Labour Before the Law: The Regulation of Workers' Collective Action in Canada, 1900-1948 - Warskett, Rosemary (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Labour before the Law: The Regulation of Workers' Collective Action in Canada, 1900-1948," by Judy Fudge and Eric Tucker.

Changing Prospects for Trade Unionism: Comparisons between Six Countries - Wheeler, Hoyt N. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Changing Prospects for Trade Unionism: Comparisons between Six Countries, edited by Peter Fairbrother and Gerard Griffin, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Comparative analysis; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Manycountries; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Unionization

A Nation for All: Race, Inequality, and Politics in Twentieth Century Cuba - Whitney, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "A Nation for All: Race, Inequality, and Politics in Twentieth Century Cuba," by Alejandro de la Fuente.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DE la Fuente, Alejandro; NATION for All: Race, Inequality & Politics in 20th-Century Cuba, A (Book); Nonfiction; Racism

Not Automatic: Women and the Left in the Forging of the Auto Workers' Union - Wigderson, Seth (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "Not Automatic: Women and the Left in the Forging of the Auto Workers' Union," by Sol Dollinger and Genora Johnson Dollinger.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DOLLINGER, Genora Johnson; DOLLINGER, Sol; Labor Unions; NOT Automatic: Women & the Left in the Forging of the Auto Workers' Union (Book); Nonfiction

Strategy, Organization and the Changing Nature of Work - Wood, Geoffrey (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Reviews the book "Strategy, Organization and the Changing Nature of Work," edited by Jordi Gual and Joan E. Ricart.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; BUSINESS planning; Nonfiction; STRATEGY, Organization & the Changing Nature of Work (Book)

We are the Poors: Community Struggles in Post-Apartheid South Africa - Wood, Geoffrey (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "We Are the Poors: Community Struggles in Post-Apartheid South Africa," by Ashwin Desai.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DESAI, Ashwin; Nonfiction; SOUTH Africa; WE Are the Poors: Community Struggles in Post-Apartheid South Africa (Book)

The Revival of Industrial Unions in Canada: The Extension and Adaptation of Industrial Union Practices to the New Economy - Yates, Charlotte A. B. (Charlotte Alyce Bronwen) (Trade Unions in Renewal: A Comparative Study, 2003)
Analyzes how, in the late 1980s, industrial unions such as the Canadian Auto Workers adapted successfully to the growth of the service sector and the changing composition of the workforce. Concludes that problems of internal union structure and identity, as well as jurisdictional disputes between unions, are still not resolved.
Keywords: Canada; Industrial relations; Labor unions; United States

Unions in Crisis, Unions in Renewal? - Yates, Charlotte A. B. (Charlotte Alyce Bronwen); Fairbrother, Peter (Trade Unions in Renewal: A Comparative Study, 2003)
Describes the varying patterns of union governance and membership since 1945 in the five primarily English-speaking countries of Australia, Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand, and the US. Discusses union efforts at renewal in the 1990s as a result of declining membership and waning political influence.
Keywords: Commonwealth countries. Comparative industrial relations. Syndicats. Relations industrielles comparées. Sindicalismo. Sindicato. Comparative industrial relations. Labor unions; Labor unions. Labor unions; United States. Labor unions

Naming the System: Inequality and Work in the Global Economy - Yates, Michael D. (Monthly Review Press, 2003)
The economic boom of the 1990s created huge wealth for the bosses, but benefited workers hardly at all. At the same time, the bosses were able to take the political initiative and even the moral high ground, while workers were often divided against each other. This new book by leading labor analyst Michael D. Yates seeks to explain how this happened, and what can be done about it. Essential to both tasks is "naming the system"-the system that ensures that those who do the work do not benefit from the wealth they produce. Yates draws on recent data to show that the growing inequality - globally, and within the United States - is a necessary consequence of capitalism, and not an unfortunate side-effect that can be remedied by technical measures. To defend working people against ongoing attacks-on their working conditions, their living standards, and their future and that of their children-and to challenge inequality, it is necessary to understand capitalism as a system and for labor to challenge the political dominance of capitalist interests. Naming the System examines contemporary trends in employment and unemployment, in hours of work, and in the nature of jobs. It shows how working life is being reconfigured today, and how the effects of this are masked by mainstream economic theories. It uses numerous concrete examples to relate larger theoretical issues to everyday experience of the present-day economy. And it sets out the strategic options for organized labor in the current political context, in which the U.S.-led war on terrorism threatens to eclipse the anti-globalization movement. --Publisher's description.
Keywords: ANTI-globalization movement; Capitalism; Globalization; Income distribution; Industrial relations; Labor; Labor movement; QUALITY of work life; Unemployment

Pacific Press: The Unauthorized Story of Vancouver's Newspaper Monopoly - Young, Mary Lynn (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "Pacific Press: The Unauthorized Story of Vancouver's Newspaper Monopoly," by Marc Edge.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; EDGE, Marc; Mass media; Nonfiction; PACIFIC Press: The Unauthorized Story of Vancouver's Newspaper Monopoly (Book)

Labor Geographies: Workers and the Landscape of Capitalism - Zonderman, David A. (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "Labor Geographies: Workers and the Landscape of Capitalism," by Andrew Herod.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; HEROD, Andrew; Industrial relations; LABOR Geographies: Workers & the Landscape of Capitalism (Book); Nonfiction

The Making of the Chinese Industrial Workplace: State, Revolution, and Labour Management - Zusman, Eric (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "The Making of the Chinese Industrial Workplace: State, Revolution & Labour Management," by Mark Frazier.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; FRAZIER, Mark; MAKING of the Chinese Industrial Workplace: State, Revolution & Labour Management, The (Book); Nonfiction; Work environment

Looking for Mrs. Armstrong - Kelly, Paula (The Beaver, 2002)
Who was that impassioned woman at the heart of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike? And why did her memory become lost to time? Filmmaker Paula Kelly set out to bring Helen Armstrong back from the margins of history. --Editorial introduction
Keywords: Feminism; Winnipeg general strike

Aboriginals as Unwilling Immigrants: Contact, Assimilation and Labour Market Outcomes - Kuhn, Peter; Sweetman, Arthur (Journal of Population Economics, 2002)
Like immigrants, aboriginal populations' economic success may be enhanced by the acquisition of skills and traits appropriate to the “majority” culture in which they reside. Using 1991 Canadian Census data, we show that Aboriginal labour market success is greater for Aboriginals whose ancestors intermarried with non-Aboriginals, for those who live off Indian reserves, and for those who live outside the Yukon and Northwest Territories. While these three “facts” could also be explained by a combination of other processes, such as discrimination, physical remoteness, and selection, only the skill/trait acquisition, or “assimilation” hypothesis is consistent with all three.
Keywords: Assimilation (Sociology); Employment; Immigrants; Indigenous Peoples; Labor market

Gendered Precariousness in the Canadian Labour Market and the Crisis in Social Reproduction - Vosko, Leah F. (York University, 2002)
...In this lecture, I shall forge an alternative approach.... My aim is to rethink feminization and this requires critiquing dominant interpretations of feminization that emphasize women’s high labour force participation and employment rates to the exclusion of other labour market trends through an analytical framework attentive to developments on both supply- and demand-sides of the labour market (i.e., production and social reproduction). I will argue that by focusing attention on the movement of women into the labour market, these approaches risk obscuring the gendered rise of precarious employment. This restrictive emphasis welds feminization to a narrow set of trends and glosses over key continuities, such as persisting occupational and industrial2 segregation, and discontinuities, such as the convergence towards precariousness, in the contemporary labour market. --From introduction

Abstracts / Résumés [50, Fall 2002] (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
English/French abstracts of articles in the current issue.

Abstracts = Résumés (49, Spring/Printemps 2002) (Labour/Le Travail, 2002)
English/French abstracts of the articles in the Spring 2002 volume.

Index - volume 57 - 2002 [Articles & book reviews] (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
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

Index, Volumes 47-48, 2001 (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
Biennial index produced by the Canadian Periodical Index.

Decentralization in the Public Sector: The Case of the U.K. National Health Service - Arrowsmith, James; Sisson, Keith (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Decentralization has been an important international development in large organizations, including those in the public sector, in recent years. The introduction of self-governing trusts in the U.K. National Health Service in the early 1990s serves as a paradigm case of public sector decentralization, managerialism and marketization. Local managers were able to develop their own employment arrangements in order to improve the recruitment, retention and deployment of labour. This article finds that pay initiatives were subverted by environmental constraints but change proceeded in the organization of working time. The findings have implications beyond the U.K. and health service context, notably the conceptual relevance of the "firm-in-sector" framework and the policy limits and potential of decentralization.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Decentralization; Government agencies; Health administration; Health care; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Women's Lives Under Socialism - Ashwin, Sarah (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews and comments on the books, "Revolutionary Women in Russia" by Anna Hillyar and Jane McDermid; "In the Shadow of Revolution," edited by Sheila Fitzpatrick and Yuri Slezkine; and "The Politics of Gender After Socialism: A Comparative Historical Essay" by Susan Gal and Gail Kligman.

Tortillas and Tomatoes: Transmigrant Mexican Harvesters in Canada - Basok, Tanya (McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history, 2002)
An exploration of the vital role played by Mexican seasonal workers in Canadian agriculture and how they have become a structural necessity in some sectors. Based on interviews with Leamington greenhouse growers and migrant Mexican workers, Tanya Basok offers a timely analysis of why the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program is needed. She argues that while Mexican workers do not necessarily constitute cheap labour for Canadian growers, they are vital for the survival of some agricultural sectors because they are always available for work, even on holidays and weekends, or when exhausted, sick, or injured. Basok exposes the mechanisms that make Mexican seasonal workers unfree and shows that the workers' virtual inability to refuse the employer's demand for their labour is related not only to economic need but to the rigid control exercised by the Mexican Ministry of Labour and Social Planning and Canadian growers over workers' participation in the Canadian guest worker program, as well as the paternalistic relationship between the Mexican harvesters and their Canadian employers. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Foreign workers, Mexican; Ontario. Agricultural laborers, Foreign; Ontario. Agricultural laborers, Foreign. Foreign workers, Mexican; Ontario. Trabajadores extranjeros mexicanos; Ontario. Travailleurs agricoles étrangers; Ontario. Travailleurs étrangers mexicains

Coffret 1 : La boîte à idées : volume M : Les pratiques observables du management des équipes et des personnes ; volume P : Le pilotage du management ; Coffret 2 : La boîte à outils - Bélanger, Laurent (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
The article reviews the books, "Coffret 1 : La boîte à idées : volume M : Les pratiques observables du management des équipes et des personnes ; volume P : Le pilotage du management ; Coffret 2 : La boîte à outils," by Jean-Louis Langevin.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Public Sector Earnings Comparability: Alternative Estimates for the U.s. Postal Service - Belman, Dale; Heywood, John S.; Voos, Paula B. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Using the postal service as an example, the critical role played by a series of "implicit" judgments when estimating the government earnings differential is highlighted. Regression estimates demonstrate that alternative treatments of location, gender, industry, occupation and union status result in estimates ranging from a double digit advantage for postal workers to no advantage at all. It is shown that women employees and those in rural locations generate substantial positive postal differentials, while the differentials for men and urban employees are very modest. Ignoring this point and making policy based on the average differential is unlikely to be effective. It is argued that the standard of comparability, comparing similar workers doing similar work, requires that judgments about samples and controls be made explicit as they largely determine the resulting estimates.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Comparative analysis; Employees; Labor Unions; Postal & delivery services; Private sector; Public sector; Regression analysis; Salaries pensions etc; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Wages & salaries

Colonization and Community: The Vancouver Island Coalfield and the Making of the British Columbian Working Class - Belshaw, John Douglas (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002)
An examination of the social, political, and demographic history of British miners and their households on Vancouver Island in the nineteenth century. In the nineteenth century coal-miners imported from Europe, Asia, and eastern North America burrowed beneath the Vancouver Island towns of Nanaimo, Wellington, and Cumberland. No group was as numerous and influential in this enterprise as the hundreds of British immigrants who traveled half-way around the world to take up back-breaking work in the most remote colony in the Empire. What drew the British miners and their families to the north Pacific? Why did they set aside six months to journey to a colony about which they knew little? Once they reached Vancouver Island, what did they make of it and what did they make it into? And how did they re-make themselves in the process? In Colonization and Community John Belshaw takes a new look at British Columbia's first working class, the men, women, and children beneath and beyond the pit-head. Beginning with an exploration of emigrant expectations and ambitions, he investigates working conditions, household wages, racism, industrial organization, gender, schooling, leisure, community building, and the fluid identity of the British mining colony, the archetypal west coast proletariat. By connecting the story of Vancouver Island to the larger story of Victorian industrialization, he delineates what was distinctive and what was common about the lot of the settler society. Belshaw breaks new ground, challenging the easy assumptions of transferred British political traditions, analyzing the colonial at the household level, and revealing the emergent communities of Vancouver Island as the cradle of British Columbian working-class culture. --Publisher's description

Employer Resistance to Union Certification: A Study of Canadian Jurisdictions - Bentham, Karen J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
This study investigates the prevalence and impacts of employer resistance to union certification applications in 8 Canadian jurisdictions. Employer resistance was found to be the norm, with 80% of employers overtly and actively opposing union certification applications. Analysis demonstrated that employer opposition to union certification can impact upon both initial certification outcomes and on the probability the parties will establish and sustain a collective bargaining relationship. Furthermore, the study demonstrates that focusing only on the probability of certification success seriously underestimates the impact of employer opposition.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Certification; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

L'impact des relations industrielles sur la performance organisationnelle - Bergeron, Jean-Guy; Jalette, Patrice (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Les relations industrielles (RI) influencent-elles la performance des organisations ? Des données financières de même que des données traitant d’une douzaine de pratiques RI et du climat RI ont été colligées dans 241 caisses populaires faisant partie du Mouvement Desjardins au Québec afin d’estimer l’effet des RI sur trois dimensions de la performance. Les résultats sont à l’effet que lorsque l’influence des autres déterminants est tenue constante, les pratiques RI et le climat RI ont un impact significatif sur la performance organisationnelle, en particulier sur la productivité et les coûts de main-d’oeuvre.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Human resource management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Organizational effectiveness; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Workers' Compensation: Foundations for Reform - Bergstrom, Randolph E. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Workers' Compensation: Foundations for Reform," edited by Morley Gunderson and Douglas Hyatt.

