Corporate Canada: An Historical Outline - Clement, Wallace (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Corporate Canada: An Historical Outline," by Gerry van Houten.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CORPORATE Canada: An Historical Outline (Book); Canada; Economic conditions; History; Nonfiction; VAN Houten, Gerry

Gender Conflicts: New Essays in Women's History - Comacchio, Cynthia R. (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Gender Conflicts: New Essays in Women's History," edited by Franca Iacovetta and Mariana Valverde.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; GENDER Conflicts: New Essays in Women's History (Book); Gender; IACOVETTA, Franca; Nonfiction; VALVERDE, Mariana

Cyclical Variations in the Duration of Unemployment Spells - Corak, Miles (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The results of research on the determinants of unemployment spell durations of individuals experiencing job separations in each year from 1978 to 1980 and from 1982 to 1985 are presented. Accelerated failure time models that incorporate explicit assumptions concerning the functional form of the baseline hazard are estimated for each year, and for a variety of functional forms. Cox's (1972) proportional hazards procedure is also employed. The results obtained are robust to the functional form assumed, but not necessarily to the year of data used. It is found that the average duration of an unemployment spell increased significantly as the economy moved into recession during the early 1980s, and that, for the most part, it decreased during the subsequent recovery. However, even though the aggregate unemployment rate fell between 1984 and 1985, the average duration of an unemployment spell increased. For some demographic groups, economic recovery does little to reduce unemployment spell durations. Most notable in this regard is the change in the relationship between age and spell duration.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Business cycles; Demographics; Labor Unions; Labor economics; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Studies; Unemployment

Recasting Steel Labour: The Stelco Story - Corman, June; Luxton, Meg; Livingstone, D.W. (David W.) (Fernwood Publishing, 1993)
This is a local study of steelworkers employed at, or aid off from, Stelco’s Hilton Works in Hamilton, Ontario. This local study has been situated in the context of the global restructuring of capitalism. The authors content that more than ever before the dynamics of the whole world economy limit and shape the actions of its past - a process referred to as “globalizing the local.” Restructuring is taking place in response to global demands. As the global net tighten, local regions and industry have less and less autonomy for independent development. Stelco is best conceived as a sit of the worldwide process of capital accumulation. How has this restructuring impacted on local regions and local worked? This question is the focus of this book, often answered in workers’ and management’s own words. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Iron and steel workers Ontario Hamilton; Steel industry and trade Ontario Hamilton Employees; Stelco Inc

Solidarité inc. Un nouveau syndicalisme créateur d'emplois - Côté, Luc (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book "Solidarité inc: Un nouveau syndicalisme créateur d'emplois," by Louis Fournier.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; FOURNIER, Louis; Nonfiction; QUEBEC (Province) -- Economic conditions; SOLIDARITE inc: Un nouveau syndicalisme createur d'emplois (Book)

Power and Pay: The Union and Equal Pay at B.C. Electric/Hydro - Creese, Gillian (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
Examines the struggle for equal pay for women in a large office union composed of female clerical and male technical and manual workers. The Office and Technical Employees' Union pursued "equal pay for equal job evaluation" for over thirty years from 1949 to 1981, while the employer, B.C. Electric/Hydro, systematically restructured unequal pay. At the same time, union negotiating practices and priorities also reinforced the gendered hierarchy in the workplace, and equal pay for women remained a sectoral "women's issue" rather than a core general union issue.

Regulating Class Privilege: Immigrant Servants in Canada, 1940s-1990s - Daenzer, Patricia M. (Canadian Scholars' Press, 1993)
During the five decades of the transformation of the policies which regulated the importation and placement of immigrant women into household service work, the policy was variously regulated by internal procedures, policy statement, and operational guidelines. This book examines these changes with a focus on understanding how bureaucracy such as Employment and Immigration Canada contributes, through its mandate, to shaping social relationships in the Canadian labour force and society. --Publisher's description
Keywords: 1900-1999; Canada; Canadá; Einwanderin; Employées de maison Politique gouvernementale Canada Histoire; Employées de maison Politique gouvernementale Canada Histoire 20e siècle; Foreign workers Government policy; Foreign workers Government policy Canada History; Geschichte 1940-1990; Hausgehilfin; History; Immigrantes Politique gouvernementale Canada Histoire; Immigrantes Politique gouvernementale Canada Histoire 20e siècle; Kanada; Travailleurs étrangers Politique gouvernementale Canada Histoire; Travailleuses étrangères Politique gouvernementale Canada Histoire 20e siècle; Women foreign workers Government policy Canada History 20th century; Women household employees Government policy Canada History; Women household employees Government policy Canada History 20th century; Women immigrants Government policy; Women immigrants Government policy Canada History; Women immigrants Government policy Canada History 20th century; bibliografía; bibliographie; bibliography; cuadros estadísticos; derechos de los trabajadores; domestic worker; droits des travailleurs; employment policy; employment status; employé de maison; exclusion sociale; exclusión social; graph; graphique; gráfico; migrant workers; migration policy; politique de l'emploi; politique migratoire; política de empleo; política migratoria; protección social; protection sociale; situación ocupacional; social exclusion; social protection; statistical table; statut dans l'emploi; tableau statistique; tendance; tendencia; trabajador doméstico; trabajador migrante; trabajadoras; travailleur migrant; travailleuses; trend; women workers; workers rights

Sur les partis ouvriers (1899-1929): notes bibliographiques - Dansereau, Bernard (Bulletin d'histoire politique, 1993)
Brief review essay that focuses on the emergence of labour parties in Quebec, particularly the Parti ouvrier.

Working Class Experience: Rethinking the History of CanadianLabour, 1800-1991 - Danysk, Cecilia (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Working Class Experience: Rethinking the History of Canadian Labor, 1800-1991," by Bryan D. Palmer.

Le traité du recours à l'encontre d'un congédiement sans cause juste et suffisante - Demers, Diane L. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Le traité du recours à l'encontre d'un congédiement sans cause juste et suffisante," by Pierre Laporte.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Le mouvement ouvrier dans le Nord de l'Ontario: les grèves de 1900 à 1945 - Dennie, Donald (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
Analyzes through the use of tables the principle characteristics of the 181 strikes that took place in the resource-based economy of northern Ontario between 1900 and 1945. Concludes that the strike frequency reflected the pattern of others in the country during the period, that the strikes nvolved mostly workers in the mining, metal, forestry, and pulp and paper industries, that the core issues were union representation and compensation, and that the employer generally won, especially in mining.

Chronologie du Québec - Dionne, Bernard (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Chronologie du Québec," by Jean Provencher.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CHRONOLOGIE du Quebec (Book); History; Nonfiction; PROVENCHER, Jean; QUEBEC (Province)

Disability, Discrimination and Equal Opportunities: A Comparative Study of Legal Models Addressing the Employment Rights of Disabled Persons, with Particular Reference to Britain and the United States - Doyle, Brian John (University of Salford, Department of Business and Management Studies, 1993)
Against the background of growing demands in Britain for anti-discrimination legislation covering disabled persons, the study examines the case for reform, and the shape which such legislation might take, in the employment field. Using the socio-legal tradition, the meaning of disability is explored and the demography, nature and experience of disability is described. The evidence of employment discrimination against disabled persons is evaluated and their position in the labour market is plotted. Existing law on disabled employment rights in Britain is set out and its strengths and weaknesses weighed. The employment rights of disabled workers in the European Community, the United States, Canada and Australia are narrated. Then, using comparative legal methodology, a number of problems and issues in the regulation of disability-related employment discrimination (and the promotion of equal opportunities) are recounted and critically analysed. These problems and issues include the definition of disability discrimination, identification of the protected class, fitness for work and employment qualification, use of reasonable accommodation and positive action, preferential treatment and the role of quotas, and enforcement strategies and remedial action. The experience of the United States is recruited as the primary basis of comparison and lessons for suggested legal reforms in Britain are pointed out. Some general conclusions on the efficacy of disability discrimination laws are drawn. The study surveys a wide variety of primary and secondary legal materials, including legislation and case law, and reviews the pertinent literature drawn from legal scholarship and other relevant disciplines. It does so in the context of a theoretical perspective that borrows from the body of legal theory and concepts developed in race and gender discrimination law.

Improper Advances: Rape and Heterosexual Conflict in Ontario, 1880-1929 - Dubinsky, Karen (Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society, 1993)
Why do men rape women? This is a question for which there are many political, psychological, and sociological answers, but few historical ones. Improper Advances is one of the first books to explore the history of sexual violence in any country. A study of women, men, and sexual crime in rural and northern Ontario, it expands the terms of current debates about sexuality and sexual violence. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Rape -- Ontario -- History

Who is Listening? Teaching Labour History to People Who Don't Want to Learn It (or, Cry me a River, White Boy) - Dubinsky, Karen (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The author reflects on her teaching experiences while a part-time instructor in McMaster University's labour studies program. Focuses on the classroom behaviour of some male students who were hostile toward labour unions and political correctness. Also describes a related incident where a student wrote an exam under false pretenses, for which there was no significant sanction from the administration.
Keywords: CREATIVE nonfiction; Canada; FIRST person narrative; LECTURES & lecturing

Old Deal, New Deal, Raw Deal: The Evolution of the Liberal State in the Modern United States - Dubofsky, Melvyn (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews and comments on Alan Dawley's 'Struggles for Social Justice: Social Responsibility and the Liberal State' (1991) and 'The Rise and Fall of the New Deal Order, 1930-1980' (1989), edited by Steve Fraser and Gary Gerstle.

Femmes et pouvoir dans I'Église - Dumais, Monique (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Femmes et pouvoir dans I'Église," by Anita Caron.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CARON, Anita; FEMMES et pouvoir dans I'Eglise (Book); Nonfiction; WOMEN in the Catholic Church

Alternatives to Lean Production. Work Organization in the Swedish Auto Industry - Dumas, Martin (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Alternatives to Lean Production. Work Organization in the Swedish Auto Industry, by Christian Berggren.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

À la recherche d'un monde oublié. Les communautés religieuses de femmes au Québec, de 1900 à 1970 - Dumont, Micheline (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "À la recherche d'un monde oublié. Les communautés religieuses de femmes au Québec, de 1900 à 1970," by Nicole Laurin, Danielle Juteau, and Lorraine Duchesne.
Keywords: A la recherche d'un monde oublie: Les communautes religieuses de femmes au Quebec de 1900 a 1970 (Book); BOOKS -- Reviews; DUCHESNE, Lorraine; JUTEAU, Danielle; LAURIN, Nicole; MONASTICISM & religious orders for women; Nonfiction

History Workshop: A Collectanea, 1967-1991 - Dyck, Ian (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "History Workshop: A Collectanea, 1967-1991," edited by Raphael Samuel.

