Gender, Work, and Zeal: Women Missionaries in Canada and Abroad - Gagan, Rosemary (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews and comments on Ruth Compton Brouwer's "Modern Women Modernizing Men: The Changing Missions of Three Professional Women in Asia and Africa, 1902-69;" Shirley Jane Endicott's "China Diary: The Life of Mary Austin Endicott;" and Myra Rutherdale's "Women and the White Man's God: Gender and Race in the Canadian Mission Field."

Adult Learning and Technology in Working-Class Life - Gawron, Zenon (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Adult Learning and Technology in Working-Class Life," by Peter Sawchuk.

Responsabilité sociale et régulation de l’entreprise mondialisée - Gendron, Corinne; Lapointe, Alain; Turcotte, Marie-France (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
Cet article analyse le potentiel régulatoire de la responsabilité sociale dans un contexte de mondialisation économique à partir d’une distinction entre ses trois dimensions : les pratiques, le discours et le questionnement. Sans comprendre la dynamique des initiatives corporatives de responsabilité sociale, le discours sur la responsabilité sociale élude les questionnements auxquels l’entreprise doit aujourd’hui faire face pour conserver sa légitimité et assurer son ancrage dans la société. Mais plutôt que de déplorer leur manque d’effectivité, les auteurs avancent que les mesures volontaires de responsabilité sociale telles que les codes de conduite ou ce que certains appellent la soft law sont annonciatrices d’un cadre de responsabilité sociale en voie d’institutionnalisation à l’échelle mondiale. Sur la base d’une analyse de l’expérience européenne, ils montrent que deux cadres de responsabilité sociale au potentiel régulatoire très différent sont actuellement en concurrence, et concluent en jetant les bases du système régulatoire qui semble se configurer à l’échelle internationale.

Culture and the Labour Market - Ghinetti, Paolo; Lucifora, Claudio (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The book, ``Culture and the Labour Market,`` by Siobhan Austen is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Culture; LABOR market; Labor Unions; Norms; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Theory

The Dredger's Daughter: Courtship and Marriage in the Baptist Community of Welland, Ontario, 1934-1944 - Gidney, Catherine (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
In 1924 sixteen-year-old Kay Chetley along with her parents Jennie and Robert, and her sister Roberta, moved to the industrial city of Welland, Ontario. Kay was raised in east Saint John, New Brunswick where her father worked as a stationary engineer on dredging barges. Her mother, from a farming family in Petitcodiac, New Brunswick, had been a primary school teacher until her marriage. The family's economic status thus ranged between the artisan class and the emerging lower-middle class. To maintain that position, Kay's father moved the family to Ontario so that he could take up work in the construction of the new canal. Welland, however, soon became the setting for Kay's courtship, wedding, her first years as a married wom[a]n, and her subsequent years as a mother. This typical female life-cycle was played out not only within a tight-knit nuclear family, the dominant familial form in the early 20th century, but also within the community of First Baptist Church, Welland. Kay's life thus provides an illustration of the interconnectedness of religion, family, courtship, leisure, and work in one Ontario industrial community. The core of this study is constructed around a series of five-year diaries left by Kay Chetley. ...The diaries cover the bulk of the period from 1934 to 1944 and offer a few lines detailing Kay's activities each day. –Author's introduction

John Reed and the Writing of Revolution - Gilbert, James (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "John Reed and the Writing of Revolution," by Daniel W. Lehman.

Employment with a Human Face: Balancing Efficiency, Equity, and Voice - Gomez, Rafael (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The book ,"Employment with a Human Face: Balancing Efficiency, Equity, and Voice," by John Budd, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Economic theory; International; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Labor standards; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Building Chaos: An International Comparison of Deregulation in the Construction Industry - Grant, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Building Chaos: An International Comparison of Deregulation in the Construction Industry," edited by Gerhard Bosch and Peter Phillips.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

La chaîne invisible. Travailler aujourd'hui : flux tendu et servitude volontaire - Grenier, Jean-Noël (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "La chaîne invisible. Travailler aujourd’hui : flux tendu et servitude volontaire," by Jean-Pierre Durand.
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

Authenticity on the Line: Women Workers, Native "Scabs," and the Multi-ethnic Politics of Identity in a Left-Led Strike in Cold War Canada - Guard, Julie (Journal of Women's History, 2004)
A 1964 strike by women workers in Dunnville, Ontario provides an exceptional perspective on the complex ways in which class, gender, and ethnicity unite in the construction of identity. The women strikers drew on left-wing traditions of feisty femininity to claim an identity as real workers and authentic unionists while also embracing multi-ethnic identities that distinguished them from the Anglo-Celtic middle class. Their claims to authenticity challenged pervasive assumptions, including those of their union brothers, who defined labor militancy as implicitly male and distorted memories of the strike. Yet the limits on the women's own constructions of these identities are evident in their inability to perceive the Native women who scabbed during the strike as workers. By contrasting the ways in which identity was claimed, assigned, and contested by different groups of workers, this story problematizes categories of identity that are often used uncritically in labor history.

Class and Other Identities: Gender, Religion and Ethnicity in the Writing of European Labour History - Haiven, Judy (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The book, "Class and Other Identities: Gender, Religion and Ethnicity in the Writing of European Labour History," edited by Lex Heerma van Voss and Marcel van der Linden, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Economic theory; Essays; Ethnicity; Gender; History; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Religion; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social classes

Women in European History - Hannam, June (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Women in European History," by Gisela Bock.

Environmental Justice for Whom? Class, New Social Movements, and the Environment: A Case Study of Greenpeace Canada, 1971-2000 - Harter, John-Henry (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The 1970's saw an explosion of new social movement activism. From the breakup of the New Left into single-issue groups at the end of the 1960's came a multitude of groups representing the peace, environmental, student, women's, and gay liberation movements. This explosion of new social movement activism has been heralded as the age of new radical politics. Many theorists and activists saw new social movements and the issues or identities they represented as replacing the working class as an agent for progressive social change. This article examines these claims through a case study of the quintessential social movement, Greenpeace, exploring Greenpeace Canada from 1971 to 2000 and its relationship to the working class. In order to understand the ideology behind Greenpeace, the author investigates its structure, personnel, and actions. The case study illustrates important contradictions between new social movement theory and practice and how those contradictions affect the working class. In particular, Greenpeace's actions against the seal hunt, forestry in British Columbia, and its own workers in Toronto demonstrate some of the historic obstacles to working out a common labor and environmental agenda.

Workers After Workers' States: Labour and Politics in Post Communist Eastern Europe - Haynes, Michael (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Workers After Workers' States: Labour and Politics in Post Communist Eastern Europe," edited by Stephen Crowley and David Ost.

The Next Upsurge: Labor and the New Social Movements - Heckscher, Charles (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The book, "The Next Upsurge: Labour and the New Social Movements," by Dan Clawson, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Grass roots movement; Labor Unions; Political behavior; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The French Canadians of Michigan: Their Contribution to the Development of the Saginaw Valley and the Keweenaw Peninsula, 1840-1914 - Henerlau, Wendy (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "The French Canadians of Michigan: Their Contribution to the Development of the Saginaw Valley and the Keweenaw Peninsula, 1840-1914," by Jean Lamarre.

The End of Baseball as We Knew It. The Players Union, 1960-1981 - Howell, Colin (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "The End of Baseball As We Knew It: The Players Union, 1960-81," by Charles P. Korr.

Nonstandard Work in Developed Economies: Causes and Consequences - Hudson, Kenneth (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
Nonstandard Work in Developed Economies: Causes and Consequences, edited by Susan Houseman and Machiko Osawa, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Economic conditions; International comparisons; Labor Unions; Part time employment; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Temporary employment; Working conditions

Challenging Relations: A Labour-NGO Coalition to Oppose the Canada-US and North American Free Trade Agreements, 1985-1993 - Huyer, Sophia (Development in Practice, 2004)
In 1987-1988, a national debate erupted in Canada on the desirability of entering into a free trade agreement with the USA and its potential effect on Canadian culture, society, and national sovereignty-as well as its economy. A national coalition of labour unions and civil society groups emerged to oppose such an agreement with the USA, and later its expansion to Mexico as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The coalition was hailed by members as a groundbreaking alliance between labour unions and civil society, as well as a new grassroots challenge to the neo-liberal economic policies of the government at the time. The experience led to a longer-term pattern of collaboration between unions and NGOs in Canada, but the coalition also experienced difficulties in reconciling the different approaches and goals of participants, which were resolved with varying degrees of success. This paper discusses the coalition in relation to gendered attitudes and practices; issues of representation and accountability; different approaches to organisation, hierarchy, leadership, and decision making; resource conflicts; class-based versus new views of challenge and social movements; and views within the Canadian labour movement on coalition work with civil society groups.

Solidarity Forever? An Analysis of Changes in Union Density - Jackson, Andrew; Schetange, Sylvain (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2004)
Originally prepared to provide background information and analysis for a Canadian Labour Congress conference on rebuilding unions in the Fall of 2003, this article maps trends in union density i.e., the proportion of workers covered by a collective agreement. It provides a short overview of the period since the mid 1980s, and a much more detailed analysis of the period from 1997 to 2002 for which detailed data from Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey are available. Union density has trended down in the private sector to below 20% more because of a density decline among male blue collar workers than because of deindustrialization per se. Union density has remained high in public and social services, including outside the direct public sector, and this mainly explains why union density has held up much better among women than men. Union density is low, but relatively stable, in private consumer and business services. Density has fallen proportionately less in the higher union density provinces, particularly Quebec, and has fallen to well below average levels among private sector workers in the fastest growing provinces of Ontario and Alberta.

No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and the Future of Women - Jacobs, Ellen (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and the Future of Women," by Estelle B. Freedman.

Visible Minorities under the Canadian Employment Equity Act, 1987-1999 - Jain, Harish C.; Lawler, John J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
This study focuses on the effectiveness of the federal Employment Equity Act (EEA). We assess the EEA with regard to visible minority employees using quantitative data from employer reports published under the provisions of the EEA and the Canadian Census. Data in this study cover the period 1987 to 1999. We find that large companies, and larger employment groups within companies, have higher levels of employment equity attainment. There are also considerable variations in employment equity attainment across industrial sectors, across provinces and across occupations. Overall, there has been general improvement in employment equity attainment over time. However, visible minorities continue to be disadvantaged in management, sales and service and technical positions. Several policy implications are drawn from these findings.
Keywords: Affirmative action; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employment practices; Labor Unions; Legislation; Minority & ethnic groups; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Studies

Safe Haven: The Story of a Shelter for Homeless Women - Janovicek, Nancy (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Safe Haven: The Story of a Shelter for Homeless Women," by Rae Bridgman.

"Letters from the Promised Land": The Ambiguous Radicalization of a Swedish Immigrant, 1928-1934 - Jean, Eva St. (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
[This article analyzes the letters of Swedish immigrant Martin Johannson to his family in Sweden during the period 1928-34.] The letters provide glimpses into the contradictory and confusing experiences that shaped the working class during times of extreme distress, and inform on how immigrant workers in Canada perceived labour conditions and came to terms with new social circumstances. Important indications of how the depression hit the logging industry in the interior of BC more than a year before the crash of the Wall Street market in October 1929 are also conveyed. Martin felt frissons of panic as his savings dried up and he found himself competing for temporary, low-income jobs in isolated locations. Painfully aware that his failure to pay the loan instalments meant an extra burden for his grandfather, the Depression scarred Martin's faith in capitalism. His letters provide a unique insight into the complicated and ambiguous birth of a radical political consciousness. –Author's introduction
Keywords: Canada; DEPRESSIONS – 1929; Foreign workers; JOHANSSON; Martin; LABOR market; Labor movement; SOCIAL status; Working class

Being Heard. The Experiences of Young Women in Prostitution - Jeffreys, Sheila (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Being Heard: The Experiences of Young Women in Prostitution," edited by Kelly Gorkoff and Jane Runner.

The Security State and the State of Civil Liberties - Jensen, Stefan (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews and comments on Steve Hewitt's "Spying 101: The RCMP's Secret Activities at Canadian Universities, 1917-1997;" 'Whose National Security? Canadian State Surveillance and the Creation of Enemies," edited by Gary Kinsman, Dieter K. Buse, and Mercedes Steedman; and "Pepper in Our Eyes: The APEC Affair," edited by W. Wesley Pue. The latter two books deal with the controversial RCMP actions (including the use of pepper spray) against demonstrators at the Asia-Pacfic Economic Cooperation conference in Vancouver in November 1997 that sparked a public inquiry.
Keywords: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

Ralph Miliband and the Politics of the New Left - Jessop, Bob (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Ralph Miliband and the Politics of the New Left," by Priscilla Metscher.

