Europe as increasing numbers of people grow disenchanted with government action and corporate incompetence. We examine the interplay among what we characterize as “uneven austerity,” union strategic capacities, and rising populism. At the intersection of these processes, we see elements of “populist unionism” as the labor movement confronts both austerity and declining union power. The article develops this concept through an examination of organized labor’s engagement with the Occupy movement in Toronto, Ontario, and the growth of the Christian Labour Association of Canada.
Keywords: Austerity; Canada; Christian Labour Association of Canada; Occupy; austerity; labor movements; populism

Canada and the Human Rights Framework: Historiographical Trends - Tunnicliffe, Jennifer (History Compass, 2014)
This article examines trends in Canadian human rights history, with a focus on three major themes that have guided the scholarship: challenges to the characterization of Canada as a historically tolerant nation; a study of how, when, and through what mechanisms human rights became an important project for Canadians; and a critical assessment of the historical effectiveness of the human rights movement in promoting equality within Canadian society. In assessing where this vibrant and growing field of study could expand in the future, the article also contextualizes the Canadian historiography in the international literature on the development of the global human rights framework.

Social Conflicts in the Portuguese Revolution, 1974-1975 - Varela, Raquel; Alcântara, Joana (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
The Portuguese Revolution , the process popularly known as the "Carnation Revolution” that lasted from 25 April 1974 to 25 November 1975, took place against a backdrop of military humiliation in defeat by peasant guerilla movements in the Portuguese colonies of Guinea-Bissau, Angola and Mozambique. However, an analysis of four distinct types of social conflicts - strikes; demonstrations; occupations of factories, other workplaces, and public services; and occupations of vacant houses - suggests that class struggle within Portugal was the essential dynamic of the Revolution. Revolution came to Portugal through an active workers’ movement against fascism within the context of a global economic crisis. Working people had decided it was time for democratic change.
Keywords: 20th century; DEMONSTRATIONS (Collective behavior); FASCISM; History; LABOR movement – History; POLAND; POLITICAL purges; PORTUGAL; REVOLUTION; 1974; STRIKES & lockouts; Social conflict; WORKING class – Political activity

Les images et le cinéma observés sous l'angle du travail - Véronneau, Pierre (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
The article reviews and comments on the books, "Images du travail, travail des images" edited by Jean-Paul Géhin et Hélène Stevens, and "Le travail, entre droit et cinéma," edited by Magalie Flores-Lonjou.
Keywords: FLORES-Lonjou; Magalie; GEHIN; Jean-Paul; IMAGES du travail; travail des images (Book); LE travail; entre droit et cinema (Book); MOTION picture industry – Law & legislation; Nonfiction; STEVENS; Helene; WORK in motion pictures

Eyes on Labor: News Photography and America's Working Class - Vettel-Becker, Patricia (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
This article reviews the book, "Eyes on Labor: News Photography and America's Working Class," by Carol Quirke.

Living and Working Precariously with an Episodic Disability: Barriers in the Canadian Context - Vick, Andrea (Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 2014)
The organization of contemporary labour markets has radically altered the nature of work and its embodied or bodily performance. Changes from standard, permanent jobs to non-standard or precarious work arrangements have increasingly become the normative template for many workers, including persons with disabilities. Drawing on findings from 13 qualitative interviews associated with ‘Project EDGE,’ Episodic Disabilities in the Global Economy, I describe how Canadian workers with “episodic” or fluctuating disabilities experience and negotiate barriers to work within precarious work environments in Toronto, Ontario. Implications that consider the episodic dimension of disability for workforce participation and employment policy are considered.
Keywords: Accommodation; Barriers; Discrimination; Episodic Disability; Precarious Employment; Recommendations

Learning in Struggle: Argentina's New Worker Cooperatives as Transformative Learning Organizations - Vieta, Marcelo (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2014)
This article delves into the nexus between workers' conversions of troubled firms in Argentina into worker cooperatives (empreseas recuperadas por sus trabajadores, or ERTs), the processes of learning new cooperative skills and values through struggle, and the subsequent transformations of communities. To do so, the study deploys research findings from workplace ethnographies and in-depth interviews at four ERT case studies. The article shows how transformations of employees to self-managed workers; troubled firms into worker cooperatives; and the social, cultural, and economic revitalization of communities catalyzed by ERTs are rooted simultaneously in inter-cooperative and intra-cooperative informal learning dynamics. A theoretical framework combining class-struggle analysis and workplace and social action learning approaches helps clarify how this informal "learning in struggle" ultimately makes ERTs transformative learning organizations for workers, organizations, and communities.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Models; Organizational learning; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Work environment; Workers

Tenuously Unionised: Temporary Migrant Workers and the Limits of Formal Mechanisms Designed to Promote Collective Bargaining in British Columbia - Vosko, Leah F. (Industrial Law Journal, 2014)
Temporary migrant work is a central feature of labour markets in many host states, and an increasing cause of concern for its potential impacts on workers’ rights and protections. In Canada, as elsewhere, policymakers utilise it as a regulatory device to lower labour standards. In this context, workers labouring transnationally are turning to unions for assistance. Yet they are confronting obstacles to securing access to their labour rights through representation. This article analyses one example involving a group of temporary migrant agricultural workers engaged seasonally on a British Columbian (BC) farm under Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) seeking union representation. It considers the question, confronting courts and tribunals in host states across the OECD, of meaningful access to collective bargaining for temporary migrant workers. Focussing on how the BC Labour Relations Board determines an appropriate bargaining unit, the inquiry demonstrates that temporary migrant workers are ill-served by mechanisms aimed at promoting collective bargaining. Although the union involved in the case secured a certification, the outcome was tenuous unionisation. The resulting collective agreement contained provisions augmenting workers’ job security by facilitating their circular movement between the sending and host state. However, the structure of the SAWP, which reinforces workers’ deportability, together with the limits of the prevailing regime of collective bargaining in BC, modelled on the US Wagner Act, contributed to a certification that was weakly institutionalised and underscored labour law’s subsidiarity to legal frameworks governing work across borders.

Confronting the Employment Standards Enforcement Gap: Exploring the Potential for Union Engagement with Employment Law in Ontario, Canada - Vosko, Leah F.; Thomas, Mark P. (Journal of Industrial Relations, 2014)
Employment standards (ES) are legislated standards that set minimum terms and conditions of employment in areas such as wages, working time, vacations and leaves, and termination and severance. In Canada, the majority of workers rely on ES for basic regulatory protection; however, a significant ‘enforcement gap’ exists. In the province of Ontario, this enforcement gap has been exacerbated in recent years due to the deregulation of ES through inadequate funding, workplace restructuring, legislative reforms that place greater emphasis on individualized complaints processes and voluntary compliance, and a formal separation of unions from ES enforcement. The implications of these developments are that, increasingly, those in precarious jobs, many of whom lack union representation, are left with insufficient regulatory protection from employer non-compliance, further heightening their insecurity. Taking the province of Ontario as our focus, in this article we critically examine alternative proposals for ES enforcement, placing our attention on those that enhance the involvement of unions in addressing ES violations. Through this analysis, we suggest that augmenting unions’ supportive roles in ES enforcement holds the potential to enhance unions’ regulatory function and offers a possible means to support the ongoing efforts of other workers’ organizations to improve employer compliance with ES.
Keywords: Canada; Unions; employment standards; enforcement; non-unionized workers’ organizations

"A Seemingly Incongruous Alliance": Trotskylsts and Teamsters in 1934 - Wald, Alan (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
The article reviews and comments extensively on the book, "Revolutionary Teamsters: The Minneapolis Teamsters Strikes of 1934," by Bryan D. Palmer.
Keywords: History; INTERNATIONAL Brotherhood of Teamsters; MINNEAPOLIS (Minn.); Nonfiction; PALMER; Bryan D.; REVOLUTIONARY Teamsters: The Minneapolis Truckers' Strikes of 1934 (Book)

Having It All: Women, Work, Family, and the Academic Career - Ward, Kelly (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
The article reviews and comments on the books, "Academic Motherhood in a Post-Second Wave Context: Challenges, Strategies, and Possibilities," edited by D. Lynn O’Brien Hallstein and Andrea O’Reilly; and "Academic Careers and the Gender Gap," by Maureen Baker.
Keywords: ACADEMIC Careers & the Gender Gap (Book); ACADEMIC Motherhood in a Post-Second Wave Context: Challenges; Strategies & Possibilities (Book); BAKER; Maureen; HALLSTEIN; D. Lynn O'Brien; Nonfiction; O'REILLY; Andrea

The Conservative Assault on Parliamentary Government - Weinstock, Daniel (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
Argues that Prime Minister Stephen Harper's exercise of political power falls outside of parliamentary and constitutional norms, such as the repeated use of omnibus bills, prerogation of Parliament, and closure of debates.
Keywords: CANADA – Politics & government – 1980-; CANADA. Parliament; CHECKS & balances (Political science); CONSERVATIVE Party of Canada (2003- ); HARPER; Stephen; 1959-; POWER (Social sciences); TRADITION (Philosophy)

Sustaining Precarious Transnational Families: The Significance of Remittances from Canada's Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program - Wells, Don; McLaughlin, Janet; Lyn, André; Díaz Mendiburo, Aaraón (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2014)
Accelerating flows of remittances are dwarfing global development aid. This study deepens our understanding of remittance impacts on the families of workers who come to Canada annually for several months under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP). Interviews with SAWP workers, their spouses, adult children and teachers in Mexico deepen our understanding of the impacts of these remittances. They demonstrate that the remittances are often literally a lifeline to transnational family survival, allowing them to pay for basic needs such as shelter, food, and medical care. Yet, at the same time, the remittances do not allow most of these workers and their families to escape deep poverty and significant precarity, including new forms of precarity generated by the SAWP. Instead, SAWP remittances help reduce poverty, at least temporarily, to more moderate levels while precarious poverty expands through global neoliberal underdevelopment.

Harper's History: Does the Right Hand Know What the Other Right Hand is Doing? - Whitaker, Reginald (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
Argues that there is an underlying narrative incoherence in the Conservative government of Stephen Harper's use of history for partisan ends. Examines the government's reaction to traditional liberal interpretations of Canadian history and national identity.
Keywords: CANADA – Politics & government – 1980-; CONSERVATIVE Party of Canada (2003- ); Canada; HARPER; Stephen; 1959-; HISTORY & politics; Historiography; History; NATIONAL characteristics; Canadian; QUEBEC (Province) – Politics & government – 1960-; United States; WAR of 1812

Detroit's Cold War: The Origins of Postwar Conservatism - Wigderson, Seth (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
This article reviews the book, "Detroit's Cold War: The Origins of Postwar Conservatism," by Colleen Doody.

Revisiting the Career Anchor Model: A Proposition and an Empirical Investigation of a New Model of Career Value Structure - Wils, Thierry; Wils, Laura; Tremblay, Michel (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2014)
In contrast with Schein's theory, which presumes a single dominant career anchor, this study proposes an original model based on a career value structure that could explain why some individuals have several dominant career anchors. Career values, which are organized according a circular logic, are grouped into four large clusters of values which are opposed by pairs: bureaucratic self-concept opposed to the protean self-concept and careerist self-concept opposed to social self-concept. Using a new career value inventory, the model was tested on a sample of 240 employees and 155 managers in a health care organization. Construct validity was demonstrated by linking career values with career anchors, proactivity and collectivism. For instance, of the four career self-concepts, only the careerist self-concept is significantly related to the managerial competence.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Careers; Cluster analysis; Collectivism; Employees; Health care industry; Labor Unions; Studies

Anthracite Labor Wars: Tenancy, Italians, and Organized Crime in the Northern Coalfield of Northeastern Pennsylvania 1897-1959 - Witwer, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
This article reviews the book, "Anthracite Labor Wars: Tenancy, Italians, and Organized Crime in the Northern Coalfield of Northeastern Pennsylvania 1897-1959," by Robert P. Wolensky and William A. Hastie, Sr.

Languages of the Unheard: Why Militant Protest is Good - Wood, Lesley (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
This article reviews the book, "Languages of the Unheard: Why Militant Protest is Good," by Stephen D'Arcy.

Implementing the New Ontario Human Rights Code: A Tribunal Perspective Adjudicating Human Rights in the Workplace: After Ontario's Pinto Report, Where Do We Go Next - Wright, David A. (Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal, 2014)
Since the 2008 revisions to the Ontario Human Rights Code, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) has been responsible for providing fair, accessible, effective and timely resolution of human rights complaints. The author, formerly vice-chair of the HRTO, reviews the implementation and oper- ation of that system over its first five years, highlighting key challenges and the HRTO's responses to them. The author describes the principal stages of the current HRTO process, including applications and responses, mediation, and the hearing on the merits. He also outlines the ongoing restructuring of Ontario's administrative justice system into clusters, the development of a sum- mary hearings procedure, the use of litigation guardians, and efforts to control misuse of the system by vexatious litigants. In his view, the figures to date show progress in the areas of access to justice and efficient caseload management, but much remains to be done. Budget pressures make it difficult to fund such resource-heavy initiatives as active review of files, early case management, and the refining of the HRTO's processes to make them more accessible to appli- cants. The experience of the HRTO since 2008 can offer significant guidance in the design offuture direct access systems in human rights and other areas of administrative justice.

Howard Zinn, The People's Historian - Wright, Donald (Labour / Le Travail, 2014)
The article reviews and comments on the books, "Howard Zinn: A Life on the Left," by Martin Duberman; "The Indispensable Zinn: The Essential Writings of the 'People’s Historian'" by edited by Timothy McCarthy; and"Agitation with a Smile: Howard Zinn’s Legacies and the Future of Activism," edited by Stephen Bird, Adam Silver, and Joshua C. Yesnowitz.
Keywords: AGITATION With a Smile: Howard Zinn's Legacies & the Future of Activism (Book); BIRD; Stephen; DUBERMAN; Martin B.; 1930-; HOWARD Zinn: A Life on the Left (Book); INDISPENSABLE Zinn: The Essential Writings of the People's Historian; The (Book); MCCARTHY; Timothy; Nonfiction; SILVER; Adam; YESNOWITZ; Joshua C.

