The World's Strongest Trade Unions: The Scandinavian Labor Movement - Olsen, Gregg M. (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "The World's Strongest Trade Unions: The Scandinavian Labor Movement," by Walter Galenson.

For Home, Country, and Race: Constructing Gender, Class, and Englishness in the Elementary School, 1880-1914 - Osborne, Ken (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "For Home, Country, and Race: Constructing Gender, Class, and Englishness in the Elementary School, 1880-1914," by Stephen Heathorn.

Hard Work: The Making of Labor History - Palmer, Bryan D. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Hard Work: The Making of Labor History, by Melvyn Dubofsky, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; History; Labor Unions; Labor force; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social classes

Introduction: The Year 2000 and the Deaths of Three Who Made Labour History - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The study of he working class and commitment to its causes is central to what this journal is about. Three men who made significant contributions to working class life over the course of the last century, but whose personal efforts, sadly and to our collective loss, came to an end in the year 2000, merit our attention. Marcel Pepin, a vibrant voice in the modern history of Quebec's union movement and former leader of the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CNTU/CSN), died 6 March 2000. ...On 15 June 2000 another advocate of Canadian workers, especially those incarcerated in homelessness and poverty, Norman N. Feltes, died. ...Jack Scott was a revolutionary of the 20th century who had hope for the 21st. He no doubt understood, however, that others would be making history in the new millennium, and his contributions had already been made. He died as the century closed, on 30 December 2000.

Jack Scott, 1910-2000: A Revolutionary Life - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article pays homage to the life and work of Jack Scott.

A Candle For Durruti - Parnaby, Andrew (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "A Candle For Durruti," by Al Grierson.

Populism - Patten, Steve (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Populism," by Paul Taggart.

'Too Well Used by His Master': Judicial Enforcement of Servants' Rights in Montreal, 1830-1845 - Pilarczyk, Ian C. (McGill Law Journal/Revue de droit de McGill, 2001)
The nineteenth century in Montreal was a formative era in the development of modern labour relations. In particular, from 1830 to 1845 the contractual nature of master-servant relations became increasingly apparent, and resort to the local courts as a mechanism for resolving master-servant disputes became commonplace. Master-servant law was comprised of sometimes-competing sources such as notarial contracts and oral agreements, provincial statutes, and municipal bylaws, as well as common law principles and judicial discretion. Other complexities resulted from the discord between the relevant laws governing such relations within the city of Montreal and beyond its limits. Through analysis of primary sources, the author examines the nature and extent of servants rights in the judicial district of Montreal during this period. He devotes particular attention to both the constituent elements of master-servant relations and the most common types of disputes. He begins with an overview of the various forms of nineteenth century labour relations in the Montreal area. Next, he undertakes to elucidate the legal nature of these relations, the roles performed by notaries, and the use of indentures to record the reciprocal contractual obligations of masters and servants. He also considers the differences in master-servant law in the two principal areas of the judicial district of Montreal. Specifically, he considers the types of suits brought within the city of Montreal and beyond its limits and the impact of the different governing laws on their chances of success. Ultimately, servants, through the courts were generally able to protect their rights by bringing suits against their masters for various forms of misconduct.

A World Without War: How US Feminists and Pacifiîts Resisted Workd War I; Women Against the Good War: Conscientious Objection and Gender on the American Home Front, 1941-1947 - Pois, Anne Marie (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the books, "A World Without War: How US Feminists and Pacifiîts Resisted World War I," by Frances H. Early, and "Women Against the Good War: Conscientious Objection and Gender on the American Home Front. 1941-1947," by Rachel Waitner Goossen.

Working Capital: The Power of Labor's Pensions - Quarter, Jack (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Working Capital: The Power of Labor's Pensions, edited by Archon Fung, Tessa Hebb, and Joel Rogers, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Pension funds; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social investing

Social Investment by Union-Based Pension Funds and Labour-Sponsored Investment Funds in Canada - Quarter, Jack; Carmichael, Isla; Sousa, Jorge; Elgie, Susan (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
This study has 2 objectives: 1. to understand the extent of social investment among union-based pension funds as well as labor-sponsored investment funds in Canada, and 2. to understand the factors that affect social investment strategies among such funds. The data indicate that pension funds in Canada have minimal social investment. There is somewhat higher social investment among labor-sponsored investment funds, and particularly labor-sponsored investment funds with genuine union membership. The study also explores factors related to social investment by funds.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Investments; Labor Unions; Labor-sponsored investment funds; Pension funds; Salaries pensions etc; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social investing; Socially responsible investments; Studies; Union membership

The Current Crisis of the South African Labour Movement - Rachleff, Peter (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
[The article focuses] on a particular conflict in South Africa — the strike this past winter of several thousand Volkswagen workers in Uitenhage, outside of Port Elizabeth, a region known as "the Detroit of South Africa" — and [places] it within the context of a worsening material situation for most South Africans and growing political contusion and tension within the ruling "Triple Alliance" of the African National Congress (ANC), the Confederation of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), and the South African Communist Party (SACP). At this moment, there is an intensifying struggle over privatization and restructuring, a pending battle between pubhc employees and the ANC-run state; and growing enmity between COSATU and the ANC, driven by dissent within COSATU affiliates, over these issues of privatization, the pay of public employees, and a call for the revisions of labour laws in place since 1994, These particular conflicts and the overall situation rest, of course, on South Africa's location within the global economy and the different ways that internal forces are responding to it. In examining these internal forces we can learn more about not only the challenges of economic globalization but also the prospects for challenging it. –From author's introduction

Managing the Multinationals: An International Study of Control Mechanisms - Rees, Chris (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Managing the Multinational: An International Study of Control Mechanisms, by Anne-Wil Kathie Harzing, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Management controls; Multinational corporations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Managing Competitive Crisis: Strategic Choice and the Reform of Workrules - Rimmer, Malcolm (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Managing Competitive Crisis: Strategic Choice and the Reform of Workrules, by Martyn Wright, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Economic conditions; Economic crisis; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Management decisions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Work rules

Marcel Pepin [1926-2000]: La fidélité, l'affaire de toute une vie - Rioux, Michel (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article pays homage to Marcel Pepin for his lifetime of service and commitment to the labour movement.

Women on the Defensive - Rollings-Magnusson, Sandra (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Women on the Defensive: Living through Conservative Times." by Sylvia Bashevkin.

Unionism in Canada and the United States in the 21st century: The prospects for revival - Rose, Joseph B.; Chaison, Gary N. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
This paper consider the potential for union revival in Canada and the US. Although unions have devoted considerably energy and resources to new initiatives, the overall evidence leads to generally pessimistic conclusions. The level and direction of union density rates indicates the 2 labor movements lack the institutional frameworks and public policies to achieve sustained revival. Significant gains in union membership and density levels will require nothing less than a paradigm shift in the industrial relations systems - a broadening of the scope and depth of membership recruitment, workplace representation and political activities.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Comparative analysis; International comparisons; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Memberships; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Union membership

Class Action: Reading Labor, Theory and Value - Saraka, Sean (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Class Action: Reading Labor, Theory and Value," by William Corlett.

Le temps de travail de ceux qui ne le comptent pas - Sarfati, Hedva (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Le temps de travail de ceux qui ne le comptent pas," by Bernhard Brunhes Consultants, edited by Danielle Kaisergruber.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

New Paths in Working Time Policy - Sarfati, Hedva (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
New Paths in Working Time Policy, edited by jean-Yves Boulin and Reiner Hoffmann, is reviewed.
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; Working hours

The Killing of Karen Silkwood: The Story Behind the Kerr-McGee Plutonium Case - Sass, Robert (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
The Killing of Karen Silkwood: The Story Behind the Kerr-McGee Plutonium Case, 2nd edition, by Richard Rashke, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Nuclear accidents & safety; Nuclear industry; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Whistleblowing; Working conditions

A Darwinian Left: Politics, Evolution and Cooperation - Schafer, Arthur (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "A Darwinian Left: Politics, Evolution and Cooperation," by Peter Singer.

Quelques réflexions sur un modèle social européen - Servais, Jean-Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
L’auteur livre quelques réflexions personnelles sur la spécificité de la réponse européenne à la question sociale telle qu’elle se pose aujourd’hui. Davantage qu’une émanation de la politique de l’Union européenne, il voit dans le modèle social européen un patrimoine commun aux peuples de l’Europe en matière d’emploi et de travail. Ce concept traduit une triple réalité : une régulation sociale fondée sur la concertation ; un régime élaboré de protection sociale et l’existence de services publics à finalité sociale, ainsi qu’un interventionnisme actif de l’État en matières industrielle, économique et sociale. Si ce modèle doit faire face à des critiques et à des difficultés, l’évolution semble davantage aller dans le sens de son adaptation que dans celui de sa disparition.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Globalization and Labour in the Asia Pacific Region - Sharma, Basu (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Globalization and Labour in the Asia Pacific Region, edited by Chris Rowley and John Benson, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Deregulation; Globalization; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Quality of Work: A People-Centred Agenda - Sharpe, Andrew (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
The Quality of Work: A People-Centred Agenda, by Graham S. Lowe, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Job satisfaction; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Quality of work; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social research

Colonial Industrialization and Labor in Korea: The Onoda Cement Factory - Shin, Gi-Wook (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Colonial Industrialization and Labor in Korea: The Onoda Cement Factory," by Soon-Won Park.

Economic Conditions and Welfare Reform - Silver, Hilary (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Economic Conditions and Welfare Reform, edited by Sheldon H. Danziger, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Economic conditions; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Welfare; Welfare reform

Capital Moves: RCA's 70-Year Quest for Cheap Labor - Sklair, Leslie (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Capital Moves: RCA's 70-Year Quest for Cheap Labor," by Jefferson Cowie.

Prometheus Wired: The Hope for Democracy in the Age of Network Technology - Smith, Peter J. (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Prometheus Wired: The Hope for Democracy in the Age of Network Technology," by Darin Burney.