Industrial Discipline in the Canadian Federal Jurisdiction - Eden, Genevieve (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
An analysis of adjudicator decisions dealing with complaints of unjust dismissal under the Canada Labour Code is provided. Sections 240 et seq. of the code provides statutory protection against unjust dismissal for nonunionized employees in the federal jurisdiction. The main objective of the study is to determine whether the concept of progressive discipline has been adopted by adjudicators acting under the code. In addition, how adjudicators have viewed progressive discipline, that is, its definition, application, and purpose, is discussed. Data were collected from decisions rendered under the code from its beginning in September 1978 to March 1989. Logit analysis was employed to identify the significant predictors of the dichotomous dependent variable, the probability of the complaint being sustained or denied. The results reveal that adjudicators have adopted the approach to discipline by arbitrators in the unionized sector. The adoption of this principle is questioned, given the potential negative effects of discipline as illustrated in the organizational behavior literature.
Keywords: Arbitration; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Discipline; Employees; Firings; Labor Unions; Labor law; Labor relations; Personnel policies; Regulated industries; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Terminations

Guide Mercer sur la gestion de la rénumération : théorie et pratique - Ferland, Gilles (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Guide Mercer sur la gestion de la rénumération : théorie et pratique," by Roland Thériault Roland.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Économie du travail, 2e éd. - Finnie, Ross (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Économie du travail," 2e éd., by Jean-Michel Cousineau.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Women and Industrial Relations Theory - Forrest, Anne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The need to reexamine academic orthodoxy in the light of recent feminist scholarship is particularly pressing in the case of industrial relations. A study focuses on industrial relations as conceptualized and practiced by academics in Canadian business schools where systems theory remains the predominant analytical paradigm. The purpose of the study is to show that industrial relations so constructed is profoundly gender-biased. As a discipline, industrial relations is growing out of touch, not only with the changing realities of the workplace, but also with academic discourse in the social sciences. While some attention is paid to the so-called women's issues - maternity leave, sexual harassment policies, pay equity, and other issues - attention is limited. What is missing from industrial relations as presently defined and practiced is an analysis of gender relations as power relations.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employment discrimination; Female employees; Human resource management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Sex roles; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social research; Studies

Echoes from Labor's Wars: The Expanded Edition - Frager, Ruth A. (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Echoes from Labor's Wars: The Expanded Edition," by Dawn Fraser,

"Ole Boy": [Memoirs of a Canadian Labour Leader, J.K. Bell] - Frank, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "'Ole Boy': Memoirs of a Canadian Labour Leader, J.K. Bell," by Sue Calhoun.
Keywords: Bell, J. K. (James Koval); Biiography; Nova Scotia; Trade unions

Teaching Labour History - Frank, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The author discusses his experiences teaching labour history at the university, trade union, and public levels, as well as a media commentator on labour-related issues. Concludes that labour historians can make a distinctive contribution to the historical pursuit of meaning by shifting the terms of public discourse toward a working-class perspective.
Keywords: CREATIVE nonfiction; Canada; FIRST person narrative; Labor; Study & teaching

Women from Spillertown: A Memoir of Agnes Burns Wieck - Frank, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Women from Spillertown: A Memoir of Agnes Burns Wieck," by David Thoreau Wieck.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Biographies; Nonfiction; WIECK, David Thoreau; WOMEN From Spillertown: A Memoir of Agnes Burns Wieck (Book)

Transitions et précarité de l'emploi - Fréchet, Guy (Labour/Le Travail, 1993)
Analyzes employment transitions and precarity for the period 1988-89 using Statistics Canada data including age, gender, education, and students relative to other groups. Concludes that young people have the most difficulty entering the labour market, gender made little difference, people in the middle range of education that did not complete degrees are more affected than those at the extremes, and that part-time students are the most affected. Also concludes that Ontario was the least affected region, that large firms were less affected, that the tertiary employment and primary occupational sectors appeared to be more favoured, and that those without employment protection but with a pension plan also appeared to be more fortunate.
Keywords: Employees; Job hunting; LABOR supply; Occupational mobility; Research; job security

H.C. Pentland and Continuing Education at the University of Manitoba: Teaching Labour History to Trade Unionists - Friesen, Gerald (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
Discusses the Manitoba Federation of Labour-University of Manitoba three-year certificate program and the students who enroll in it. Describes the impetus for the program and reports on interviews with six 1978-79 graduates in order to assess the impact both of the the program and the distinctive labour history course, originally designed and taught economist H. Clare Pentland, that was particularly successful. Concludes that more consideration be given to course design and pedagogy to create teaching and learning experiences that are memorable.
Keywords: Adult education; CONTINUING education; Civil service; EDUCATIONAL programs; Labor; Labor Unions; MANITOBA; PROFESSIONAL education; SOCIAL status; Social aspects; Study & teaching; UNIVERSITY of Manitoba

Par monts et par vaux. Migrants canadiens-français et italiens dans I économie nord-atlantique. 1860- 1914 - Gagnon, France (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book ,"Par monts et par vaux: Migrants canadiens-français et italiens dans I'économie nord-atlantique, 1860-1914," by Bruno Ramirez.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Canada; Immigrants; Nonfiction; PAR monts et par vaux: Migrants canadiens-francais et italiens dans I'economie nord-atlantique 1860-1914 (Book); RAMIREZ, Bruno

L'absence pour maladie de longue durée chez des travailleuses d'une institution financière - Gascon, Hélène (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
Cet article examine s'il y a un lien entre le recours à l'absence pour maladie de longue durée et certaines conditions d'exécution du travail, chez des employées de bureau d'une grande institution financière du Québec.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employees; Employment; Financial institutions; Health aspects; Labor Unions; Labor unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z; Women; Working conditions

Changements dans les legislations du travail au Canada: 1er janvier au 31 mars 1993 [v. 48, no. 3, 1993] - Gauvin, Michel; Brennan, Geoffrey (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor law; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Changements dans les legislations du travail au Canada [v. 48, no. 2, 1993] = Changes in Canada labour law (1er octobre au 31 decembre 1992; 1 October to 31 December 1992) - Gauvin, Michel; Brennan, Geoffrey (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor law; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Changes in Canada labour law: 1 January to 31 March 1993 - Gauvin, Michel; Brennan, Geoffrey (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor law; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Changements dans les legislations du travail au Canada: 1er avril au 30 juin 1993 [v. 48, no. 3, 1993] - Gauvin, Michel; Brennan, Jeffrey (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor law; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Changes in Canadian labour law: 1 April to 30 June 1993 - Gauvin, Michel; Brennan, Jeffrey (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor law; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Employers' Perceptions of the Re-Employment Barriers Faced by Older Job Hunters - Gibson, Kevin J.; Zerbe, Wilfrid J.; Franken, Robert E. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The barriers to re-employment identified by Canadian respondents in a study in part represent accurate reflections of the problems facing the mature unemployed, however, many of the beliefs and attitudes of employers represent inaccurate or unfounded perceptions. The most frequently cited barrier to the re-employment of older job-hunters was that older workers are less qualified for contemporary employment than younger workers. Socio-cultural orientations of stereotyping assume that the media and other socializing agents directly and effectively teach prevailing cultural stereotypes. This suggests that there are a number of things which can be done within organizations to focus attention on the inappropriate role that stereotypes play in the evaluation of older workers.
Keywords: Age and employment; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Corporate culture; Job hunting; Labor Unions; Older workers; Polls & surveys; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical data; Stereotypes

Economic Restructuring & Industrial Relations in Australia & New Zealand: A Comparative Analysis // Review - Gilson, Clive H. J.; Haworth, Nigel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Industrial research; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Economic Restructuring and Industrial Relations in Australia and New Zealand: A Comparative Analysis - Gilson, Clive H.J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Economic Restructuring and Industrial Relations in Australia and New Zealand: A Comparative Analysis," edited by Mark Bray and Nigel Haworth.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The State of the Unions - Gilson, Clive H.J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "The State of the Unions," edited by George Strauss, Daniel Gallagher, and Jack Fiorito.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The Invention of Free Labor: The Employment, Relation in English and American Law and Culture, 1350-1870 - Glickstein, Jonathan A. (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "The Invention of Free Labor: The Employment, Relation in English and American Law and Culture, 1350-1870," by Robert J. Steinfeld.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; EMPLOYMENT (Economic theory); INVENTION of Free Labor: The Employment Relation in English & American Law & Culture 1350-1870, The (Book); Nonfiction; STEINFELD, Robert J.

L'État de santé des Montréalais 1880-1914 - Goulet, Denis (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "L'État de santé des Montréalais 1880-1914," by Martin Tétreault.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; History; L'ETAT de sante des Montrealais 1880-1914 (Book); MONTREAL (Quebec); Nonfiction; TETREAULT, Martin

The Patriots and the People: The Rebellion of 1837 in Rural Lower Canada - Greer, Allan (Social history of Canada, 1993)
The Lower Canadian Rebellion of 1837 has been called the most important event in pre-Confederation history. Previously, it has been explained as a response to economic distress or as the result of manipulation by middle-class politicians. Lord Durham believed it was an expression of racial conflict. The Patriots and the People is a fundamental reinterpretation of the Rebellion. Allan Greer argues that far being passive victims of events, the habitants were actively responding to democratic appeals because the language of popular sovereignty was in harmony with their experience and outlook. He finds that a certain form of popular republicanism, with roots deep in the French-Canadian past, drove the anti-government campaign. Institutions such as the militia and the parish played an important part in giving shape to the movement, and the customs of the maypole and charivari provided models for the collective actions against local representatives of the colonial regime. In looking closely into the actions, motives, and mentality of the rural plebeians who formed a majority of those involved in the insurrection, Allan Greer brings to light new causes for the revolutionary role of the normally peaceful French-Canadian peasant. By doing so he provides a social history with new dimensions. --Publisher's description
Keywords: 1837-1838; Aufstand; Canada; Canada Histoire 1837-1838 (Rébellion); Canada History Rebellion, 1837-1838; Geschichte 1837-1838; Habitants Political activity Quebec(Province); History; Opstanden; Québec; Québec (Provinz) Aufstand (1837-1838); Québec Aufstand; Rebellions History

Québec Trade Union Internationalism: The case of the Conféderation des syndicats nationaux - Güntzel, Ralph P. (Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien, 1993)

The Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN), the Idea of Independence, and the Sovereignist Movement, 1960-1980 - Güntzel, Ralph Peter (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
During most of the 1960s, the CSN was both an advocate of provincial autonomy and a defender of federalism. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, however, a majority of its militants came to favour separatism. In 1980, the CSN gave its critical approval to a yes vote in the referendum. Yet the labour union central did not officially endorse independence, mostly because its leadership feared internal divisions and disaffiliations. In addition, the CSN expressed its disappointment with the governmental record of the Parts québécois which had come to power in 1976.
Keywords: AUTONOMY (Political science); CONFEDERATION des syndicats nationaux; Federal government; PRACTICAL politics; REFERENDUM; SOVEREIGNTY (Political science)

Master and Servant in England and the Empire: A Comparative Study - Hay, Douglas; Craven, Paul (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
Sets out the parameters of a jointly authored study to be published on the complexities and implications of the law of master and servant in England and the British Empire. Argues that the concept and provision of employment legislation can be determined through individual contract and through penal sanctions that continue to affect employment law. Analysis of the law from the 17th century to the 20th centuries shows the varying legislation developed into a distinctive jurisdiction that was enforced by magistrates, both formally and informally. Discusses the methodology and process involved in the study, including the building of a database of all relevant statutes. Note: The book was subsequently published as "Masters, Servants, and Magistrates in Britain and the Empire, 1562-1955." edited by Douglas Hay and Paul Craven, North Carolina Press, 2005.
Keywords: CONTRACTS for work & labor; Comparative studies; EMPLOYMENT (Economic theory); EMPLOYMENT policy; Employees; England; LABOR laws & legislation; Labor policy; STATUTES; Social conditions

Markets, Firms and the Management of Labour in Modern Britain - Hercus, Terry (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Rethinking Labour-Management Relations: The Case for Arbitration," by Howard F. Gospel.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; History; Labor; Labor Unions; Labor economics; Labor relations; Labor unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Towards Synthesis in Canadian Working-Class History: Reflections on Bryan Palmer's Rethinking - Heron, Craig (Left History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Historical Inquiry and Debate, 1993)
"What ever happened to the great Canadian labour-history debates of the early 1980s?" a well-informed Argentinian labour historian asked me recently. The gist of my rambling, uncertain response was "Things have become a lot more complex." Bryan Palmer must have had similar thoughts when he sat down to revise and update his nearly ten-year-old history of the Canadian working-class.' The publication of his self-styled "rethinking" of the field gives us all an opportunity to reflect on how the writing of working-class history has evolved and changed since those heady days and what a synthesis of the huge volume of new work ought to look like. It seems appropriate to place Palmer at the centre of such a historiographical review since the 1983 version of his Working-Class Experience was widely seen as the first synthesis of the new working-class history and, indeed, in his long series of books and articles, and through his penchant for confrontation and debate, Palmer has played a major role in defining what the rest of the historical profession (and many others) thought Canadian labour historians were up to. With this new book, he has returned to centre stage. --Author's introduction

Equality and Difference: Feminism and the Defence of Women Workers During the Great Depression - Hobbs, Margaret (Margaret Helen) (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
Using the theoretical framework of the feminist debates about equality and difference, this article deconstructs the arguments used by feminists and others to defend women's status as workers in the Great Depression, a period notorious for its anti-working woman sentiment. The findings suggest the false polarity of the equal rights and maternalist traditions, tracing the articulation of both in the 1930s, showing their points of intersection, and ultimately questioning their existence in any pure form.