Organizational Contexts for Union Renewal - Yu, Kyoung-Hee (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2014)
There is both a lack of theoretical development as well as detailed empirical evidence on the organizational contexts that foster union renewal. Scholars have argued that the integration of social identities into unions and sustained 'lay' participation are key to renewal. This article seeks to identify organizational structures and processes that contribute to incorporating immigrant identities and fostering democratic participation in unions. Empirical analysis is based on ethnographic observations conducted in four local branches within the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) of the USA that underwent the Justice for Janitors campaign. The approach taken treats union renewal as a complex and non-linear process unfolding over time – in each city, the campaign entered the complex social structures of local unions, disrupting old processes and structures, and creating new ones. Despite the fact that all four local unions experienced external revitalization owing to the campaign, internal renewal was most successful in Los Angeles, least in Washington DC, and somewhat successful in Boston and Houston. The findings demonstrate the difficulty of achieving transformative change in unions, yet point to key organizational elements that may help achieve it.
Keywords: Aliens; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Organizational structure; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social activism; Studies

In the Name of Liberalism: Pierre Trudeau, Organized Labour, and the Canadian Social Democratic Left, 1949-1959 - Aivalis, Christo (Canadian Historical Review, 2013)
This article examines Pierre Elliott Trudeau's relationship with labour and social democratic organizations, 1949-1959. Using historiographic works, reflections from contemporary historical figures, and Trudeau's archival fonds, this essay demonstrates that his connections to labour and the left were motivated by his desire to enrich liberal democracy in both Quebec and Canada. Supporting labour unions and the provincial/federal Cooperative Commonwealth Federation during the early 1950s was imperative, as labour was a force for change and democratic renewal, and the CCF was the party with the strongest commitment to popular democracy, especially when contrasted with a Liberal Party and Union Nationale, which were dominated by regressive and financial interests. Using various theoretical approaches, including Ian McKay's Liberal Order Framework and Antonio Gramsci's concept of "trasformismo," I seek to show how Trudeau's leftist forays were informed by the desire to transform liberalism and capitalism in such a way that maintained their essences while inoculating them from their core flaws. This process of liberal transformation and hegemony is further emphasized in the later stages of the 1950s, as Trudeau began to reject social democratic and labour parties, arguing that they put their goals aside and join forces with liberals to fight for democracy first.
Keywords: Antonio Gramsci; Capitalism; Cooperative Commonwealth Federation; DEMOCRACY – Canada; LABOR unions – Canada – History; Liberal Order Framework; Liberalism; Pierre Elliott Trudeau; Quebec labour; SOCIAL democracy; TRUDEAU; Pierre Elliott; 1919-2000; ordre libéral; syndicalisme québécois

The Limits of Voice: Are Workers Afraid to Express Their Health and Safety Rights? - Lewchuk, Wayne (Osgoode Hall Law Journal, 2013)
This article reconsiders the shift in Canada from an exclusively government-regulated occupational health and safety system to the Internal Responsibility System (IRS). The IRS gives workers rights, or “voice,” to manage, know about, and refuse unsafe working conditions. I present new evidence that worker voice and the IRS have weakened with the decline of unions and the rise of precarious employment. Survey data are analyzed from Ontario workers who rated the likelihood that raising a health and safety concern with their current employer would negatively affect their future employment. My analysis models how workers’ sex, race, unionization, sector, and degree of employment precarity affect their probability of exercising voice. Results of a logistic regression suggest the most precariously employed are the least likely to use voice. Consequently, I argue that the IRS should be supplemented with more external oversight in sectors where employment is most insecure.
Keywords: Industrial hygiene; Internal Responsibility system; Ministry of Labour; Ontario

Problematizing Labour's Agency: Rescaling Collective Bargaining in British Columbia Pulp and Paper Mills - Sweeney, Brendan; Holmes, John (Antipode, 2013)
This paper focuses on the contradictory nature and sometimes unintended consequences of workers' efforts to defend particular communities against the ravages of capital restructuring. In the past decade, pattern collective bargaining in the highly unionized British Columbia pulp and paper industry has faced enormous strains due to intense industry restructuring. Our analysis focuses on the repercussions of actions taken by union locals in two British Columbia towns-Port Alice and Port Alberni-to try to secure the survival of their pulp and paper mills and, even in the case of Port Alice, the continued existence of the community. Our analysis resonates with recent debates surrounding worker agency as well as writing in the 1980s which addressed the often contradictory and problematic nature of workers' struggles to 'defend place'; writing largely neglected in more recent work in labour geography.
Keywords: British Columbia; CORPORATE reorganizations – Canada; Canada; Collective bargaining; LABOR unions – Canada; Labour geography; PAPER industry – British Columbia; PORT Alberni (B.C.); PORT Alice (B.C.); pulp and paper; scale

Abstracts, Volume 71 (Spring/Printemps 2013) (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
English/French abstracts of articles in the Spring 2013 issue.

Abstracts, Volume 72 (Fall/Automne 2013) (Labour/Le Travail, 2013)
English/French abstracts of articles in the Fall 2013 issue.

Index — Volume 68 — 2013 (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Liste des appréciateurs – 2013 – List of Referees (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

La vie professionnelle : âge, expérience et santé à l'épreuve des conditions de travail - Abouaissa, Siham (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
La vie professionnelle : âge, expérience et santé à l’épreuve des conditions de travail, edited by Anne-Françoise Molinié, Corinne Gaudart and Valérie Pueyo, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

From Braceros to Pineros: Labour, Migration, and Changing Geographic and Social Landscapes in the United States - Acosta, Aidé (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews and comments on the books "They Saved the Crops: Labor, Landscape, and the Struggle Over Industrial Farming in Bracero-Era California," by Don Mitchell, "Braceros: Migrant Citizens and Transnational Subjects in the Postwar United States and Mexico," by Deborah Cohen, and "Pineros: Latino Labour and the Changing Face of Forestry in the Pacific Northwest," by Brinda Sarathy.
Keywords: BRACEROS: Migrant Citizens & Transnational Subjects in the Postwar United States & Mexico (Book); COHEN; Deborah; MITCHELL; Don; Nonfiction; PINEROS: Latino Labour & the Changing Face of Forestry in the Pacific Northwest (Book); SARATHY; Brinda; THEY Saved the Crops: Labor; Landscape & the Struggle Over Industrial Farming in Bracero-Era California (Book)

L’action syndicale à l’international vue du Sud : du global au local ou du local au global? - Adanhounme, Armel; Lévesque, Christian (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
Ce texte propose une relecture du débat sur l’action syndicale à l’international entre la construction de coalitions globales et le développement de réseaux locaux. Il se base sur le récit des représentants syndicaux du secteur minier au Ghana et au Mexique. Les stratégies syndicales sont saisies sous les trois dimensions analytiques que sont les espaces de l’action syndicale à l’international, les modes d’interaction et le cadre de référence. L’objectif de l’article vise à comprendre comment les syndicats nationaux naviguent entre le local et le global, et les facteurs qui les poussent et les attirent vers les espaces transnationaux.Alors que les deux syndicats sont engagés dans un processus de renouvellement de leur action, leur stratégie transnationale diffère : les Ghanéens sont engagés dans le développement de nouvelles aptitudes et de nouveaux savoir-faire et les Mexicains dans la construction des coalitions. Ces constats suggèrent que l’action syndicale à l’international est fonction des contingences nationales. Primo, le syndicat ghanéen intervient surtout au niveau continental africain et privilégie le développement des compétences locales et nationales. De son côté, le syndicat mexicain est présent aussi bien au niveau continental nord-américain que transnational, notamment dans des campagnes de solidarité. Secundo, les Ghanéens entretiennent de faibles liens avec les autres syndicats. De l’autre, les Mexicains sont engagés dans un large répertoire d’action avec les syndicats nord-américains et les fédérations internationales. Tertio, les Ghanéens conçoivent leurs intérêts sur la base d’une forte identité clanique et définissent leur engagement international en termes de ressources. Pour leur part, les Mexicains bâtissent des coalitions transnationales sur la base d’une identité de classe.Allant au-delà de la dichotomie entre le local et le global, les stratégies syndicales à l’international sont socialement construites et localement enracinées. Elles s’expliquent par la dynamique de l’économie politique dans laquelle se trouvent insérés ces syndicats et les structures d’opportunité transnationale à leur portée.
Keywords: Ghana; Mexico; Mexique; México; coaliciones; coalitions; networks; redes; réseaux; sindicatos; syndicats; trade unions

Age Is Different: Revisiting the Contemporary Understanding of Age Discrimination in the Employment Setting - Alon-Shenker, Pnina (Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal, 2013)
The author argues that the current test for age discrimination in Canada, which is based on the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in R. v. Kapp and which requires that discrimination be motivated by or perpetuate stereotyping or prejudice, has led adjudicators to fail to come to grips with wrongful ageism in the workplace. The fact that everyone ages, and that distinctions based on age may in the past have benefitted the same people who are now harmed by those distinctions, has in the author's view been given too much weight, thereby making discrimination against senior workers too easy to justify. She proposes that the legal test for age discrimination should focus on wrongs done in the present, and should not take account of any past or future benefits which may be attributed to a distinction drawn on the basis of age. On the basis of what the author calls the Dignified Lives Approach, she argues that an age-based distinc- tion should be held to be discriminatory if it violates any of these five principles: people of all ages must be assessed on their merits, must be treated as equals, must have enough means to live lives of dignity, must be socially included, and must retain their autonomy. Using as examples four recent cases of alleged age-based discrimination in the employment context decided by Canadian courts and administrative tribunals, the author demonstrates how the Dignified Lives Approach would in her view be more sensitive to different types of age dis- crimination and would bring more just outcomes.

Age, Gender, and Work: Small Information Technology Firms in the New Economy - Anderson, Jennifer (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Age, Gender, and Work: Small Information Technology Firms in the New Economy," edited by Julie Anne McMullin.
Keywords: AGE; Gender & Work: Small Information Technology Firms in the New Economy (Book); EQUALITY in the workplace; INFORMATION technology industry; MCMULLIN; Julie Ann; Nonfiction

Partir pour la famille. Fécondité, grossesse et accouchement au Québec, 1900-1950. (French) - Baillargeon, Denyse (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Partir pour la famille. Fécondité, grossesse et accouchement au Québec, 1900-1950," by Suzanne Marchand.
Keywords: Canada; FAMILIES; History; MARCHAND; Suzanne; Nonfiction; PARTIR pour la famille: Fecondite; grossesse et accouchement au Quebec 1900-1950 (Book)

The Disability Accommodation Gap in Canadian Workplaces: What Does It Mean for Law, Policy, and an Aging Population - Banks, Kevin; Chaykowski, Richard P.; Slotsve, George A. (Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal, 2013)
The "accommodation gap" refers to the shortfall between those accom- modations which persons with disabilities require in order to work, and those workplace accommodations which they actually receive. This paper argues that the accommodation gap raises important issues for policy-makers in Canada, given the growing participation of older workers in the labour market and the fact that the incidence of disability increases with age. Such issues include the loss of productivity, higher poverty rates, increased cost of social programs, and failure to achieve the goals of human rights legislation. Using the results of an extensive analysis of data obtained from Statistics Canada's 2006 Participation and Activity Limitation Survey, the authors inquire into three questions: (1) Is there a workplace accommodation gap in Canada, and if there is, how big is it and whom does it affect? (2) Is it associated with age or aging, and there- fore likely to be aggravated by the aging of the Canadian population? (3) Are its causes likely to elude complaint-driven enforcement of human rights law because they are systemic? In answering these questions, the studyfinds that a large number of Canadians (about 35%) do not receive accommodations they need to work productively, or at all. Furthermore, the results show that the older the worker and the more severe his or her disability, the greater the accommo- dation gap. The authors suggest that thisfinding supports the view that employ- ers' decisions on whether to provide accommodation are influenced by economic considerations, stereotypes about the link between age and disability, the fact that certain types of accommodation may conflict with workplace culture, and other factors. Finally, the paper contends that the enforcement mechanism cur- rently in place is probably inadequate to deal with the accommodation gap, in view of the systemic nature of many of its causes. The authors set out a number of alternative options which may be more effective in closing the accommodation gap, and propose that those options be considered as part of a comprehensive policy review.

Bilan relatif aux dispositions de la LSST : vers une application intégrale? - Baril-Gingras, Geneviève; Vézina, Michel; Lippel, Katherine (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
Dans un contexte où la qualité de vie au travail, le bien-être et la santé psychologique des employés sont actuellement au coeur des préoccupations des gestionnaires et des milieux de travail, les enjeux de santé organisationnelle deviennent incontournables. Or, malgré l’intérêt grandissant des chercheurs et des praticiens, la notion de santé organisationnelle a été l’objet de diverses conceptualisations et représente encore aujourd’hui un objet d’étude en pleine évolution. Dans cet ordre d’idées, cet article propose de faire une synthèse des approches contemporaines de la santé organisationnelle et d’investiguer comment cette thématique est abordée par les chercheurs québécois. Pour ce faire, une recension des écrits a d’abord été effectuée afin d’établir un portrait des connaissances acquises à ce jour. Ensuite, une enquête consultative a été réalisée auprès d’experts scientifiques québécois. À la fois les écrits et les experts consultés rapportent que la santé organisationnelle est un concept qui prend plusieurs sens, qui nécessite l’adoption d’une perspective plus globale et qui s’élargit à d’autres sphères que le travail. Or, contrairement à la documentation, les experts abordent surtout les aspects de la santé psychologique et moins la santé physique, et ils considèrent essentiellement les facteurs organisationnels comme des préoccupations de recherche future dans le domaine. Les résultats obtenus permettent de dresser un état des connaissances sur le concept de santé organisationnelle et son évolution, tout en identifiant les tendances émergentes susceptibles d’influencer les orientations scientifiques futures pour le regroupement stratégique en santé psychologique au travail du Réseau de recherche en santé et sécurité du travail du Québec. // More than thirty years after the adoption of the Quebec Act respecting occupational health and safety (AROHS), the regulations respecting the prevention programme (PP), the health programme specific to the establishment, joint OHS committees (JOHSC) and workers' safety representatives (WSR) have not yet been implemented in all occupational sectors, as was the original intention. The AROHS contains provisions respecting JOHSC's and WSR's on construction sites that are still not in force. In the vast majority of Canadian jurisdictions, measures such as the PP, the JOHSC and the WSR (in small workplaces) are mandatory in all economic sectors. The fact that these provisions at the heart of the AROHS do not cover all economic activity sectors cannot be justified based on scientific knowledge and on their application in other jurisdictions. Their adoption could, in the future, serve as the foundation for other measures that are required to respond to the changes in employment relations and the nature of work.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Federal legislation; Labor Unions; Prevention programs; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; enforcement; occupational health

Incidence Of Work And Workplace Injury Among Alberta Teens - Barnetson, Bob (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2013)
Utilizing a convenience sample of nearly 2000 respondents drawn from administrative data, this study finds 43.7 percent of adolescents (aged 12-14) and 61.5 percent of young persons (aged 15-17) in the Canadian province of Alberta reported employment in 2011/12. Of those employed, 49.7 percent of adolescents and 59.0 percent of young persons reported at least one work-related injury in the previous year. This study also identifies widespread non-reporting of workplace injuries and seemingly ineffective hazard identification and safety training. These results add to the growing evidence that the regulation of teenage employment in Alberta fails to adequately protect these workers from injury.