The World's Most Dangerous Woman: A New Biography of Emma Goldman - Bernhard, Marc (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "The World's Most Dangerous Woman: A New Biography of Emma Goldman.," by Albert Moritz and Theresa Moritz.

La révolution du travail : de l’artisan au manager - Bernier, Colette (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "La révolution du travail : de l’artisan au manager," by Rolande Pinard.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Le changement dans les organisations: Entre structures et interactions - Bernoux, Philippe (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
L’analyse des organisations s’est-elle engagée dans une fausse voie depuis la première parution, il y a plus de quarante ans, de la revue Administrative Science Quarterly ? Il y aurait eu divorce entre la théorie et l’empirie, le lien aurait été perdu entre les deux. L’auteur montre que cette perte est due aux références à des ensembles théoriques structuraux, alors que les organisations, comme la société dans sa globalité, ne sont explicables qu’en partant des interactions entre acteurs, interactions qui permettent de comprendre comment se vivent les incertitudes de l’action. Des exemples précis montrent que le fondement de ces interactions est, dans les organisations productives, la relation des salariés aux objets techniques, la rationalité instrumentale. Elle leur permet d’entrer en relations et de gérer les incertitudes sans réifier ni contrôler ces relations.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Sociologies du travail: quarante ans après - Bernoux, Philippe (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Sociologies du travail : quarante ans après," edited by Amélie Pouchet.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; History; Labor; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social aspects

The Workers Organizing and Resource Centre: The Struggle Continues in Winnipeg - Bickerton, Geoff; Stearns, Catherine (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2002)
In most communities the relationship between trade unions and social activist organizations is usually underdeveloped and uneven. Likewise trade unions usually have no organic connections to unorganized workers and contribute little to the task of representing these workers in their struggles against employers and government agencies. The Workers Organizing and Resource Centre (WORC), a collective administered by trade unionists and social activists, is an attempt to bridge this solitude. Since it was established in 1998, WORC has been the home to numerous working class advocacy organizations and a hub of progressive activity in Winnipeg. Its mandate is to facilitate the development of community organizations, provide advocacy work for non union workers, and to assist in organizing the unorganized. This paper describes the function that WORC plays in the Winnipeg progressive community and discusses the relationship to its sole source of funding, the national office of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.

Hommage à Noah Meltz - Boivin, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Initiation à la négociation collective - Bourque, Reynald (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Initiation à la négociation collective by Jean Sexton.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; Labor unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The West Wants In: Regionalism, Class, and Labour/Le Travail, 1976-2002 - Bright, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
“The west wants in” was the rallying cry of the Reform Party launched in 1987. What the West wanted, how its aspirations could be fulfilled within Confederation, and how fulfilling them might change Canada itself came to dominate the party’s agenda over the next decade or so. The West’s relationship to the rest of the country has also been a major theme in Canadian labour history, of ten with respect to notions of “western radicalism” or “western exceptionalism.” Reviewing Labour / Le Travail’s coverage of Canadian labour over the past quarter-century, this article reviews the extent to which western workers have been represented, the varying ways in which their identity has been characterized, and the degree to which traditional perceptions of a “radical” West have been either reinforced or revised as a result.
Keywords: CLASS identity; Canada; Labor movement; REFORM Party of Canada; SOCIOLOGY literature; WESTERN countries; Working class

L'emergence des associations paralleles dans les rapports collectifs de travail - Brunelle, Christian (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Democracy; Labor Unions; Memberships; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

L’émergence des associations parallèles dans les rapports collectifs de travail - Brunelle, Christian (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Des jeunes salariés québécois reprochent à leurs syndicats de ne pas tenir suffisamment compte de leurs intérêts dans la négociation de leurs conditions de travail. Ils ont ainsi fondé leurs propres associations en réaction à la façon dont le syndicat exerce son monopole de représentation. Ce nouveau phénomène traduit une insatisfaction certaine face à la façon dont s’exerce la démocratie syndicale dans certains milieux de travail. L’émergence de ces associations parallèles devrait inciter les leaders syndicaux à faire montre de plus d’ouverture, à engager le dialogue et à entreprendre une réflexion devenue nécessaire sur leur conception de la démocratie — et la notion d’égalité qui y est sous-jacente — à l’ère des droits fondamentaux de la personne.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Labour/Le Travail and Canadian Working-Class History: A View from Afar - Burgmann, Verity (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
This article attempts to explain the similarities and parallels between Labour/ Le Travail and its Australian equivalent, Labour History; as well as analysing Labour/Le Travail's distinctive interests and concerns, which reflect the peculiarities of the Canadian. It suggests, in particular, that the timing of Labour/Le Travail's appearance was propitious and that it was well positioned for various reasons to take advantage of the Thompsonian moment in labour historiography. Further, by responding to the rise of the new social movements, it was able to enrich further the study of labour history through attention to forms of oppression other than class. With class nonetheless remaining its central focus, a degree of political pessimism is understandably evident from the mid-1980s onwards, with the downturn in labour movement activity and allegations about the death of class. By the same token, signs of working-class remobilization in the late 1990s have encouraged a renewed sense of political purpose in the journal. It is argued that this situation also offers opportunities for new forms of dialogue between academics and activists challenging corporate globalization, enabling the journal and those associated with it to continue to reach out to audiences beyond the academy, to place their knowledge of labour's past at the service of movements contesting the current circumstances of the working class.
Keywords: Labor movement; SOCIOLOGY literature; STRIKES & lockouts; Social movements; Working class

Where Was the Working Class? Revolution in Eastern Germany - Buse, Dieter K. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Where was the working class? Revolution in Eastern Germany," by Linda Fuller.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; History; History--History of North And South America; Working class

Class, Politics and Social Change: The Remaking of the Working Class in 1940s Canada - Camfield, David (York University, 2002)
This interdisciplinary dissertation aims to develop social and political theory capable of understanding social class as a structured process and relationship mediated by gender, race and other social relations and taking place in time and specific socio-material contexts, in order to analyse working classes as historical formations. It also aims to use this perspective and the existing body of historical scholarship to conduct a theoretically-rigorous study of the remaking of the Canadian working class in the 1940s. Arguing that recent theoretical work on class formation is inadequate, the dissertation critically appropriates ideas drawn from classical and contemporary scholarship to outline a theory of working classes as historical formations. An account of how dominant classes exercise power in capitalist societies is a necessary complement to this theory; the overview developed theorizes the existence of capitalist rule in differentiated forms and as inherently, but not primarily, ideological. From this perspective, the dissertation analyses the remaking of the Canadian working class in the paid workplace, community and household spheres in the 1940s. It argues that between 1941 and 1947 a broad but uneven process of class recomposition took place, focussing on such issues as the character of struggles in this period, their participants, their organizations and ideologies in order to illuminate the dynamics of change in working-class formations. In the course of struggle, both the working-class formation and capitalist rule were altered in important ways. The new formation that stabilized in the late 1940s featured improved living standards and greater unity against capital at the most elementary level. It was also shaped in important respects by a particular configuration of racist, sexist and heterosexist social relations. Unions changed from within and without, becoming generally committed to a responsible and bureaucratic practice. The CCF became the undisputed party of the English-Canadian workers' movement, weakening and marginalizing political radicalism. Although it is misleading to interpret this as working-class incorporation, working-class capacities to change society had been constrained and undermined in new ways, in part as a result of the very reforms workers wrested from employers and state power.

Victor Serge: The Course is Set on Hope - Camfield, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Victor Serge: The Course is Set on Hope," by Susan Weissman.

Riding the Rails: Black Railroad Workers in Canada and the United States - Carson, Jenny (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the books, "My Name’s Not George: The Story of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in Canada," by Stanley G. Grizzle, "Brotherhoods of Color: Black Railroad Workers and the Struggle for Equality," by Eric Arnesen, and "Pullman Porters and the Rise of Protest Politics in Black America, 1925-1945," by Beth Tompkins Bates.

The Organizing Model and the Management of Change: A Comparative Study of Unions in Australia and Britain - Carter, Bob; Cooper, Rae (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Trade unions in nearly all developed countries are facing major difficulties in maintaining membership levels and political influence. The US labor movement has been increasingly attracted to an organizing model of trade unionism and, in turn, this response has caught the imagination of some sections of other Anglo-Saxon movements, most notably in Australia, New Zealand and Britain. There is not single definitive account of what constitutes the organizing model but its advocates envisage the transformation of unions into dynamic organizations, where members would become active participants rather than passive consumers. Despite similarities in the problems that national union movements face, however, the histories and current experiences of trade unions in the various countries show marked differences. A comparative study of an Australian and a British union, based on extensive fieldwork in Britain and Australia, attempts to assess the importance of national contexts in the adoption of the organizing model.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Comparative studies; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Management; Management of change; Memberships; Organizational change; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis

Labour Law in Canada - Carter, Donald D.; England, Geoffrey; Etherington, Brian; Trudeau, Gilles (Wolters Kluwer, 2002)
For a clear understanding of the legal protections and remedies available to employers and workers in Canada, this convenient survey and analysis is ideal. Although it may be said that there are eleven distinct systems of labour law in Canada - encompassing ten provinces and the Federal government - the authors ensure depth of treatment by focusing on common policy themes and typical legal solutions, with significant departures noted in whatever province or area of law they may arise. However, the relevant law of the three most populous and influential provinces - Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia - is covered in particular detail, as is Federal labour legislation and case law. Among the important areas of Canadian law and practice emphasised are the following: the tension between trade union power and business flexibility; collective "labour law" and individual "employment law"; the effect of the North American Free Trade Agreement; the central place of the legal concept of the employment contract; labour standards legislation; the influence of the 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms; court intervention in labour law, both under common law principles and Quebec's civil code; the role of labour relations boards; and judicial review of administrative decisions and arbitration awards. As an accurate and usable guide for lawyers not expert in Canadian law, Labour Law in Canada is without peer. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Bargaining; Collective Agreements; Labour Movement; Labour law; Trades; Unions

Hamlet and the Baker's Son: My Life in Theatre and Politics - Cavanagh, Chris (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Hamlet and the Baker's Son: My Life in Theatre and Politics," by Augusto Boal.