Back to the Future: The Contemporary Left and the Politics of Utopia - Soron, Dennis (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews and comments on several books, including "The End of Utopia: Politics and Culture in an Age of Apathy" by Russell Jacoby, "Whose Millennium? Theirs or Ours?" by Daniel Singer, and "Utopistics, Or Historical Choices of the Twenty-first Century," by Immanuel Wallerstein.

Sharing the Work, Sparing the Planet: Work Time, Consumption, and Ecology - Stanford, Jim (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Sharing the Work, Sparing the Planet: Work Time, Consumption, and Ecology," by Anders Hayden.

Making the Amalgamated: Gender, Ethnicity, and Class in the Baltimore Clothing Industry, 1899-1939 - Steedman, Mercedes (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Making the Amalgamated: Gender, Ethnicity, and Class in the Baltimore Clothing Industry, 1899-1939," by Jo Ann E. Argersinger.

No. 1 Mine: Racism revisited - Stonebanks, Roger; McCallum, Todd (Labour/Le Travail, 2001)
Discusses the anti-Chinese racism surrounding the No. 1 Mine disaster of 1887, when Chinese miners were unfairly blamed for the tragedy. A sign and plaque were unveiled in 1999 at the disaster's site in Nanaimo, BC, where 53 of the 150 miners killed were Chinese.

Challenging Professions: Historical and Contemporary Perpectives on Women's Professional Work - Sugiman, Pamela (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Challenging Professions: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Women's Professional Work, edited by Elizabeth Smyth, Sandra Acker, Paula Bourne and Alison Prentice, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Careers; Female employees; History; Labor Unions; Occupational choice; Professionals; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Privilege and Oppression: The Configuration of Race, Gender, and Class in Southern Ontario Auto Plants, 1939 to 1949 - Sugiman, Pamela (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
In most studies of the automotive industry in Canada, the workforce has been constructed as uniformly white and male. However, a tiny number of Black men have long had a presence in the industry, occupying the dirtiest, most hazardous, and least desirable jobs in the auto foundries of St. Catharines and Windsor, Ontario. This paper attempts to reconstruct the working lives and union involvements of these men. The paper highlights the themes of racialization and gendering within the sphere of capitalist production. In examining multiple oppressions, simultaneously experienced and resisted, the study furthermore demonstrates the ways in which relations of domination are far more complex and historically-contingent than most analyses of industry and "the auto worker" have suggested.

A Young Man's Benefit: The Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Sickness Insurance in the United States and Canada - Swartz, Donald (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "A Young Man's Benefit: The Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Sickness Insurance in the United States and Canada, 1860-1929," by George Emery and J. C. Herbert Emery.

Of Moses and Marx: Folk Ideology and Folk History in the Jewish Labor Movement - Taft, Michael (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Of Moses and Marx: Folk Ideology and Folk History in the Jewish Labor Movement.," by David Shuldiner.

Shared Earnings, Unequal Responsibilities: Single French-Canadian Wage-Earning Women in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1900-1920 - Takai, Yukari (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
Lowell, Massachusetts, had a substantial French-Canadian community in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The workforce in the mill town was predominantly female. This study focuses on single French Canadian women in Lowell from 1900 to 1920. The author uses federal census schedules to examine their employment, earnings, and living arrangements. One major finding is that most of the workers were daughters living in households headed by fathers. Housework and family care obligations fell on daughters, which added to their economic responsibilities and reduced their marriageability.

Labouring for Rights: Unions and Sexual Diversity Across Nations - Thomlinson, Neil (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Laboring for Rights: Unions and Sexual Diversity Across Nations," edited by Gerald Hunt.

New Rules for a New Economy: Employment and Opportunity in Post-Industrial America - Timur, A. Tarik (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
New Rules for a New Economy: Employment and Opportunity in Post-Industrial America, by Stephen A. Herzenberg, John A. Alic, and Howard Wial is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employment; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Service industries; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Les nouvelles frontières de l’inégalité : hommes et femmes sur le marché du travail - Tremblay, Diane-Gabrielle (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Les nouvelles frontières de l’inégalité : hommes et femmes sur le marché du travail," edited by Margaret Maruani.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Hommage à Gérard Hébert (1921-2001) - Trudeau, Gilles (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Droit des relations de travail en Amérique du Nord - Verge, Pierre (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
The article reviews the book,. "Droit des relations de travail en Amérique du Nord," by Kevin Banks, Lance Compa, Leoncio Lara and Sandra Polaski.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The Rise and Development of Collective Labour Law - Verge, Pierre (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
This article reviews the book, "The Rise and Development of Collective Labour Law," edited by Marcel van der Linden et Richard Price.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor law; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Participatory Ergonomics Training in the Manufacturing Sector and Ergonomic Analysis Tools - Vincent, Marie St; Lortie, Monique; Chicoine, Denise (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
This article discusses the importance of job analysis tools for training in the context of participatory ergonomic processes. It explains the major principles and challenges in the design of these tools for short-cycle repetitive tasks and for long-cycle varied tasks. The intervention framework is described and the proposed tools are presented and related to the literature. The participants' difficulties with the tools developed in both contexts studied are summarized. The discussion suggests that these difficulties are partly related to the company context and raises questions about the data relevant for the evaluation of solutions in the case of non-repetitive tasks.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Ergonomics; Injuries; Job analysis; Labor Unions; Manufacturing; Musculoskeletal system; Occupational health & safety; Participatory research; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Training

Obligation and Opportunity: Single Maritime Women in Boston, 1870-1930 - Waldron, Florence Mae (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Obligation and Opportunity: Single Maritime Women in Boston, 1870-1930," by Betsey Beattie.

The Arthur Webb Story 1885-1964 - Webb, Jeff A. (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
Written in the early 1960s and published for the first time in Labour/Le Travail, this memoir is of interest to labour historians for its portrayal of a working-class immigrant's life. The article introduces the autobiography of Arthur Webb, who in 1901 at age 16 emigrated from the UK to Canada. Webb reminisces about his childhood years in Liverpool (he began working at age 10 and had little formal education), then describes the series of temp jobs he held as a farm hand and labourer after his arrival in rural New Brunswick. He was a soldier before and during the First World War (he was gassed at Ypres) and latterly became a firefighter in Saskatoon, retiring in 1943 due to medical unfitness. He was deeply affected by the death of his wife in 1954, but remained determined to carry on - a recurring theme.

Labour Markets, Flexible Specialization and the New Microcorporatism: The Case of Canada's Major Appliance Industry - Wells, Don (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
"High performance" management systems in unionized workplaces have the potential to create a more microcorporatist workplaces have the potential to create a more microcorporatist industry relations system in Canada. Microcorporatist tendencies reflect more active worker cooperation in achieving management productivity, quality and flexibility goals. Analysis of development of these tendencies in the major appliance industry suggests that microcorporatism has contradictory implications. In one direction lies the displacement labor politics by a local-centered unionism that is increasingly captured by the logic of market competition. In a second direction lies a logic of greater worker resistance related to increased worker control of labor processes.
Keywords: Appliance industry; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; LABOR market; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Management styles; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Dreamworld and Catastrophe: The Passing of Mass Utopia in East and West - Wernick, Andrew (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Dreamworld and Catastrophe: The Passing of Mass Utopia in East and West," by Susan Buck-Morss.

L’éclatement de l’emploi traditionnel : les défis posés par la diversité des emplois typiques et atypiques - Wils, Thierry; Bourhis, Anne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
L’emploi traditionnel éclate de plus en plus pour donner naissance à une grande diversité d’emplois atypiques. Ce nouveau phénomène, qui est encore mal connu, pose de nombreux défis tant aux gestionnaires qu’aux travailleurs et à la société. Un des problèmes majeurs pour gérer ces enjeux est la difficulté de cerner adéquatement l’ampleur et la nature des transformations actuelles parce que les différentes formes de travail atypique n’ont pas encore été clairement définies. La contribution de cet article est de clarifier les différentes formes de travail à l’aide de deux typologies, une typologie des formes de travail et une typologie des travailleurs. L’étude révèle que plusieurs défis importants posés par cette nouvelle réalité dépendent à la fois de la forme de travail atypique concernée et des caractéristiques des travailleurs.
Keywords: Alternative work arrangements; 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

"Heal Thyself" Managing Health Care Reform - Wilson, Donna (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "'Heal Thyself': Managing Health Care Reform," by Pat Armstrong, Hugh Armstrong, Ivy Lynne Bourgeault, Jacqueline Choiniere, and Eric Mykhalouskiy.

The Future of Social Democracy: Views of Leaders From Around the World - Wiseman, Nelson (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "The Future of Social Democracy: Views of Leaders From Around the World," edited by Peter H. Russell.

Class Difference and the Reformation of Ontario Public Hospitals, 1900-1935: "Make Every Effort to Satisfy the Tastes of the Well-to-Do." - Wishart, James M. (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
At the beginning of the 20th century, charity hospital governors in Ontario began to explore the possibility of admitting paying patients to help offset the costs of providing medical charity. This transformation entailed changes in administration, as well as concerted publicity and marketing campaigns to rehabilitate the image of the hospital and to attract affluent health consumers. The subsequent construction of new hospital facilities, exclusively for the use of paying customers, was informed by an ideology that mandated the physical separation of social classes and the identification of deserving and less deserving recipients of health care services. This paper examines aspects of the design, management, marketing, and staffing of a number of southern Ontario public hospitals to illustrate how the transformation of these institutions in the years between 1900-1935 actively shaped class inequality within and outside their walls.

South African Trade Unions in a Time of Adjustment - Wood, Geoffrey (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The paper examines South African trade unions from the late apartheid era to the present (2001). Anti-apartheid sanctions and disinvestment affected the labour movement, as did the disastrous miners' strike of 1987. Democratization in the period since has resulted in the lifting of embargoes and the phasing-out of tariffs and state subsidies for industries located near the former bantustans. There has been a growth of public sector unions and private sector unions have also reversed their decline. Generally, the unions are still a force to be reckened with, but the neoliberal turn of the ruling African National Congress, to which the unions are closely linked, poses a serious challenge.