Still Dying for a Living: Corporate Criminal Liability After the Westray Mine Disaster - Barnetson, Bob (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Still Dying for a Living: Corporate Criminal Liability After the Westray Mine Disaster," by Steven Bittle.
Keywords: BITTLE; Steven; MINE accidents; Nonfiction; STILL Dying for a Living: Corporate Criminal Liability After the Westray Mine Disaster (Book)

American Labor, Congress, and the Welfare State, 1935-2010 - Battista, Andrew (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "American Labor, Congress, and the Welfare State, 1935-2010," by Tracy Roof.
Keywords: AMERICAN Labor; Congress & the Welfare State 1935-2010 (Book); History; Labor; Nonfiction; ROOF; Tracy; United States; WELFARE state

Spittoon Philosophers or Radical Revolutionaries? The Canadian Administration of the Industrial Workers of the World, 1932-35 - Beaulieu, Michel (Ontario History, 2013)
Historians contend that the heyday of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or Wobblies) in the U.S. and Canada ended when it was suppressed by the authorities in the First World War because of the “foreigners” within its ranks. However, the IWW went underground and re-emerged briefly in the late 1920s and 1930s as a force in lumber and mining unions in both countries. Little is known about its organization during this period, particularly the operations of the Canadian Administration established in 1932. This article explores the activities of Canadian Wobblies and their attempts to form a Canadian Administration between 1931 and 1935 in Port Arthur, Ontario. It establishes that the Canadian leadership increasingly separated itself from an ineffectual American leadership and attempted to establish uniquely “Canadian” polices.

L'activité des clients : un travail ? - Bellemare, Guy (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "L’activité des clients : un travail ?," edited by Sophie Bernard, Marie-Anne Dujarier and Guillaume Salariale.
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

Fragiles compétences - Bernier, Amélie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Fragiles compétences," edited by Sophie Bretesché and Cathy Krohmer.
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

Good Lands: A Meditation and History on the Great Plains - Berry, Susan (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Good Lands: A Meditation and History on the Great Plains," by Frances W. Kaye.
Keywords: GOOD Lands: A Meditation & History on the Great Plains (Book); GREAT Plains; KAYE; Frances W.; Nonfiction

Gouverner les fins de carrière à distance. Outplacement et vieillissement actif en emploi - Bettache, Mustapha (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Gouverner les fins de carrière à distance. Outplacement et vieillissement actif en emploi," by Thibauld Moulaert.
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

Up Against the Wall: The Political Economy Of the New Attack on the Canadian Labour Movement: A Reply to Andrew Jackson - Bhullar, Maya (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2013)

Lire Industrial Relations Systems de John T. Dunlop. Les règles au coeur des relations de travail - Bilodeau, Pier-Luc (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Gouverner les fins de carrière à distance. Outplacement et vieillissement actif en emploi," by Thibauld Moulaert.
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

Lessons for Litigators from ONA [Ontario Nurses' Associatiion] v. Chatham-Kent: A Union Perspective - Bisnar, Danielle; McIntyre, Elizabeth (Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal, 2013)
Despite the abolition of mandatory retirement in most Canadian jurisdic- tions, statutory provisions generally still permit the denial of employment-re- lated benefits to workers aged 65 or over, or allow such benefits to be provided at a lower level than for workers under age 65. In ONA v. Chatham-Kent, an Ontario arbitrator upheld the constitutionality of provisions in that province's Human Rights Code and Employment Standards Act excluding workers over 65 from protection against age discrimination in the area of employment benefits, holding that while the impugned provisions infringed the equality rights set out in section 15 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, they were nonetheless justified under section 1 as a reasonable limit on those rights. Writing from the perspective of advocates for unions and employees, the authors review the development of the case law on mandatory retirement, drawing particular atten- tion to the "long shadow" cast by the Supreme Court of Canada's 1990 decision in McKinney. They go on to identify what they see as the flaws in the legal rea- soning of the award in Chatham-Kent, especially the arbitrator's acceptance of the notion (inherited in large part from the McKinney decision) that age is "dif- ferent" from other types of prohibited discrimination and his failure to closely scrutinize the legislature's policy choices with respect to employment benefits for older workers. Lastly, the authors extrapolate a number of lessons that may assist litigators in future challenges to statutory provisions that discriminate on the basis of age, notably the importance of framing section 15 claims by reference to intersecting grounds of discrimination (such as age and gender or disability) and of advocating for a lower level of deference to the legislature.

Black Internationalist Feminism: Women Writers of the Black Left, 1945-1995 - Boyce-Davies, Carole (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Black Internationalist Feminism: Women Writers of the Black Left, 1945-1995," by Cheryl Higashida.
Keywords: BLACK Internationalist Feminism: Women Writers of the Black Left 1945-1995 (Book); BLACK feminism; BLACK women authors; HIGASHIDA; Cheryl; Nonfiction

"The common people have spoken with a mighty voice": Regina's Labour City Councils, 1936-1939 - Brennan, J. William (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
Working-class poliltical activity at the municipal level in Regina began in 1914 on the initiative of members of the Regina Trades and Labour Council. Early on trade unionists reached out to the city's middle class, and together they founded a succession of Labour political parties in the 1920s. After 1930 members of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees also became involved. Success came in 1935, when the Civic Labour League, an informal alliance of social democrats and communists, won the mayoralty and a majority of the aldermanic seats on city council. Labour maintained its hold over City Hall until the end of the decade, but it did not accomplish much. It could not convince the province's Liberal government to take over full responsibility for the cost of relief or enact a special city charter that would give Regina wider powers (to construct social housing for example) and new sources of revenue. Then in 1939 Labour's political fortunes shifted dramatically. Accusations of communist influence in the selection of the Labour slate played into the hands of the city's business community, Regina's daily newspapers, and the Civic Voters' Association, which was founded on the eve of the civic election, and Labour suffered a crushing defeat.
Keywords: CENTRAL labor councils; CIVIC associations; Canada; History; Labor Unions; Labor movement; MUNICIPAL government; Middle class; REGINA (Sask.); WORKING class – Political activity

Nurse Militancy and Strike Action - Briskin, Linda (Workers of the World: International Journal on Strikes, 2013)
Drawing on nurses strikes in many countries [including Canada], this article situates nurse militancy within the context of health care restructuring and neo-liberalism, the gendered construction of nursing work, the feminization of union density and of strikes, and gendered militancy. It explores the emergence of a militant discourse among nurses focussed on the public interest, what I call the politicisation of caring, which has supported a new approach to the ethics of striking. –Author's introduction

The Impact of Minimum Wages on Labour Market Transitions - Brochu, Pierre; Green, David A. (The Economic Journal, 2013)
We investigate differences in labour market transition rates between high and low minimum wage regimes using Canadian data spanning 1979–2008. We find that higher minimum wages result in lower hiring rates but also lower job separation rates. Importantly, the reduced separation rates are due mainly to reductions in layoffs, occur in the first six months of a job and are present for unskilled workers of all ages. Thus, jobs in higher minimum wage regimes are more stable but harder to get. For older workers, these effects are almost exactly offsetting, resulting in little impact on the employment rate.

Reshaping Expectations and Emerging Anxieties: Ideal Womanhood Receives a Makeover in Twentieth Century America - Brookfield, Tarah (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews and comments on "Creating Consumers: Home Economists in Twentieth-Century America" by Carolyn M. Goldstein, "Mom: The Transformation of Motherhood in Modern America" by Rebecca Jo Plant, and "Making Marriage Work: A History of Marriage and Divorce in the Twentieth-Century United States" by Kristin Celello.
Keywords: CELELLO; Kristin; CREATING Consumers: Home Economists in 20th-Century America (Book); GOLDSTEIN; Carolyn M.; MAKING Marriage Work: A History of Marriage & Divorce in the 20th-Century United States (Book); MOM: The Transformation of Motherhood in Modern America (Book); Nonfiction; PLANT; Rebecca Jo

Warrior Nation: Rebranding Canada in an Age of Anxiety - Brushett, Kevin (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Warrior Nation: Rebranding Canada in an Age of Anxiety," by Ian McKay and Jamie Swift.
Keywords: MCKAY; Ian; NATIONAL characteristics; Canadian; Nonfiction; SWIFT; Jamie; WARRIOR Nation: Rebranding Canada in an Age of Anxiety (Book)

Is Industrial Unrest Reviving in Canada? Strike Duration in the Early Twenty-First Century: Is Industrial Unrest Reviving in Canada? - Brym, Robert; Bauer, Louise Birdsell; McIvor, Mitch (Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, 2013)
Canadian data on strike frequency, duration, and volume imply that the strike is withering away. Some research also suggests that strike duration is countercyclical. However, the early twenty‐first century was anomalous from the viewpoint of these expectations. After 2001, mean strike duration increased and was not countercyclical. This paper explains the anomaly by arguing that employers are seeking to scale back the wage gains of previous decades in the face of mounting public debt and the whip of an increasingly unfettered market. These conditions apparently motivate some workers to endure protracted work stoppages, irrespective of the phase of the business cycle, in an effort to protect their rights.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert-Brym/publication/264737847_Is_Industrial_Unrest_Reviving_in_Canada_Strike_Duration_in_the_Early_Twenty-First_Century/links/5fd98103a6fdccdcb8cc9e46/Is-Industrial-Unrest-Reviving-in-Canada-Strike-Duration-in-the-Early-Twenty-First-Century.pdf

Workplace Voice and Civic Engagement: What Theory and Data Tell Us About Unions and Their Relationship to the Democratic Process - Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael; Kretschmer, Tobias; Willman, Paul (Osgoode Hall Law Journal, 2013)
We offer an explanation for the phenomenon of declining democratic engagement by assuming that what happens at work is the primary driver of what occurs outside of the workplace. If workers are exposed to the formalities of collective bargaining and union representation, they also perhaps increase their attachment to, and willingness to participate in, structures of democratic governance outside of the workplace as well. In order for this argument to hold, one first needs to test whether individual union members are more prone to vote and participate in civil society than non-members: other research refers to this as the union voting premium. We find that the voice effect of unionism on democratic participation is significant and is larger for groups that are significantly under-represented when it comes to voting, namely those with fewer years of education, immigrants, and younger workers. We also discuss the legal implications of these findings.

Wife to Widow: Lives, Laws, and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Montreal - Buddle, Melanie (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Wife to Widow: Lives, Laws, and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Montreal," by Bettina Bradbury.
Keywords: BRADBURY; Bettina; Canada; History; Marriage; Marriage law; Nonfiction; WIFE to Widow: Lives; Laws & Politics in 19th-Century Montreal (Book)

Intern Nation: How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy - Burstein, Rachel (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Intern Nation: How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy," by Ross Perlin.
Keywords: INTERN Nation: How to Earn Nothing & Learn Little in the Brave New Economy (Book); INTERNSHIP programs; Nonfiction; PERLIN; Ross

Vineyards & Vaqueros: Indian Labor and the Economic Expansion of Southern California, 1771-1877 - Callahan, Manuel (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Vineyards and Vaqueros: Indian Labor and the Economic Expansion of Southern California, 1771-1877," by George Harwood Phillips.
Keywords: CALIFORNIA Indians (North American people); Nonfiction; PHILLIPS; George Harwood; VINEYARDS & Vaqueros: Indian Labor & the Economic Expansion of Southern California 1771-1877 (Book)

Disintegrating Democracy at Work: Labor Unions and the Future of Good Jobs in the Service Economy - Campbell, Shelagh (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
Disintegrating Democracy at Work: Labor Unions and the Future of Good Jobs in the Service Economy, by Virginia Doellgast, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Call centers; Democracy; Labor Unions; Roles; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Globalization and Precarious Forms of Production and Employment: Challenges for Workers and Unions - Cantin, Étienne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
Globalization and Precarious Forms of Production and Employment: Challenges for Workers and Unions, edited by Carole Thornley, Steve Jefferys and Beatrice Appay, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employment; Globalization; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Régimes collectifs de rémunération variable, justice organisationnelle et engagement - Caron, Isabelle; Ben Ayed, Ahmed; Vandenberghe, Christian (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
Cette étude examine les relations entre les caractéristiques des régimes collectifs de rémunération variable à court terme (soit des régimes qui octroient une prime aux employés en fonction du rendement), la justice organisationnelle et l’engagement organisationnel. Son intérêt pratique repose sur l’idée que les régimes de rémunération variable sont instaurés pour fidéliser les employés. À partir d’une revue de la littérature, quatre caractéristiques des régimes collectifs de rémunération variable sont identifiées : 1) le lien d’instrumentalité perçu (perception d’un lien entre le rendement et la rémunération); 2) la prime versée (le montant versé à l’employé dans le cadre du régime); 3) l’intensité de la communication organisationnelle (les sources d’information mises à la disposition des employés); et 4) les communications du supérieur immédiat relativement au régime de rémunération. Notre hypothèse centrale est que ces caractéristiques sont liées à l’engagement affectif et de continuité des employés par l’entremise de quatre dimensions de justice organisationnelle, soit la justice distributive, la justice procédurale, la justice informationnelle et la justice interpersonnelle.À partir d’un échantillon de 313 répondants appartenant à trois ordres professionnels, des analyses d’équations structurelles révèlent que la justice procédurale médiatise la relation entre 1) l’intensité de la communication organisationnelle et la communication du supérieur et 2) l’engagement de continuité. De même, la justice informationnelle médiatise la relation entre 1) l’intensité de la communication organisationnelle et la communication du supérieur et 2) l’engagement affectif. Enfin, la justice interpersonnelle médiatise la relation entre la communication du supérieur et l’engagement de continuité. Cette étude montre que la communication par l’organisation et le supérieur immédiat quant aux règles régissant le fonctionnement des régimes collectifs de rémunération variable constituent la pierre angulaire de la perception de justice (procédurale, informationnelle et interpersonnelle) par les employés, ce qui indirectement stimule leur engagement affectif et de continuité.
Keywords: affective and continuance commitment; collective incentive plans; compromiso afectivo y de continuidad; distributive; engagement affectif et de continuité; informacional; informational and interpersonal justice; informationnelle; interpersonal; interpersonnelle; justice distributive; justicia distributiva; procedural; procédurale; remuneración variable; rémunération variable

Dis-identification in Organizations and Its Role in the Workplace - Chang, Kirk; Kuo, Chien-Chih; Su, Man; Taylor, Julie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
This research seeks to augment contemporary theories of employee dis-identification in organizations (DiO) and its importance in the workplace. An anonymous questionnaire survey was conducted, 304 employees were recruited across eight organizations in Taiwan (with anti-CMV strategies adopted). Distinct from previous studies, this research stated that organizational identification and dis-identification were neither heterogeneous nor independent constructs. Statistical evidence supported this statement and explained that organizational identification and dis-identification were inter-related constructs. Specifically, two DiO antecedents were revealed, including: person-organization fit and abusive supervision. Unlike previous studies, DiO was not correlated with poor employee performance; rather, it was correlated with workplace deviance, intention to quit the job, and voice-extra-role-behaviours. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Discriminant analysis; Labor Unions; Organizational behavior; Regression analysis; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Romancing the Revolution: The Myth of Soviet Democracy and the British Left - Chapman, Roger (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Romancing the Revolution: The Myth of Soviet Democracy and the British Left," by Ian Bullock.
Keywords: BULLOCK; Ian; GREAT Britain – Foreign relations – Soviet Union; Nonfiction; ROMANCING the Revolution: The Myth of Soviet Democracy & the British Left (Book)

Defending Age Distinctions in Employee Benefits after the Elimination of Mandatory Retirement - Charney, Robert E.; Horner, Matthew (Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal, 2013)
Approaching the issue through their review of several recent court and tribunal decisions, the authors argue that the legislative policy choice in Ontario and other jurisdictions to permit age-based distinctions in the provision of benefits to employees over age 65, notwithstanding the abolition of mandatory retirement, was not only reasonable but necessary. That choice, in their view, represents a fair, and amply justified, balance between the right of individual employees to continue working past 65, and the right of employees as a collec- tivity to freely negotiate benefit provisions and group insurance plans that are in the interests of the group as a whole.