The Rise of Agrarian Democracy: The United Farmers and Farm Women of Alberta, 1909-1921 - Cavanaugh, Catherine A. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "The rise of agrarian democracy: The United Farmers and Farm Women of Alberta, 1909-1921," by Bradford James Rennie.
Keywords: 20th century; Agriculture; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; History; History--History of North And South America; Women

Government Administered Workplace Surveys and Industrial Relations in Canada - Chaykowski, Richard P.; Slotsve, George A. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
John Godard's article, "New Dawn or Bad Moon Rising? Large Scale Government Administered Workplace Surveys and the Future of Canadian IR Research" (2001), is discussed. Godard has challenged researchers to consider the advantages and disadvantages of using data sets in industrial relations research. This comment agrees with Godard that the Workplace and Employment Survey (WES), as with other large scale government administered surveys, has a number of significant advantages, including: excellent response rates, comprehensiveness, the ability to link employees with their employers and to follow them over (limited) periods of time, and a tendency to use more standardized measures. These represent substantial advantages relative to other sources of micro-level data.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employees; Government employees; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Polls & surveys; R&D; Research; Research & development; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Working conditions

Le rôle des stratégies externes et internes dans le choix des politiques de rémunération - Chênevert, Denis; Tremblay, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
La présente étude, réalisée auprès de 252 entreprises québécoises, a permis de mettre en évidence que les politiques de rémunération sont davantage influencées par les stratégies internes de l’organisation que par leurs stratégies externes. Plus spécifiquement, les entreprises qui préconisent les équipes autonomes de travail, la qualité totale et la gestion participative optent davantage pour des politiques de rémunération orientées vers la performance individuelle et collective, tendent à accorder un pourcentage de bonis plus élevé et à favoriser une plus grande transparence dans leurs mécanismes de gestion. Les résultats montrent également que la présence syndicale joue un rôle déterminant dans le choix des politiques de rémunération.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Compensation; Labor Unions; Labor unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

By Necessity or by Right: The Language and Experience of Gender at Work - Christie, Nancy (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
This article reviews the contribution that Labour/Le Travail has made to the study of gender history in Canada over the past 25 years. It identifies the several ways in which industrialization led to gendering of class, and in particular analyzes the contribution of the patriarchy/capitalism debate, the family strategies approach, and the new literature on masculinity. It suggests the need for more broadly contextualized studies that incorporate both gender conflict and interdependence, and argues for a hermeneutic separation of gender and class identities from conceptualizations of class politics and collective protest.
Keywords: Canada; Capitalism; DEMONSTRATIONS (Collective behavior); Gender studies; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MASCULINITY in literature; Patriarchy; SOCIOLOGY literature

"Keep Communism Out of Our Schools": Cold War Anti-Communism at the Toronto Board of Education, 1948-1951 - Clarke, Frank K. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
As a contribution to the history of the Cold War, and particularly of anti-Communist activities at the local level, discusses the controversial policies adopted by the Toronto District School Board during 1948-51 and the anti-Communist activities of Harold Menzies, one of the board's trustees. In spite of the presence on the board of elected trustees who were Communists and the opposition of the director of education, a majority of the trustees were successful in adopting policies that violated the civil liberties of Canadians and were contemptuous of the will of the voters. Anti-Communist activities touched on teacher loyalty, selection of textbooks, and access to school facilities. Menzies and his allies saw communism as a threat to the school system and worked hard to create and maintain an anti-Communist consensus.

Fight to win - Clarke, John (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
Discusses the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty's efforts to resist the most extreme elements of the Conservative Party's agenda, and critiques the labour movement, in particular the union leadership, for the failure of its Days of Action, which was also intended to mobilize against the government.

Health Care Practitioners: An Ontario Case Study in Policy Making - Clarke, Juanne (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Health care practitioners: An Ontario case study in policy making," by Patricia O'Reilly.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; History--History of North And South America; Laws & regulations; Medical personnel

Renegade Lawyer: The Life of J.L. Cohen - Clément, Dominique (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Renegade Lawyer: The Life of J. L. Cohen. MacDowell," by Laurel Sefton.

Pursuing International Labour Rights in U.s. Courts: New Uses for Old Tools - Compa, Lance (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Filing lawsuits in US federal and state courts for workers' rights violations suffered by workers employed by American corporations abroad is one of several strategies for promoting labour rights. To succeed, such suits must first overcome the strong presumption against extraterritorial effect of US law. Other jurisdictional hurdles like "inconvenient forum" also require caution in bringing suits. With the right strategic choices, labour rights litigation can be an effective means of advancing workers' rights in the global economy.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Expatriate employees; Jurisdiction; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Litigation; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Discrimination et obligation d'accommodement en milieu de travail syndique - Coutu, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Employment discrimination; Labor Unions; Laws & regulations; Seniority; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Discrimination et obligation d’accommodement en milieu de travail syndiqué - Coutu, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Discrimination et obligation d’accommodement en milieu de travail syndiqué," by Christian Brunelle.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Chronique du mouvement ouvrier politique - Dansereau, Bernard (Bulletin d'histoire politique, 2002)
Reviews and comments on two books by Éric Leroux on Gustave Francq (1871-1952), who was a key figure in Quebec's labour movement.

La famille Wolofsky - Dansereau, Bernard (Bulletin d'histoire politique, 2002)

Immigrants and the Labour Force: Policy, Regulation and Impact - Das Gupta, Tania (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Immigrants and the labour force: Policy, regulation and impact," by Ravi Pendakur.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Employment; History; History--History of North And South America; Immigration; Labor force; Labor market; Minority & ethnic groups; Self employment; Wages & salaries

The Political Economy of Indian Health and Disease in the Canadian Northwest - Daschuk, James W. (James William) (University of Manitoba, 2002)
The dissertation identifies the origins of the present disparity of health conditions between Indian communities and mainstream society in western Canada. It examines the relationship between economics and health of Indian populations in the Canadian northwest from the early eighteenth century to the end of the nineteenth century. It documents the development of the fur trade in relation to changes in the geographical distribution of aboriginal societies resulting from the differential impact of introduced European diseases. For a period of one hundred and fifty years, infections that came as a consequence of trade were the primary source of mortality due to illness among First Nations. In addition, social pathologies resulting from European trade strategies affected the well being of communities in the northwest. Climate and environment contributed to the differential success of many groups integrated into the global economy through the fur trade. Canada's acquisition of the northwest changed this pattern. Its commitment to the terms of Treaties opened the west for agricultural development and settlement. The Dominion's development strategy, the National Policy, coincided with the extinction of the bison, undermining the ability of plains Indians to compel the government to deliver on their Treaty commitments. To facilitate the implementation of its economic and political order, the Dominion used its famine relief strategy as a means to subjugate them. By the early 1880s, tuberculosis emerged as a full blown epidemic among the Indians of the plains. The spread of tuberculosis through the Indian population of the plains was the result of the protracted period of malnutrition. Punitive measures imposed after the brief armed resistance to Dominion hegemony further weakened the population already largely infected with the disease. Severe mortality weakened the population already largely infected with the disease. Severe mortality resulted from the spread of acute infectious disease among the compromised population. Within fifteen years of signing Treaties many plains populations declined to their demographic nadir.

Reyita: The Life of a Black Cuban Woman in the Twentieth Century, as told to her daughter Daisy Rubiera Castillo - Davies, Catherine (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Reyita: The Life of a Black Cuban Woman in the Twentieth Century, as told to her daughter Daisy Rubiera Castillo," by María de los Reyes Castillo Bueno.

The Jacobin Clubs in the French Revolution, 1793-1795 - Davis, Lawrence H. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "The Jacobin clubs in the French Revolution, 1793-1795," by Michael L. Kennedy.
Keywords: 18th century; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; History; History--History of North And South America

Un aperçu des lois de retour au travail adoptées au Québec entre 1964 et 2001 - Delorme, Francois; Nadeau, Gaston (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
À partir d’une liste exhaustive des lois spéciales de retour au travail adoptées au Québec entre 1964 et 2001 inclusivement, les auteurs en présentent, sous la forme d’un tableau détaillé, certaines caractéristiques : un sommaire de leur contenu, la durée approximative du conflit auquel chacune des lois entendait mettre fin, le caractère légal ou illégal de l’arrêt de travail, sa durée ainsi que des commentaires de nature factuelle. Cet exercice permet de dégager quelques observations sur la fréquence d’utilisation de ce moyen exceptionnel et il conduit à identifier les domaines d’activité les plus souvent touchés par de telles interventions. Il montre aussi que le législateur prend souvent en compte, pour justifier l’usage de cet outil extraordinaire de règlement d’un différend, non seulement les critères relatifs au maintien de la santé et de la sécurité publiques, mais parfois aussi les inconvénients majeurs pouvant résulter du conflit. C’est qu’en pareille matière, l’adoption d’une loi se situe toujours aux frontières du droit et de la politique.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor law; Laws & regulations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strikes

State and Society in Transition: The Politics of Institutional Reform in the Eastern Townships, 1838-1852 - Depatie, Sylvie (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "State and society in transition: The politics of institutional reform in the eastern townships, 1838-1852," by J.I. Little.
Keywords: 19th century; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Education; Government; History; History--History of North And South America; Society

Reassessing The Historical UAW: Walter Reuther's Affiliation with the Communist Party and Something of Its Meaning — A Document of Party Involvement, 1939 - Devinatz, Victor G. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The paper argues that Walter Reuther was affiliated with the US Communist Party in the mid to late 1930s. At the time, Reuther was a vice president of the United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America; he went on to become UAW president from 1946 till his death in 1970. The author discusses a previously unknown archival document that summarized the February 1939 Detroit meeting attended by Communist state, national and trade union leaders, including Reuther. The author calls for a reassessment of the scholarly literature on the historical UAW and Reuther.

Improving Work Organization to Reduce Injury and Illness: Social Services, Stress, Violence & Workload: Final Report - Dimitrova, Dimitrina; Baines, Donna; Hadley, Karen; Slade, Bonnie; Pollack, Shoshana; Brooker, Ann-Sylvia; Preston, Susan; Lewchuk, Wayne (McMaster University, Institute for Work in a Global Society, 2002)
This report compares work organization and workload at three [Ontario] developmental service agencies in order to identify factors that precipitate and contribute to injuries, stress and health problems in the social services. The restructuring of services in this sector has resulted in reduced funding and therefore workloads and health risks associated with overwork and burnout appear to have increased dramatically in all three sites studied. Restructuring has also exposed workers and clients to higher levels of stress and violence. This study also uncovered serious incidents of workplace bullying and traumatic work cultures. While workplace bullying certainly predates restructuring, some studies show that it is a phenomena that has seen rapid growth within the context of restructured public sector and non profit workplaces. Given the serious under funding of this sector it may appear that there is little that can be done to improve health and safety in the short term. However, this report recommends several measures including an immediate increase in government funding, the incorporation of worker’s knowledge into how work is to be organized and planned, guarantees to part-time workers of enough hours of work to support themselves, an end to the use of split shifts, a cap on overtime and subsequent hiring additional fulltime staff in order to ensure workplace stability and the introduction of immediate, assertive, transparent measures to improve workplace morale and eradicate traumatic workplace cultures. --Executive Summary

Montreal of Yesterday: Jewish Life in Montreal 1900-1920 - Dueck, Gordon (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Montreal of yesterday: Jewish life in Montreal 1900-1920," by Israel Medres; translated from Yiddish by Vivian Felsen.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; History; History--History of North And South America; Jews

Culture of Misfortune: An Interpretive History of Textile Unionism in the United States - Eaton, Jonathan (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Culture of Misfortune: An Interpretive History of Textile Unionism in the United States, by Clete Daniel, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; History; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Textile industry

An Introduction to Just Labour - Editorial Committee (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2002)

The social relations of productivity: A longitudinal and comparative study of aluminium smelters - Edwards, Paul; Bélanger, Jacques; Wright, Martyn (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
This article uses time-series data from two aluminium plants from Canada and the U.K. to analyze the social relations of productivity. The eventual turn to teamwork reflected, not hard evidence that productivity change had dried up, but a belief that they were the next step towards further improvement. By considering the structure of social relations over time in each smelter, this paper contributes to ongoing debates on the complex connections between productivity growth and organizational innovation. On the basis of direct observation and interviews, the article also reveals some of the social dynamics generating productivity growth and describes the development of idiosyncratic competencies. It stresses how the development of teamwork was historically in line with the productive ethos that had developed over time under continuous process technology.
Keywords: Aluminum industry; Aluminum works; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Organizational behavior; Productivity; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Teamwork; Time series

Bienfait: The Saskatchewan Miners' Struggle of '31 - Endicott, Stephen Lyon (University of Toronto Press, 2002)
Against all odds, the miners of Bienfait, Saskatchewan, attempted, in 1931, to change their miserable situation by organizing a union. Exploring the social consequences of capitalist restructuring during the Great Depression, Stephen Endicott focuses on the miners' tumultuous thirty-day strike. Their bid to gain union recognition with the aid of the Workers' Unity League of Canada ultimately failed, and Endicott's in-depth examination of the key factors and players attempts to explain why this was the case and why a similar union drive a decade later succeeded." "Based on a large number of both oral and written primary resources, Bienfait offers a new interpretation of the role of corporations, governments, courts, and the police in the events surrounding the strike. In the process, Endicott demonstrates how a militant union leadership helped the workers gain the strength and unity of purpose to challenge the powers of wealth and deep-seated prejudice. Bienfait opens a new chapter in the history of Canadian labour relations that reveals much about Canadian and Canadian society during the Depression. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Coal Miners' Strike, Estevan, Sask., 1931.; Grève des mineurs de charbon, Estevan, Sask., 1931