Transcending Neoliberalism; Community-Based Development in Latin America - Judson, Fred (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Transcending Neoliberalism; Community-Based Development in Latin America," edited by Henry Veltmeyer and Anthony O'Malley.

International Trade and Labor Markets: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications - Kasa, Kenneth (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The book, "International Trade and Labor Markets: Theory, Evidence and Policy," by Carl Davidson and Steven J. Matusz, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Economic theory; International trade; LABOR market; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Union Advantage in Child Care: How Unionization Can Help Recruitment and Retention - Kass, Jamie; Costigliola, Bozica (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2004)
Unions exert a positive influence in child care workplaces and in the sector generally. Unionization is an important strategy for dealing with recruitment and retention, two of the biggest challenges facing the sector in Canada today. Overall, unionized child care workplaces contribute to higher quality programs and attract more experienced and more trained early childhood educators. Unions support a model of professionalism and workplace relationships that is inclusive, democratic and collective. They support professional development, affordable education and regulation of the service and the occupation. They are longstanding advocates for women’s equality, and a publicly funded child care system.

Setting the Agenda: Jean Royce and the Shaping of Queen's University - Kinnear, Mary (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Setting the Agenda: Jean Royce and the Shaping of Queen's University," by Roberta Hamilton.

AIDS Activist, Michael Lynch and the Politics of Community - Kinsman, Gary (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "AIDS Activist: Michael Lynch and the Politics of Community," by Ann Silversides.

Sojourning Sisters: The Lives and Letters of Jessie and Annie McQueen - Korinek, Valerie (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Sojourning Sisters: The Lives and Letters of Jessie and Annie McQueen," by Jean Barman.

Strikebreaking and Intimidation: Mercenaries and Masculinity in Twentieth-Century America - Korneski, Kurt (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Strikebreaking and Intimidation: Mercenaries and Masculinity in Twentieth-Century America," by Stephen H. Norwood.

Hidden Academics: Contract Faculty in Canadian Universities - Krats, Peter (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Hidden Academics: Contract Faculty in Canadian Universities," by Indhu Rajagopal.

Harnessing Labour Confrontation: Shaping the Postwar Settlement in Canada, 1943-1950 - Langford, Tom (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Harnessing Labour Confrontation: Shaping the Postwar Settlement in Canada, 1943-1950," by Peter S. McInnis.

A World of its Own: Race, Labour and Citrus in the Making of Greater Los Angeles, 1900-1970 - Lannon, Albert Vetere (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "A World of Its Own: Race, Labor, and Citrus in the Making of Greater Los Angeles, 1900-1970," by Matt Garcia.

L'organisation de la production et du travail : vers un nouveau modèle ? - Laplante, Normand (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "L’organisation de la production et du travail : vers un nouveau modèle ?," edited by Gregor Murray, Jacques Bélanger, Anthony Giles and Paul-André Lapointe.
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

Zilliacus: A Life for Peace and Socialism - Laybourn, Keith (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Zilliacus: A Life for Peace and Socialism," by Archie Potts.

Négociations sur l’emploi en Europe : Compromis et enjeux - Leonard, Evelyne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
De nombreuses sources indiquent que l’emploi prend aujourd’hui une place croissante dans la négociation collective au sein de l’Union européenne. Il faut alors s’interroger sur le rôle que joue la négociation collective dans la régulation du marché du travail, ou plus précisément dans la création et la préservation de l’emploi, en termes de postes de travail, ainsi que dans la régulation des entrées et sorties du marché du travail. L’article traite cette question en examinant la nature des processus de négociation impliqués. Il tente de montrer en quoi les compromis portant sur l’emploi sont spécifiques, impliquent des relations particulières entre interlocuteurs sociaux et État, et constituent autant de tentatives de réguler conjointement les transformations actuelles du marché du travail.

L’ergonomie et la réglementation de la prévention des lésions professionnelles en Amérique du Nord - Lippel, Katherine; Caron, Joseph (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
Cet article examine la réglementation adoptée par cinq administrations publiques en Amérique du Nord qui ont choisi de faire appel à la science de l’ergonomie comme outil réglementaire de prévention des troubles musculo-squelettiques (TMS). Aux États-Unis, seul le règlement de la Californie, d’une portée fort limitée, a pu survivre aux pressions politiques qui ont mené à l’abrogation des règlements de l’État fédéral américain (OSHA) et de l’État de Washington. Au Canada, la Colombie-Britannique et la Saskatchewan appliquent de tels règlements, mais contrairement aux instruments américains abrogés, ceux du Canada misent plutôt sur le processus de prise en charge que sur des normes spécifiques qui quantifient les gestes à risque et déterminent de façon stricte les actions attendues de l’employeur. La description du contexte d’adoption et du contenu des règlements est ensuite suivie d’une comparaison sommaire de cette réglementation avec le droit québécois régissant la prévention des TMS.

Kill and Chill: Restructuring Canada's Beef Commodity Chain - Loch-Drake, Cynthia (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Kill and Chill: Restructuring Canada's Beef Commodity Chain," by Ian MacLachlan.

Bibliography: Recent Publications in Canadian Labour History = Bibliographie : Travaux récents en histoire des classes populaires canadiennes (54, Fall 2004) - Lonardo, Michael; Sweeney, Robert C. H. (Labour/Le Travail, 2004)
Compilation of recent English/French publications on Canadian labour history that emphasize the period 1800-1975. Materials pertaining to the post-1975 period may also be included, although more selectively. [See the database, Canadian Labour History, 1976-2009, published at Memorial University of Newfoundland.]

Making Native Space: Colonialism, Resistance and Reserves in British Columbia - Lutz, John S. (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Making Native Space: Colonialism, Resistance, and Reserves in British Columbia," by Cole Harris.

Gender, Work and Migration: Deskilling Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada - Man, Guida (Women's Studies International Forum, 2004)
The Chinese have constituted the largest immigrant group entering Canada since 1987. This paper focuses on the paid work experience of Chinese immigrant women from Hong Kong and Mainland China who were highly educated, skilled professionals in their home country. It demonstrates that these immigrant women are being deskilled in Canada and this deskilling is complicated by the contradictory processes of globalization and economic restructuring, with its polarizing effects along axis of gender, race, ethnicity, class and citizenship. Gendered and racialized institutional processes in the form of state policies and practices, professional accreditation systems, employers' requirement for “Canadian experience” and labor market conditions marginalize Chinese immigrant women. As a result, they are being channeled into menial, part-time, insecure positions or becoming unemployed. In order for Chinese immigrant women to become equal and active participants in Canadian society the provision of inclusive programs and policies is necessary.

The Making of a Policeman: A Social History of a Labour Force in Metropolitan London, 1829-1914 - Marquis, Greg (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "The Making of a Policeman: A Social History of a Labour Force in Metropolitan London, 1829-1914," by Haia Shpayer-Makov.

A Poetics of Social Work: Personal Agency and Social Transformation in Canada, 1920-1939 - Marshall, Dominique (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "A Poetics of Social Work: Personal Agency and Social Transformation in Canada, 1920-1939," by Ken Moffatt.

Unequal Freedom: How Race and Gender Shaped American Citizenship and Labor - Masur, Kate (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Unequal Freedom: How Race and Gender Shaped American Citizenship and Labor," by Evelyn Nakano Glenn.

Labour Before the Law: The Regulation of Workers' Collective Action in Canada, 1900-1948 - McCallum, Todd (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Labour before the Law: The Regulation of Workers' Collective Action in Canada, 1900-1948," by Judy Fudge and Eric Tucker.

The Politics of Whiteness: Race, Workers, and Culture in the Modern South - McCartin, Joseph A. (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "The Politics of Whiteness: Race, Workers, and Culture in the Modern South," by Michelle Brattain.

State Work: Public Administration and Mass Intellectuality - McElligott, Greg (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "State Work: Public Administration and Mass Intellectuality," by Stefano Harney.

Values at Work: Employee Participation Meets Market Pressure at Mondragon - Melnyk, George (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Values at Work: Employee Participation Meets Market Pressure at Mondragon," by George Cheney.

La santé des femmes au travail en Europe : des inégalités non reconnues - Messing, Karen (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "La santé des femmes au travail en Europe : des inégalités non reconnues," by Laurent Vogel.
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

"Legal Gentlemen Appointed by the Federal Government": the Canadian State, the Citizens' Committee of 1000, and Winnipeg's Seditious Conspiracy Trials of 1919-1920 - Mitchell, Tom (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
In the fall and winter of 1919-1920, in response to vigorous lobbying by A.J. Andrews and others on behalf of the Citizens’ Committee of 1000, the Canadian state, through Orders in Council in 1919 and 1920, became the paymaster for a private prosecution of the Winnipeg strike leadership charged at the end of the strike with seditious conspiracy. The prosecution was initiated under provisions of the Criminal Code that allowed for prosecutions by private citizens or organizations, subject to the consent of the Attorney General of Manitoba. The federal government paid Alfred J. Andrews and his associates in the Citizens’ Committee fees for services rendered during the strike, when, as leading figures in the Committee, they led the campaign against Winnipeg’s working-class revolt. The Department of Justice also paid $12,332.00 to the Winnipeg based McDonald Detective Agency for work associated with the prosecution. This federal largesse allowed Andrews to secure two juries almost certainly tainted by pre-trial investigations ordered by Andrews. The unity of purpose forged by Winnipeg’s business elite and the federal state illuminates the tendency of the liberal state and capital to forge a common front against perceived threats to the status quo in moments of extremis.
Keywords: CITIZENS' advisory committees; COSTS (Law); Canada; Federal government; MANITOBA; PROSECUTION; STRIKES & lockouts; WINNIPEG (Man.); Working class

La mondialisation et ses ennemis - Morin, Fernand (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "La mondialisation et ses ennemis," by Daniel Cohen.
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

Réfléchir la compétence : approches sociologiques, juridiques, économiques d'une pratique gestionnaire - Morin, Lucie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Réfléchir la compétence : approches sociologiques, juridiques, économiques d’une pratique gestionnaire," edited by Arnaud Dupray, Christophe Guitton and Sylvie Monchatre.
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

Roots of "Whiteness" - Munro, John (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
Behind the recent emergence of of "whiteness" as a prevalent category of scholarly analysis lies the story of two intertwined intellectual traditions and their belated acceptance in the American academy. One of these traditions is antiracist Marxism; the other is the black antiracist tradition. Both have commented on white identity and white racism in ways that presage the insights of the explosion of whiteness studies that followed David Roediger's key text, "The Wages of Whiteness." In this essay, I will provide a brief overview of the two aforementioned traditions before proceeding to evaluate the post-"Wages" scholarship. Hopefully, my discussion will contextualize the whiteness phenomenon by pointing to its roots. I also hope to demonstrate that although some of the whiteness scholarship is less than perspicacious, the work of Roediger et al. constitutes a meaningful intervention into the historiography of race in American history. Finally, my intent here is to build upon and respond to Eric Arnesen's helpful survey of the whiteness field. –From author's introduction

Towards a Social Regulation of the Global Firm? Introduction / Une régulation sociale de l’entreprise mondialisée ?Introduction - Murray, Gregor; Trudeau, Gilles (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
Editorial introduction to the theme of the issue.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Color of Work: The Struggle for Civil Rights in the Southern Paper Industry, 1945-1980 - Nelson, Bruce (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "The Color of Work: The Struggle for Civil Rights in the Southern Paper Industry, 1945-1980," by Timothy J. Minchin.

Plateaus of Freedom: Nationality, Culture, and State Security in Canada, 1940-1960 - Niergarth, Kirk (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Plateaus of Freedom: Nationality, Culture, and State Security in Canada, 1940-1960," by Mark Kristmanson.

Nelson Pereira dos Santos - Nunes, Rosana Barbosa (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Nelson Pereira dos Santos," by Darlene J. Sadlier.

