The Making of the English Working Class at Fifty - Palmer, Bryan D.; Chakrabarty, Dipesh; Eley, Geoff; McCallum, Todd; Epstein, James; Carbonella, August; Tremblay, Robert; Fahrni, Magda; Lemisch, Jesse; Kessler-Harris, Alice; Hannam, June (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
Introduces the second of the two-part series in the journal on the 50th anniversary of the publication of "The Making of the English Working Class" by E.P. Thompson. Articles include: "The Lost Causes of E. P. Thompson" by Dipesh Chakrabarty; "Class Formation, Politics, Structures of Feeling" by Geoff Eley; "Comrade Thompson and Saint Foucault" by Todd McCallum; "Exploitation: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis?" by James Epstein; "Looking Back and Ahead" by August Carbonella; "The Making dans les eaux troubles de l’historiographie québécoise : réception hésitante d’un livre en avant de son temps" by Robert Tremblay; "Who now reads E.P. Thompson? Or, (Re)reading The Making at UQAM" by Magda Fahrni; and "Individual Statements on E.P. Thompson" by, respectively, Jesse Lemisch, Alice Kessler-Harris, and June Hannam.
Keywords: MAKING of the English Working Class; The (Book); THOMPSON; E. P. (Edward Palmer); 1924-1993

E.P. Thompson's The Making of the English Working Class at Fifty - Palmer, Bryan D.; Merrill, Michael; Way, Peter; Loo, Tina; Levine, David; Hill, Rebecca; Cadigan, Sean; Jacob, Margaret C. (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article introduces the first of a two-part series in the journal on the 50th anniversary of the publication of "The Making of the English Working Class" by British historian E.P. Thompson. In addition to describing their own responses, the authors discuss how the book has influenced working-class studies, its political impact, Thompson's Marxism, and his critique of Methodism. The articles in the presentation include: "E.P. Thompson’s Capital: Political Economy in The Making" by Michael Merrill; "Among the Autodidacts: The Making of E.P. Thompson" by Margaret C. Jacob; “The something that has called itself ‘Marxism’” by Peter Way; "The Face of Power" by Tina Loo; "A Definitive ‘And fookin’ Amen to that!" by David Levine; "Frame Breaking Then and Now" by Rebecca Hill; and "The Privilege of History" by Sean Cadigan.
Keywords: 20th century; LABOR movement – History; MAKING of the English Working Class; The (Book); MARXIST philosophy; METHODISM; SOCIAL history – 20th century; THOMPSON; E. P. (Edward Palmer); 1924-1993; WORKING class – Research

Introduction: The Labour of Race - Park, Augustine S. J. (Canadian Journal of Sociology, 2013)
Special Issue Introduction: This special issue interrogates race as a labour. The “labor of race,” writes David Theo Goldberg in his book "The Threat of Race" (2009:4, emphasis in original), “is the work for which the category and its assumptions are employed to effect and rationalize social arrangements of power and exploitation, violence and expropriation.” Race, for Goldberg, is a “foundational code” that has been built by “racial thinkers,” that is “the day-laborers, the brick-layers, of racial foundations” (2009:4). Understanding race as a labour underscores the ontological unreality of race, which is now, of course, the constructivist orthodoxy in critical sociologies of race. In other words, conceptualizing race as a labour asserts race as an accomplishment, however unstable: an historical, social, economic, and cultural achievement that designates a constantly shifting political grammar. At the same time, understanding race as a labour, or the labour of race, demands that we ask to what work race is put. Following Zygmunt Bauman’s (2004) theorization of “wasted lives,” race might be theorized as a method of social ordering.
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Life Among the Ruins: Deindustrialization in Historiographical Perspective - Parnaby, Andrew (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews and comments extensively on the book, "Industrial Ruination, Community, and Place: Landscapes and Legacies of Urban Decline" by Alice Mah.
Keywords: DEINDUSTRIALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL Ruination; Community & Place: Landscapes & Legacies of Urban Decline (Book); MAH; Alice; Nonfiction

All the People: Uncovering the Hidden History of Cooperation, Cooperative Movements, and Communalism in America - Patmore, Greg (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "For All the People: Uncovering the Hidden History of Cooperation, Cooperative Movements, and Communalism in America," by John Curl.
Keywords: COOPERATION – History; CURL; John; FOR All the People: Uncovering the Hidden History of Cooperation; Cooperative Movements & Communalism in America (Book); Nonfiction

Unionism and Non-Union Employee Representation: The Interwar Experience in Canada, Germany, the US and the UK - Patmore, Greg (Journal of Industrial Relations, 2013)
The decline in trade union membership in a number of countries has led to concerns over a ‘representation gap’, where workers are deprived of a voice not only in regard to their workplace grievances, but also in regard to their contributions to productivity and the quality of working life. While a number of alternatives have been raised, including joint consultation and works councils, there are concerns that these alternatives may further weaken union organization by establishing rival forms of organization. This article examines the interwar experience with three types of workplace non-union employee representation in Canada, Germany, the US and the UK. Where management recognizes unions and unions actively ensure that they dominate these representation mechanisms, they can enhance union organization.
Keywords: Employee representation plans; Works councils; representation gap; union organization; works committees

Fort Chipewyan and the Shaping of Canadian History, 1788-1920s: "We like to be free in this country" - Payne, Michael (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Fort Chipewyan and the Shaping of Canadian History, 1788-1920s: 'We like to be free in this country,'" by Patricia A. McCormack.
Keywords: Canada; FORT Chipewyan & the Shaping of Canadian History 1788-1920s: We Like to Be Free in This Country (Book); FUR trade; History; MCCORMACK; Patricia A.; Nonfiction

L'intervention en ergonomie - Petit, Johann (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "L’intervention en ergonomie," by Marie Saint-Vincent, Nicole Vézina, Marie Bellemare, Denys Denis, Élise Ledoux and Daniel Imbeau.
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

Judging Homosexuals: A History of Gay Persecution in Quebec and France - Pineault, Virginie (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Judging Homosexuals: A History of Gay Persecution in Quebec and France," by Patrice Corriveau.
Keywords: CORRIVEAU; Patrice; Canada; EUROPE; Homophobia; JUDGING Homosexuals: A History of Gay Persecution in Quebec & France (Book); Nonfiction

The Psychology of Assessment Centers - Poropat, Arthur (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
The Psychology of Assessment Centers, edited by Duncan J. R. Jackson, Charles E. Lance and Brian J. Hoffman, is reviewed.
Keywords: Assessment centers; Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Organization development; Psychological aspects; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Globalization, Restructuring and Unions: Transnational Co-ordination and Varieties of Labour Engagement - Pulignano, Valeria; Lucio, Miguel Martínez; Walker, Steve (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
The structure, content and space of union transnational co-ordination are much richer and complex than simply revolving around tensions and relations between bureaucrats and local activists. This is illustrated through the ETUC TRACE project, a study of a managed and steered form of international union coordination. Drawing on this study, this paper discerns a form of co-ordination that worked across various dimensions of action (i.e. "influencing" politics and "communicating" policy), various political relations (internal and external relations) and different organizational levels (micro and macro). By adding original material to the existing literature, the paper stresses the relevance of the project and the various dimensions for appreciating the problems unions face in establishing and sustaining effective cross-national coordination and a supportive environment of "union learning". The TRACE project acknowledged the need to build coordination through a variety of means and serves as an invaluable insight and lesson into more managed and conscious forms of coordination.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Coordination; Globalization; Labor Unions; Management theory; Organizational learning; Project management; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

La colonie nantaise de Lac-Mégantic. Une implantation française au Québec au XIXe siècle - Pyée, Audrey (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "La colonie nantaise de Lac-Mégantic. Une implantation française au Québec au XIXe siècle," by Marcel Fournier.
Keywords: EMIGRATION & immigration; FOURNIER; Marcel; FRANCE; History; LA colonie nantaise de Lac-Megantic: Une implantation francaise au Quebec au XIXe siecle (Book); LAC-Megantic (Quebec); Nonfiction

Health And Safety For Canadian Youth In Trades - Raykov, Milosh; Taylor, Alison (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2013)
This article examines occupational health and safety (OHS), with a particular focus on youth apprentices. It uses quantitative and qualitative data to examine the incidence of injuries among youth apprentices, and their experiences related to health and safety at work in Canada. Analysis of large-scale national surveys suggests a high incidence of work-related injuries among youth and low participation rates of younger workers in formal OHS training. A survey of 173 former Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP) and Registered Apprenticeship Program in Alberta (RAP) participants finds that one-fifth suffered serious occupational injuries, which required time off work. The results from this study have important implications for youth apprenticeship programs, particularly the OHS- and trade-specific knowledge required for youth to work safely during and following their apprenticeship training.

Constitutional Restrictions on the Capacity of Governments to Enact Reforms: Does Section 2(d) of the Charter Include a Right to Strike 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 - Regenbogen, Sonia; Pigott, Christopher D. (Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal, 2013)
This paper considers the likelihood of whether freedom of association under section 2(d) of the Charter will be held to include a constitutional right to strike - a question which the Supreme Court of Canada will have an opportun- ity to answer when it hears the upcoming appeal in the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour case. The authors note that the prospects for the recognition of such a right have changed dramatically in the five years since the Supreme Court concluded in B.C. Health that the Charter provided protection for a limited process of collective bargaining. The main reason for this shift is the Court's subsequent decision in the Fraser case, holding that collective bargaining is merely a "derivative right" of freedom of association and that an infringement of section 2(d) in the labour relations context will be found only where the impugned legislation or state action has the effect of making it "impossible" for employees to collectively pursue workplace goals. The authors go on to review how this "effective impossibility" test has been applied by appellate courts in Ontario, British Columbia and the federal jurisdiction in recent freedom of asso- ciation claims. In their view, the restrictive approach now taken by the courts makes it highly unlikely that section 2(d) will be found to protect a right to strike. Even if strike activity is held to attract constitutional protection, they argue, such protection would apply only in very limited situations.

Committing Theatre: Theatre Radicalism and Political Intervention in Canada - Rifkind, Candida (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Committing Theatre: Theatre Radicalism and Political Intervention in Canada," by Alan Filewood.
Keywords: COMMITTING Theatre: Theatre Radicalism & Political Intervention in Canada (Book); Canada; FILEWOOD; Alan; History; Nonfiction; THEATER – Political aspects; Theater

Boom, Bust and Crisis: Labour, Corporate Power and Politics in Canada - Robinson, Ian (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
Boom, Bust and Crisis: Labour, Corporate Power and Politics in Canada, edited by John Peters, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Changes; Corporate culture; LABOR market; Labor Unions; Neoliberalism; Political economy; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Does Industrial Relations Research Support Policy? A Comparative Assessment of Research on Spain - Rohlfer, Sylvia (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
This article reviews the English-speaking literature on Spanish and German industrial relations published in the top 10 journals between 2000 and 2010. Our analysis contributes to the debate about the relevance of industrial relations by establishing the state of the art in research on Spain using Germany as a point of comparison. Apart from indicating deficiencies in research on Spain, the results reveal a greater convergence in research regarding its restricted multidisciplinary character, its focus on the international level and a strong emphasis on empirical, quantitative work with analysis conducted at various levels. At the same time some path dependency continues to exist, particularly concerning the active participants in research and the subjects for investigation. We conclude by discussing whether the research on Spain should require normative preconceptions in order to orient policymakers – an aspect that has been largely overlooked when discussing the rejuvenation of industrial relations.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Comparative analysis; Convergence; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Policy making; Studies

Reforming the Structure of Collective Bargaining: Lessons from the Construction Industry 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 - Rose, Joseph B. (Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal, 2013)
One of the reforms proposed for Ontario's broader public sector by the Drummond Report is the establishment of centralized bar- gaining structures. As Chaykowski and Hickey have argued, such a reform "must consider whether, how, and in what context, alterna- tive bargaining structures and enhanced coordination could yield outcomes which promote efficiencies and improve value."' In this regard, the transformation of bargaining structures in the Canadian construction industry offers some lessons on structural realignment.

Boom, Bust and Crisis: Labour Corporate Power and Politics in Canada - Rosenfeld, Herman (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Boom, Bust and Crisis: Labour Corporate Power and Politics in Canada," edited by John Peters.
Keywords: BOOM; Bust & Crisis: Labour; Corporate Power & Politics in Canada (Book); CANADA – Economic conditions; Nonfiction; PETERS; John

"Just Business": 1970s Management Paternalism and Failed Service Sector Unionization - Russell, Jason (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
[The article shows] how management in the post-war period – in this case [Hobbs Hardware in] the mid-1970s – orchestrated effective campaigns to keep low-wage workers out of unions. This is especially true for those workers who toiled in seemingly inconsequential workplaces that were part of the growing service sector, and where unionization was largely prevented. The fact that unionization did not expand into the service sector would have lasting consequences for workers in service industries, for class relations across sectors, and for the Canadian labour movement. [The] analysis utilizes archival documents, but also relies on the memories of three former Hobbs workers.... –From author's introduction
Keywords: ASHTON; Steve; HOBBS Hardware (Company); LABOR organizing; Management; Neoliberalism; PERKINS; Doug; PERKINS; Ed; Paternalism; SERVICE sector

Uneasy Allies: Working for Labor Reform in Nineteenth Century Boston - Ryan, Francis (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Uneasy Allies: Working for Labor Reform in Nineteenth Century Boston," by David A. Zonderman.
Keywords: 19th century; BOSTON (Mass.); History; LABOR law reform; Nonfiction; UNEASY Allies: Working for Labor Reform in 19th-Century Boston (Book); ZONDERMAN; David A.