Canadian Socialism: Essays on the CCF-NDP - Horn, Michiel (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Canadian Socialism: Essays on the CCF-NDP," by Alan Whitehorn.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CANADIAN Socialism: Essays on the CCF-NDP (Book); Canada; History; Nonfiction; Politics & government; WHITEHORN, Alan

The Nature of Their Bodies: Women and Their Doctors in Victorian Canada - Howell, Colin (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "The Nature of Their Bodies: Women and Their Doctors in Victorian Canada," by Wendy Mitchinson.

Sex Differences in a Pink-Collar Occupation - Hunt, Gerald (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
A study compared men and women clerical-secretarial workers in one public-sector institution (University of Toronto). Just 7% of the workforce was male, and they were concentrated mainly in the clerical job classifications. Men were found to be less committed to the occupation than women and reported a greater sense of occupational choice. Women tended to find the work more personally meaningful than men, and men were somewhat more likely to find the work trivial and tedious. Both sexes were extremely discontent with their developmental and promotional opportunities. This suggests an occupation with inadequate developmental opportunities and inadequate succession planning, rather than one in which there is a systematic gender bias influencing who gets ahead. Younger workers felt this gap in opportunity even more strongly than older workers. Younger workers as a group may be less willing to accept the sorts of conditions and restraints that have for too long been part and parcel of pink-collar occupations.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Clerical personnel; Comparative studies; Female employees; Gender; Human resource management; Job satisfaction; Labor Unions; Male employees; Secretaries; Sex roles; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical data

Paradigm Shift. The New Promise of Information Technology - Hurtubise, Rolland (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Paradigm Shift. The New Promise of Information Technology," by Don Tapscott and Art Caston.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z; information technology

Such Hardworking People: Italian Immigrants in Postwar Toronto - Iacovetta, Franca (McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history, 1993)
During the last century, 26 million Italian women, men, and children have traded an uncertain future in Italy for the prospect of a better life elsewhere. Canada has long been home to Italian immigrants, but in the years just after the Second World War they began to arrive in multitudes. Toronto emerged as the most popular Canadian destination and now, with more than 400,000 residents of Italian heritage, has one of the largest Italian populations outside Italy. Franca Iacovetta describes the working-class experiences of those who came to Toronto from southern Italy between 1946 and 1965, focusing on the relations between newly arrived immigrant workers and their families." "The Italians who came to Toronto before 1965 were predominantly young, healthy women and men eager to secure jobs and prepared to make sacrifices in order to secure a more comfortable life for themselves and their children. Franca Iacovetta examines the changes many of them had to face during the transition from peasant worker in an under-developed, rural economy to wage-earner in an urban, industrial society." "Although both women and men had to struggle and were exploited, Iacovetta shows that they found innovative ways to recreate cherished rituals and customs from their homeland and to derive a sense of dignity and honour from the labours they performed." "Such Hardworking People is informed by a feminist analysis. Iacovetta shows that for both sexes work patterns and experiences, as well as self-perceptions, were influenced by domestic responsibilities and gender relations within the household and by the labour market, employer strategies, and kin-linked networks of support. In addition to conducting numerous interviews with some of the immigrants, she has drawn on recent scholarship in immigration, family, labour studies, oral history, and women's history. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Canadiens d'origine italienne Ontario Toronto Conditions sociales; Foreign workers, Italian; Foreign workers, Italian Ontario Toronto; Immigrants Ontario Toronto Conditions sociales; Immigrants Ontario Toronto Social conditions; Immigrants Social conditions; Italian Canadians Ontario Toronto Social conditions; Italians Ontario Toronto Social conditions; Italians Social conditions; Italiens Ontario Toronto Conditions sociales; Ontario Toronto; Travailleurs étrangers italiens Ontario Toronto

Gender Conflicts: New Essays in Women's History - Iacovetta, Franca; Valverde, Mariana (Social history of Canada, 1993)
In the early 1970s, when women's history began to claim attention as an emerging discipline in North American universities, it was dominated by a middle-class Anglo-Saxon bias. Today the field is much more diverse, a development reflected in the scope of this volume. Rather than documenting the experiences of women solely in a framework of gender analysis, its authors recognize the interaction of race, class, and gender as central in shaping women's lives, and men's. These essays represent an exciting breakthrough in women's studies, expanding the borders of the discipline while breaking down barriers between mainstream and women's history. --Publisher's description. Contents: When the mother of the race is free': Race, reproduction, and sexuality in first-wave feminism / Mariana Valverde -- Maidenly girls' or 'designing women'? The crime of seduction in turn-of-the-century Ontario / Karen Dubinsky -- The 'hallelujah lasses': Working-class women in the Salvation Army in English Canada, 1882-92 / Lynne Marks -- The alchemy of politicization: Socialist women and the early Canadian left / Janice Newton -- Wounded womanhood and dead men: Chivalry and the trials of Clara Ford and Carrie Davies / Carolyn Strange -- Class, ethnicity, and gender in the Eaton strikes of 1912 and 1934 / Ruth A. Frager -- 'Feminine trifles of vast importance': Writing gender into the history of consumption / Cynthia Wright -- Making 'new Canadians': Social workers, women, and the reshaping of immigrant families / Franco Iacovetta.

"The American Blindspot": Reconstruction According to Eric Foner and W.E.B. Du Bois - Ignatiev, Noel (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
Examines the differing interpretations of Foner and Du Bois on labour and class struggle during the Reconstruction period following the American Civil War. Du Bois focused on the revolutionary, proletarian character of Reconstruction as black workers asserted their political power in the American South, despite violent white opposition. Foner, in contrast, emphasized the triumph of the white Northern bourgeoisie. Argues that Du Bois rightly pointed to what he called " the American blindspot," i.e., the racial prejudice that precluded white labour from forming a partnership with blacks, instead colluding with capital. Concludes that Du Bois' perspective put him at odds with other Marxist analysts, including the US Communist Party, which during its Popular Front period of the 1930s considered Reconstruction to be a bourgeois revolution.
Keywords: Capitalism; Criticism; ELITE (Social sciences); FONER, Eric, 1943-; QUALITY of life; RECONSTRUCTION: America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877 (Book); Slavery

'Fort Frick' and the Amalgamated: The Homestead Lockout of 1892 in Historical Perspective - Ingham, John N. (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the books "The Battle for Homestead, 1880-1892: Politics, Culture and Steel," by Paul Krause and "The River Ran Red: Homestead 1892," edited by David P. Demarest.
Keywords: BATTLE for Homestead 1880-1892: Politics, Culture & Steel, The (Book); BOOKS -- Reviews; DEMAREST, David P.; KRAUSE, Paul; Nonfiction; RIVER Ran Red: Homestead 1892, The (Book)

Guide d'histoire du Québec du régime français à nos jours - Jean, Dominique (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Guide d'Histoire du Québec du Régime Français à nos jours," edited by Jacques Rouillard, Jacques.

The Spirit of 1848: German Immigrants. Labor Conflict, and the Coming of the Civil War - Jentz, John B. (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "The Spirit of 1848: German Immigrants, Labor Conflict, and the Coming of the Civil War," by Bruce Levine.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; LEVINE, Bruce; MIGRANT labor; Nonfiction; SPIRIT of 1848: German Immigrants, Labor Conflict & the Coming of the Civil War, The (Book)

La question indienne au Canada - Jetten, Marc (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "La question indienne au Canada," by Renée Dupuis.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DUPUIS, Renee; FIRST Nations (Canada) -- Government relations; LA question indienne au Canada (Book); Nonfiction

Le déracinement des écoles normales : le transfert de la formation des maîtres à l'université - Johnston, Wendy (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Le déracinement des écoles normales : le transfert de la formation des maîtres à l'université," by Thérèse Hamel.

Jock Tar in History. Essays in the History of Maritime Life and Labour - Julian Gwyn (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Jock Tar in History: Essays in the History of Maritime Life and Labour," edited by Colin Howell and Richard Twomey.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; HOWELL, Colin; JOCK Tar in History, Essays in the History of Maritime Life & Labour (Book); LABOR supply; Nonfiction; TWOMEY, Richard

Editor's Note = Note du rédacteur [32, Fall 1993] - Kealey, Gregory S. (Labour/Le Travail, 1993)
Reports that two recent journal articles have received awards. Corrects the omission of the cover credit as well as a line that was dropped from the article, "With Our Own Two Hands," both published in the previous issue.

Editor's Note= Note du rédacteur [v. 31, Spring 1993] - Kealey, Gregory S. (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
Discusses the articles, research reports, document and critique sections, and review essays published in the issue. Three papers from the Canadian Committee on Labour History's symposium in June 1992 are also presented. A paper published in v. 25 of the journal has received an award. A correction is made to page 324 of the previous issue, for which the editor apologizes to the review writer.
Keywords: BACK to the land movements; Child labor; Housing

The Depression Years, 1933-1934 - Kealey, Gregory S.; Whitaker, Reginald (R.C.M.P. Security Bulletins, 1993)
This volume completes the series of Royal Canadian Mounted Police Security Bulletins for late 1933 and 1934. It begins a new series on the Depression years. These Bulletins allow us to see not only the nature of RCMP Security concerns but also the underlying ideology of the Security Service. The volume also contains a critical introduction by Gregory S. Kealey. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Canada; Communism; History; Internal security; RCMP; Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP); Subversive activities

The Depression Years, 1935 - Kealey, Gregory S.; Whitaker, Reginald (R.C.M.P. Security Bulletins, 1993)
This volume documents the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's surveillance activities during 1935 and contains informants', agents', and operatives' perspectives on developments within the Communist Party of Canada on labour unions, and on unemployed organizations. It includes coverage of the 1935 federal election, the successes of red unions, and the development of popular front strategies. The introduction by historian John Manley provides a considered overview of the events. The volume is fully indexed. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Canada; Communism; History; Internal security; Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP); Subversive activities

The Depression Years, 1936 - Kealey, Gregory S.; Whitaker, Reginald (R.C.M.P. Security Bulletins, 1993)
This volume is a continuation of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Security Bulletins series on the Depression. The RCMP Security Service reported in these Bulletins on security and intelligence matters to Cabinet and other government officals. Those for 1936 contain much material on labour and the left. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Canada; Communism; History; Internal security; ROYAL Canadian Mounted Police; Subversive activities

The Depression Years, 1937 - Kealey, Gregory S.; Whitaker, Reginald (R.C.M.P. Security Bulletins, 1993)
These Bulletins show that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's continued fascination with the Communist Party of Canada (CPC) was broadened to include the Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO) in 1937. The RCMP believed the CPC's fingerprints were all over the CIO. Other topics examined in the bulletins include reports on the Spanish Civil War, municipal elections, ethnic newspapers and strikes. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Canada; Communism; History; Internal security; Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP); Subversive activities

The Depression Years, 1938-39 - Kealey, Gregory S.; Whitaker, Reginald (R.C.M.P. Security Bulletins, 1993)
This volume completes the Depression Years Series and, for the time being, our publication of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Bulletins, John Manley examines the RCMP fascination with the CPC and how the CPC coped with the Popular Front and the Nazi-Soviet pact. Manley concludes that the CPC's anti-war line was a disaster, claiming that "undoubtedly..., the Comintern was the RCMP's best friend"(29) --Publisher's description
Keywords: Canada; Communism; History; Internal security; Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP); Subversive activities

The War Series, Part 2, 1942-1945 - Kealey, Gregory S.; Whitaker, Reginald (R.C.M.P. Security Bulletins, 1993)
This volume completes the series of Royal Canadian Mounted Police Security Bulletins for World War II, following on the War Series, Vol. 1, 1939-1941. These Bulletins allow us to see not only the nature of RCMP Security concerns but also the underlying ideology of the Security Service. The volume also contains a critical introduction by the editors. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Canada; Communism; History; Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP); War

Rethinking Social Policy: Race, Poverty, and the Underclass - Kelley, Robin D.G. (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Rethinking Social Policy: Race, Poverty, and the Underclass," by Christopher Jencks.