Ethnic Partition of the Work Force in 1840s Montréal - Olson, Sherry (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
[The article examines the 1842 manuscript census] as an appraisal of ethnic weighting in the Montréal labour force, [in order] to estimate the relative sizes of four cultural communities [i.e., French Canadian, Irish Catholic, Irish Protestant, and other Protestant] and the social distances among them. The logic of grouping is schematized...in terms of shared language or religion. Since each community occupied a distinctive niche in the urban economy, it is possible that ethnic differences, often cited as a root of the violence of the 1840s, may have veiled its economic basis. For this reason, the ethnic partition of work, coupled with differential vulnerability of the several communities to economic stress, becomes critical to interpretation of the volatility of the 1840s. –Author's introduction
Keywords: Canada; Collective bargaining; Ethnicity; LABOR market; OCCUPATIONAL prestige; OCCUPATIONAL structure; PROTESTANTS; WAGES – Women; Women employees

Informal Rural Economies in History - Ommer, Rosemary E.; Turner, Nancy J. (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
[We] contend...that the old system [of tribal and peasant exchange practices] did not disappear [with the growth of more complex systems of economic organization and governance, including state regulation, as well as the advent of the Commercial and Industrial Revolutions in Britain in the late 18th and early 19th centuries]. Rather, [the old system] evolved over time into what we now call "the rural informal economy:" sets of economic activities that operate outside the formal legalised structures of a nation's capitalist economy. By this we mean that they are based in community or family reciprocities which are usually found in combination with what we might today classify as occupational pluralism, but which initially involved the utilization of a range of ecological niches to provide year-round sustenance. They are, therefore, of necessity both place-specific in operation, and rural. We argue that this "ecological pluralism" — an essential component of the original system—remains a vital part of the rural informal economies of the world today. —Authors' introduction
Keywords: Canada; Capitalism; ECONOMIC sectors; Globalization; INDUSTRIALIZATION; PEASANT societies; RURAL development; economic development

The Design and Evaluation of a Joint Health and Safety Committee Education Programme in the Healthcare Sector in Western Canada - Ostry, Aleck S.; Yassi, Annalee (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2004)
In spite of the long-term existence of joint committees, injury rates appear to be increasing in the healthcare sector. The purpose of this study was to deliver and evaluate a province-wide joint committee (JC) education program for healthcare institutions BC. The joint committee education program was designed with input from labour and management representatives and expert advice from compensation, union, and human resources consultants. The training program was designed to: 1) ensure that committee members fully understood their roles and responsibilities as outlined under the Workers' Compensation Act and Regulations, 2) increase the problem solving skills of committee members, 3) improve the committee's ability in identifying and resolving health and safety concerns in their workplace. Between June and December 2000, 1,206 JC members, (employed at 262 different healthcare facilities), were trained. An evaluation survey, designed as a retrospective before and after study, to evaluate whether the JC training sessions had produced changes in committee functioning was conducted from 7 to 15 months after the training (during the period July 2001 to September 2001) by two trained telephone interviewers. While the level of JC functioning was quite high most institutions prior to training the evaluation survey found large and statistically significant improvements in JC functioning. A 39.5% increase in the proportion of respondents reporting “high” marks for JC effectiveness in identifying hazards and an increase of 50% reporting “high” marks for understanding the JCs role were observed. Increases in the proportion of respondents reporting “high” marks for accuracy of JC minutes, specificity of recommendations, and perhaps most importantly, degrees of cooperation among JC members were in the 20 percent range. IN conclusion this province-wide training of JC members in healthcare institutions increased the functioning of JCs in key areas.

Codes of Conduct and Standard Setting in the Forest Sector: Constructing Markets for Democracy? - Overdevest, Christine (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
In an age of globalization, there is a growing perception that state regulatory instruments may be an inadequate means of regulating firm conduct. Increasingly, scholars are evaluating how corporate codes of conduct may operate as regulatory mechanisms. This article examines competing codes of conduct in the forest sector. Through a detailed case study of code adoption, innovation, and diffusion in the forest sector, focusing on mechanisms of vertical, horizontal and competitive diffusion, it is found that non-governmental organization (NGO) codes have placed competitive pressure to adopt higher standards on competing schemes. However, NGO schemes have been limited in constructing fluid markets for their own goods. The article examines which strategies for codes regimes are most likely to diffuse high standards throughout contemporary markets.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Forestry; Labor Unions; NGOs; Nongovernmental organizations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social responsibility; Standards; Studies

Race and Revolution - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Spectres of 1919: Class and Nation in the Making of the New Negro," by Barbara Foley.

Introduction aux relations industrielles - Paquet, Renaud (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "introduction aux relations industrielles," edited by Jean Boivin.
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

Des théories du syndicalisme : Synthèse analytique et considérations contemporaines - Paquet, Renaud; Tremblay, Jean-François; Gosselin, Éric (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
À partir d’une revue de la littérature anglo-saxonne, l’article offre une synthèse des principaux écrits sur les théories du syndicalisme. Il présente la première vague théorique où le syndicalisme est considéré soit comme un agent de la révolution, de transformation ou d’accommodement du capitalisme. Dans la seconde vague théorique, le syndicalisme est plutôt considéré comme un acteur interagissant avec l’employeur. C’est donc en regard de l’existence ou non d’un conflit fondamental d’intérêts entre les employeurs et les travailleurs que les théories s’articuleront. La pertinence contemporaine des diverses contributions théoriques est également analysée. Les auteurs concluent que, parmi les approches de la première vague, la théorie du syndicalisme d’affaires demeure la plus éclairante bien que cette forme de syndicalisme comporte aujourd’hui une dimension d’engagement social dépassant les milieux de travail. Mais la régulation des conditions de travail par la négociation collective demeure cependant la fonction première de l’activité syndicale.

Uncle Sam and Us: Globalization, Neoconservatism, and the Canadian State - Patten, Steve (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Uncle Sam and Us: Globalization, Neoconservatism, and the Canadian State," by Stephen Clarkson.

Le syndicalisme québécois : deux siècles d'histoire - Piotte, Jean-Marc (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Le syndicalisme québécois : deux siècles d’histoire," by Jacques Rouillard.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The New Left Revisited - Polsgrove, Carol (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "The New Left Revisited," edited by John McMillan and Paul Buhle.

The Life of an Unknown: The Rediscovered World of a Clog Maker in 19th-Century France - Prothero, Iorwerth (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "The Life of an Unknown: The Rediscovered World of a Clog Maker in 19th-Century France," by Alain Corbin.

Trade Unions in Europe: Meeting the Challenge - Pulignano, Valeria (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The book, "Trade Unions in Europe: Meeting the Challenge," edited by Deoborah Foster and Peter Scott, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Business conditions; Economic conditions; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

An Introduction to the Initiative on the New Economy: Restructuring Work and Labour in the New Economy (RWL-INE) - Pupo, Norene (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2004)

Employment Stability in an Age of Flexibility: Evidence from Industrialized Countries - Ramaux, Christophe (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The book, "Employment Stability in an Age of Flexibility: Evidence from Industrialized Countries," edited by Peter Auer and Sandrine Cazes.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Determinants of Participation in Non-Mandatory Training - Renaud, Stéphane; Lakhdari, Mehdi; Morin, Lucie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
This article presents an empirical research on the determinants of employees' participation in non-mandatory training offered by their employer. The analysis model identified two groups of determinants, i.e. socio-demographic (age, gender, family responsibilities and education level) and employment-related (organizational tenure, hierarchical position and employment status). Participants, mostly female, were employees from a large Canadian service organization. Results showed that age negatively influenced participation, that women participated more than men, and that the education level was negatively related to participation. Findings also indicated a non-linear relationship between organizational tenure and participation, and that the probability of participation in non-mandatory training increased with the hierarchical position occupied. Family responsibilities and employment status were not found to be significant predictors of participation. [PUBLICATON ABSTRACT]
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Demographics; Employees; Employment; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Training

Tribute to Stuart Marshall Jamieson, 1914-2002 = Hommage à Stuart Marshall Jamieson, 1914-2002 - Riddell, W. Craig; Rosenbluth, Gideon; Thompson, Mark (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
Stuart Jamieson was the author of the first book in English on the subject of Canadian industrial relations, Industrial Relations in Canada, published in 1957. This classic work was concise, clearly written and notable for its analysis of Canadian industrial relations in the broader North American context. These two books were only part of Jamieson's contributions to industrial relations. His dissertation documented the struggle of American (and Canadian) farm workers to achieve representation. Stuart Jamieson taught economics and sociology at University of British Columbia from 1945 until his retirement in 1980.
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

Crise d'identité professionnelle et professionnalisme - Robitaille, Martin (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The book, "Crise d’identité professionnelle et professionnalisme," edited by Georges A. Legault.
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

Liberty or Death. Early Struggles for Parliamentary Democracy - Rogers, Nicholas (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Liberty or Death. Early Struggles for Parliamentary Democracy," by Ray Hemmings.

Work And Family: Still The Most Difficult Revolution? - A Review Of The Women And Unions Conference, 2003 - Rogers, Sarah (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2004)

Public Sector Bargaining: From Retrenchment to Consolidation - Rose, Joseph B. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
There is general agreement that public sector bargaining has evolved through three stages: the expansionary years (mid-1960s to 1982), the restraint years (1982-1990) and the retrenchment years (1990s). This paper argues that public sector collective bargaining entered a new stage of development around 1998. The post-retrenchment period or what is referred to as the consolidation stage was marked by economic expansion, the restoration of fiscal stability among the senior levels of government and increases in public employment. Under these conditions, governments and public sector employers sought to consolidate the gains they achieved during the retrenchment years through legislation and hard bargaining. Public sector unions attempted to improve their position by increasing membership and negotiating catch-up wage settlements. Based on a review of selected collective bargaining indicators, employers appear to have consolidated their gains from the retrenchment years.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Economic history; Economic theory; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Public sector; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

The Paradox of American Unionism - Rose, Joseph B. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The book, "The Paradox of American Unionism," by Seymour Martin Lipset and Noah M. Meltz, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; International comparisons; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Union membership; Unionization

The Next Upsurge: Labor and the New Social Movements - Rosenfeld, Herman (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "The Next Upsurge: Labor and the New Social Movements," by Dan Clawson.

Federalism, Democracy, and Labour Market Policy in Canada - Rutherford, Tod D. (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Federalism, Democracy, and Labour Market Policy in Canada," edited by Tom McIntosh.

"We No Longer Respect the Law": The Tilco Strike, Labour Injunctions, and the State - Sangster, Joan (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
In the turbulent 1960s Canadians debated foreign control of the Canadian economy and Canada’s relations with the United States. The Canadian section of the United Auto Workers (UAW) also struggled with these questions as it faced a number of government policies designed to bolster the auto industry and solve balance of payments difficulties, culminating in the 1965 Canada-United States Auto motive Products Trade Agreement (auto pact). The auto pact rationalized the Canadian Big Three (General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler) production into their parent corporations and by 1970 the Canadian industry was fully integrated into a continental system of North American automobile manufacturing. The Canadian UAW played an ineffectual role in shaping this transformation, one which rekindled and exacerbated conflict within the membership and between militant locals and the union’s leadership. Nonetheless, by the end of the decade, the union had become a strong advocate of the new continental auto regime, a reflection of the increased employment and production resulting from the changes. The essay explains the issues the union faced in this period and some of the long-term consequences which the continentalization of the auto industry had on the union.
Keywords: CRIMINAL trials; Industrial relations; Labor Unions; Labor movement; Ontario; SOCIAL marginality; STRIKES & lockouts; Women employees; Working class

Gender, Discontinued Careers and Low Activity Rates in a Long Life Society - Sarfati, Hedva (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
While long life society constitutes progress in terms of healthier, better and longer lives, it is also associated with higher pension and health expenditures to an extent that threatens the long term adequacy and sustainability of existing welfare systems. It therefore requires adaptation on the part of society and of social institutions and policies, in particular the labour market and the welfare systems, in order to stem or even reduce the growing dependency ratios of the population. This article thus starts by signalling the six main changes that have occurred in the European Union and US labour markets and the workforce, which concern in particular women in all age groups. It then highlights the main responses of the welfare systems to these changes, emphasizing activation measures and indicating their successes and shortcomings. The article concludes by suggesting policies that may enhance female activity and employment rates, from both the labour supply and demand perspectives.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Gender; International comparisons; LABOR market; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Welfare; Women

Politics of the Womb: Women, Reproduction, and the State in Kenya - Schatz, Enid (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Politics of the Womb: Women, Reproduction, and the State in Kenya," by Lynn M. Thomas.

Death of a Nation: American Culture and the End of Exceptionalism - Schultz, Robert T. (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Death of a Nation: American Culture and the End of Exceptionalism," by David W. Noble.

The State of Working America 2002/2003 - Shaffer, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "The State of Working America 2002/2003," by Lawrence Mishel, Jared Bernstein, and Heather Boushey.