The Engineering of an Enemy: The Catholic Church, United Steelworkers, Canadian Labour Congress, and International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers Local 598 - Enoch, Simon (McMaster University, 2002)
As global politics realized a fundamental realignment with the end of the Second World War, the Canadian state desired the formation ofa national consensus over its newly developed Cold War policies. It set about this task through the use of anti-communist rhetoric to facilitate a repressive and intolerant atmosphere where dissent of state policies could be identified as subversive and dangerous. In promulgating this Cold War ideology, Ottawa was wary of the illiberal approach that characterized American McCarthyism. Rather, Ottawa adopted a strategy of "privatizing" its anti-communism through the use of extra-state actors. By "farming" out its repressive activities, Ottawa could portray itself as a neutral defender of liberal values, while at the same time facilitating a climate of repression that would further its policy aims. Attendant to this, the extra-state actors used this state facilitated framework in order to advance their own interests and agendas. This strategy was starkly illustrated by the USWA raids against IUMMSW Local 598 in 1962. The interests of the state, the Catholic Church, CLC, and USWA coalesced around the elimination of Mine Mill local 598 as a representative of miners in northern Ontario. The Catholic Church sought the elimination of a progressive secularizing force in the Sudbury community that threatened the Church's institutional reproduction. For Steel, the acquisition of over 17,000 dues-paying members and the elimination ofIUMMSW as a competitor in the membership rich northern Ontario mining communities. While the state prospered from the virulent anti-communist environment and the elimination of a potentially militant union from control over the largest source of nickel in the non-Communist world. Thus the boundaries demarcating the state from civil society are less clear than some would have us believe. The USWA/Mine Mill events illustrate the nuance in the relationship between the state and private actors in the mobilization of ideological hegemony.

Canadiens, Acadiens, and Canada: Knowledge and Ethnicity in Labour History - Ferland, Jacques (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
By distinguishing between Canadien and Acadien workers, on the one hand, and Canada workers, on the other, this essay examines some of the cognitive implications of L/LT’s epistemological commitment to a Canada-centered interpretation of labour history, particularly with respect to francophone working-class minorities. It argues that this labour history journal is representative of how emphasis on Canada-based workers and labour yields its own definition of class experience, a geopolitical definition that does not necessarily correspond to the ethnically-grounded “national” aspirations and struggles of French-Canadian and Acadian workers.
Keywords: CLASS identity; Canada; FRENCH-Canadians; Labor movement; Minorities; SOCIAL status; Social classes; Working class

1939: L 'Alliance de la dernière chance - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The paper reviews the book, "1939: L 'Alliance de la dernière chance," by Michael Carley, published in English as "The Alliance That Never War."

J. B. McLachlan: A Biography - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "J. B. McLachlan: A Biography," by David Frank.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Capitalism; Coal mines; History; History--History of North And South America; Labor; Labor history; Occupational health & safety; Strikes; Workers

Welfare for Whom? Class, Gender, and Race in Social Policy - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews and comments on severa; books, "Engendering the State: Family, Work, and Welfare in Canada," by Nancy Christie; "The Wages of Sickness: The Politics of Health Insurance in Progressive America, by Beatrix Hoffman; Aux origines sociales de l'État-providence: Familles québécoises, obligation scolaire et allocations familiales, 1940-1955," by Dominique Marshall; and "Poverty Knowledge: Social Science, Social Policy, and the Poor in Twentieth-Century U.S. History," by Alice O'Connor.

Brazil - Fortes, Alexandre (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
In the last two decades, Brazilian unionism and the left have experienced an unprecedented development, posing for the first time in history, a real challenge to the ruling classes. The effects of this new political reality on labour history took a while to be felt, but in recent years a whole new historiography has emerged, leading to the constitution of the Mundos do Trabalho (Worlds of Labour) work group, an official branch of the National History Association.
Keywords: BRAZIL; Labor Unions; Labor movement; New Left; RULING class; SOCIAL groups; SOCIOLOGY literature; Social classes

Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy - Friman, H. Richard (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Disposable people: New slavery in the global economy," by Kevin Bales.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Developing countries--LDCs; Global economy; Globalization; History--History of North And South America; Labor; Slavery

Employment Dispute Resolution and Worker Rights in the Changing Workplace - Fudge, Judy (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Employment dispute resolution and worker rights in the changing workplace," edited by Adrienne E. Eaton and Jeffrey H. Keefe.
Keywords: Alternative dispute resolution; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Collective bargaining; Conflict resolution; Employees; Employers; Employment; Grievance procedures; History--History of North And South America; Labor relations; Labor standards; Nonunion; Public sector; Union membership; Workers

American Crucible: Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century - Gabaccia, Donna R. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "American Crucible: Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century," by Gary Gerstle.

The Labour Movement and Civil Society: Reflections on the People's Summit from Quebec - Gagnon, Mona-Josée (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2002)
The legal approach in Canada towards the regulation of trade union democracy has sought to balance individual member's rights with respect for the autonomy of unions. While the United States and England have heavily legislated the areas of internal trade union affairs, Canada has enacted relatively few laws in this area. Rather, unions in Canada have enjoyed considerable legal freedom to develop their own democratic practices and culture. The irony of this approach is that it is the Canadian courts, rather than the more experienced and liberal labour relations boards, that are the final legal arbiters over most internal union matters. However, this is slowly changing. Several provinces have recently enacted modest changes that direct their labour boards to hear complaints from union members respecting the fairness of internal hearings. In the absence of extensive statutory regulation, union constitutions and the democratic traditions behind them become significant legal documents

Trade Unions and Democratization in South Africa, 1985-1987 - Gall, Gregor (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Trade unions and democratization in South Africa, 1985-1987," edited by Glenn Adler and Eddie Webster.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Collective bargaining; History--History of North And South America; Labor unions

Cabbagetown: The Classic Novel of the Depression in Canada - Garner, Hugh (McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2002)
Toronto's Cabbagetown in the Depression...North America's largest Anglo-Saxon slum. Ken Tilling leaves school to face the bleak prospects of the dirty thirties-where do you go, what do you do, how do you make a life for yourself when all the world offers in unemployment, poverty and uncertainty?"As a social document, Cabbagetown is as important and revealing as either The Tin Flute or The Grapes of Wrath. Stern realism has also projected upon the pages of a whole gallery of types, lifelike and convincing. He is well fitted to hold the mirror up to human nature." Globe and Mail.Cabbagetown was first published in an abbreviated paperback edition in 1950 and was published in its entirety in 1968. This, the first quality paperback edition, contains the full unexpurgated text of Cabbagetown. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Poor; Poverty; Slums; Social Class and Equality; Toronto (Ont.); Unemployment

Remember Kirkland Lake: The Gold Miners' Strike of 1941-42, revised edition - Gérin-Lajoie, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Remember Kirkland Lake: The Gold Miners' Strike of 1941-42, revised edition by Laurel Sefton MacDowell, is reviewed.
Keywords: 20th century; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Canadian history; Collective bargaining; Gold mines & mining; History; Labor Unions; Mining industry; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strikes

What? Me Worry? A Reply to Chaykowski and Slotsve - Godard, John (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
A comment is presented of Richard P. Chaykowski and George A. Slotsve's "Government Administered Workplace Surveys and Industrial Relations in Canada" (2002). Their article comments on Godard's 2001 article, "New Dawn or Bad Moon Rising? Large Scale Government Administered Workplace Surveys and the Future of Canadian IR Research."
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employees; Government employees; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Polls & surveys; R&D; Research; Research & development; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Working conditions

Strikes in Essential Services - Goldenberg, Shirley (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Strikes in Essential Services, by Bernard Adell, Michael Grant and Allen Ponak, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strikes

La Nouvelle France: The Making of French Canada - A Cultural History - Grabowski, Jan (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "La Nouvelle France: The Making of French Canada - A Cultural History," by Peter N. Moogk.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; History--History of North And South America; New France

Gustave Francq : figure marquante du syndicalisme et précurseur de la FTQ - Grant, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Gustave Francq : figure marquante du syndicalisme et précurseur de la FTQ," by Éric Leroux.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

French Socialists Before Marx - Gregory, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "French socialists before Marx," by Pamela Pilbeam.
Keywords: 19th century; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Capitalism; History; History--History of North And South America; Socialism

Their Own History: Women's Contribution to the Labour Movement of British Columbia - Griffin, Betty; Lockhart, Susan (United Fishermen & Allied Workers Union/CAW Seniors Club, 2002)
The United Nations declared 1975 International Women's Year for the purpose of promoting equality of men and women.... Canada alloted funds for projects aimed at achieving these objectives and many projects were undertaken across the country. The Central Council of Women's Auxiliaries to the United Fishermen & Allied Workers' Union at its annual convention in 1975 undertook to write a history highlighting women's contribution to the trade union movement in British Columbia. Finally, here is that book. Working people in BC have a proud history: a history that accalims the struggles for a better life, a better job and a better community. In 1975, we set out to record the history of the women of British Columbia who struggled for human rights and women's equality and who helped build our trade unions. We interviewed and recorded a wonderful group of women and men. And we appreciated all their stories. [This book] shares those stories. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Biographies; British Columbia; Femmes Travail Colombie-Britannique Histoire; Femmes dans le mouvement ouvrier Colombie-Britannique Histoire; History; Personnel féminin Colombie-Britannique Biographies; Women Employment; Women Employment British Columbia History; Women employees; Women employees British Columbia Biography; Women in the labor movement; Women in the labor movement British Columbia History

Work and Employment in a Globalized Era: An Asia-Pacific Focus - Griffin, Gerry (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Work and Employment in a Globalized Era: An Asia-Pacific Focus edited by Yaw A. Debrah and Ian G. Smith, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employment; Globalization; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Working conditions; work

Building a Better World: An Introduction to Trade Unionism in Canada - Haiven, Judy (Just Labour, 2002)
The article reviews "Building a Better World: An Introduction to Trade Unionism in Canada," by Errol Black and Jim Silver.

Consulted to Death - Haiven, Larry (Just Labour, 2002)
Consulted to Death, by Doug Smith, is reviewed.

"Heal Thyself:" Managing Health Care Reform - Haiven, Larry (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
"Heal Thyself:" Managing Health Care Reform, by Pat Armstrong, Hugh Armstrong, Ivy Bourgeault, Jacqueline Choiniere, Eric Mykhalovskiy and Jerry P. White, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Health care; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Management; Reforms; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

What Workers Want - Haiven, Larry (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "What workers want," by Richard B. Freeman and Joel Rogers.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Employee involvement; Employees; Employers; History--History of North And South America; Job satisfaction; Labor unions; Manual workers; Participatory management; Polls & surveys

Island Timber: A Social History of the Comox Logging Company, Vancouver Island - Hak, Gordon H. (Gordon Hugh) (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
Reviewed: Island Timber: A Social History of the Comox Logging Company, Vancouver Island. Mackie, Richard Somerset.

C. Wright Mills: Letters and Autobiographical Writings - Haley, Ella (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "C. Wright Mills: Letters and Autobiographical Writings," edited by Kathryn Mills with Pamela Mills.

Unions and Pay Equity Bargaining in Canada - Hart, Susan M. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Provincial government pay equity policies require the negotiation of pay equity in unionized workplaces. The methodology is complex and unions have to be knowledgeable and committed to rectifying discriminatory wages. According to the literature, Canadian unions have shown varied levels of effectiveness regarding their pursuit of women's equality, and it is explored how well these unions represent women's interests during pay equity bargaining. Based on case studies of the Ontario public service and health care in Newfoundland, it is concluded that the most effective unions supplemented their conventional negotiating techniques with gender analysis and pay equity expertise. These tools were developed primarily through negotiators' formal links with internal equality structures and their knowledge of equality policies, together with women's networking inside and outside the labor movement.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Civil service; Collective bargaining; Equal pay for equal work; Health care industry; Labor Unions; Salaries pensions etc; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Wages & salaries; Women

Public Exclusion, Under Funding and the Intensification of Work: Universities and the Erosion of Democracy in Ontario - Healy, Teresa (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2002)
As public anxiety over access to education increases, public-sector workers are directly able to perceive the extent to which exclusion, rather than public- access, now characterizes post-secondary education in an era of privatization. This paper will address some of the recent experiences of university workers who are members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). Here we shall identify three issues facing workers in the sector including: i) the privatization of universities through government policy shifts, ii) the employer-led reorganization of work, and iii) university workers’ campaigns to resist and transform these conditions. For public sector workers, decreasing access to social programs, under funding and the intensification of work are very clearly linked. As the restructured state brings public services more fully into the market and increasingly under the direct control of a global capitalist class, democratic rights are eroded. Still, this privatization dynamic is not uni-directional. Public sector workers and their community allies have been part of the history of state restructuring through their conscious acts of resistance, collective bargaining strategies, militancy and coalition-building.