With Our Own Hands: Margaret Fairley and the 'Real Makers' of Canada - Kimmel, David; Kealey, Gregory S. (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
Introduces the Communist writer, educator, and activist Margaret Fairley, who in the 1950s edited a book of Canadian oral labour history that was left unfinished. The book, entitled "With Our Own Hands," included three manuscripts - memoirs of Claude Theodore, Peter Cordoni, and A.J. MacDonald - that are published for the first time. Collectively, they shed light on the largely rural, immigrant, working-class experience of Canada in the early 20th century. MacDonald's reminiscences also describe life in the village of Cadott, Wisconsin, in the 1890s, before the family moved to Alberta. The manuscripts are located at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto.
Keywords: ACTIVISTS; AUTHORS; CONSERVATIVES; Canada; Communists; FAIRLEY, Margaret; POLITICAL participation; PRACTICAL politics; Social movements

The Eastern Airlines Strike: Accomplishments of the Rank-and-File Machinists and Gains for the Labor Movement - Kondra, Alex (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "The Eastern Airlines Strike: Accomplishments of the Rank-and-File Machinists and Gains for the Labor Movement," by Ernie Mailhot, Judy Stranahan, and Jack Barnes.

Accidents du travail et assemblage - Laflamme, Lucie; Duguay, Patrice (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
Cette étude compare l'influence, sur le risque qualitatif d'accidents, de deux lignes d'assemblage de matériel de transport. L'organisation de la production de ces lignes diffère par le nombre de postes réduit sur l'une d'elles, ce qui intensifie la coactivité entre travailleurs à chaque phase du processus. Les 150 accidents avec perte de temps des assembleurs survenus sur ces deux lignes d'assemblage de véhicules routiers pendant trois ans sont regroupés en six classes homogènes, à partir d'une analyse multivariée de leurs caractéristiques. Aucun lien significatif n'est toutefois observé entre ces classes d'accidents et les lignes d'assemblage. Il est discuté que l'intensification de la coactivité puisse être un facteur de contribution à la fréquence des accidents mais non à leur type.
Keywords: Assembly lines; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Industrial accidents; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Le Mariage en question - Laforce, Hélène (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Le Mariage en question," by Renée Dandurand.

Pionnières québécoises et regroupement de femmes d'hier à aujourd' hui - Lamoureux, Diane (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book ,"Pionnières québécoises et regroupement de femmes d'hier à aujourd' hui," by Simone Monet-Chartrand.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; MONET-Chartrand, Simone; Nonfiction; PIONNIERES Quebecoises et regroupements de femmes d'hier a aujourd'hui (Book); QUEBEC (Province) -- Social conditions

Centrality in Workers' Belief System About Unions - Langford, Tom (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
A study was performed to measure the centrality of beliefs about unions, to outline general tendencies in the centrality of workers' beliefs about unions, and to identify the salient beliefs of different typical working-class perspectives on labor unions. One technique for measuring centrality is to ask respondents to identify the importance of each belief in relation to their other beliefs concerning some social object. In the Q sort, each participant was given 48 one-sentence statements about unions, each typed on a separate card, and asked to physically sort them following a quasi-normal pattern. Some 100 workers in Hamilton, Ontario, completed the Q sort during the summer of 1987. Two dimensions are most salient for Hamilton workers: defense and rights. An average Q sort for the individuals sharing each typical union belief system was calculated. An exploratory factor analysis revealed 6 typical perspectives on unions. A key finding of this study is that there are typical ambivalent and antiunion perspectives on unions, just as there are typical prounion perspectives.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employee attitude; Labor Unions; Psychological aspects; Public opinion; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Union membership

Histoire de l'École Polytechnique de Montréal, 1873-1990: La Montée des Ingénieurs Francophones - Langins, Janis (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Histoire de I'École Polytechnique de Montréal, 1873-1990: La Montée des Ingénieurs Francophones," by Robert Gagnon.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; GAGNON, Robert; HISTOIRE de I'Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal 1873-1990: La Montee des Ingenieurs Francophones (Book); Nonfiction; UNIVERSITIES & colleges

À nouveau travail, formations nouvelles - Lapointe, Paul-André (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "À nouveau travail, formations nouvelles," by Collette Bernier and Anne Filion.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

With the Workers - Laurie, Bruce (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews and comments n former automobile worker Ben Hamper's "Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line" (1991) and labour lawyer Thomas Geoghegan's "Which Side Are You On? Trying to Be for Labor When It's Flat on Its Back" (1991).

Notebook [31, Spring 1993] - Leier, Mark (James Mark) (Labour/Le Travail, 1993)
Takes note of forthcoming conferences, the Arkansas History Quarterly, and the annual summer course on comparative labour history taught at the University of Washington.

Notebook [32, Fall 1993] - Leier, Mark (James Mark) (Labour/Le Travail, 1993)
Reports forthcoming conferences and new publications. The Reuther Archives of Labour and Urban Affairs at Wayne State University is to be added to the National Bibliographic System. The Steel Project at University College of Cape Breton has a wide variety of archival resources on steelmaking technology and workers. The files of the Detroit Red Squad have been deposited at the Detroit Public Library, but will remain closed until 2018.

Canada Made Me - Levine, Norman (Porcupine's Quill, 1993)
First published in England in 1958, this book is a bitter, critical reassessment of the moral and cultural values of Canada. Levine's account of his three-month journey from Halifax to Ucluelet, a fishing village on the west coast, is an unconventional portrait of Canada's underbelly. The book ends with the words: `I wondered why I felt so bitter about Canada. After all, it was all part of a dream, an experiment that could not come off. It was foolish to believe that you can take the throwouts, the rejects, the human kickabouts from Europe and tell them: Here you have a second chance. Here you can start a new life. But no one ever mentioned the price one had to pay; how much of oneself you had to betray.' Canada Made Me was regarded as so controversial that it did not appear in a Canadian edition until 1979. Critical opinion, however, has slowly swung around to the point the book was recently described in the Globe and Mail as a `laconic classic'. For this new edition Norman Levine has written an introduction which traces the book's publishing history and reputation.
Keywords: Blue-collar work; Class Consciousness; Immigrants; Miners; Social Class and Equality

Markets, Firms, and the Management of Labour in Modern Britain - Lewchuk, Wayne (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book,"Markets, Firms, and the Management of Labour in Modern Britain," by Howard F. Gospel.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; GOSPEL, Howard F.; MANPOWER; MARKETS, Firms & the Management of Labour in Modern Britain (Book); Nonfiction

Worker Protection, Japanese Style : Occupational Safety and Health in the Auto Industry - Lewchuk, Wayne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Worker Protection, Japanese Style : Occupational Safety and Health in the Auto Industry," by Richard E. Wokutch.
Keywords: AUTOMOBILE industry; Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor unions; Occupational safety; Safety measures; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

European Labor Unions - Linden, Marcel van de (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "European Labor Unions," edited by Joan Campbell.

The Pristine Culture of Capitalism: A Historical Essay on Old Regimes and Modern States - Linebaugh, Peter (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "The Pristine Culture of Capitalism: A Historical Essay on Old Regimes and Modern States," by Ellen Meiksins Wood.

Bibliography: Recent Publications in Canadian Labour History = Bibliographie : Travaux récents en histoire des classes populaires canadiennes [32, Fall 1993] - Lonardo, Michael; Sweeney, Robert C. H. (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
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.]

After the Strike - Labour Relations in Oshawa, 1937-1939 - MacDowell, Laurel Sefton (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
Contemporary historians of the Canadian working class have portrayed the period after the 1937 General Motors (GM) strike in Oshawa until the outbreak of World War II as one of slow growth and setbacks for the union movement, and between 1937 and 1939 union membership did decline. Union initiatives after the Oshawa strike led GM employees to form other organizations which included a ladies' auxiliary, a bowling club, a Rod and Gun Club, and a credit union. The proliferation of such organizations enhanced the position of autoworkers in the community and gave all workers a stronger presence in Oshawa. As the city became more unionized, cooperation grew among workers both inside and outside the city. Locally in Oshawa between 1937 and 1939, industrial workers became more active politically. After the Oshawa strike, a new class consciousness among that city's industrial workers emerged. The Oshawa strike "kick-started" the industrial union movement in Canada.
Keywords: 1914 1938; AUTOMOBILE industry; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Canadian history; Community relations; History; Impacts; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strikes

Soft Coal, Hard Choices: The Economic Welfare of Bituminous Coal Miners 1890-1930 - Mark, Christopher (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Soft Coal, Hard Choices: The Economic Welfare of Bituminous Coal Miners 1890-1930," by Price V. Fishback.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Coal miners; FISHBACK, Price V.; Nonfiction; SOFT Coal, Hard Choices: The Economic Welfare of Bituminous Coal Miners 1890-1930 (Book)

A Portrait of Bureaucracy. The Bankruptcy of the Socialist System in Poland - Matejko, Alexander J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "A Portrait of Bureaucracy. The Bankruptcy of the Socialist System in Poland," by Adam Sarapata.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

From Socialism to Market Economy: The Transition Period - Matejko, Alexander J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "From socialism to market economy: the transition period," edited by William S. Kern.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; economic development

Getting on Track: Social Democratic Strategies for Ontario - Mathews, Robin (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Getting on Track: Social Democratic Strategies for Ontario," edited by Daniel Drache and John O'Grady.

From Middle Income to Poor : Downward Mobility Among Displaced Steelworkers - McCollester, Charles J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "From Middle Income to Poor : Downward Mobility Among Displaced Steelworkers," by Allison Zippay.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Actresses as Working Women: Their Social Identity in Victorian Culture - McCrone, Kathleen E. (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Actresses as Working Women: Their Social Identity in Victorian Culture," by Tracy C. Davis.

Sweated Labour: Female Needleworkers in Industrializing Canada - McIntosh, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
Until well into the 20th century, the garment trades were one of the largest employers in manufacturing in Canada. The decline of artisanal clothing trades over the middle of the 19th century led to a marked growth in outwork and deteriorating labor standards. As the garment trades became rife with sweating, a process conditioned by the structured inequalities of class and gender, they became a major source of wage labor for women. Only in the 20th century were steps taken that limited, but by no means ended, sweated labor in the garment industry. The impact of protective legislation has been slight; much more credit in the struggle against sweating has to be given to the industrial garment unions.
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation; Clothing workers; Labour; Women

Hospital Strike Women. Unions and Public Sector Conflict - McPherson, Kathryn (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Hospital Strike: Women, Unions and Public Sector Conflict," by Jerry White.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; HOSPITAL Strike: Women, Unions & Public Sector Conflict (Book); Labor disputes; Nonfiction; WHITE, Jerry

Union Impacts on the Receipt of Workers' Compensation Benefits - Meng, Ronald; Smith, Douglas (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
A study examines the relationship among union status, occupational injury rates, and the probability of collective workers' compensation benefits. The results indicate that union status and occupational injury rates have an especially significant effect on the probability of obtaining workers' compensation. The potential linkages between union occupational health and safety initiatives, actual injuries, reported injuries, and the receipt of workers' compensation are examined. The analysis suggests that the relationship between unionization and occupational risk is complex and difficult to disentangle even with a detailed data set. The finding of more workers' compensation claims for lower wage workers may be related to a higher replacement rate of previous earnings for these individuals. Immigrants have more frequent claims possibly because they face more actual risk in a given job situation because they do not fully understand safety regulations and warnings.
Keywords: Bodily injury; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Insurance claims; Labor Unions; Occupational safety; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical data; Statistics; Unions; Workers compensation

Travail et société. Une introduction à la sociologie du travail - Mercure, Daniel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Travail et société. Une introduction à la sociologie du travail," edited by Diane Gabrielle Tremblay with the collaboration of Daniel Villeneuve.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Ukrainian Canadians, 100 Years Later - Momryk, Myron (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews and comments on the book "Canada's Ukrainians: Negotiating an Identity," edited by Lubomyr Luciuk and Stella Hryniuk.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CANADA'S Ukrainians: Negotiating an Identity (Book); HRYNIUK, Stella; IDENTITY (Psychology); LUCIUK, Lubomyr; Nonfiction

The Political Economy of North American Indians - Moore, John H. (University of Oklahoma Press, 1993)
This innovative collection of articles approaches American Indian history and culture from a Marxist perspective. The contributors, from the United States and Canada, have jumped the boundaries among the social sciences to consider issues of macroeconomics and intercultural conflict. The result is a stimulating and substantial contribution that will interest any reader concerned with policy affecting North American Indians. The contributors are particularly attentive to process and change. They show the relationships among the historical periods characterized by the fur trade, land cessions, and the reservation education system. They expose the collusion among agencies of the dominant society and how Indian people reacted, reorganizing themselves and their institutions to face every new, changed situation. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Anthropologie économique Grandes Plaines; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economic Conditions; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economic History; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economics Comparative; Economic anthropology; Economic anthropology Great Plains; Economic history; Grandes Plaines Conditions économiques; Great Plains; Great Plains Economic conditions; History; Indians of North America; Indians of North America Economic conditions; Indians of North America Great Plains Economic conditions; Indians of North America Great Plains History; Indians of North America Great Plains Politics and government; Indians of North America Politics and government; Indiens d'Amérique Grandes Plaines Conditions économiques; Indiens d'Amérique Grandes Plaines Histoire; POLITICAL SCIENCE Economic Conditions; Subsistence economy; Subsistence economy Great Plains; Économie de subsistance Grandes Plaines

City of Dreadful Delight: Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late-Victorian London - Morgan, Cecilia (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "City of Dreadful Delight: Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late-Victorian London," by Judith R. Walkowitz.