Principles for Labour Relations Policy Reform in the Wake of the Drummond Report on Ontario's Public Services Prospects for Reform of Industrial Relations in the Ontario Broader Public Sector: Papers from the Workshop on the Drummond Report Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace, Queen's University, June 22, 2012 - Chaykowski, Richard P.; Hickey, Robert S. (Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal, 2013)
The provincial broader public sector (BPS) in Ontario com- prises the full range of government services and Crown corporations, as well as health care and education. The BPS is vital to the Ontario economy as well as to the citizens who use its services; it accounts for about half of the province's gross domestic product. Each of its com- ponent parts depends on direct government funding or government transfers, or is at least regulated by the government. The 2008 global financial crisis and its impact on the management of Ontario's public services has brought industrial relations practices and outcomes in the BPS into sharp focus. In 2011, the Ontario government established the Commission on the Reform of Ontario's Public Services, chaired by Don Drummond (the Drummond Commission),' with a view to enhancing the efficiency of BPS services.

Les comportements de citoyenneté du personnel soignant : lorsque le sens et la confiance deviennent incontournables - Chênevert, Denis; Jourdain, Geneviève; Tremblay, Marie-Claude (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
La crise des finances publiques et l’accroissement de la demande en soins de santé amènent de plus en plus d’hôpitaux à implanter des pratiques de gestion à haute implication (PGHI). Or, les études sur le lien entre ces pratiques et la performance organisationnelle se font plutôt rares dans le secteur hospitalier. De plus, les recherches se sont surtout limitées à montrer l’existence d’un lien direct entre les PGHI et la performance organisationnelle, donnant ainsi peu d’information sur le processus qui mène à cette performance. Cette étude vise à combler ces lacunes en examinant le rôle médiateur joué par l’habilitation psychologique (HP) dans la relation entre les PGHI et les comportements de citoyenneté organisationnelle (CCO) du personnel soignant, un déterminant important de la qualité des soins de santé. De plus, puisqu’une relation de collaboration avec les médecins, basée sur la confiance, serait au coeur du sentiment de pouvoir du personnel soignant, l’effet modérateur de la confiance envers les médecins sur la relation entre les PGHI et l’HP est aussi examiné. Ainsi, l’étude valide un modèle spécifiant des relations différenciées entre les PGHI (autonomie, développement des compétences, partage d’information, reconnaissance) et les cognitions de l’HP (compétences, autodétermination, sens, impact), celles-ci étant modérées par la confiance envers les médecins. Enfin, l’étude cherche à vérifier si les cognitions de l’HP qui inciteraient aux CCO interagissent entre elles selon une séquence prédéterminée. Basée sur un sondage réalisé auprès de 176 employés délivrant des soins de santé et leurs supérieurs immédiats, l’étude suggère que la relation entre certaines PGHI (autonomie et développement des compétences) et les CCO est tributaire du sens du travail et de la confiance envers les médecins. Aussi, les cognitions de l’HP seraient liées entre elles selon une séquence particulière conférant à l’autodétermination un rôle central dans cette séquence.
Keywords: autonomie; autonomy; autonomía; competence; competencia; comportamientos de ciudadanía organizacional; comportements de citoyenneté organisationnelle; compétence; confiance; confianza; habilitación sicológica; habilitation psychologique; healthcare sector; meaning; organizational citizenship behaviour; psychological empowerment; secteur de la santé; sector de la salud; sens du travail; sentido de trabajo; trust

Dear Canadian Labour Movement: A Reply To Andrew Jackson - Chong, Patricia (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2013)

Labour Struggles for Workplace Justice: Migrant and Immigrant Worker Organizing in Canada - Choudry, Aziz; Thomas, Mark (Journal of Industrial Relations, 2013)
This article explores the dynamics of labour organizing among migrant and immigrant workers in Canada, focusing on two case studies: first, recent efforts to organize migrant farmworkers in the Seasonal Agricultural Workers’ Program; and, second, the work of the Immigrant Workers’ Centre in Montreal. The Seasonal Agricultural Workers’ Program, which employs workers from Mexico and Caribbean countries, is often viewed by policymakers and employers as an example of ‘best practices’ in migration policy. Yet workers in the program experience seasonal employment characterized by long hours and low wages, and are exempt from many basic labour standards. The Immigrant Workers’ Centre formed in 2000 to provide a safe place for migrant and racialized immigrant workers to come together around problems in their workplaces. Through these case studies, we examine labour organization efforts including advocacy and grassroots organizing through the Immigrant Workers’ Centre and legal challenges attempting to secure recognition of freedom of association rights for farmworkers. The article explores the ‘limits and possibilities’ of these strategies, and concludes by assessing the implications for labour organizing among the growing numbers of migrant and immigrant workers employed in a wide range of low-wage, low-security occupations due to the recent expansion of Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program.
Keywords: Canada; labour organizing; migrant and immigrant workers; temporary foreign worker programs

Jobs and Justice: Fighting Discrimination in Wartime Canada, 1939-1945 - Clément, Dominique (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Jobs and Justice: Fighting Discrimination in Wartime Canada, 1939-1945," by Carmela Patrias.
Keywords: Canada; History; JOBS & Justice: Fighting Discrimination in Wartime Canada 1939-1945 (Book); Nonfiction; PATRIAS; Carmela; RACE discrimination in employment; Race discrimination

Des conflits de rôle au stress perçu : Les managers ont-ils besoin d’être soutenus? - Codo, Sylvie; Soparnot, Richard (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
De nombreuses recherches présentent le soutien social perçu comme un levier efficace de gestion du stress au travail. Notre recherche propose de vérifier cette hypothèse en interrogeant le rôle modérateur attribué au soutien social perçu provenant des supérieurs et des subordonnés dans les relations entre les conflits de rôle et le stress chez des managers intermédiaires (MI) et des managers de proximité (MP) du secteur public. Le modèle exigences-ressources professionnelles (Bakker et Demerouti, 2007) nous a servi de cadre théorique. D’après ce modèle, le soutien social perçu constitue une ressource professionnelle permettant d’atténuer les effets délétères des exigences professionnelles sur la santé mentale. Les données collectées auprès de 310 managers dans des administrations publiques locales confirment partiellement cette hypothèse. En effet, notre recherche ne permet pas d’appuyer dans un premier temps l’influence modératrice du soutien social perçu provenant des supérieurs et du soutien social perçu provenant des subordonnés dans la relation entre les conflits de rôle et le stress perçu chez les MI. Des résultats similaires sont observés dans certains cas chez des MP. Conséquemment, l’hypothèse de la non-mobilisation du soutien social comme une ressource professionnelle par les managers dans certaines conditions est avancée pour discuter ces résultats. Ces derniers révèlent dans un second temps que l’efficacité du soutien social perçu dépend de plusieurs facteurs : la nature et la source du soutien social perçu, le type de conflit de rôle en présence et le niveau hiérarchique des managers bénéficiaires (MI et MP). Ainsi, plus que MI, les MP semblent plus réceptifs au soutien social d’estime perçu provenant de leurs supérieurs lorsqu’ils sont confrontés aux conflits de rôle. Par conséquent, leur niveau de stress diminue. Afin de gérer le stress des MP occasionné par les conflits de rôle, nos implications managériales sont orientées vers une reconnaissance de leurs compétences professionnelles.
Keywords: administraciones públicas locales; administrations publiques locales; directivos de proximidad; directivos intermedios; job demands-resources model; local public administration; managers de proximité; managers intermédiaires; middle managers; modelo exigencias-recursos profesionales; modèle exigences-ressources professionnelles; proximity managers

Brève histoire des femmes au Québec - Cohen, Yolande (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Brève histoire des femmes au Québec," by Denyse Baillargeon.
Keywords: BAILLARGEON; Denyse; BREVE histoire des femmes au Quebec (Book); Nonfiction; QUEBEC (Province); Women

Making Feminist Politics: Transnational Alliances Between Women and Labour - Conway, Janet (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Making Feminist Politics: Transnational Alliances Between Women and Labour," by Suzanne Franzway and Mary Margaret Fonow.
Keywords: FONOW; Mary Margaret; FRANZWAY; Suzanne; History; MAKING Feminist Politics: Transnational Alliances Between Women & Labor (Book); Nonfiction; WOMEN in the labor movement; Women employees

Quebec Research on Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders: Deeper Understanding for Better Prevention - Côté, Julie N.; Ngomo, Suzy; Stock, Susan; Messing, Karen; Vézina, Nicole; Antle, David; Delisle, Alain; Bellemare, Marie; Laberge, Marie; St-Vincent, Marie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) represent a complex and multi-faceted challenge, requiring multi-disciplinary, multi-perspective research approaches ranging from fundamental, basic science research to studies of applied workplace-based interventions. Members of the MSD Research Axis of the Quebec Occupational Health and Safety Research Network have been actively engaged in WMSD research across this full spectrum, contributing to significant knowledge advances on WMSD. Despite this, many facets of WMSDs remain insufficiently understood, and WMSDs remain a considerable problem for our society. Advances on interventions to decrease risk and improve workers' health are notable, although the level and quality of evidence about the effectiveness of ergonomic interventions must be improved. This paper highlights contributions of the group towards the advancement of understanding and prevention of WMSDs.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Disease prevention; Labor Unions; Musculoskeletal diseases; Research & development–R&D; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; occupational health

Raising Retail: Organizing Retail Workers in Canada and the United States - Coulter, Kendra (Labor Studies Journal, 2013)
Retail workers are a significant but largely unorganized group in Canada and the United States. However, in recent years, there has been a marked increase in efforts to organize retail workers, including pursuit of innovative structures and strategies. The author focuses on the dominant threads of contemporary retail organizing work in Canada and the United States, outlining three current organizing vehicles: unionization, store-based networks, and occupation or sector-based associations. The author then reflects on the strengths, weaknesses, and possibilities of these approaches, independently and collectively, and emphasizes the need to confront the social and cultural as well as the economic devaluation of retail workers.

L'élaboration du droit de l'emploi au Québec : ses sources législatives et judiciaires - Coutu, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
L’élaboration du droit de l’emploi au Québec : ses sources législatives et judiciaires, by Fernand Morin, is reviewed.
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

Santé organisationnelle : Où en sommes-nous et vers où allons-nous au Québec? - Dagenais-Desmarais, Véronique; Dufour, Marie-Ève; St-Hilaire, France; Hébert, Rachèle (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
Dans un contexte où la qualité de vie au travail, le bien-être et la santé psychologique des employés sont actuellement au coeur des préoccupations des gestionnaires et des milieux de travail, les enjeux de santé organisationnelle deviennent incontournables. Or, malgré l’intérêt grandissant des chercheurs et des praticiens, la notion de santé organisationnelle a été l’objet de diverses conceptualisations et représente encore aujourd’hui un objet d’étude en pleine évolution. Dans cet ordre d’idées, cet article propose de faire une synthèse des approches contemporaines de la santé organisationnelle et d’investiguer comment cette thématique est abordée par les chercheurs québécois. Pour ce faire, une recension des écrits a d’abord été effectuée afin d’établir un portrait des connaissances acquises à ce jour. Ensuite, une enquête consultative a été réalisée auprès d’experts scientifiques québécois. À la fois les écrits et les experts consultés rapportent que la santé organisationnelle est un concept qui prend plusieurs sens, qui nécessite l’adoption d’une perspective plus globale et qui s’élargit à d’autres sphères que le travail. Or, contrairement à la documentation, les experts abordent surtout les aspects de la santé psychologique et moins la santé physique, et ils considèrent essentiellement les facteurs organisationnels comme des préoccupations de recherche future dans le domaine. Les résultats obtenus permettent de dresser un état des connaissances sur le concept de santé organisationnelle et son évolution, tout en identifiant les tendances émergentes susceptibles d’influencer les orientations scientifiques futures pour le regroupement stratégique en santé psychologique au travail du Réseau de recherche en santé et sécurité du travail du Québec.
Keywords: Delphi method; health; litterature review; méthode Delphi; método Delphi; organisation; organización; organization; recension des écrits; recensión bibliográfica; salud; santé; trabajo; travail; work

Care, Paid Work, and Work-Family-State Nexus: Learning from the US - Daly, Mary (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews and comments on the books, "Caring For America: Home Health Workers in the Shadow of the Welfare State" by Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein, "Forced to Care: Coercion and Caregiving in America" by Evelyn Nakano Glenn and "Reshaping the Work-Family Debate: Why Men and Class Matter" by Joan C. Williams.
Keywords: BORIS; Eileen; CARING for America: Home Health Workers in the Shadow of the Welfare State (Book); FORCED to Care: Coercion & Caregiving in America (Book); GLENN; Evelyn Nakano; KLEIN; Jennifer; Nonfiction; RESHAPING the Work-Family Debate: Why Men & Class Matter (Book); WILLIAMS; Joan; 1952-

L’organisation des petits vendeurs de journaux à Montréal, 1903-1917 : comme quoi la jeunesse et la précarité ne sont pas des obstacles infranchissables à la syndicalisation - Dansereau, Bernard (Bulletin d'histoire politique, 2013)

(Se) Former pour transformer le travail : dynamiques de constructions d'une analyse critique du travail - David, Hélène (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Gouverner les fins de carrière à distance. Outplacement et vieillissement actif en emploi," by Thibauld Moulaert.
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

Security of Retirement Benefits in Canada: You Bet Your Life - Davis, Ronald B. (Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal, 2013)
This paper provides a careful review and analysis of employment-based pensions and other post-retirement benefits that may be available to Canadian workers when they retire, with particular emphasis on the extent to which such benefits are vulnerable to unilateral employer alteration or cancellation, or to the risks which arise in the event of the employer's insolvency. Taking stock of key differences between the rights of unionized employees and non-unionized ones, the author argues that the legal regimes governing common law employ- ment, collective bargaining and pensions offer varying degrees of security for post-retirement benefits, depending on the type of regime applicable to the work- place and the type of benefit. However, as the paper goes on to explain, the situ- ation changes dramatically if the employer becomes insolvent - all the more so because the federal legislation which regulates creditors' rights in an insolvency enjoys paramountcy over the provincial legislation that deals with employment, collective bargaining and pensions (including any provision made in that prov- incial legislation for so-called "deemed trusts"). The author sets out and weighs the numerous risks confronting employees' pension and post-retirement benefit entitlements in both an insolvency proceeding and in a restructuring, again drawing attention to the different dynamics that may come into play in unionized and non-unionized workplaces. In general, he finds, the security of pensions is stronger than that of non-pension benefits, but will still depend on the adequacy of the pension plan's funding before insolvency.