Oral History and Working Class History: A Rewarding Alliance - Sangster, Joan (Oral History Forum d'histoire orale, 2013)
Since the 1960s, if not before, oral history and working-class history have been a dynamic duo, complimenting and overlapping, but also challenging and questioning each other. Both lay and professional historians have been in the forefront of efforts to recuperate, interpret, and preserve the oral histories of working-class individuals and communities across the globe. They created written histories, archival collections, museum exhibits, and community projects that gave workers, their families, and their communities – those who were less likely to leave archival and written sources for posterity – a new voice, and a new place in history. Working-class oral history has also encompassed far more than recovery and preservation. Labour historians have enriched the field of oral history by addressing questions about method, theory, and approach, by offering critical reflections on our assumptions and expectations about oral history practice. Oral history has similarly enriched the field of working-class history, posing new questions, challenging existing interpretations, and encouraging the diversification of the themes and subjects we study. In recognition of this dynamic relationship, and the ongoing, mutually beneficial conversation between oral and working-class history, Oral History Forum commissioned this special issue. –Introduction

Ours to Master and to Own: Workers' Control from the Commune to the Present - Schmidt, Ingo (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Ours to Master and to Own: Workers' Control from the Commune to the Present," edited by Dario Azzellini and Immanuel Ness.
Keywords: AZZELLINI; Dario; NESS; Immanuel; Nonfiction; OURS to Master & to Own: Workers' Control From the Commune to the Present (Book); WORKING class – History

Social Integration and Workplace Industrial Relations: Migrant and Native Employees in German Industry - Schmidt, Werner; Müller, Andrea (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
This article examines the social integration of migrant and native employees in German industrial workplaces and the impact of workplace industrial relations on it. Drawing on data from interviews with management, works councils and employees, employee surveys and company statistics from three manufacturing companies, it analyzes the positioning of employees of different origin within the companies' social structure, explores their social interaction and asks what role works councils play in fostering social integration of a heterogeneous workforce. Findings show that workplaces are not free from discrimination but, rather, "pragmatic cooperation" and collegiality prevail. It is argued that the legal framework of German co-determination and workplace actors' orientation towards universalistic rule application ("internal universalism") encourages individuals to constitute themselves as employees with common interests and foster social integration.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Impact analysis; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Manufacturers; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social integration; Social interaction; Studies; Workforce

Canada and the Second World War: Essays in Honour of Terry Copp - Sendzikas, Aldona (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Canada and the Second World War: Essays in Honour of Terry Copp," edited by Geoffrey Hayes, Mike Bechtold, and Matt Symes.
Keywords: BECHTHOLD; Mike; CANADA & the Second World War: Essays in Honour of Terry Copp (Book); Canada; HAYES; Geoffrey; Nonfiction; SYMES; Matt; WORLD War; 1939-1945

In the Cause of Freedom: Radical Black Internationalism from Harlem to London 1917-1939 - Seniors, Paula Marie (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "In the Cause of Freedom: Radical Black Internationalism From Harlem to London 1917-1939," by Minkah Makalani.
Keywords: BLACKS – Political activity; IN the Cause of Freedom: Radical Black Internationalism From Harlem to London 1917-1939 (Book); MAKALANI; Minkah; Nonfiction

Choice, Interrupted: Travel and Inequality of Access to Abortion Services since the 1960s - Sethna, Christabelle; Palmer, Beth; Ackerman, Katrina; Janovicek, Nancy (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
Travel is one of many extra-legal barriers that restrict access to abortion services. Paradoxically, women travel at the international, domestic, and local levels to circumvent legal and/or extra-legal barriers to access. Through an examination of four specific Canadian responses to inequality of access to abortion services relative to shifts in the legal terrain from the 1960s onwards, the authors demonstrate that travel signifies an interruption to reproductive choice. Women went to Britain and the United States for an abortion when these countries relaxed their abortion legislation. Within Canada, women sought out the services offered by the Morgentaler Clinic in Montreal in order to avoid the abortion bureaucracy that limited their right to choose. In New Brunswick, the pro-life movement successfully lobbied hospitals to restrict abortion services, and the provincial government to deny funding for abortions performed in freestanding clinics, forcing women to travel to access abortion services. Pro-choice activists in southeastern British Columbia launched a successful campaign to protect hospital abortions, ensuring that rural women had access to abortion services within their home communities. Today, 25 years after the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the abortion law, abortion services are uneven at best and unattainable at worst in different regions of the country.
Keywords: Abortion; Canada; Hospitals; MEDICAL laws & legislation; MEDICAL tourism; PRO-choice movement; PRO-life movement; RURAL women; TRAVEL – Health aspects; WOMEN'S health services; Women's rights

Gender Risk and Employment Pension Plans in Canada - Shilton, Elizabeth (Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal, 2013)
Current policy debates about Canada's retirement income system have failed to consider "gender risk" - i.e. the risk that Canadian women will bear a disproportionate share of welfare loss in old age. This paper argues that the continuing gender disparity in retirement income reflects Canada's heavy reli- ance on private pension instruments generated and shaped by labour markets. The author begins by looking at the relationship between gender and Canada's three-pillar retirement income system, noting that while public pensions distrib- ute benefits based on explicit policy goals, private pensions distribute them based on the "hidden hand" of market principles. She then considers the differential impact of employment-based pension plans on men and women as a function of the distinct patterns of male and female engagement in the labour market. Noting the close relationship between pension design choices and gender outcomes, she goes on to discuss the pension reforms introduced by Canadian governments in the 1960s and 1980s, in which those governments saw gender inequality as an issue to be addressed primarily by mandatory public plans rather than by voluntary private plans. Ultimately, the author contends, the gendered impact of Canada's pension system flows from the complex interaction between women's paid employment and their reproductive and caregiving work. A gender-equal pension system would recognize the unequal burden borne by women in labour markets and in families, and would pool and share the welfare risks which that inequality entails. Voluntary employment-based pension plans shaped by market imperatives at the enterprise level will not address these issues, in the author's view, nor will the type of individualized pension contemplated by the federal government's recent PRPP legislation providing for pooled savings vehicles to which employers do not contribute. What is needed, she argues, is a broad- based collective risk-sharing vehicle such as the CPP/QPP.

Last Nightshift in Savar: The Story of the Spectrum Sweater Factory Collapse - Spencer, Bruce (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Last Nightshift in Savar: The Story of the Spectrum Sweater Factory Collapse," by Doug Miller.
Keywords: Book reviews; Building failures; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Factories; Fatalities; Labor Unions; Labor standards; Multinational corporations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Moving Beyond Borders: A History of British Canadian and Caribbean Women in the Diaspora - Springfield, Consuelo Lopez (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Moving Beyond Borders: A History of British Canadian and Caribbean Women in the Diaspora," by Karen Flynn.
Keywords: Diaspora; FLYNN; Karen; MOVING Beyond Borders: A History of Black Canadian & Caribbean Women in the Diaspora (Book); Nonfiction

Remembering and Forgetting Winnipeg: Making History on the Strike of 1919 - Stace, Trevor (Constellations, 2013)
This article examines the approaches that historians, beginning in the mid 20th century and into the early 21st century, used to write about the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919. It focuses on five major works: "The Winnipeg General Strike" by D.C. Masters; "Confrontation at Winnipeg" by David J. Bercuson; "The Workers' Revolt in Canada, 1917-1925" edited by Craig Heron; and "When the State Trembled: How A.J. Andrews and the Citizens' Committee Broke the Winnipeg General Strike" by Tom Mitchell and Reinhold Kramer. It identifies where the monographs depart from one another in interpretation; as well as where they remain the same. Given the layers of complexity, the interpretation of the event becomes especially salient in the 21st century as its 100th anniversary steadfastly approaches and the question of how should it be publicly presented in 2019 requires an answer soon (which the paper also addresses).
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Employee Rights and Employer Wrongs: How to Identify Employee Abuse and How to Stand Up for Yourself - Stacey, Kent (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
Employee Rights and Employer Wrongs: How to Identify Employee Abuse and How to Stand Up for Yourself, by Suzanne Kleinberg and Michael Kreimeh, is reviewed.
Keywords: Absenteeism; Antisocial personality disorder; Book reviews; Bullying; 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

Participation financière et climat social : une analyse des perceptions comparées dirigeants/salariés - Stévenot, Anne; Guery, Loris (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
L’article s’interroge, dans la perspective de l’institutionnalisme économique de Commons, sur la relation unissant les dispositifs de participation financière au climat social, appréhendé par le biais de la perception qu’en ont les dirigeants et les salariés, d’une part, et par des indicateurs de dysfonctionnements sociaux, tels que l’absentéisme et les conflits sociaux, d’autre part. La question des caractéristiques de ces pratiques (modalités de négociation présidant à leur mise en oeuvre, types de dispositifs, mode de calcul) est également posée. L’étude empirique est fondée sur l’exploitation de l’enquête REPONSE qui représente un échantillon de 3 000 établissements français et de 8 000 salariés. Au-delà des différences de perception entre dirigeants et salariés, les résultats, obtenus à l’aide de modèles de régressions logistiques, mettent tout d’abord en évidence que plus que le montant versé, c’est l’existence même d’un dispositif de participation financière qui influence le climat social. Par ailleurs plus les dispositifs apparaissent comme désintéressés de la part de l’entreprise et meilleur est le climat social du point de vue des salariés. Les modalités de conclusion de l’accord de participation financière, notamment l’intervention des syndicats, ont également une influence sur le climat social. Compte tenu des différences de résultats pouvant exister selon que l’on s’intéresse à la perception des dirigeants, à celle des salariés ou aux indicateurs de dysfonctionnements sociaux, l’article met également en lumière l’importance pour les recherches sur le climat social de prendre en compte à la fois les dimensions objectives du climat social et la perception qu’en ont les acteurs.
Keywords: ahorro salarial; clima de trabajo; climat de travail; employee savings; intéressement; participación en los beneficios; profit-sharing; remuneración; remuneration; rémunération; work atmosphere; épargne salariale

The Labour Geographies of Education: The Centralization of Governance and Collective Bargaining in Ontario, Canada - Sweeney, Brendan (Geoforum, 2013)
Labour geography has yet to pay full attention to the experiences of public sector workers and their employer (the state). This article addresses this lacuna and provides some insight into the labour geographies of public sector workers through an empirical analysis of the centralization of governance, employment relations, and collective bargaining in Ontario, Canada’s publicly-funded elementary and secondary schools. This case demonstrates how one particular group of public sector workers – teachers – and their unions located and exercised agency in the arenas of politics and collective bargaining through a rescaling of their activities from the local to the provincial level. The paper also argues that the rescaling of politics and collective bargaining is problematic. Questions remain regarding whether or not Ontario’s teachers were able to increase their aggregate bargaining power through centralization or merely transferred agency and authority from one scale to another. Moreover, the paper engages with the fast-developing geographies of education literature, and is consistent with an outward-looking approach that links education to wider political and economic processes. In so doing, it extends the scope of the geographies of education to the employees of publicly-funded schools and their administrative bodies, and suggests value a theoretically- and empirically-informed dialogue between geographers interested in education and those interested in labour.
Keywords: Canada; Collective bargaining; Education; Labour; Rescaling; Teachers

The Relative Role of Safety and Productivity in Canadian Ergonomists' Professional Practices - Theberge, Nancy; Neumann, W. Patrick (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
This article examines the professional practices of a sample of 21 Canadian ergonomists from across Canada, focusing on the manner in which they report negotiating the intersection of safety and productivity in their work. Results indicate that ergonomic practice is directed primarily to safety concerns. A minority of study participants addressed productivity concerns, either as secondary or primary outcomes of ergonomic applications. In either instance, efforts to highlight the contribution of ergonomics to production did not significantly disrupt the dominant safety oriented perception of the field. Financial considerations were major determinants of whether recommendations were implemented. An irony of the dominant understanding of ergonomics as oriented to safety, with little reference to performance aspects, is that this provides the main basis for its growing presence in workplaces but also limits its applications.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Ergonomics; Labor Unions; Occupational hazards; Occupational safety; Productivity; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

La précarisation du travail : des parcours professionnels à géométrie variable - Thirot, Myriam (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
Le développement des emplois « atypiques » au Québec donne lieu à la mise en évidence de nouveaux enjeux sociaux et politiques dans un contexte de flexibilité de la main-d’oeuvre. La segmentation du marché du travail qui en découle se caractérise par une précarisation du salariat, définie comme un processus structurel de détérioration des conditions de travail et d’emploi. La sociologie s’intéresse particulièrement aux conséquences de ces mutations sur les conditions de vie à travers l’analyse des perceptions subjectives des acteurs concernés. Ainsi, le rapport au travail incluant les conditions matérielles, l’accomplissement des tâches et la socialisation comporte une dichotomie articulée autour de la satisfaction du salarié, source de valorisation ou de la non-satisfaction, entraînant un mal-être. Les transformations récentes du monde du travail construisent des parcours professionnels morcelés et incertains et nécessitent une réévaluation de leurs impacts sur ce rapport, encore peu documentée. Que signifie occuper un emploi atypique pour ces travailleurs ? La valeur associée au travail est-elle remise en cause ? Les indices contenus dans leurs parcours professionnels constituent-ils une réalité nouvelle ? Basé sur les résultats d’une recherche qualitative menée en 2009 auprès de résidents d’un quartier défavorisé du centre-ville de Montréal, ayant occupé des emplois « atypiques », cet article permet d’entrer au coeur des dynamiques relationnelles des milieux de travail québécois, de comprendre en quoi elles participent à la construction de parcours professionnels spécifiques et d’identifier leurs conséquences sur le rapport au travail et à l’emploi de ces travailleurs. Les différentes expériences étudiées apportent un éclairage sur le phénomène de la précarisation du travail et suggèrent des perspectives tant scientifiques que politiques.
Keywords: desigualdades sociales; inégalités sociales; life course; parcours de vie; precarización del trabajo; précarisation du travail; social inequality; sociologie compréhensive; sociology; sociología comprensiva; trayectorias de vida; work precariousness

Making it Like a Man: Canadian Masculinities in Practice - Thorn, Brian (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Making It Like a Man: Canadian Masculinities in Practice," edited by Christine Ramsay.
Keywords: MAKING It Like a Man: Canadian Masculinities in Practice (Book); Masculinity; Nonfiction; RAMSAY; Christine

The Assessment of Reasonable Notice by Canadian Appellate Courts from 2000 to 2011 - Thornicroft, Kenneth Wm. (Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal, 2013)
Canadian employers have a common law obligation to give reasonable notice when terminating an employment relationship without cause. In deter- mining the appropriate length of the notice period, trial judges hearing wrongful dismissal claims must consider a range of factors, including what are known as the Bardal factors. In this paper, the author presents and analyzes the results of his empirical study of appeal court decisions reviewing trial court awards of reasonable notice across Canada from 2000 to 2011, and examines the impact of the Bardal factors (as well as several others) on outcomes at the appellate level. The study finds that appeal courts have not treated all of the Bardal factors equally, but appear to have given the most weight to the employee's age and length of tenure. Other factors found to have significant predictive value on the length of reasonable notice awards were the employee's gender and whether a successful claim for Wallace damages was made. The data also indicate that employee appeals have succeeded relatively more often than employer appeals, and that the length of notice ordered by appellate courts seems to have plateaued over time. In light of his conclusion that only a narrow range of considerations significantly affect notice awards, the author argues that the current system of judicial assessment of reasonable notice could well be replaced by a less expen- sive and time-consuming statutory scheme that would incorporate a formula for applying the relevant factors and would be administered by employment standards tribunals rather than by the courts.

