Douglas McGregor, Revisted: Managing the Human Side of Enterprise - Strauss, George (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Douglas McGregor, Revisted: Managing the Human Side of Enterprise, by Gary Heil, is reviewed.
Keywords: Biographies; Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Relative Earnings of Visible Minorities in Canada: New Evidence from the 1996 Census - Swidinsky, Robert; Swidinsky, Michael (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
New evidence on the relative earnings of visible minority immigrant and native-born paid workers in Canada using data from the 1996 Census is presented. The findings show that labor market disadvantages associated with visible minority status are largely confined to immigrant men. The earnings deficits imputed to minority native-born men and immigrant women are fairly modest, and it appears that native-born women are paid a premium. Among immigrant men, labor market disadvantages are apparent primarily among those who were older when they arrived in Canada. There is some evidence that foreign work experience is relatively undervalued, but there is little evidence that immigrants receive lower compensation for foreign-based schooling. The analysis of individual ethnic minority groups reveals that Black men are most profoundly affected by labor market discrimination. The earnings deficit they must contend with is both significant and intergenerationally persistent.
Keywords: Aliens; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Gender; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Minority & ethnic groups; Racial discrimination; Salaries pensions etc; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Wages & salaries

Byond Unions and Collective Bargaining - Taras, Daphne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Beyond Unions and Collective Bargaining, by Leo Troy, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Mackenzie King and the Prairie West - Taylor, Jeffery (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Mackenzie King and the Prairie West," by Robert Wardhaugh.
Keywords: 20th century; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Canadian history; History; History--History of North And South America; Politics & government

Origines et evolution de la formation a la prevention des risques "gestes et postures" en France - Teiger, Catherine (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Ergonomics; History; Labor Unions; Occupational health & safety; Occupational training; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Origines et évolution de la formation à la prévention des risques « gestes et postures » en France - Teiger, Catherine (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
La prévention traditionnelle des risques musculo-squelettiques du travail est orientée selon deux axes quasi indépendants : l’axe technique et l’axe humain. Les limites de ces approches sont actuellement reconnues par les ergonomes et certains professionnels de la prévention qui tentent ensemble d’instaurer une troisième voie. Il s’agit de concilier les orientations techniques et humaines à partir de la compréhension de l’activité de travail et de concevoir, en particulier, des programmes de formation à la prévention des risques qui développent à la fois la capacité de réflexion de tous les acteurs de la prévention sur leur propre activité de travail et leur pouvoir d’action sur les aspects techniques ou organisationnels du travail. Cet article propose une brève analyse de l’histoire des idées et des pratiques de la formation institutionnelle dans ce domaine particulier des risques musculo-squelettiques qui restent un enjeu d’importance malgré les « modernisations » du travail.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Workers' Compensation: Foundations for Reform - Thompson, Mark (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Workers Compensation: Foundations for Reform," edited by Morley Gunderson and Douglas Hyatt.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Law; Laws & regulations; Management; Occupational accidents; Reforms; Workers compensation

Secrecy and safety in abortion clinics - Todd, Sarah (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The media headlines rest in my thoughts as I write a paper about social workers and abortion services. I am reminded of the cultural ambivalence, if not silence, that surrounds abortion work and which, I argue, makes it difficult to position issues facing abortion workers in relation to more general work place safety concerns. ...[W]e need to move beyond the sensationalized debates that often dominate any reflection on abortion services and attempt to understand the daily workplace risks faced by workers in these clinics. Although such a task is beyond the scope of this brief paper, I would like to use this opportunity to establish a conceptual framework for such a rethinking. --From author's introduction

The Labour Party and Taxation: Party Identity and Political Purpose in Twentieth-Century Britain - Toye, Richard (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "The Labour Party and taxation: Party identity and political purpose in twentieth-century Britain," by Richard Whiting.
Keywords: 20th century; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Capital gains; History; History--History of North And South America; Income taxes; Labor unions; Subsidies; Tariffs; Tax increases; Tax rates; Tax reform; Taxation; Working class

The Family Division of Labour - Tremblay, Diane-Gabrielle (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
The Family Division of Labour, by Marie-Agnes Barrere-Maurisson, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Families & family life; Housework; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Work & family; Working conditions

Working Time in Comparative Perspective, Volume Ii. Life-Cycle Working Time and Nonstandard Work - Tremblay, Diane-Gabrielle (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Working time in comparative perspective, v. 2," edited by Susan Houseman and Alice Nakamura.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Flexible hours; Labor Unions; Nontraditional careers; Work & family; Working hours

Transnational Cooperation among Labor Unions - Tsogas, George (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Transnational Cooperation among Labor Unions, edited by Michael E. Gordon and Lowell Turner, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; International; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Ben Lappin's Reflections on May Day Celebrations in Toronto's Jewish Quarter - Tulchinsky, Gerald (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
Tulchinsky introduces this reprint of "From the American scene: May Day in Toronto," by Ben Lappin. Originally published in Commentary in May 1955. Lappin's article portrays the annual May Day celebration of Toronto's working-class Jewish community at a time of generational transition.

Agriculture and Environmental History - Varty, John (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews and comments on the books, "Gardens of Their Dreams: Desertification and Culture in World History," by Brian Griffith, "Brave New Seeds: The Threat of GM Crops to Farmers," by Robert Ali Brac De La Pierre and Frank Seurat, and "Hungry for Trade: How the Poor Pay for Free Trade," by John Madeley,

Labor Regulation in a Global Economy - Verge, Pierre (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

Entreprises transnationales et droits du travail - Verge, Pierre; Dufour, Sophie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
La réalité globale de l’entreprise transnationale, l’ensemble intégré de son activité, s’étend à plusieurs pays, même si elle est elle-même le plus souvent juridiquement fragmentée en différentes sociétés nationales. Dans quelle mesure le Droit parvient-il à saisir dans toute sa réalité significative, c’est-à-dire transnationale, cette entreprise ; réussit-il à atteindre son centre de pouvoir ? L’examen porte d’abord sur la normativité applicable. Existe-t-il une normativité commensurable à cette entreprise ? Les droits des pays d’implantation se montrent-ils capables d’applications extraterritoriales à son endroit ? Il y a ensuite à considérer la mise en oeuvre, en particulier juridictionnelle, des normes applicables, tantôt l’intervention du for du pays de la filiale, tantôt celle du for de la société dominante.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Cultures of darkness: Night travels in the histories of transgression [from medieval to modern] - Walkowitz, Daniel J. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Cultures of darkness: night travels in the histories of transgression [from medieval to modern]," by Bryan D. Palmer.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Capitalism; Culture; History; History--History of North And South America; Social classes

Making the American team: Sport, culture, and the Olympic experience," by Mark Dyreson. - Wamsley, Kevin B. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Making the American team: Sport, culture, and the Olympic experience
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; History--History of North And South America; Olympic games; Social aspects; Social conditions & trends; Sports

Globalization from Below: The Power of Solidarity - Wells, Don (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Globalization from Below: The Power of Solidarity by Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello, and Brendan Smith, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Globalization; International; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social activism; Working conditions

A Very Red Life: The Story of Bill Walsh - Whitaker, Reginald (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
A Very Red Life: The Story of Bill Walsh by Cy Gonick, is reviewed.
Keywords: Biographies; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Communism; History; Labor; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

A New Look at Shorter Hours of Work in the CEP - White, Julie (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2002)
This paper argues that we need to look again at hours of work. One out of every five Canadians is working more than 40 hours a week as their regular hours, while one out of ten work over 50 hours. On top of this, overtime is excessive - paid overtime alone is the equivalent of 225,000 full-time jobs. A major study by the CEP in the pulp and paper industry has shown that overtime may be more expensive than hiring additional workers and that workers are willing to reduce overtime in order to save or create jobs. On reducing regular hours of work, the CEP has found that additional days away from work, once negotiated and experienced, are extremely popular. While more time off is about job creation, better health and safety and improving family and social life, it opposes the lean and mean approach of business corporations.

The Future of the Safety Net: Social Insurance and Employee Benefits - Williams, Kelly (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
The Future of the Safety Net: Social Insurance and Employee Benefits, edited by Sheldon Friedman and David C. Jacobs, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employee benefits; Labor Unions; Pensions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social security; Wellness programs

Contingent Work, Disrupted Lives: Labour and Community in the New Rural Economy - Winson, Anthony; Leach, Belinda (Studies in comparative political economy and public policy, 2002)
[E]xamines the effects of economic globalization on several manufacturing-dependent rural communities in Canada. In looking at such contemporary corporate strategies as plant closures and downsizing, authors [The authors] consider the impact of capitalist restructuring on the residents of various communities. [They] argue that the new rural economy has caused considerable instability and hardship in the lives of rural residents as they struggle to adapt in the face of economic upheaval."--Publisher's description. Contents: The Global and the Local: Understanding Globalization through Community Research -- Community Sketches, History, and Method -- The New Rural Economy and the Shape of Restructuring -- Skidding into the Contingent Work World -- 'Forget All Your Dreams and Good Luck with Your Life': Lay-Off and the New Reality of Contingent Labour -- Economic Diversity, Sustainability, and Manufacturing Communities. Geographic: Ontario. Ontario. Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-220) and index.
Keywords: Aspect social; Ontario. Chômage en milieu rural; Ontario. Deindustrialization; Ontario. Deindustrialization. Displaced workers. Globalization; Ontario. Desempleo; Ontario. Displaced workers; Ontario. Désindustrialisation; Ontario. Globalization; Ontario. Industrie rurale; Ontario. Mondialisation; Ontario. Rural industries; Ontario. Trabajadores; Ontario. Travailleurs; Ontario. Travailleurs licenciés; Ontario. Working class; Rural unemployment; Social aspects; Social aspects. Rural industries. Rural unemployment. Working class. Landwirtschaft. Arbeitslosigkeit

The Sound of One Voice: Eugene Forsey and His Letters to the Press - Wright, Donald (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "The Sound of One Voice: Eugene Forsey and His Letters to the Press," by J. E. Hodgetts.