Le Réseau de recherche en santé et sécurité du travail du Québec : Un bilan de dix ans / The Quebec Occupational Health and Safety Research Network: A Ten Year Update - Desmarais, Lise; Legendre, Gabrielle (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
Editorial introduction to the issue.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Quebec Occupational Health and Safety Research Network: A Ten Year Update - Desmarais, Lise; Legendre, Gabrielle (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
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

Nuancing Neoliberalism: Lessons Learned from a Failed Immigration Experiment - Dobrowolsky, Alexandra (Journal of International Migration and Integration, 2013)
This paper contributes to current debates around neoliberalism and subnational developments in Canadian immigration policy. In response to critiques of neoliberalism’s “promiscuity,” scalar and governmentality frameworks are used to analyze Nova Scotia’s failed economic nominee category experiment. The competing choices, calculations, and commitments at stake at “meso”- and “micro”-scales reveal a more complex and compelling reality that underscores the contributions and challenges of a range of political actors. This, in turn, suggests possible disruptions to neoliberalization and seeks to strike a better balance between structure and agency, as well as economic and social immigration priorities.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12134-012-0234-8
Keywords: Agency; Decentralization and devolution; Demography; Governmentality; Immigration policy Canada; Migration; Neoliberalism; Population Economics; Provincial nominee program Nova Scotia; Scalar analysis; Sociology; general

Offshore Petroleum Politics: Regulation and Risk in the Scotian Basin - Doern, Bruce (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Offshore Petroleum Politics: Regulation and Risk in the Scotian Basin," by Peter Clancy.
Keywords: CLANCY; Peter; Nonfiction; Nova Scotia; OFFSHORE Petroleum Politics: Regulation & Risk in the Scotian Basin (Book); PETROLEUM in submerged lands

Advancement in Quebec Research on the Prevention of Risks Related to Occupational Exposure to Nanomaterials - Dolez, Patricia; Cloutier, Yves; Noël, Alexandra; Tabet, Lyes; Gautrin, Denyse; Debia, Maximilien; L'Espérance, Gilles; Hallé, Stéphane; Bahloul, Ali; Vinches, Ludwig (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
The nanotechnology field is a growing industry, particularly in Quebec: occupational exposure risks already exist and should increase exponentially. In recent years, work has been undertaken in Quebec to develop knowledge for improving the prevention of nanomaterial-related risks. In particular, a group of researchers, professionals and students involved in the nanotechnology field was created in 2006 under the aegis of the Quebec Occupational Health and Safety Research Network. Its aim is to share the expertise of the different stakeholders in this field in order to promote multidisciplinary collaboration and more rapid advancement in research.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Health risk assessment; Labor Unions; Nanomaterials; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; occupational health

Emotionalizing Organizations and Organizing Emotions - Dompierre, Johanne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Emotionalizing Organizations and Organizing Emotions," edited by Barbara Sieben and Asa Wettergren.
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

Dwelling Places and Social Spaces: Revealing the Environments of Urban Workers in Victoria Using Historical GIS - Dunae, Patrick A.; Lafreniere, Donald J.; Gilliland, Jason A.; Lutz, John S. (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The Pacific Northwest underwent rapid economic growth in the late 19th century and cities on both sides of the Canada/US border burgeoned. The building boom was sustained by a large cohort of tradesmen and skilled labourers who lived in modest cabins, tenement blocks, boarding houses, and residential hotels. Most of these urban wageworkers were unmarried. They left few records of their experiences outside the job site or union hall. In this case study of Victoria, British Columbia circa 1891, we deployed a historical geographical information system (HGIS) to reconstitute the urban residential and social space of bout 2,000 otherwise elusive working men. Our research framework combines qualitative methods that are familiar to historians and quantitative methods favoured by geospatial researchers. By integrating both qualitative and quantitative data, we are able to represent the multiple spatial conditions experienced by Victoria's wageworkers in the early 1890s. In the process, we repopulated the city and reconstructed a largely vanished urban landscape. A primary objective of the essay is to demonstrate how GIS can be used as a research tool and new epistemology in the field of labour history.
Keywords: CITY dwellers; Geographic information systems; History; QUANTITATIVE research; Qualitative research; VICTORIA (B.C.); WORKING class – History; WORKING class – Housing

Winnipeg Beach: Leisure and Courtship in a Resort Town, 1900-1967 - Dunkin, Jessica (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Winnipeg Beach: Leisure and Courtship in a Resort Town, 1900-1967," by Dale Barbour.
Keywords: BARBOUR; Dale; History; Nonfiction; RESORTS; WINNIPEG Beach: Leisure & Courtship in a Resort Town 1900-1967 (Book)

The Anthropological Study of Class and Class Consciousness - Field, Les W. (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "The Anthropological Study of Class and Class Consciousness," edited by E. Paul Durrenberger.
Keywords: ANTHROPOLOGICAL Study of Class & Class Consciousness; The (Book); Class consciousness; DURRENBERGER; E. Paul; Nonfiction

A Wilder West: Rodeo in Western Canada - Field, Russell (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "A Wilder West: Rodeo in Western Canada," by Mary-Ellen Kelm.
Keywords: History; KELM; Mary-Ellen; Nonfiction; Rodeos; WILDER West: Rodeo in Western Canada; A (Book)

No Man's Land: Jamaican Guestworkers in America and the Global History of Deportable Labor - Fink, Joey (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "No Man's Land: Jamaican Guestworkers in America and the Global History of Deportable Labor," by Cindy Hahamovitch.
Keywords: FOREIGN workers – United States; HAHAMOVITCH; Cindy; History; NO Man's Land: Jamaican Guestworkers in America & the Global History of Deportable Labor (Book); Nonfiction

Le leadership transformationnel comme source d’engagement syndical : Le rôle modérateur de la justice - Fortin-Bergeron, Chloé; Doucet, Olivier; Hennebert, Marc-Antonin (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
Si certains travaux sur le renouveau syndical reconnaissent l’importance de s’intéresser au fait représentatif et plus particulièrement à la relation représentant-représenté, les effets du leadership des représentants syndicaux sur leurs membres demeurent très peu étudiés. Pour pallier ce déficit analytique, cette étude analyse l’effet direct du leadership transformationnel du représentant syndical sur l’engagement syndical ainsi que l’effet modérateur de la justice distributive et procédurale du syndicat local sur cette relation. Des analyses de régressions linéaires multiples, menées auprès d’un échantillon de 834 travailleurs syndiqués d’une entreprise québécoise, soutiennent l’existence d’un lien positif entre le leadership transformationnel du représentant syndical et l’engagement envers le syndicat, et ce, après avoir contrôlé certaines caractéristiques des répondants dont l’âge, le sexe, l’ancienneté et le niveau de scolarité. En outre, nos résultats démontrent que la justice syndicale de type procédural modère cette relation. En ce sens, un syndicat local reconnu comme offrant des procédures justes et équitables viendrait rehausser les efforts de leadership de ses représentants.Sur le plan théorique, cette étude supporte la théorie des échanges sociaux ainsi que le modèle d’engagement au groupe, en démontrant notamment que la justice et le leadership transformationnel jouent sur des mécanismes affectifs similaires. Sur le plan pratique, les résultats soulignent l’importance, pour les syndicats locaux, de se pencher sur les pratiques et sur les modes de fonctionnement au niveau local qui sont susceptibles de favoriser la perception de justice procédurale. Ces constats ouvrent ainsi de nouvelles avenues de recherche relatives aux efforts de revitalisation des syndicats locaux et, plus spécifiquement, aux effets du leadership syndical et à la dynamique sous-jacente à la relation représentant-représenté.
Keywords: distributive justice; engagement syndical; group engagement model; implicación sindical; justice distributive; justice procédurale; justicia distributiva; justicia procedural; leadership; liderazgo; modelo de adhesión al grupo; modèle d’engagement au groupe; procedural justice; social exchange theory; teoría de intercambios sociales; théorie des échanges sociaux; union commitment

A Company of One: Insecurity, Independence and the New World of White-Collar Unemployment - Foster, Jason (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "A Company of One: Insecurity, Independence and the New World of White-Collar Unemployment," by Carrie M. Lane.
Keywords: COMPANY of One: Insecurity; Independence & the New World of White-Collar Unemployment; A (Book); Employment; FINANCIAL crises; LANE; Carrie M.; Nonfiction; United States; White collar workers

In the Shadows: Exploring the Notion of "Community" for Temporary Foreign Workers in a Boomtown - Foster, Jason; Taylor, Alison (Canadian Journal of Sociology, 2013)
The rapid expansion of the oil sands in northern Alberta in the early 21st century led to the use of significant numbers of temporary foreign workers. These foreign workers became a part of the region’s so-called “shadow population.” This paper examines how the presence of foreign workers affects conceptions of community and social cohesion through the experiences of foreign workers employed in oil sands construction. The study finds foreign workers are excluded from the life of the community due to their differential exclusion, vulnerable and precarious connection to the labour market, experiences of discrimination, and conflicted transnational community identities. The paper discusses the shortcomings of community and social cohesion approaches in addressing temporary foreign workers and considers the policy limitations of a widespread temporary foreign worker program.

Contribution à un modèle explicatif de la charge de travail : le cas du service à la clientèle - Fournier, Pierre-Sébastien; Montreuil, Sylvie; Villa, Julie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
La rapidité des changements qui s’opèrent dans les organisations engendre une intensification du travail qui se traduit par une augmentation de la charge de travail. La littérature scientifique identifie de plus en plus clairement la charge de travail comme un facteur de risques dont les répercussions affectent les individus et les organisations. Bien que les connaissances actuelles portant sur la charge de travail permettent de quantifier des conséquences humaines ou organisationnelles, elles sont difficiles à utiliser pour agir dans l’amélioration des situations de travail. Cet article a pour objectif de contribuer à la modélisation de la charge de travail dans sa globalité et sa complexité à l’intérieur de la dynamique de l’individu, de son activité professionnelle et de son contexte organisationnel. Elle vise à définir des composantes de la charge de travail et à cerner des facteurs qui l’influencent directement ou indirectement à partir de situations de travail réelles. Une recherche terrain s’est déroulée dans une organisation du secteur de l’assurance auprès de préposés au service à la clientèle en privilégiant des observations, des entretiens individuels et de groupe. Les activités réelles de travail des préposés ont été analysées en privilégiant le modèle de l’activité réelle de travail tel qu’utilisé en ergonomie. Cinq facteurs dynamiques de la charge de travail émergent de la recherche et ils permettent de réviser et d’enrichir un modèle explicatif de la charge de travail.
Keywords: approche ergonomique; carga de trabajo; charge de travail; customer service agents; daily working reality; empleados del servicio a la clientela; enfoque ergonómico; ergonomic approach; intensificación del trabajo; intensification du travail; préposés au service à la clientèle; trabajo real; travail réel; work intensification; workload

“Liking” Your Union: Unions and New Social Media during Election Campaigns - Fowler, Tim; Hagar, Doug (Labor Studies Journal, 2013)
The authors examine the use of new social media (NSM) by Canadian unions during electoral campaigns. The use of NSM by unions is emerging in Canada, and the authors study the 2011 federal and provincial elections, arguably the first time Canadian unions used NSM as part of their electoral strategies. The authors show that unions with close partisan ties to the New Democratic Party are more likely to embrace NSM as an electoral tactic than unions with no partisan ties or unions that engage in strategic voting.

Labour at the Lakehead: Ethnicity, Socialism, and Politics, 1900-1935 - Franz, Kyle R. (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Labour at the Lakehead: Ethnicity, Socialism, and Politics, 1900-1935," by Michel S. Beaulieu.
Keywords: BEAULIEU; Michel S.; Canada; LABOUR at the Lakehead: Ethnicity; Socialism & Politics 1900-1935 (Book); Labor; Nonfiction

Giant Factories - Freeman, Joshua B. (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article discusses the history of large factories from the Industrial Revolution in England to 21st-century China. Attention is drawn to the textile mills, iron and steel mills, and assembly lines depicted in the works of artists, photographers, writers, and cultural commentators. Labour militancy is also addressed. The conclusion ponders the future of large factories.
Keywords: BOURKE-White; Margaret; 1904-1971; CHINA; FACTORIES in art; FACTORIES in literature; Factories; History; TEXTILE factories; work

Montréal, l'avenir du passé: le dix-neuvième siècle - Frenette, Yves (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the educational CD-ROM, "Montréal, l'avenir du passé: le dix-neuvième siècle," produced by Robert C. H. Sweeny and the organization Montréal, l'avenir du passé (MAP).
Keywords: Geography; MONTREAL (Quebec); TEACHING aids & devices

The Effects of a Training Levy on Training Characteristics and Outcomes: The Case of Quebec - Gagnon, Marie-Eve; Smith, Michael (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
Much of the policy discussion on training is concerned with its undersupply. In 1995, inspired by the French example, Quebec introduced a levy on employers who underspend on training. In this paper we use a micro data set on Canadian workplaces to compare training characteristics and training effects on wages in Quebec with other parts of Canada. In Quebec, we find a much lower incidence of on-the-job training, a greater tendency to use outside trainers, and a larger effect of on-the-job training on wages. We speculate on ways in which these results may be explained by the training levy policy.
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; Studies; Training; Wages & salaries; Work environment