Race on Trial: Black Defendants in Ontario's Criminal Courts, 1858-1958 - Toney, Jared G. (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Race on Trial: Black Defendants in Ontario's Criminal Courts, 1858-1958," by Barrington Walker.
Keywords: BLACKS – Legal status; laws; etc.; DEFENDANTS; Nonfiction; RACE on Trial: Black Defendants in Ontario's Criminal Courts 1858-1958 (Book); WALKER; Barrington

Les temporalités dans les sciences sociales - Tremblay, Diane-Gabrielle (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Les temporalités dans les sciences sociales," edited by Claude Dubar and Jens Thoemmes.
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

Retour sur les origines du mouvement ouvrier québécois: profil et aspirations des militants syndicaux et démocrates durant les années 1830 - Tremblay, Robert (Labour/Le Travail, 2013)
Cet article, qui se veut à la croisée des chemins entre une démarche prosopographique et une approche d’histoire sociale, entend examiner des logiques jusqu’à maintenant inexplorées au sein du monde ouvrier bas-canadien des années 1830. C’est ainsi qu’à partir d’un portrait d’ensemble de quelque quatre-vingts militants ouvriers de la première heure, nous tenterons de poser certains éléments nouveaux de réflexion sur cette période tourmentée de notre histoire. Quelle lecture pouvons-nous faire des divers fragments de vie d’ouvriers québécois engagés dans des actions syndicales et revendicatives durant les années 1830? En quoi leur expérience est-elle révélatrice d’un milieu social à cheval entre la tradition et la modernité? D’ores et déjà, nous pouvons dire que ces premiers militants sont issus généralement de métiers (typographes, cordonniers, tailleurs d’habits, charpentiers-menuisiers, etc.), dont le cadre normatif d’ascension professionnelle était particulièrement menacé par l’avènement du marché capitaliste du travail et par les premières tentatives de rationalisation du travail en manufacture. Outre le fait d’avoir rendu possible la personnification des gestes et de la parole ouvrière, cette recherche a révélé la diversité et la polyvalence des engagements ouvriers (syndicats, coopératives, sociétés de secours mutuel, associations civiques antimonopole, etc.) durant la période, de même que le rôle primordial joué par les bourses ouvrières du travail, en vue de contrôler l’offre en main-d’oeuvre dans les villes, et l’importance de l’idéologie du républicanisme ouvrier auprès des classes populaires. Grâce à ce riche matériel biographique, nous avons été également en mesure de découvrir l’étonnante ambivalence du monde ouvrier face au mouvement patriote et réformiste des années 1830.
Keywords: 19th century; CAPITALISM – History; Canada; Capitalism; Commerce; Equality; History; INDUSTRIALIZATION – History; LABOR activists; LABOR movement – History; Politics & government; QUEBEC (Province); Radicalism; WORKING class – Political activity

A Life in Balance? Reopening the Family-Work Debate - Troup, Carolyn (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
A Life in Balance? Reopening the Family-Work Debate, edited by Catherine Krull and Justyna Sempruch, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Stereotypes; Women; Work life balance

The Great Industrial War: Framing Class Conflict in the Media, 1865-1950 - Trutor, Clayton (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "The Great Industrial War: Framing Class Conflict in the Media, 1865-1950," by Tony Rondinone.
Keywords: GREAT Industrial War: Framing Class Conflict in the Media 1865-1950; The (Book); History; Industrial relations; Nonfiction; RONDINONE; Tony; United States; Working class

Rebuilding Professional Lives: Immigrant Professionals Working in the Ontario Settlement Service Sector - Türegün, Adnan (Journal of International Migration and Integration, 2013)
Based on an online survey and in-depth interviews conducted from 2009 to 2010, this study looks at the reality of a particular group of foreign-born and foreign-trained professionals in Ontario. These are the professionals who did not get to practise their respective professions after immigration but acquired a new profession in the form of settlement work. The study identifies their pre-immigration education and work history, the reasons they left their countries of origin (or of permanent residence) for Canada, the expectations they had, the choices they made about pursuing professional practice, the efforts they put towards that or some alternative goal, and their eventual professional reconstitution as settlement workers. Following the Canadian trajectory of these dual professionals has three contributions to research into immigrant access to professions. First, their individual experiences reveal the social processes of inclusion in, and exclusion from, professional practice. Second, unlike those immigrants who are de-professionalized in the post-immigration period, our target population reinvent themselves as practitioners of a new profession and thus provide a more nuanced immigrant experience. Third, their common practice as settlement workers gives us insight into the dynamics of an emerging profession that is settlement work.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12134-012-0258-0
Keywords: Demography; Immigrant access to professions and trades; Migration; Population Economics; Professionalization of settlement work; Recognition of foreign credentials; Settlement workers; Sociology; general

The Smelter Poets: The Inspiring Role of Worker Poetry in a BC Labour Newspaper during the" Age of the CIO [Congress of Industrial Organizations]" - Verzuh, Ron (BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly, 2013)
When celebrated Wobbly troubadour Joe Hill purportedly visited the Rossland Miners’ Hall in the early 1900s to lend his support to the first Canadian local of the rugged Western Federation of Miners (WFM), he no doubt shared some of his inspired verses with the mine workers who are said to have protected him. Claims of his visit are unsubstantiated, but if he did get to Rossland, British Columbia, he likely would have sung them some of his most popular tunes about struggle, resistance, and the dream of a workers’ paradise, and in so doing he would have been performing the same service that poets and songwriters had rendered working people since the earliest days of the trade union movement. This paper explores examples of that historical literary tradition through a study of smelter worker poetry found in the pages of The Commentator, a trade union newspaper published in Trail by Local 480 of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (Mine Mill) in the late 1930s and early 1940s as labour activists were striving to rekindle the union spirit at the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada (CM&S Company), then the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter and a key munitions manufacturer during the First and Second World Wars.
Keywords: Trail

Poverty in Common: The Politics of Community Action During the American Century - Vibert, Elizabeth (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Poverty in Common: The Politics of Community Action During the American Century," by Alyosha Goldstein.
Keywords: GOLDSTEIN; Alyosha; Nonfiction; POLITICAL participation; POVERTY in Common: The Politics of Community Action During the American Century (Book)

“Rights without Remedies”: Enforcing Employment Standards in Ontario by Maximizing Voice among Workers in Precarious Jobs - Vosko, Leah (Osgoode Hall Law Journal, 2013)
Workers in Ontario, Canada are on the edge of a crisis in the enforcement of their minimum employment standards (ES). This crisis is shaped not only by well-documented deficiencies in the scope of labour protection but by the fact that the administration of the ES system has not kept pace with the increasing number of workers and workplaces requiring protection under the province’s employment standards act. Coupled with an outmoded complaint-based system, the dearth of support for ES enforcement is cultivating a situation in which an unprecedented number of workers are bearers of rights without genuine opportunities for redress. Responding to this situation, this article explores how measures augmenting the voices of workers and their advocates could contribute to improving ES enforcement in Ontario. It does so through a review of innovative practices in other common law contexts characterized by similar enforcement regimes where labour market conditions have likewise deteriorated.

Physician Coping Styles and Emotional Exhaustion - Wallace, Jean E.; Lemaire, Jane (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
This paper explores how coping styles relate to physicians' feelings of emotional exhaustion, a key dimension of burnout. We also explore whether four coping styles are more or less effective depending on certain dispositional and/or situational factors. We analyze survey data from 1,110 physicians in Western Canada. Denial is significantly related to physicians' emotional exhaustion, but it increases rather than decreases it. Physicians use denial when they experience work overload and difficult patient interactions. Furthermore, it is used by those with high negative affectivity. A highly positive outlook, however, appears to neutralize the harmful relationship between denial and emotional exhaustion. The harmful experiences related to stressful patient interactions are weakened for doctors who disengage or take a time out from the situation. We conclude that certain coping strategies are more effective depending on personality type and the type of stress encountered.
Keywords: Burnout; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Fatigue; Labor Unions; Occupational stress; Organizational behavior; Personality traits; Physicians; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

The Man Who Never Died: The Life, Times, and Legacy of Joe Hill, American Labor Icon - Wallace, Len (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "The Man Who Never Died: The Life, Times, and Legacy of Joe Hill, American Labor Icon," by William M. Adler.
Keywords: ADLER; William M.; HILL; Joe; 1879-1915; MAN Who Never Died: The Life; Times & Legacy of Joe Hill; American Labor Icon; The (Book); Nonfiction

Regulating the British Economy, 1660-1850 - Wallis, Patrick (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Regulating the British Economy, 1660-1850," edited by Perry Gauci.
Keywords: Economic policy; GAUCI; Perry; GREAT Britain; History; Nonfiction; REGULATING the British Economy 1660-1850 (Book)

The Decline of Unionization in the United States: Some Lessons from Canada - Warner, Kris (Labor Studies Journal, 2013)
This article examines the decline in unionization that has occurred in the United States over the past half century, focusing on the role that employer opposition to unions has played, together with relatively weak labor law. It compares the U.S. experience and labor law regime to those of Canada. It finds that, compared to their Canadian counterparts, U.S. workers have much more difficulty in exercising their right to freely join and form unions and participate in collective bargaining, in large part due to ill-restrained employer opposition.
Keywords: Canada; Unionization; United States; card-check certification; first contract arbitration

Love the Questions: University Education and Enlightenment - Whiteley, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "Love the Questions: University Education and Enlightenment," by Ian Angus.
Keywords: ANGUS; Ian; LOVE the Questions: University Education & Enlightenment (Book); Nonfiction; UNIVERSITIES & colleges

The Bonds of Debt: Borrowing Against the Common Good - Williams, Brett (Labour / Le Travail, 2013)
The article reviews the book, "The Bonds of Debt: Borrowing Against the Common Good," by Richard Dienst.
Keywords: BONDS of Debt: Borrowing Against the Common Good; The (Book); DEBT; DIENST; Richard; Nonfiction; Social aspects

Evaluating the Prevalence and Distribution of Quasi-formal Employment in Europe - Williams, Colin C.; Padmore, Jo (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2013)
To show how formal and informal jobs are not always discrete, this paper uncovers how many formal employees in the European Union are paid two wages by their formal employers, an official declared salary and an additional undeclared wage, thus allowing employers to evade their full social insurance and tax liabilities. Analyzing a 2007 Eurobarometer survey involving 26,659 face-to-face interviews in the 27 member states of the European Union (EU-27), one in 18 formal employees are found to engage in such quasi-formal employment, receiving on average one-quarter of their gross salary on an undeclared basis. Multi-level logistic regression analysis reveals that quasi-formal employment is significantly more prevalent in East-Central Europe, in smaller businesses and the construction sector, and amongst men, younger persons and the lower paid. The paper then briefly reviews what might be done to tackle this illegitimate wage practice.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employment; Labor Unions; Regression analysis; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Tax evasion; Wages & salaries

Labour Arbitration of Co-Worker Sexual Harassment Cases in Canada - Hart, Susan M. (Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration, 2012)
Women have the right to a workplace free from sexual harassment under Canadian provincial and federal human rights legislation. Canadian labour laws incorporate the right to a grievance procedure including binding arbitration where arbitrators must interpret and apply human rights legislation. This paper analyzes co-worker sexual harassment cases in order to assess how well arbitrations protect the right of unionized women to a harassment free workplace. Results indicate that women complainants were often subjected to aggressive gendered cross-examinations and the application of gendered jurisprudence that largely ignored the impact of gendered power relations in the workplace. The conclusion is that women's experiences in arbitrations are likely a deterrent to filing formal complaints, effectively undermining rather than protecting their rights.
Keywords: arbitrage des conflits du travail; co-worker sexual harassment; droits de la personne; droits des femmes; harcèlement sexuel; harcèlement sexuel de la part des collègues; human rights; labour arbitrations; sexual harassment; women's rights

Forced to Concede: Permanent Restructuring and Labour's Place in the North American Auto Industry - Siemiatycki, Elliot (Antipode, 2012)
The stunning decline of Ford, General Motors and Chrysler over the past decade has rendered the once 'Big Three' US automakers a vulnerable 'Detroit Three'. In their attempts to return to profitability, the Detroit Three have undertaken a series of 'turnarounds' aimed at renewing their competitive edge. Through this corporate restructuring agenda, 250,000 assembly jobs in North America have been lost, upwards of 50 auto plants have been closed, wages and benefits for new hires have been cut substantially and once strong, independent auto unions have been thoroughly overwhelmed. Permanent restructuring, then, represents a crisis strategy on the part of the corporate elite to continually intensify the demands placed on labour in the hopes of creating new conditions for capital accumulation. Working within labour geography, this paper documents the 'regional race to the bottom' in the North American auto industry while reminding labour geographers that capitalist restructuring is a powerful constraint on labour agency.
Keywords: AUTOMOBILE industry; BUSINESS enterprises – United States; CHRYSLER Corp.; CORPORATE reorganizations; EMPLOYEES – Dismissal of; FORD Motor Co. Ltd.; GENERAL Motors Corp.; United States

Abstracts = Résumés (60, Spring 2012) (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
English/French abstracts of articles in the Spring 2012 issue.
Keywords: Canada; EVACUATION & relocation; 1942-1945; Fisheries; JAPANESE; Labor; Legal status; laws; etc.; NEWFOUNDLAND & Labrador; SEX workers; SNOW crab fisheries

Abstracts, Volume 70 (Fall/Automne 2012) (Labour/Le Travail, 2012)
English/French abstracts of articles in the Fall 2012 issue.

Index — Volume 67 — 2012 (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Liste des appréciateurs – 2012 – List of Referees (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Labour and Employment Law: Cases, Materials and Commentary, 8th ed. - Adams, Roy J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
Labour and Employment Law: Cases, Materials and Commentary, 8th edition, compiled by the Labour Law Casebook Group, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employment; Labor Unions; Labor law; Reference books; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The CAW - CEP Merger: A Political Reflection - Allen, Bruce (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The author reflects upon the upcoming merger between the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers (CEP) union as of the Fall 2012. Particular focus is given to the consolidated union's relationship with Canadian politics, including with the Liberal Party's Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty.
Keywords: CANADA – Politics & government – 21st century; CANADIAN Auto Workers Union (Organization); COMMUNICATIONS Energy & Paperworkers Union (Canada) (Organization); Canada; LABOR unions – Mergers; LABOR unions – Political activity; LIBERAL Party of Canada; MCGUINTY; Dalton; 1955-

The Ordinary People of Essex: Environment, Culture, and Economy on the Frontier of Upper Canada - Anderson, Joe L. (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "The Ordinary People of Essex: Environment, Culture, and Economy on the Frontier of Upper Canada," by John Clarke.
Keywords: 19th century; BOOKS – Reviews; CLARKE; John; ESSEX County (Ont.); History; Nonfiction; ORDINARY People of Essex: Environment; Culture & Economy on the Frontier of Upper Canada; The (Book)

Mutations de la société, mutations des entreprises - Arcand, Sébastien (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Mutations de la société, mutations des entreprises," by Michelle Bergadaà.
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

Managing the Margins: Gender, Citizenship, and the International Regulation of Precarious Employment - Artemova, Olga (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Managing the Margins: Gender, Citizenship, and the International Regulation of Precarious Employment," by Leah F. Vosko.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employment practices; LABOR market; Labor Unions; Regulation; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Reforming Urban Labor: Routes to the City, Roots in the Country - August, Andrew (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Reforming Urban Labor: Routes to the City, Roots in the Country," by Janet L. Polasky.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Nonfiction; POLASKY; Janet L.; REFORMING Urban Labor: Routes to the City; Roots in the Country (Book); WORKING class – Housing

No Right to be Safe: Justifying the Exclusion of Alberta Farm Workers from Health and Safety Legislations - Barnetson, Bob (Socialist Studies/Études Socialistes, 2012)
Alberta remains the only Canadian province to exclude agricultural workers from the ambit of its occupational health and safety laws. Consequently, farm workers have no right to know about workplace safety hazards and no right to refuse unsafe work, thereby increasing their risk of a workplace injury. This study uses qualitative content analysis to identify three narratives used by government members of the legislative assembly between 2000 and 2010 to justify the continued exclusion of agricultural workers from basic health and safety rights. These narratives are: (1) education is better than regulation, (2) farms cannot be regulated, and (3) farmers don’t want and can’t afford regulation. Analysis of these narratives reveals them to be largely invalid, raising the question of why government members rely upon these narratives. The electoral rewards associated with maintaining this exclusion may comprise part of the explanation.
Keywords: Canada

The Validity of Alberta Safety Statistics - Barnetson, Bob (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2012)
This study examines the validity of injury statistics used to monitor workplace safety in the Canadian province of Alberta. These indicators were found to significantly under–report the rate of injury and to be vulnerable to gaming by both employers and the workers´compensation board. These threats to the validity of the measures should limit the inferences drawn from the measures. Injury–based statistics were also found to be inadequate proxies for the broader construct of workplace safety. The political feasibility of alternative measures is also discussed.