Weaving connections: Educating for peace, social and environmental justice - Wright, Tarah (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Weaving connections: Educating for peace, social and environmental justice," edited by Tarah Goldstein and David Selby.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Education; Educational objectives; History--History of North And South America; Social aspects; Social education

Expanding Labour’s Horizons: Union Organizing and Strategic Change in Canada - Yates, Charlotte A. B. (Charlotte Alyce Bronwen) (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2002)
How can unions arrest membership decline in an increasingly chilly climate? Unions across Canada have arrived at a common answer to this question; unions need to organize the unorganized, in particular reaching out to women, youth and people of colour. After a brief discussion of who is being organized by unions, this article turns to a discussion of innovations in union organizing strategies, including the virtue of rank and file activists and the B.C. Organizing Institute. The next challenge for unions is to keep newly organized workers as members. This depends on adequate representation of these members’ interests and opportunities for their participation in union affairs. The paper critically evaluates union efforts at reform of internal structures and collective bargaining practices. While organizing alone cannot secure the future of unions, it is a critical part of the process of the renewal of labour power.

Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society - York University. Centre for Research on Work and Society (2002)
Open access publication from 2002 to 2014 of York University's Centre for Research on Work and Society. Its mission, as stated in its inaugural issue, was as follows: "Just Labour explores the complex ways new technologies, subcontracting, new management strategies, and emerging self-employment are undermining the traditional employee-employer relationships and disciplining workers. Just Labour investigates how union action has been subverted by the international integration of capital, the proliferation of precarious employment, the challenges of organizing marginalized workers, and the increasingly anti-union practices of employers and the state. Just Labour addresses the culture and activities of Canadian workers and their unions as they face new challenges. The journal will explore new ideas and seek out fresh approaches to solving problems. Just Labour brings the work of leading academics and trade union researchers to a broad readership in popular, accessible language."

Empowerment As a Trojan Horse: New Systems of Work Organization in the North American Automobile Industry - Yates, Charlotte A. B. (Charlotte Alyce Bronwen); Lewchuk, Wayne; Stewart, Paul (Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2001)
While new models of work organization (lean production) in the automobile industry have been portrayed as a 'democratic' break with Fordism, we find considerable parallels with those traditional patterns of labour control they were intended to supplant. Far from understanding these as exemplars of 'democratic Taylorism', the article identifies specific company responses to problems associated with declining productivity and competitiveness. Moreover, the article argues that new models of work organization associated with lean production, far from heralding empowerment, are more conerned with asserting management control in varying ways in different companies.

Abstracts = Résumés [47, Spring 2001] (Labour/Le Travail, 2001)
English/French abstracts of the articles in the Spring 2001 volume.

Abstracts = Résumés [48, Fall 2001] (Labour/Le Travail, 2001)
English/French abstracts of the articles in Fall 2001 volume.

Index, Volume 45-46, 2000 (Labour/Le Travail, 2001)
Biennial index produced by the Canadian Periodical Index.

Livres reçus (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
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Publications: Committee on Canadian Labour History (Labour/Le Travail, 2001)
Advertisement for the journal, Labour/Le Travail.

Publications récentes (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
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On the Convergence of Labour Rights and Human Rights - Adams, Roy J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
This article discusses Unfair Advantage: Workers' Freedom of Association in the United States under International Human Rights Standards and Your Voice at Work: Global Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. During the past decade a strong international consensus has emerged that holds that a set of core labor rights should be regarded as fundamental human rights. The appearance of these 2 reports indicates that the situation is rapidly changing.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employees; Freedom of Association; Globalization; HUMAN rights; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Research; Rights; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

So Close to the State/s: The Emergence of Canadian Feature Film Policy - Adria, Marco (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "So Close to the State/s: The Emergence of Canadian Feature Film Policy," by Michael Dorland.

Mirrors of Stone: Fragments from the Porcupine Frontier - Angus, Charlie; Palu, Louie (Between the Lines, 2001)
Mirrors of Stone delves into the many ethnic cultures that thrived in the mining areas of Northern Ontario from the 1920s to the 1960s. The stormy history of hardrock mining camps has never fit into the comfortable cliches by which Canada “tells its story.” Angus unearths the dark sides of this history–“the wild tales of bootleggers, mobsters, and prostitution rings” and in so doing opens up new ways of seeing Ontario’s history and culture. --Publisher's description

Report from Cannes 2000 - Armstrong, Lawrin (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the following laobur/left films that were screened at the Cannes 2000 festival: "Bread and Roses." UK, directed by Ken Loach; "Takhté Siah" (Blackboards). Iran, directed by Amira Makhmalbaf; "Lista de Espéra" (Waiting List). Spain/Cuba, directed by Juan Carlos Tabio; "Capitaes de Abril" (Captains of April), Portugal, directed by Maria de Medeiros.

Workplace Innovations in Large, Unionized Canadian Organizations - Balkin, David B.; Tremblay, Michel; Westerman, James (Journal of Business and Psychology, 2001)
The study reports workplace innovations in 112 large, unionized Canadian organizations from data collected in 1994 by the Bureau of Labour Information. The frequency of specific workplace innovations and the relationship to organization and bargaining unit characteristics are reported.

Pierre Elliot Trudeau, 1919-2000: The Death of Canadian Liberalism - Barsallo, Alicia (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article pays tribute to Trudeau and the standard of political discourse he represented.

A Theory of Employment Systems : Micro-Foundations of Societal Diversity - Bélanger, Jacques (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "A Theory of Employment Systems : Micro-Foundations of Societal Diversity," by David Marsden.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employment; History; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Nice Girls and Rude Girls: Women Workers in World War One; Working Class Cullture, Women and Britain, 1914-1921 - Bell, Amy (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the books, "Nice Girls and Rude Girls: Women Workers in World War One," by Deborah Thom, and "Working Class Cullture, Women and Britain, 1914-1921," by Claire A. Culleton.

Ergonomie, formation et transformation des milieux de travail: introduction - Bellemare, Marie; Montreuil, Sylvie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Ergonomics; Labor Unions; Occupational health & safety; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Training

L'amelioration des situations de travail par l'ergonomie participative et la formation - Bellemare, Marie; Montreuil, Sylvie; Marier, Micheline; Allard, Denis (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Ergonomics; Injuries; Labor Unions; Musculoskeletal system; Occupational health & safety; Participatory research; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Training

L’amélioration des situations de travail par l’ergonomie participative et la formation - Bellemare, Marie; Montreuil, Sylvie; Marier, Micheline; Prévost, Johane; Allard, Denis (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Cet article présente la démarche et l’évaluation d’une intervention participative fondée sur une formation dispensée auprès de groupes Ergo réunissant des cadres et des employés du secteur de la production de métal chaud. La formation portait d’abord sur le diagnostic ergonomique et puis sur la transformation des situations de travail. L’évaluation de type réaliste porte sur le processus et les résultats. Elle montre que la concrétisation des projets d’amélioration dans les usines implique certes des acquis relatifs à l’analyse du travail obtenus par la formation, mais aussi que les participants à la formation détiennent ou développent une connaissance riche des processus de conduite de projets — formels et informels — propres à l’usine.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Gestion de la rémunération : théorie et pratique - Bernier, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Gestion de la rémunération : théorie et pratique," by Roland Thériault and Sylvie St-Onge.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Compensation administration; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Recherche évaluative d’un programme syndical de formation en santé et en sécurité du travail - Berthelette, Diane; Desnoyers, Luc; Bédard, Anne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
L’objectif de cette recherche évaluative était d’analyser la relation susceptible d’exister entre le processus d’un programme de formation de base en santé et sécurité du travail et ses effets attendus. Ce programme, dispensé par une centrale syndicale québécoise à ses membres, a pour objectif ultime d’améliorer l’action syndicale des travailleurs à ce sujet dans leur milieu de travail. Nos résultats semblent indiquer que ce programme produit la majorité des effets attendus relatifs aux thèmes étudiés, soit d’accroître la compréhension du rôle des facteurs environnementaux sur l’occurrence d’accidents de travail et d’attribuer ces événements à des risques environnementaux dont les employeurs sont responsables.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Building a Better World: An Introduction to Trade Unionism in Canada - Black, Errol; Silver, Jim (Fernwood, 2001)
This introductory text examines the vital role of trade unions in Canada. In particular, it emphasizes how the values. objectives and activities of unions are shaped and changed in the context of employer opposition and often hostile governments. --Publisher's description.
Keywords: Labor unions -- Canada

Cross-Movement Coalitions and Political Agency: The Popular Sector and the Pro-Canada/Action Canada Network - Bleyer, Peter (London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), 2001)
Through a historical account of the Pro-Canada/Action Canada Network (PCN/ACN), this dissertation examines coalition formation among social movements. It argues that the complex process of cross-sectoral coalition formation and thus the potential for convergence of social movements can best be understood by combining elements of different analytical frameworks. This dissertation draws on elements of the two dominant paradigms for the study of social movements, resource mobilization theory and new social movement theory. Specifically, it utilizes the formers' attention to the specifics of organization and structure and the latter's focus on the discursive formation of identities. Both are then combined with the uniquely Canadian but theoretically underdeveloped concept of the popular sector and a neo-gramscian perspective on social formation and mobilization that draws on political economy and class-analytical traditions. With its formation in 1988 around opposition to the Canada - U.S. Free Trade Agreement, the PCN/ACN was an early example of a broader trend for trade and investment to become key arenas for social and political contention at the turn of the century. This dissertation challenges the assumptions of most analytical frameworks concerning the limits to coalition formation and argues that the nature of the unifying issue is an important determinant of the potential for the growth and deepening of social alliances. After reviewing the historical conjuncture in which the PCN/ACN emerged, this dissertation traces the history of key sectors and member organizations - labour, women and ecumenical justice - paying specific attention to their approach to political engagement and the issue of free trade. As a result, it establishes the necessary background to understand both the initial basis for unity and the Network's progression beyond a lowest common denominator alliance around a single issue, to a broader mandate. This dissertation provides empirical evidence on which to judge the potential of social movements to displace other discourses and agencies on the left. Given the contemporary interest in the role of social movements, NGOs and civil society, this dissertation provides some essential signposts for two types of practitioners: academics seeking to understand outcomes and activists hoping to determine them.