Corporate Voluntarism and Human Rights: The Adequacy and Effectiveness of Voluntary Self-Regulation Regimes - Simons, Penelope (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
In response to increasing public concern over the accountability of transnational corporations (TNCs) for violations of human rights in the states in which they operate, governments, corporations and NGOs have promoted the development and implementation of voluntary self-regulatory regimes. However, TNC practices under these regimes call into question their adequacy and effectiveness in preventing complicity in egregious violations of human rights by corporations operating in conflict zones and repressive regimes. This article reviews and assesses the language, human rights content and compliance mechanisms of the voluntary policies and/or codes developed by a number of corporations, industry groups, intergovernmental organizations and multistakeholder initiatives, as well as associated corporate practices. The analysis shows that these voluntary regimes are flawed and inadequate, and therefore unable to ensure that TNCs are not complicit in human rights violations in their extraterritorial activities.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; HUMAN rights; Labor Unions; Multinational corporations; Self regulation; Self regulation of industry; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social responsibility; Theory

Women, Gender, and Transnational Lives: Italian Workers of the World - Sinke, Suzanne (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Women, Gender, and Transnational Lives: Italian Workers of the World," edited by Jan Kok.

Hollywood Utopia - Sklar, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Hollywood Utopia," by Justine Brown.

La responsabilité sociale de l’entreprise : Menace ou opportunité pour le droit du travail ? - Sobczak, André (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
Largement dominant à l’époque de la production industrielle dans l’entreprise hiérarchisée, le contrat de travail à durée indéterminée comme mode de régulation des relations de travail est aujourd’hui doublement fragilisé par l’organisation des entreprises sous forme de réseaux et par le recours à des outils de la responsabilité sociale de l’entreprise qui visent à réguler les relations de travail dans ces réseaux. L’objectif de cet article est d’analyser les enjeux de l’émergence de cette nouvelle forme de régulation pour le droit du travail. Le recours aux instruments de la responsabilité sociale renforce-t-il la crise du droit du travail ou, au contraire, permet-il de l’atténuer ? En d’autres termes, faut-il considérer que la responsabilité sociale concurrence les normes du droit du travail, ou peut-elle utilement les compléter, voire même leur donner une opportunité de renouvellement dans le contexte difficile des entreprises en réseaux ?

Innovation and Knowledge Creation in an Open Economy: Canadian Industry and International Implications - Soussi, Sid Ahmed (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Innovation and Knowledge Creation in an Open Economy: Canadian Industry and International Implications," by John R. Baldwin and Petr Hanel.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

La rémunération basée sur les compétences : Déterminants et incidences - St-Onge, Sylvie; Haines, Victor; Klarsfeld, Alain (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
Cette étude s’intéresse aux déterminants et aux incidences de la rémunération basée sur les compétences. Les données ont été colligées par questionnaire auprès de 189 responsables de la gestion des ressources humaines à l’emploi d’entreprises du secteur privé comptant plus de 200 employés. Les résultats confirment que l’adoption de la rémunération basée sur les compétences est positivement reliée à la culture de gestion participative. Après avoir contrôlé pour la taille de l’entreprise et la présence syndicale, les résultats montrent que, comparés aux autres, les répondants qui sont à l’emploi des organisations où l’on adopte la rémunération des compétences sont statistiquement plus portés à estimer (a) que leur organisation est plus performante tant sur le plan de la finance que des ressources humaines et (b) que leur processus de gestion du rendement est plus efficace tant pour réaliser la stratégie d’affaires que pour traiter équitablement le personnel.

Collective Bargaining and the Social Construction of Employment - Tallard, Michèle (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Collective Bargaining and the Social Construction of Employment," edited by Mateo Alaluf and Carlos Prieto.
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

Temps, travail et modes de vie - Thoemmes, Jens (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Temps, travail et modes de vie," by Michel Lallement.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Setting the Minimum: Ontario's Employment Standards in the Postwar Years, 1944-1968 - Thomas, Mark (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
Minimum labor standards are legally established standards that apply to most employers and employees and include minimum wages, maximum hours of work, overtime, and paid time off. The regulation of minimum standards in Ontario was consolidated within the Ontario Employment Standards Act in 1968. While the provincial minimum standards of the late 19th and early 20th century have been well documented, the regulation of minimum standards during the postwar period has received little scholarly attention. This article explores the development of minimum standards legislation in Ontario from the immediate postwar years to the enactment of the Employment Standards Act. Social forces both internal and external to the state pressured for the enactment of comprehensive legislation to provide some statutory protection for the most vulnerable workers in the province. However, the ways in which the state negotiated the tensions associated with providing social protection for nonunionized workers, while at the same time minimizing interference in the market, severely compromised the capacity for the legislation to provide protection for the "pockets of exploitation" they were intended for. Further, this approach to minimum standards supported and reproduced patterns of gendered and racialized segmentation within a labor market that was built around the norm of the standard employment relationship and thereby ensured standards of a secondary status for workers with the least bargaining power.

Waterfront Blues: Labour Strife at the Port of Montreal, 1960-1978 - Thwaites, James (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The book, "Waterfront Blues: Labour Strife at the Port of Montreal, 1960-1978," by Alexander C. Pathy, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor disputes; Labor relations; Ports; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Building the ‘Competitive City’: Labour and Toronto’s Bid to Host the Olympic Games - Tufts, Steven (Geoforum, 2004)
Toronto’s quest to host the Summer Olympic Games has dominated both contemporary planning discourse and practice. For some, the pursuit of the games embodies Toronto’s transformation into a ‘competitive’ global city. Relatively unexplored in this discourse are the contradictory roles that labour plays in contemporary urban development. I argue that the new labour geography can provide some interesting insights into such processes. Specifically, labour geographers have given workers with divergent interests greater agency in shaping economic landscapes and have noted the multi-scalar organisation of labour. The paper looks at the contradictory and conflicting positions held by different labour unions in Toronto toward the city’s bid to host the 2008 Olympics. The case study suggests that labour is an active agent in processes shaping contemporary Toronto and support the bid for complex reasons ranging from the promise of jobs to potential future organising opportunities.

G-Strings and Sympathy: Strip Club Regulars and Male Desire - Uebel, Michael (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "G-Strings and Sympathy: Strip Club Regulars and Male Desire," by Katherine Frank.

Abusive Events at Work among Young Working Adults: Magnitude of the Problem and its Effect on Self-Rated Health - Vaez, Marjan; Ekberg, Kerstin; Laflamme, Lucie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The study examines the incidence of abusive events at work and compares the self-rated health (SRH) assessments of young workers according to whether they have been victims or not. Subjects and materials were extracted from a data set covering the environmental and health conditions of the population of the Ostergotland region in Sweden. The focus was unpeople in paid employment aged 20-34 years. It appears that threats or acts of violence are more common than are bullying or sexual harassment among young working people, in particular among women. Further, when working conditions are relatively precarious, both men and women are comparably exposed to threat and violence but when conditions are more stable, women are proportionally more exposed than men. Furthermore, the study shows that, although less common than threat and violence are, exposure to bullying is associated with several SRH disorders among both men and women in employment.
Keywords: Bullying; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Sexual harassment; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Working conditions; Younger workers; violence

Le droit de l'emploi au Québec, 2e édition - Vallée, Guylaine (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Le droit de l’emploi au Québec," 2nd edition, by Fernand Morin and Jean-Yves Brière.
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

Labour Market and Social Protection Reforms in International Perspective: Parallel or Converging Tracks? - van den Berg, Axel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The book, "Labour Market and Social Protection Reforms in International Perspective: Parallel or Converging Tracks?," edited by Hedva Sarfati and Giuliano Bonoli, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Essays; International; LABOR market; Labor Unions; Reforms; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social policy

Le travail dans l'histoire de la pensée occidentale - Vatin, François (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Le travail dans l’histoire de la pensée occidentale," edited by Daniel Mercure and Jan Spurk.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Co-Workplace: Teleworking in the Neighbourhood - Vosko, Leah F. (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "The Co-Workplace: Teleworking in the Neighbourhood," by Laura C. Johnson.

A Comparison of the Labour Market Outcomes of Postsecondary Graduates of Various Levels and Fields over a Four-Cohort Period - Walters, David (Canadian Journal of Sociology, 2004)
The evolving "knowledge-based" economy is widely believed to affect the labour market outcomes of highly educated workers. However, there are conflicting arguments regarding the needs of the new economy, and there is little evidence available in the research literature to determine whether the labour market outcomes of various postsecondary graduates have changed among graduates of recent cohorts. Drawing on the 1982, 1986, 1990, and 1995 National Graduates Surveys, this paper builds on previous research by comparing the earnings and employment outcomes of graduates of various levels of postsecondary schooling (i.e. trades, college, and university) and fields of study over a 13-year period. The analyses suggest that the labour market experiences of postsecondary graduates of the various programs have remained relatively stable over the period investigated.

James Connolly and the Reconquest of Ireland. Special Issue, Nature, Society and Thought: A Journal of Dialectical and Historical Materialism - Ward, Margaret (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews "James Connolly and the Reconquest of Ireland," published as a Special Issue, Nature, Society and Thought: A Journal of Dialectical and Historical Materialism, by Priscilla Metscher.

A Very Dangerous Citizen, Abraham Lincoln Polonsky and the Hollywood Left - Wayne, Mike (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "A Very Dangerous Citizen: Abraham Lincoln Polonsky and the Hollywood Left," by Paul Buhle and Dave Wagner.

Narratives at Work: Women, Men, Unionization, and the Fashioning of Identities - Webb, Jeff A. (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Narratives at Work: Women, Men, Unionization, and the Fashioning of Identities, by Linda K. Cullum.

Changing Child Care: Five Decades of Child Care Advocacy and Policy in Canada - Whitney, Laurel (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Changing Child Care: Five Decades of Child Care Advocacy and Policy in Canada, edited by Susan Prentice.

Faut-il se soucier de ses professionnels pour les mobiliser ? : Une réanalyse de données - Wils, Thierry; Labelle, Christiane (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
Selon les perspectives théoriques de la mobilisation et du choc des cultures, un style de gestion trop directif ne répond pas aux attentes d’autonomie des professionnels, ce qui risque de se traduire par une démobilisation. Pourtant les conclusions d’une étude empirique (échantillon de plus de 2 000 professionnels du secteur public) remettent en cause ces perspectives théoriques en affirmant que les professionnels préfèrent davantage être enrégimentés par leur supérieur que d’être indépendants (ne pas être contrôlés par leur supérieur). Une réanalyse des données conduit à des conclusions plus nuancées. La satisfaction des professionnels envers le style de gestion de leur supérieur augmente au fur et à mesure que les styles de gestion sont plus ouverts. De plus, un modèle d’équations structurelles indique que la dimension humaine du style de gestion (participation) et la satisfaction des professionnels envers cette dimension jouent un rôle important dans la mobilisation des professionnels. Il est donc important de se soucier de son personnel pour le mobiliser.

For Patients of Moderate Means: A Social History of the Voluntary Public General Hospital in Canada, 1890-1950 - Wishart, James M. (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "For Patients of Moderate Means: A Social History of the Voluntary Public General Hospital in Canada, 1890-1950," by David Gagan and Rosemary R. Gagan.

State of the Union: A Century of American Labor - Witwer, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "State of the Union: A Century of American Labor," by Nelson Lichtenstein.

Industrial Relations: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management - Wood, Geoffrey (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The book, "Industrial Relations: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management," edited by John Kelly, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Economic theory; Essays; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Part-Time and Casual Work in Retail Trade: Stress and other Factors Affecting the Workplace - Zeytinoglu, Isik U.; Lillevik, Waheeda; Seaton, M. Bianca; Moruz, Josefina (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The purpose of this article is to examine the effects of working conditions in part-time and casual work on worker stress and the consequences for their workplaces. Data were collected through interviews with occupational health and safety representatives, and focus groups and interviews with workers in retail trade. Results show that job insecurity, short- and split-shifts, unpredictability of hours, low wages and benefits in part-time and casual jobs in retail sector, and the need to juggle multiple jobs to earn a living wage contribute to stress and workplace problems of absenteeism, high turnover and workplace conflicts. Gendered work environments and work-personal life conflicts also contribute to stress affecting the workplace. Equitable treatment of part-time and casual workers, treating workers with respect and dignity, and creating a gender-neutral, safe and healthy work environment can help decrease stress, and in turn, can lead to positive workplace outcomes for retail workers.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Casual labor; Labor Unions; Part time employment; Retailing; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Stress; Studies; Working conditions

Labour Force Activity of Women in Canada: A Comparative Analysis of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Women - White, Jerry; Maxim, Paul; Gyimah, Stephen Obeng (Canadian Review of Sociology & Anthropology, 2003)
Using data from the 1996 Public Use Microdata File (PUMF) on individuals, this paper examines labour force activity of women in Canada, focussing on the effects of familial status and household structure to determine whether these factors have similar elasticities among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women. We found that labour force activity varied greatly by Aboriginal Status. In general, Registered Indians were less likely to be employed but more likely to be unemployed than Other Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals. While lower educational attainment, presence of minor children and lone parenthood were found to be associated with a lower likelihood of being employed, significant differences by Aboriginal Status were found. The effect of educational attainment on employment was found to be higher among Registered Indians. (English)
Keywords: Canada; INDIGENOUS women – America; Indigenous women; LABOR supply; WOMEN – Employment

Abstracts = Résumés [51, Spring/Printemps 2003] (Labour/Le Travail, 2003)
French/English abstracts for v. 51, (Spring 2003).