L'impact des positionnements des négociateurs sur le contenu d'un accord-cadre international - Barreau, Jocelyne; Ngaha, Angélique (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
La conclusion d’accords-cadres internationaux (ACI) est en pleine expansion depuis le début des années 2000. Mais comment s’explique l’hétérogénéité des contenus de ces accords ? En l’absence de tout cadre juridique, certains accords définissent succinctement des principes généraux dont l’application devra être négociée dans chacune des filiales, d’autres détaillent précisément des normes substantives applicables dans toutes les entités du groupe. Dans cet article, nous focalisons notre analyse sur les dispositions portant sur la fonction « ressources humaines », c’est-à-dire sur les règles de GRH définies par la direction générale des ressources humaines (DGRH), notamment en matière de rémunération, de conditions de travail et de formation ainsi que sur les missions qui lui sont imparties. En nous inscrivant dans la lignée des travaux d’Anselm Strauss, nous étudions le lien entre le contenu de l’accord, les objectifs poursuivis par les signataires et négociateurs des ACI (les fédérations syndicales internationales - FSI, et les directions des groupes signataires) et les autres éléments du contexte de la négociation. Nous faisons l’hypothèse que le contenu de l’accord dépend des « positionnements » des négociateurs (logique quantitative ou qualitative pour les FSI; politique d’image ou politique sociale pour les directions) et du contexte de la négociation. Nous justifions cette hypothèse avant de la tester en comparant les dispositions « ressources humaines » d’ACI conclus dans des firmes multinationales françaises. Nous appuyons cette démonstration sur l’exemple de quatre groupes français (Accor, France Télécom, Danone et EDF) ayant fait l’objet d’une étude de cas longitudinale approfondie, dans le cadre d’un vaste programme de recherche financé par l’Agence nationale pour la recherche.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Human resource management; Impact analysis; International agreements; Labor Unions; Multinational corporations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Remembering David Montgomery (1926-2011) and His Impact on Working-Class History - Barrett, James R. (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
A eulogy is presented for the labour historian of the U.S. working class David Montgomery.
Keywords: EULOGIES; HISTORIANS – United States; MONTGOMERY; David

Unions and Temporary Help Agency Employment - Bartkiw, Timothy J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
Temporary help agency employment is a peculiar and often precarious employment form that has become increasingly salient in Canada in recent decades. This article examines the effects of the expansion of this employment form upon labour unions, as well as union responses to this phenomenon. Using a qualitative exploratory method, various effects upon union organizing and representation activities are outlined, as are a range of union responses to the phenomenon.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employment agencies; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Making Up the State: Women in 20th Century Atlantic Canada - Beaton, Meaghan (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Making Up the State: Women in 20th Century Atlantic Canada," edited by Janet Guildford and Suzanne Morton.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Canada; GUILDFORD; Janet; History; MAKING up the State: Women in 20th-Century Atlantic Canada (Book); MORTON; Suzanne; Nonfiction; Women

Girls of the Factory: A Year with the Garment Workers of Morocco - Beinin, Joel (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Girls of the Factory: A Year with the Garment Workers of Morocco," by M. Laetitia Cairoli.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CAIROLI; M. Laetitia; GIRLS of the Factory: A Year With the Garment Workers of Morocco (Book); Nonfiction; WOMEN clothing workers

La location de personnel temporaire au Québec : un état de situation - Bernier, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
The temporary work industry has undergone considerable expansion in Canada and in Quebec in the last decade. Becoming an important mechanism in the functioning of the labour market, it provides not only increased numerical and functional flexibility for companies, but is also a favoured means of access to the labour market for many workers, including young workers. Personnel leasing falls within the framework of tripartite labour relations between the employee, the agency and the client company. This type of relationship is not without its particular difficulties, the solution for which is often hard to find since the personnel leasing activity, as such, is not regulated in Quebec. The question is to determine, considering the precise nature of the tripartite relationship, whether the employees' recognized rights can be exercised, in practice, in such a way as to achieve their specific purpose.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employment agencies; LABOR market; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Younger workers

Formation et employabilité. Regard critique sur l'évolution des politiques de formation de la main-d'oeuvre au Québec - Bérubé, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
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

Salaire d'embauche, négociation du contrat de travail et intermédiaires du recrutement - Bessy, Christian (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
In France, the relative decline of sectoral collective bargaining, as well as changes in the law relating to the employment contract during the late 1980s, have restored some flexibility to the employer and employee in determining contract terms, thus contributing to a process of individualization of the employment relationship. Companies are thereby better able to take account of the constraints imposed by the labour market and, in particular, can attract the most qualified candidates. To do this, they are often dependent on recruitment intermediaries who have a better knowledge of the state of the market. The objective of this paper is to analyze how these various recruitment channels affect the determination of starting salaries, examining in particular to what extent they bring employers and employees to negotiate the terms of their contracts of employment.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Employment contracts; Labor Unions; Recruitment; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Wages & salaries

« Un chaînon incontournable au Québec » : les Chevaliers du travail, 1882-1902 - Bischoff, Peter C. (Labour/Le Travail, 2012)
Généralement traité par la bande ou scruté à l’aide d’un nombre de documents assez restreint, l’Ordre des Chevaliers du travail au Québec échappe encore et toujours à la compréhension des spécialistes. L’image que les historiens, sociologues et experts en relations industrielles ont pu en livrer a entraîné des appréciations très négatives : l’aile québécoise de la centrale syndicale américaine étant montrée comme un mouvement utopiste, trop éloigné des besoins immédiats des travailleurs et de la réalité du monde industriel. À renfort de nouvelles sources, nous présentons un portrait tout autre de son cheminement organisationnel. Non seulement l’expérience des chevaliers québécois est-elle tout à fait remarquable, mais elle façonnera une génération de travailleurs et probablement davantage. Dans le paysage le plus laborieux et capricieux du Canada, Montréal, ils ont entamé une collaboration intense entre francophones et anglophones. Cherchant à construire un rapport de force sur le terrain, ils ont privilégié le syndicalisme de métier, tout en expérimentant avec le syndicalisme industriel à une échelle insoupçonnée par l’historiographie. Ouverts aussi aux immigrants de l’Europe du Sud et de l’Est, de même qu’aux femmes, les chevaliers dérangèrent donc l’ordre existant. C’est pourquoi, plus que tout autre mouvement syndical québécois avant lui, l’Ordre affronta l’hostilité du clergé catholique. Toutefois, le catholicisme joua également dans le sens contraire lorsque, suite à la diffusion de Rerum Novarum, les ouvriers s’inspirèrent de la légitimité offerte à l’organisation du travail pour relancer le mouvement dans les années 1890.
Keywords: 19th century; 20th century; Canada; History; KNIGHTS of Labor; LABOR unions – Religious aspects – Christianity; Labor Unions; Labor movement; QUEBEC (Province); Social movements

Family and Community Life in Northeastern Ontario: The Interwar Years - Blanchard, David Alphonse (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Family and Community Life in Northeastern Ontario: The Interwar Years," by Françoise Noël.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FAMILY & Community Life in Northeastern Ontario: The Interwar Years (Book); NOEL; Francoise; Nonfiction; ONTARIO; Northern – Social conditions – 20th century

Unsettling the Settler Within: Indian Residential Schools, Truth Telling, and Reconciliation in Canada - Blyth, Molly (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Unsettling the Settler Within: Indian Residential Schools, Truth Telling, and Reconciliation in Canada," by Paulette Regan.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Nonfiction; REGAN; Paulette; TRUTH & Reconciliation Canada; UNSETTLING the Settler Within: Indian Residential Schools; Truth Telling & Reconciliation in Canada (Book)

Cooking in Other Women's Kitchens: Domestic Workers in the South, 1865-1960 - Bradshaw, Laura Hepp (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Cooking in Other Women's Kitchens: Domestic Workers in the South, 1865-1960," by Rebecca Sharpless.
Keywords: AFRICAN American women cooks; BOOKS – Reviews; COOKING in Other Women's Kitchens: Domestic Workers in the South 1865-1960 (Book); History; Nonfiction; SHARPLESS; Rebecca

Resistance, Mobilization and Militancy: Nurses on Strike - Briskin, Linda (Nursing Inquiry, 2012)
Drawing on nurses’ strikes in many countries, this paper explores nurse militancy with reference to professionalism and the commitment to service; patriarchal practices and gendered subordination; and proletarianization and the confrontation with healthcare restructuring. These deeply entangled trajectories have had a significant impact on the work, consciousness and militancy of nurses and have shaped occupation-specific forms of resistance. They have produced a pattern of overlapping solidarities – occupational solidarity, gendered alliances and coalitions around healthcare restructuring – which have supported, indeed promoted, militancy among nurses, despite the multiple forces arrayed against them. The professional commitments of nurses to the provision of care have confronted healthcare restructuring, nursing shortages, intensification of work, precarious employment and gendered hierarchies with a militant discourse around the public interest, and a reconstitution and reclamation of ‘caring’, what I call the politicisation of caring. In fact, nurses’ dedication to caring work in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries may encourage rather than dissuade them from going on strike. This paper uses a trans-disciplinary methodology, qualitative material in the form of strike narratives constructed from newspaper archives, and references to the popular and scholarly literature on nursing militancy.
Keywords: Trade unions; caring; militancy; nurses’ strikes

La dispersion au travail - Bruère, Sébastien (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "La dispersion au travail," by Caroline Datchary.
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

Concilier vie familiale et vie professionnelle en France : les disparités d'horaires de travail - Bustreel, Anne; Cornuau, Frédérique; Pernod-Lemattre, Martine (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
La France se caractérise aujourd’hui par une forte proportion de salariés ayant des contraintes familiales et par un nombre élevé d’entreprises qui flexibilisent la durée et les horaires de travail : comment la diffusion de ces nouvelles contraintes temporelles affectent-elles les femmes, et plus particulièrement les mères ? Une typologie des conditions temporelles d’emploi des salariés français intégrant la durée du travail, la souplesse horaire dont bénéficie le salarié et la « localisation » de son temps de travail, construite à partir de l’enquête « Familles et employeurs » (Ined-Insee, 2004-2005), fait apparaître une surreprésentation des femmes dans les emplois les plus souples, mais aussi les plus contraignants temporellement, alors que l’effet de la présence d’enfant semble assez mineur.Trois hypothèses sont testées pour expliquer les conditions temporelles d’emploi : la préférence des salariés pour des horaires de travail commodes, les caractéristiques productives des emplois et le rapport de force salarié-employeur. Les résultats montrent que le fait d’avoir de jeunes enfants n’est pas corrélé aux conditions temporelles d’emploi. Être une femme accroît la probabilité d’avoir des horaires hyper-souples (plutôt que standards contraints) et diminue la probabilité d’avoir des horaires longs souples et non standards contraints. L’hypothèse d’une sélection en fonction des préférences n’est pas confirmée par l’analyse alors que les exigences productives des emplois et des employeurs ainsi que le pouvoir de négociation des salariés exercent des effets significatifs et expliquent la surreprésentation des femmes dans les horaires fragmentés contraints.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Flexible hours; LABOR market; Labor Unions; Reforms; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Work life balance

Strike! The Radical Insurrections of Ellen Dawson - Campbell, J. Peter (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Strike! The Radical Insurrections of Ellen Dawson," by David Lee McMullen.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; DAWSON; Ellen; MCMULLEN; David Lee; Nonfiction; STRIKE! The Radical Insurrections of Ellen Dawson (Book)

The Politics of Austerity and the Conservative Offensive against US Public Sector Unions, 2008-2012 - Cantin, Étienne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
Since the onset of the Great Recession, anti-union conservatives have been hammering out an arguably bogus yet politically potent argument: collective bargaining with government workers is unaffordable as their wages, health benefits, and pensions are driving states into deficits. What is going on in Wisconsin and other states ought to be seen for what it is: an attempt to exploit the economic crisis to win an eminently political victory over organized labour and allied Democrats. Even in their weakened state, US unions can mobilize opposition to the anti-government, anti-labour agenda of a Tea Party-shaped Republican Party. It is this capability that Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and other conservative Republicans are determined to undermine by taking away public-sector workers' rights to organize and bargain collectively.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Economic crisis; Government employees; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; states

Heterogeneity, Work, and Mobilisation: Recent Works in Latin American Labour Studies - Casey, Matthew (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews and comments on several books including "Solidarity Transformed: Labor Responses to Globalization and Crisis in Latin America," by Mark S. Anner, "The Struggle for Maize: Campesinos, Workers, and Transgenic Corn in the Mexican Country," by Elizabeth Fitting, and "Global Maya: Work and Ideology in Rural Guatemala," by Liliana R. Goldín.
Keywords: ANNER; Mark S.; BOOKS – Reviews; FITTING; Elizabeth; GLOBAL Maya: Work & Ideology in Rural Guatemala (Book); GOLDIN; Liliana R.; Nonfiction; SOLIDARITY Transformed: Labor Responses to Globalization & Crisis in Latin America (Book); STRUGGLE for Maize: Campesinos; Workers & Transgenic Corn in the Mexican Countryside; The (Book)

Are Immigrants' Pay and Benefits Satisfaction Different than Canadian-born? - Chowhan, James; Zeytinoglu, Isik U.; Cooke, Gordon B. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
The purpose of this paper is to examine whether there are differences in satisfaction with pay and benefits between Canadian-born and immigrant workers, and if differences exist, to examine the factors associated with immigrants' pay and benefits satisfaction. Using Statistics Canada's 2005 Workplace and Employee Survey (WES), immigrants are examined both as a single group, and in four cohorts based on the year of arrival. Results show significantly lower pay and benefits satisfaction for immigrant cohorts, with the exception of the pre-1965 cohort, compared to Canadian-born workers. Our findings also suggest that existing theories and conceptual models on pay and benefits satisfaction may not be appropriate when examining them as they relate to immigrants.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Differences; Employee benefits; Job satisfaction; Labor Unions; Migrant workers; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Knowledge Transmission in Light of Recent Transformations in the Workplace - Cloutier, Esther; Ledoux, Élise; Fournier, Pierre-Sébastien (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
In a context of changing demographics and workplace transformations, a number of authors are concerned about the issues related to knowledge transmission in organizations. The vast experiential knowledge and diverse skills developed by workers to cope with the numerous situations encountered in the course of their work constitute part of the intangible assets vital to the sustainability of expertise, if not to the survival of the organization itself. Based on three case studies, this article describes the impact of precarious employment, flexible management practices and work intensification on knowledge transmission in real work situations. Possible avenues for research are proposed with a view to ensuring better support for the transmission of experiential knowledge in organizations.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employment practices; Flexibility; Knowledge management; Labor Unions; Organizational change; Skill development; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Collective Bargaining and Perceived Fairness: Validating the Conceptual Structure - Cloutier, Julie; Denis, Pascale L.; Bilodeau, Henriette (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
The aim of this study is to conceptualize and empirically validate the "perceived fairness in the context of collective bargaining", which refers to employees' justice perceptions formed during the collective bargaining process. Using confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) and hierarchical regressions, we find support for discriminant, convergent, and predictive validity. Overall, the results show that this concept includes eight distinct dimensions, combining the two sources of (in)justice (employer and union) and the four types of justice perceptions: procedural, distributive, relational (interpersonal) and informational justice. Employees clearly distinguish eight justice dimensions, which have a differential effect on their attitudes: trust in the employer and satisfaction with the union. Adding to the structural model (Leventhal, 1980) and the process control model (Thibaut and Walker, 1975), this study highlights new bases of justice: usefulness and profitability (cost-benefits ratio).
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Discriminant analysis; Employers; Labor Unions; Perceptions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Through Feminist Eyes: Essays on Canadian Women's History - Cobble, Dorothy Sue (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Through Feminist Eyes: Essays on Canadian Women's History," by Joan Sangster.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Canada; Nonfiction; SANGSTER; Joan; THROUGH Feminist Eyes: Essays on Canadian Women's History (Book); Women