Public Sector Labour Relations in an Era of Restraint and Restructuring - Boivin, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Public Sector Labour Relations in an Era of Restraint and Restructuring," by Gene Swimmer.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Public sector; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Restructuration industrielle et action syndicale locale: Le cas de l’industrie du papier au Québec - Bourque, Reynald; Rioux, Claude (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
La restructuration de l’industrie du papier au Québec a eu un impact majeur sur l’action syndicale. Cet article présente les changements intervenus dans les pratiques syndicales de la Fédération des travailleurs du papier et de la forêt (FTPF-CSN) et de ses syndicats affiliés, notamment en ce qui a trait à la demande de nouveaux services découlant de l’implication syndicale dans la réorganisation du travail. Nous analysons également les effets de ces changements sur les relations entre la FTPF et ses syndicats locaux, ainsi que les problèmes et les défis inhérents au renouvellement des pratiques syndicales.
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"Rights, not Roses": Unions and the Rise of Working-Class Feminism, 1945-80 - Brooks, Tequila J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Rights, not Roses": Unions and the Rise of Working-Class Feminism, 1945-80," by Dennis A. Deslippe.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Feminism; History; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Abandoned Children - Brown, Helen (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Abandoned Children," edited by Catherine Panter-Brick and Malcolm T. Smith.

Turning Trees into Dollars: The British Columbia Coastal Lumber Industry 1858-1913 - Bunting, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Turning Trees into Dollars: The British Columbia Coastal Lumber Industry, 1858-1913," by Gordon Hak.

Rum Punch and Revolution: Taverngoing and Public Life in Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia - Campbell, Robert A. (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Rum Punch and Revolution: Taverngoing and Public Life in Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia," by Peter Thompson.

The Power to Choose: Bangladeshi Women and Labour Market Decisions in London and Dhaka - Caspersz, Donella (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
The Power to Choose: Bangladeshi Women and Labour Market Decisions in London and Dhaka, by Naila Kabeer, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Clothing industry; Employees; Employment; LABOR market; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Women

Norman Feltes, 1932-2000: An OCAP Appreciation - Clarke, John (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article pays tribute to Norman Feltes's contribution to the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty after his retirement as an English professor.

The 'Rag, Tag, and Bobnail:' The Rise and Fall of Ottawa's Early Working Class - Clavette, Ken (Ottawa: Making a Capital = Constuire une capitale, 2001)
Provides a detailed historical account of Ottawa's transformation during the 19th century, focusing on the rise of its working class, labour movements, and the challenges faced during the construction of Parliament Hill. Discusses Daniel O'Donoghue, whose election to the Ontario legislature in 1874 made him the first independent labour candidate to be elected in Canada. Concludes that O'Donoghue's defeat in 1877 signalled an ebbing of working-class power in Ottawa.
Keywords: Architecture; Architecture Ontario Ottawa Congresses; Architecture Ontario Ottawa Congrès; Conference papers and proceedings; History; Minorities; Minorities Ontario Ottawa Congresses; Ontario Ottawa; Ottawa (Ont.) History Congresses; Ottawa (Ont.) Social conditions Congresses; Social conditions

More with Less: Work Reorganization in the Canadian Mining Industry - Clement, Wallace (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "More with Less: Work Reorganization in the Canadian Mining Industry," by Bob Russell.

The Agribusiness Threat to Farmers, Food, and the Environment - Conway, J. F. (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "The Agribusiness Threat to Farmers, Food, and the Environment," edited by Fred Magdoff, John Bellamy Foster, and Frederick H. Butt.

Framing Our Past: Canadian Women's History in the Twentieth Century - Cook, Sharon Anne; McLean, Lorna; O'Rourke, Kate (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001)
Framing Our Past is about women's lived experience. Drawing from diaries, oral history, letters, organizational records, paintings, quilts, dressmaking patterns, milliners' records, and posters, the contributors offer fresh interpretations of this historical material and unique insights into the lives of individual Canadian women who expanded the boundaries of traditional roles. Lavishly illustrated, Framing Our Past looks at women and their social rituals with other women, organized sporting clubs, philanthropic, spiritual and aesthetic activities, study and reading groups. The authors explore women's roles as nurturers and keepers of the hearth and in family management, child care, and health care. They highlight women's work in areas as diverse as domestic labour, nursing, dressmaking, broadcasting, and banking as well as women's contributions to education and their instrumental political role in consumer activism, social work, and peace movements. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Women -- Canada -- History -- 20th century

William Z. Foster and the Tragedy of American Radicalism/Second String Red: The Life of Al Lannon, American Communist - Cotterill, Steven (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "William Z. Foster and the Tragedy of American Radicalism," by James R. Barrett.

A Thing of the Past? Child Labour in Britain in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries - Coulter, Rebecca Priegert (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "A Thing of the Past? Child Labour in Britain in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries," edited by Michael Lavalette.

Solidarité et détermination. Histoire de la Fraternité des policiers et des policières de la Communauté urbaine de Montréal - Dagenais, Michèle (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Solidarité et Détermination: Histoire de la Fraternité des Policiers et des Policières de la Communauté Urbaine de Montréal," by Jacques Rouillard and Henri Goulet.

La présence communiste au Québec (1929-1939) ou la présence de « l'homme au couteau entre les dents » - Dansereau, Bernard (Bulletin d'histoire politique, 2001)
Examines the presence and struggles of the Communist Party of Canada (le Parti communiste canadien (PCC)) in Quebec during the 1930s. It highlights the challenges faced by the PCC, including widespread anticommunism from the government, the Catholic Church, and conservative labour unions. The PCC sought to organize workers through independent unions like the Workers Unity League and engaged in social struggles, including unemployment protests and antifascist campaigns. Despite some successes in labour movements and antifascist efforts, the PCC failed to become a mass party, remaining largely isolated and marginalized, especially among francophone workers. The article also discusses the PCC's strategic shifts, from ultra-revolutionary rhetoric to a united antifascist front, and its eventual decline during World War II. Overall, the PCC's efforts were significant in challenging capitalism and advocating for workers' rights, but its influence remained limited in Quebec's political and social landscape.

Nonunion Employee Representation: History, Contemporary Practice, and Policy - Debicki, Christopher (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Nonunion Employee Representation: History, Contemporary Practice, and Policy, edited by Bruce E. Kaufman and Daphne Gottlieb, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; History; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Nonunion; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Recherche evaluative d'un programme syndical de formation en sante et en securite du travail - Desnoyers, Luc; Berthelette, Diane; Bedard, Anne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Industrial accidents; Labor Unions; Occupational health & safety; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Training

Women and Scientific Employment - Dodd, Janice G. (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Women and Scientific Employment," by Judith Glover.

"Our Mickey": The Story of Private James O'Rourke, VC.MM (CEF), 1879-1957 - Dooley, Michael Kevin (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
Discusses the life of Michael James "Mickey" O'Rourke, miner, soldier, and labour activist. In 1917, he was awarded Canada's highest military decoration, the Victoria Cross, for "conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty during prolonged operations" while a member of the 7th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I. After the war O'Rourke went to California, then returned to British Columbia where he played a prominent role in the 1935 Vancouver longshoremen's strike. Despite chronic health problems that were war-related, he received only a small pension as a disabled veteran. O'Rourke's later life was complicated by alcoholism. He died as an indigent at a Veterans' Affairs facility in Burnaby, British Columbia, in 1957.

The Challenge of Global Capitalism: The World Economy in the 21st Century - Drache, Daniel (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "The Challenge of Global Capitalism: The World Economy in the 21st Century," by Robert Gilpin.

Skill-Biased Technological Change : Evidence from a Firm-Level Survey - Dubé, Annette (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Skill-Biased Technological Change : Evidence from a Firm-Level Survey," by Donald S. Siegel.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Skilled labor; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Technological change

Canadian Communication Thought: Ten Foundational Writers - Ellerman, Evelyn (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Canadian Communication Thought: Ten Foundational Writers," by Robert E. Babe.

Australian Labour History Reconsidered - Farrell, Frank (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Australian Labour History Reconsidered," edited by David Palmer, Ross Shanahan, and Martin Shanahan.