Abstracts = Résumés [52, Fall/Automne 2003] (Labour/Le Travail, 2003)

Index to Volumes 49 & 50, 2002 (Labour/Le Travail, 2003)
Produced by the Canadian Periodical Index.

Publications récentes (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
This article presents recent publications on industrial relations. Some of the publications include "Evolution of the Model of Industrial Relations in Bulgaria 1989-2002," by Teodor Detchev, "Labor Contract Negotiations in the Airline Industry," by Andrew von Nordenflycht and Thomas A. Kochan, "Collective Bargaining and Staff Salaries in American Colleges and Universities," by Daniel B. Klaff and Ronald G. Ehrenberg, and "Final-Offer Arbitration: A New Zealand Variation," by Ian McAndrew.
Keywords: Human capital; Industrial relations; LABOR arbitration; LABOR laws & legislation; Labor contracts; Labor economics

The Global Construction of Gender: Home-Based Work in the Political Economy of the 20th Century - Aneesh, A. (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "The Global Construction of Gender: Home-Based Work in the Political Economy of the 20th Century," by Elisabeth Prügl.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; GLOBAL Construction of Gender: Home-Based Work in the Political Economy of the 20th Century; The (Book); HOME labor; Nonfiction; PRUGL; Elisabeth

Women's Legal Strategies in Canada - Atkins, C.g.k. (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Women's Legal Strategies in Canada," edited by Radha Jhappan.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Canada; JHAPPAN; Radha; Nonfiction; WOMEN'S Legal Strategies in Canada (Book); Women

Judging Bertha Wilson: Law As Large As Life - Backhouse, Constance (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "Judging Bertha Wilson: Law As Large As Life," by Ellen Anderson.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; JUDGES; JUDGING Bertha Wilson: Law As Large As Life (Book); Nonfiction; WILSON; Bertha

Santé et sécurité et transformation du travail : réflexions et recherches sur le risque professionnel - Baril-Gingras, Geneviéve (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Reviews the book "Santé et sécurité et transformation du travail: réflexions et recherches sur le risque professionnel," by Denis Harrisson and Camille Legendre.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; HARRISSON; Dennis; LEGENDRE; Camille; Nonfiction; PROFESSIONAL employees; SANTE et securite et transformation du travail: reflexions et recherches sur le risque professionnel (Book)

La performance organisationnelle et la complémentarité des pratiques de gestion des ressources humaines - Barrette, Jacques; Carrière, Jules (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
For more than ten years, much published material has argued that human resource management (HRM) can play a major role in improving organizational performance. Several researchers claim that to exert a significant impact on organizational performance, HR practices need to be integrated or complementary with each other. However, the concept of complementarity suffers from a lack of operational clarity and has been essentially approached from a statistical standpoint that has limited our understanding of the architecture of the overall system of HR practices. On the other hand, several authors assert that the complementarity of HR practices cannot be studied outside its organizational context, especially in the industrial sector. They argue that differences in the nature of activity between service organizations and manufacturing companies are likely to have implications on which practices are adopted and how these practices impact the human and corporate performance of the organizations in question. In its first phase, this study proposes an operational definition of the concept of complementarity that can be used to select which practices to include in an organization's HRM system. This complementarity has been defined as "the set of practices originating from various areas of HRM activity whose combined application can be rationally justified and empirically demonstrated to have a synergistic effect on organizational performance in a given sector." Thus, on the basis of this definition, the authors developed a number of "complex items," incorporating HRM practices from four major operational areas : staffing, remuneration, training and performance assessment. Each of these combinations embodies a link of complementarity between practices, and the additional impact of each combination is our way of measuring its complementarity. This study has the dual purpose of first verifying the hypothesis that "the more practices from different areas of HRM are complementary, the more they will improve organizational performance" (H. 1) and, second, that "it is likely that the impact of complementary practices will vary depending on whether the organizations concerned belong to the manufacturing or service sector" (H. 2). The items to measure organizational performance come from a previous study. These data were derived from questionnaires completed by 177 Canadian firms and the internal reliability varies from .77 to .90. To measure the degree of complementarity between HRM practices, 22 items were developed with an internal reliability of .84. The data were obtained from 238 manufacturing companies and 325 service organizations. The results corroborated Hypothesis 1, indicating that the complementarity of HR practices was responsible for a significant increase in productivity/ efficiency, competitive positioning and client acquisition/growth. The results also corroborated Hypothesis 2, showing that, when the two different economic sectors are compared in terms of dependant variables, a higher degree of complementarity is particularly associated in service companies with increased productivity and efficiency, better competitive positioning and a greater number of clients and increased market share. In the case of manufacturing companies, the results indicate that the higher degree of complementarity has particular impact on the first two factors. The results are discussed in the light of current research and the limitations of the research are presented.

Dignity at Work - Bélanger, Jacques (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
The article reviews the book, Dignity at Work," by Randy Hodson.
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

Toward a Canadian Consumer History - Belisle, Donica (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The small explosion of interest in the history of Canadian consumption [over the past decade] has generated important insights into the material, cultural, and political histories of North America. It also illustrates that a vast potential for more research into Canadian consumption exists. Arguing that a rigorous theorization of the field of Canadian consumer history would now be timely and beneficial, this essay highlights themes emerging in Canadian and international consumer historiography and suggests areas of further inquiry. Its comments are not meant to be definitive, but are rather intended to spark discussion on consumer history's past, present, and future. –From authors' introduction
Keywords: Canada; Consumers; Consumption (Economics); IDENTITY (Psychology); LABOUR/LE Travail (Book); MONOD; David; STRANGE; Carolyn; WALDEN; Keith

Whistleblowers: Broken Lives and Organization Power - Bendersky, Corinne (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "Whistleblowers: Broken Lives and Organization Power," by C. Fred Alford.
Keywords: ALFORD; C. Fred; BOOKS – Reviews; Nonfiction; WHISTLEBLOWERS; WHISTLEBLOWERS: Broken Lives & Organizational Power (Book)

Negotiation : Theory and Practice - Bilodeau, Pier-Luc (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Reviews the book "Negotiation: Theory and Practice," by Alvin L. Goldman and Jacques Rojot.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; GOLDMAN; Alvin L.; NEGOTIATION; NEGOTIATION (Book); Nonfiction; ROJOT; Jacques

Race on the Line: Gender, Labor, and Technology in the Bell System, 1880-1980 - Bix, Amy Sue (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "Race on the Line: Gender, Labor, and Technology in the Bell System, 1880-1980," by Venus Green.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; GREEN; Venus; HIGH technology; Nonfiction; RACE on the Line: Gender; Labor & Technology in the Bell System 1880-1980 (Book)

The Patriot War of 1837-1838: Locofocoism With a Gun? - Bonthius, Andrew (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
This paper presents a reinterpretation of the causes for the US Patriot movement of 1837-38, which rose up in support of the Canadian rebellion in Upper Canada (UC) initiated by William Lyon Mackenzie (the companion rebellion in Lower Canada is not considered in this paper since its causation was arguably considerably different). Most traditional treatments of this event, by US historians in particular, are stuck in narrative mode and lack convincing interpretation and analysis. The US Patriot war is usually quickly dismissed as the work of a few Anglophobes and adventurers seeking land and coin. The hypothesis advanced here suggests that the US Patriot movement and its progenitor rebellion in UC may be seen as an expression of the social class tensions growing out of the transition from a subsistence-barter/household economy and culture to the more impersonal commodity market economy - a transition that was proceeding in an uneven and combined manner on both sides of the nominal Canada/US border. Mackenzie's UC rebellion was both motivated by and encouragement to radical Democratic anti-bank forces in the US. Historians are urged to consider the Patriot movement in the larger context of class conflict and accommodation then being played out on a shared Canadian/American stage.
Keywords: Canada; Democracy; HISTORIANS – United States; History; LABOUR/LE Travail (Book); MACKENZIE; William Lyon; 1795-1861; REBELLION; 1837-1838; Social classes; United States

Nonstandard Work, Nonstandard Workers - Boris, Eileen; Degiuli, Francesca (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews and comments on several books including "The Policy Analysis of Child Labor: A Comparative Study," edited by Christiaan Grootaert and Harry Anthony Patrinos, "Child Labor: An American History," by Hugh D. Hindman, and "Temps: The Many Faces of the Changing Workplace," by Jackie Krasas Rogers.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CHILD Labor: An American History (Book); GROOTAERT; Christiaan; HINDMAN; Hugh D.; Nonfiction; PATRINOS; Harry Anthony; POLICY Analysis of Child Labor: A Comparative Study; The (Book); ROGERS; Jackie Krasas; TEMPS: The Many Faces of the Changing Workplace (Book)

Tangled Routes: Women, Work, and Globalization on the Tomato Trail - Bosanac, Stephen (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2003)
Tangled Routes: Women, Work, and Globalization on the Tomato Trail, by Deborah Barndt, is reviewed.

The War on the Squatters, 1920-1940: Hamilton's Boathouse Community and the Re-Creation of Recreation on Burlington Bay - Bouchier, Nancy B.; Cruikshank, Ken (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
Working-class Hamiltonians responded to s local housing crisis by creating a boathouse community along the shoreline of Burlington Bay and Dundas Marsh. Leasing or simply squatting the land, they enjoyed access to good fishing and hunting, a clean place to live, and seclusion from the gaze of best police. The notorious reputation of a nearby hotel, the presence of transients in the area, and rough elements of working-class recreation, however, made the community a prime target for urban reformers. They saw it as an unsightly problem, standing in the way of their plans to create an aesthetically-pleasing, moral, and orderly city. The "war on the squatters" shows the ways in which urban planners, conservationists, and moral reformers sought to reshape the human and natural environment of the bay, often at the expense of working people. Residents who had enjoyed resource and recreational advantages of living on the margins of Hamilton society paid the price politically when reformers contested their use of the area's natural resources. Although they won limited sympathy, they did not have the economic, legal, or political resources to fight those who saw their community as an aesthetic and moral blot on Hamilton's waterfront.
Keywords: Boathouses; ENVIRONMENTAL protection; Government policy; HAMILTON Harbour (Ont.); Housing; Human ecology; Ontario; Squatters; Urban planning; WAR & ethics

Syndicalisme et négociation collective en France à l'aube du XXI[supe] siècle. - Bourque, Reynald (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
The article reviews the books, "Les syndicats en miettes," by Jean-François Amadieu, and "Sociologie des syndicats" by Dominique Andolfatto and Dominique Labbé.

Gender in the Legal Profession: Fitting or Breaking the Mould - Boyd, Susan B. (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Gender in the Legal Profession: Fitting or Breaking the Mould," by Joan Broekman.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; BROEKMAN; Joan; GENDER in the Legal Profession: Fitting or Breaking the Mould (Book); Nonfiction; WOMEN lawyers

A Square Deal For All And No Railroading: Historical Essays on Labour in Brandon - Bright, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "A Square Deal for All and No Railroading: Historial Essays on Labour in Brandon," by Errol Black and Tom Mitchell.
Keywords: BLACK; Errol; 1939-2012; BOOKS – Reviews; Labor; MITCHELL; Tom; Nonfiction; SQUARE Deal for All & No Railroading: Historical Essays on Labour in Brandon; A (Book)

Hard Bargaining - Bronfenbrenner, Kate (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
Discusses employer tactics - notably the threat of plant closure - to prevent US workers from organizing. Concludes there will be a worldwide race to the bottom in the absence of the collective voice and power that unions bring.