Le retour au travail lors d’un deuil périnatal : Des pratiques organisationnelles en porte-à-faux? - Gagnon, Mélanie; Beaudry, Catherine (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
Cette recherche empirique qualitative de type exploratoire a pour objectif principal de lever le voile sur l’expérience de retour au travail d’employés vivant un deuil périnatal. Plusieurs recherches s’attachent à décrire et à étudier les conséquences d’un deuil périnatal chez les parents. Il est alors établi que le deuil périnatal se distingue des autres types de deuil, bien que l’intensité de la douleur vécue soit aussi importante. Pour l’heure, la littérature en ressources humaines se fait plutôt discrète sur la problématique du deuil périnatal spécifiquement en contexte de retour au travail. De fait, il devient nécessaire de référer à des études s’intéressant au retour au travail à la suite d’autres types de difficultés personnelles. À ce sujet, les écrits soulèvent trois catégories de facteurs influençant le retour au travail : les facteurs sociaux, organisationnels et individuels. L’importance de la perte que le deuil périnatal représente pour les parents endeuillés est souvent sous-estimée au sein des organisations. Lorsque les parents reviennent au travail après la perte de l’enfant à naître ou de leur nourrisson, ils sont fréquemment encore bien ancrés dans leur « processus de deuil » et d’adaptation à celui-ci. Or, le retour au travail dans le cadre d’un tel type de deuil est généralement peu encadré par les organisations. Cette étude fait donc état du vécu des employés en deuil au moment de leur réinvestissement en emploi. Afin d’explorer leur expérience, trois groupes de discussion ont été menés au Québec, avec des femmes ayant vécu la perte de leur enfant à naître ou de leur nourrisson.L’analyse de contenu a permis de conclure que la prise d’un congé à la suite du décès de l’enfant à naître ou du nourrisson, bien qu’importante, est insuffisante à elle seule, puisque lors de la reprise du travail, l’adaptation au deuil n’est pas terminée. Le facteur qui semble le plus déterminant au regard d’une réinsertion réussie s’avère le soutien que procurent les organisations par le biais de diverses pratiques, les plus importantes étant l’accès à un programme d’aide aux employés et l’aménagement du travail.
Keywords: deuil au travail; deuil périnatal; duelo en el trabajo; duelo perinatal; individual perspective; mourning and work; organizational practices; perinatal lost; perspectiva individual; perspective individuelle; pratiques organisationnelles; prácticas organizacionales; regreso al trabajo; retour au travail; return-to-work

La culture musicale des mineurs de Kirkland Lake : un premier aperçu - Gaudreau, Guy (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
Cet article explore la culture musicale des mineurs de Kirkland Lake et en examine l’une de ses dimensions, celle exprimée par leurs pratiques de la musique, qu’elle soit symphonique ou populaire, chantée ou instrumentale, qu’elle se traduise par un concert ou qu’elle accompagne la danse ou les défilés. Connaissant les noms et les occupations de tout le personnel de deux des principales sociétés minières de la ville, la Lake Shore et la Wright-Hargreaves Gold Mines, nous avons cherché à savoir si les mineurs étaient reliés, d’une manière ou d’une autre, aux différentes manifestations musicales rapportées dans le journal local, le Northern News, tout au long de l’année 1934. Selon nous, la diversité des pratiques musicales observée s’expliquerait d’abord par la présence de nombreuses communautés ethniques parmi les mineurs mais aussi par des conditions de travail fort différentes, selon que le mineur travaille sous terre ou au jour.
Keywords: 20th century; Canada; ETHNIC groups; History; KIRKLAND Lake (Ont.); MINES & mineral resources; MINING corporations; MUSIC appreciation; MUSICIANS; Miners; Ontario

Parcours professionnels de femmes immigrées et de filles d'immigrés - Gauthier, Carol-Anne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
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

Up Against the Wall: The Political Economy of the New Attack on the Canadian Labour Movement: A Reply to Andrew Jackson - Gindin, Sam (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2013)

Labour Law and Union Recognition in Canada: A Historical-Institutionalist Perspective - Godard, John (Queen's Law Journal, 2013)
Despite the fact that the American Wagner model is the foundation of labour law in both Canada and the United States, that law has evolved in different ways in the two countries. The author argues that this can be accounted for by adopting a historical-institutionalist perspective, which explains differences by looking at formative historical conditions and the institutional norms and traditions to which they gave rise. The conditions and norms the author identifies in each country lead him to conclude that the Canadian and American Wagner models are driven by different underlying rationales: the American version is predominantly concerned with economic gain and limited state interference, whereas the Canadian version seeks to maintain order and stability through the exercise of state control. For the time being, Canada's version has proved more effective at sustaining higher levels of union density. The paper then asks what these differences might tell us about the future of labour law and unionization in Canada. The author argues that Wagnerism in Canada has been a double-edged sword. While it has given unions greater institutional security, that same security has discouraged labour leaders from pursuing meaningful reforms to avoid union decline. The author also observes that there has been an erosion of the distinct institutional norms and traditions that have historically prevailed in Canada, brought on by an ideological shift towards neo-liberalism and globalization. From a historical-institutionalist perspective, however, policies that deviate too far from a nation's historical trajectory are unlikely to survive for long.

Settling and Unsettling Memories: Essays in Canadian Public History - Gordon, Alan (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Settling and Unsettling Memories: Essays in Canadian Public History," edited by Nicole Neatby and Peter Hodgins.
Keywords: Canada; HODGINS; Peter; NEATBY; Nicole; Nonfiction; PUBLIC history; SETTLING & Unsettling Memories: Essays in Canadian Public History (Book)

The Devil's Milk: A Social History of Rubber - Goutor, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "The Devil's Milk: A Social History of Rubber," by John Tully.
Keywords: DEVIL'S Milk: A Social History of Rubber; The (Book); History; Nonfiction; RUBBER; RUBBER industry; TULLY; John

Our Way to Fight: Peace-Work Under Siege in Israel-Palestine - Haiven, Judy (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Our Way to Fight: Peace-Work Under Siege in Israel-Palestine," by Michael Riordon.
Keywords: ARAB-Israeli conflict – Peace; Nonfiction; OUR Way to Fight: Peace-Work Under Siege in Israel-Palestine (Book); RIORDON; Michael

Research Handbook on the Future of Work and Employment Relations - Haiven, Judy (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
Research Handbook on the Future of Work and Employment Relations, edited by Keith Townsend and Adrian Wilkinson, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; 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; Work environment

Work Stress and Coping in the Era of Globalization - Haiven, Judy (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
Work Stress and Coping in the Era of Globalization, by Rabi S. Bhagat, James C. Segovis and Terry A. Nelson, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Cultural differences; Globalization; International; Labor Unions; Occupational stress; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

GRH et mondialisation : nouveaux contextes, nouveaux enjeux - Hallée, Yves (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "GRH et mondialisation : nouveaux contextes, nouveaux enjeux," edited by Didier Cazal, Éric Davoine, Pierre Louart and Françoise Chevalier.
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

Trajectoires des modèles nationaux : État, démocratie et travail en France et en Allemagne - Hanin, Frédéric (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Trajectoires des modèles nationaux : État, démocratie et travail en France et en Allemagne," edited by Michel Dupré, Olivier Giraud and Michel Lallement.
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

Love and Struggle: My Life in SDS, the Weather Underground, and Beyond - Hannant, Larry (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Love and Struggle: My Life in SDS, the Weather Underground, and Beyond," by David Gilbert.
Keywords: GILBERT; David; LOVE & Struggle: My Life in SDS; the Weather Underground & Beyond (Book); Nonfiction; WEATHER Underground Organization

The Life of Norman Bethune - Hannant, Larry (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Phoenix: The Life of Norman Bethune," by Roderick Stewart and Sharon Stewart.
Keywords: BETHUNE; Norman; 1890-1939; Nonfiction; PHOENIX: The Life of Norman Bethune (Book); STEWART; Roderick; STEWART; Sharon

L’action collective au sein des alliances syndicales internationales : deux études de cas contrastées - Hennebert, Marc-Antonin; Dufour-Poirier, Mélanie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
Une des principales innovations syndicales en matière de régulation sociale des firmes transnationales réside dans l’émergence d’alliances syndicales internationales visant à fournir un espace de concertation et de développement de stratégies communes aux syndicats représentant les travailleurs d’une même firme. Sur la base de deux études de cas menées au sein de deux multinationales de différents secteurs et d’un corpus empirique incluant plus d’une centaine d’entretiens avec des syndicalistes de différents pays, cet article analyse la construction de l’action collective syndicale au sein de ces alliances. Partant de trois clés de lecture découlant d’autant de théories classiques de l’action collective – soit la théorie de la mobilisation des ressources, celle de la régulation sociale ainsi que celle dite de la structure d’opportunités politiques –, cet article met en relief certains facteurs déterminants du développement de cette action au sein des alliances syndicales internationales. Au-delà de l’importance pour les acteurs d’investir des ressources dans ces alliances, on observe que la formalisation organisationnelle de ces dernières, par l’intermédiaire de la définition de certaines règles d’organisation et la création de « centres » décisionnels, peut jouer un rôle déterminant dans leur propension à initier des actions collectives. Notre étude souligne également l’importance pour les acteurs syndicaux impliqués de définir un projet commun mobilisateur qui donne à la fois une cible et un sens aux actions planifiées. Au final, étant donné le bilan contrasté pouvant être tiré de ces deux cas, cet article met en lumière à la fois l’importante contribution potentielle de ces alliances au renouveau syndical mais aussi les nombreux obstacles qui se posent au développement de l’action syndicale internationale.
Keywords: cooperación inter-sindical; coopération intersyndicale; corporación multinacional; entreprises multinationales; inter-union cooperation; international labour regulation; international unionism; multinational corporation; regulación laboral internacional; régulation internationale du travail; sindicalismo internacional; syndicalisme international

The Real Dope: Social, Legal, and Historical Perspectives on the Regulation of Drugs in Canada - Heron, Craig (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "The Real Dope: Social, Legal, and Historical Perspectives on the Regulation of Drugs in Canada," edited by Edgar-André Montigny.
Keywords: Canada; DRUG laws & regulations; MONTIGNY; Edgar-Andre; Nonfiction; REAL Dope: Social; Legal & Historical Perspectives on the Regulation of Drugs in Canada; The (Book)

Handbook of Research in International Human Resource Management - Hodder, Andy (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Handbook of Research in International Human Resource Management," 2nd edition, edited by Gunter K. Stahl.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Human resource management; International; Labor Unions; Management theory; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Up Against the Wall: The Political Economy of the New Attack on the Canadian Labour Movements - Jackson, Andrew (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2013)
The Canadian labour movement faces an existential crisis. State and business hostility to unions is not new, but the attack has recently intensified as conservative political forces and major employer groups have embraced the agenda of the US Republican right. Mirroring anti-union US labour law would lead to the precipitous decline of union density in Canada, which is already eroding due to the manufacturing crisis and the long-standing failure of unions to organize in private services. The new attack is more a product of labour movement weakness than strength, and will be most effectively resisted by increasing union density and bargaining power in the private sector.

A Labour History of Ireland, 1824-2000 - James, Kevin J. (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "A Labour History of Ireland, 1824-2000," by Emmet O'Connor.
Keywords: LABOR movement – History; LABOUR History of Ireland 1824-2000; A (Book); LABOUR Party (Ireland); Nonfiction; O'CONNOR; Emmet

Stalin's Man in Canada: Fred Rose and Soviet Espionage - Kealey, Gregory S. (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Stalin's Man in Canada: Fred Rose and Soviet Espionage," by David Levy.
Keywords: Canada; Espionage; LEVY; David; Nonfiction; ROSE; Fred; STALIN'S Man in Canada: Fred Rose & Soviet Espionage (Book)

Obituary: Irene Whitfield - Kealey, Gregory S.; Cadigan, Sean (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
Pays homage to Irene Whitfield (1941-2013), who was managing editor of the journal from 1982 to 2007.
Keywords: PERIODICAL editors; WHITFIELD; Irene

Showing Agency on the Margins: African American Railway Workers in the South and Their Unions, 1917-1930 - Kelly, Joseph (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
During World War I and the 1920s, African American trainmen throughout the South took advantage of federal administrative bodies that had set anti-discrimination rules to challenge racist employers and white trainmen alike. After the war, white workers insisted that African Americans be relegated to porter jobs. White employers demanded that African American workers who continued to work as brakemen and flagmen, as they had during the war, accept lower wages for such skilled work than their white counterparts were paid. The federal government preferred to turn a blind eye to racial discrimination against African American workers in the period after federal control of the railways ended. Despite this concerted attack from all sides on their rights, unions of African American trainmen continued their fight, with some success, before federal administrative tribunals as well as the courts to retain skilled positions and receive the same pay as their white equivalents. Only the devastation of rail jobs in the 1930s largely destroyed the African American trainmen's wartime gains.
Keywords: 20th century; AFRICAN Americans – Employment; Equal pay for equal work; History; LABOR laws & legislation; LABOR unions – United States; PORTERS; RACE discrimination – United States; RACE discrimination in employment; RAILROAD construction workers; RAILROADS – United States; United States; WAGES – Railroads

The Impact of Social Networks on Labour Market Outcomes: New Evidence from Cape Breton - Khan, Adnan Q.; Lehrer, Steven F. (Canadian Public Policy, 2013)
Debates centered on the role of social networks as a determinant of labour market outcomes have a long history in economics and sociology; however, determining causality remains a challenge. In this study we use information on random assignment to a unique intervention to identify the impact of changes in the size of alternative social network measures on subsequent employment at both the individual and community levels. Our results indicate that being assigned to the treatment protocol significantly increased the size of social networks, particularly weak ties. Nevertheless, these increases do not translate into improved employment outcomes 18 months following study completion. We do not find any evidence of treatment effect heterogeneity based on the initial size of one’s social network; rather those whose strong ties increased at a higher rate during the experiment were significantly less likely to hold a job following the experiment. We find that many of these results also hold at the community level among those who did not directly participate in the intervention. In summary, our results suggest that policies can successfully influence the [End Page S1] size of an individual’s social network, but that these increases have a limited impact on long-run labour market outcomes, with the notable exception of changes in the composition of individuals who hold jobs.

Du côté des vainqueurs : une sociologie de l'incertitude sur les marchés du travail - Kirouac, Laurie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Du côté des vainqueurs : une sociologie de l’incertitude sur les marchés du travail," by François Sarfati.
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

Game Plan: A Social History of Sport in Alberta - Kossuth, Robert S. (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Game Plan: A Social History of Sport in Alberta," Karen L. Wall.
Keywords: Alberta; Canada; GAME Plan: A Social History of Sport in Alberta (Book); History; Nonfiction; Sports; WALL; Karen L.

Relentless Change: A Casebook for the Study of Canadian Business History - Krats, Peter V. (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Relentless Change: A Casebook for the Study of Canadian Business History," edited by Joe Martin.
Keywords: Business; Canada; History; MARTIN; Joe; Nonfiction; RELENTLESS Change: A Casebook for the Study of Canadian Business History (Book)

Revitalizing Union Action: The Impact Of Youth Committees In A Public Sector Labour Federation In Québec - Laroche, Mélanie; Dufour-Poirier, Mélanie (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2013)
This article examines the revitalization of a union federation's capacity to represent young workers. It presents a qualitative study of the role and impact of one of the most developed forms of youth involvement in a union, youth committees. It first analyzes the extent to which these committees helped put the concerns of members under the age of 30 on the union federation's agenda and fostered their participation in its internal life. Second, it examines the ways in which these committees initiated a degree of change in the federation at the institutional level. Overall, our findings indicate that youth committees were able to question existing practices and initiate a degree of union change. However, the disagreements expressed by the young workers tended to remain confined within these parallel structures, thus limiting their potential to change the representative capacity of the federation.