The Future of lndustrial Relations : Proceedings of the Second Bargaining Group Conference - Morin, Denis (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "The Future of lndustrial Relations : Proceedings of the Second Bargaining Group Conference," edited by Harry C. Katz.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Training at Work : A Critical Analysis of Policy and Practice - Morin, Denis (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Training at Work : A Critical Analysis of Policy and Practice," by Jeff Hyman.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employees; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z; Training

La Convention collective et l'obligation d'accommodement selon l'arret Okanagan - Morin, Fernand (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; HUMAN rights; Labor Unions; Labor contracts; Labor unions; Religious discrimination; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Liberté des parties à la négociation collective - Morin, Fernand (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
Les historiens canadiens du travail ont qualifié la période entre la fin de la grève chez General Motors (G.M.) à Oshawa en 1937 et le déclenchement de la Seconde Guerre mondiale comme en étant une de croissance lente et même de reculs pour le mouvement syndical. D'ailleurs, le membership syndical a baissé entre 1937 et 1939. Cependant, une analyse des répercussions de cette grève et de l'impact du syndicalisme industriel sur les travailleurs à l'intérieur de leur communauté montre qu'une nouvelle croissance de classe est apparue. En se référant aux travailleurs de l'automobile d'Oshawa comme étude de cas, un exemple des relations du travail et des développements politiques et sociaux entre 1937 et 1939 indique que la grève d'Oshawa a eu des répercussions profondes à long terme. En termes de relations du travail, l'implantation et l'administration des conventions collectives consécutives aux conflits de 1937 a forcé les parties à se rencontrer régulièrement. Graduellement, malgré les tensions existantes, les parties ont appris à travailler ensemble à un point tel que G.M. a officiellement reconnu les TUA en 1939, une organisation en croissance constante. Cette victoire des TUA a amené la syndicalisation de d'autres travailleurs à Oshawa et a provoqué la création d'un conseil du travail et la prolifération d'autres organisations et activités de travailleurs dans la communauté. L'expérience acquise par les travailleurs à partir de ces changements dans l'industrie de l'automobile et dans l'organisation de la ville a provoqué une plus grande confiance et une nouvelle conscience de classe les motivant à devenir plus actifs politiquement dans les élections municipales. C'est durant cette période que la base des relations du travail dans une grande partie de l'industrie canadienne de l'automobile a évolué et que de nouvelles alliances politiques se sont façonnées. Comme conséquence, le CCF s'est montré plus intéressé envers le mouvement syndical industriel causant ainsi d'une part une concurrence accrue avec le Parti communiste eu égard à l'allégeance des travailleurs et d'autre part une baisse d'appui pour les libéraux ontariens. Il y a donc eu continuité entre la période immédiate d'après-guerre et les années de la Seconde Guerre : le membership syndical a explosé. Les nouvelles attitudes des travailleurs d'Oshawa et les résultats de leurs actions étaient l'héritage du syndicalisme industriel.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; Labor contracts; Labor unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The New Democracy: Challenging the Social Order in Industrial Ontario, 1914-1925 - Morton, Desmond (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "The New Democracy: Challenging the Social Order in Industrial Ontario, 1914-1925, by James Naylor.

Social Work and Social Order: The Settlement Movement in Two Industrial Cities, 1889-1930 - Morton, Suzanne (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Social Work and Social Order: The Settlement Movement in Two Industrial Cities, 1889-1930," by Ruth Hutchinson Crocker.

Production and Reproduction in Waged Domestic Labour Processes: A Case Study of Housekeeping Services Franchises in Southern Ontario - Moss, Jane Pamela (McMaster University, 1993)
This thesis is a study of the commodification of domestic labour in a particular type of domestic labour firm, housekeeping services franchises, in southern Ontario. Specifically, I investigate the labour-related experiences of the women employed in these franchises. There are two goals: (1) to draw out, describe, and analyse the relations and processes within which women engage while employed as workers in housekeeping services franchises and (2) to devise conceptual tools that can be used to refine and enhance explanations of waged domestic labour processes. I designed the project in three phases. I was employed at a housekeeping services franchise in Hamilton for three and a half months in the Spring of 1990. During the Fall of 1990 and Winter and Spring of 1991 I carried out multiple-depth conversations with 14 women employed as franchise housekeepers and ten interviews with managers/owners of franchises in southern Ontario and head office personnel. The analysis and write-up began in May 1991 and was completed in February 1993. The thesis as a report of this research can be divided into three areas, methodology, theory, and topic. Methodologically, I implement a set of feminist principles drawn from a feminist marxist framework. Theoretically, I offer a set of abstractions which together conceptualise waged domestic labour processes in a post-1973 organisation of production relations: 'total labour', production regime, class formation, and gender formation. These concepts in part explain and in part interpret workers' experiences of waged domestic labour processes. Topically, I extend domestic labour studies to include waged domestic labour processes that generate surplus value. I focus on the transformation of the traditional relation of "mistress and maid" to that of "mistress and manager" and "manager and maid".

Transformation de l'entreprise et représentation syndicale - Murray, Gregor; Verge, Pierre (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
L'actuel régime juridique de représentation syndicale des salariés en vue de la négociation collective survivra-t-il à la transformation contemporaine des modes de production de l'entreprise? Quelle adaptation serait requise ? Répondre à ces questions conduit naturellement à confronter les traits essentiels de cette nouvelle entreprise et ceux de cet aménagement de la représentation collective. Dans le premier cas, la problématique tient en particulier aux changements dans l'environnement de l'entreprise, à l'organisation de son système de production : gestion participative, extériorisation de la production et multiplication des statuts du personnel; dans le second, elle porte notamment sur l'étendue de l'aire de représentation, sur l'objet et le caractère exclusif de la représentation, de même que sur le maintien du caractère conflictuel du régime des rapports collectifs du travail.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Corporations; Labor relations; Labor unions; Laws & regulations; Reorganization; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The Rise of the Labour Party, 1893-1931 - Naylor, James (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "The Rise of the Labour Party, 1893-1931," by Gordon Phillips.

Tangled Webs of History: Indians and the Law in Canada's Pacific Coast Fisheries - Newell, Dianne (University of Toronto Press, 1993)
Fishing rights are one of the major areas of dispute for aboriginals in Canada today. Dianne Newell explores this controversial issue and looks at the ways government regulatory policy and the law have affected Indian participation in the Pacific Coast fisheries." "For centuries, the economies of Pacific Coast Indians were based on their fisheries. Marine resources, mainly salmon, were used for barter, trade, ceremony, and personal consumption. This pattern persisted after the arrival of European and Asian immigrants, even during the first phases of the non-Indian commercial fishing industry when Indian families were depended upon for their labour and expertise. But as the industrial fishery grew, changes in labour supply, markets, and technology rendered Pacific Coast Indians less central to the enterprise and the aboriginal fishery became legally defined as food fishing. By the late 1960s, rigid new licence-limitation policies were introduced and regulations transformed the processing sector." "The result was reduced participation for fishers and shoreworkers, and the opportunities for Indian men and women declined dramatically. Government programs to increase or even stabilize Indian participation ultimately failed. Newell concludes that the governments of Canada and British Columbia have historically regarded the aboriginal fishery narrowly and unjustly as a privilege, not a right, and have in fact moved against any changes that might put Indians into competition with non-Indians. Recently, BC Indians won a Supreme Court victory in Regina v. Sparrow (1990) that will make it easier to change federal fisheries policies, but aboriginal fishing rights remain before the courts and under federal government investigation. --Publisher's description
Keywords: British Columbia; Fisheries British Columbia History; Fishery law and legislation; Fishery law and legislation British Columbia History; Fishing Law; History; Indians of North America Fishing Law and legislation; Indians of North America Fishing Law and legislation British Columbia; Indiens Amérique du Nord Colombie-Britannique Pêche Droit Histoire; Indiens Pêche Droit Canada Colombie-Britannique Législation; Iwi taketake; Pêches Droit Canada Colombie-Britannique Histoire; Salmon canning industry; Salmon canning industry British Columbia History; Salmon fisheries Law and legislation; Salmon fisheries Law and legislation British Columbia; Salmon fisheries Law and legislation British Columbia History; Saumon en conserve Industrie Colombie-Britannique Histoire; Saumons Pêche commerciale Droit Canada Colombie-Britannique Législation; Saumons Pêche commerciale Droit Colombie-Britannique Histoire

Strike Activities and Post-Strike Perceptions Among University Faculty - Ng, Ignace (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
Based upon the returned questionnaires of 415 striking faculty members from the University of Saskatchewan, a study shows that faculty members who have attended the study session, and those who have been active in past union meetings were more likely to get involved in picketing and in picket organizing during the course of the strike. Analysis of their post-strike perceptions shows that the faculty attitude towards the effectiveness of the strike, strike length, and back-to-work legislation were closely related to the militancy of the faculty during the strike. The survey also shows that the more militant faculty members thought that the strike improved bargaining power of the union, and were disappointed with the back-to-work legislation. They however did not anticipate the ability of the university administration to take the strike and were therefore surprised by the duration of the strike.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Colleges & universities; Educators; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Strikes; Studies; University professors

Not Working: State, Unemployment, and Neo-Conservatism in Canada - Pal, Leslie A. (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Not Working: State, Unemployment, and Neo-Conservatism in Canada," by Stephen McBride.

Obituary: Homage to Edward Thompson, Part I - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour/Le Travail, 1993)
The article provides a detailed appreciation of the life and work of British historian E. P. Thompson (1924-1993), a leading figure in the historians' group of the British Communist Party.

True Government by Choice Men? Inspection, Education, and State Formation in Canada West; Colonial Leviathan: State Formation in Mid-Nineteenth Century Canada - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the books, "True Government by Choice Men? Inspection, Education, and State Formation in Canada West," by Bruce Curtis, and "Colonial Leviathan: State Formation in Mid-Nineteenth Century Canada," edited by Allan Greer and Ian Radforth.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; COLONIAL Leviathan: State Formation in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Canada (Book); CURTIS, Bruce; GREER, Allan; Nonfiction; RADFORTH, Ian; TRUE Government by Choice Men? Inspection, Education & State Formation in Canada West (Book)

Book Notes [31, Spring 1993] - Palmer, Bryan D.; Kealey, Gregory S. (Labour/Le Travail, 1993)
The article briefly reviews "Love A Solidarity: A Pictorial History of the NDP, by Cameron Smith, "Industrial Relations in Canadian Industry," edited by Richard P. Chaykowski and Anil Verma, "Reaction and Reform: The Politics of the Conservative Party under R. B. Bennett, 1927-1938," by Larry A. Glassford, "The Un-Canadians: True Stories of the Blacklist Era," by Len Scher, "History of Canadian Youth and Childhood: A Bibliography," by Neil Sutherland, Jean Barman and Linda L. Hale, "The Little Slaves of the Harp: Italian Child Street Musicians in Nineteenth-Century Paris, London, and New York," by John E. Zucchi, "In the Floating Army: F.C. Mills on Itinerant Life in California, 1914, by Gregory R. Woirol, "Visions of a New Industrial Order: Social Science and Labor Theory in America's Progressive Era," by Clarence E. Wunderlin, Jr., "The Lost World of the Craft Printer," by Maggie Holtzberg-Call, "The Trucker's World: Risk, Safety, and Mobility," by J. Peter Rothe, "Avoiding the Cracks: A Guide to the Workers ' Compensation System," by Anne Tramposh, "Feminism and the Women's Movement: Dynamics of Change in Social Movement Ideology and Activism," by Barbara Ryan, "Ethnic Minorities and Industrial Change in Europe and North America," edited by Malcolm Cross, "English and French Towns in Feudal Society: A Comparative Approach," by R.H. Hilton, "The Education of Desire: Marxists and the Writing of History," by Harvey J. Kaye, "White, Male and Middle Class: Explorations in Feminism and History," by Catherine Hall, "William Cobbett and Rural Popular Culture," by Ian Dyck, "European Labour Politics from 1900 to the Depression," by Dick Geary, "Women of the Praia: Work and Lives in a Portuguese Coastal Community," by Sally Cole, "New Trends in Employment Practices: An International Survey," by Walter Galenson, "Strikes Have Followed Me All My Life: A South African Autobiography," by Emma Mashinini, "Status Influences in Third World Labor Markets: Caste, Gender, and Custom," edited by James G. Scoville, ,"Labor and Economic Growth in Five Asian Countries," by Walter Galenson / reviews by Bryan D. Palmer -- "The Labor Process and Control of Labor: The Changing Nature of Work Relations in the Late Twentieth Century," edited by Berch Berberoglu, "Culture and the Labour Movement: Essays in New Zealand Labour History," edited by John E. Martin and Kerry Taylor / reviews by Gregory S. Kealey.