Endless Propaganda: The Advertising of Public Goods - Wright, Cynthia (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Endless Propaganda: The Advertising of Public Goods," by Paul Rutherford.

"Ringing in the Common Love of Good": The United Farmers of Ontario, 1914-1926 - Wylie, Robin (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Ringing in the Common Love of Good: The United Farmers of Ontario, 1914-1926," by Kerry A. Badgley.

Allies Across the Border: Mexico's "Authentic Labour Front" and Global Solidarity - Zapata, Francisco (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Allies across the Border: Mexico's "Authentic Labour Front" and Global Solidarity, by Dale Hathaway, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor; Labor Unions; North American Free Trade Agreement; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Abstracts / Résumés [45, Spring 2000] (Labour/Le Travail, 2000)
English/French abstracts of the article published in the Spring 2000 volume.

Abstracts / Résumés [Volume 46: Special Millenium Issue (Fall/Automne 2000)] (Labour/Le Travail, 2000)
English/French abstracts of the fall 2000 volume.

Index, Volumes 43-44, 1999 (Labour/Le Travail, 2000)

Gestion de la performance : impact sur la performance organisationnelle de l'intégration de la stratégie et de la cohérence des systèmes de GRH - Barrette, Jacques; Ouellette, Rachel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
Cette étude vérifie dans quelle mesure la performance organisationnelle perçue peut être prédite par l'intégration des éléments de la stratégie (intégration stratégique verticale opérationnelle) dans les pratiques de gestion de la performance. Elle examine également si la cohérence des systèmes de gestion des ressources humaines avec la gestion de la performance est liée à une performance organisationnelle supérieure. Les résultats montrent que plus il y a intégration des éléments de la stratégie dans le système de gestion de la performance plus la compétitivité, le positionnement concurrentiel et la pérennité de l'organisation augmentent. D'autre part, les résultats indiquent que l'accroissement de la cohérence des systèmes de GRH avec le système de gestion de la performance est lié à une augmentation du positionnement concurrentiel de l'organisation.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Human resource management; Labor Unions; Organizational behavior; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strategic management

Négociation concessive et concurrence sur le marché du produit : l'expérience du secteur manufacturier canadien - Beaucage, André (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
La négociation concessive est souvent présentée comme une manifestation éloquente de la transformation du système des relations industrielles américain qui découlerait notamment d'une concurrence plus vive sur le marché du produit. Cet article propose des réponses à deux questions. La négociation concessive a-t-elle été au Canada cette dynamique de concessions réciproques importantes et persistantes exprimant une transformation en profondeur de son système de relations industrielles ou un phénomène circonscrit et passager résultant d'une conjoncture particulièrement difficile ? Est-ce un phénomène qui s'est généralisé à l'ensemble de l'économie canadienne ou s'il a plutôt marqué les secteurs d'activité où la concurrence est plus vive, suite à une hausse de la concurrence internationale ou à la présence plus importante d'entreprises non syndiquées ? Des réponses à ces questions sont suggérées par une analyse de l'évolution du contenu d'un échantillon de 60 conventions collectives du secteur manufacturier canadien sur une période d'une douzaine d'années.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; Manufacturers; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Évaluer et rénumérer les compétences - Bélanger, Laurent (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, " Évaluer et rénumérer les compétences," by Valérie Marbach.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Compensation administration; Competencies (Human resources); Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Organizational Diagnosis and Assessment: Bridging Theory and Practice - Bélanger, Laurent (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Organizational Diagnosis and Assessment: Bridging Theory and Practice," by Michael I. Harrisson and Arie Shirom.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Management; Organizational change; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Gérer par les compétences ou comment réussir autrement ? - Bellemare, Guy (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Gérer par les compétences ou comment réussir autrement ?," by Daniel Pemartin.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Competencies (Human resources); Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Prairie Fire: A Personal View - Bercuson, David J. (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The author explains his contribution to the 1999 documentary, "Prairie Fire: The Winnipeg General Strike" and his involvement in other documentaries as a form of public history. Defends the producers' treatment of the subject, and argues that the perspective presented was balanced.

Les formes de représentation collective désirées par les salariés des services privés au Québec - Bergeron, Jean-Guy; Renaud, Stéphane (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
Dans cet article, nous analysons le désir de représentation collective en utilisant un échantillon accidentel de 485 travailleurs non syndiqués des services privés de la région de Montréal. Pour ce faire, nous examinons la double probabilité de leur propension à se syndiquer et de leur désir d'être membre d'une association professionnelle. Ainsi, 78 % des travailleurs de l'échantillon souhaitent une représentation collective. Plus précisément, 14 % des travailleurs de l'échantillon souhaitent adhérer à un syndicat, mais pas à une association professionnelle, 28 % à une association professionnelle à l'exclusion d'un syndicat alors que 36 % sont indifférents à adhérer à l'une ou l'autre forme de représentation collective. Pour explorer les variables explicatives de cette double probabilité à se syndiquer ou à être membre d'une association professionnelle, nous ajoutons au modèle classique de la syndicalisation des variables rattachées à l'occupation ou à la profession des travailleurs des services privés.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Memberships; Professions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Trade & professional associations

Labour/Left Memorabilia, 1880-1980: A Photographic Representation - Beveridge, Karl (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
Presents a photographic collection of artifacts from professional and labor organizations such as the Industrial Workers of the World, the Knights of Labor, and the Congress of Industrial Organizations, as well as commemorative items from leftist political parties and labor holiday celebrations.

A Comparison of Labour Standards in the United States and Canada - Block, Richard N.; Roberts, Karen (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
This article introduces a methodology for measuring differences in the labor standards between the US and Canada, taking into account variations by state and province. This methodology is then used to analyze differences in the 2 countries on 10 labor standards. The results indicate that 6 standards are higher in Canada than in the US: 1. paid time off, 2. unemployment/employment insurance, 3. workers' compensations, 4. collective bargaining, 5. unjust discharge, and 6. advance notice of plant closings/large scale layoffs. Standards covering minimum wages, overtime and occupational safety and health are higher in the US than in Canada. There is no difference in the 2 countries in standards covering employment discrimination/employment equity. The results suggest that overall, although there are exceptions, labor standards are higher in Canada than the US.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Comparative analysis; International comparisons; Labor Unions; Labor law; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Working conditions

Les relations du travail au Québec, 2e édition - Boivin, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Les relations du travail au Québec," 2e édition, by Michel Leclerc and Michel Quimper.
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

Les gouvernances de l'emploi: relations professionnelles et marché du travail en France et en Allemagne - Bourque, Gilles (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Les gouvernances de l'emploi: relations professionnelles et marché du travail en France et en Allemagne," by Michel Lallement.
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

La Représentation syndicale. visage juridique actuel et futur - Bourque, Reynald (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "La Représentation syndicale. visage juridique actuel et futur," by Gregor Murray and Pierre Verge.

Unwilling Idlers: The Urban Unemployed and Their Families in Late Victorian Canada - Bradbury, Bettina (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Unwilling Idlers: The Urban Unemployed and Their Families in Late Victorian Canada," by Peter Baskerville and Eric W. Sager.

The Effects of Goal Setting and Self-Instruction Training on the Performance of Unionized Employees - Brown, Travor C.; Latham, Gary P. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
This study assesses the effectiveness of goal setting, goal setting plus training in self-instruction, and being urged to do one's best on the performance of unionized employees (n = 32). The ability of managers, peers and self to observe changes in employee performance was also assessed. Appraisals were made prior to and 10 weeks following three interventions. ANCOVA indicated that employees who set specific, difficult goals had significantly higher performance than those in the doing one's best and those doing goal setting plus self-instruction. Moreover, self-efficacy correlated positively with subsequent performance. Employee satisfaction with the performance appraisal process was high across the three conditions. Peers provided better data for assessing the effect of an intervention than self or managers.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Goal setting; Independent study; Labor Unions; Performance appraisal; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America - Byrd, Alexander X. (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America," by Saidiya V. Hartman.

Radical Roots: The Shaping of British Columbia - Campbell, Robert A. (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Radical Roots: The Shaping of British Columbia," by Harold Griffin.

Rethinking the Labor Process - Clarke, Louise (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
Rethinking the Labor Process, edited by Mark Wardell, Thomas L. Steiger and Peter Meiksins, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; R&D; Research; Research & development; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Theory

"The History of Us": Social Science, History, and the Relations of Family in Canada - Comacchio, Cynthia (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
This essay provides a selective overview of the Canadian historiography on family. The roots of family history not only extend backwards much further than the "new social history" born of the tumultuous 1960s, they are buried deep in several other disciplines, most notably sociology, anthropology, and demography, whose practitioners were concerned as much with the historical process of family change as with the state of families contemporary to their times. I consider how pioneering social scientists, by grappling with the family's relationship to structural change, historicized early 20th century family studies and offered up many of the questions, concepts, théories, and methods that continue to inform historical scholarship on families. Turning to the body of historical publications that followed in the wake of, and were often inspired by, the "new social history," I highlight the monograph studies that served as signposts in the field's development, especially for what they have revealed about the critical nexus of family, work, and class. The historiography mirrors the family 's history: "family" consists of so many intricately plaited strands that separating them out is frustrating and often futile. I have attempted to classify this material both topically and chronologically within broad categories, but the boundaries blur so that most of these works could fit as comfortably in several others. Many of them, in fact, will be recognized as important contributions to fields such as labour, ethnic, women's, or gender history rather than as works of family history per se.

French-Speaking Radicals in the USA: The Possible Usages of Prospography - Cordillot, Michel (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
Describes the forthcoming biographical dictionary of US French-speaking radicals that was intended to contribute to sociobiographical studies. [Editor's note (2021): There was no record that the book was published.]