Place, Space and the New Labour Internationalisms - Hodkinson, Stuart (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Place, Space and the New Labour Internationalisms, edited by Peter Waterman and Jane Wills, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Globalization; International; Labor; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Marxism; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Future of Unions - Hyman, Richard (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2002)
For some 20 years now, it has been common to refer to a crisis of trade unionism. What the future holds for labor movements-or indeed, whether they still have a future-seems increasingly uncertain. For many critics (academic observers as well as trade unionists themselves), unions in most countries appear as victims of external forces outside their control, and often also of their own conservative inertia. In this article, I explore, schematically and with incautious generalizations, the pathways from path to present to future. An important focus is the choices to be made in terms of who unions represent, what interests they emphasize, how they are constituted as organizations, and how they mobilize resources for action.

Is Anyone Listening?: Women, Work, and Society - Jacobs, Merle; Armstrong, Pat; Armstrong, Hugh; Bannerji, Himani; Hagey, Rebecca; MacKay, Robert W.; Ng, Roxana; Gupta, Tania Das; George, Usha; Bruckert, Chris; Kirk, Jo-Anne; Daenzer, Patricia; et al. (Women's Press, 2002)
Jacobs has brought together the work of a number of progressive feminist writers, who theorize gender, race, diversity research, the social construction of women and work, ethnicity and class. The essays in this reader are focused on issues relating to gender equality in workspaces in society. The editor has gathered essays from well-known and established social scientists. Among them are Pat and Hugh Armstrong, Himani Bannerji, Christine Bruckert and Tania Das Gupta. The result is a stimulating collection that focuses on health-care workers, teachers, strippers, wage-less workers and women who are hidden from view. The collection explores the construction of gender, the selection of careers and the differential in work conditions and wages. --Publisher's description. Contents: Theorizing women's work: feminist methodology / Pat Armstrong and Hugh Armstrong -- The paradox of diversity: the construction of a multicultural Canada and "women of colour" / Himani Bannerji -- Qualitative research to identify racialist discourse: towards equity in nursing curricula / Rebecca Hagey and Robert W. MacKay -- Teaching against the grain: contradictions and possibilities / Roxana Ng -- Racism in nursing / Tania Das Gupta -- Toward anti-racism in social work in the Canadian context / Usha George -- The world of the professional stripper / Chris Bruckert -- Gender inequality and medical education / Jo-Anne Kirk -- Benevolent patriarchy: the foreign domestic movement, 1980-1990 / Patricia Daenzer -- The new wageless worker: volunteering and market-guided health care reform / Elizabeth Esteves -- "Who else would do it?": female family caregivers in Canada / Kristin Blakely -- Marginal women: examining the barriers of age, race and ethnicity / Robynne Beugebauer -- Creating understanding from research: staff nurses' views on collegiality / Merle Jacobs -- Antiracism advocacy in the climate of corporatization / Rebecca Hagey, Jane Turrittin, Evelyn Brody -- Undertaking advocacy / Merle Jacobs.

L’impact des relations industrielles sur la performance organisationnelle - Jalette, Patrice; Bergeron, Jean-Guy (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Les relations industrielles (RI) influencent-elles la performance des organisations ? Des données financières de même que des données traitant d’une douzaine de pratiques RI et du climat RI ont été colligées dans 241 caisses populaires faisant partie du Mouvement Desjardins au Québec afin d’estimer l’effet des RI sur trois dimensions de la performance. Les résultats sont à l’effet que lorsque l’influence des autres déterminants est tenue constante, les pratiques RI et le climat RI ont un impact significatif sur la performance organisationnelle, en particulier sur la productivité et les coûts de main-d’oeuvre.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Cowboys, Gentlemen and Cattle Thieves: Ranching on the Western Frontier - Jones, David C. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Cowboys, Gentlemen, and Cattle Thieves: Ranching on the Western Frontier," by Warren M. Elofson.

Race, Class, and Power in the Alabama Coalfields, 1908-1921 - Jones, William P. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Race, Class, and Power in the Alabama Coalfields, 1908-21," by Brian Kelly.

Introduction to the Pay Equity Bibliography Resource Guide: Bibliography with Selected Annotations - Kainer, Jan; Warskett, Rosemary (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2002)

The Brave New World of Work - Klikauer, Thomas (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
The Brave New World of Work by Ulrich Beck is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; International; Labor; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Risk exposure; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social aspects; Sociology; work

From Tellers to Sellers: Changing Employment Relations in Banks - Korczynski, Marek (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
From Tellers to Sellers: Changing Employment Relations in Banks, edited by Marino Regini, Jim Kitay, and Martin Baethge, is reviewed.
Keywords: Bankruptcy; Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

How CUPE 3903 Struck and Won - Kuhling, Clarice (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2002)
On October 26, 2000 approximately 2200 members of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 3903 went on strike united under the slogan "Strike To Win". Seventy-eight days later CUPE 3903 celebrated a victory with profound implications for the post-secondary educational system and broader labour movement. The significance of the strike victory, however, lies not merely in what was attained in concrete terms, but also in the way the strike was carried out. Drawing upon the principles, practice and strategies of democracy, solidarity, and militancy, we struggled for change in ways which developed and expanded our capacities for self-activity and self-organization. In the process we gained a better understanding not only of the world around us but of our abilities to change that world, expanding the horizons of what we thought was possible.

Canadian Union Strategies in the Context of Change - Kumar, Pradeep; Murray, Gregor (Labor Studies Journal, 2002)
Drawing on the results of a national survey of labor organizations in Canada, this paper focuses on the changing environment and strategic orientations of unions. It looks at the strategic dilemma facing Canadian unions on the basis of a reading of their organiza tional and bargaining priorities and their relative success in achiev ing them. Key results include the necessity of a strategic mix be tween traditional and new types of objectives as well as the impor tance of policy and the democratic dialogue that underpins that policy in achieving union objectives and pursuing union renewal.

Stress at work: A study of organizational-professional conflict and unmet expectations - Lait, Jana; Wallace, Jean E. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
This study examines how certain conditions of work affect human service workers' job stress. A model of organizational-professional conflict is proposed and assessed to determine how professional and bureaucratic conditions of work influence service providers' expectations and in turn their job stress. The model was tested using data from a survey of 514 human service providers in Alberta, Canada. The findings suggest that whether service providers' expectations are met is critical in explaining job stress. Professional conditions of work relating to working relationships and client interactions are key to fulfilling service providers' expectations, whereas bureaucratic conditions of work that reflect role conflict and excessive role demands are particularly stressful. An unexpected finding is that bureaucratization of procedures that may limit service workers' control over their work does not contribute significantly to their job stress.
Keywords: Bureaucracy; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Conflict; Job satisfaction; Labor Unions; Occupational stress; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social services; Social workers; Stress; Studies; Working conditions

An Irish Working Class: Explorations in Political Economy and Hegemony, 1800-1950 - Lane, Fintan (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "An Irish Working Class: Explorations in Political Economy and Hegemony, 1800-1950," by Marilyn Silverman.

Coffret 1: la boite a idees: volume M: les practiques observables du management des equipes et des personnes; volume P: le pilotage du management; Coffret 2: la boite a outils - Langevin, Jean-Louis; Bélanger, Laurent (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Management; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Cold War and Working-Class Politics in the Coal Mining Communities of the Crowsnest Pass, 1945-1958 - Langford, Tom; Frazer, Chris (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
This paper is concerned with the resilience of socialist workers' movements during the early years of the Cold War in Canada. Our study compares the workers' movements on either side of the BC/Alberta border in the Crowsnest Pass through the Rocky Mountains between 1945 and 1958. These are interesting movements because, although they were equally strong at the end of World War II, in the period in question one movement was very resilient (BC) and one suffered an electoral collapse. We found that the Cold War eroded the Labour Progressive Party's (LPP) electoral base in exactly the same way on the Alberta and BC sides of the Crowsnest Pass. Anti-communism was certainly promoted by extra-local sources of news and analysis such as newspapers, radio and movies, and was based upon international and national events. However, there were important local processes that amplified and concretized the more general forces, such as joint organizing against the LPP by a CCF leader and the Catholic Church in the Alberta Crowsnest, the recruitment of anti-communist miners from Eastern Europe, and the anti-communist stance of a roster of ethnic organizations. The resilience of the socialist workers' movement in the BC Crowsnest between 1945 and 1958 was due to a labour unity strategy which allowed Labour and the Left to deflect Cold War pressures and maintain mass electoral support among workers. It is significant that the strategy was built around a local organization (the Fernie and District Labour Party) which involved all of the unions in the area, and a local politician (Thomas Uphill) who had built up a dense network of personal support during his many years as MLA and mayor. The socialist workers' movement in the Alberta Crowsnest might have proven to be much more resilient in the 1950s had the LPP attempted to duplicate the successful labour unity strategy it had stumbled on in the BC Crowsnest.

Labour Policy in Canada: New Platform, New Paradigm - Langille, Brian A. (Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, 2002)
The project of re-thinking Canadian labour policy within a human capital policy is best understood as the domestic equivalent of the international effort to reconceive the nature of development as requiring the integration of the economic and the social. Changes in modes of productive relations in the "new economy" require not just a complex reassessment of the best ways to achieve the goals of various labour policies but, more radically, involve a challenge to the conceptual basis of labour law. This both requires and provides the opportunity for a reconceptualization of the appropriate "platform" for delivering labour law and a new paradigm for understanding labour law itself.

Ethnic Agricultural Labour in the Okanagan Valley: 1880s to 1960s - Lanthier, Mario; Wong, Lloyd L. (Living Landscape Series, 2002)
Over the past century agriculture in the Okanagan has relied heavily on low cost ethnic labour. The historical documentation of this ethnic agricultural labour is fragmented occurring primarily in photographs, personal diaries, minutes of organizations, newspaper articles, and in some journal articles and books where there is specific mention of a particular ethnic group. This research compiles some of this documentation and synthesizes it into a single document which provides an overall account of the presence and role of ethnic agricultural labour in the Okanagan Valley. More specifically, this research substantiates and examines the presence of the early British settlers and five ethnic groups. They are the First Nations people (1880s - early 1900s and 1940s to 1960s), Chinese (late 1800s to 1930s), Japanese (1942 - late 1940s), Doukhobor (early 1930s - late 1950s), and Portuguese (1955 - early 1960s). --From authors' introduction. Contents: Introduction -- The Early British Settlers: 1860s - 1920s -- The Chinese: Early 1900s-1930s -- The First Nations People: 1880s-present -- The Doukhobors: 1930s-1950s -- The Japanese: 1940 -- The Portuguese: 1940s -- Conclusion -- References.

La nouvelle sociologie economique - Lapointe, Paul-Andre (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Economic theory; Labor Unions; Labor unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Korean Workers: The Culture and Politics of Class Formation - Lee, Joohee (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Korean Workers: The Culture and Politics of Class Formation by Hagen Koo is reviewed.
Keywords: Activism; Asians; Blue collar workers; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Culture; Labor; Labor Unions; Politics; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social classes

Getting By in Hard Times: Gendered Labour at Home and on the Job - Levenstein, Lisa (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Getting By in Hard Times: Gendered Labour at Home and on the Job," by Meg Luxton and June Corman.

Anniversaires et manifestations des camarades: la culture internationale et l'identitaire communistes au Canada pendant l'entre-deux-guerres - Lévesque, Andrée (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
Presents a brief account of incidents arising out of the celebration of anniversary dates important to the international Communist movement in Canada between World War I and World War II. Such celebrations played an important part in activating the sense of internationalism and unity in a movement whose membership consisted largely of diverse immigrant groups. Recent immigrants, who risked deportation, were particularly vulnerable to government retaliation against Communist propaganda activities, including participation in parades and celebrations.