Book Notes [32, Fall 1993] - Palmer, Bryan D.; Kealey, Gregory S. (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article briefly reviews "A Differerent Kind of State? Popular Power and Democratic Administration," edited by Gregory Albo, David Langille. and Leo Panitch, "Belonging: The Meaning and Future of Canadian Citizenship," edited by William Kaplan, "Policing Canada's Century: A History of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police," by Greg Marquis, "Aberhart: Outpourings and Replies," edited by David R. Elliott, "The Voyages of Jacques Cartier," by Ramsay Cook, "Habitants and Merchants in Seventeenth Century Montreal," by Louise Dechtne, "New England Planters in the Maritime Provinces of Canada, 1759-1800," compiled by Judith A. Norton, "Creed and Culture: The Place of English-Speaking Carholics in Canadian Society, 1750-1930," edited by Terrence Murphy and Gerald Stortz, "While the Women Only Wept: Loyalist Refugee Women in Eastern Ontario," by Janice Potter-MacKinnon, "Cultivation and Culture: Labor and the Shaping of Slave Life in the Americas," edited by Ira Berlin and Philip D. Morgan, "Farm to Factory: Women 's Letters, 1830-1860," edited by Thomas Dublin, "Gender and American History Since 1890," edited by Barbara Melosh, "Industrial Democracy in America: The Ambiguous Legacy," edited by Nelson Lichtenstein and Howell John Harris, "Race in America: The Struggle for Equality" edited by Herbert Hill and Jamcs E. Jones, Jr., "The Land and the Loom: Peasants and Profit in Northern France, 1680-1800," by Liana Vardi, "Harold Laski: A Political Biography," by Michael Newman, "Socialist Parties and the Question of Europe in the 1950s," edited by Richard T. Griffiths, "Keeping Heads Above Water: Salvadorean Refugees in Costa Rica," by Tanya Basok, "The Althusserian Legacy," edited by E. Ann Kaplan and Michael Sprinker, "Capitalism Versus Anti-Capitalism: The Triumph of Ricardian over Marxist Political Economy," by Paul Fabra, and "Labor Demand," by Daniel S. Hamemesh / reviews by Bryan D. Palmer -- "Tramps, Workmates and Revolutionaries: Working-Class Stories of the 1920s," edited by H. Gustav Klaus / review by Gregory S. Kealey.

The Union and its Members : A Psychological Approach - Paquet, Renaud (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "The Union and its Members : A Psychological Approach," by Clive Fullagar and E. Kevin Kelloway.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

United We Stand: A History of Winnipeg's Civic Workers - Penner, Norman (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "United We Stand: A History of Winnipeg's Civic Workers," by Jim Pringle.

Doing What the Day Brought: An Oral History of Arizona Women - Perry, Adele (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Doing What the Day Brought: An Oral History of Arizona Women. Rothschild," by Mary Logan and Pamela Claire Hronek.

Norme et marginalités. Comportements féminins aux19e-20e siécles - Piette, Christine (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Norme et marginalités. Comportements féminins aux19e-20e siécles ," edited by Elaine Gubin.

Women and Income Security in the Post-War Period: The Case of Unemployment Insurance, 1945-1962 - Porter, Ann (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
This paper examines how women fared in the Canadian unemployment insurance scheme from the end of the World War II until the early 1960s. The implementation of UI in this period reinforced women's marginal economic position, as they were channelled into low-wage Sectors and their access to income security benefits limited. The tatter resulted, in particular, from a special UI regulation for married women, in effect from 1950 to 1957. The eventual revocation of this regulation can be attributed to changes in women's labour force participation, in their political representation in women's organizations and trade unions, and in attitudes concerning the proper role for women.
Keywords: Canada; Employees; Labor policy; Social conditions; State regulation; Unemployment insurance; WOMEN -- Employment

A Property-Owning Democracy?: Home Ownership and the Working Class in Canada - Purdy, Sean (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book "Housing the North American City," by Michael Doucet and John Weaver.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DOUCET, Michael; HOME ownership; HOUSING the North American City (Book); Nonfiction; WEAVER, John

The Origins and Evolution of the Field of Industrial Relations in the United States - Rachleff, Peter (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "The Origins and Evolution of the Field of Industrial Relations in the United States," by Bruce E. Kaufman.

The Forest as Factory: Technological Change and Worker Control in the West Coast Logging Industry, 1880-1930 - Rajala, Richard A. (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
Explores the technological changes that transformed the Pacific Coast logging industry during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Scholars and popular historians alike have depicted the introduction of steam power and overhead logging systems as responses to environmental factors. The analysis offered here, presented in the context of the labor process debate, suggests that nature structured, but did not determine, technological innovation. At the beginning of the period under study, the instability of the productive setting dictated that loggers' conceptual and physical skills controlled the pace of production. The adoption of increasingly sophisticated technologies by 1930 had given logging operators unprecedented power in their relationship with both nature and workers. Some new skilled positions had been created, but the overall effect of technological change was to undermine loggers' collective control over the labor process.

The Social Gospel in Black and White: American Racial Reform, 1885-1912 - Rawlyk, George A. (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "The Social Gospel in Black and White: American Racial Reform, 1885-1912," by Ralph E. Luker.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; LUKER, Ralph E.; Nonfiction; Racism; SOCIAL Gospel in Black & White: American Racial Reform: 1885-1912, The (Book)

Long-Range Planning in North American Unions: Preliminary Findings - Reshef, Yonatan; Stratton-Devine, Kay (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The content of union planning, as well as union leader perceptions of the effectiveness and extent of implementation of their plans are explored. Data were gathered from a survey of all national and international unions in North America. Results indicate that 24.4% of the respondent unions engage in long-range planning, with education, budgeting, and political action being the most frequently cited topics. In terms of actual implementation of plans, resources are critical, as are the support and involvement of the national union president. Unions who represent a higher percentage of part-time employees, and those in the manufacturing, service, and utilities industries are signficantly more likely to have implemented a higher proportion of their plans.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Implementations; Labor Unions; Long term planning; Management; Polls & surveys; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Unions; Variables

Histoire des Franco- Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, 1775-1990; Les Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, 1776-1930 - Rouillard, Jacques (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews two books: "Histoire des Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, 1775-1990," by Armand Chartier, and "Les Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, 1776-1930," by Yves Roby.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CHARTIER, Armand; HISTOIRE des Franco-Americains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre 1775-1990 (Book); LES Franco-Americains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre 1776-1930 (Book); Nonfiction; ROBY, Yves

Homer Stevens: A Life in Fishing - Sager, Eric W. (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Homer Stevens: A Life in Fishing," by Homer Stevens and Rolf Knight.

The Softball Solution: Female Workers, Male Managers and the Operation of Paternalism at Westelox, 1923-60 - Sangster, Joan (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
This article uses a case study of an Ontario factory manufacturing clocks and watches to explore the way in which industrial paternalism was used as an industrial relations strategy by both management and workers. Paternalism, in this case an amalgam of 19th-century traditional paternalism and 20th-century welfare capitalism, was premised on unequal economic relations, and on the ideological hegemony of management, but it was also and more importantly a negotiated process in which workers participated in order to secure better working conditions and wages, respect, and dignity.

Labour's War:The Labour Party During the Second World War - Saville, John (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Labour's War:The Labour Party During the Second World War," by Stephen Brooke.

Little Germany: Ethnicity Religion and Class in New York City,1845-80 - Schneider, Dorothee (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Little Germany: Ethnicity, Religion, and Class in New York City, 1845-80," by Stanley Nadel.

Close Ties: Railways, Government, and the Board of Railway Commissioners. 1851-1933 - Seager, Allen (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Close Ties: Railways, Government, and the Board of Railway Commissioners, 1851-1933," by Ken Cruikshank.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CLOSE Ties: Railways, Government & the Board of Railway Commissioners 1851-1933 (Book); CRUIKSHANK, Ken; Nonfiction; Transportation

Riots in New Brunswick: Orange Nativism and Social Violence in the 1840s - See, Scott W. (Social history of Canada, 1993)
During the mid to late 1840s, dramatic riots shook the communities of Woodstock, Fredericton, and Saint John. Irish-Catholic immigrants fought Protestant Orangemen, with fists, club, and firearms. The violence resulted in death and destruction unprecedented in the British North American colonies. This book is the first serious historical treatment of the bloody riots and the tangled events that led to them. Scott See shows mid-century New Brunswick roughly awakened from the slumbering provincialism of its post-Loyalist phase by the stirrings of capitalism and by the tidal wave of Irish immigration that followed the potato famine. His main focus is the Loyal Orange Order, the anti-Catholic organization that clashed with the immigrants, many of them impoverished exiles. See presents an extraordinary profile of the Orange Order and concludes provocatively that it was a nativist organization similar to the xenophobic groups active at the time in the United States. Unlike other recent works on the Order, his book emphasizes the importance of the organization's specifically North American concerns, and questions the significance of its connections to Old World sectarianism. --Publisher's description
Keywords: 1800-1899; Canada, New Brunswick History; Canada, New Brunswick Minorities; Catholics; Catholics New Brunswick; Catholics New Brunswick History 19th century; Catholics New Jersey New Brunswick 19th century; Catholiques Nouveau-Brunswick Histoire 19e siècle; Electronic books; Geschichte 1840-1850; History; Irish; Irish New Brunswick; Irish New Brunswick History 19th century; Irish New Jersey New Brunswick 19th century; Irlandais Nouveau-Brunswick Histoire 19e siècle; Mouvements nativistes États-Unis; Nativism; New Brunswick; New Brunswick (N.J.) Social conditions 19th century; New Brunswick Social conditions 19th century; Nouveau-Brunswick Conditions sociales 19e siècle; Orangemen; Orangemen New Brunswick; Orangemen New Brunswick History 19th century; Orangemen New Jersey New Brunswick 19th century; Orangistes (Protestants) Nouveau-Brunswick Histoire 19e siècle; Orangistes Nouveau-Brunswick Histoire 19e siècle; Riots; Riots History; Riots New Brunswick History 19th century; Riots New Jersey New Brunswick 19th century; Social conditions; Unruhen; Émeutes Nouveau-Brunswick Histoire 19e siècle

Trends, Patterns and Impact of Strikes - Sharma, Basu (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Trends, Patterns and Impact of Strikes," by Y.R.K. Reddy.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Canadian Industrial Relations in Transition - Smith, Anthony E. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
Data collected as part of a comprehensive mail survey of unionized Canadian firms conducted in 1991 provided information on industrial relations developments in nearly 1,000 firms across key sectors of the economy in Canada. The survey had 2 related major purposes - to assess the extent of innovations in Canadian firms and their impact on industrial relations. The most common innovation was labor-management committees, followed by flexible work systems and profit sharing. The least common were pay systems, semi-autonomous work groups, and quality circles. Job enrichment was in between. Findings establish the empirical validity of innovations and indicate that industrial relations are indeed in transition. But the data also suggest that this transition is limited. The pragmatic initiatives at the firm-level point towards a change, though far short of a transformation, in Canadian industrial relations.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Human resource management; Innovations; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Studies