Unlikely Partners: Philanthropic Foundations and the Labor Movement - Cotterill, Steven (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Unlikely Partners: Philanthropic Foundations and the Labor Movement," by Richard Magat.

Les clauses dites « orphelins » et la notion de discrimination dans la Charte des droits et libertés de la personne - Coutu, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
Les clauses dites « orphelins » ont été introduites au Québec vers le milieu des années 80. Récemment, un débat très vif a eu cours au sujet de la validité de ces clauses. La question du caractère discriminatoire ou non des clauses « orphelins », par rapport à la Charte des droits et libertés de la personne, a occupé fréquemment le devant de la scène au Québec pour aboutir à l'adoption, par l'Assemblée nationale, du projet de loi n" 67 modifiant la Loi sur les normes du travail. Cet article présente d'abord le concept de discrimination et ses possibilités d'application au phénomène des clauses « orphelins », étudie la portée des exceptions au principe de discrimination dans l'emploi qui pourraient faire écran à d'éventuelles plaintes en ce domaine, pour examiner enfin la juridiction respective de la Commission des normes du travail et de la Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse.
Keywords: Age discrimination; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; HUMAN rights; Labor Unions; Labor law; Laws & regulations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Wages & salaries

Contracting Masculinity: Gender, Class and Race in a White-Collar Union, 1944-1994 - Cruikshank, Ken (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
Contracting Masculinity: Gender, Class and Race in a White-Collar Union, 1944-1994, by Gillian Creese, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; History; Labor Unions; Multiculturalism & pluralism; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Montréal, le mouvement ouvrier et la Première Guerre mondiale - Dansereau, Bernard (Bulletin d'histoire politique, 2000)
The Montreal labour movement during the First World War evolved from an initially anti-militarist position to growing support for the war effort, notably through voluntary enlistment and measures to support unionized soldiers. However, the Conscription Crisis of 1917 deeply divided workers, particularly in Quebec, where opposition was strong, fuelled by political and social tensions. Despite protests and resistance, conscription was imposed, marking a turning point in relations between the labour movement and the government, while exacerbating internal and political divisions within the unions.

In Appreciation of Marianne Debouzy - Dawley, Alan (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
Discusses Debouzy's scholarly work, which is notable for its preoccupation with the social history dimensions of international capitalism. Themes include transnational approach to studies of labour migration, Americanization of French universities, American influences on the French New Left, and French and American workers.

The Measure of Democracy: Polling, Market Research and Public Life, 1930-1945 - Dawson, Michael (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "The Measure of Democracy: Polling, Market Research and Public Life, 1930-1945," by Daniel J. Robinson.

Marianne Debouzy, Professeur à l'Université Paris-VIII - Debouzy, Marianne (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
List of Debouzy's publications, with English translation of titles.

Handbook of Gender and Work - Déom, Esther; Lee-Gosselin, Hélène (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews by the book, "Handbook of Gender and Work," edited by Gary N. Powell.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employment; Gender differences; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Women

Oil, Wheat and Wobblies: The IWW in Oklahoma, 1905-1930 - Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Oil, Wheat, and Wobblies: The Industrial Workers of the World in Oklahoma, 1905-1930," by Nigel Anthony Sellars.

Organizing Immigrants: The Challenge for Unions in Contemporary California - Eaton, Jonathan (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Organizing Immigrants: The Challenge for Unions in Contemporary California," edited by Ruth Milkman.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Immigrants; Labor Unions; Membership drives; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Working Class Majority: America's Best Kept Secret - Emspak, Frank (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "The Working Class Majority: America's Best Kept Secret," by Michael Zweig.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Politics & government; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Labour-Management Negotiation: Some Insights into Strategy and Language - Fells, Ray (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
Management and union negotiators have the choice of adopting competitive or problem-solving strategies to find acceptable outcomes but they may also have to yield, a process which is less clearly understood. Competing, problem solving and yielding have to be conveyed to those sitting across the bargaining table. Using material from a transcript of an Australian labor-management negotiation, negotiators are seen to rely on simple positional statements rather than argument to convey their compositional statements rather than argument to convey their commitment, while problem-solving activities appear to be squeezed in between other more competitive interactions. Giving ground is done quietly and without much fuss, concessions are muted or foreshadowed rather than made explicitly.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Negotiations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

La CSN : 75 ans d'action syndicale et sociale - Ferland, Gilles (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "La CSN : 75 ans d'action syndicale et sociale," edited by Yves Bélanger and Robert Comeau.
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

Being Local Worldwide: ABB and the Challenge of Global Management - Ferner, Anthony (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
Being Local Worldwide: ABB and the Challenge of Global Management, edited by Jacques Belanger, Christian Berggren, Torsten Bjorkman and Christoph Kohler, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Multinational corporations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Politics and Public Debt: The Dominion, The Banks, and Alberta's Social Credit - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Politics and Public Debt: The Dominion, the Banks, and Alberta's Social Credit," by Robert L. Ascah.

The Adoption of Information Technology by U.S. National Unions - Fiorito, Jack; Jarley, Paul; Delaney, John T. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
This paper offers and tests a model for national union adoption of information technology (IT). Data come from a mail survey of national unions that were active in the US in 1997. Consistent with the model's predictions and prior research on union innovation, results indicate that rationalization and size are key predictors of IT adoption. Results also suggest a role for decentralization, employer use of information technology, and prior innovation. IT adoption may be one of the most important areas of union innovation in decades, and may have substantial impacts on union outcomes and possibly on the nature of unions. Understanding the nature and causes of IT adoption by unions may provide insight on the changing nature of unions and their roles in the future.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Computer applications; Impact analysis; Labor Unions; Models; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; information technology

Short Takes: The Canadian Worker on Film - Frank, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
Is there a Canadian labour film? After a century of film production in Canada, the answer is uncertain. Canadian workers do appear in a variety of documentary and feature film productions, but their presence often arises from the incidental processes of documentation and fictionalization. There is also a more purposeful body of work focused on the concerns of labour history, but its promise remains relatively underdeveloped. Although film has become one of the dominant languages of communications at the end of the 20th century, the practice of visual history stands to benefit from closer collaboration between historians and filmmakers.

The Discipline of Teamwork: Participation and Concertive Control - Frost, Ann C. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "The Discipline of Teamwork: Participation and Concertive Control," by James R. Barker.
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; Teamwork

Pluralism or Fragmentation?: The Twentieth-Century Employment Law Regime in Canada - Fudge, Judy; Tucker, Eric (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
In 1947. Bora Laskin, the doyen of Canadian collective bargaining law, remarked that "Labour relations as a matter for legal study … has outgrown any confinement to a section of the law of torts or to a corner of the criminal law. Similarly, and from another standpoint, it has burst the narrow bounds of master and servant." That standpoint was liberal pluralism, which comprises collective bargaining legislation administered by independent labour boards and a System of grievance arbitration to enforce collective agreements. After World War II, it came to dominate our understanding of labour relations law such that, according to Laskin, reference to "pre-collective bargaining standards is an attempt to re-enter a world that has ceased to exist." But this picture is only partially true. Instead of replacing earlier regimes of industrial legality, industrial pluralism was grafted on to them. Moreover, it only encompassed a narrow, albeit crucial, segment of workers; in the mid-1950s "the typical union member was a relatively settled, semi-skilled male worker within a large industrial corporation." More than 65 per cent of Canadian workers at that time, a large proportion of whom were women and recent immigrants, fell outside the regime. This paper broadens the focus from collective bargaining law to include other forms of the legal regulation of employment relations, such as the common law, minimum standards, and equity legislation. In doing so, it examines the extent to which liberal pluralism regime was implicated in constructing and reinforcing a deeply segmented labour market in Canada. It also probes whether the recent assault on trade union rights may be the trajectory for the reconstruction of a new regime of employment relations.

La confiance : approches économiques et sociologiques - Gagnon, Mona-Josée (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "La confiance : approches économiques et sociologiques," edited by Christian Thuderoz, Vincent Mangematin and Denis Harrisson.
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; Trust (Psychology)

Les intellectuels critiques et le mouvement ouvrier au Québec: fractures et destin parallèle - Gagnon, Mona-Josée (Cahiers de recherche sociologique, 2000)

The Human Face of Industrial Conflict in Post-War Japan - Gagnon, Mona-Josée (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "The Human Face of Industrial Conflict in Post-War Japan," edited by Hirosuke Kawanishi.
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

Striking Steel: Solidarity Remembered - Gérin-Lajoie, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Striking Steel: Solidarity Remembered," by Jack Metzgar.
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; Steel industry; Strikes

Industrial Relations at the Millennium: Beyond Employment? - Giles, Anthony (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
This essay explores the current state of the field of Industrial Relations. The first part of the essay traces the emergence of IR out of the general concern with the 'labour question" to form a distinct field of study and research in the Angio-American countries. The second part argues that the field has been plagued by a profound crisis of relevance in the 1980s and 1990s, registered by a decline in its importance within universities, a shrinking of its academic associations, a loss of interest on the part of its traditional audience, increased isolation from other disciplines, and a theoretical incapacity to come to grips with the sweeping changes that have occurred in labour markets, the workplace, and the wider political economy. This situation is leading to a redefinition of the field as "Employment Relations." In the third part of the essay, this drift towards Employment Relations is criticized for moving the field more squarely into the area of managerial science, for leaving it incapable of analyzing future waves of collective mobilization, and for its continued adherence to a geographically and historically constricted conceptual foundation. A better strategy, it is suggested, would be to go beyond employment by reconceptualizing the field in terms of "work relations."