Gustave Francq: Figure marquante du syndicalisme et précurseur de la FTQ - Levesque, Andrée (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
"The article reviews the book, "Gustave Francq: Figure marquante du syndicalisme et précurseur de la FTQ," by Éric Leroux.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; History; History--History of North And South America; Labor unions

Patrick Lenihan: From Irish Rebel to founder of Canadian public sector unionism - Levine, Gilbert (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Patrick Lenihan: From Irish Rebel to founder of Canadian public sector unionism," by Jack Tarasoff.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; History; History--History of North And South America; Labor unions; Public sector; Union leadership; Workers; Working class

Learning in Solidarity: A Union Approach to Worker-Centred Literacy - Levine, Tamara (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2002)
The article introduces the reader to developments with unions and literacy, a labour activity that is gaining a toe-hold on today’s union agenda. The historical role of unions and literacy is explored, as well as its relationship to more traditional labour education. Some tough questions are asked about who is participating in union activity and who is left out, and how literacy has the potential to reach many union members who are not yet active. The article takes the reader inside a class of night cleaners. Building on the the real situation of a worker/participant who has been injured, the instructor facilitates a learning process that builds literacy skills while exploring avenues for collective recourse. While union-based literacy challenges many traditional assumptions and practices both in the workplace and within the labour movement, it is gaining ground and finding resonance within a growing number of Canadian unions, federations and the Canadian Labour Congress. With a popular education approach that builds on the Latin American and other Third World experience, literacy is revealed as an important metaphor for inclusion and democratization.

Socialist Register, 2001: Working classes and global realities - Lewchuk, Wayne (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews "Socialist Register, 2001: Working classes and global realities," edited by Leo Panitch and Colin Leys. The Register is published annually.
Keywords: Blue collar workers; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Capitalism; Employment; Globalization; History--History of North And South America; Labor; Labor unions; Social aspects; Social conditions; Workers; Working class; Working conditions

Workload, Work Organization and Health Outcomes: The Ontario Disability Support Program - Lewchuk, Wayne (Ontario Public Service Employees Union, 2002)
This assessment was prepared for the Ontario Public Service Employees Union. It examines the conditions of work in the offices of the Ontario Disability Support Program. I was asked by the Union to assess the extent to which the organization of work by the Employer makes reasonable provision for the health and safety of staff and to offer recommendations, if any, arising out of my assessment. The assessment provides evidence in support of the union's claim that "The employer is failing to make reasonable provisions for the health of its employees in the ODSP by failing to maintain sufficient staff to handle the workload required of its staff." --Introduction

Only One Place of Redress: African Americans, Labor Regulations, and the Courts From Reconstruction to the New Deal - Lichtenstein, Alex (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Only One Place of Redress: African Americans, Labor Relations, and the Courts from Reconstruction to the New Deal," by David E. Bernstein.

Poor-Bashing: The Politics of Exclusion - Little, Margaret (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Poor-Bashing: The Politics of Exclusion," by Jean Swanson.

How "Anti-Union" Laws Saved Canadian Labour: Certification and Striker Replacements in Post-War Industrial Relations - Logan, John (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
This article analyzes the development in Canada of 2 critical differences between Canadian and US labour policy: union recognition and state regulation of striker replacements. The development of public policy on these issues helps illuminate the fundamental principles of state intervention in post-war labour-management relations. Canadian lawmakers have circumscribed the economic weapons of unions and established stringent certification requirements; but they have also restricted employers' recruitment of striker replacements and limited management involvement in the certification process.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Certification; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; Labor law; Labor relations; Public policy; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Bibliography: Recent Publications in Canadian Labour History = Bibliographie : Travaux récents en histoire des classes populaires canadiennes (50, Fall 2002) - Lonardo, Michael; Sweeney, Robert C. H. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
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.]

Trade Union Activists, East and West: Comparisons in Multinational Companies - Lucio, Miguel Martinez (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Trade Union Activists, East and West: Comparisons in Multinational Companies, by Guglielmo Meardi, is reviewed.
Keywords: Activism; Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; International; Labor Unions; Multinational corporations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Edward Thompson's Warrens: On the Transition to Socialism and Its Relation to Current Left Mobilizations - Lynd, Staughton (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
Edward Thompson developed a distinct view of the transition from capitalism to socialism. Rejecting the concept of a catastrophic change in which the vanguard party would serve as the institutional nucleus of a new society, Thompson argued that capitalism had been “warrened” from within by a network of local, self-governing, working-class institutions that prefigured a socialist world. In the mid-1960s, however, Thompson turned to other matters and failed to resolve the longstanding debate on the Left about the role of trade unions in a transition to socialism. Recent events in Seattle, Qué bec City, and Genoa suggest that workers and students acting through new institutions improvised for the occasion must work together in actually bringing about revolutionary change. The same pattern shows itself in highpoints of working-class activity in the 20th century, as in Russia in 1905 or Hungary in 1956.
Keywords: CAPITALISM in literature; Labor movement; SOCIALISM in literature; SOCIOLOGY literature; Social movements; THOMPSON, E. P. (Edward Palmer), 1924-1993; Working class

Union Democracy and the Law in Canada - Lynk, Michael (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2002)
The legal approach in Canada towards the regulation of trade union democracy has sought to balance individual member's rights with respect for the autonomy of unions. While the United States and England have heavily legislated the areas of internal trade union affairs, Canada has enacted relatively few laws in this area. Rather, unions in Canada have enjoyed considerable legal freedom to develop their own democratic practices and culture. The irony of this approach is that it is the Canadian courts, rather than the more experienced and liberal labour relations boards, that are the final legal arbiters over most internal union matters. However, this is slowly changing. Several provinces have recently enacted modest changes that direct their labour boards to hear complaints from union members respecting the fairness of internal hearings. In the absence of extensive statutory regulation, union constitutions and the democratic traditions behind them become significant legal documents

The sweat in the tar ponds - MacAulay, Scott (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
Somewhere in the toxis mess that is the Sydney tar ponds is the sweat of my grandfather and my wife's grandfather. Both of them gave more than 40 years of their lives to the steel plant, located in the centre of Cape Breton's largest city. The Sydney tar ponds are the size of three city blocks. The steel plant's 80 year reliance on coke-ovens technology is the culprit. In the process of turning coal into coke, benzene, kerosene, napthalene, lead, and arsenic, a dog's breakfast of hundreds of thousands of tons of chemical waste, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), were dumped into a local estuary, Muggah Creek. The creek, which leads to Sydney Harbour, received, and continues to receive, millions of litres of raw sewage each day. That this is an environmental disaster is obvious; that it is simultaneously a class issue is not. --Author's introduction

The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions - MacDowell, Laurel Sefton (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions," edited by Anthony Carew, Michel Dreyfus, Geert Van Goethem, Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick, and Marcel Van Der Linden.
Keywords: Anti-communism; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Collective bargaining; Developing countries--LDCs; Free trade; History; History--History of North And South America; International aspects; International trade; Labor unions

Solidarity and Symbolic Protest: Lessons for Labour from the Québec City Summit of the Americas - MacKay, Kevin (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
This photo-essay explores the significance of April 2001’s Summit of the Americas for labour and other groups within the counter-globalization movement. Through text and images, the first section presents the Summit demonstrations as an instance of creative and symbolic protest, in which participants and observers were educated, empowered, and radicalized. It is argued that direct action protest, through the creation of immediate affective bonds and collective identities, can be a powerful force for generating solidarity between diverse movement groups. The second section examines the role of labour in Québec City, and in related counter-globalization protests. The tension between conservatism and radicalism within the trade union movement and between workers and other movement groups is explored, and it is argued that direct action protest provides means through which these tensions can be productively resolved. The final section asks what lessons Québec City can teach labour and other movement groups, and what role mass protest might play in achieving the goals of counter-globalization.
Keywords: CIVIL disobedience; DEMONSTRATIONS (Collective behavior); Globalization; Labor Unions; Labor movement; QUEBEC (Province); QUEBEC (Quebec); SUMMIT meetings

Perspectives of Equality: Work, Women, and Family in the Nordic Countries and EU - Mahon, Rianne (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Perspectives of Equality: Work, Women, and Family in the Nordic Countries and EU," edited by Laura Kalliomaa-Puha.

"Audacity, audacity, still more audacity": Tim Buck, the Party, and the People, 1932-1939 - Manley, John (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
In 1932, when Communist Party of Canada (CPC) general secretary Tim Buck, six other CPC leaders and one unfortunate rank-and-filer began lengthy sentences in Kingston penitentiary, the Party seemed to have reached its nadir. In fact, martyrdom proved to be a springboard for sustained political revival and was a particular boon to Buck, helping him consolidate a stirring performance in the dock at the Party trial a few months earlier. Until then, he had been considered something of a mediocrity, his status dependent almost entirely upon Moscow's grace and favour. During his three years in Kingston prison, the underground Party successfully reinvented him as the "dauntless leader of the Canadian working class": shortly after his release in November 1934, his five month-long coast-to-coast tour attracted (by the RCMP's almost certainly conservative estimate) a total audience of over 100,000. Buck proceeded to dominate the Party for the remainder of the decade — the Popular Front years — a period fondly recalled in his posthumous memoirs. Buck presented the Popular Front strategy as his — as much as "Moscow's" — invention and quietly attributed the Party's rise in fortunes (membership almost tripled) in large part to his bold and independent political leadership. The Popular Front was certainly good news for Buck, but whether it was good news for "Tim Buck's Party" is more open to question. This paper questions Buck's self-evaluation and suggests that the exposure of the cynical character of the Popular Front project in 1939 "may have planted the seeds of [the] Party's long postwar decline."

A Beauty That Hurts: Life and Death in Guatemala - Martinez, Egla J. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "A Beauty That Hurts: Life and Death in Guatemala," by W. George Lovell.

The Poverty of Strategy: E.P. Thompson, Perry Anderson, and the Transition to Socialism - Matthews, Wade (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The question of the transition to socialism has plagued Marxists since the 19th century. This paper investigates how two prominent British socialists in the 20th century — E.P. Thompson and Perry Anderson — sought to answer the question “What is to be done?” In doing so it provides a revision of conventional histories of the New Left, arguing that there was far more continuity between the “first” and “second” New Left than has conventionally been supposed. And it suggests that this becomes evident in a comparison between the socialist strategy of Thompson and Anderson in the early-to-mid 1960s.
Keywords: ANDERSON, Perry; Comparative studies; MARXIAN school of sociology; SOCIALISM in literature; SOCIOLOGICAL research; SOCIOLOGY literature; THOMPSON, E. P. (Edward Palmer), 1924-1993; Working class

Trade Union Recognition and Australia's Neo-Liberal Voluntary Bargaining Laws - McCallum, Ron (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
When Australia deregulated its economy in the 1980s, political pressures built up leading in the 1990s to the dismantling of Australia's industry-wide conciliation and arbitration systems. New laws established regimes of collective bargaining at the level of the employing undertaking. This article analyzes the 1993 and 1996 federal bargaining laws and argues that they fail to protect the right of trade unions to bargain on behalf of their members. This is because the laws do not contain a statutory trade union recognition mechanism. The recognition mechanisms in the Common Law countries of the United States, Canada, Britain and New Zealand are examined, and it is argued that Australia should enact trade union recognition mechanisms that are consonant with its industrial relations history and practice.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Deregulation; Government relations; Labor Unions; Labor law; Labor relations; Laws & regulations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Labored Relations: Law, Politics and the NLRB - McDermott, Michael (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Labored Relations: Law, Politics and the NLRB, by William B. Gould IV, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Government agencies; Labor Unions; Labor law; Labor relations; Laws & regulations; Politics; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Call Centres in New Brunswick: Maquiladoras of the North? - McFarland, Joan (Canadian Woman Studies, 2002)
New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna calls them "high quality, highly skilled, high paying, pollution-free jobs." ("Premier Challenged on Job Creation" 1). McKenna was describing the thousands of jobs that have lately been created in New Brunswick by enterprises in the hightech communications, information, and business-service sector setting up shop in the province. McKenna and his government have been particularly successful in persuading national and international companies to set up customer-service centres using toll-free phone numbers. Most of those working in such centres are women. Since 1992, over 4,000 jobs have been created in New Brunswick by more than 30 companies establishing call-centre operations in the province.(1) The largest of them, in terms of job creation, is United Parcel Service (UPS), which has more than 1,000 people working in its customer-service and administrative centres. The smallest, a travel agency's call centre, has created five jobs. Most have located in Moncton, Saint John, or Fredericton, although smaller communities such as Bathurst, Campbellton, and St. Stephen are now also host to call centres. Certainly, there are great differences between the New Brunswick call centres and the Mexican maquiladoras and like industries. Tariffs and duties are not a factor in the communications technology sector in New Brunswick. The maquiladoras are based on light manufacturing, the call centres on communications technology. Such light industries typically require an extreme manual dexterity from workers, while call centres need only competent keyboarders.
Keywords: Call centers; Women's Studies