The New Prince in a New Principality: OCAP and the Toronto Poor - Feltes, Norman (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article employs Antonio Gramsci's philosophy of praxis to analyze the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty's battle against the proto-fascist, neoconservative Ontario provincial government. A structural diagram, entitled "The Party at the Margin," is presented to show OCAP's place in the current social formation. Adapting Machiavelli, the article considers OCAP's collective "new prince" role, as well as the role of the intellectual. A retired academic, the author was a member of the OCAP executive.

Alabama North: African-American Migrants, Community, and Working-Class Activism in Cleveland, 1915-1945 - Ferguson, Karen (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Alabama North: African-American Migrants, Community, and Working-Class Activism in Cleveland, 1915-1945," by Kimberley L. Phillips.

Book Notes [47, Spring 2001] - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article briefly reviews "Have Women and Minorities Reached the Top? Diversity in the Power Elite," by Richard L. Zweigenhaft and G. William Domhoff; "An Investigation of Racial Disadvantage," by Derek Leslie et al.; Brian Titley's "The Frontier World of Edgar Dewdney;" Gilbert G. Gonzalez's "Mexican Consuls and Labor Organizing: Imperial Politics in the American Southwest;" Peter Bailey's "Popular Culture and Performance in the Victorian City;" Ching Kwan Lee's "Gender and the South China Miracle: Two Worlds of Factory Women;" Diana Crane's "Fashion and its Social Agendas: Class, Gender, and Identity in Clothing;" "Italian Lives: Cape Breton Memories," edited by Sam Migliore and A. Evo Dipierro; and Glenda Riley's "Women and Nature: Saving the 'Wild' West."

Book Notes [48, Fall 2001] - Finkel, Alvin (Labour/Le Travail, 2001)
The article briefly reviews Peter Gossage's "Families in Transition: Industry and Population in Nineteenth Century Saint-Hyacinthe;" Daniel T. Rodgers's "Atlantic Crossings: Social Politics in a Progressive Age;" Claudia Orenstein's "Festive Revolutionaries: The Politics of Popular Theater and the San Francisco Mime Troupe;" Micheal Goldfield's "The Color of Politics: Race and the Mainsprings of American Politics;" Philip Scranton's "Endless Novelty: Specialty Production and American Industrialization, 1865-1925;" "The Living Wage: Building a Fair Economy," by Robert Pollin and Stephanie Luce; Christine Cousins' "Society, Work and Welfare in Europe;" "What Workers Want," by Richard B. Freeman and Joel Rogers; and "On the Front Line: Organization of Work in the Information Economy" by Stephen J. Frenkel, Marek Korczynski, Karen A. Shire, and May Tarn.

The World Guide 2001/2002: An Alternative Reference to the Countries of Our Planet - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "The World Guide 2001/2002: An Alternative Reference to the Countries of Our Planet."

CyberUnion: Empowering Labour through Computer Technology - Fiorito, Jack (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
CyberUnion: Empowering Labor through Computer Technology, by Arthur B. Shostak, is reviewed.
Keywords: 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; information technology

Connecting Women with Unions: What Are the Issues? - Forrest, Anne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
This paper investigates the role of women's issues in the decision to join unions by examining a successful organizing drive in a predominantly female workplace. The main focus of the discussion is the identification of women's issues where they were not immediately apparent to workers and union representatives. The theoretical question raised by this case study is the extent to which women workers' relationship to unions is similar to or different from men workers'. Contemporary industrial relations discourse tends to emphasize the similarities between women and men, without taking into account well-documented differences in women's paid and unpaid work and union experiences. From a feminist perspective, the conclusion that gender is unimportant in organizing campaigns often rests on an inadequate analysis of what constitutes women's workplace/union issues.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Differences; Female employees; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Laboring for Rights: Unions and Sexual Diversity Across Nations - Forrest, Anne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Laboring for Rights: Unions and Sexual Diversity Across Nations, edited by Gerald Hunt, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Sexuality; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

La pensée de Gustave Francq, syndicaliste et réformateur social : textes choisis, 1905-1948 - Francq, Gustave; Leroux, Éric (Collection RCHTQ, 2001)
Keywords: 1900-1999; Canada; Francq, Gustave, 1871-1952 Pensée politique et sociale; Francq, Gustave, Political and social view; History; Labor unions; Labor unions Canada History 20th century; Québec; Québec (Province) Conditions sociales 20e siècle; Québec (Province) Social conditions 20th century; Social conditions; Syndicalism; Syndicalism Québec (Province) History; Syndicalisme Québec (Province) Histoire; Syndicats Canada Histoire 20e siècle

Colliers Across the Sea: A Comparative Study of Class Formation in Scotland and the American Midwest, 1830-1924 - Frank, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Colliers Across the Sea: A Comparative Study of Class Formation in Scotland and the American Midwest, 1830-1924," by John H. M. Laslett.

Les logiques de la réciprocité. Les transformations de la relation d’assistance aux États-Unis et en France par Sylvie Morel - Freyssinet, Jacques (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Les logiques de la réciprocité. Les transformations de la relation d’assistance aux États-Unis et en France," by Sylvie Morel.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Welfare

Creating and Sustaining Local Union Capabilities: The Role of the National Union - Frost, Ann C. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Drawing on a case study evidence from the automotive, steel, and glass making industries, this article examines the role played by the national union in shaping local unions' abilities to develop and sustain the capabilities critical to managing on-going workplace restructuring. Evidence suggesting the importance of 5 national union characteristics is presented. These characteristics are the breadth of the national union's representational coverage; the extent of its education and training focus on new workplace issues; the resources it devotes to research on the implications of new workplace practices; the presence of multiple communications channels; and its structuring of local union representation.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Corporate reorganization; Labor Unions; Manyindustries; Roles; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Labour Before the Law: The Regulation of Workers' Collective Action in Canada, 1900-1948 - Fudge, Judy; Tucker, Eric (Canadian social history series, 2001)
In this study of the relations between workers and the state, Judy Fudge and Eric Tucker examine the legal regulation of workers' collective action from 1900 to 1948. They analyze the strikes, violent confrontations, lockouts, union organizing drives, legislative initiatives, and major judicial decisions that transformed the labour relations regime of liberal voluntarism, which prevailed in the later part of the nineteenth century, into industrial voluntarism, whose centrepiece was Mackenzie King's Industrial Disputes Investigation Act of 1907. This period was marked by coercion and compromise, as workers organized and fought to extend their rights against the profit-oriented owners of capital, while the state struggled to define a labour regime that contained industrial conflict. The authors then trace the conflicts that eventually produced the industrial pluralism that Canadians have known in more recent years." "The book is simultaneously & history of law, aspects of the state, trade unions and labouring people, and their interaction within the broad and shifting terrain of political economy. The authors are attentive to regional differences and sectoral divergences, and they attempt to address the fragmentation of class experience. -- Publisher's description
Keywords: 20e siecle. Travail; 20th century. Syndicats; Canada; Droit; Histoire; History; Labor Unions; Law and legislation

Gender, Segmentation and the Standard Employment Relationship in Canadian Labour Law, Legislation and Policy - Fudge, Judy; Vosko, Leah F. (Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2001)
Using gender as its analytic lens, this article examines segmentation in the Canadian labour market by focusing on the standard employment relationship. It illustrates how standard employment was crafted upon a specific gender division of paid and unpaid labour, the male breadwinner norm, and was only available to a narrow segment of workers. To this end, it traces how from the lOSO's the standard employment relationship was supplemented by a growth in jobs associated with, and filled primarily by, women workers and it shows how women's increasing labour market participation in the late 1960s and early 1970s shaped demands for equality in employment policies. Since the 1980s, a deterioration in the standard employment relationship has undermined both demands for and the basis of gender equality strategies and the article concludes by raising the question of the normative basis for regulating employment in order to move towards strategies for reregulation.

Droit de l’arbitrage de grief, 5e édition - Gagnon, Jean-Denis (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Droit de l’arbitrage de grief," 5e édition, by Rodrigue Blouin and Fernand Morin
Keywords: Arbitration; Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Grievance procedures; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

La FTQ comme acteur politique - Gagnon, Mona-Josée (La FTQ, ses syndicats et la société québécoise, 2001)
Keywords: 20e siècle; Actes de congrès; Conference papers and proceedings; Fédération des travailleurs du Québec; Fédération des travailleurs du Québec Congresses; Fédération des travailleurs du Québec History Congresses; Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec Histoire Congrès; Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec. Congrès; Histoire; History; Labor unions; Labor unions Québec (Province) Congresses; Québec; Québec (Province); Syndicalism; Syndicalism Québec (Province) Congresses; Syndicalisme; Syndicalisme Québec (Province) Congrès; Syndicat; Syndicats Québec (Province) Congrès; proceedings (reports)

Imagining Internationalism in American and British Labour, 1939-1949 - Gereluk, Winston (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Imagining Internationalism in American and British Labor, 1939-49," by Victor Silverman.

Becoming Lean : Inside Stories of U.S. Manufacturers - Gérin-Lajoie, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Becoming Lean : Inside Stories of U.S. Manufacturers," edited by Jeffrey K. Liker.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Management; Manufacturers; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Learning from Saturn - Gérin-Lajoie, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Learning from Saturn," by Saul A. Rubinstein and Thomas A. Kochan.
Keywords: AUTOMOBILE industry; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Corporate culture; Corporate profiles; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Labor unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Testing the New Deal: The General Strike of 1934 in the American South - Glaberman, Martin (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Testing the New Deal: The General Textile Strike of 1934 in the American South," by Janet Irons.