Broadening the scope of diversity management: Strategic implications in the case of the Netherlands - Glastra, Folke; Meerman, Martha; Schedler, Petra; De Vries, Sjiera (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
An analysis of theories and practices of diversity management, as illustrated in the case of the Netherlands, shows that they are too narrowly focused on redressing imbalances experienced by ethnic minorities and bridging cultural differences between majorities and ethnic minorities in the workplace. Agencies in the field of diversity management have fallen back on a limited and standardized stock of methods that ignore the specificity of organizational dynamics and largely operate in isolation from existing equity policies. The influence of diversity management has thus remained quite superficial. A contextual approach would broaden both the body of thought and the repertory of methods of diversity management, and strengthen its political and social relations. Such an approach would respond to its most challenging tasks; fostering social justice, enhancing productivity, and breaking the circle that equates cultural difference with social inequality.
Keywords: Affirmative action; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Human resource management; Labor Unions; Management styles; Multiculturalism & pluralism; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Workplace diversity

Eating for Victory: Food Rationing and the Politics of Domesticity - Goossen, Rachel Waltner (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Eating for Victory: Food Rationing and the Politics of Domesticity," by Amy Bentley.

Franchir le mur des conflits - Grant, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Franchir le mur des conflits," by David S. Weiss, translated by Jean Boivin.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Contracting Masculinity: Gender, Class, and Race in a White-Collar Union, 1944-1994 - Green, Brian (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Contracting Masculinity: Gender, Class, and Race in a White-Collar Union, 1944-1994," by Gillian Creese.

Our Collective Project: Marianne Debouzy and Three Decades of American Social History - Green, James (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The author reflects on the impact of Debouzy on his own work in movement history and offers observations on the shifting terrain of social history. this includes increased emphasis on race, gender, and cultural identities as well as efforts to reach a wider audience.

"Rapprocher les lieux du pouvoir": The Québec Labour Movement and Québec Sovereigntism, 1960-2000 - Güntzel, Ralph P. (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article examines the evolution of Quebec's three major trade union federations–the Federation des travailleurs et travilleuses du Québec, the Centrale des syndicats nationaux, and the Centrale des syndicats du Québec–on the question of Quebec sovereignty since 1960. In the course of the four decades since the emergence of the modem sovereignty movement, the three federations adopted increasingly sympathetic attitudes and eventually became stalwarts of the sovereignty coalition. In the process Quebec labour activists shed their fears about the economic repercussions of sovereignty and espoused the notion of a sovereign nation-state, mainly because they came to see it as a way to implement social-democratic and labour-oriented policies.
Keywords: FEDERATION des travailleurs et travailleuses du Quebec

Question the Sun! A content analysis of diversity in the Vancouver Sun before and after the Hollinger take-over - Gutstein, Donald; Hackett, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
Analyzes the anti-labour stance of the Vancouver Sun and how this affected the newspaper's coverage of business and labour issues. The bias became especially pronounced after Hollinger (Conrad Black) assumed ownership. The article is an excerpt from a larger report by Newswatch Canada that also discussed the Sun's coverage of provincial elections and the poor.

Ravenswood: The Steelworkers' Victory and the Revival of American Labor - Hallock, Margaret (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Ravenswood: The Steelworkers' Victory and the Revival of American Labor," by Tom Juravich and Kate Bronfenbrenner.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Labour Historian and Public History - Heron, Craig (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The author reflects on his involvement with the Ontario Workers Arts and Heritage Centre in Hamilton, Ontario. Discusses historians' efforts to reach a wider audience, the use of artifacts and primary sources, and the competing arenas of historical interpretation. Concludes that working people could be involved with planning, development and organization of a presentation, and that presentations should be, at least to some extent, empowering.

Marching Together: Women of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters - Hirsch, Susan E. (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Marching Together: Women of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porter," by Melinda Chateauvert.

In the Shadow of the Big House - the Little People in History - Hoerder, Dirk (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
Discusses French, German and American approaches to writing social history, and why the author, a German, found a home in the French tradition of Marianne Debouzy, whom he also came to know. Illustrates how small stories can illuminate the bigger historical picture.

Canadian Universities, Academic Freedom, Labour, and the Left - Horn, Michiel (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
During most of their history, Canadian universities, institutions staffed by and serving largely middle class people, have not been hospitable to organized labour or the political left. Professors who expressed support for such causes generally found that doing so often strained the limits of academic freedom as it was understood by governing boards, administrators, a good many academics, and many people outside the institutions. If the situation has improved during the last three decades, one reason is that faculty unions have become commonplace. More important, however, may be that the outside world has come to pay less attention to what professors say, on almost any subject, than used to be the case.

Mixed Methodology: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches - Kervin, John (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Mixed Methodology: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches," by Abbas Tashakkori and Charles Teddlie.
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

American Workers and Justice in the Global Order - Kesselman, Donna (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
Examines the US courts' interventions in the labour arena including in the Detroit newspapers' dispute and investigations of the Teamsters' alleged corruption that overturned the election of a reform candidate. Argues that the anti-corruption crusade is a smokescreen for a global order controlled by big business.

Symposium Honouring Marianne Debouzy Thirty Years of Social History - Kesselman, Donna (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
Introduces the symposium held in Paris on 6-7 November 1998 in honour of social historian Marianne Debouzy (1929-2021), who was a member of Labour/Le Travail's international advisory board, on the occasion of her retirement. Summarizes the six papers chosen for publication in the issue.

Fighting the Sweatshop in Depression Ontario: Capital, Labour and the Industrial Standards Act - Klee, Marcus (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The judicial and political failure of Prime Minister R. B. Bennet's New Deal legislation during the mid-1930's shifted the struggle to reconstitute capitalism to the provincial and municipal levels of the state. Attempts to deal with the dislocations of the Great Depression in Ontario focused on the "sweatshop crisis" that came to dominate political and social discourse after 1934. Ontario's 1935 Industrial Standards Act (ISA) was designed to bring workers and employers together under the auspices of the state to establish minimum wages and work standards. The establishment of New Deal style industrial codes was premised on the mobilization of organized capital and organized labor to combat unfair competition, stop the spread of relief-subsidized labor, and halt the predations of sweatshop capitalism. Although the ISA did not bring about extensive economic regulation, it excited considerable interest in the possibility of government intervention. Workers in a diverse range of occupations, from asbestos workers to waitresses, attempted to organize around the possibility of the ISA. The importance of the ISA lies in what it reveals about the nature of welfare, wage labor, the union movement, competitive capitalism, business attitudes toward industrial regulation, and the role of the state in managing the collective affairs of capitalism. The history of the ISA also suggests that "regulatory unionism," as described by Colin Gordon in his work on the American New Deal, may have animated key developments in Canadian social, economic, and labor history.

Legalizing Gender and Equality: Courts, Markets and Unequal Pay for Women in America - Knopf, Paula (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, " Legalizing Gender and Equality: Courts, Markets and Unequal Pay for Women in America," by Robert L. Nelson and William P. Bridges
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Equal pay for equal work; Labor Unions; Labor law; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Prairie Fire: The Winnipeg General Strike - Korneski, Kurt (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
Critiques the documentary, "Prairie Fire," including that the narrative is framed by the "western exceptionalist" historical interpretation, which narrows the Strike's significance.

Facteurs explicatifs du roulement des membres au sein des organismes professionnels en relations industrielles - Labelle, Christiane; Guérin, Gilles; Wils, Thierry; Bernard, Roxane (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
Jusqu'à présent, peu de recherches se sont intéressées au roulement des membres au sein des organismes professionnels. La présente étude comble, en partie, cette lacune en analysant les intentions de rester membre ou non (ainsi que de redevenir membre ou non) des professionnels appartenant (ou ayant appartenu) à un organisme professionnel en ressources humaines ou en relations industrielles. À partir de données collectées par questionnaires (n = 916 membres actifs et 217 membres inactifs), des analyses de régression ont permis d'isoler plusieurs facteurs explicatifs importants comme l'attachement affectif à l'organisme. Les résultats obtenus permettent, entre autres, de mettre à jour différentes logiques d'affiliation à un organisme professionnel.
Keywords: Associations; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Human resource management; Labor Unions; Memberships; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Trade & professional associations

Qui veut réduire ses heures de travail ? Le profil des travailleurs adhérant à un programme de partage de l'emploi - Lanoie, Paul; Béjaoui, Ali; Raymond, François (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
Ce texte examine le profil des travailleurs qui sont prêts à réduire volontairement leurs heures de travail pour participer à un programme départage de l'emploi. Nos résultats montrent que, contrairement aux enquêtes agrégées, les variables de capital humain (salaire, éducation), le statut marital, le sexe ainsi que la présence d'enfants en bas âge ne jouent aucun rôle dans la détermination de la probabilité à participer à un programme départage de travail. Par contre, l'âge et l'ancienneté affectent à la baisse cette probabilité. Par ailleurs, ce qui est plus révélateur c'est le fait que l'attitude à l'égard du loisir, ainsi que les caractéristiques de l'emploi occupé par les individus sont les principaux déterminants des choix des individus en termes de réduction des heures de travail.
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; Work sharing; Working hours

Derecho sindical - Laperriere, Rene (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Derecho sindical," by José Manuel Lastra Lastra.
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

La puissance du stress : une valeur ajoutée - Larocque, Alain (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "La puissance du stress : une valeur ajoutée," by Jean-Pierre Hogue and Pierre Brulé.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Management; Occupational stress; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Labour in Capitalist America: Ideology, Bureaucracy, Insurgency - Le Blanc, Paul (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews and comments on the books, "Taking Care of Business: Samuel Gompers, George Meany, Lane Kirkland, and the Tragedy of American Labor" by Paul Buhle; "Working for Wages: The Roots of Insurgency" by Martin Glaberman and Seymour Faber; "A Covert Life: Jay Lovestone, Communist, Anti-Communist, and Spymaster" by Ted Morgan; and "Democracy is Power, Rebuilding Unions from the Bottom Up" by Mike Parker and Martha Gruelle.