Harnessing Labour Confrontation: Shaping the Postwar Settlement in Canada, 1943-1950 - McInnis, Peter S. (Peter Stuart) (University of Toronto Press, 2002)
The 1940s in Canada are crucial to the understanding of labour history in this country. Following the Depression, and sparked by the need to mobilize the workforce during the Second World War, this decade led to a restructuring of the relationship between labour and the state. In Harnessing Labour Confrontation, Peter S. McInnis examines the reformation of Canadian society and its industrial relations regime from the perspective of labour organizations and their supporters and from that of government and business. What results is a synthesis of labour and political history, which the author uses to analyze in a North American context the role of confrontation and heated debate in the formation of a national postwar compromise and in the birth of a modern welfare state.Among the factors affecting the postwar compromises were, argues McInnis, the divided jurisdiction between federal and provincial governments, the return to gender-biased societal norms, a developing Cold War climate of national insecurity, and a promise of strong consumer purchasing power based on postwar wages and benefits packages. While some of the results of the 1940s compromise and the welfare state remains intact today, many of the political and social structures have deteriorated in the last two decades. --Publisher's description

"Nina Ponomareva's Hats": The New Revisionism, the Communist International, and the Communist Party of Great Britain, 1920-1930 - Mcllroy, John; Campbell, Alan (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The following account should be of interest to students of Communism in Canada, the USA, and other countries where similar historiographical trends prevail. Because of the importance of providing a detailed, properly furnished critique, it is restricted to examination of the first ten years of British Communism. It is divided into four sections. The first provides an overview of existing literature. This is followed by critical examination of the new revisionism's estimation of the literature and a critique of its model of the relationship between the Comintern and the CPGB [Communist Party of Great Britain]. A third section discusses that relationship between 1920 and 1930. A brief conclusion provides an overall assessment. --From authors' introduction

Representing Vancouver’s Working Girls, 1890-1930 - McMaster, Lindsey (University of British Columbia, 2002)
My dissertation addresses representations of the young women of Vancouver's working class, who, in the first part of the twentieth century, became touchstones for judgements on city life, work, and morality. Young, single, wage-earning women were something new and troubling to the middleclass administrators and social critics of the time. While the city's numerous single working men, with their overcrowded dwellings and tendencies to unionize, were considered somewhat disorderly, the necessity of their presence was never questioned. "Working girls,"on the other hand, seemed to embody all that was unnerving and unnatural about modern times: the disintegration of the family, the independence of women, and the promiscuity of city life. These kinds of anxieties were not unique to Vancouver: the issue of wage-earning women was deemed a "social problem" in various western cities. But Vancouver's singular geopolitical situation meant that these anxieties were exacerbated and amplified in distinct and curious ways. In 1922, for instance, a law was passed "for the protection of women and girls" which prohibited white women from working alongside Asian men. What combination of racism, paternalism, and moral panic gave rise to such legislation? And how did the women react to being controlled and judged by such assumptions? Rather than viewing the problems of wage-earning women as coextensive with those of working men - problems of wages, working conditions, and workers' rights - social administrators and reformers focussed largely on the moral implications of women's entrance into the workplace, particularly insofar as it represented a break from traditional Victorian ideals of domestic femininity. Denied the recognition afforded male workers as members of the labour force and economic agents, working women suffered various disadvantages in the workplace, their wages barely enough to survive on, and their rights as workers ignored by employers and union leaders alike. The tendency in historical accounts of Canada to overlook or underestimate the importance of women's work is undoubtedly in part due to the ideological disinclination to see or to represent women as workers rather than as wives and mothers. This is why my analysis focusses on the politics of gender and representation, for it is through representational conventions that women were pressured to embody a traditional domestic role, and likewise it is through a representational agenda that women were denied recognition as valuable workers.

La place des femmes dans les priorités de recherche en santé au travail au Québec - Messing, Karen (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Nous avons analysé le rapport annuel produit en 1999 par l’Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail du Québec et nous avons constaté que, dans les professions et secteurs concernés par les études financées, le pourcentage moyen de femmes est de 15 % (comparé à 45 % de femmes parmi la population au travail). Douze populations étudiées sont équilibrées ou composées en majorité de femmes, et 76 sont composées d’hommes à plus de deux tiers. Le montant moyen accordé aux études sur une population équilibrée ou majoritairement composée de femmes était de 86 339 $ comparativement à 114 480 $ pour les autres. Nous considérons plusieurs hypothèses d’explication de ces différences. Nous concluons que, peu importe la cause, un effort soutenu de recherche ciblée vers les emplois des femmes est essentiel, en plus d’une analyse différenciée en santé au travail.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Occupational health & safety; R&D; Research & development; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Working women

Editorial = Éditorial - Montreuil, Sylvie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
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

Nos temps modernes - Morin, Fernand (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Nos temps modernes," by Daniel Cohen.
Keywords: Automation; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor unions; Modernism; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Unafrican Americans: Nineteenth Century Black Nationalists and the Civilizing Mission - Moses, Wilson J. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Unafrican Americans: Nineteenth century black nationalists and the civilizing mission," by Tunde Adeleke.
Keywords: 19th century; African Americans; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; History; History--History of North And South America

Coercion. Contract, and Free Labor in the Nineteenth Century - Muir, James (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Coercion. Contract, and Free Labor in the Nineteenth Century," by Robert J. Steinfeld.

Introduction - Murray, Gregor (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
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

Cows Don't Know It's Sunday: Farming in St. John's - Murray, Hilda Chaulk (Social and economic studies (St. John's, NL), 2002)
Before 1950, the greatest number of Newfoundland farmers lived in the St. John's area. They and the townsfolk were interdependent, with the farmers providing meat, poultry, garden and dairy products to the city, while St. John's served as a ready market and a source of cash income. Although many street names serve as reminders of those who once worked the land, and others perpetuate old homesteads, the farmers of St. John's are as unknown today as though they had never been. Cows Don't Know It's Sunday gives a historical overview of farming and its importance to the economy of Newfoundland, and describes in detail, using the words of more than eighty people who grew up on or near farms, what it was like to farm in and around St. John's in the period within living memory. Farmers worked seven days a week throughout the year. This study of both the work life and social life of the farmers of St. John's is a tribute to the farming families who were the mainstay of the city during the first half of the twentieth century. --Publisher's description

A Fishery for Modern Times: The State and the Industrialization of the Newfoundland Fishery, 1934-1968 - Muszynski, Alicja (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "A Fishery for Modern Times: The State and the Industrialization of the Newfoundland Fishery, 1934-1968," by Miriam Wright.

Demography, State and Society: Irish Migration to Britain, 1921-1971 - Neal, Frank (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Demography, state and society: Irish migration to Britain, 1921-1971," by Enda Delaney.
Keywords: 20th century; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Emigration; History; History--History of North And South America; Immigration

Public Vows: A History of Marriage and the Nation - Nugent, Janay (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Public Vows: A History of Marriage and the Nation," by Nancy F. Cott.

Ireland - O'Connor, Emmet (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
Modern Irish labour history dates from the mid 1970s, years that saw the foundation of the Irish Labour History Society in 1973 and the launch of its annual journal, Saothar in 1975. While steady progress has since been made, the subject suffers from a popular perception of labour as marginal, a reluctance within the trade union movement to recover its often fractious past, and academic neglect. Ireland was not deeply affected by the “crisis” in labour history in the 1990s. It is likely that the flow of publications will continue. But without full-time practitioners, progress in method and theory will be patchy.
Keywords: ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc.; IRELAND; Labor Unions; Labor movement; PERIODICALS; SOCIAL marginality; SOCIOLOGY literature; Social movements

The Rise and Decline of Canadian Labour, 1960 to 2000: Elites, Power, Ethnicity and Gender - Ogmundson, Richard L.; Doyle, Michael (The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, 2002)
Unions may be viewed as a central institution of capitalist democracies. This paper updates aspects of Porter's work on labour and the labour elite in Canada (1965: Ch. 10-11). Conventional measures indicate that the power of the labour movement in Canada increased after Porter studied it around 1960 but that it has subsequently declined. Support from ideological and state elites seems to have followed a similar rise and decline pattern. Foreign influence has been considerably reduced. The movement remains highly decentralized. In contrast to the situation in 1960, unions are now notably female, white collar and public sector. A partial study of the social characteristics of the labour elite indicates that its ethnic origins have become less British and more French Canadian. The "other ethnic" proportion of the elite has been stable. Virtually no visible minority representation was detected. Given changes in the ethno-racial composition of the population, it would appear that under-representation of the non Charter Group categories has increased significantly over the past four decades. Conversely, female representation in the elite has grown substantially. /// Les syndicats peuvent être considérés comme une institution centrale des démocraties capitalistes. Cet article remet à jour certains aspects des travaux de Porter sur l'élite ouvrière au Canada (1965: chapitres 10-11). Les mesures conventionnelles indiquent que le pouvoir du mouvement ouvrier au Canada s'est accru après les études de Porter aux environs de 1960, mais qu'il a connu un déclin par la suite. Le soutien des élites idéologiques et d'état semble avoir suivi un schéma d'essor et de déclin identique. L'influence de l'étranger s'est considérablement réduite. Le mouvement demeure largement decentralize. En contraste avec la situation de 1960, les syndicats comprennent maintenant une majorité de femmes, de cols blancs et d'employés du secteur public. Une étude partielle des caractéristiques sociales de l'élite ouvrière indique que ses origines ethniques sont devenues moins britanniques et davantage canadiennes-françaises. La proportion d'autres ethnics au sein de l'élite est restée stable. Pratiquernent aucune représentation d'une minorité visible n'a été détectée. Étant donné les changements dans la composition ethno-raciale de la population, il semblerait que la sous-représentation des catégories autres que celles du Groupe de la Charte (c'est-à-dire britannique et français) s'est singulièrement accrue au cours des quatre dernières décennies. Inversement la représentation des femmes au sein de l'élite a augmenté de manière significative.

Democratic Equality: What Went Wrong? - Olson, Victor (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Democratic equality: What went wrong?," edited by Ed Broadbent.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Competitive advantage; Democratic socialism; Globalization; History--History of North And South America; Liberalism; Welfare

The Work and Lifelong Learning Research Network - Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Centre for the Study of Education and Work (2002)
Welcome to the website of the research network for: The Changing Nature of Work and Lifelong Learning in the New Economy: National and Case Study Perspectives. A grant awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), complementing work begun by the NALL (New Approaches to Lifelong Learning) research network, WALL is a part of the Initiative for the New Economy (INE), which aims to help Canadians understand and benefit from the ways in which the global economy is being transformed. Our network of investigators is composed of researchers from seven universities and more than 10 co-investigators from community groups and professional institutions across Canada. Benefiting from the contributions of international advisors, the WALL research network endeavours to identify gaps in workplace training and education in Canada and bring visibility to current learning and work issues and trends. --Website description

Editor's Introduction: Labour/Le Travail at 50 = Éditorial: Le 50e numéro de Labour/Le Travail - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The introduction discusses the 50th anniversary volume of Labour/Le Travail and explains the journal's ongoing efforts to cover the labour studies field.

Reasoning Rebellion: E.P. Thompson, British Marxist Historians, and the Making of Dissident Political Mobilization - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
This paper commences with a suggestion that “the British Marxists” may well be a more diverse group than has generally been recognized. It concerns itself with the formation of the first British New Left in the1950s. The content of the E.P. Thompson and John Saville edited journal, The New Reasoner is examined, with attention paid to the publication’s internationalism, its use of critical social science, the accent placed on culture, and the stress on organization. To the extent that The New Reasoner failed in its in tended aim of building and sustaining a New Left, the paper closes with some suggestions about the implications of this failure, especially as it related to E.P. Thompson’s historiographical contributions, in which the influence of The Making of the English Working Class (London 1963) loomed large.
Keywords: PERIODICALS -- Reviews; SOCIOLOGY literature

The Marshall Decision and Native Rights - Parenteau, Bill (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "The Marshall Decision and Native Rights," by Ken Coates.