New Dawn or Bad Moon Rising?: Large Scale Government Administered Workplace Surveys and the Future of Canadian Ir Research - Godard, John (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
This article discusses the potential advantages of large scale, government administered workplace surveys and the limitations of these surveys in the past. It then reviews and 1995 AWIRS, the 1998 WERS, and the 1999 WES in accordance with how well they appear to have succeeded in overcoming these limitations, and, more generally, with their implications for the conduct of industrial relations research. It is argued that the 1995 AWIRS does not appreciably overcome the limitations of previous surveys.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Business conditions; 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; Statistical analysis; Studies

Report of the Advisory Committe on Labour Management Relations in the Federal Public Service, Ottawa, Canada / First Report: Identifying the Issues / L'identification des enjeux / Second Report: Working Together in the Public interest/Travailler ensemble dans l'interet public - Goldenberg, Shirley (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Three reports are reviewed: 1. Reports of the Advisory Committee on Labour Management Relations in the Federal Public Service, Ottawa, Canada, 2. First Report: Identifying the Issues, and 3. Second Report: Working Together in the Public Interest.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Public sector; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

A Very Red Life: The Story of Bill Walsh - Gonick, Cy (Past CCLH Publications, 2001)
Montreal-born Moishe Wolofsky was a nineteen year-old unemployed university drop-out in 1930 when he and his friend Dick Steele took a job aboard an ocean vessel, beginning a journey that would change his life forever. Out of money, they stumbled into Russia and took jobs in a tractor factory. There, they became dedicated communists. Dragged back to Canada by his father, the well-known Jewish publisher, Herschel Wolofsky, he soon began a career as an organizer for the Communist Party of Canada. By then Moishe Wolofsky had become Bill Walsh. Still a very young man, he led the drive to organize the rubber workers in Kitchener and subsequently the auto workers in Windsor. Jailed and interned along with several hundred other Communists, upon his release Walsh fought overseas in Holland and Belgium. After the war he took a staff position with the United Electrical Workers in Hamilton, a job he retained for over two decades. After years of conflict with UE President C.S. Jackson, Walsh was forced to quit his job and subsequently the Communist Party. In the late 60s, he began a new career in labour arbitration. This is the story of how a young idealist became a Red and helped build industrial unionism in Canada. But it is also a story of romance and adventure. Walsh actively participated in many of the 20th century's historic events. Everything he did was touched with an intensity. He was a brilliant strategist and an extraordinary teacher. Because he never held high office either in politics, in uniform, or in any of the unions he was associated with, his contributions have gone unheralded. This book provides an inside, bottom-up look at some of the most important episodes in our trade union history as well as an insight into the functioning of a venerable communist-led union. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Arbitrators, Industrial; Communist Party of Canada; Labor leaders; Political activists; United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America; Walsh, Bill, 1910-2004

Free Trade: Risks and Rewards - Grayson, Kyle (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Free Trade: Risks and Rewards," edited by L. Ian MacDonald.

Freedom and Security: An Introduction to the Basic Income Debate - Haddow, Rodney (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Freedom and Security: An Introduction to the Basic Income Debate," by Tony Fitzpatrick.

Stations of the Cross: Adorno and Christian Right Radio - Haiven, Judy (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Stations of the Cross: Adorno and Christian Right Radio," by Paul Apostolidis.

Health and Work: Critical Perspectives - Haley, Ella (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Health and Work: Critical Perspectives," edited by Norma Daykin and Lesley Doyal.

Sur les notions de travail et de citoyenneté à l'heure de la précarité - Hamel, Jacques (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The articles traces the genealogy of the idea of work from the perspectives of philosophy, anthropology and sociology. Work is a productive action that also provides the means of existence. Precarious work, however, reveals the limits of this conception. Contrary to the "end of work" thesis, the author argues that work is integral to society, but in a form that does not take the people's labour rights into account, thus undermining their citizenship. This form of integration, which affects young workers especially, can be called "flexploitation." --From author's conclusion

The Erosion of the Country of Origin Effect: A Case Study of a Swedish Multinational Company - Hayden, Annette; Edwards, Tony (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Over the last 2 decades, Swedish capital has undergone a rapid internationalization. This has presented a significant challenge to the distinctive nature of the Swedish economy in general and its employment relations system in particular. A key question arising is: to what extent, and in what ways, are Swedish multinationals influenced by the distinctiveness of the country of origin in the way they manager their international workforces? This paper shows how the firm has adopted practices experienced in its foreign operations and deployed these throughout the corporation. The findings are explained with reference to managerial perceptions of the strengths and weaknesses of different "national business systems."
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Corporations; Impact analysis; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Multinational corporations; Rule of origin; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Ghislain Dufour témoigne des 30 ans du CPQ - Hébert, Gérard (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Ghislain Dufour témoigne des 30 ans du CPQ," by Ghislain Dufour.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Skills Mania: Snakeoil in our Schools? - Heyer, Kent den (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Skills Mania: Snakeoil in our Schools?," by Bob Davis.

Italy's Many Diasporas - Hoerder, Dirk (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Italy's Many Diasporas," by Donna R. Gabaccia.

Making Reform Happen: The Passage of Canada's Collective-Bargaining Policy, 1943–1944 - Hollander, Taylor (Journal of Policy History, 2001)
Patrick Conroy, the secretary-treasurer of the Canadian Congress of Labour (CCL) from 1941 to 1951, was not someone who gave up easily. As a friend observed, the Scottish-born coal miner was a committed trade unionist whose “moral certitude was admirable and… one of his great strengths.” In late 1942, however, Conroy seemed ready to call it quits on the CCL's campaign to win a national collective-bargaining policy in Canada. Since its inception in September 1940, the Congress, which represented most of the industrial unions in the country, had pushed hard for a comprehensive labor policy like the National Labor Relations or Wagner Act in the United States, which protected and advanced the rights of workers. But the Liberal government of Prime Minister Mackenzie King repeatedly refused to move beyond a turn-of-the-century conciliatory framework that emphasized moral suasion and compromise. In late 1942, when a regional organizer asked Conroy whether a collective-bargaining policy appeared likely in the future, the CCL leader replied: “We do not feel it worthwhile to raise people's hopes when the record of the federal government is as it has been.” --Publisher's extract

A House Like No Other: An Architectural and Social History of the Ukrainian Labour Temple, 523 Arlington Avenue, Ottawa, 1923–1967 - Hunchuck, Suzanne Holyck (Carleton University, 2001)
Traditional architectural histories of Canada have tended to define the Ukrainian architectural presence only in terms of the sacro-religious or the rustico-picturesque. The more complex reality—that of the community's secularity, urbanity, and proletarianization throughout its history—is demonstrated by a third building type, the chytalnia or reading room, of which a Labour Temple is a socialist/pro-communist variant. These institutions were often found in urban centres where they were frequently located in industrial vernacular houses. Their study therefore confounds conventional notions of Ukrainian piety and rusticity, of a historical geography that consists exclusively of rural Prairie settlement, and of formalist paradigms regarding architectural form. Similarly, the architectural history of Ottawa has been predicated upon monumentality and picturesque settings to the neglect of regional vernacular forms, as well as upon a bilingual/bicultural ethnoculture that negates the polyethnic nature of the city. This study posits the Ottawa Ukrainian Labour Temple as a case study for exploring the limitations of traditional historiography regarding vernacular architecture, Ukrainians in Canada, and industrial vernacular housing in Ottawa.
Keywords: Communication and the arts; Ontario; Social sciences

The Shadow Welfare State: Labor, Business, and the Politics of Health Care in the United States - Jacobs, David (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
The Shadow Welfare State: Labor, Business, and the Politics of Health Care in the United States, by Marie Gottschalk, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Health care policy; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Medicare; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Great Silent Army of Abolitionism: Ordinary Women in the Antislavery Movement - Kellow, Margaret (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "The Great Silent Army of Abolitionism: Ordinary Women in the Antislavery Movement," by Julie Roy Jeffrey.

Challenging the Conspiracy of Silence: My Life as a Canadian Gay Activist - Kinsman, Gary (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Challenging the Conspiracy of Silence: My Life as a Canadian Gay Activist," by Jim Egan; compiled and edited by Donald W. McLeod.

Off the page and onto the screen - Klausen, Susanne (Labour/Le Travail, 2001)
The author recounts her experience of collaboration on "The Plywood Girls," a video documentary about the hundreds of women who worked at the plywood sawmill in Port Albernini, BC, from 1942 to 1991. Also discusses the difference between working in the print medium (she had previously published an academic article on the subject, based on oral interviews) and visual media (more emotive and transient, but reaches a wider audience).

Creating Competitive Capacity: Labour Market Institutions and Workplace Practices in Germany and the United States - Klikauer, Thomas (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Creating Competitive Capacity: Labour Market Institutions and Workplace Practices in Germany and the United States, edited by Peter Berg, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employment practices; LABOR market; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

American Science in an Age of Anxiety: Scientists, Anticommunism and the Cold War - Knelman, F. H. (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "American Science in an Age of Anxiety: Scientists, Anticommunism, and the Cold War," by Jessica Wang.

Striking a Bargain: Work and Industrial Relations in Industrial England, 1815-65 - Koditschek, Theodore (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Striking a Bargain: Work and Industrial Relations in Industrial England, 1815-65," by James Jaffe.