Le rôle des réseaux patronaux dans la diffusion de la gestion des compétences en France - Colin, Thierry; Grasser, Benoît (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
Written from a neo-institutionalist standpoint, this paper focuses on the influence of employers' networks on the dissemination of managerial practices through the example of skill management in French companies. Previous studies suggest that employers' organizations can be perceived as social networks that affect Human Resources policies. Studying the development of skill management confirms the idea that this type of management becomes institutionalized under the influence of such networks. We evaluate this influence through the use of a quantitative methodology that shows the correlation between the dissemination of skill management techniques and the number of chief executives belonging to employers' networks in a given company. We use data that were collected from 3,000 companies by the French Ministry of Labour for the Reponse survey. Our approach led us to formulate a brief–but new–account of employers' networks in France. But mostly, it allowed us to measure the impact that belonging to these networks has on the implementation of skill management. Though almost three quarters of all 3,000 companies belong or are related to employers' networks, the reality behind this fact is complex and concerns a limited number of the companies considered. We then show that a connection with an employers' network – especially with clubs of heads of human resources or with entrepreneurs' organizations – is one of the reasons why a skill management-oriented human resources policy is adopted. The most influential employers' networks are therefore those that rely on voluntary subscription, the research of legitimacy and the exchange of tools and ideas.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Entrepreneurs; Human resource management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social networks; Studies

Indigenous Screen Cultures in Canada - Cordova, Amalia (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Indigenous Screen Cultures in Canada," edited by Sigurjón Baldur Hafsteinsson and Marian Bredin.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; BREDIN; Marian; Canada; HAFSTEINSSON; Sigurjon Baldur; INDIGENOUS Screen Cultures in Canada (Book); Mass media; Nonfiction

Quitter, rester ou progresser ? Les profils d'intentions des agents en centre d'appels - Cossette, Michel; Gosselin, Alain (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
La théorie de l’action raisonnée et les modèles du roulement volontaire ont toujours considéré l’intention de quitter son emploi pour un autre employeur comme le meilleur prédicteur du roulement de personnel. Cependant, dans les faits, les employés disposent de deux autres options, à savoir progresser vers un autre emploi au sein de leur entreprise (roulement interne) ou encore rester dans leur emploi actuel pour une certaine période. Dans une perspective de prévention du roulement, la recherche aurait avantage à identifier des profils d’intentions en fonction de ces trois options. La présente étude vise à vérifier si les employés présentent des profils d’intentions différents et si leur satisfaction au travail, leurs comportements de recherche d’emploi et les taux de roulement volontaire et interne diffèrent selon ces profils.L’analyse des résultats recueillis auprès de 434 agents issus de trois centres d’appels suggère l’existence de quatre profils d’intentions à peu près équivalents en nombre : (1) rester dans l’emploi actuel (forte intention de rester dans l’emploi actuel, faible intention de progresser à l’interne et faible intention de quitter à l’externe); (2) rester en attendant de progresser (forte intention de rester dans l’emploi actuel, mais forte intention de progresser à l’interne et faible intention de quitter à l’externe); (3) priorité à la progression (faible intention de rester dans l’emploi actuel, forte intention de progresser à l’interne et faible intention de quitter à l’externe); (4) priorité à la mobilité (faible intention de rester dans l’emploi actuel, forte intention de progresser à l’interne et de quitter à l’externe).Les résultats de l’étude montrent que ces quatre profils d’intentions présentent des niveaux de satisfaction au travail et des comportements de recherche d’emploi différents. De même, les taux de roulement volontaire du personnel et le taux de roulement interne, mesurés un an plus tard, diffèrent selon les profils d’intention// The theory of reasoned action and voluntary turnover models have always regarded the intention to terminate employment in order to go to another employer as the best predictor of turnover. However, in practice, employees have two other options: to move to another job within the same company (internal turnover) or stay in their current job for an indefinite period. From the perspective of turnover prevention, it would be advantageous if research would identify intention profiles according to these three options. This study aims to explore the different intention profiles of employees and whether job satisfaction, job-search behaviour and rates of voluntary and internal turnover differ according to these profiles. The analysis of results collected from 434 agents from three call centres suggests the existence of four intention profiles, which are about equal in number: (1) Stay in present job (strong intention to remain in current job, low intention to progress internally and low intention to leave for a job externally); (2) Stay whilst waiting to progress (strong intention to remain in current job, but strong intention to progress to a job internally and low intention to leave for a job externally); (3) Priority is to progress (low intention to stay in current job, strong intention to progress internally and low intention to leave for an external job); (4) Priority is to move on (low intention to stay in current job, strong intention to progress internally and leave for a job externally). The results of the study show that these four intention profiles reveal different levels of job satisfaction and job-search behaviour. Similarly, the rates of voluntary staff turnover and internal turnover vary according to the intention profile.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Call centers; Employee turnover; Job satisfaction; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Casino Women: Courage in Unexpected Places - Coulter, Kendra (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Casino Women: Courage in Unexpected Places," by Susan Chandler and Jill B. Jones.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CASINO Women: Courage in Unexpected Places (Book); CASINOS – Officials & employees; CHANDLER; Susan; JONES; Jill B.; Nonfiction

In a Pinch: Snow Crab and the Politics of Crisis in Newfoundland - Davis, Reade; Korneski, Kurt (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
Drawing on historical sources and interviews, this paper discusses several key forces that have shaped the development of the snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) fishery in Newfoundland. Once commonly discarded as a pest, snow crab has emerged as the economic foundation of many rural coastal communities since the cod moratorium of the early 1990s. While this fishery has brought unprecedented prosperity to some commercial fishers, it has also been prone to significant price fluctuations and the benefits accruing from it have not been widely shared. Accordingly, it has also been marked by frequent and often bitter conflicts between different crab fishing fleet sectors and between crab fishers, processing companies, and processing plant workers. These tensions reflect fundamentally different visions of how to sustain the fishery into the future and which priorities should decide who benefits most from the crab resource.
Keywords: Economic conditions; FISHERS; FISHERY processing plants; Fisheries; History; NEWFOUNDLAND & Labrador; SNOW crab fisheries

Pay Structure, Female Representation and the Gender Pay Gap among University Professors - Doucet, Christine; Smith, Michael R.; Durand, Claire (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
This research uses data from a large Canadian research university to explore the sources of the gender pay gap. It is the first analysis of the joint impact on the pay gap of two recent factors: the increased use by universities of market supplements and the implementation of the Canada Research Chairs program. In addition, it considers both individual and structural determinants of the remuneration gap, something few other studies have done. We examine the contributions to the gap of the following: base pay, promotion to full professor, access to market supplements, and amounts of market supplements. We show that the effects of these factors vary with the proportions of female faculty members within units and that the magnitude of gender differences may vary with the degree of formalization in remuneration practices.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Compensation; Labor Unions; Pay structure; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; University professors; Wage differential; Womens studies

Visages de l'intérim en France et dans le monde - Dumaine, Jean-Nickolas (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
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

L'économie de la fonctionnalité : une voie nouvelle vers un développement durable ? - Dumas, P. Martin (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
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

Gender, Health, and Popular Culture: Historical Perspectives - Dyck, Erika (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Gender, Health, and Popular Culture: Historical Perspectives," edited by Cheryl Krasnick Warsh.
Keywords: 1970-; BOOKS – Reviews; GENDER; Health & Popular Culture: Historical Perspectives (Book); Nonfiction; Social history; WARSH; Cheryl Lynn Krasnick; 1957-

Long-Term Consequences of Natural Resource Booms for Human Capital Accumulation - Emery, J.C. Herbert; Ferrer, Ana; Green, David (Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2012)
Tight labor markets driven by resource booms could increase the opportunity cost of schooling and crowd out human capital formation. For oil-producing economies such as the Province of Alberta, the OPEC oil shocks during the period from 1973 to 1981 may have had an adverse long-term effect on the productivity of the labor force if the oil boom resulted in workers reducing their ultimate investment in human capital rather than merely altering the timing of schooling. The authors analyze the effect of this decade-long oil boom on the long-term human capital investments and productivity for Alberta birth cohorts that were of normal schooling ages before, during, and after the oil boom. Their findings suggest that resource booms may change the timing of schooling but they do not reduce the total accumulation of human capital.

Sounds of Ethnicity: Listening to German North America, 1850-1914 - Epp, Marlene (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Sounds of Ethnicity: Listening to German North America, 1850-1914," by Barbara Lorenzkowski.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; GERMANS; History; LORENZKOWSKI; Barbara; Nonfiction; SOUNDS of Ethnicity: Listening to German North America 1850-1914 (Book)

Champagne and Meatballs: Adventures of a Canadian Communist - Epp, Stefan (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Champagne and Meatballs: Adventures of a Canadian Communist," by Bert Whyte, edited by Larry Hannant.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CHAMPAGNE & Meatballs: Adventures of a Canadian Communist (Book); Canada; Communism; HANNANT; Larry; Nonfiction; WHYTE; Bert

In the Mood for Munsingwear: Minnesota's Claim to Underwear Fame - Fields, Jill (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "In the Mood for Munsingwear: Minnesota's Claim to Underwear Fame," by Susan Marks.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; IN the Mood for Munsingwear: Minnesota's Claim to Underwear Fame (Book); MARKS; Susan; MUNSINGWEAR Inc. – History; Nonfiction

Welfare - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Welfare," by Mary Daly.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; DALY; Mary; Nonfiction; PUBLIC welfare; WELFARE (Book : Daly)

Opportunity Denied: Limiting Black Women to Devalued Work - Flynn, Karen (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Opportunity Denied: Limiting Black Women to Devalued Work," by Enobong Hannah Branch.
Keywords: BLACK women; BOOKS – Reviews; BRANCH; Enobong Hannah; Employment; Nonfiction; OPPORTUNITY Denied: Limiting Black Women to Devalued Work (Book)

Making Temporary Permanent: The Silent Transformation of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program - Foster, Jason (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2012)
During the mid–2000s the number of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) present in Canada increased dramatically, more than tripling in eight years. The bulk of the increase was due to an expansion of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) to include lower–skilled occupations. The stated reason for the expansion was to address short–term labour shortages. Contrary to expectations, upon the onset of the economic downturn in 2008, the number of TFWs did not decrease significantly, and appears to be increasing again in 2010 and 2011. This paper tracks the evolution of the TFWP from a stable program designed to address short–term labour needs in high–skilled occupations into a broader labour market tool. The paper examines the most recent available statistical data for the TFWP and other documentary evidence to argue the role of the TFWP in Canada´s labour market has quietly shifted, becoming a permanent, large–scale labour pool for many industries, reminiscent of European migrant worker programs. The paper also examines the potential labour market implications of an expanded, entrenched TFWP.

Interactions between Dispatchers and Truck Drivers in a High Turnover Context - Fournier, Pierre-Sébastien; Lamontagne, Sophie; Gagnon, Julie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
This article focuses on interactions between dispatchers and drivers in addressing issues related to high turnover in the trucking industry. The study uses a qualitative approach, based on 17 individual interviews and three group discussions with dispatchers, truck drivers and labour and management representatives from 11 different Quebec-based organizations. The results reveal four key characteristics influencing the day-to-day dynamics of trucking operations: 1) the importance of dispatcher-driver interactions in efficient and quality work operations; 2) the precedence of customer satisfaction in these interactions; 3) the interdependent nature of the dispatcher-driver relationship; and 4) the role of listening and mutual respect. These findings provide new insight into understanding this relationship that is critical to driver retention.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Customer satisfaction; Employee turnover; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Truck drivers

Does Fighting Back Still Matter? The Canadian Autoworkers, Capitalist Crisis and Confrontation - Fowler, Tim (Capital & Class, 2012)
This article examines the round of collective bargaining that took place between the Canadian Autoworkers (CAW), Canada’s largest private-sector union, and the ‘Big Three’ auto manufacturers (Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors) during the most recent crisis of capitalism (sometimes popularly referred to as the ‘Great Recession’). During this round of bargaining, the union made concessions in order to secure production; the article argues what while this may have represented a short-term success, in the long run the union has implicitly bought into the logics of neoliberalism, which will have disastrous consequences for both the union and the larger labour movement.
Keywords: Autoworkers; Neoliberalism; capitalist crisis; union renewal

Constitutional Rights, Collective Bargaining and the Supreme Court of Canada: Retreat and Reversal in the Fraser Case - Fudge, Judy (Industrial Law Journal, 2012)
The scope of labour rights that are protected by constitutional protections of freedom of association is highly contested and, increasingly, is being litigated before courts. In Canada, the Supreme Court began in 2001 to chip away at jurisprudence that provided a narrow interpretation of freedom of association, and, in 2007, it over-ruled precedent to hold that freedom of association includes collective bargaining. However, this incremental expansion of the freedom of association to include core labour rights came to a halt in the Supreme Court's April 2011 decision Attorney General of Ontario v Fraser. Although a majority of the Court agreed that freedom of association includes collective bargaining, Fraser is remarkable for the extent of disagreement amongst members of the Court over the scope of collective bargaining and how this disagreement has influenced the tone and cogency of the Court's reasoning. This article begins by providing a history of the successive rounds of litigation leading to the Supreme Court's decision in Fraser. This legal context is important because it is barely visible in the majority and concurring judgments, which read as if collective bargaining rights for agricultural workers were a subsidiary concern, and not the issue in dispute. The article then examines the four judgments that make up the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Fraser, focusing exclusively on the freedom of association arguments. The implications of the Fraser decision for the immediate future of constitutional litigation and labour rights in Canada are discussed in the final section.