Book Notes [45, Spring 2000] - Leier, Mark (James Mark) (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article briefly reviews Francis Wheen's "Karl Marx," "Compass Points: Navigating the 20th Century," edited by Robert Chodos; William R. Haycraft's "Yellow Steel: The Story of the Earthmoving Equipment Industry ;" "Rosa Luxembourg: Reflections and Writings," edited by Paul Le Blanc; "No Gods, No Masters: An Anthology of Anarchism," edited by Daniel Guérin, with translation by Paul Sharkey; Lynne Bowen's "Robert Dunsmuir, Laird of the Mines;" Nikolai Bukharin's "How It All Began: The Prison Novel;" Neil Tudiver's "Universities for Sale: Resisting Corporate Control over Canadian Higher Education;" Cynthia R. Commachio's "The Infinite Bonds of Family: Domesticity in Canada, 1850-1940;" Harry Fisher's "Comrades: Tales of a Brigadista in the Spanish Civil War;" Eve Blau's "The Architecture of Red Vienna, 1919-1934;" Alan Kidd's "State, Society, and the Poor in Nineteenth-Century England;" "Nationalism, Labour, and Ethnicity, 1870-1939," edited by Stefan Berger and Angel Smith; and "Tough Girls: Women Warriors and Wonder Women in Popular Culture," by Sherrie A. Inness.

Slave in a Box: The Strange Career of Aunt Jemima - Levenstein, Harvey (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Slave in a Box: The Strange Career of Aunt Jemima," by M.M. Manring.

The Wages of Influence: Labor and Management in Postwar Japan - Lewis, Michael (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "The Wages of Influence: Labor and Management in Postwar Japan," by Andrew Gordon.

Can Class Still Unite: Lessons from the American Experience - Linkon, Sherry; Russo, John (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
Argues that class analysis is still relevant to coalition building. Analyzes the UPS strike of 1997 which focused successfully on gaining broad support for part-time workers. Abridged version of a conference paper given in January 1998 at the Catholic University Leuven (Belgium).

Employee profit sharing: Consequences and moderators - Long, Richard J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
Although there is substantial evidence that, on average, employee profit sharing improves company performance, little is known about the conditions under which it does so or the mechanisms through which it operates. This study identifies possible consequences and moderators of profit sharing, and then utilizes a data set from 108 Canadian profit-sharing firms to empirically examine them. Virtually all of the predicted consequences emerged, although to varying degrees. Three main factors moderated their emergence. Results were significantly more favorable in firms that had a high involvement managerial philosophy, that communicated extensively about profit sharing, and that allocated the profit-sharing bonus according to measures of individual employee performance.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Correlation analysis; Labor Unions; Management styles; Performance evaluation; Profit sharing plans; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Just Another Car Factory: Lean Production and its Discontents - Lowe, Graham S. (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Just Another Car Factory: Lean Production and its Discontents. Rinehart," by James Rinehart, Christopher Huxley, and David Robertson.

States, Markets, Families: Gender, Liberalism and Social Policy in Australia, Canada, Great Britain and the United States - Mahon, Rianne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "States, Markets, Families: Gender, Liberalism and Social Policy in Australia, Canada, Great Britain and the United States," by Julia S. O'Connor, Ann Shola Orloff and Sheila Shaver.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Gender; International comparisons; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social policy

Strategic Human Resource Management: A Reader - Malo, François B. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Strategic human resource management: a reader," by Christopher Mabey.
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

Revolution, Counterrevolution and The Working Class in Russia: Reflections on the Eighty-Second Anniversary of the October Revolution - Mandel, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
Employs class analysis to compare the position of the working class during the Russian revolution(s) of 1917 with the collapse of the Soviet regime in 1991. Concludes that the working class was much weaker in 1991, with little or no say on the outcome. The conclusion also comments that the peoples of the former Soviet Union paid a heavy price for the absence of socialism in the West.

Patrick Lenihan: From Irish Rebel to Founder of Canadian Public Sector Unionism - Marshall, Stan (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
Patrick Lenihan: From Irish Rebel to Founder of Canadian Public Sector Unionism, edited by Gil Levine, is reviewed.
Keywords: Biographies; Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; History; Labor Unions; Public sector; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Members and Nonmembers: Determinants of Dues-Paying Membership in a Bargaining Unit - McClendon, John A. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
This study builds on the union organizing and free-rider literature by examining determinants of dues-paying membership in the Temple Association of University Professionals. The TAUP, an American Federation of Teachers affiliate, is the collective bargaining representative for 992 members of the Temple University faculty, 52% of whom are dues-paying members. Results indicate that attitudes about unions in general, the cost of union dues, the perception of alternative faculty governance effectiveness, and the beliefs about the appropriateness of unionization for professional employees were related to joining behavior. In contrast, job attitudes about the employer, perceived bargaining unit effectiveness, and political ideology were not significant predictors of membership status.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Colleges & universities; Educators; Labor Unions; Memberships; Professions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Union membership

Big Lives: Recent Publications in Canadian Labour Biography - McInnis, Peter S. (Peter Stuart) (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews and comments on several books including "We Have a Glowing Dream: Recollections of Working-Class and People's Struggles in B. C. from 1935 to 1996" by Maurice Rush, "Cold Warrior: C.S. Jackson and the United Electrical Workers" by Doug Smith, and "Red Bait!: Struggles of a Mine Mill Local" by Al King with Kate Braid.

For a New Kind of History: A Reconnaissance of 100 Years of Canadian Socialism - McKay, Ian (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The turn of the millennium also marks the centenary of Canadian socialism, dated from 1901 (the first free-standing country-wide organization) or 1905 (the formation of the first electorally successful socialist party). By probing the logic and rhetoric of key texts from the Canadian socialist movement, we can discern four distinct formations–evolutionary science, revolutionary praxis, national State management, and revolutionary humanism and national liberation–in a history marked throughout by a hegemonic liberal order. These strategies are worth careful, sympathetic, and critical study as socialist movements regroup in the 21st century.

Who's Not Working and Why? Employment, Cognitive Skills, Wages, and the Changing U.S. Labor Market - Meltz, Noah M. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Who's Not Working and Why ? Employment, Cognitive Skills, Wages, and the Changing U.S. Labor Market," by Frederic L. Pryor and David L. Schaffer.
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

Éléments d'un régime post-fordiste de la négociation collective en France - Mériaux, Olivier (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
Jusqu'à une période très récente, les réticences des organisations syndicales et patronales françaises envers l'engagement contractuel ainsi que l'emprise des normes étatiques ont considérablement limité la place de la négociation collective dans la régulation des relations du travail. Mais un nouveau régime de la négociation collective est en voie d'émerger : l'autonomisation de l'entreprise comme instance de régulation accompagne et favorise le passage d'une négociation orientée vers la régulation salariale à une négociation de régulation de l'emploi. Celle-ci est porteuse de nouvelles exigences et de nouveaux risques pour l'acteur syndical. Elle appelle sans doute une meilleure prise en compte des dynamiques territoriales dans les institutions de la négociation collective, mais qui pour l'heure bute sur la structuration des acteurs sociaux.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Steelworker Alley: How Class Works in Youngstown - Metzgar, Jack (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Steelworker Alley: How Class Works in Youngstown," by Robert Bruno.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employees; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Steel industry

Social Exclusion: An ILO Perspective - Mitchell, Andrew (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Social Exclusion: An ILO Perspective," edited by Jose B. Figueiredo and Arjan de Haan.
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; Social exclusion; Welfare

[Unemployment insurance in the United States: analysis of policy issues] - Morel, Sylvie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
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; Unemployment insurance

Unemployment Insurance in the United States : Analysis of Policy Issues; Topics in Unemployment Insurance Financing - Morel, Sylvie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the books, "Unemployment Insurance in the United States : Analysis of Policy Issues," edited by by Christopher J. O'Leary and Stephen A. Wandner, and "Topics in Unemployment Insurance Financing" by Wayne Vroman.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Finance; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Unemployment insurance

Le travail sans qualités : les conséquences humaines de la flexibilité - Morin, Fernand (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Le travail sans qualités : les conséquences humaines de la flexibilité," by Richard Sennett.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Business ethics; Capitalism; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Nouvelles technologies et la télésubordination du salarié - Morin, Fernand (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
Les technologies d'information et de communication (TIC) permettent, incitent ou forcent les entreprises à modifier leurs processus de gestion et de contrôle. Par voie de conséquence, la relation de travail et les conditions d'exécution du travail en sont métamorphosées. Pouvons-nous affirmer que ces techniques nouvelles confèrent vraiment au salarié une plus grande autonomie professionnelle au-delà des premières apparences ? L'absence du regard indiscret d'un contremaître ou d'un directeur de service ne saurait suffire pour répondre à cette question puisque les TIC permettent de suivre le salarié comme s'ils 'agissait de son ombre. Dès lors, une deuxième question peut être valablement posée : ces TIC constitueraient-ils des nouveaux instruments d'asservissement ? La réponse peut dépendre aussi de la qualité des gestionnaires selon qu'ils savent utiliser ces données informatisées pour ce qu'elles sont et sans plus... En d'autres termes, les indicateurs de performance que procurent les TIC ne peuvent servir de substituts au jugement toujours essentiel du gestionnaire.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employees; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Surveillance; Technological change; Working conditions

Éditorial = Editorial - Murray, Gregor (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
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

Storia del Canada. Dalle origini ai giorni nostri - Mussio, Laurence B. (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Storia del Canada: Dalle Origini ai Giorni Nostri. Codignola," by Luca Codignola and Luigi Bmti-Liberati.

Prairie Fire Fizzles - Naylor, James; Mitchell, Tom (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
Critiques the documentary, "Prairie Fire: The Winnipeg General Strike" (1999). Concludes that the film is a historiographic and cinematic failure.

Editor's Note = Note de la rédaction [45, Spring 2000] - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
Expresses appreciation to the editorial team. Calls attention to the forthcoming special edition on the millennium. Introduces "Presentations," a new section of the journal devoted to discussion of labour and its various audiences. Highlights the symposium in honour of French labour historian Marianne Debouzy.