Analyse du travail et elaboration des programmes de formation professionelle - Lacombe, Marianne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Ergonomics; Labor Unions; Occupational training; Participatory research; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Analyse du travail et élaboration des programmes de formation professionnelle - Lacomblez, Marianne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Une approche historique est ici présentée comme démarche permettant de mieux comprendre les options et les enjeux de travaux récents ayant établis des liens privilégiés entre l’analyse du travail et la conception d’action de formation professionnelle. La crise du mode de régulation fordiste semble avoir été déterminante dans l’explosion des recherches et interventions développées ces dernières années dans ce registre. Mais le type de contrat social dans lequel les auteurs se sont inscrits oriente de façon décisive la finalité des projets et la portée des résultats.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Les ressources humaines - Laflamme, Roch (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Les ressources humaines," edited by Dimitri Weiss.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Human resources; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Resonable Notice for Wrongful Dismissal: Court Versus Human Resource Decisions - Lam, Helen; Devine, Kay (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
This study identifies and compares the severance compensation determinants of legal and human resource professionals, using court cases and policy-capturing HR survey. Results confirmed that HR practitioners not only considered the factors critical in court decisions, which were length of service, age, employment status, and labor market conditions, but also had economic and social justice concerns as revealed by significant factors such as a company's financial situation and reason for dismissal. Certain HR decision-makers' characteristics were also found to influence the decision. Overall, HR notices were shorter than court notices in similar situations. Implications of such findings are discussed.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Court decisions; Human resource management; Labor Unions; Severance pay; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Wrongful discharge

"The Dresden Story": Racism, Human Rights, and the Jewish Labour Committee of Canada - Lambertson, Ross (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
This article uses a case study to explore how organized labour, particularly the Jewish Labour Committee, contributed to the development of human rights values and anti-discrimination law in the immediate post-war period. The study focuses on the town of Dresden, Ontario, which at one time was infamous for its treatment of blacks. When a number of organizations (including labour groups) lobbied the Ontario government to create Canada's first Fair Accommodation Practices Act, they pointed to Dresden as an example of why this legislation was necessary. After the legislation was passed, they used litigation to ensure that discrimination in Dresden would come to an end. The paper demonstrates that, although the trade union movement in Canada was not free from racism, it nevertheless played an important and under-appreciated role in fighting for egalitarian human rights.
Keywords: JEWISH Labor Committee (U.S.)

Partenariat, avec ou sans démocratie - Lapointe, Paul-André (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Cet article traite des rapports entre le partenariat et la démocratie au travail. Sur la base d’une recherche longitudinale effectuée dans six usines de pâtes et papiers au Québec, nous dressons d’abord un portrait des innovations organisationnelles et de la participation syndicale à la gestion. Nous en dégageons différents cas de figure, incarnant la participation et la démocratie à des degrés très variables. La prise en compte de la dynamique des relations entre acteurs sociaux nous permet ensuite de construire une trajectoire de la participation syndicale à la gestion et de mettre en évidence deux configurations opposées au sein du partenariat, se distinguant selon le caractère de la démocratie salariale et l’évolution du pouvoir syndical.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Partenariat et participation syndicale à la gestion: Le cas de Tembec - Lapointe, Paul-André (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Le partenariat n’est susceptible de s’accompagner de la démocratie au travail et d’un renforcement du syndicalisme qu’à certaines conditions et dans certaines circonstances. À défaut de les réunir, se met plutôt en place un processus d’affaiblissement du syndicat local, dans le cadre de dispositifs participatifs sans pouvoir. C’est la principale conclusion qui se dégage de l’étude de Tembec, la plus vieille expérience de partenariat au Québec. En l’absence d’un programme distinctif de celui de la direction, dépourvu de ressources externes et internes et doté d’une démocratie déficiente, le syndicat local s’affaiblit dans le cadre de sa participation à la gestion.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

L’intervention ergonomique : un regard sur la pratique professionnelle - Ledoux, Élise (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "L’intervention ergonomique : un regard sur la pratique professionnelle," by Fernande Lamonde with the collaboration of Philippe Beaufort.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Négociation collective et régulation du marché du travail en Europe - Leonard, Evelyne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Quel est le rôle de la négociation collective dans la régulation du marché du travail et comment ce rôle évolue-t-il dans le cadre de l’intégration européenne ? Cet article défend l’hypothèse selon laquelle ont récemment émergé dans les pays de l’Union européenne des formes originales de régulation conjointe du marché du travail. Il propose tout d’abord un cadre d’analyse des évolutions récentes en matière de négociations portant sur l’emploi en Europe, avant d’examiner les évolutions nationales. Il met ainsi en évidence la coexistence de divers modes de régulation conjointe du marché du travail dans le contexte européen, pour examiner en finale la nature de cette régulation et ses enjeux pour les relations professionnelles.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Improving the Mastery of Work and the Development of the Work Process in Paper Production - Leppanen, Anneli (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
The conceptual mastery of the work process and its improvement in the pulp and paper industry has been studied in several mills. Development programs based on systematic analysis and modeling of the work process have been used to improve the work process and the workers' conceptual mastery of it. The participants in the programs have made dozens or even hundreds of concrete proposals to improve the actual work processes and their conceptual mastery of the work process has increased. The results also suggest that conceptual mastery of the work process can be a source of positive well-being. This connection can happen during the development process showing that knowledge of the work process is really valued in the organization.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employees; Labor Unions; Paper industry; Participatory research; Pulp & paper industry; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Training; Work methods improvement

Gustave Francq : figure marquante du syndicalisme et précurseur de la FTQ - Leroux, Eric (VLB, 2001)
Intellectuel du mouvement ouvrier, Gustave Francq (1871-1952) a suivi une carrière hors de l’ordinaire. Il a occupé une place dans les hautes sphères décisionnelles du mouvement syndical nord-américain pendant plus de quarante ans. Sa contribution à la mise sur pied de la Fédération provinciale du travail du Québec fait de lui un précurseur de la Fédération des travailleurs et des travailleuses du Québec (FTQ). À ce sujet, soulignons qu’il est le fondateur du journal Le Monde ouvrier, aujourd’hui l’organe officiel de la FTQ. --Résumé de l'éditeur
Keywords: Francq, Gustave, 1871-1952

The Woman Worker, 1926-1929 - Lévesque, Andrée (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "The Woman Worker, 1926-1929," edited by Mararet Hobbs and Joan Sangster.

Quality of Working Life in the Automobile Industry: A Canada-Uk Comparative Study - Lewchuk, Wayne; Stewart, Paul; Yates, Charlotte A. B. (Charlotte Alyce Bronwen) (New Technology, Work and Employment, 2001)
The paper examines the impact of lean production on indicators of the quality of life at work in the automotive industry and finds that it varies across companies and to a lesser extent between countries. The paper explains this by arguing that lean production seeks to impose new employment standards. This is a contested process where management's capacity to shift to new standards and labour's ability to protect its interests vary across workplaces.

Colonizing Bodies: Aboriginal Health and Healing in British Columbia 1900-1950 - Lindberg, Tracey (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Colonizing Bodies: Aboriginal Health and Healing in British Columbia, 1900-50," by Mary-Ellen Kelm.

Essential Reading on Race and Law - Lindberg, Tracey (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews and comments on Constance Backhouse's "Colour-Coded Law: A Legal History of Racism in Canada 1900-1950," Sidney L. Harring's "The White Man's Law: Native People in Nineteenth-Century Canadian Jurisprudence,", and James W. St. G. Walker's "'Race,' Rights and the Law in the Supreme Court of Canada."

A Canadian in Lowell: Labour, Manhood and Independence in the Early Industrial Era, 1840-1849 - Little, J. I. (Jack) (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article provides background and publishes a selection of Daniel Spencer Gilman's letters to family members written from the mill town of Lowell, Massachusetts to family members in the Eastern Townships of Lower Canada between 1840 and 1849. The letters provide insight into the meaning of class and gender in Lowell, where the workforce was mostly female. They also indicate that the migration from Lower Canada to the New England mills began earlier than previously suggested.

A Litmus Test for Democracy: The Impact of Ontario Welfare Changes on Single Mothers - Little, Margaret (Studies in Political Economy, 2001)
One of the real litmus tests for the state of our democracy is to examine how we treat the most marginalized. An increasingly demonized and marginalized group in Canadian society is poor single mothers. This article will study the changes to Ontario welfare policy since the election of Premier Mike Harris and the Progressive Conservatives in 1995.
Keywords: Family; Welfare system; Women; Working class

Le métier de préventionniste : contexte de travail et profils d’activités - Loiselle, Claude D.; Bruin, Jean-Pierre (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Cet article présente les résultats d’un sondage conduit auprès de préventionnistes représentant l’employeur (n = 111) et de préventionnistes représentant les travailleurs (n = 134) afin de mieux comprendre leurs rôles et leurs fonctions respectives au sein des entreprises. Après une revue de littérature faisant le point sur les dernières connaissances concernant le métier de préventionniste, nous élaborons un cadre théorique permettant deconceptualiser le travail de ces derniers. Les analyses du sondage permettent de faire état des principales caractéristiques du contexte de travail des préventionnistes. Nous décrivons ensuite leurs différents profils permettant de catégoriser leur travail en fonction de trois dimensions (organisationnelle, humaine et technique) et de deux niveaux d’intervention (stratégique et opérationnel).
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Management; Occupational health & safety; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Bibliography: Recent Publications in Canadian Labour History = Bibliographie : Travaux récents en histoire des classes populaires canadiennes [48, Fall 2001] - Lonardo, Michael; Sweeney, Robert C. H. (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
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.