In Pursuit of Equity: Women, Men, and the Quest for Economic Citizenship in 20th Century America - Brooks, Tequila J. (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "In Pursuit of Equity: Women, Men, and the Quest for Economic Citizenship in 20th Century America," by Alice Kessler-Harris.
Keywords: 20th century; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Economic conditions; Employment policies; History; Labor Unions; Labor law; Legal status laws etc; Men; Rights; Women

Bienfait: The Saskatchewan Miners' Struggle of '31 - Brown, Lorne (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Bienfait: The Saskatchewan Miners' Struggle of '31," by Stephen L. Endicott.
Keywords: BIENFAIT: The Saskatchewan Miner's Struggle of '31 (Book); BOOKS – Reviews; ENDICOTT; Stephen L.; Miners; Nonfiction

Sexual Orientation Provisions in Canadian Collective Agreements - Brown, Travor (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
The past decade has been marked by increased awareness concerning employment discrimination against gays and lesbians. Yet, to the author's knowledge, there has been limited research regarding the response of Canadian labour organizations to the workplace needs of gay and lesbian members. Limitations of these previous studies include small sample size, lack of theoretical framework, and the absence of empirical testing of hypotheses. The present study builds on these works through the use of Craig's model, the inclusion of multi-disciplinary research, and the empirical testing of data collected from more than 240 Canadian collective agreements. Key findings include that larger, public sector bargaining units with equality clauses in their collective agreements were most likely also to contain clauses that prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation. The paper concludes with suggestions for future research.
Keywords: Canada; Discrimination in employment; HUMAN sexuality – Psychological aspects; Industrial relations; Public sector; SEXUAL orientation

How New is the "New Employment Contract"? Evidence from North American Pay Practices - Budd, John W. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "How New is the "New Employment Contract"? Evidence from North American Pay Practices," by David I. Levine, Dale Belman, Gary Charness, Erica L. Groshen and K.C. O'Shaughnessy.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Employment policies; LABOR market; Labor Unions; Labor contracts; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Wages & salaries; Work environment

Some Adventures of the Boys: Enniskillen Township's "Foreign Drillers," Imperialism, and Colonial Discourse, 1873-1923 - Burr, Christina (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
This paper analyses the travel writings composed by the oil drillers from Enniskillen township, in southwestern Ontario, to explain how they went about re-inforcing the project of European capitalist imperialism while simultaneously disavowing the agency of native "Others." As British subjects and Anglo-Canadians, travel and travel writing helped to define Enniskillen's "foreign drillers" as both colonizers and colonized. As agents of imperialism Enniskillen drillers became part of an imperial overclass by virtue of their "whiteness," "Britishness," and technical expertise in the mining and refining of petroleum. The colonial oil fields also became a space for the re-invention of Victorian ideals of domesticity. The wives and children of foreign drillers also travelled abroad with their husbands. In their role as homemakers, women also reinforced imperialism and its hierarchies of race and class.
Keywords: EUROPE; HIERARCHIES; HUMAN acts; Imperialism; ONTARIO; Southwestern; TRAVEL writing

Public Enterprise Revisited: A Closer Look at the 1954-79 UK Labour Productivity Record - Calvert, John (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Public Enterprise Revisited: A Closer Look at the 1954-79 UK Labour Productivity Record," by Christafis H. Iordanoglou.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; IORDANOGLOU; Christafis H.; LABOR productivity; Nonfiction; PUBLIC Enterprise Revisited: A Closer Look at the 1954-1979 UK Labour Productivity Record (Book)

Achieving Public Policy Objectives through Collective Agreements: The Project Agreement Model for Public Construction in British Columbia’s Transportation Sector - Calvert, John; Redlin, Blair (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2003)
The Construction of the $1.2 billion Vancouver Island Highway Project provided an opportunity for the building trades unions and the Government of BC to negotiate an innovative collective agreement that included union membership, training for local residents and members of equity groups, new employment opportunities for members of designated equity groups and a comprehensive health and safety program. The Project implemented the most comprehensive system of tracking progress in employment equity in BC’s history. By its completion, women, First Nations, persons with disabilities and visible minorities accounted for just under 20% of total hours worked in an industry where 2% representation is the norm. Over 94% of payroll went to local residents, ensuring their communities the benefits of this major capital project. Finally, the health and safety record was significantly better than on any comparable construction project. Far from being an impediment to the efficient and timely completion of this major construction project, the collective agreement made it possible to deliver training, employment opportunities and regional development

Temporary Work: The Gendered Rise of a Precarious Employment Relationship - Carre, Francoise (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Temporary Work: The Gendered Rise of a Precarious Employment Relationship," by Leah F. Vosko.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Nonfiction; TEMPORARY Work (Book); Temporary employment; VOSKO; Leah F.

Never Going Back: A History of Queer Activism in Canada - Chamberland, Line (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Never Going Back: A History of Queer Activism in Canada," by Tom Warner.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Gender identity; NEVER Going Back: A History of Queer Activism in Canada (Book); Nonfiction; WARNER; Tom

The New Parapolice: Risk Markets and Commodified Social Control - Clarke, Curtis (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "The New Parapolice: Risk Markets and Commodified Social Control," by George Rigakos.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; NEW Parapolice: Risk Markets & Commodified Social Control; The (Book); Nonfiction; RIGAKOS; George; SOCIAL control

Families, Labour and Love: Family Diversity in a Changing World - Clarke, Debra (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Families, Labour and Love: Family Diversity in a Changing World," by Maureen Baker.
Keywords: BAKER; Maureen; BOOKS – Reviews; FAMILIES; FAMILIES; Labour & Love: Family Diversity in a Changing World (Book); Nonfiction

Gaia's Wager: Environmental Movements and the Challenge of Sustainability - Cochrane, Regina (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "Gaia's Wager: Environmental Movements and the Challenge of Sustainability," by Gary C. Byner.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; BYNER; Gary C.; ENVIRONMENTALISM; GAIA'S Wager: Environmental Movements & the Challenge of Sustainability (Book); Nonfiction

Direct Action: Memoirs of an Urban Guerrilla - Conley, Jim (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "Direct Action: Memoirs of an Urban Guerrilla," by Ann Hansen.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; DIRECT Action: Memoirs of an Urban Guerrilla (Book); DIRECT action; HANSEN; Ann; Nonfiction

The Limits of Rural Capitalism: Family, Culture, and Markets in Montcalm, Manitoba, 1870-1940 - Conway, J.F. (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "The Limits of Rural Capitalism: Family, Culture, and Markets in Montcalm, Manitoba, 1870-1940," by Kenneth Michael Sylvester.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Capitalism; LIMITS of Rural Capitalism: Family; Culture & Markets in Montcalm; Manitoba 1870-1940; The (Book); Nonfiction; SYLVESTER; Kenneth Michael

Precarious Employment in the Canadian Labour Market: A Statistical Portrait - Cranford, Cynthia J.; Vosko, Leah F.; Zukewich, Nancy (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2003)
'Precarious employment' is a better concept for understanding labour market insecurity than the dominant concept in Canada, 'non-standard work.' We examine dimensions of precariousness between and within mutually exclusive forms of employment. The growth of 'non-standard work' is fuelled by increases in forms of employment that lack regulatory protection, such as own- account self-employment. Wage work falls along a continuum of precariousness measured as regulatory protection, control and income. Finally, employment in precarious forms is shaped by social location. White men are concentrated in the least precarious forms of employment, while white women, women of colour and youth are concentrated in the more precarious forms.

The Gender of Precarious Employment in Canada - Cranford, Cynthia J.; Vosko, Leah F.; Zukewich, Nancy (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
This article examines the relationship between gender, forms of employment and dimensions of precarious employment in Canada, using data from the Labour Force Survey and the General Social Survey. Full-time permanent wage work decreased for both women and men between 1989 and 2001, but women remain more likely to be employed in part-time and temporary wage work as compared to men. Layering forms of wage work with indicators of regulatory protection, control and income results in a continuum with full-time permanent employees as the least precarious followed by full-time temporary, part-time permanent and then part-time temporary employees as the most precarious. The continuum is gendered through both inequalities between full-time permanent women and men and convergence in precariousness among part-time and temporary women and men. These findings reflect a feminization of employment norms characterized by both continuity and change in the social relations of gender. (English)
Keywords: Canada; EMPLOYMENT (Economic theory); SEX discrimination in employment; Temporary employment; Wages

Heroines and History: Representations of Madeleine de Verchères and Laura Secord - Cupido, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Heroines and History: Representations of Madeleine de Verchères and Laura Secord," by Colin M. Coates and Cecilia Morgan.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; COATES; Colin M.; CULTURAL history; HEROINES & History: Representations of Madeleine de Vercheres & Laura Secord (Book); MORGAN; Cecilia; Nonfiction

International Unionism's Competitive Edge: FIFPro and the European Treaty - Dabscheck, Braham (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Globalization and neo-liberalism have been associated with a decline in unions. In seeking to respond to these problems, unions could cooperate internationally. The orthodoxy among industrial relations scholars is that the European Treaty is antithetical to international unionism because of various provisions which promote competition. The experience of the International Federation of Professional Footballers' Associations (FIFPro) contradicts this orthodoxy. In August 2001, FIFPro entered into a framework collective bargaining agreement with Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) on a new set of rules to govern the worldwide employment of professional footballers. Football's transfer and compensation system violated competitive provisions, in particular the freedom of movement of workers, contained in the European Treaty. Following the 1995 decision of the European Court of Justice in Bosman, and strategic interventions by the European Commission, FIFA sought an accommodation with FIFPro, to protect its new employment rules from further legal attack.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; European Union; Globalization; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Neoliberalism; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Soccer; Studies; Treaties; competition

The Political Economy of Work in the 21st Century: Implications for an Aging American Workforce - David, Helene (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "The Political Economy of Work in the 21st Century: Implications for an Aging American Workforce," by Martin Sicker.
Keywords: Aging; Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Economic impact; Labor Unions; Older workers

Nelson Lichtenstein and the Politics of Reuther Scholarship - Devinatz, Victor G. (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article rebuts Nelson Lichtenstein's conclusion (published in the same issue of the journal) that Walter Reuther was affiliated with the US Communist Party in the mid to late 1930s. (At the time, Reuther was a vice president of the United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW); he went on to become UAW president from 1946 till his death in 1970.)
Keywords: AUTHORS; COMMUNIST parties; LEADERS; LICHTENSTEIN; Nelson; MEETINGS; POLITICAL participation; Political parties; REUTHER; Walter; 1907-1970; United States

Recruitment Strategies and Union Exclusion in Two Australian Call Centres - Diane Van Den Broek, Catherine (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Recruitment processes are seen as critical to the success of contemporary organizations and integral to human resource practices, particularly in those firms setting up greenfield operations or undertaking organizational change programs. This article analyses the recruitment methods used in several large call centres in the Australian telecommunications industry. It particularly focuses on the issue of how recruitment was explicitly or implicitly designed to recruit customer service representatives who might be antithetic to workplace trade unionism. Three processes are identified. These include the use of sophisticated recruitment processes which identify those with unitarist tendencies, identifying and excluding, or blacklisting, those with union backgrounds or those who previously worked in highly unionized firms and lastly applying pressure on recruits to sign individual non-union contracts at the appointment or promotion stage.
Keywords: AUSTRALIA; Call centers; EMPLOYEE recruitment; Organizational change; Telecommunication

Unions and Tangible Investments - Doucouliagos, Hristos; Laroche, Patrice (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
A number of conflicting theoretical hypotheses have been advanced regarding the impact of unions on investment behaviour. The net impact of unions on investment is thus an empirical issue. In this article, the available empirical literature is reviewed. In addition, new evidence of the impact of unions on investment is presented using French data. In contrast to previous studies, both aggregate and disaggregate measures of union activity are used. The results indicate that French unions, in general, have not had a negative impact on investment behaviour. However, there is some evidence that the more militant unions have a negative impact on investment.
Keywords: FRANCE; Investments; Labor Unions

No Retreat, No Surrender: Concessions, Resistance, and the End of the Postwar Settlement - Draper, Alan (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews and comments on several books including "Betrayal of Local 14: Paperworkers, Politics, & Personal Replacements," by Julius Getman, "Copper Crucible: How the Arizona Miners' Strike of 1983 Recast Labor-Management Relations in America," by Timothy J. Minchin and "Forging a Common Bond: Labor & Environmental Activism During the BASF Lockout," by Jonathon D. Rosenblum.
Keywords: BETRAYAL of Local 14: Paperworkers; Politics & Personal Replacements (Book); BOOKS – Reviews; COPPER Crucible (Book); FORGING a Common Bond: Labor & Environmental Activism During the BASF Lockout (Book); GETMAN; Julius; MINCHIN; Timothy J.; Nonfiction; ROSENBLUM; Jonathon D.