Labour Confronts the Millennium = Le Travail au prochain millénaire - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
Introduces the special volume that marks the millennium, including the painting, "Labouring the Millennium," by Ellison Robertson, commissioned by Labour/Le Travail and reproduced on the cover.

The Brave New World of European Labor: European Trade Unions at the Millennium - Panitch, Leo (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The Brave New World of European Labor: European Trade Unions at the Millennium, by Andrew Martin and George Ross, et al., is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; International trade; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

E-gouvernance, gouvernementalité et État commutateur - Paquet, Gilles (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
Les nouvelles technologies de l'information et des communications et la révolution commutative sont à la source d'un monde chaordique qui pose le grand défi de l’e-gouvernance. Face à ce défi qui commande un passage de l’État-providence à l’Etat-commutateur, deux grands discours s'affrontent : le discours de la gouvernementalité (efforts pour soumettre ce monde turbulent par la manipulation des représentations) et le discours de l'apprentissage collectif (gouvernance distribuée supportée par des stratégies de connexité, de catalyse et de complétude). On montre que le premier discours amène le citoyen à rationaliser une sorte d'assujettissement volontaire, alors que le second débouche sur une e-gouvernance qui fonde l'État-commutateur sur une socialité nouvelle et de nouvelles formes de collaboration faisant bon usage des nouvelles technologies de l'information et des communications.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Corporate governance; Government; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Society

Regulating Workplace Safety: Systems and Sanctions - Pérusse, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, " Regulating Workplace Safety: Systems and Sanctions," by Neil Cunningham and Richard Johnstone.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Laws & regulations; Occupational health & safety; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Employment Dispute Resolution and Worker Rights - Ponak, Allen (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
Employment Dispute Resolution and Worker Rights, edited by Adrienne A. Eaton and Jeffrey H. Keefe, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Disputes; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Variations on a Theme - Ramirez, Bruno (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
Discusses the film, "La Sarrasine" (1992), a drama about an Italian immigrant couple in Quebec that is confronted with tragedy. The author, a historian, co-wrote the screenplay with the director, Paul Tana.

Organizing Tactics in a Faculty Unionization Drive at a Canadian University - Rastin, Sandra (Labor Studies Journal, 2000)
This analysis of Queen's University Faculty Association's (QUFA) 1995 certification drive stresses the importance of using specific organiz ing techniques to enhance the likelihood of achieving successful union ization drives at a time when it is becoming increasingly difficult for unions to do so. I argue that the use of various techniques identified by social movement theorists combined with QUFA's co-optation of the term "collegiality" were important elements in the success of this drive. The core of my research is the qualitative analysis of QUFA's formal communications to faculty between September 1992 and October 1995.

Mexican Workers and the State: From the Porfiriato to NAFTA - Reyes, Corinna A. (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Mexican Workers and the State: From the Porfiriato to NAFTA," by Norman Caulfield.

Les droits collectifs du travail en Amérique latine et au Mexique - Reynoso Castillo, Carlos (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
L'article présente un panorama général des caractéristiques les plus pertinentes que présentent les droits du travail des pays de la région latino-américaine. Il traite plus spécialement, d'une part, des droits dits collectifs, comprenant la syndicalisation, la négociation collective et la grève, et d'autre part, du cas particulier du Mexique. La première partie dégage quelques traits de l'évolution générale du droit du travail, alors que la seconde porte sur les principales tendances qui se sont manifestées dans la région ces dernières années.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor law; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Myth Of Green Marketing: Tending Our Goats At The Edge Of Apocalypse - Roberts, Wayne (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "The Myth Of Green Marketing: Tending Our Goats At The Edge Of Apocalypse," by Toby M. Smith.

Jewish Workers in the Modern Diaspora - Robinson, Ira (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Jewish Workers in the Modern Diaspora," edited by Nancy L. Green.

The Newspaper Indian: Native American Identity in the Press, 1820-90 - Ronning, Gerald (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "The Newspaper Indian: Native American Identity in the Press, 1820-90," by John M. Coward.

Bumping and Grinding On the Line: Making Nudity Pay - Ross, Becki L. (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
This paper invites labour and queer historians and sociologists to reconsider frameworks that have excluded attention to experiences of female workers who, throughout the 20th century, supplied sexual services to (largely) male consumers. Specifically, Vancouver, BC, 1945-1980, acts as a case study for the exploration of postwar erotic entertainment – burlesque, go-go dancing, and striptease. Preliminary archival and ethnographie findings reveal the working conditions and artistic influences of former dancers, the racialized expectations of erotic spectacle, and the queer dimensions of strip culture. Adored and celebrated by fans, stripteasers also laboured under the 'whore stigma' circulated by moral reformers, the popular press, and the police. It is this tension between the reverence and the hostility aroused by erotic dancers that forms a central theme of the paper.

La grève de l'amiante de 1949 et le projet de réforme de l'entreprise. Comment le patronat a défendu son droit de gérance - Rouillard, Jacques (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
La grève de l'amiante de 1949 est certes le conflit qui a le plus marqué la conscience historique des Québécois. Depuis la publication en 1956 du volume sur la grève dirigé par Pierre Elliott Trudeau, le conflit est interprété comme un événement capital dans l'histoire sociale du Québec. À partir d'une recherche neuve dans divers fonds d'archives, nous en avons revu l'interprétation en faisant ressortir que le conflit représente une défaite assez cuisante des syndicats, qui aurait pu encore être plus désastreuse n'eut été l'aide du clergé. En outre, notre recherche nous a permis de mettre en relief un enjeu négligé de la grève, le projet de réforme de l'entreprise (cogestion, copropriété, participation aux bénéfices) mis de l'avant par de jeunes clercs qui reprennent des idées alors en vogue chez des intellectuels catholiques en Europe et qui trouvent une oreille sympathique chez certains évêques québécois. Cette revendication est reprise par des syndicats catholiques au Québec dont ceux de l'amiante en 1948 et 1949. Les compagnies minières y sont fermement opposées accusant les syndicats de vouloir s'arroger les droits de la direction et la Canadian Johns Manville insiste pour ajouter à la convention collective de 1950 un long paragraphe sur son droit de gérance. La question intéresse aussi vivement un organisme patronal, l'Association professionnelle des industriels fondée en 1943 pour regrouper les patrons catholiques. L'organisme combat vivement l'idée de cogestion auprès des autorités religieuses. Mais le dernier mot appartient au pape qui, en 1950, y voit un danger et un glissement vers une mentalité socialiste. La promotion de la réforme de l'entreprise est alors abandonnée par les clercs et mis en veilleuse par les syndicats catholiques.

La contestation pragmatique dans le syndicalisme autonome : la question du modèle SUD-PTT - Rozenblatt, Patrick (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "La contestation pragmatique dans le syndicalisme autonome : la question du modèle SUD-PTT," by Ivan Sainsaulieu.
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

Contract and Commitment: Employment Relations in the New Economy - Russell, Bob (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Contract and Commitment: Employment Relations in the New Economy," edited by Anil Verma and Richard P. Chaykowski.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Corporations; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Reorganization; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Unions In A Contrary World: The Future of the Australian Trade Union Movement - Russell, Bob (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Unions In A Contrary World: The Future of the Australian Trade Union Movement," by David Peetz.

Analyse de l'impartition en gestion des ressources humaines : déterminants, activités visées et efficacité - Saba, Tania; Ménard, Anne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
Afin de répondre aux pressions économiques, aux vagues de rationalisation et aux nouvelles formes d'organisation du travail, les entreprises considèrent pouvoir améliorer leur efficacité en impartissant certaines fonctions organisationnelles à des fournisseurs dans le but de réduire leurs coûts, d'avoir accès à des services d'experts et de s'attarder aux compétences-clés qui constituent une valeur ajoutée pour l'organisation. Basée sur une enquête auprès de 90 entreprises, notre recherche tente d'étudier le phénomène de l'impartition au sein de la fonction ressources humaines (RH). Les résultats de notre étude identifient les activités de gestion des RH visées par l'impartition, les motifs et les variables organisationnelles qui affectent l'ampleur du recours à l'impartition, et, finalement les répercussions de cette nouvelle tendance sur l'efficacité de la fonction.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Human resource management; Labor Unions; Outsourcing; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

State-Making and Labor Movements: France and the United States, 1876-1914 - Saglio, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "State-Making and Labor Movements: France and the United States, 1876-1914," by Gerald Friedman.
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

Feminism and the Making of Canadian Working-Class History: Exploring the Past, Present and Future - Sangster, Joan (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
This paper explores the writing of women's labour history in Canada over the last thirty years. Three interconnected forces have shaped the contours of this intellectual production: the course of feminist, Left, and labour organizing; trends in international social theory; and directions in Canadian historiography. Feminist challenges to the initially 'masculinist' shape of working-class history, along with more recent calls to integrate race and ethnicity as categories of analysis, have produced important shifts in the overall narrative of Canadian working-class history and in the dominant paradigms used to examine labour. As a result, gender has been more effectively, though certainly not completely, integrated into our analysis of class formation. More recent post-structuralist theoretical trends, along with the decline of the Left and labour militancy, have called into question some fundamental suppositions of women's and working-class history, creating an unsettled and uncertain future for a feminist and materialist exposition of class formation in Canada.

Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree for Madeline Parent - Sangster, Joan (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
On 4 June 1999, Madeline Parent was awarded an honorary doctorate at Trent University in recognition of her outstanding work in the trade union and feminist movements. Joan Sangster, Chair of Women's Studies, introduces Parent and offers a tribute to her historic contributions to improving the lives of workers and women in Canada.

Building Traditions of Inquiry and Transforming Labour-Academic Collaboration at the Union Local: Case Studies of Workers' Research and Education - Sawchuk, Peter H. (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
Focuses on the role of the union local in the development of `research. Presents three case studies in steel, chemical, and telecommunications to illustrate how academic research can identify and respond to workers' needs. Discusses challenges faced by researchers. Concludes that academic research can be aligned with worker interests.