Japanese-Canadian Internally Displaced Persons: Labour Relations and Ethno-Religious Identity in Southern Alberta, 1942-1953 - Fujiwara, Aya (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
This article examines the resettlement of Japanese-Canadian internally displaced persons (IDPS), who were relocated from the West Coast of British Columbia to sugar beet communities in southern Alberta between 1942 and 1953. It argues that the IDPS, assisted both by pre-World War II Japanese residents in southern Alberta and by the federal government, contributed to the rising awareness of ethnic rights. For this purpose, my study adds two new angles to the study of human rights and Japanese Canadians. First, while ethnic activism for human rights has often been examined in an urban context, it was the negotiations in the local sphere between the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers' Association and Japanese IDPS that played a significant role in promoting human rights. Second, this study applies both local and transnational contexts to the question of Japanese-Canadian IDPS, which has hitherto been studied only in terms of state violence against, an ethnic minority. The Japanese IDPS retained Pure Land Buddhism as a symbol of their loyalty to Japan, and the religion strengthened its influence in southern Alberta as a focal point of their identity.
Keywords: Agricultural laborers; Alberta; BUDDHISM; Canada; EVACUATION & relocation; 1942-1945; Ethnicity; HUMAN rights; History; IDENTIFICATION (Religion); INTERNALLY displaced persons; Industrial relations; JAPANESE; SUGAR beet industry – History

La place du care dans la transmission des savoirs professionnels entre anciens et nouveaux à l'hôpital - Gaudart, Corinne; Thébault, Jeanne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
This article presents results from research carried out in France on the transmission of professional knowledge between more experienced nurses and healthcare assistants and the new recruits. Based on an ergonomic analysis of three transmission situations, this article analyzes the place of care when passing on knowledge, looking at organizational, individual and collective aspects. It is suggested that transmission should be considered as a nodal activity. It is certainly an activity that ensures that links can be established within the profession and that there can be discussion between staff with different levels of experience and different career paths; however, it is also an area of tension between the demands of the organization and those of the profession, especially in relation to the cure and care of patients. One of the key points in relation to transmission is that it ensures that existing and new staff remain healthy and are able to provide the quality of work to which they aspire.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Knowledge management; Labor Unions; Nurses; Organizational behavior; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Global Knowledge Work: Diversity and Relational Perspectives - Gauthier, Carol-Anne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
Global Knowledge Work: Diversity and Relational Perspectives, edited by Katerina Nicolopoulou, Mine Karatas-Ozkan, Ahu Tatli and John Taylor, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Career development planning; Labor Unions; Skills; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Workplace diversity

Brokering Belonging: Chinese in Canada's Exclusion Era, 1885-1945 - Geiger, Andrea (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Brokering Belonging: Chinese in Canada's Exclusion Era, 1885-1945," by Lisa Rose Mar.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; BROKERING Belonging: Chinese in Canada's Exclusion Era 1885-1945 (Book); Chinese Canadians; History; MAR; Lisa Rose; Nonfiction

L'émergence de la modernité urbaine au Québec. Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, 1880-1930 - Gilbert, Dale (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "L'émergence de la modernité urbaine au Québec. Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, 1880-1930," by Jean Gaudette.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; GAUDETTE; Jean; History; L'EMERGENCE de la modernite urbaine au Quebec: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 1880-1930 (Book); Nonfiction; SAINT-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Quebec)

Le professionnalisme et l'éthique au travail - Girard, Diane (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
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 Thought of Work - Gomez, Rafael (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
The Thought of Work, by John W. Budd, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employee management relations; Employment; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

International and Comparative Employment Relations: Globalisation and change, 5th ed. - Gould, Anthony (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
The article reviews "International and Comparative Employment Relations: Globalisation and Change," 5th edition, edited by Greg J. Bamber, Russell D. Lansbury and Nick Wailes.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Changes; Globalization; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Industrial Relations, the Economy and Society, 4th ed. - Gould, Anthony M. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
Industrial Relations, the Economy and Society, 4th edition, by John Godard, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Sociologie de la négociation, nouvelle édition - Grenier, Jean-Noël (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
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

Introduction - Grenier, Jean-Noël; Jalette, Patrice (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
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

Épreuves d'évaluation et chômage - Hanin, Frédéric (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
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

Collaboration Between Unions in a Multi-Union, Non-Exclusive Bargaining Regime: What Can Canada Learn from New Zealand? - Harcourt, Mark; Lam, Helen (International Journal of Employment Studies, 2012)
The Canadian union certification system guarantees workers rights to organise, bargain collectively, and strike only when a majority of co-workers favours unionisation. This contravenes International Labour Organisation standards, in which the freedom to associate is unqualified by majority support. In recent years, the Supreme Court of Canada has drawn on ILO principles to interpret constitutional rights as covering organising and collective bargaining activities related to freedom of association under section 2(d) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. However, it has not as yet ordered Canadian governments to enact labour relations laws consistent with these new constitutional rights. Neither has there been a general call for such legislative change. Instead, many fear that statutory support for non-majority unionism would lead to multi-union representation and intensified inter-union competition, but fail to consider that sharing the workplace might actually promote inter-union cooperation against a common adversary in management. This study addresses this shortcoming by looking at the extent and nature of inter-union collaboration in New Zealand, where non-majority, non-exclusive representation exists already. Collaboration was found to be common, not only over bargaining and lobbying, but also in organising. Implications for Canada are explored.

La confiance en gestion : un regard pluridisciplinaire - Harrisson, Denis (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "La confiance en gestion : un regard pluridisciplinaire," by Anne Gratacap and Alice Le Flanchec.
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

A Model for Managed Migration? Re-Examining Best Practices in Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program - Hennebry, Jenna L.; Preibisch, Kerry (International Migration, 2012)
This paper situates Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) within the policy and scholarly debates on “best practices” for the management of temporary migration, and examines what makes this programme successful from the perspective of states and employers. Drawing on extensive qualitative and quantitative study of temporary migration in Canada, this article critically examines this seminal temporary migration programme as a “best practice model” from internationally recognized rights-based approaches to labour migration, and provides some additional best practices for the management of temporary labour migration programmes. This paper examines how the reality of the Canadian SAWP measures up, when the model is evaluated according to internationally recognized best practices and migrant rights regimes. Despite all of the attention to building “best practices” for the management of temporary or managed migration, it appears that Canada has taken steps further away from these and other international frameworks. The analysis reveals that while the Canadian programme involves a number of successful practices, such as the cooperation between origin and destination countries, transparency in the admissions criteria for selection, and access to health care for temporary migrants; the programme does not adhere to the majority of best practices emerging in international forums, such as the recognition of migrants’ qualifications, providing opportunities for skills transfer, avoiding imposing forced savings schemes, and providing paths to permanent residency. This paper argues that as Canada takes significant steps toward the expansion of temporary migration, Canada’s model programme still falls considerably short of being an inspirational model, and instead provides us with little more than an idealized myth.
http://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/AModelforManagedMigration.pdf

Perceived Gender Discrimination and Women's Subjective Career Success: The Moderating Role of Career Anchors - Herrbach, Olivier; Mignonac, Karim (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
Subjective career success has beneficial consequences on several individual and organizational outcomes. It is closely related to what people value as important at work, but maybe more difficult to achieve when they experience workplace discrimination. Using a sample of 300 women employees working in a large French company, we thus investigated the relationship between perceived gender discrimination, subjective career success and career anchors. We found that perceived gender discrimination was negatively related to subjective career success overall. However, the relationship between the two variables was moderated by career anchors. Some anchors (i.e. managerial, technical and lifestyle) enhanced the impact of perceived gender discrimination, while other anchors (i.e. security and autonomy) lessened it. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of these findings.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employment discrimination; Gender differences; Labor Unions; Sex discrimination; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Success; Women

End-users, Public Services, and Industrial Relations: The Restructuring of Social Services in Ontario - Hickey, Robert (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
The global financial crisis beginning in 2008 resulted in a ballooning public debt and government efforts to constrain public expenditures. Responses to the financial crisis and its impact on human services in Ontario demonstrate the complex interactions across key actors – employers, government, unions, and family advocates. The case explores the role of end-users, including families and people with developmental disabilities, as actors in the industrial relations system. At the strategic level, end-users have precipitated significant public policy changes, including the closure of large, state-run institutions. End-users have displaced agency managers as employers at the organizational level. Finally, the case shows how end-users have changed the nature of the work process itself, shifting direct support from custodial care to a model of individual and community development.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Deficit financing; Economic crisis; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social services; Studies

Canadian Immigration: Economic Evidence for a Dynamic Policy Environment - Hiebert, Daniel (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Canadian Immigration: Economic Evidence for a Dynamic Policy Environment," edited by Ted McDonald, Elizabeth Ruddick, Arthur Sweetman, and Christopher Worswick.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CANADIAN Immigration: Economic Evidence for a Dynamic Policy Environment (Book); Canada; Economic conditions; Immigrants; MCDONALD; Ted; Nonfiction; RUDDICK; Elizabeth; SWEETMAN; Arthur; WORSWICK; Christopher

The Future of Workplace Health and Safety as a Fundamental Human Right - Hilgert, Jeffrey (Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, 2012)
The future of worker health and safety as a fundamental human right is dependent upon revitalizing labor rights in the working environment. A new global direction is needed to move the international norms and in turn national labor policy models away from market voluntarism and towards models that protect human rights in the working environment as first principles. What is needed is a foundational dialog on the boundaries of labor rights as they relate to the working environment because the current international labor and human rights jurisprudence is lacking. –From author's conclusion

Building a Human Rights Framework for Workers' Compensation in the United States: Opening the Debate on First Principles - Hilgert, Jeffrey A. (American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 2012)
Background: This article introduces the idea of human rights to the topic of workers' compensation in the United States. It discusses what constitutes a human rights approach and explains how this approach conflicts with those policy ideas that have provided the foundation historically for workers' compensation in the United States. Methods: Using legal and historical research, key international labor and human rights standards on employment injury benefits and influential writings in the development of the U.S. workers' compensation system are cited. Results Workers' injury and illness compensation in the United States does not conform to basic international human rights norms. Conclusions: A comprehensive review of the U.S. workers' compensation system under international human rights standards is needed. Examples of policy changes are highlighted that would begin the process of moving workers' compensation into conformity with human rights standards.
_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ajim.22023
Keywords: human rights; injured workers' rights; labor economics; social policy; workers' compensation

When the State Trembled: How A. J. Andrews and the Citizens' Committee Broke the Winnipeg General Strike - Isitt, Benjamin (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "When the State Trembled: How A.J. Andrews and the Citizens' Committee Broke the Winnipeg General Strike," by Reinhold Kramer and Tom Mitchell.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; General Strike; Winnipeg; Man.; 1919; KRAMER; Reinhold; MITCHELL; Tom; Nonfiction; WHEN the State Trembled: How A.J. Andrews & the Citizens' Committee Broke the Winnipeg General Strike (Book)

Restructuration de la fonction publique québécoise : configurations et conséquences disparates - Jalette, Patrice; Grenier, Jean-Noël; Hains-Pouliot, Jérémie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
La théorie de l’action raisonnée et les modèles du roulement volontaire ont toujours considéré l’intention de quitter son emploi pour un autre employeur comme le meilleur prédicteur du roulement de personnel. Cependant, dans les faits, les employés disposent de deux autres options, à savoir progresser vers un autre emploi au sein de leur entreprise (roulement interne) ou encore rester dans leur emploi actuel pour une certaine période. Dans une perspective de prévention du roulement, la recherche aurait avantage à identifier des profils d’intentions en fonction de ces trois options. La présente étude vise à vérifier si les employés présentent des profils d’intentions différents et si leur satisfaction au travail, leurs comportements de recherche d’emploi et les taux de roulement volontaire et interne diffèrent selon ces profils.L’analyse des résultats recueillis auprès de 434 agents issus de trois centres d’appels suggère l’existence de quatre profils d’intentions à peu près équivalents en nombre : (1) rester dans l’emploi actuel (forte intention de rester dans l’emploi actuel, faible intention de progresser à l’interne et faible intention de quitter à l’externe); (2) rester en attendant de progresser (forte intention de rester dans l’emploi actuel, mais forte intention de progresser à l’interne et faible intention de quitter à l’externe); (3) priorité à la progression (faible intention de rester dans l’emploi actuel, forte intention de progresser à l’interne et faible intention de quitter à l’externe); (4) priorité à la mobilité (faible intention de rester dans l’emploi actuel, forte intention de progresser à l’interne et de quitter à l’externe).Les résultats de l’étude montrent que ces quatre profils d’intentions présentent des niveaux de satisfaction au travail et des comportements de recherche d’emploi différents. De même, les taux de roulement volontaire du personnel et le taux de roulement interne, mesurés un an plus tard, diffèrent selon les profils d’intentions. // Studies of public administration question more and more the idea of convergence toward a single model of reform and many challenge the existence of a coherent set of policies and practices subsumed under the label New Public Management. There does exist, however, a growing consensus that reform has generally meant a degradation of working conditions for public sector employees. The study contributes to this body of knowledge by demonstrating the variability of restructuring practices within a single public administration and the variability of outcomes for employees within the same reform framework. Observations and analysis are drawn from a study of the implementation of a Modernization Plan set in motion in 2004 by the provincial liberal government. First, the results allow the researchers to identify six configurations ranging from a quasi status quo. Second, their research shows also that these diverse configurations led to differentiated results for public sector workers.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Convergence; Labor Unions; Public administration; Reforms; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Histoire des relations du travail dans la construction au Québec - Jobin, Carol (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Histoire des relations du travail dans la construction au Québec," by Louis Delagrave.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Construction industry; DELAGRAVE; Louis; HISTOIRE des relations du travail dans la construction au Quebec (Book); Nonfiction; QUEBEC (Province)

What Does the New Economy Mean to Malaysian Tellers? - Khoo, Suet Leng (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2012)
The rise of the New Economy has restructured work, necessitated changing skills requirements, as well as spurred new training needs amongst employees. Such new skills and training needs are prerequisites to survive and thrive in the New Economy. Importantly, these skills and training are also prerequisites for upward mobility in a system of inequality. This paper illustrates the case of Malaysian tellers as the Malaysian banking industry operates in the New Economy. Although the New Economy and the emergence of the sales culture requires Malaysian tellers to be more knowledgeable, this paper argues that due to their unionised status and given their positions at the bottom rung of the occupational hierarchy, tellers in Malaysia are disadvantaged and often excluded in the process of training and knowledge acquisition.