Islands of Truth: The Imperial Fashioning of Vancouver Island - Loo, Tina (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Islands of Truth: The Imperial Fashioning of Vancouver Island," by Daniel W. Clayton.

What Kind of Commitment Does a Final-Earnings Pension Plan Elicit? - Luchak, Andrew A.; Gellatly, Ian R. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
In a sample of 427 employees in a large, unionized public utility company, the incentive effects of a final-earnings pension plan on employees' commitment to the organization are examined. Two types of organizational commitment, affective and continuance commitment were measured using scales described by Meyer and Allen (1997). Evidence is found that higher accruals under the pension plan increased continuance commitment but reduced affective commitment. Organizational commitment was also found to vary by job satisfaction, specific training, seniority, wage premia, and the perceived effectiveness of alternative dispute resolution methods. Implications for pension theory, research, and policy are discussed.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Commitments; Effects; Employee attitude; Incentives; Labor Unions; Pension plans; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

State Regulation and the New Taylorism: The Case of Australian Grocery Warehousing - Lund, John; Wright, Christopher (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Studies of the diffusion of new workplace technologies and management practice often fail to account for differences in state labor regulation. This article examines the role of the state in seeking to regulate the introduction of an American system of computerized work monitoring in the Australian grocery warehouse industry. While the establishment of a government inquiry into the technology offered the potential for significant constraints upon management control, over time the state's role shifted to a more accommodating stance that endorsed management's right to use the new technology. The reasons underlying the state's ultimate support for the technology are explored, as are the broader implications for national variations in the global diffusion of new workplace technologies.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Electronic monitoring; Labor Unions; Labor law; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; State regulation; Studies; Warehouses

Feminism as a Class Act: Working-Class Feminism and the Women's Movement in Canada - Luxton, Meg (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
There is a widespread claim that the women's movement of the 1960s and 1970s was middle-class and that its politics of reforming the state reflected the concerns of middle-class women. This paper challenges that claim, arguing instead that the development of the women's movement created an environment in which a union-based, working-class feminism became an important political factor. Working-class and socialist-feminist activists developed a strong feminist presence in the labour movement and a significant working-class orientation in the women's movement that both continue to influence the current women's movement.

Getting By in Hard Times: Gendered Labour at Home and on the Job - Luxton, Meg; Corman, June Shirley (University of Toronto Press, 2001)
[D]escribes the experiences of daily life for predominantly white, working class women and men during the period of "economic restructuring" begun in the 1980s. Luxton and Corman show how the shift from a pattern where women were full-time housewives and men were income earners, to one where women are increasingly income earners as well, is altering the experience of everyday life Based on a case study conducted from 1980 to 1996, of households where one person was employed at Stelco's manufacturing plant in Hamilton, Ontario, the book examines how working class families make a living by combining paid employment and unpaid domestic labour. During this period of government cutbacks the loss of secure employment for men (as the steel plant cut its labour force by about two-thirds), combined with women's increasing participation in the labour force, resulted in lower standards of living, reduced income, and the imposition of more unpaid work on family households. [The book] examines how growing insecurities undermined class politics while increasing gender, racial, and ethnic tensions. By focusing on the daily coping strategies of white working class women and men, the book shows the human face of changing gender, race, and class politics in Canada. --Publisher's description.
Keywords: Attitudes; Case studies; Class consciousness; Hamilton, Ontario; Iron and steel workers; Sex role; Working class

Creating Historical Memory: English-Canadian Women and the Work of History - MacDonald, Sharon (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Creating Historical Memory: English-Canadian Women and the Work of History," edited by Beverly Boutilier and Alison Prentice.

Remember Kirkland Lake: The Gold Miners' Strike of 1941-42 - MacDowell, Laurel Sefton (Canadian Scholars' Press, 2001)
[This book] tells the story of one of the most important industrial disputes in Canadian labour history. This strike united the Canadian labour movement around the demand for collective bargaining legislation, which it won in 1944 and which remains central to our industrial relations system. The book provides a comprehensive analysis of all the factors in this dramatic dispute. At the community level, a social history approach examines the local living and working conditions of the miners and their families, the role of the women in the dispute, and the ethnic makeup of the workforce. -- Publisher's description
Keywords: Canada; Gold Miners' Strike, Kirkland Lake, Ont., 1941-1942. Collective bargaining; History; Mining industry

Renegade Lawyer: The Life of J.l. Cohen - MacDowell, Laurel Sefton (Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, 2001)
J.L. Cohen, one of the first specialists in labour law and an architect of the Canadian industrial relations system, was a formidable advocate in the 1930s and 1940s on behalf of working people. A 'radical lawyer' in the tradition of the great American counsel Clarence Darrow or contemporary advocate Thomas Berger who represent the less powerful and seek to reform society and to protect civil liberties, Cohen was also a 'labour intellectual' in Canada, similar to those supporting Roosevelt's New Deal in the United States. He wrote Collective Bargaining in Canada, served on the National War Labour Board, and advised the Ontario government about policy issues such as mothers' allowances, unemployment insurance legislation, and labour law..

Pour un modèle renouvelé d’intervention en santé au travail dans les petites entreprises - Marchand, Alain; Simard, Marcel; Ouellet, François; Carpentier-Roy, Marie-Claire (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Cet article rapporte les résultats d’une étude de perceptions des interventions en santé au travail dans le contexte des petites entreprises, une réalité qui a jusqu’ici été peu étudiée malgré l’importance de ce type d’entreprise au plans économique et de la santé publique. La méthode a consisté à interroger les travailleurs et les employeurs d’un échantillon raisonné de huit entreprises québécoises de moins de 50 employés, ainsi que les professionnels de la santé chargés d’intervenir dans ces milieux. L’analyse des données permet d’identifier plusieurs aspects problématiques du processus actuel d’intervention en santé au travail dans le contexte de cette catégorie d’entreprise. La portée pratique des résultats est développée en une série de propositions qui visent à renouveler le modèle actuel d’intervention en santé au travail.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Management; Occupational health & safety; Small business; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Heroes and Hallelujahs—Labour History and the Social History of Religion in English Canada: A Response to Bryan Palmer - Marks, Lynne (Histoire sociale/Social History, 2001)
The importance of religion to social and labour radicalism in English Canada has been identified by several scholars, but few labour historians have built on these insights. Some scholars who study labour or socialist leaders at least briefly assess the impact of their subject’s religious background or their relationship to social gospel, while a few historians of working-class ethnic communities explore religion as a facet of their subjects’ lives. Discussion of religion, however, is usually a small part of a larger project. On this theme, Lynne Marks replies to Bryan Palmer’s critique of her book, "Revivals and Roller Rinks: Religion, Leisure and Identity in Late Nineteenth-Century Small-Town Ontario."

News Corporation, Technology and the Workplace: Global Strategies, Local Change - Martin, Roderick (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
New Corporation, Technology and the Workplace: Global Strategies, Local Change, by Timothy Marjoribanks, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Newspapers; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Technological change

North of the Colour Line: Sleeping Car Porters and the Battle Against Jim Crow on Canadian Rails, 1880-1920 - Mathieu, Sarah-Jane (Saje) (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
This paper analyzes the evolution of Jim Crow employment patterns in the Canadian railway industry from the 1880s to World War I. It presents race as a central organizing principle in employers' decision to hire black railwaymen for their sleeping and dining car departments. Canadian railway managers actively sought out African American, West Indian, and African Canadian labour, believing that they constituted an easily manipulated group of workers. White railroaders fought the introduction of black employees, arguing that they undermined white manhood and railway unionism. Trade union leaders demanded and won a racialized division of the workforce, locking black workers into low-waged service position when they had initially enjoyed a broader range of employment options. In effect, white railway trade unionists and their employers embraced segregation as a rational model for peaceful working conditions. Black railroaders, on the other hand, resisted the encroachment of segregationist policies by forming their own union, the Order of Sleeping Car Porters. They pressured for change by exposing the scope of Jim Crow practices in the railway industry and trade unionism.
Keywords: Canada; Race; Railroads; Transportation; Unions; Wages

Labour before the Law: The Regulation of Workers' Collective Action in Canada, 1900-1948 - McCallum, Ron (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
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.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; Labor law; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Beyond Service: State Workers, Public Policy, and the Prospects for Democratic Administration - McElligott, Greg (Institute of Public Administration of Canada series in public management and governance, 2001)
This study concerns one department of Canadian government - Employment and Immigration Canada (EIC) - and one policy field - labour market policy - from 1976 to 1991. McElligott unearths resistance in workplaces where 'cutting edge' neoconservative managers have been trying to reshape government services, and inserts front-line workers into state theories, policy debates, and progressive political strategies. He argues that the neglect of these workers makes key state theories incomplete and separates policy-making theory - and practice - from actual state outputs. One consequence is that progressive thinkers and activists have forgone many promising strategic opportunities." "Beyond Service challenges current trends in administrative theory and policy-making, and will be of interest to academics, policy research bodies, union researchers, educators, and, most important, front-line government workers themselves. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Angestellter; Canada; Canada. Emploi et immigration Canada (Ministère) Fonctionnaires Cas, Études de; Canada. Employment and Immigration Canada (Department); Canada. Employment and Immigration Canada (Department) Officials and employees Case studies; Case studies; Civil service; Civil service Canada; Employee-management relations in government; Employee-management relations in government Canada; Employees; Fonction publique Canada; Fonction publique Relations de travail Canada; Kanada Government; Management Employee participation; Management Employee participation Canada; Personalpolitik; Personnel Participation à la gestion Canada; Verwaltung; Études de cas

Gérard Hébert: Exemplar of the State of the Art - Meltz, Noah M. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
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

Us and Them: The Prince Rupert Fishermen's Co-op and Organized Labour, 1931-1989 - Menzies, Charles R. (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
Cooperative forms of enterprise are often held up as a progressive, moderate alternative to the privations of the capitalist market economy. This paper considers the Prince Rupert Fishermen's Co-op and its relations with organized labour in the north of British Columbia. The paper describes a contradiction within the co-op based on the possibilities of social ownership within a market economy. Through a discussion of the escalating labour conflicts between the co-op and its non-member employees the weaknesses of co-operative enterprises are revealed.