Cultures of Opposition: Jewish Immigrant Workers, New York City, 1881-1905 - Draper, Tim (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Cultures of Opposition: Jewish Immigrant Workers, New York City, 1881-1905," by Hadassa Kosak.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CULTURES of Opposition: Jewish Immigrant Workers; New York City 1881-1905 (Book); Immigrants; KOSAK; Hadassa; Nonfiction

The Job Training Charade - Dunk, Thomas (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "The Job Training Charade," by Gordon Lafer.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; JOB Training Charade; The (Book); LAFER; Gordon; Nonfiction; Occupational training

Employment Security and Job Loss: Lessons from Canada's National Railways, 1956-1995 - Ehrlich, Leslie; Russell, Bob (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
Trade unions have dealt with the thorny issue of layoffs since their formation, but relatively little has been written on the topic of union strategies for surviving large-scale redundancies. This paper examines these strategies in an industry that is all too familiar with massive layoffs: railroading. An analysis of union responses to job losses presupposes an understanding of the factors underlying managerial decisions about staff reduction. We argue that the nature of "downsizing" has changed considerably in the last 40 years. In industries such as railroading, managers were formerly preoccupied with labour-saving technology. As such, unions struggled for a significant voice and co-determinative role in the introduction of new machinery. In Canada, unions came close to obtaining such a role through the recommendations of the Freedman Report. Following their defeat in acquiring a major role in determining issues of technological change, railway unions focused on winning employment security provisions in their contracts. However, managers would view employment security as an anomaly when they turned to organizational change to increase productivity. More recently, older railway unions and newer union entrants to the industry have experienced tactical disagreements over how to confront the offensive against employment security in railroading.
Keywords: Canada; INDUSTRIAL management; Labor Unions; Layoffs; Railroads; Unemployment; job security

The End of Marriage? Individualism and Intimate Relations - Eichler, Margrit (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "The End of Marriage? Individualism and Intimate Relations," by Jane Lewis.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; END of Marriage? Individualism & Intimate Relations; The (Book); INTERPERSONAL relations; LEWIS; Jane; Nonfiction

Mass Communication in Canada - Ellerman, Evelyn (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Mass Communication in Canada," 4th edition, by Rowland Lorimer and Mike Gasher.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Communication; GASHER; Mike; LORIMER; Rowland; MASS Communication in Canada (Book); Nonfiction

With These Hands: The Hidden World of Migrant Farm Workers Today - Epp, Roger (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "With These Hands: The Hidden World of Migrant Farm Workers Today," by Daniel Rothenberg.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; MIGRANT agricultural workers; Nonfiction; ROTHENBERG; Daniel; WITH These Hands: The Hidden World of Migrant Farm Workers Today (Book)

Surviving Poverty in Medieval Paris: Gender, Ideology, and the Daily Lives of the Poor - Farr, James R. (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Surviving Poverty in Medieval Paris: Gender, Ideology, and the Daily Lives of the Poor," by Sharon Farmer.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; FARMER; Sharon; Nonfiction; POVERTY; SURVIVING Poverty in Medieval Paris: Gender; Ideology & the Daily Lives of the Poor (Book)

Biomedicine and Alternative Healing Systems in America: Issues of Class, Race, Ethnicity, and Gender - Feldberg, Georgina (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "Biomedicine and Alternative Healing Systems in America: Issues of Class, Race, Ethnicity, and Gender," by Hans A. Baer.
Keywords: BAER; Hans A.; BIOMEDICINE & Alternative Healing Systems in America: Issues of Class; Race; Ethnicity & Gender (Book); BOOKS – Reviews; Medicine; Nonfiction

Book Notes [51, Spring 2003] - Finkel, Alvin (Labour/Le Travail, 2003)
The article briefly reviews Bridget Anderson's "Doing the Dirty Work? The Global Realities of Domestic Labour;" Barbara Paleczny's "Clothed in Integrity: Weaving Just Cultural Relations and the Garment Industry;" Walter Johnson's "Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market;" Anna Heilman's "Never Far Away: The Auschwitz Chronicles of Anna Heilman;" Lesley Gill's "Teetering on the Rim: Global Restructuring, Daily Life, and the Armed Retreat of the Bolivian State;" "Public Sector Pay Determination in the European Union" edited by Robert Elliott, Claudio Lucifora, and Dominique Meurs; Philip Resnick's "The Politics of Resentment: British Columbia Regionalism and Canadian Unity;" "Against the Grain: Foresters and Politics in Nova Scotia" by L. Anders Sandberg and Peter Clancy; and "The Nonprofit Sector in Canada: Roles and Relationships," edited by Keith G. Banting.

Book Notes [52, Fall 2003] - Finkel, Alvin (Labour/Le Travail, 2003)
The article briefly reviews Howard Margolian's "Unauthorized Entry: The Truth About Nazi War Criminals in Canada, 1946-1956;" Raka Ray's "Fields of Protest: Women's Movements in India;" Naila Kabeer's "The Power to Choose: Bangladeshi Women and Labour Market Decisions in London and Dhaka;" Daniel James's "Doña María's Story : Life, History, Memory, and Political History;" "Women's Work in Britain and France" by Abigail Gregory and Jan Windebank; Elliott D. Sclar's "You Don 'I Always Get What You Pay For: The Economics of Privatization;" Mary H. Blewett's "Constant Turmoil: The Politics of Industrial Life in Nineteenth- Century New England;" Keith Wrightson's "Earthly Necessity: Economic Lives in Early Modern Britain;" Stephen Heathorn's "For Home, Country and Race: Constructing Gender, Class, and Englishness in the Elementary School, 1880-1914;" and Mêlante Nolan's "Bread Winning: New Zealand Women and the State."

Setting up Shop: Self-Employment Among Canadian College and University Graduates - Finnie, Ross; Laporte, Christine (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
This article reports the results of an empirical analysis of self-employment among recent college and university graduates using the National Graduates Survey databases. It finds that self-employment rates 2 years after graduation, calculated by year of graduation and level of education, ranged from 6.5% to 7.8% for men, and from 3.2% to 5.2% for women. Five years after graduation, the rates had increased, ranging from 9.9% to 11.1% of men, and from 5.3% to 6.7% for women. The evidence regarding employment rates, job satisfaction, the job-education skill match and earnings (the latter including the estimation of both cross-sectional and fixed effects models) suggests that self-employment is generally associated with enhanced labor market outcomes - that is, the results of "pull" factors. Policy implications are discussed.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; College graduates; Earnings; Education; Employment; Job satisfaction; LABOR market; Labor Unions; Postsecondary graduates; Self employment; Statistical analysis; Studies

Earnings Supplements and Job Quality among Former Welfare Recipients - Foley, Kelly; Schwartz, Saul (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
The Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) offered a generous but time-limited earnings supplement to a randomly assigned group of lone parents—who were also long-term social assistance recipients—if they found full-time work and left social assistance. Employment data was collected for this group over a three-year period following the offer, and for a randomly-assigned control group. This article analyzes the characteristics of the first job that SSP participants found after they left social assistance. The occupations and industries of the first job held are analyzed as is SSP's impact on hourly wages, weekly hours and job stability. The article finds that SSP increased employment in jobs that were no worse (and no better) than the jobs that participants might have taken in the absence of the program.
Keywords: Canada; SUPPLEMENTAL security income program; WELFARE recipients – Employment

The Progressive Tradition in Canadian Literature - Frank, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews and comments on the book, "Progressive Heritage: The Evolution of a Politically Radical Literary Tradition in Canada," by James Doyle.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; Canadian literature; DOYLE; James; Nonfiction; PROGRESSIVE Heritage: The Evolution of a Politically Radical Literary Tradition in Canada (Book)

In the Company of Diamonds: De Beers, Kelinzee, and the Control of a Town - Frayne, Bruce (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "In the Company of Diamonds: De Beers, Kelinzee and the Control of a Town," by Peter Carstens.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; CARSTENS; Peter; IN the Company of Diamonds: De Beers; Kelinzee & the Control of a Town (Book); NATURAL resources; Nonfiction

Working-Class Public History in the Context of Deindustrialization: Dilemmas of Authority and the Possibilities of Dialogue - Frisch, Michael H. (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The paper is framed by the author's reminiscence of his attendance at a public tour of the Springhill underground mine in Nova Scotia. The tour guide, in response to a question, suddenly spoke compellingly of the disaster that had taken place there. The paper then analyzes the place of oral and public working-class history in an era of deindustrialization. There is a tendency for oral history to be used simply to provide an emotional gloss, but the author argues that particular incidents can also become a turning point in terms of the bigger picture. The author emphasizes the usefulness of dialogue and mutual interrogation in the cultural re-situation and re-imagination of narratives of workers' experience, struggles, and perspectives on change.
Keywords: Canada; History; INDUSTRIAL management; Industrial relations; Labor; Nova Scotia; Oral history; PUBLIC history; Social classes; WORKING class – History

Labour Protection for Self-employed Workers - Fudge, Judy (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2003)
Self-employed workers have an legal ambiguous status. Traditionally self-employment is equated with entrepreneurship and legally it is considered to be a form of independent contracting and thus outside the ambit of labour protection and collective bargaining laws. But the evidence suggests that most of the self-employed, especially those who do not employ other workers, are much more like employees than they are like entrepreneurs. Instead of attempting to draw a new line between employment and independent contracting for the purpose of determining the scope of labour protection, collective bargaining, and social insurance laws, all workers, including the self-employed, who depend on the sale of their capacity to work should be covered by these laws, unless there are compelling public policy reasons for a narrower definition.

L'Europe syndicale au quotidien : la représentation des salariés en France, Allemagne, Grande-Bretagne et Italie - Gagnon, Mélanie (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)

Syndicalisme et classe ouvrière. Histoire et évolution d’un malentendu - Gagnon, Mona-Josée (Lien social et Politiques, 2003)
Prenant son départ dans une réflexion sur la notion de classe sociale, cet article analyse l’histoire et l’évolution du syndicalisme eu égard à son lien avec une classe ouvrière qu’il a eu pour mission de représenter. La construction de deux paradigmes contraires, qui se sont succédé et qui font écho à différents changements sociaux, permet de mettre en relief et de sérier les problèmes identitaires qui affectent le syndicalisme, tant dans son rôle de régulation que dans son rôle de contestation. La remise en question de la représentation biclassiste de la société, qui a caractérisé tant la pensée marxiste et le projet social-démocrate que plusieurs courants d’analyse sociologique, jointe à la « disqualification » de la classe ouvrière comme principal acteur du changement social, témoigne de la nécessité de rethéoriser le syndicalisme selon une approche dialectique, seule capable de prendre en compte les contradictions multiples qui façonnent le fait syndical.

Sweatshop Warriors: Immigrant Women Workers Take on the Global Economy / Disposable Domestics: Immigrant Women Workers in the Global Economy - Gannagé, Charlene (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Two books are reviewed: "Sweatshop Warriors: Immigrant Women Workers Take on the Global Economy," by Miriam Ching Yoon Louie, and "Disposable Domestics: Immigrant Women Workers in the Global Economy," by Grace Chang.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Domestic service; Employment; Foreign labor; Global economy; Globalization; Immigrant women; Labor Unions; Sweatshops; Women

Harnessing Labour Confrontation: Shaping the Postwar Settlement in Canada, 1943-1950 - Gereluk, Winston (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Reviews the book 'Harnessing Labour Confrontation: Shaping the Postwar Settlement in Canada, 1943-1950,' by Peter McInnis.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; HARNESSING Labour Confrontation (Book); Industrial relations; MCINNIS; Peter; Nonfiction

The World Turned: Essays on Gay History, Politics and Culture - Godbout, Louis (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "The World Turned: Essays on Gay History, Politics and Culture," by John D'Emilio.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; D'EMILIO; John; GAY people; Nonfiction; WORLD Turned: Essays on Gay History; Politics & Culture; The (Book)

Volunteer Activity and the Demands of Work and Family - Gomez, Rafael; Gunderson, Morley (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
The importance of volunteer activity for employees, employers and governmental and non-governmental organizations that are increasingly relying on volunteers is discussed, followed by an econometric analysis relating volunteer activity to a variety of characteristics of work and family as well as to personal and demographic characteristics of the volunteers. The analysis is based on Cycle 9 of the Canadian General Social Survey (GSS) of 1994—an ideal data set since it links volunteer activity to a wide range of characteristics of work and family. The results are interpreted through the lens of a household production function framework, highlighting the importance of time cost and income, but also characteristics of work and family. (English)
Keywords: Employees; Employers; Industrial relations; SOCIAL surveys; Volunteers; Work & family

Scènes de la vie en rouge. L'époque de Jeanne Corbin 1906 - 1944 - Goyette, Julien (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Scènes de la vie en rouge: L'époque de Jeanne Corbin 1906-1944," by Andrée Lévesque.