The Limits of Labour: Class Formation and the Labour Movement in Calgary, 1883-1929 - Seager, Allen (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "The Limits of Labour: Class Formation and the Labour Movement in Calgary, 1883-1929," by David Bright.

Négociations : essai de sociologie du lien social - Sexton, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Négociations : essai de sociologie du lien social," by Christian Thuderoz.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Negotiations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Scripps and the Business of Newspapers - Shore, Elliott (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "E. W. Scripps and the Business of Newspapers," by Gerald J. Baldasty.

Political Economy and the Canadian Working Class: Marxism or Nationalist Reformism? - Smith, Murray E. G. (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The dominant, nationalist tradition of left-wing political economy in Canada has always stood as an obstacle to the articulation of a Marxist political economy of Canada capable of contributing to the development of a class-struggle, socialist politics. The evolution of the New Canadian Political Economy that emerged in the 1960s is traced and its main schools of thought are delineated. Against the nationalist preoccupations of the NCPE, the argument is made that the economic troubles of Canada in the past quarter century are attributable to the "normal" crisis tendencies of an advanced capitalist economy (as analyzed by Marx) and should not be seen as the product of "foreign domination" of the Canadian economy.

Les acteurs de l'innovation et l'entreprise - Soussi, Sid-Ahmed (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Les acteurs de l'innovation et l'entreprise," edited by Caroline Lanciano, Marc Maurice, Jean-Jacques Silvestre and Hiroatsu Nohara.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Innovation in business; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

L'influence de l'appui du supérieur hiérarchique, des collègues et des dirigeants d'entreprise sur le succès du télétravail - St-Onge, Sylvie; Haines, Victor; Sevin, Hélène (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
Cette recherche analyse l'influence de deux formes d'appui, l'appui affectif et l'appui instrumental, provenant de trois sources d'appui en milieu organisationnel — celui offert par le supérieur hiérarchique, les collègues et les dirigeants d'entreprise — sur le succès en télétravail. Les données ont été recueillies par questionnaire auprès de 193 employés qui télétravaillent depuis au moins six mois au sein de trois organisations ayant un programme de télétravail. En général, les résultats confirment que plus les télétravailleurs estiment recevoir certaines formes d'appui de leur supérieur hiérarchique et des dirigeants de leur entreprise, plus ils évaluent favorablement certains indicateurs de succès en télétravail. Les résultats peuvent servir de référence aux dirigeants d'entreprise et aux gestionnaires qui souhaitent implanter ou améliorer l'efficacité d'un programme de télétravail à domicile.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employee-management relations; Employees; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Telecommuting; Working conditions

No. 1 Mine Remembered - Stonebanks, Roger (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
Discusses the unveiling of a plaque on 26 June 1999 at the site of No. 1 Mine in Nanaimo, B.C., where coal was mined from 1883 to 1938. The No. 1 Mine disaster in 1887 was the worst in British Columbia's history.

From Dust to DUST to Dust: Asbestos and the Struggle for Worker Health and Safety at Bendix Automotive - Storey, Robert; Lewchuk, Wayne (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
In the mid-1970's, workers and local union activists at Bendix Automotive in Windsor, Ontario, became aware that the brake shoes they manufactured contained asbestos and that the dust that regularly filled the air in sections of the company's two plants contained asbestos dust. Workers and local United Automobile Workers (UAW) union activists at Bendix pressured the company and the Ontario government to clean up and eliminate asbestos from their workplace. In the midst of this struggle Bendix management announced that, for solely economic reasons, it was closing down its operations in Windsor. The shutdown highlighted the tensions and contradictions confronting workers and unions in the area of health and safety. While Bendix workers wanted their workplace to be safe and healthy, they also needed their jobs. At the same time, local and national union UAW officials, while trying to secure a safe and healthy working environment for their members, confronted the possibility of the plant shutting down if they pushed too hard on asbestos. In the end, the ability of Bendix to close down its operations, with minimal legal and no statutory sanctions, demonstrated the power of corporate capital and the conflicting and constrained nature and extent of workers' choices under capitalism in the arena of worker health and safety.

Values at Work: Employee Participation Meets Market Pressures at Mondragon - Strauss, George (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
Values at Work: Employee Participation Meets Market Pressures at Mondragon, by George Cheney, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Cooperatives; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Market strategy; Participatory management; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Labor and the State in Egypt - Tidjani, Bassirou (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Labor and the State in Egypt," by Marsha Pripstein Posusney,
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

Le droit de l'emploi au Québec - Trudeau, Gilles (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Le droit de l'emploi au Québec," by Fernand Morin and Jean-Yves Brière.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor law; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Libertad sindical - Verge, Pierre (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Libertad sindical," edited by J.A. Bouzas Ortiz.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor law; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Inspiration for insurrection or harmless humour? Class and Politics in the Editorial Cartoons of Three Toronto Newspapers During the Early 1930s - Vokey, Scott (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
Employs data and qualitative analysis to demonstrate that the editorial cartoons of three Toronto newspapers - the conservative "Evening Telegram," the liberal "Toronto Star," and the communist "Worker" - are illustrative of their ideological stances and readerships during the period 1929-33. Concludes that the "Worker" was the only paper focused on social and class conflict issues. More generally, although not always political, the three newspapers' cartoons reflected the social tensions, political partisanship, personal rivalries, and class struggle evident in both Toronto and Canada during the early Depression years.

Temps: The Many Faces of the Changing Workplace - Vosko, Leah F. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Temps: The Many Faces of the Changing Workplace," by Jackie Krasas Rogers.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employment; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Temporary employment

Converging Divergences: Worldwide Changes in Employment Systems - Wailes, Nick (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Converging Divergences: Worldwide Changes in Employment Systems," by Harry C. Katz and Owen Darbishire.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; International aspects; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

La représentation syndicale: visage juridique actuel et futur - Weiss, Dimitri (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "La représentation syndicale: visage juridique actuel et futur," by Gregor Murray and Pierre Verge.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Laws & regulations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Industrial Relations Implications of Privatization: The Case of Canada Post - White, Jerry P.; Janzen, Russell (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
In February 1997, Canada Post privatized its ad-mail services and in the process terminated 10,000 Canadian Union of Postal Workers. These events became a part of the central driving force which derailed contract negotiations and led to the November 1997 postal strike. The purpose of this article is to expose the process and consequences of this major event in the industrial relations of Canada Post; to examine the role and positions of the three major institutions involved — the government, the corporation (Canada Post) and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), and to explore the implications of privatization with regards to industrial relations in Canada Post. The article also documents the fate of the 10,000 workers through a survey of their status six months after the privatization.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Postal & delivery services; Privatization; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Reinstatement in Arbitration: The Grievors' Perspective - Williams, Kelly; Taras, Daphne Gottlieb (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
Virtually absent in the arbitration literature is the voice of the grievor. Post-reinstatement experiences are examined primarily from the perspectives of a group of 7 Alberta grievors. First, a review is presented of the declining frequency of Alberta arbitrations, the extent to which dismissal cases form a proportion of the arbitral caseload, and the relatively low rate of reinstatement. Findings are: 1. Grievors are unaware of the public availability of arbitration awards. 2. Reinstated grievors are critical of the union that successfully defended them. 3. They have a more benign view of management. 4. Very little reinstatement assistance is offered. 5. Grievors' positive attitudes to their worksites are more determinative if successful reinstatement than remorse and acceptance of culpability.
Keywords: Arbitration; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Grievance procedures; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Wrongful discharge

The State and Employers' Associations in British Columbia: 1900-1932 - Yarmie, Andrew (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
Examines the complexity of capital, state, and labor relations during the early 20th century through a case study of British Columbia employers' associations. To evaluate the sources of employers' strength and to determine the restrictions placed on their dominance, this study uses current theories of the state as a framework. They provide opportunities to examine British Columbia's government as either a "captive state," in a position of relative autonomy, or autonomous. No single theory explains the events of this period. In some sectors of the economy, employers were able to control state policy, but the contradictions created by the state's two primary objectives of capital accumulation and legitimation insured that it would take steps to retain its autonomy in order to maintain capitalist class institutions.

Staying the Decline in Union Membership: Union Organizing in Ontario, 1985-1999 - Yates, Charlotte A. B. (Charlotte Alyce Bronwen) (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
In response to a sense of crisis precipitated by the 1995 election of the provincial Conservative government in Ontario and more anti-union employers, unions in Ontario have increased resources invested in and priority attached to organizing the unorganized. This article examines how unions have reoriented their organizing strategies to increase organizing effort in the private service sector and amongst women while at the same time experimenting with certain innovative rank-and-file intensive strategies that have significant positive effects on the outcome of organizing drives. The paper concludes that if unions follow through with this renewed commitment to organizing, they are likely to prevent a more serious membership crisis from erupting.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Membership drives; Recruitment; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Contingent Work: American Employment Relations in Transition - Zeytinoglu, Isik Urla (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
Contingent Work: American Employment Relations in Transition, edited by Kathleen Barker and Kathleen Christensen, is reviewed.
Keywords: Alternative work arrangements; Book reviews; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employment; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Temporary employment; Transitions

Gender, Race and Class Dimensions of Nonstandard Work - Zeytinoglu, Isik Urla; Muteshi, Jacinta Khasiala (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
This review article critically analyzes and synthesizes the academic literature on nonstandard work and its gender, race and class dimensions. We argue that it is important and crucial to understand these dimensions of nonstandard work in order to develop appropriate labour policies. We present our discussion in a conceptual framework of duality within which nonstandard workforms are located. We discuss the role the unions could play in achieving equity in labour markets and conclude the paper with recommended labour policy changes to respond to the needs of women, particularly those racial minority and low economic class women employed in nonstandard jobs.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employment; Labor Unions; Minority & ethnic groups; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Women; Working hours

Building Little Italy: Philadelphia's ltalians before Mass Migration - Zucchi, John (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Building Little Italy: Philadelphia's Italians before Mass Migration," by Richard N. Juliani.