Brève histoire du régime seigneurial - Larose, André (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Brève histoire du régime seigneurial," by Benoît Grenier.
Keywords: BREVE histoire du regime seigneurial (Book); Canada; GRENIER; Benoit; History; MANORIALISM; Nonfiction; TO 1763 (New France)

Développement des identités, des compétences et des pratiques professionnelles - Le Capitaine, Catherine (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Développement des identités, des compétences et des pratiques professionnelles," edited by Anne-Marie Vonthron, Sabine Pohl and Pascale Desrumaux.
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

Les conditions de travail au Québec : Une analyse différenciée selon les groupes d’âge - Ledoux, Élise; Fournier, Pierre-Sébastien; Champoux, Danièle; Prud’homme, Pascale; Laberge, Marie; Aurousseau, Chantal; Ouellet, Sylvie; Chatigny, Céline (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
Cet article présente les travaux d’une communauté de chercheurs du Réseau de recherche en santé et en sécurité du travail du Québec (RRSSTQ), créée en 2006, laquelle s’intéresse aux questions d’âges et de rapports sociaux en milieux de travail, en lien avec les conditions de travail et la santé et la sécurité du travail. De disciplines diverses (ergonomie, sociologie, psychosociologie, communication, droit, éducation), cette communauté réalise des recherches à partir d’enquêtes et d’études de terrain s’appuyant sur une approche compréhensive des phénomènes. Cette problématique se situe dans un contexte social singulier marqué, entre autres, par la mondialisation des marchés, une introduction massive des nouvelles technologies, une transformation des formes d’emploi, ainsi qu’un vieillissement de la main-d’oeuvre dans les pays industrialisés. Ces transformations créent des conditions particulières de rétention et d’intégration de la main-d’oeuvre dans les milieux de travail. À partir des données de l’Enquête québécoise sur des conditions de travail, d’emploi et de santé et de sécurité du travail (EQCOTESST), réalisée en 2008, auprès d’un échantillon représentatif de 5 071 répondants, l’objectif de cette étude est de tracer un portrait des conditions de travail en fonction de l’âge des travailleurs au Québec. L’article propose l’interprétation de ce portrait à partir d’un cadre d’analyse s’appuyant sur une approche diachronique des dynamiques âge-travail-santé dans le but de mieux orienter les interventions en milieu de travail.
Keywords: age; approche diachronique; condiciones de empleo; condiciones de trabajo; condition de travail; condition d’emploi; diachronic approach; edad; employment conditions; enfoque diacrónico; trajectoires; trajectories; trayectorias; work conditions; âge

In Pursuit of Gold: Chinese American Miners and Merchants in the American West - Lew-Williams, Beth (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "In Pursuit of Gold: Chinese American Miners and Merchants in the American West," by Sue Fawn Chung.
Keywords: 19th century; CHINESE – United States; CHUNG; Sue Fawn; GOLD mines & mining – History; History; IN Pursuit of Gold: Chinese American Miners & Merchants in the American West (Book); Nonfiction

Has There Been a She-covery? The Financial Crisis of 2008 and Its Impact on the Ontario Labour Market - Lewchuk, Wayne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
This paper explores changes in labour market outcomes between June 2005 and November 2010. It asks if the recovery in labour markets following the 2008 financial crisis favoured men or women. The analysis is based on a unique longitudinal database of individuals in the Toronto-Hamilton labour market. Men were the most likely to have paid employment in the post-financial crisis period, but only at the cost of a significant deterioration in its terms and conditions. The findings suggest that many middle-aged workers were not protected by job seniority or implicit lifetime employment relationships. The findings point to a further decline in the prevalence of the standard employment relationship and the male breadwinner model of employment.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Economic recovery; Employment; LABOR market; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

A New Union for Challenging Times: A Reply to Andrew Jackson - Lewenza, Ken (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2013)

The Intersecting Dynamics of Social Exclusion: Age, Gender, Race and Immigrant Status in Canada's Labour Market - Lightman, Naomi; Gingrich, Luann Good (Canadian Ethnic Studies, 2013)
Through the use of a social exclusion framework and analysis of recent data from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (2009), a national longitudinal database, this empirical research investigates the mechanisms through which social groups are made and socio-economic outcomes are determined in Canada today. Our objective is to explore and describe the social characteristics and personal attributes that intersect to direct divergent economic realities. To this end, we initially present a brief review of the social exclusion literature, as well as descriptive data on several aspects of age and immigration. This is followed by logistic regressions for five dimensions of economic exclusion, to examine who is made socially excluded in economic terms in Canada. Subsequently, to progress the analysis from a focus on the individual effects of specific social attributes, we calculate the combined odds of two dimensions of economic exclusion (low individual earnings and insecure employment) for eight prototypes of individuals, to highlight the intersecting effects of social dynamics related to age, gender, visible minority status and immigrant status, and to ultimately explore who gets ahead and who falls behind in the Canadian labour market. We conclude with a discussion of policy and research implications.

Private-Sector Pension Plans: Have Recent Pension Reforms Addressed the Needs of Plan Sponsors - Litner, Paul W.; Marin, Jonathan (Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal, 2013)
Defined benefit (DB) pension plans have historically been an import- ant element in Canada's "three pillar" retirement income system. However, recessions in the global and Canadian economies have increased pressures on the funding of DB plans, and highlighted concerns about their sustainability - developments which have prompted governments in Canada to introduce a num- ber of reforms to pension benefit legislation. The authors, counsel to employers and plan sponsors, provide an overview of the existing legislation and the reform process, with particular emphasis on changes to Ontario's regulatory framework for DB plans as it relates to four key areas: plan solvency andfunding, surpluses, partial plan wind-ups, and asset transfers and plan mergers or splits. The paper notes that many if not all of these measures have been well-received by plan sponsors. However, in assessing whether the reforms will have the intended effect of stemming the decline in DB plan participation, the authors question whether the measures taken so far are not "too little, too late," and suggest that more far-reaching, and permanent, steps will be necessary. The paper also reviews and comments on the main features of the legislation recently enacted by the federal government providing for pooled registered pension plans.

Flexibility at the Core: What Determines Employment of Part-Time Faculty in Academia - Liu, Xiangmin; Zhang, Liang (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
This study uses both institutional and individual level data to examine the variation of part-time faculty employment in colleges and universities in the United States. Results support the arguments that higher educational institutions actively adopt contingent work arrangements to manage their resource dependence with constituencies, to save on labour costs, and to maximize academic prestige. Private institutions, on average, have higher levels of part-time faculty than their public counterparts. The proportion of part-time students and the share of institutional revenues derived from tuition and fees are positively associated with part-time faculty employment. Institutions that have limited resource slack and pay high salaries to their full-time faculty members tend to employ a high proportion of part-time faculty.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Cost reduction; Labor Unions; Part time employment; Revenue; School faculty; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; higher education

Negotiating Narratives: Recent Approaches in Consumer Studies - Liverant, Bettina (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews and comments on the books "Debtor Nation: The History of America in Red Ink," by Louis Hyman, "Packaging Pleasure: Holiday Camps in Twentieth-Century Britain," by Sandra Dawson, and "Consumption and Its Consequences," by Daniel Miller.
Keywords: CONSUMPTION & Its Consequences (Book); DAWSON; Sandra; DEBTOR Nation: The History of America in Red Ink (Book); HYMAN; Louis; 1977-; MILLER; Daniel; Nonfiction; PACKAGING Pleasure: Holiday Camps in 20th-Century Britain (Book)

Le transfert de connaissances au RRSSTQ : Bilan et perspectives - Lortie, Monique; Desmarais, Lise; Faye, Cheikh; Laroche, Éléna; Faurie, Isabelle (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
Cet article a pour objectif de poser un regard rétrospectif sur les activités scientifiques et les réflexions menées par le regroupement stratégique en transfert de connaissances (RS-TC) afin de dégager des axes de développement sur ce thème en lien avec la santé et sécurité au travail (SST). Afin de dresser ce bilan, nous avons effectué une analyse documentaire à partir de deux sources principales : 1) les activités de type symposiums et tables rondes organisées successivement en 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 et 2011 et les diverses présentations et publications qui en sont issues et 2) les revues de littérature effectuées sur le transfert des connaissances en SST. Nous présentons d’abord un bref portrait des activités de transfert en SST réalisées par le RS-TC du Réseau de recherche en santé et sécurité du travail (RRSSTQ). Par la suite, nous proposons diverses pistes de réflexion développées à partir des activités menées depuis la création de ce regroupement au sein du RRSSTQ. Par exemple, le piège de restreindre le sens du terme connaissance et de s’y astreindre, le choix d’un intitulé représentatif de la question du transfert au Réseau, la nécessité d’opérer une double articulation individu/organisation, l’importance et la complexité du rôle des relayeurs, la multiplicité des outils de relais, la problématique de l’implantation. Nous terminons sur une piste de réflexion encore inexplorée par la communauté de chercheurs en TC de ce regroupement – les décideurs, auxquels peu d’efforts ont été consacrés – et sur les suites à donner au travail réalisé à ce jour : développer un cadre d’analyse propre à rendre compte des savoirs et savoir-faire développés au Réseau.
Keywords: agentes de relevo; formaciones; formations; guides; guías; intermediaries; knowledge; knowledge transfer; relayeurs; saberes; savoirs; training; transferencia de conocimientos; transfert des connaissances

Reds at the Blackboard: Communism, Civil Rights, and the New York City Teachers Union - Lyons, John F. (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Reds at the Blackboard: Communism, Civil Rights, and the New York City Teachers Union," by Clarence Taylor.
Keywords: COMMUNISM & education; NEW York (State); Nonfiction; REDS at the Blackboard: Communism; Civil Rights & the New York City Teachers Union (Book); TAYLOR; Clarence; TEACHERS' unions

Hearts and Minds: Canadian Romance at the Dawn of the Modern Era, 1900-1930 - Macdonald, Heidi (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Hearts and Minds: Canadian Romance at the Dawn of the Modern Era, 1900-1930," by Dan Azoulay.
Keywords: AZOULAY; Dan; HEARTS & Minds: Canadian Romance at the Dawn of the Modern Era 1900-1930 (Book); History; Nonfiction; ROMANTIC love

Labour and the Commemorative Landscape in Industrial Cape Breton, 1922-2013 - MacKinnon, Lachlan (Material Culture Review, 2013)
Labour landmarks are monuments, memorials, plaques and other sites that commemorate the past experiences of workers in society. These sites are also manifestations of the collective memory of labourers. In industrial Cape Breton, which has a long history of labour and class struggle, an analytical survey of labour landmarks reveals how the industrial past has been remembered and memorialized. This overview reflects the narratives that have been attached to these sites, the ways in which historical memory has been localized and constructed in industrial Cape Breton, and the new layers of meaning that are revealed as these communities transition into post-industrialism.

"To Those Who Lost Their Lives": Reading a Labour Landmark in Sydney, Nova Scotia - MacKinnon, Lachlan (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
Discusses the importance of labour landmarks, in particular the United Steelworker's Memorial Monument in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Provides the historical context of labour unrest and industrial fatalities that occurred at the Sydney steelplant, with summaries of the circumstances that resulted in the deaths of individual workers over the decades. Takes note of ownership changes, advances in workplace safety through unionism, and the plant's toxic legacy.
Keywords: COLLECTIVE memory; History; Labor Unions; STEEL industry – History; SYDNEY (N.S.); UNITED Steelworkers of America; Workers' monuments

Two-Tier Workplace Compensation: Issues and Remedies - MacNeil, Michael (Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal, 2013)
As a result of the recession that began in 2008, many employers are look- ing for ways to cut labour costs. One way of doing so is to impose two-tier compensation schemes, whereby younger employees do essentially the same job as older ones, but for lower wages and benefits. The key concern of this paper is how Canadian labour, employment and human rights law could respond to the differential impact of two-tier schemes on younger workers. First, the author reviews the use of two-tier systems in the United States and Canada, showing that they affect not only workers' wages and benefits but also their pensions, as employers move from defined benefit to defined contribution plans. In the next part of the paper, he analyses arbitral, labour board and human rights tribunal case law, arguing that lower-tier workers face significant barriers in seeking legal recourse through duty of fair representation or human rights complaints. The author concludes with an overview of the restrictions on two-tier schemes in the Quebec employment standards statute, and discusses the difficulties of enacting similar legislation in other Canadian jurisdictions.

Acquired Expertise of Administrative Tribunals and the Standard of Judicial Review: The Case of Grievance Arbitrators and Human Rights Law - Makela, Finn (Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal, 2013)
Focusing on arbitral decisions on human rights claims arising in the employment context, this paper looks at the nature of the expertise of adminis- trative tribunals and its role in determining the standard of judicial review. The author notes that arbitrators are considered to have expertise in labour rela- tions, and that this has been a key factor in the high level of deference generally shown by courts to their decisions. However, despite the expansion of arbitral jurisdiction over human rights matters in unionized workplaces, the courts, applying a "correctness" standard of review, have refused to grant deference to arbitrators with respect to their interpretation and application of human rights legislation, in part on the basis that they are not expert in the area. The author takes issue with this view, contending that arbitrators have in fact acquired significant expertise in interpreting human rights statutes in the context of the employment relationship, and that recognition of such expertise should lead to a reappraisal of the level of curial deference. In this regard, he argues, it would be open to the courts to deem arbitrators to possess the requisite expertise in human rights, thereby justifying a more deferential "reasonableness" standard of review.

Créativité et gestion : les idées au service de l'innovation - Malo, François Bernard (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
Créativité et gestion : les idées au service de l’innovation, by Camille Carrier et Sylvie Gélinas, is reviewed.
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 Tailor of Ulm: Communism in the Twentieth Century - Manley, John (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "The Tailor of Ulm: Communism in the Twentieth Century," by Lucio Magri.
Keywords: 20th century; Communism; History; MAGRI; Lucio; 1932-2011; Nonfiction; TAILOR of Ulm: Communism in the 20th Century; The (Book)

Combating Mountaintop Removal: New Directions in the Fight Against Big Coal - Manuel, Jeffrey T. (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Combating Mountaintop Removal: New Directions in the Fight Against Big Coal," by Bryan T. McNeil.
Keywords: COAL mines & mining; COMBATING Mountaintop Removal: New Directions in the Fight Against Big Coal (Book); MCNEIL; Bryan T.; MOUNTAINTOP removal mining; Nonfiction; WEST Virginia

Research Handbook of Comparative Employment Relations - Markey, Raymond (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
Research Handbook of Comparative Employment Relations, edited by Michael Barry and Adrian Wilkinson, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Political economy; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Contesting White Supremacy: School Segregation, Anti-Racism and the Making of Chinese Canadians - Marshall, Alison R. (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Contesting White Supremacy: School Segregation, Anti-Racism and the Making of Chinese Canadians," by Timothy J. Stanley.
Keywords: ANTI-racism; CONTESTING White Supremacy: School Segregation; Anti-Racism & the Making of Chinese Canadians (Book); Chinese Canadians; History; Nonfiction; STANLEY; Timothy J.