De Français à Paysans. Modernité et tradition dans le peuplement du Canada français - Grabowski, Jan (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "De Français à Paysans: Modernité et tradition dans le peuplement du Canada français," by Leslie P. Choquette.

Rainbow Quest: The Folk Music Revival and American Society, 1940-1970 - Gregory, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Rainbow Quest: The Folk Music Revival and American Society, 1940-1970," by Ronald D. Cohen.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; COHEN; Ronald D.; Folk music; Nonfiction; RAINBOW Quest: The Folk Music Revival & American Society 1940-1970 (Book)

Efficacité des pratiques de maintien en emploi des cadres de 50 ans et plus - Guérin, Gilles; Saba, Tania (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Dans le contexte actuel de pénuries de compétences, la fonction ressources humaines — après avoir encouragé les départs anticipés — se voit confrontée au défi de maintenir en emploi les employés vieillissants. Après avoir passé en revue les principales pratiques de gestion associées à la rétention des employés de 50 ans et plus, les auteurs mesurent leur effet sur l’extension de la vie professionnelle de 402 cadres des services sociaux et de santé de Montréal. Les résultats, une fois validés à partir de ceux de deux autres sources de données (tirés de la même enquête), permettent d’élaborer une stratégie de maintien en emploi axée sur les quatre dimensions suivantes : 1) élaboration d’un projet de fin de carrière, 2) aménagement du temps de travail, 3) amélioration de la qualité de vie au travail, 4) stimulants financiers. // In many industries in Quebec and Canada, as well as in other Western countries, labour shortages have now replaced labour surpluses in a context where succession is growing scarce and a real culture of rapid departure has developed as a result of the recent waves of early retirement and the work overload that this has created for the “survivors.” After years of encouraging departures and of managing early retirement programs, the human resources (HR) function now faces the new challenge of attempting to retain aging employees in today’s context of multiple restructuring, infrastructure sharing, growing competition and—for the Public Service—tighter management of the financial resources that the state makes available to institutions. This raises the question of whether it is possible today to have end-of-career employees extend their working lives. In the 1980s and 1990s, numerous studies (Rosen and Jerdee 1985a; Nusberg 1986, 1989; Meier 1988; Dennis 1988; Hale 1990; Shea 1991) presented—based on the specific needs and expectations of this category of workers—management practices which were supposed to satisfy end-of-career employees and encourage them to stay in their jobs longer. However, the issue of the effectiveness of these practices has rarely been addressed. What is the value of this model of managing aging? Can it be useful for HR managers? According to the domain-specific literature, a retention strategy may be based on a number of practices aimed at extending the working life of older employees. These practices will be presented according to seven main categories: career planning, career development, career moves, job content design, time management, pay and benefits, and employment relationship. The effectiveness of these practices will then be assessed on the basis of a sample of managers who, in March 2001, answered a more general questionnaire on job dissatisfaction, mobilization and retention in the Montreal health and social services sector. Out of a total of 3525 managers, 1054 managers answered the questionnaire. Of this number, 402 managers were aged 50 years or over and formed the sample used in this study. Extension of working life (EWL), the dependent variable used in this study, was assessed through four indicators: expectations of early retirement, expectations of extending working life, planned retirement age and desired age (regardless of any financial consideration). Thirty-seven practices which are supposed to be linked with retirement departure were drawn from the literature and retained as independent variables. Other variables—socio-demographic, professional, psychological and organizational—act as control variables in certain analyses. The results show that the percentage of explanation of EWL through end-of-career management practices is only 13%. As amply repeated in the literature, end-of-career managers are particularly partial to individualized arrangements. These managers stay on because their employer has organized a stimulating end-of-career project for them that is either challenging or offers particularly attractive working conditions. Without these accommodations, there is no hope of retaining these managers, short of offering substantial financial incentives. From this analysis of management practices emerged a strategy for retaining older managers based on: (1) a stimulating end-of-career project; (2) individualized arrangements of work time (and place) or advantages which allow for this flexibility and (3) in addition to—or in the absence of—these elements, financial incentives can always be used to “purchase” the retention of older employees. To validate the retention strategy which emerged from the preceding results, two additional analyses were conducted. The first analysis used other independent variables, i.e. the opportunities offered by the workplace to satisfy a number of professional expectations. These variables could be considered as intervening variables between management practices and the decision to stay employed. The second analysis was based on the results of an open-ended question which asked the respondent, “Under what conditions would you agree to extend your career beyond the planned retirement age?” The results allow us to complete and specify the retention strategy described above. Thus, four tools are available to retain end-of-career managers in the Montreal health and social services sector: End-of-career individual project. Time management. Improvement of quality of working life. Financial incentives. Although the impact of these practices on the extension of working life is less significant than the impact of individual factors (seniority, health status, expected financial situation at retirement, importance of work in life, etc.), the impact of these practices is far from insignificant. Thus, this demonstrates that the HR function has a role to play in the development and implementation of a management strategy to retain managers aged 50 or over.
Keywords: Civil service; Executives; Human capital; LABOR market; Labor economics; Public administration

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal - Haiven, Judy (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2003)
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, by Eric Schlosser, is reviewed.

Policing Labour in Canada - Hall, Alan; De Lint, Willem (Policing and Society, 2003)
Recent research on the policing of labour disputes suggests that there have been substantial historical changes in policing practices and policies in North America and Europe. Much of the literature points to a postwar movement from reactive policing grounded in the threat and use of force to a more preventive consent-based approach which relies on communication, negotiation and self-policing. At the same time, there have been conflicting reports of increased use of police force and confrontation with labour in some countries such as Britain, while police actions in a number of recent anti-globalization protests in Canada, the United States and Europe have demonstrated readiness of the police to use substantial force in certain public disorder situations. These developments speak to the need to examine more fully the ways in which the police construct their role and the role of labour unions in labour strikes and public protests. Based on interviews with police in 38 different cities and 10 provincial jurisdictions across Canada, this article looks at the ways in which the police understand and implement policies in strike and protest situations. It is argued that the police in most services have constructed a minimalist role for themselves in "normal" strike and protest situations which is grounded in processes of responsibilization, flexible policing and privatization. As they understand most situations, the "best way" to maintain order is to limit the show and use of force, while relying on negotiation and persuasion to resolve conflicts, and civil court or labour board proceedings and the threat of court imposed fines. At the same time, in contexts where the police perceive a clear threat to public interest or safety, in particular when unions or more typically other radical groups refuse to play by the rules of the game, police thinking shifts markedly to the view that extraordinary force is necessary and justified both to prevent and control public disorder.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10439460308035
Keywords: Accommodation; Canada; Coercion; Labour; Protests; Public Interest; Strikes

Agnes Heller: Socialism, Autonomy and the Postmodern - Hansen, Phillip (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Agnes Heller: Socialism, Autonomy and the Postmodern," by Simon Tormey.
Keywords: AGNES Heller: Socialism; Autonomy & the Postmodern (Book); BOOKS – Reviews; Nonfiction; PHILOSOPHERS; TORMEY; Simon

Les représentations de la confiance entre gestionnaires et représentants syndicaux : une analyse qualitative - Harrison, Denis (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
La confiance est un attribut relationnel essentiel à la coopération dans un contexte de construction de nouvelles formes d’organisation du travail et de partenariat. Une analyse qualitative des représentations de la confiance entre les gestionnaires et les représentants syndicaux nous révèle que la confiance peut présider à la conception d’un nouveau lien entre les agents malgré les divergences dans les représentations des conditions essentielles à ce type de relation. Par ailleurs, notre étude montre que la confiance est un concept multidimensionnel où s’entremêlent des aspects personnels, situationnels et événementiels et des stades de développement dont l’atteinte permet de solidifier la relation malgré certaines difficultés. La confiance révèle une relation empreinte d’ambiguïté selon les agents présents, la situation et les enjeux. Les agents hésitent à accorder entièrement la confiance à l’autre sur la base d’une identité commune. Notre étude sur la confiance conclut que les agents désirent transformer la relation tout en conservant leur identité propre, sans s’aliéner ses besoins, ses valeurs, ses intérêts.
Keywords: Business And Economics–Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics–Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Management; Trust (Psychology)

Extreme Organising: A case study of Hibernia - Hatfield, Robert (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2003)
The article is a first hand account of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) attempt to organise workers on Hibernia's offshore oil drilling platform. Documented are the problems of accessing workers on a worksite in the Atlantic and the challenges of inter-union rivalry to successful union organising campaigns. The paper provides a chronology of the campaign from its beginnings in 1997. Although the CEP won a contested certification in 2001, the struggle at Hibernia continues.

International Work-Time Trends: The Emerging Gap in Hours - Hayden, Anders (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2003)
This paper examines historical and recent trends in average annual work hours. The shared long-term decline in annual hours appears to be giving way to a growing divergence among OECD nations, with notable differences between several European nations and the United States. Significant differences among nations exist in annual vacation entitlements and are emerging with regard to the workweek. Competing notions of work-time flexibility held by employers and employees are an important new element in recent work-time debates, as is the related trend toward individualised forms of work-time reduction. Some European countries with pioneering work-time regimes are reviewed. The paper concludes by raising the question of how Canada can resist the American long-hours model and catch up with leading-edge practices.

Regulating Conflict in Public Sector Labour Relations - Hebdon, Robert; Mazerolle, Maurice (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Using a comprehensive collective bargaining data set, we examine dispute resolution patterns of all bargaining units in the province of Ontario over a 10-year period. A central finding is that bargaining units covered by legislation requiring compulsory interest arbitration arrive at impasse 8.7 percent to 21.7 percent more often than bargaining units in the right to strike sectors. Even after controlling for legislative jurisdiction, union, bargaining unit size, occupation, agreement length, time trend, and part-time status, strong evidence was found that compulsory arbitration has both chilling and dependence effects on the bargaining process. The problem of failure to reach negotiated settlements is particularly acute in the health care sector, especially among hospitals. Our results also call into question the use of interest arbitration in a central bargaining context. The centralized structure appears to exacerbate the negative effects of interest arbitration
Keywords: INTEREST arbitration; Industrial relations; LABOR arbitration; LABOR laws & legislation; MEDICAL care; Public sector

Duquesne and the Rise of Steel Unionism - High, Steven C. (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Duquesne and the Rise of Steel Unionism," by James D. Rose.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; DUQUESNE & the Rise of Steel Unionism (Book); Nonfiction; ROSE; James D.; Steel industry

Brothers and Sisters: Gender and the Labour Movement, a Feminist Labour Studies Conference at the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre, Hamilton, May 2002 - Iacovetta, Franca (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
Reports on the various presentations made by academics and union activists at the day-long conference, including by Madelaine Parent.

Contract Governance and the Canadian Public Sector - Ilcan, Suzan M.; O'Cannor, Daniel M.; Oliver, Marcia L. (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
This essay examines the changing character of public sector work in the Canadian federal public service context. It is based on an empirical examination of various forms of contractual relations currently operative within the Canadian state and on a comparative approach of other western liberal state reform initiatives. We argue that contract governance is an ongoing process involving distinct interrelations between the public and private sectors. In this context, we identify various forms of contract governance and flexibility schemes that have been enfolded and refolded into the conventional structures of governance, and unfolded into a liminal space between the state and civil society through the establishment of nonstandard work and the creation of alternative service delivery programmes. (English)
Keywords: CIVIL society; Civil service; Industrial relations; Private sector; Public administration; Public sector

Absence Culture The Effects of Union Membership Status and Union-Management Climate - Iverson, Roderick D.; Buttigieg, Donna M.; Maguire, Catherine (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Drawing from Nicholson and Johns (1985) typology of absence culture (N = 460 from 43 work groups), we found that greater similarity in union membership status between co-workers was associated with a lowering of a member's absence culture, as was a more harmonious union-management (UM) climate. In addition, greater similarity in union membership was related to a lowered absence culture when the UM climate was perceived to be positive. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings for understanding the social context in which the absence culture of union members is engendered are discussed.
Keywords: Culture; LABOR-management committees; Labor union members; TYPOLOGY (Psychology)

Helping Working Families: The Earned Income Tax Credit - Jacobsen, Joyce P. (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Reviews the book "Helping Working Families: The Earned Income Tax Credit," by Saul D. Hoffman and Laurence S. Seidman.
Keywords: BOOKS – Reviews; EARNED income tax credit; HELPING Working Families (Book); HOFFMAN; Saul D.; Nonfiction; SEIDMAN; Laurence S.