The Power to Manage? Employers and Industrial Relations in Comparative-Historical Perspective - Smith, Anthony E. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "The Power to Manage? Employers and Industrial Relations in Comparative-Historical Perspective," edited by S. Tolliday and J. Zeitlin.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Labor's Capital. The Economics and Politics of Private Pensions - Smith, Douglas A. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Labor's Capital. The Economics and Politics of Private Pensions," by Teresa Ghilarducci.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Masters to Managers. Historical and Comparative Perspectives on American Employers - Solomon, Norman A. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Masters to Managers. Historical and Comparative Perspectives on American Employers," ed. by Sanford P. Jacoby.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employee-management relations; Employees; Employment; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Government Internment Policy, l939-l945 - Stanton, John (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
Examines the authoritarian implications of Canada's internment policy during WWII. Documents the legal machinery by which internments were authorized, the denial of the right of habeas corpus to internees, the policy's rationale, its legality, the release of interned Nazis during the first nine months of the war, the government's 1940 ban of the Communist Party and other organizations that resulted in the internment of communists including union activists, and the politics of the federal justice minister, Ernest Lapointe. The author also describes his impressions of Lapointe, whom he met in Ottawa as a member of a Canadian Youth Congress delegation in May 1938, and the significance of Lapointe's failure as justice minister to recommend disallowance of Quebec's Padlock Law of 1937.
Keywords: Armed forces; CANADA -- Politics & government; Canada; Government policy; International relations; Legislation; POLITICAL planning; PRACTICAL politics; STATE power

The Bias of Communications - Steele, Ian K. (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book,"The Bias of Communications," by Harold A. Innis.
Keywords: BIAS of Communications, The (Book); BOOKS -- Reviews; Communication; INNIS, Harold Adams, 1894-1952; Nonfiction

Making Steel Under Free Trade? - Storey, Robert (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
It is argued that Canada's leading primary steelmakers supported the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Canada and the US because of their belief that steel markets were increasingly continental and because of their ideological adherence to the neoconservative agenda of corporate business and the Federal Progressive Conservative government. Steelworkers and their union, the United Steelworkers of America, opposed the FTA because of the loss of jobs that would ensue with its implementation and because of its larger "right wing" economic and political direction. While, to this point, it is difficult to differentiate the specific impact of the FTA from factors associated with industrial restructuring in the steel industry as a whole, the FTA is increasingly the central economic and political factor in the deepening crisis of the steel industry in Canada. The rationale for the steel industry's backing of the free trade initiative lay mainly in the economic benefits which owners and top-level managers believed would accrue to their companies.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Canada Free Trade Agreement 1989-US; Economic conditions; Free trade & protection; Industrywide conditions; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Steel industry

Dishing It Out: Waitresses and Their Unions in the Twentieth Century - Strong-Boag, Veronica (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Dishing It Out: Waitresses and Their Unions in the Twentieth Century," by Dorothy Sue Cobble.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; COBBLE, Dorothy Sue; DISHING It Out: Waitresses & Their Unions in the 20th Century (Book); Nonfiction; WAITRESSES

The New Day Recalled: Lives of Girls and Women in English Canada, 1919-1939 - Strong-Boag, Veronica (Copp Clark Pitman, 1993)
Suffragists predicated that women's participation in politics would reform society and lead to a new day for Canadian women. In this highly original and important book, Veronica Strong-Boag examines the lives of girls and women in the post-suffrage decades and argues that the new day did not dawn quite as expected. The author traces the life courses of women in English Canada in the interwar years. Six richly detailed chapters on childhood, paid work, courtship and marriage, domestic work, motherhood, and aging capture the essence of what it meant to be a female in Canada between the wars. --Publisher's description
Keywords: 1900-1999; Canada; Canadians, English-speaking Social conditions; Canadiens anglais Conditions sociales; Femmes Canada Conditions sociales; Femmes Canada Histoire 20e siècle; Filles Canada Conditions sociales; Filles Canada Histoire 20e siècle; Girls; Girls Canada History 20th century; Girls Canada Social conditions; Girls Social conditions; History; Women; Women Canada History 20th century; Women Canada Social conditions; Women Social conditions

Managerial Unionism : Issues in Perspective - Subbarao, A.V. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Managerial Unionism : Issues in Perspective," by Baldev R. Sharma.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Management; Memberships; R&D; Research & development; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Measuring Bargaining Power Through Grievance Outcomes - Suschnigg, Peter (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
Using data from a large Ontario steel mill, it is argued that grievance outcomes provide a useful proxy to measure bargaining power. Three independent variables are constructed: 1. the match of a complaint with a specific grievable category in the collective agreement (the complaint/grievance match), 2. the general grievance type, and 3. the work site (works division). Various hierarchical log-linear/logit models are fitted to estimate grievance outcomes. The model that best fits the data is one that includes the interaction between the complaint/grievance category match and grievance type as well as the interaction between the complaint/grievance category match and works division. The results show that under most conditions, bargaining outcomes favor management. Under a specific constellation of conditions, however, bargaining outcomes favor labor. Thus it is only under this specific set of conditions that labor has greater bargaining power than management.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Grievance procedures; Grievances; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Models; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Studies

Dispute Resolution and Self-Selection: An Empirical Examination of the Federal Public Sector, 1971-1982 - Swimmer, Gene; Winer, Stanley L. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
In 1967, the government of Canada legislated an innovative mechanism for resolving collective bargaining disputes in the federal public service. Under this legislation, the bargaining agent involved chooses unilaterally whether any impasse in forthcoming negotiations would be resolved by a strike or by arbitration. The dispute resolution choice has been the subject of much controversy, with the debate generally focusing on 2 related issues. First is the question of what factors have influenced the choice of bargaining route and, in particular, the trend away from arbitration. The 2nd issue concerns the impact of the new dispute resolution system on wages. The union's choice between strike and arbitration route is modeled simultaneously with wage determination in the federal public service using the standard self-selection methodology. The model permits exploration of the factors influencing the choice of bargaining route as well as the effect of this choice on wages.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Civil service; Collective bargaining; Economic models; Federal government; Labor Unions; Labor economics; Public sector; Regression analysis; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Wages & salaries

Wedded to the Cause: Ukrainian-Canadian Women and Ethnic Identity, 1891-1991 - Swyripa, Frances (Heritage, 1993)
Frances Swyripe here presents the interpretive study of women of Ukrainian origin in Canada. She analyses the images and myths that have grown up around them, why they arose, and how they were used by the leaders of the community. Swyripa argues that ethnicity combined with gender to shape the experience of Ukrainian-Canadian women, as statelessness and national oppression in the homeland joined with a negative group stereotype and minority status in emigration to influence women's roles and options. She explores community attitudes towards the peasant immigrant pioneer, towards her daughters exposed to the opportunities, prejudice, and assimilatory pressure of the Anglo-Canadian world, towards the 'Great Women' evoked as models and sources of inspiration, and towards the familiar baba. In these stereotypes of the female figure, and in the activities of women's organizations, the community played out its many tensions: between a strong attachment to canada and an equally strong attachment to Ukraine; between nationalists who sought to liberate Ukraine from Polish and Soviet rule and progressives who saw themselves as part of an international proletariat; between women's responsibilities as mothers and homemakers and their obligation to participate in both Canadian and community life. Swyripa finds that the concerns of community leaders did not always coincide with those of the grassroots. The differences were best expressed in the evolution of the peasant immigrant pioneer woman as a group symbol, where the tensions between a cultural ethnic consciousness and a politicized national consciousness as the core of Ukrainian-Canadian identity were played out in the female figure. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Ukrainian-Canadian women -- History

Alexandra Kollontai and the Fate of Bolshevik Feminism - Sypnowich, Christine (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews and comments on "Love of Worker Bees" and "A Great Love," two reprint collections of fiction by the Bolshevik feminist, Aleksandra Kollontai.

Histoire de Montréal depuis la Confédération - Taylor, John (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Histoire de Montréal depuis la Confédération," by Paul-André Linteau.

"Jack" McDonald: A Canadian Revolutionary in New Zealand - Taylor, Kerry (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
Discusses the visit of the Canadian socialist revolutionary propagandist, John Amos "Jack" McDonald, to New Zealand in 1921. Although invited by the New Zealand Communist Party, McDonald, to the party's dismay, was a catalyst in precipating a split with the nascent West Coast Communist Federation. Documentation of McDonald's seven-month stay, during which he spoke extensively, is drawn from police records, meeting minutes, correspondence, and the labour newspaper, "Grey River Argus."

Pay for Performance : Evaluating Performance Appraisal and Merit Pay - Thériault, Roland (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Pay for Performance : Evaluating Performance Appraisal and Merit Pay," by G.T. Milkovich and A.K. Wigdor.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Limited livelihoods: Gender and Class in Nineteenth-Century England - Thompson, Dorothy (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book,"Limited livelihoods: Gender and Class in Nineteenth-Century England," by Sonya O. Rose.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; LABOR supply; LIMITED Livelihoods: Gender & Class in Nineteenth-Century England (Book); Nonfiction; ROSE, Sonya O.

Fellow Worker: The Life of Fred Thompson - Thompson, Fred (First person series, 1993)
The autobiography of Fred W. Thompson - socialist, Wobbly, organizer, soapboxer, editor, class-war prisoner, educator, historian, and publisher. This book is an important contribution to the understanding of working-class radicalism in twentieth-century North America. --Website description
Keywords: Biographies; Industrial Workers of the World; Thompson, Fred, 1900-1987; Travailleurs États-Unis Biographies; United States; Working class; Working class United States Biography

The Changing Workplace: Reshaping Canada's Industrial Relations System - Thompson, Mark (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "The Changing Workplace: Reshaping Canada's Industrial Relations System," by Daniel Drache and Harry Glasbeek.

The Relationship Between Union Commitment and Gender: Some Qualifying Factors - Thornthwaite, Louise (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
During the early 1980s, equal opportunity officials were appointed within the management hierarchies of most New South Wales (NSW) government organizations. A study investigated women's choices of representation for discrimination grievances during the 1980s. Findings are based on preliminary research only, but they strongly suggest that equity officials within NSW government organizations may constitute a challenge to unions for the loyalties of women workers. They have emerged both as promoters of women's specific concerns and as a source of advice, assistance, and the formal means through which women can remedy grievances of an ostensibly individual nature on a range of employment issues. Also equity officials commonly administer an ad hoc, individualized grievance process which largely excludes trade unions and which competes directly with the collective mechanisms and representation offered by unions. Findings suggest that for women's and men's relative union commitment levels to be adequately assessed, factors other than union-related attitudinal dimensions also require consideration.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Grievances; Labor Unions; Organizational behavior; Public sector; Sex discrimination; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Women

Une vie révolutionnaire, 1883-1940. Les mémoires de Charles Rappoport - Thorpe, Wayne (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Une vie révolutionnaire, 1883-1940. Les mémoires de Charles Rappoport," edited by Harvey Goldberg, Georges Haupt, and Marc Langana.