The New Mole: Paths of the Latin American Left - Kingstone, Peter (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "The New Mole: Paths of the Latin American Left," by Emir Sader.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; LATIN America – Politics & government – 1980-; NEW Mole: Paths of the Latin American Left; The (Book); Nonfiction; SADER; Emir

Derelict Paradise: Homelessness and Urban Development in Cleveland, Ohio - Klodawsky, Fran (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Derelict Paradise: Homelessness and Urban Development in Cleveland, Ohio," by Daniel R. Kerr.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CLEVELAND (Ohio) – Social conditions – 20th century; DERELICT Paradise: Homelessness & Urban Development in Cleveland; Ohio (Book); KERR; Daniel R.; Nonfiction

The Way of the Bachelor: Early Chinese Settlement in Manitoba - Krista Li (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "The Way of the Bachelor: Early Chinese Settlement in Manitoba," by Alison Marshall.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Chinese Canadians; History; MARSHALL; Alison; Nonfiction; WAY of the Bachelor: Early Chinese Settlement in Manitoba; The (Book)

Supervision of Apprentices in Semiskilled Trades: Program Stipulations and Workplace Realities - Laberge, Marie; Vézina, Nicole; Calvet, Bénédicte; Lévesque, Sophie; Vézina-Nadon, Livann (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
The article focuses on discrepancies between institutional stipulations for apprenticeship placement conditions in the Quebec Training for a Semiskilled Trade (TST) program in contrast to socio-environmental realities encountered by students in the workplace. An intervention research study was held in order to integrate Occupational Health and Safety concerns into the training program. The methodological frame used data triangulation, including document analysis, teacher and student interviews and workplace observation. Contrary to program stipulations, most students were guided by several coworkers during apprenticeships. Insufficient access to resources, however, has led to young workers encountering difficulties in getting assistance when needed. The traditional supervisor-apprentice partnership would be best revised to maximize the use of all valuable on-site resources and ensure students develop skills to stay healthy at work.
Keywords: Apprenticeship; 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; Supervision; Training; occupational health

Les nouvelles dimensions du politique : relations professionnelles et régulations sociales - Laberge, Yves (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Les nouvelles dimensions du politique : relations professionnelles et régulations sociales," edited by Laurent Duclos, Guy Groux and Olivier Mériaux.
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

Éva Circé-Côté. Les femmes et les médias au Québec au début du XXe siècle - Laplanche, Laurie (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews two books written by Andrée Lévesque including "Éva Circé-Côté. Libre-penseuse, 1871-1949" and "Chroniques d'Éva Circé-Côté. Lumière sur la société québécoise, 1900-1942."
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CHRONIQUES d'Eva Circe-Cote: Lumiere sur la societe quebecoise 1900-1942 (Book); CIRCE-Cote; Eva; EVA Circe-Cote: Libre-penseuse 1871-1949 (Book); LEVESQUE; Andree; Nonfiction

Éditorial/Editorial/Editorial - Lapointe, Paul-André (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
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

Being Again of One Mind: Oneida Women and the Struggle for Decolonization - Lawrence, Bonita (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Being Again of One Mind: Oneida Women and the Struggle for Decolonization," by Lina Sunseri.
Keywords: BEING Again of One Mind: Oneida Women & the Struggle for Decolonization (Book); BOOKS – Reviews; Nonfiction; ONEIDA women; Political activity; SUNSERI; Lina

Perspectives internationales sur le travail des jeunes - Le Capitaine, Catherine (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Perspectives internationales sur le travail des jeunes," edited by Mircea Vultur and Daniel Mercure.
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

Article introductif - Ledoux, Élise; Cloutier, Esther (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
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 River Returns: An Environmental History of the Bow - Leeming, Mark (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "The River Returns: An Environmental History of the Bow," by Christopher Armstrong, Matthew Evenden, and H.V. Nelles.
Keywords: ARMSTRONG; Christopher; BOOKS – Reviews; BOW River (Alta.); EVENDEN; Matthew; History; NELLES; H. V.; Nonfiction; RIVER Returns: An Environmental History of the Bow; The (Book)

A Life of Struggles - Lévesque, Andrée (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
Pays homage to the feminist, union organizer, and Indigenous rights' activist Madeleine Parent, who was zealous in her lifetime pursuit of social justice.
Keywords: EULOGIES; HUMAN rights workers; PARENT; Madeleine; 1918-2012

Canadian Labour in Crisis: Reinventing the Workers' Movement - Lewchuk, Wayne (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Canadian Labour in Crisis: Reinventing the Workers' Movement," by David Camfield.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CAMFIELD; David; CANADIAN Labour in Crisis: Reinventing the Workers' Movement (Book); Canada; Labor Unions; Nonfiction

Precarious Liberation: Workers, the State, and Contested Social Citizenship in Postapartheid South Africa - Lichtenstein, Alex (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Precarious Liberation: Workers, the State, and Contested Social Citizenship in Postapartheid South Africa," by Franco Barchiesi.
Keywords: BARCHIESI; Franco; BOOKS – Reviews; Nonfiction; PRECARIOUS Liberation: Workers; the State & Contested Social Citizenship in Postapartheid South Africa (Book); SOUTH Africa – Economic conditions – 1991-

Poverty, Regulation and Social Justice: Readings on the Criminalization of Poverty - Little, Margaret Hillyard (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Poverty, Regulation and Social Justice: Readings on the Criminalization of Poverty," edited by Diane Crocker and Val Marie Johnson.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CROCKER; Diane; Canada; JOHNSON; Val Marie; Nonfiction; POVERTY; POVERTY; Regulation & Social Justice: Readings on the Criminalization of Poverty (Book)

Lucy Larcom and the Poetics of Child Labour - Lockard, Joe (ESC: English Studies in Canada, 2012)
Child labour has been present in North America since the beginnings of European colonization, and regulation of their industrial employment dates at least to the early nineteenth century in Rhode Island (Abbott). Given moral injunctions to keep children from mischief and utilitarian demands for labour and family income, such regulation remained basically ineffective. With industrial expansion following the American Civil War children established themselves as a major presence in the workforce and occasionally appeared in industrial stories such as Rebecca Harding Davis’s “Life in the Iron Mills” (1861).

Do Employees Profit from Profit Sharing? Evidence from Canadian Panel Data - Long, Richard J.; Fang, Tony (Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2012)
Using panel data from a large sample of Canadian establishments, the authors examine whether there is any link between adoption of an employee profit-sharing plan and subsequent employee earnings. Overall, growth in employee earnings during the five-year period subsequent to adoption of profit sharing was significantly higher in establishments that had adopted profit sharing, as compared with those establishments that had not done so. Employees in establishments that paid high wages before profit sharing adoption appeared to benefit more than employees in other establishments, although employees in other establishments did eventually benefit from profit sharing.

Mobile Living Across Europe II: Causes and Consequences of Job-Related Spatial Mobility in Cross-National Comparison - Lotfi, Simin (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
Mobile Living Across Europe II: Causes and Consequences of Job-Related Spatial Mobility in Cross-National Comparison, edited by Norbert F. Schneider and Beate Collet, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Comparability; Labor Unions; Mobility; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Labor's Civil War in California: The NUHW Healthcare Workers' Rebellion - Lucier, Brandi (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Labor's Civil War in California: The NUHW Healthcare Workers' Rebellion," by Cal Winslow.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CALIFORNIA; LABOR'S Civil War in California: The NUHW Healthcare Workers' Rebellion (Book); Labor Unions; Nonfiction; WINSLOW; Cal

The Elliot Lake Uranium Miners' Battle to Gain Occupational Health and Safety Improvements, 1950-1980 - MacDowell, Laurel Sefton (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
Uranium miners in Elliot Lake went on a wildcat strike in 1974 to protest their occupational health concerns on the job after a spike in cancer cases. They learned that the provincial government had known of the poor working conditions causing their illnesses, but had not informed them of the dangers or acted to improve their situation. As a result of union and political pressure, the Ontario government created the Ham Commission to investigate and make recommendations. Its hearings revealed the industry's scandalous conditions, and its report eventually resulted in the Ontario Health and Safety (OHS) Act in Ontario. It did not cover the miners until 1984, so they worked through their internal health and safety committees to gain improvements in the work environment. Others have discussed this situation in relation to the emergence of the OHS and environmental movements. This paper discusses the events in terms of the mine owners' attitudes towards their employees, the industry's relationship to governments, and the impact of the uranium mining industry (part of the nuclear industry) on the local community and environment.
Keywords: Canada; DENISON Mines Ltd.; ELLIOT Lake (Ont.); HAM; James; HEALTH; History; Industrial hygiene; MINE safety; Ontario; RADIATION injuries; STRIKES & lockouts – Uranium mining; URANIUM miners; URANIUM mines & mining; wildcat strikes

Little Fists for Social Justice: Anti-Semitism, Community, and Montréal's Aberdeen School Strike, 1913 - MacLeod, Roderick; Poutanen, Mary Anne (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
In February 1913, when a teacher at Montreal's Aberdeen School made disparaging remarks about her Jewish pupils, five boys called a strike. Hundreds of Jewish children congregated in the park across from the school where they appointed strike leaders, established a negotiating committee, and resolved not to return to class until the teacher apologized. Some of them marched to the Baron de Hirsch Institute and the newspaper office of the Keneder Adler to demand that action be taken. The Aberdeen students showed maturity in their understanding of "the strike" as a strategic response to perceived injustice, their politicization with respect to relations between the Jewish and Anglo-Protestant communities, and class consciousness. The years 1912 and 1913 had been arduous for working-class Jews living along the St-Laurent Street corridor who experienced a lengthy tailors' strike followed by an economic depression. The youthful strikers were acutely aware of the difficulties of being both working class and Jewish. We argue that the collective actions of the Aberdeen School strikers reveal a close connection to the labour activism of their parents and to the downtown Jewish community. Their response to the teacher's anti-Semitic comments is an example of the historical agency of children.
Keywords: 20th century; ABERDEEN School (Montreal; Quebec); ANTISEMITISM; Canada; History; JEWISH students; Jews; LABOR movement – History; MONTREAL (Quebec) – Social conditions – 20th century; QUEBEC (Province); STUDENT strikes; Social justice; WORKING class Jews

Gestion stratégique des ressources humaines - Malo, François Bernard (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
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

« C'est le peuple qui est maître ; nous sommes les maîtres à Québec » : La grève des ouvriers des travaux publics, juin 1878 - Mathieu, Jean-Philip (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article presents research which focuses on the public works workers' strike in Québec in June 1878. It demonstrates the organization of this group of workers who fought against the repressive forces of employers and the government. It discusses Québec's industrial activities during the early 19th century which included forest product exportation and shipbuilding and the eruption of labor strikes and unrest in the U.S. and Canada during the second half of the 19th century and public works seen as secure employment during that time in Québec. It focuses on the construction of new parliamentary buildings in Québec overseen by former conservative minister and entrepreneur Simon-Xavier Cimon and the construction site workers' general strike which lasted from June 3 to June 15, 1878.
Keywords: 19th century; CIMON; Simon-Xavier; Canada; History; Labor Unions; PUBLIC works; PUBLIC works employees; Politics & government; QUEBEC (Province); QUEBEC (Province) – Social conditions; STRIKES & lockouts

La sueur des autres. Les fils d'Érin et le canal Beauharnois - Mathieu, Jean-Philip (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "La sueur des autres. Les fils d'Érin et le canal Beauharnois," by Roland Viau.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; History; LA sueur des autres: Les fils d'Erin et le canal Beauharnois (Book); Nonfiction; QUEBEC (Province); STRIKES & lockouts; VIAU; Roland

Foucault: His Thought, His Character - Maynard, Steven (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Foucault: His Thought, His Character," by Paul Veyne, translated by Janet Lloyd.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FOUCAULT; Michel; 1926-1984; FOUCAULT: His Thought; His Character (Book); Nonfiction; VEYNE; Paul

Canadian Labour in Crisis: Reinventing the Workers' Movement - Mazar, Alissa (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
"Canadian Labour in Crisis: Reinventing the Workers' Movement," by David Camfield, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; LABOR market; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

One Company, Diverse Workplaces: The Social Construction of Employment Practices in Western and Eastern Europe - McDonnell, Anthony (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "One Company, Diverse Workplaces:The Social Construction of Employment Practices in Western and Eastern Europe," by Marta Kahancova.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employment practices; Labor Unions; Multinational corporations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Harvest Pilgrims: Mexican and Caribbean Migrant Farm Workers in Canada - McQuarrie, Jonathan (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Harvest Pilgrims: Mexican and Caribbean Migrant Farm Workers in Canada," by Vincenzo Pietropaolo.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Canada; Foreign workers; HARVEST Pilgrims: Mexican & Caribbean Migrant Farm Workers in Canada (Book); Nonfiction; PIETROPAOLO; Vincenzo

Valeurs et attitudes des jeunes travailleurs à l'égard du travail au Québec : une analyse intergénérationnelle - Mercure, Daniel; Vultur, Mircea; Fleury, Charles (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
This paper focuses on measuring how much the work values and attitudes of young Quebec workers differ from those of older workers. We analyze the three core dimensions of the work relationship, i.e. the centrality of work, its principal finality, and attitudes towards the dominant managerial norms. We build our analyses on the data from a 2007 survey questionnaire administered to 1,000 workers representative of the Quebec labour force aged 18 years or more and not in full-time study. According to our study, although worker values and attitudes do not diverge significantly among the age groups surveyed, young people tend to attach less importance to work than do older workers and their aspirations towards work are not as high. Nevertheless, their adherence to the dominant managerial norms slightly exceeds that of their elders. Consequently, branding young people on the basis of their work values and attitudes fails to reflect observed reality, at least insofar as the centrality and finality of work and attitudes about managerial norms are concerned. For each of the target dimensions, employment status and level of training apparently outweigh age class as determinants shaping values and attitudes.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Comparative studies; Employee attitude; Labor Unions; Older workers; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Younger workers

Stayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class - Milligan, Ian (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Stayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class," by Jefferson Cowie.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; COWIE; Jefferson; History; Nonfiction; STAYIN' Alive: The 1970s & the Last Days of the Working Class (Book); United States; Working class

American Railroad Labor and the Genesis of the New Deal, 1919-1935 - Milloy, eremy (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "American Railroad Labor and the Genesis of the New Deal, 1919-1935," by Jon R. Huibregtse.
Keywords: AMERICAN Railroad Labor & the Genesis of the New Deal 1919-1935 (Book); BOOKS – Reviews; HUIBREGTSE; Jon R.; Labor Unions; Nonfiction; RAILROADS – Employees

Restructuring in the Forest Sector and the Re-Shaping of Women's Work Identities - Mills, Suzanne E. (The Canadian Geographer/Le Géographe canadien, 2012)
This article explores how women forest workers’ perceptions of restructuring are related to their work identities. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews with 29 women working in subsidiaries of a multinational forest company in northern Saskatchewan, I describe how women workers selectively drew on traditional mill worker and flexible worker identities to legitimize and delegitimize restructuring. Women's understandings of themselves as workers were shaped by their paradoxical relationships to standard forest processing work. Some women with previous experience working in low‐waged service industries adopted worker subjectivities that legitimized restructuring and valued flexibility, individual empowerment, and mobility. Other women delegitimized restructuring, referencing traditional characterizations of forest work that valued community stability, collective resistance, and security. Many women, however, neither consistently legitimized nor delegitimized restructuring throughout their interviews. This last group's ambiguous portrayal of work and restructuring demonstrates the identity dilemmas faced by new entrants to declining industrial sectors. Restructuring interrupted women's narratives of having found a “good job” in forestry and prompted the renegotiation of their understandings of mill work. This article contributes to our understanding of restructuring in resource industries by drawing attention to how worker identities, gender, and industrial change are interrelated.

The Gospel of the Working Class: Labor's Southern Prophets in New Deal America - Mitchell, Tom (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "The Gospel of the Working Class: Labor's Southern Prophets in New Deal America," by Erik S. Gellman and Jared Roll.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; GELLMAN; Erik S.; GOSPEL of the Working Class: Labor's Southern Prophets in New Deal America; The (Book); LABOR leaders – United States; Nonfiction; ROLL; Jared

Sandine, The Taming of the American Crowd: From Stamp Riots to Shopping Sprees - Moore, Jay (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "The Taming of the American Crowd: From Stamp Riots to Shopping Sprees," by Al Sandine.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CROWDS; Nonfiction; SANDINE; Al; TAMING of the American Crowd: From Stamp Riots to Shopping Sprees; The (Book)

Alliance Building to Create Change: The Women´s Movement and the 1982 CUPW Strike - Nichols, Leslie J. (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2012)
Social movements are significant to change mainstream ideologies and values over what is seen to be critical for society. The women´s movement helped to change ideas about women and their roles in society. One significant change, for more universal maternity, only occurred through the alliance with CUPW. This paper will illustrate that the alliance between the women´s movement and CUPW was significant to change public opinion and help to gain paid maternity leave for the majority of working women in Canada. In sum, the power these two groups generated in alliance produced one of the most important social benefits we currently enjoy as Canadian citizens. As a result, alliances are powerful and should be used to further any movement to towards equality.