Pierre Laporte - Martel, Marcel (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Pierre Laporte," by Jean-Charles Panneton.
Keywords: LAPORTE; Pierre Francois; 1799-1841; Nonfiction; PANNETON; Jean-Charles; PIERRE Laporte (Book)

Remaking E.P. Thompson - Matthews, Wade (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews and comments extensively on the book, "The Crisis of Theory: E. P. Thompson, the New Left and Postwar British Politics," by Scott Hamilton.
Keywords: CRISIS of Theory: E.P. Thompson; the New Left & Postwar British Politics; The (Book); HAMILTON; Scott; Nonfiction; THOMPSON; E. P. (Edward Palmer); 1924-1993

"Telford Time" and the Populist Origins of the CCF in British Columbia - McDonald, Robert A. J. (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article focuses on the Canadian political party the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) in British Columbia (BC) and how it promoted populism and socialism within the province during the 1930s. The author explores the role of party founder Lyle Telford in the CCF movement, discusses how the CCF won the provincial vote in 1933, and examines the CCF's successor party the New Democratic Party (NDP).
Keywords: BRITISH Columbia – Politics & government – 20th century; CO-Operative Commonwealth Federation (Political party : Canada); Canada; History; NEW Democratic Party (Political party : British Columbia); Political parties; Socialism; TELFORD; Lyle; elections; populism

Beyond Blood: Rethinking Indigenous Identity - Miller, J. R. (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Beyond Blood: Rethinking Indigenous Identity," by Pamela D. Palmater.
Keywords: BEYOND Blood: Rethinking Indigenous Identity (Book); ETHNIC identity; Indigenous Peoples; Nonfiction; PALMATER; Pamela D.

The Invisible Handcuffs of Capitalism: How Market Tyranny Stifles the Economy by Stunting Workers - Milloy, Jeremy (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "The Invisible Handcuffs of Capitalism: How Market Tyranny Stifles the Economy by Stunting Workers," by Michael Perelman.
Keywords: Capitalism; Economic aspects; INVISIBLE Handcuffs of Capitalism: How Market Tyranny Stifles the Economy by Stunting Workers; The (Book); Nonfiction; PERELMAN; Michael

Negotiating Neoliberal Empowerment: Aboriginal People, Educational Restructuring, and Academic Labour in the North of British Columbia, Canada - Mills, Suzanne E.; McCreary, Tyler (Antipode, 2013)
Aboriginal peoples in Canada are gaining influence in post-secondary education through Aboriginal-directed programs and policies in non-Aboriginal institutions. However, these gains have occurred alongside, and in some cases through, neoliberal reforms to higher education. This article explores the political consequences of the neoliberal institutionalization of First Nations empowerment for public sector unions and workers. We examine a case where the indigenization of a community college in British Columbia was embedded in neoliberal reforms that ran counter to the interests of academic instructors. Although many union members supported indigenization, many also possessed a deep ambivalence about the change. Neoliberal indigenization increased work intensity, decreased worker autonomy and promoted an educational philosophy that prioritized labour market needs over liberal arts. This example demonstrates how the integration of Aboriginal aspirations into neoliberal processes of reform works to rationalize public sector restructuring, constricting labour agency and the possibilities for alliances between labour and Aboriginal peoples.
Keywords: education; indigenous peoples; restructuring; union; work

On Agency, Freedom, and the Boundaries of Slavery Studies - Millward, Jessica (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews and comments on several books including "From Africa to Jamaica: The Making of an Atlantic Slave Society, 1775-1807," by Audra A. Diptee, "Gleanings of Freedom: Free and Slave Labor Along the Mason-Dixon Line, 1790-1860," by Max Grivno, and "Forging Freedom: Black Women and the Pursuit of Liberty in Antebellum Charleston," by Amrita Chakrabarti Myers.
Keywords: DIPTEE; Audra A.; FORGING Freedom: Black Women & the Pursuit of Liberty in Antebellum Charleston (Book); FROM Africa to Jamaica: The Making of an Atlantic Slave Society 1775-1807 (Book); GLEANINGS of Freedom: Free & Slave Labor Along the Mason-Dixon Line 1790-1860 (Book); GRIVNO; Max; MYERS; Amrita Chakrabarti; Nonfiction

A Life in Balance? Reopening the Family-Work Debate - Morris, Marika (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "A Life in Balance? Reopening the Family-Work Debate," edited by Catherine Krull and Justyna Sempruch.
Keywords: KRULL; Catherine; LIFE in Balance? Reopening the Family-Work Debate; A (Book); Nonfiction; SEMPRUCH; Justyna; WORK-life balance

A Bridge of Ships: Canadian Shipbuilding during the Second World War - Muhammad, Robin Dearmon (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book. "A Bridge of Ships: Canadian Shipbuilding during the Second World War," by James Pritchard.
Keywords: BRIDGE of Ships: Canadian Shipbuilding During the Second World War; A (Book); Canada; Nonfiction; PRITCHARD; James; Shipbuilding

Babies for the Nation: The Medicalization of Motherhood in Quebec, 1910-1970 - Mullally, Sasha (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Babies for the Nation: The Medicalization of Motherhood in Quebec, 1910-1970," by Denyse Baillargeon, translated by W. Donald Wilson.
Keywords: BABIES for the Nation: The Medicalization of Motherhood in Quebec 1910-1970 (Book); BAILLARGEON; Denyse; Canada; MATERNAL health services; MEDICALIZATION; Nonfiction

Workplace Representatives: Strategic Actors of Union Renewal?: Workplace Representatives and Union Renewal - Murray, Gregor; Lévesque, Christian; Dufour, Christian; Hege, Adelheid (Industrial Relations Journal, 2013)
Workplace representatives (shop stewards) provide insight into union transformations. This article explores the renewed research interest in terms of the representativeness of unionism and of workplace representatives, the complexity of the sites of representation and employer strategies, the search for new references and the centrality of workplace representatives in union renewal strategies.

Improving Organizational Interventions for Stress and Well-being - Muurlink, Olav (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
Improving Organizational Interventions for Stress and Well-being, edited by Caroline Biron, Maria Karanika-Murray and Cary L. Cooper, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Job satisfaction; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Stress; Work life balance

From Serious Shortage of Researchers to OHS Law Changes and Growing Industrial Needs: A Dynamic and Quiet Force - Nadeau, Sylvie; Fatisson, Julien; Badri, Adel; Emami-Mehrgani, Behnam (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
An initial observation by the work safety research community of the Quebec Occupational Health and Safety Research Network (QOHSRN) reveals that occupational safety, an aspect affecting all industrial sectors, requires international exchanges to meet the objectives and expand the knowledge gained within the network. This historical review is also meant to show the diversity of the work safety research community goals and the need to develop intersectoral research projects. The growing and essential involvement of student members within the research community ensures a solid future in that regard.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Historical analysis; Knowledge management; Labor Unions; Occupational safety; Reforms; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

In the Interest of Democracy: The Rise and Fall of the Early Cold War Alliance Between the American Federation of Labor and the Central Intelligence Agency - Nastovski, Katherine (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "In the Interest of Democracy: The Rise and Fall of the Early Cold War Alliance Between the American Federation of Labor and the Central Intelligence Agency," by Quenby Olmsted Hughes.
Keywords: AMERICAN Federation of Labor; COLD War; 1945-1989 – Political aspects; HUGHES; Quenby Olmsted; IN the Interest of Democracy: The Rise & Fall of the Early Cold War Alliance Between the American Federation of Labor & the Central Intelligence Agency (Book); Nonfiction

The British Columbia CCF's Working-Class Moment: Socialism Not Populism - Naylor, James (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article focuses on the Canadian political party the British Columbia Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (BC/CCF) and how it contributed to a political left-wing social movement for Canada's working class during the 1930s. The author argues that while the BC/CCF had populist beginnings, it was truly a socialist party. He discusses how the BC/CCF impacted Canadian politics during the interwar years, argues that the party created an anti-liberal movement, and explores the BC/CCF's relationship to the Socialist Party of Canada.
Keywords: 20th century; BRITISH Columbia – Politics & government – 20th century; CANADA – Politics & government – 1914-1945; CO-Operative Commonwealth Federation (Political party : Canada); Canada; History; LEFT & right; Liberalism; Political parties; Social movements; Socialism; Socialist Party of Canada; WORKING class – Political activity; populism

The Legal In/Security of Temporary Migrant Agricultural Work: Case Studies from Canada and Australia - Newman, Andrew (Deakin Law Review, 2013)
Despite differing labour law systems and program structures, temporary migrant agricultural workers under the Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program and Australian Seasonal Worker Program often possess minimal security of employment rights and protections, despite potentially lengthy periods of consecutive seasonal service to the same employer. Such lesser rights and protections are partly due to the central role played by continuity of service in determining the length of reasonable notice periods and the strength of unfair dismissal protections and stand-down/recall rights. Although it is often presumed that the temporary duration of the seasonal work visa necessarily severs the legal continuity of the employment relationship, such is not the case. This article argues that security of employment rights and protections can be re-conceptualised to recognise non-continuous seasonal service within the current parameters of a fixed-term work visa. In both Canada and Australia this could be accomplished through contractual or collective agreement terms or through the amendment of labour law legislation. Such reforms would recognise a form of unpaid 'migrant worker leave', whereby the legal continuity of employment would be preserved despite periods of mandatory repatriation, thus allowing accrual of security of employment rights and protections.
Keywords: Australia; Canada; Labor laws and legislation; Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program

Memorial of War, Memorial of Hope: Contemplating the creation, destruction, and re-creation of Fred Ross' mural The Destruction of War/Rebuilding the World Through Education, 1948,1954, and 2011 - Niergarth, Kirk (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article is an extensive commentary on the history and significance of the mural, "The Destruction of War/Rebuilding the World Through Education," by Fred Ross. The mural was painted in the late 1940s at Fredericton High School in Fredericton, N.B. Removed in the 1950s, it was subsequently lost. A recreated version of the mural was installed at the University of New Brunswick in 2011.
Keywords: COLD War; 1945-1989; History; LOST works of art; MURAL painting & decoration – 20th century; New Brunswick; ROSS; Fred; WORLD War; 1939-1945 – Art & the war

The Historical and Contemporary Life-Value of the Canadian Labour Movement - Noonan, Jeff (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
Neo-liberal ideology has attempted to set different groups of workers–employed and unemployed, public and private sector, unionized and non-unionized–in opposition to each other. A successful response will require more than clear philosophical principles. It will require detailed, difficult, and long-term political efforts to construct solidarity. At the same time, that practical political work requires principles. The most effective principles on the basis of which solidarity can be built are those that disclose shared interests. The life-value principles underlying the most significant achievements of the union movement are the best means by which the shared interests of all workers can be disclosed. (English)
Keywords: CANADA – Economic conditions – 1991-; Canada; EMPLOYMENT (Economic theory); Employees; LABOR market; Labor Unions; Labor movement; Neoliberalism; SOLIDARITY; STRIKES & lockouts; Unemployment

Filipino Health Care Aides and the Nursing Home Labour Market in Winnipeg - Novek, Sheila (Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 2013)
Canada’s nursing homes have become increasingly dependent on immigrant health care aides. More than any other ethnic group, Filipino women are over-represented among health care aides in the Canadian health care system. This qualitative study explored the employment experiences of Filipino health care aides in nursing homes from their own perspectives as well as those of policy stakeholders. Fourteen in-depth interviews were conducted with Filipino health care aides and long-term-care policy stakeholders in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The results indicated that migrant social networks act as pathways linking immigrant women with employment opportunities in nursing homes. The composition of the labour force is also shaped by management strategies and labour market accommodations that respond to, and reinforce, these social networks. These findings have implications for workforce planning and the quality of care provision in nursing homes.
https://mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca/bitstream/handle/1993/4751/Novek_Sheila.pdf?sequence=1

Valuing Care Work: Comparative Perspectives - Nyland, Chris (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Valuing Care Work: Comparative Perspectives," edited by Cecilia Benoit and Helga Hallgrimsdottir.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Caregivers; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social policy; Welfare

Pitching for Each Others' Team: The North American Free Trade Agreement and Labor Transnationalism - Ozarow, Daniel (Labor History, 2013)
The North American Free Trade Agreement's side accord – the 1994 North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation – has been portrayed as providing an ineffective, bureaucratic procedure for dealing with labor complaints about infringements of national labor legislation. This paper reviews two decades of experience. It argues that after an initial period of formal activity, which did indeed expose the accord's severe limitations, a new era of intensified international links at grassroots level commenced. Despite its limitations, the accord initiated positive learning processes and intensified exchanges between the trade union movements in the USA, Canada and Mexico.
Keywords: INTERNATIONAL labor activities; LABOR movement – Canada; LABOR movement – Mexico; LABOR movement – United States; NORTH American Agreement for Labor Cooperation (Organization); NORTH American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); Transnationalism

Navigating the Productive/Reproductive Split: Latin American Transnational Mothers and Fathers in Canada's Temporary Migration Programs - Paciulan, Melissa; Preibisch, Kerry (Transnational Social Review, 2013)
This article explores the experiences of transnational agricultural migrant workers in Canada's guestworker programs. Examined through a gendered lens, it focuses on migrants' experiences as parents to children whom they must leave behind in their communities of origin when they migrate. Drawing on interview and ethnographic data, this article argues that transnational parents, especially mothers, face a unique set of challenges and barriers as participants in these programs. It explores how the injustices in the immigration-labor regime that migrants confront as racialized, non-citizen farm workers impact parents' ability to focus on their primary motivation to migrate—their children—thereby limiting their ability to fulfill idealized forms of motherhood and fatherhood and hindering their parent-child relationships. It also demonstrates that migrant mothers frequently experience increased feelings of self-doubt, guilt and inadequacy as transnational parents, which, in turn, diminishes the benefits of their migration.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262057433_Navigating_the_ProductiveReproductive_Split_Latin_American_Transnational_Mothers_and_Fathers_in_Canada's_Temporary_Migration_Programs

Sasha and Emma: The Anarchist Odyssey of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Sasha and Emma: The Anarchist Odyssey of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman," by Paul Avrich and Karen Avrich.
Keywords: AVRICH; Karen; AVRICH; Paul; BERKMAN; Alexander; 1870-1936; GOLDMAN; Emma; 1869-1940; Nonfiction; SASHA & Emma: The Anarchist Odyssey of Alexander Berkman & Emma Goldman (Book)