Mail and Female: Women and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers - Tillotson, Shirley (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Mail and Female: Women and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers," by Julie White.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; MAIL & Female: Women & the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (Book); Nonfiction; POSTAL service -- Employees; WHITE, Julie

Droit de la sante & de la securite de travail: la loi & la jurisprudence commentees // Review - Trudeau, Gilles (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Laws & regulations; Occupational health & safety; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Droit de la santé et de la sécurité du travail. La loi et la jurisprudence commentée, 2e éd. - Trudeau, Gilles (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Droit de la santé et de la sécurité du travail. La loi et la jurisprudence commentée," 2e éd. by Denis Bradet, Bernard Cliche, Martin Racine and France Thibault.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Hommage à Claude D'Aoust: 1939-1993 - Trudeau, Gilles; Vallée, Guylaine; Veilleux, Diane (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
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

Death by Consensus: The Westray Story - Tucker, Eric; Glasbeek, Harry J. (New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, 1993)
The paper will proceed as follows. It tells the Westray story in two parts, first, the decision to set up the mine and, second, the operation of the mine. These events illuminate the salience of the broader political economic context to an understanding of what happened. Further, the story gives the lie to the assumptions which underpin health and safety regulation. Next, the paper details the implications of the political economy and the prevailing ideology for the enforcement of health and safety regulation. The paper then critically examines a component of, or prop for, the consensus theory which postulates that workers and capitalists share, in some roughly comparable way, the risks of production. In part this is done by examining the proposition that the corporate form is a neutral, facilitating device.
Keywords: Westray mine; Westray mine disaster; political context of Westray mine disaster; political economy and Westray Mine

Le devoir de représentation syndicale : cadre d'analyse des obligations sous-jacentes - Veilleux, Diane (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Grievance procedures; Labor Unions; Labor law; Labor unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Bureau international du travail, Les normes internationales du travail - Verge, Pierre (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Laporte, Pierre, Le traité du recours à l'encontre d'un congédiement sans cause juste et suffisante."
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Les Normes du travail - Verge, Pierre (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Les Normes du travail," by Jean-Louis Dubé and Nicola D'Iorio.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor law; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Les Normes internationales du travail. Manuel d'education ouvrière - Verge, Pierre (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Les Normes internationales du travail. Manuel d'education ouvrière," 3rd edition, by Bureau internationale du travail.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor law; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Workplace Justice: Employment Obligations in International Perspective - Verge, Pierre (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Workplace justice: employment obligations in international perspective," edited by H.N. Wheeler and J. Rojot.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; International; Labor; Labor Unions; Labor law; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The New Labor Press. Journalism for a Changing Union Movement - Verzuh, Ron (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "The New Labor Press. Journalism for a Changing Union Movement," edited by by Sam Pizzigati and Fred J. Solowey.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Are Conclusions of Union Commitment Robust to Empirical Techniques Employed? - Viswesvaran, Chockalingam; Deshpande, Satish P. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
A study examines the determinants of union commitment using correlation, regression, and path analysis techniques as commonly employed. Emphasis is given to the potential differences which may stem from the use of alternative statistical techniques. Given increased use in industrial relations of regression methods, and more recently of path analysis methods, it is important to understand the extent and nature of differences that may be methodology-related. For the particular model and data analyzed, differences in inferences from the alternative methods are relatively minor when comparing the regression and path analysis results, but these 2 methods yield results substantially different from those generated by correlational methods. The overall substantive conclusion inferable from the analyses is that the general attitude towards the unions is the major determinant of union commitment levels.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Commitments; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Memberships; Regression analysis; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Studies; Union membership; Unions

Rethinking Labour-Management Relations: The Case for Arbitration - Wagar, Terry H. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Rethinking Labour-Management Relations: The Case for Arbitration," by Christopher J. Bruce and Jo Carby-Hall.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Are Strong Unions Compatible with the New Model of Human Resource Management? - Wells, Donald (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
In contrast to those who would argue that human resource management (HRM) is only compatible with weak unions or the absence of unions, or that it exists where union avoidance is not an option, there is a large body of industrial relations opinion that asserts that strong, autonomous unions are not only compatible with these innovations, but even necessary to their successful development. One of these industrial relations specialists, Mansell (1987), has also identified several firms that have implemented what she calls Socio-Technical Systems (STS) in unionized settings in Canada. These are Shell, Eldorado Resources, Inco Metals, Xerox, Dominion Stores, and Willet Foods. These cases, which it has been argued illustrate the compatibility of strong unions and HRM reforms, are examined. Each case illustrates the incompatibility of HRM and strong unions and explains why this is so.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employees; Human resource management; Implementations; Innovations; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Participatory management; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Unions

Employment Contracts: New Zealand Experiences - Wetzel, Kurt (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Employment Contracts: New Zealand Experiences," edited by Raymond Harbridge.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Sisters and Solidarity: Women and Unions in Canada - White, Julie (Thompson Educational, 1993)
Sisters & Solidarity provides a clear and well-researched overview of the position of women in relation to the labour movement across Canada. After surveying the development of the labour movement at the turn of the century, the author traces the increasing influence of women members in the Canadian labour movement. Sisters & Solidarity considers not only what unions have negotiated with employers, but the position of women inside the union movement itself. Based on interviews with unions and labour centrals across the country, Julie White examines the representation of women in union executives, committees, conventions and staff. She describes the development of women's committees and examines the responses of unions to demands for change concerning family responsibilities, harassment, and union education. Using new data the author analyzes who are the unorganized, where they work, and why it is difficult to organize them. Three case studies examine the attempts to unionize homeworkers and cleaners and new labour relations legislation in Ontario. Sisters & Solidarity also considers the position of racial minorities, disabled persons and gays and lesbians in the Canadian union movement and the steps unions and labour centrals have taken to meet the needs of these workers. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Canada; History; Minority labor union members; WOMEN labor union members

We the People: Voices and Images of the New Nation - Wilson, David A. (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "We the People: Voices and Images of the New Nation," by Alfred F. Young, Terry J. Fife, and Mary E. Janzen.

From Subordinate Partners to Dependent Employees: State Regulation of Public School Teachers in Nineteenth-Century British Columbia - Wotherspoon, Terry (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
This article examines the creation and shaping of an occupation--public school teaching--in 19th century British Columbia. It represents teaching as a contractory endeavour organized around the reproduction of labour power. Drawing upon secondary accounts of teaching and state formation (supplemented with representative documents from the period of concern), the article emphasizes how struggles between different segments of the teaching force and state representatives emerged around changing moral and technical priorities. In the context of state formation and subsequent industrial development, teaching was transformed by the end of the 19th century from a relatively autonomous occupation to a highly regulated and segmented force of dependent state employees.
Keywords: British Columbia; Employees; INDUSTRIALIZATION; Labor; PUBLIC school teachers; Social conditions; State regulation

Making Fast Food: From the Frying Pan into the Fryer - Wright, Cynthia (Labour / Le Travail, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Making Fast Food: From the Frying Pan into the Fryer," by Ester Reiter.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; FAST food restaurants; MAKING Fast Food: From the Frying Pan Into the Fryer (Book); Nonfiction; REITER, Ester

From Plant to Politics: The Autoworkers Union in Postwar Canada - Yates, Charlotte A. B. (Charlotte Alyce Bronwen) (Temple University Press, 1993)
In the wake of the continuing recession and destabilized global economy, theorizing about the industrial peace that reigned after World War II through the 1970s has undergone considerable revision. In this path-breaking discussion of Canadian labor relations, Charlotte Yates shows how the state-centered European theories of political economy did not fit the Canadian and United States experiences and treated them as anomalies. Through a case study of the Autoworkers Union in Canada (a branch of the UAW until 1984), Yates subjects this theorizing to critical scrutiny. Using extensive archives of union political activities, Yates describes how unions were demobilized in their relationships with the state, employers, and political parties as Fordist regulatory structures and practices forced unions to accept the constraints of responsible union behavior. She argues that the Canadian Autoworkers' collective identity and internal organizational structure counteracted these demobilizing tendencies. This historical legacy laid the groundwork for the Autoworker Union's return to militancy in the 1980s and 1990s and has shaped its responses to the pressures of economic globalization and heightened competition. From Plant to Politics demonstrates how continued union militancy in resisting concessions from employers and other attacks on unions has placed the union in a position of strength from which it now hopes to negotiate the Canadian path to a restructured economy. This study of the internal dynamics of a major union contributes to an understanding of unions as complex organizations engaged in strategic activities that have a definite impact on the national political economy. --Publisher's description

Negotiation Issues for Part-Time Workers: The Impact of Occupation - Zeytinoglu, Isik Urla (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
Focusing on 117 union locals that had collective agreements for part-time and full-time workers in Ontario, a study showed that negotiation issues varied for part-time workers depending on their occupation. Those in non-professional occupations wanted to limit the number of percentage of part-time work in the bargaining units, while for professionals this was an unimportant negotiation issue. Negotiating the same wages and benefits for part-time and full-time workers, and equality in filling full-time vacancies, were similarly important for both groups of workers. Equality in access to employer-sponsored training programs to prepare for advancement to higher grades and other job opportunities was the least important negotiation issue for all respondents.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; Labor negotiations; Occupations; Part time employment; Professionals; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Studies; Unions

Women and Unions : Forging a Partnership - Zeytinoglu, Isik Urla (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1993)
The article reviews the book, "Women and Unions : Forging a Partnership," edited by Dorothy Sue Cobble.
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Abstracts / Résumés [29, Spring 1992] (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
English/French abstracts of articles in the isuee.

Abstracts / Résumés [30, Fall 1992] (Labour/Le Travail, 1992)
English/French abstracts of articles in the issue.

Canadian Committee on Labour History: Publications [no. 29, Spring 1992] (Labour/Le Travail, 1992)
List of recent publications by the Committee.

Canadian Committee on Labour History: Publications [no. 30, Fall 1992] (Labour/Le Travail, 1992)
List of recent publications by the Committee.

Index — volume 47 — 1992 (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
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Index, Volumes 27-28 (1991) (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)

Liste des appréciateurs 1992 = 1992 List of referees (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
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Livres reçus (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
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Livres reçus (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
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Livres reçus (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
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Publications récentes (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
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Publications récentes (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
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Publications récentes (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
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Rebel or Revolutionary? Jack Kavanagh and the Early Years of the Communist Movement in Vancouver (1920-1925) - Akers, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
In the history of Canadian labour and the left from 1900 to 1925 the radical life of Jack Kavanagh represents an important link between the politics of pre-war socialism and post-war communism. A prominent trade union leader and revolutionary propagandist in Vancouver, he was a founding member of the Communist Party of Canada in 1921 and its first provincial chairman in British Columbia. At the level of leadership, however, the foundation period of the communist movement in Vancouver was dominated by recurring disputes between Kavanagh and the party centre in Toronto, suggesting a kind of regional factionalism. This article reviews that historical experience and assesses Kavanagh's place in Canada's radical heritage.
Keywords: ABSTRACTS; Communism; Communist Party of Canada; KAVANAGH, Jack; LABOUR/LE Travail (Book); REVOLUTIONARY literature; RIGHT & left (Political science); Socialism

Where the Fraser River Flows: The Industrial Workers of the World in British Columbia - Akers, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Where the Fraser River Flows: The Industrial Workers of the World in British Columbia," by Mark Leier.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; INDUSTRIAL workers; LEIER, Mark; Nonfiction; WHERE the Fraser River Flows: The Industrial Workers of the World in British Columbia (Book)

Employers Large and Small - Albo, Gregory (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Employers Large and Small," by Charles Brown, James Hamilton, and James Medoff.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; BROWN, Charles; EMPLOYERS Large & Small (Book); Employers; HAMILTON, James; MEDOFF, James; Nonfiction

Managing to Discriminate - Andiappan, Palaniappan (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "Managing to Discriminate," by David L. Collinson, David Knights and Margaret Collinson.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Sex discrimination; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Les défis de la recherche en relations industrielles - Audet, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1992)
La recherche en relations industrielles a surtout porté sur l'étude de nos institutions. En effet, les recherches traditionnelles dans notre domaine ont abordé principalement les questions relatives à la croissance syndicale, aux grèves, à la participation institutionnelle, à la négociation collective, aux mécanismes de règlement des conflits (arbitrage, médiation, conciliation, etc.), et finalement, à certaines dimensions des politiques publiques. Il ne fait aucun doute que les nombreuses recherches sur ces sujets ont eu le mérite de décrire des phénomènes précis. Il est à se demander, toutefois, si on a réellement développé un corpus de connaissances permettant de mieux comprendre ces divers phénomènes et de mieux prédire ou anticiper, dans une certaine mesure, les comportements et attitudes des acteurs.
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The Great Depression: 1929-1939 - Axelrod, Paul (Labour / Le Travail, 1992)
The article reviews the book, "The Great Depression: 1929-1939," by Pierre Berton.
Keywords: BERTON, Pierre, 1920-2004; BOOKS -- Reviews; DEPRESSIONS -- 1929; GREAT Depression 1929-1939, The (Book); Nonfiction