Australia - Patmore, Greg (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
Australian labour history remains a vigorous area of intellectual activity. Labour History, the journal of the Australian society, is celebrating its 40th anniversary and publishes a considerable number of articles. Other important sources of Australian labour history such as books, national conference proceedings, and branch publications highlight the links between academic labour historians and the broader community. One important contribution of Labour/Le Travail to Australian labour historiography was the Australian/Canadian comparative labour history project, which gave Australians the confidence to organise national conferences and develop the comparative dimension of labour history.
Keywords: AUSTRALIA; CONFERENCES & conventions; Canada; Comparative studies; Labor movement; PERIODICALS -- Articles; SOCIOLOGY literature; Social movements

Workplace Information Directorate: A One-Stop Source for Labour Data - Payette, Suzanne; Laporte, Céline (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2002)

Decollectivist strategies in oceania - Peetz, David (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Each action of a decollectivizing employer - be it in the realm of employment practices, information or relational actions - has both real and symbolic dimensions that may be inclusivist, exclusivist or both. While many attempts at decollectivism are crude, Australia has seen the emergence of a coherent model of sophisticated decollectivist behaviour which has policy implications for many countries. Some analogies can be seen between certain sophisticated strategies of decollectivizing employers and state strategies of Oceania in Orwell's 1984, though there are many limits to such analogies and indeed to the success of decollectivist strategies, due to the contradiction between rhetoric and actions, employees' exposure to other discourses and the potential for union response and renewal.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Decertification; Labor Unions; Models; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strategic management; Studies; Union membership

Steam Laundries: Gender, Technology, and Work in the United States and Great Britain, 1880-1940 - Percy, Ruth (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Steam laundries: Gender, technology, and work in the United States and Great Britain, 1880-1940," by Arwen P. Mohun.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Collective bargaining; Consumers; Employers; History; History--History of North And South America; Industrial development; Labor history; Labor unions; Laundries; Union membership

Gamblers and Dreamers: Women, Men, and Community in the Klondike - Perry, Adele (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
"The article reviews the book, "
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Gold rushes (History); History; History--History of North And South America; Working class

Under Attack, Fighting Back: Women and Welfare in the United States - Pimpare, Stephen (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Under attack, fighting back: Women and welfare in the United States," new edition, by Mimi Abramovitz.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; History--History of North And South America; Labor market; Social conditions; Welfare; Women

The New Rank-and-File - Pizzolato, Nico (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "The new rank-and-file," edited by Staughton Lind and Alice Lind.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Employee-management relations; Employees; History--History of North And South America; Labor unions; Memberships; Workers

Children's Interest/Mothers' Rights: The Shaping of America's Child Care Policy - Prentice, Susan (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Children's interest/mothers' rights: the shaping of America's child care policy," by Sonya Michel
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Child care; Child welfare; Employment; History--History of North And South America; Mothers

The effect of formal versus informal job security on employee involvement programs - Preuss, Gil A.; Lautsch, Brenda A. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
This study examines the effect of employee involvement and job insecurity on employee satisfaction and commitment. A data set incorporating information from employees, managers and government sources in 15 hospitals in a single metropolitan region in the US is used to test these issues. In contrast to previous research, it is found that workers' satisfaction and commitment persist as long as the form of employee involvement in place increases worker input and control in their jobs and as long as management is perceived to be making clear efforts to enhance the future security of workers' jobs. Employee perception of management effort to maintain employment security, however, is based on past downsizing within the organization, thus raising the potential that continued downsizing will increase insecurity and therefore will decrease both employee desire to participate in decision-making, as well as employee satisfaction and commitment to the organization.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employee involvement; Employees; Employment security; Hospitals; Job satisfaction; Labor Unions; Participatory management; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

On the Front Line: Organization of Work in the Information Economy - Pupo, Norene (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "On the Front Line: Organization of Work in the Information Economy," by Stephen J. Frenkel, Marek Korczynski, Karen A. Shire, and May Tam.

Telling Tales: Essays in Western Women's History - Purvey, Diane (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Telling Tales: Essays in Western Women's History," edited by Catherine A. Cavanaugh and Randi R. Warne.

Globalization and the Canadian Economy: The Implications for Labour Markets, Society and the State - Quinet, Felix (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Globalization and the Canadian Economy: The Implications for Labour Markets, Society and the State, edited by Richard P. Chaykowski, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Globalization; LABOR market; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Tribute to Noah Meltz - Reid, Frank (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
An obituary is presented of Professor Noah M. Meltz, former President of CIRA and past Director of the University of Toronto's Centre for Industrial Relations.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Deaths; Educators; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Secular Yiddishkait: Left Politics, Culture, and Community - Reiter, Ester (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
Presents a history and personal memoir of the experiences of secular Jewish radicals in Canada in the early decades of the 20th century. The Canadian Jewish community consisted largely of recent immigrants from Eastern Europe who came to Canada and the United States to escape both pogroms and poverty. The article focuses on elements of the culture and community life of this immigrant population, particularly on the role played by children's summer camps and the experience of exploitation and anti-Semitism in the Americas that explains the strong attraction of socialism and communism for the immigrant Jews.

Temporary Work: The Gendered Rise of the Precarious Employment Relationship - Reiter, Ester (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Temporary Work: The Gendered Rise of the Precarious Employment Relationship," by Leah F. Vosko.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Employers; Employment; Employment agencies; Gender; History; History--History of North And South America; Labor force; Temporary employment; Workers

Unions and Legitimacy - Reynolds, David (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Unions and Legitimacy by Gary N. Chaison and Barbara J. Bigelow is reviewed.
Keywords: Activism; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Certification; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Morality; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Precarious Values: Organizations, Politics and Labour Market Policy in Ontario - Robinson, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Precarious Values: Organizations, Politics and Labour Market Policy in Ontario, by Thomas R. Klassen.

Polarizing Mexico: The Impact of Liberalization Strategy / Growth, Employment and Equity: The Impact of the Economic Reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean - Robinson, Ian (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
A review is presented of 2 books: 1. Polarizing Mexico: The Impact of Liberalization Strategy by Enrique Dussel Peters, and 2. Growth, Employment and Equity: The Impact of the Economic Reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean by Barbara Stallings and Wilson Peres.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Developing countries; Economic conditions; Economic policy; Economic reform; Foreign investment; Free enterprise; LDCs; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social conditions

Top Seven Reasons to Celebrate and Ask More from Labour / Le Travail - Roediger, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
[This article is a] Tribute to, and assessment of, the first 49 issues of Labour/Le Travail concentrates on both the tone and the substance of the journal. The seven sections of the article discuss matters ranging from art and design, to the rich poetry long included in its pages, to the ability to publish articles that are at once politically informed and academically rigorous. The evolution of the wide-ranging and exemplary book review section and the long standing attention of L/LT to racial and gender divisions among working people receive attention, as does a brief comparison of the trajectory of L/LT with that of Labor History in the United States. A final section considers the necessity for free wheeling debate among labour historians, particularly over the question of class and the place of Marxism in our work.
Keywords: Labor movement; PERIODICALS -- Reviews

Disappearing Acts: Gender, Power, and Relational Practice at Work - Romaine, Janet (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Disappearing Acts: Gender, Power, and Relational Practice at Work, by Joyce K. Fletcher, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Gender; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Organizational behavior; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Assault on School Teacher Bargaining in Ontario - Rose, Joseph B. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Between 1975 and 1997, school teacher bargaining was conducted under the School Boards and Teachers Collective Negotiations Act (Bill 100). By most accounts, the teacher bargaining law was successful in promoting bilateral settlements with minimal strike activity. Following its election in 1995, the Harris government reduced public expenditures and introduced educational reforms. This study finds that the government's blunt and heavy-handed efforts to control collective bargaining processes and outcomes, not only proved futile, but led to an increase in work stoppages and protracted guerilla warfare at the school board level.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Educators; Labor Unions; Labor law; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

A Very Red Life: the Story of Bill Walsh - Ross, Arthur (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "A Very Red Life: The Story of Bill Walsh," by Cy Gonick.

La representation syndicale: Visage juridique actuel et futur - Rouillard, Jacques (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "La representation syndicale: Visage juridique actuel et futur," by Gregor Murray and Pierre Verge.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; History--History of North And South America; Labor relations; Laws & regulations

Où va le temps de travail ? - Rozenblatt, Patrick (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Où va le temps de travail ?, edited by Gilbert de Terssac and Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z; Working hours

On the Edge of Empire: Gender, Race, and the Making of British Columbia, 1849-1871 - Rutherdale, Myra (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "On the Edge of Empire: Gender, Race, and the Making of British Columbia, 1849-1871," by Adele Perry.

The Public at Play: Gender and the Politics of Recreation in Post-War Ontario - Rutherdale, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "The public at play: Gender and the politics of recreation in post-war Ontario," by Shirley Tillotson.
Keywords: 20th century; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; History; History--History of North And South America; Leadership; Professionals; Recreation

Ethical Issues in Contemporary Human Resource Management - Saba, Tania (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Ethical Issues in Contemporary Human Resource Management," by Diana Winstanley and Jean Woodall.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Ethics; Human resource management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Les dynamiques de la PME : approches internationales - Saglio, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Les dynamiques de la PME : approches internationales," edited by Bruno Courault and Philippe Trouvé.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Labor unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Women and the Politics of Class - Sangster, Joan (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Women and the politics of class," by Joanna Brenner.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Capitalism; Economic conditions; Feminism; History--History of North And South America; Social conditions; Women; Working class

Union Learning: Canadian Labour Education in the Twentieth Century - Sawchuk, Peter H. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Union Learning: Canadian Labour Education in the Twentieth Century," by Jeffery Taylor.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Education; Educational services; History; History--History of North And South America; Labor unions; Workers

What's a Good Job? The Importance of Employment Relationships - Schenk, Chris (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
What's a Good Job? The Importance of Employment Relationships, by Graham Lowe and Grant Schellenberg, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employee-management relations; Employees; Job satisfaction; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social classes; Union membership

Reading the Rosenbergs After Venona - Schrank, Bernice (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The execution in 1953 of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg after being convicted on charges of spying for the Soviet Union was one of the most controversial, sensational events of the Cold War. The paper argues that the question of the Rosenbergs' guilt remains unresolved. In particular, the so-called Venona intercepts, which appeared to close the case against the Rosenbergs, deserve much greater critical scrutiny. The intercepts were messages from KGB agents on Soviet espionage in the US in the 1940s that were decoded, decrypted and translated by the National Security Agency; the NSA published the intercepts in 1995.

Immigrant and Migrant Workers in Canada: Labour Movements, Racism and the Expansion of Globalization - Sharma, Nandita (Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme, 2002)
The author tells us that the programme that authorises the employment of non-immigrants (NIEXP), a consolidated and expanded recruitment programme for migrant workers, operates without a contract and allows private and public employers in Canada to exploit the legislative vulnerability of those who are classified as non-immigrants. The author examines the cultural context in which the immigrant worker class operates and asks the Canadian government to explain why it has created a category of non-citizens to classify these workers. --Translation of French abstract

The Contested Past: Reading Canada's History: Selections from the Canadian Historical Review - Shore, Marlene (University of Toronto Press, 2002)
This collection of selected excerpts focuses on the Canadian Historical Review's contribution to the study of Canadian history from the journal's founding in 1920 to the present. Using the CHR's own interconnected objectives as a benchmark - the promotion of high standards of historical research and writing in Canada, and the fostering of the study of Canadian history - Marlene Shore analyses the varying degrees of success the journals had in meeting its those goals. Her introductory essay shows how the CHR was shaped not only by its own editorial policies, but by international currents affecting the discipline of history and its practitioners. The excerpts, each accompanied by critical commentary, were chosen as representative of the major trends, crucial studies, and main controversies in Canadian historical writing. Shore has arranged them chronologically and thematically into four sections: Nation and Diversity, 1920-1939; War, Centralization, and Reaction, 1940-1965; The Renewal of Diversity, 1966 to the Present; and Reflections. Among the key themes explored by Shore and the contributing historians, Native-European contact, society and war, the nature of Canadian and Quebec nationalism, class-consciousness, and gender politics are highlighted. Broad in scope and focused in intent, The Contested Past offers an excellent introduction to twentieth century Canadian history and historiography. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Canada -- Historiography

Social Unrest and Popular Protest in England, 1780-1840 - Snell, K. D. M. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Social Unrest and Popular Protest in England, 1780-1840," by John E . Archer.

The Lancashire Giant: David Shackleton, Labour Leader and Civil Servant - Spencer, Bruce (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "The Lancashire Giant: David Shackleton, Labour Leader and Civil Servant," by Ross M. Martin.
Keywords: 20th century; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; History; History--History of North And South America

Divided We Stand: American Workers and the Struggle for Black Equality - Srigley, Katrina (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Divided We Stand: American Workers and the Struggle for Black Equality," by Bruce Nelson.