Street Vendors in the Global Urban Economy - Nichols, Leslie J. (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2012)
The article reviews "Street Vendors in the Global Urban Economy" by Sharit Bhowmik.

Liberalism: A Counter-History - Nurse, Andrew (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Liberalism: A Counter-History," by Domenico Losurdo, translated by Gregory Elliot.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; LIBERALISM – History; LIBERALISM: A Counter-History (Book); LOSURDO; Domenico; Nonfiction

Workplace Training: How Context Impacts on Instructor's Activities - Ouellet, Sylvie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
This study describes the difficulties and challenges that instructors encounter when implementing structured training sessions to teach apprentices how to debone meat on the production line of an SME in the agri-food sector. The results obtained through our ergonomic approach showed that, in order to organize learning situations, the instructors, who were experienced employees, had to consider physical, material, and organizational conditions and choose between "what they would have liked to do" and "what they could really do." The results also showed that the work group can contribute to the training activity. The observations made in our study can serve as food for thought for anyone interested in workplace training conditions.
Keywords: Apprenticeship; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Meat industry; Small & medium sized enterprises-SME; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Training

Editor's Introduction = Mot du directeur - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
Introduces articles in the issue including on the Knights of Labor in Quebec, a 1913 protest by Jewish students against antisemitic remarks at Aberdeen School in Montreal, and a tribute to the labour activist and organizer, Madeleine Parent.
Keywords: DEMONSTRATIONS (Collective behavior); KNIGHTS of Labor; PARENT; Madeleine; 1918-2012; QUEBEC (Province)

Introduction - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
A eulogy is provided for the Canadian labour leader and social activist Madeleine Parent.
Keywords: EULOGIES; Labor leaders; PARENT; Madeleine; 1918-2012

Sojourning for Freedom: Black Women, American Communism, and the Making of Black Left Feminism - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Sojourning for Freedom: Black Women, American Communism, and the Making of Black Left Feminism," by Erik S. McDuffie.
Keywords: BLACK feminists; BOOKS – Reviews; MCDUFFIE; Erik S.; Nonfiction; Political activity; SOJOURNING for Freedom: Black Women; American Communism & the Making of Black Left Feminism (Book)

"Cracking the Stone": The Long History of Capitalist Crisis and Toronto's Dispossessed, 1830-1930 - Palmer, Bryan D.; Heroux, Gaetan (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
What constitutes proletarianization? The conventional answer to this seemingly simple question often stresses waged labour. Yet many workers, past and present, are routinely unable,to secure paid employment, in part because of the persistence of capitalist crises of various kinds. This study of indigent workers in Toronto from the 1830s to the 1930s is premised on an understanding of proletarianization as dispossession, on the one hand, and, on the other, of the ways in which capitalism necessarily produces recurrent crises, leaving many workers wageless. It addresses how wagelessness and poverty were criminalized through the development of institutions of ostensible charitable relief, such as the Toronto House of Industry, in which those seeking shelter and/or sustenance were required to chop wood or, more onerously, break stone in order to be. admitted to the ranks of those 'deserving' of such support. By the end of the nineteenth century-resistance to such "labour tests" was increasingly evident. Protests took place in Toronto, where the black flag was carried in demonstrations demanding "work or bread." Refusing to "crack the stone" and demands that relief be administered differently were common features of mobilizations of the wageless in the opening decades of the twentieth century, in which socialists often took the lead. By the time of capitalism's devastating collapse in the Great Depression of the 1930s, Toronto's wageless were well situated to mount an outcasts' offensive.
Keywords: CHARITIES; Canada; Capitalism; Economic conditions; History; Ontario; POOR people – Services for; POVERTY; Proletarianization; TORONTO (Ont.) – Economic conditions; Toronto (Ont.); Wages

Keynote Address, 18 May 2002, 50th Anniversary of Paul Robeson's Concert at the Peace Arch, Blaine, Washington/Douglas, British Columbia - Parent, Madeleine (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article presents a speech delivered by the Canadian labor leader Madeleine Parent at the 50th Anniversary of Paul Robeson's Concert at the Peace Arch at the border of Blaine, Washington and Douglas, British Columbia on May 18, 2002. Parent discusses several issues, including peace activism in the U.S., peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the persecution by the U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy and a call for the international unity of the labour movement.
Keywords: ARAB-Israeli conflict – Peace; Activism; INTERNATIONAL cooperation; Labor movement; PACIFISTS – United States; PARENT; Madeleine; 1918-2012; United States

Down But Not Out: Community and the Upper Streets of Halifax, 1880-1914 - Parsons, Christopher L. (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Down But Not out: Community and the Upper Streets in Halifax, 1880-1914," by David Hood.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; DOWN But Not Out: Community & the Upper Streets in Halifax 1890-1914 (Book); HALIFAX (N.S.) – Social conditions; HOOD; David; Nonfiction

The Long, Lingering Death of Social Democracy - Pilon, Dennis (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews several books including "What’s Left of the Left," edited by James Cronin, George Ross and Jame Shoch, "Social Democracy After the Cold War," edited by Bryan Evans and Ingo Schmidt and "The Labour Party in Britain and Norway," by David Redvaldsen.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CRONIN; James; EVANS; Bryan; LABOUR Party in Britain & Norway: Elections & the Pursuit of Power Between the World Wars; The (Book); Nonfiction; REDVALDSEN; David; ROSS; George; SCHMIDT; Ingo; SHOCH; James; SOCIAL Democracy After the Cold War (Book); WHAT'S Left of the Left: Democrats & Social Democrats in Challenging Times (Book)

Militant Minority: British Columbia Workers and the Rise of a New Left, 1948-1972 - Powell, Christopher (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Militant Minority: British Columbia Workers and the Rise of a New Left, 1948-1972," by Benjamin Isitt.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; BRITISH Columbia – Politics & government – 20th century; ISITT; Benjamin; MILITANT Minority: British Columbia Workers & the Rise of a New Left 1948-1972 (Book); Nonfiction

In the Shadows of the State: Indigenous Politics, Environmentalism, and Insurgency in Jharkhand, India - Prakash, Amit (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "In the Shadows of the State: Indigenous Politics, Environmentalism, and Insurgency in Jharkhand, India," by Alpa Shah.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; IN the Shadows of the State: Indigenous Politics; Environmentalism & Insurgency in Jharkhand; India (Book); JHARKHAND (India); Nonfiction; SHAH; Alpa

Risques psychosociaux : quelle réalité, quels enjeux pour le travail ? - Prud'homme, Daniel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Risques psychosociaux : quelle réalité, quels enjeux pour le travail ?," edited by François Hubault.
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

A History of Canadian Culture - Rifkind, Candida (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "A History of Canadian Culture," by Jonathan F. Vance.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CANADA – Social life & customs; HISTORY of Canadian Culture; A (Book); Nonfiction; VANCE; Jonathan F.

The Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis and Union Strategies in the Australian Public Service - Roles, Cameron; O'Donnell, Michael; Fairbrother, Peter (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
While Australia escaped the harshest aspects of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), public services at the federal level have experienced financial stringency in the form of efficiency-related budget cuts from late 2011 as the Australian government strived to achieve a budget surplus. This paper explores the ways in which the main Australian Public Service (APS) trade union, the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), developed innovative strategies in 2011 and 2012 to meet this challenge. The CPSU was able to utilize the capacities and experiences gained from operating under a conservative government to expand its activities and capabilities from 2007 under a more socially aware, though neo-liberal, Labor government whose industrial relations legislation and policy agenda were more supportive of collective bargaining. The CPSU developed more targeted campaigns, deployed a broader range of industrial tactics, and mobilized the union's membership in more active and creative ways. The outcome was a renewed form of trade unionism.
Keywords: Budget surplus; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Public administration; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Canadian Labour in Crisis: Reinventing the Workers' Movement - Ross, Stephanie (Socialist Studies/Études socialistes, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Canadian Labour in Crisis: Reinventing the Workers' Movement," by David Camfield.

Occupied St. John's: A Social History of a City at War, 1939-1945 - Rutherdale, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Occupied St. John's: A Social History of a City at War, 1939-1945," edited by Stephen High.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; HIGH; Stephen; History; Nonfiction; OCCUPIED St. John's: A Social History of a City at War 1939-1945 (Book); ST. John's (N.L.)

Making a Living: Place, Food and Economy in an Inuit Community - Sandlos, John (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Making a Living: Place, Food and Economy in an Inuit Community," by Nicole Gombay.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Food; GOMBAY; Nicole; Indigenous Peoples; MAKING a Living: Place; Food & Economy in an Inuit Community (Book); Nonfiction

Historical Legacies - Sangster, Joan (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
Pays homage to the union organizer and labor leader, Madeleine Parent.
Keywords: EULOGIES; Labor leaders; PARENT; Madeleine; 1918-2012

Ocularcentric Labour: "you don't do this for money" - Sappey, Jennifer; Maconachie, Glenda (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
Building on the tradition of emotional labour and aesthetic labour, this study of fitness workers introduces the concept of "ocularcentric labour" (the worker seeking the adoring gaze of the client as the primary reward). It is a state in which labour's quest for the psycho-social rewards gained from their own body image shapes the employment relationship (both the organization of work and the conditions of employment). We argue that for many fitness workers the goal is to gain access to the positional economy of the fitness centre to promote their celebrity. For this they are willing to trade-off standard conditions of employment, and exchange traditional employment rewards for the more intrinsic psycho-social rewards gained through the exposure of their physical capital to the adoration of their gazing clients. Significantly, with ocularcentric labour the worker becomes both the site of production and consumption.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employment; Labor Unions; Personal trainers; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Sociology; Studies

Organizing the Ivory Tower: The Unionization of the Brock University Faculty Association - Savage, Larry; Webber, Michelle; Butovsky, Jonah (Labor Studies Journal, 2012)
Drawing on in-depth qualitative interviews and analysis of relevant primary documents, this article explores the 1996 unionization of full-time academic faculty at Brock University, a public and primarily undergraduate university in southern Ontario, Canada. The case study examines both the impetus for unionization and the strategies employed by the faculty association in support of certification with a view to demonstrating how discourses of professionalism and collegiality can be challenged, subverted, and redeployed by academics intent on organizing, mobilizing, and ultimately winning support for unionization.
Keywords: Canada; Unionization; faculty associations; higher education; professionalism

One Hundred Years of Social Work: A History of the Profession in English Canada 1900- 2000 - Schmidt, Glen (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "One Hundred Years of Social Work: A History of the Profession in English Canada 1900-2000," by Therese Jennissen and Colleen Lundy.
Keywords: 100 Years of Social Work: A History of the Profession in English Canada 1900-2000 (Book); BOOKS – Reviews; Canada; JENNISSEN; Therese; LUNDY; Colleen; Nonfiction; Social services

Older Workers with Caregiving Responsibilities: A Canadian Perspective on Corporate Caring - Schroeder, Bonnie; MacDonald, Jane; Shamian, Judith (Ageing International, 2012)
This article provides an overview of current research on older workers with caregiving responsibilities from Canadian perspective. The first section presents relevant demographic and policy trends. The second section outlines impacts of these trends on caregiving employees, communities, employers, businesses and governments. The third section identifies potential policy responses and program solutions that support the needs of older workers with caregiving responsibilities. The article concludes with a recommended plan of action to move forward in addressing the emerging challenges associated with this issue.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12126-011-9134-z

The Ashgate Companion to the History of Textile Workers, 1650-2000 - Schulman, Michael D. (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "The Ashgate Companion to the History of Textile Workers, 1650-2000," edited by Lex Heerma Vam Voss, Els Hiemstra-Kuperus, and Elise Van Nedeveen Meerkert.
Keywords: ASHGATE Companion to the History of Textile Workers 1650-2000; The (Book); BOOKS – Reviews; HIEMSTRA-Kuperus; Els; History; Nonfiction; TEXTILE workers; VAN Nederveen Meerkerk; Elise; VAN Voss; Lex Heerma

The Argentine Folklore Movement: Sugar Elites, Criollo Workers, and the Politics of Cultural Nationalism, 1900-1955 - Seman, Ernesto (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "The Argentine Folklore Movement: Sugar Elites, Criollo Workers, and the Politics of Cultural Nationalism, 1900-1955," by Oscar Chamosa.
Keywords: ARGENTINA; ARGENTINE Folklore Movement: Sugar Elites; Criollo Workers & the Politics of Cultural Nationalism 1900-1955; The (Book); BOOKS – Reviews; CHAMOSA; Oscar; Folklore; Nonfiction

Immigrants and the Dynamics of High-Wage Jobs - Skuterud, Mikal; Su, Mingcui (Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2012)
The authors exploit immigrant identifiers in the Canadian Labour Force Survey (LFS) and the longitudinal dimension of these data to compare the labor force and job dynamics of immigrants and nativeborn workers. They examine the role of job, as opposed to worker, heterogeneity in driving immigrant wage disparities and investigate how the paths into and out of jobs of varying quality compare between immigrant and native-born workers. They find that the disparity in immigrant job quality, which does not appear to diminish with years since arrival, reflects a combination of relatively low transitions into high-wage jobs and high transitions out of these jobs. The former result appears to be due equally to difficulties obtaining high-wage jobs directly out of unemployment and to using low-wage jobs as stepping-stones. The authors find little or no evidence, however, that immigrant job seekers face barriers to low-wage jobs.

Rose Henderson: A Woman for the People - Smith, Julia (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Rose Henderson: A Woman for the People," by J. Peter Campbell.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CAMPBELL; Peter; HENDERSON; Rose; Nonfiction; ROSE Henderson: A Woman for the People (Book)

Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers and the Strike that Changed America - Solomon, Norman A. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers and the Strike that Changed America," by Joseph A. McCartin.
Keywords: Air traffic controllers; Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strikes

Human Resource Management in Context: Strategy, Insights and Solutions - Sparrow, Paul (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Human Resource Management in Context: Strategy, Insights and Solutions," 3rd edition, by David Farnham.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Human resource management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Retail Nation: Department Stores and the Making of Modern Canada - Srigley, Katrina (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "Retail Nation: Department Stores and the Making of Modern Canada," by Donica Belisle.
Keywords: BELISLE; Donica; BOOKS – Reviews; Department stores; History; Nonfiction; RETAIL Nation: Department Stores & the Making of Modern Canada (Book)

New York Longshoremen: Class and Power on the Docks - Stanley, Jason (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "New York Longshoremen: Class and Power on the Docks," by William J. Mello.
Keywords: 20th century; BOOKS – Reviews; MELLO; William J.; NEW York Longshoremen: Class & Power on the Docks (Book); Nonfiction; STEVEDORES; Social conditions

We Are the Union: Democratic Unionism and Dissent at Boeing - Stauch, Michael (Labour / Le Travail, 2012)
The article reviews the book, "We Are the Union: Democratic Unionism and Dissent at Boeing," by Dana Cloud and Keith Thomas.
Keywords: AIRLINE industry employees – Labor unions; BOOKS – Reviews; CLOUD; Dana; Nonfiction; THOMAS; Keith; WE Are the Union: Democratic Unionism & Dissent at Boeing (Book)