Domestic Goods: The Material, the Moral, and the Economic in the Post-War Years/A History of Domestic Space: Privacy and the Canadian Home - Mezei, Kathy (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the books, "Domestic Goods: The Material, the Moral, and the Economic in the Post-War Years," by Joy Parr, and "A History of Domestic Space: Privacy and the Canadian Home," by Peter Ward.

Gentlemen Engineers: The Working Lives of Frank and Walter Shanly - Millar, W. P. J. (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Gentlemen Engineers: The Working Lives of Frank and Walter Shanly," by Richard White.

Canadian Marxists and the Search for a Third Way - Mitchell, Tom (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Canadian Marxists and the Search for a Third Way," by J. Peter Campbell.

Ergonomics, Training and Workplace Change: Introduction - Montreuil, Sylvie; Bellemare, Marie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Ergonomics; Labor Unions; Occupational training; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Rédaction d’une convention collective : guide d’initiation - Morin, Fernand (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Rédaction d’une convention collective : guide d’initiation," edited by Serge Tremblay.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Citizens and Nation: An Essay on History, Communication and Canada - Morton, Suzanne (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Citizens and Nation: An Essay on History, Communication, and Canada," by Gerald Friesen.

Rebel Life: The Life and Times of Robert Gosden, Revolutionary, Mystic, Labour Spy - Mouat, Jeremy (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article reviews the book, "Rebel Life: The Life and Times of Robert Gosden, Revolutionary, Mystic, Labour Spy," by Mark Leier.

Local Unions and Workplace Restructuring: Introduction - Murray, Gregor (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
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

Presentation of the Canadian Industrial Relations Association's Gérard Dion Award to Professor Shirley Goldenberg - Murray, Gregor (Labour / Le Travail, 2001)
The article is the text of the speech given in honour of Shirley Goldenberg as recipient of CIRA's award at its annual conference in 2000.

Syndicats locaux et restructuration des milieux de travail : introduction - Murray, Gregor (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Educating Labour's Professionals - Nesbit, Tom (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
This study examines the nature of education and training for full-time union staff and officials in Canada and explores some of the factors that affect such provision. It was designed to complement similar studies of other countries and to contribute to more general discussions of labor education. The study compares the opportunities of training for Canadian union staff with similar provision in Britain and the US and locates the discussion about further training within the contexts of existing programs of labor education and current debates about the revitalization of the labor movement. The study concludes with a call for more systematic discussion of these issues and analysis of different programmatic models.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Comparative analysis; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Staff; Studies; Training

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

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

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

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

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

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

On the Hook: Welfare Capitalism on the Vancouver Waterfront, 1919-1939 - Parnaby, Andrew (Memorial University, 2001)
In 1923, after nearly three decades of class conflict on the Vancouver waterfront, the Shipping Federation of British Columbia, an umbrella organization of shipping, stevedoring, and warehousing interests, undertook a far-reaching agenda of welfare capitalism. Drawing on wider currents of progressive reform which were cresting in the interwar period, and inspired by the example set by its counterpart in Seattle, the Shipping Federation created new joint political structures, adopted a range of paternalist initiatives, and decasualized the waterfront workplace. From its vantage point, this was a "good citizens" policy, and it was designed to: build bridges across the class divide, gain greater control of the work process, stave off the intervention of unions and the state, and, in the end, mould a more efficient and compliant waterfront workforce. The creation and implementation of this reform agenda, the ways in which white and aboriginal waterfront workers negotiated the politics of paternalism and labour market reform, and the long-term ramifications of this dynamic are at the core of this thesis. -- Welfare capitalism shaped patterns of life and labour on the waterfront significant ways: informal ways of regulating the workplace atrophied; labourism was revived; and some waterfront workers acquired a reasonable standard of living. The trade-off at work, here, was this: only those employees who divested themselves of more radical political sensibilities, and adhered to waterfront employers' broader vision of an efficient, decasualized workplace, could hope to secure a living wage and fulfill their obligations as breadwinners, husbands, and citizens. For aboriginal longshoremen, most of whom were from the Squamish First Nation, this bargain was especially difficult to negotiate for it came freighted with the additional challenges associated with being "Indian" in a white society. Unlike their white counterparts who passed muster, they were marginalized from the waterfront during this time as decasualization's new time-work discipline conflicted with their more traditional sensibilities and ongoing need to work at a variety of tasks to ensure material and cultural survival. -- Straddling labour history, aboriginal history, and the burgeoning literature on law and society, this thesis rejects conventional interpretations of welfare capitalism that conceptualize it as either a failed experiment in industrial democracy, or a drag on the emergence of the welfare state. In doing so, it re-positions welfare capitalism in the context of the wider return to normalcy following the Great War, and the powerful reform impulses that took aim at family, citizen, and nation. Rather than forestalling the welfare state, this citizen-worker complex--which manufactured a new sense of entitlement amongst white waterfront workers--was part of a broader cultural shift that would, after the trials of the Great Depression and challenge posed by the Communist Party of Canada, eventually underwrite the state's very expansion. On a broad level, then, this analysis illustrates how the prevailing liberal-capitalist order was successfully rehabilitated after the Great War and 1919, and how, in the long-term, it successfully contained, by consent and coercion, those forces which were antithetical to the prevailing economic and political status quo.
Keywords: British Columbia; Labor market reform; Paternalism; Social sciences; Vancouver; Waterfront; Welfare capitalism

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"And There's Nothing Goes Wrong": Industry, Labour, and Health and Safety at the Fluorspar Mines, St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, 1933-1978 - Rennie, Richard Charles (Memorial University, 2001)
In 1933, an American entrepreneur offered the people of St. Lawrence, a small town on the south coast of Newfoundland, the prospect of escaping rampant unemployment and meager public relief by starting a mine to extract the area's vast deposits of fluorspar, which is used in the manufacture of steel, aluminum, and various chemical products. Coming in the context of the Great Depression and the collapse of the fishing industry, the mining industry was eagerly embraced by residents of St. Lawrence and surrounding communities. Several mines were subsequently established, by both the original American company, the St. Lawrence Corporation of Newfoundland, and later by the Aluminum Company of Canada (Alcan). The fragile prosperity that accompanied the industry from the 1930s until closure of the last Alcan mine in 1978, however, exacted a heavy price. Many St. Lawrence workers lost their lives to industrial diseases caused by dust and radiation in the mines. -- This thesis explores the history of industry, labour, and health and safety at the St. Lawrence mines. This study focuses on the struggle by workers and their union for recognition of workplace hazards, improved working conditions, and adequate compensation for industrial disease victims and their families. The thesis argues that, rather than being passive victims of an unavoidable tragedy, workers at St. Lawrence were aware of the adverse health impacts of their work from the very early years of mining, and fought constantly over several decades to have their concerns addressed. Furthermore, the thesis argues that the disaster which ultimately unfolded at St. Lawrence was primarily the result of industry and government authorities ignoring or downplaying legitimate concerns and thereby shirking their moral and legal responsibilities.

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

The Tyranny of Work: Alienation and the Labour Process - Rinehart, James W. (Harcourt Canada, 2001)
The Tyranny of Work examines the institution of work from the perspective of alienated labour, a perspective that many conventional approaches to the subject have ignored or misrepresented. Completely updated to reflect current trends in the labour force and research in the field of labour studies, The Tyranny of Work begins with a thorough discussion of work as a social problem and the sources of alienation. The book then examines the development of industrial capitalism in Canada, the white-collar and blue-collar worlds, and, finally, solutions to the problem of alienated labour. All statistics and data have been updated to reflect the most current research. Information from the 2001 Census has been integrated throughout the text. The Tyranny of Work examines the institution of work from the perspective of alienated labour, a perspective that many conventional approaches to the subject have ignored or misrepresented. --Publisher's description, 5th edition (2005).Contents: 1. Work as a social problem -- 2. Alienation and its sources -- 3. Alienation and the development of industrial capitalism in Canada -- 4. Post-industrial society and white-collar worlds -- 5. Blue-collar crime -- 6. Restructuring organizations and work -- 7. Solutions to alienated labour. Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-245) and index;
Keywords: Labor -- Canada

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

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

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

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

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

New Paths in Working Time Policy - Sarfati, Hedva (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2001)
New Paths in Working Time Policy, edited by jean-Yves Boulin and Reiner Hoffmann, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Human resource management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Working hours

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

Disorganized Labour: Canadian Unions and Constitutional Reform - Savage, Larry (Brock University, 2001)
Constitutional reform dominated the Canadian public policy agenda during the 1980s and early portion of the 1990s. As a pressure group operating within a federal system, the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) has been unable and unwilling to confront the issue of constitutional reform. The CLC's confederal structure, combined with its political relationship with the New Democratic Party (NDP), has prevented the CLC from acting as a progressive force for positive constitutional change. Ideological and philosophical differences between the Quebec Federation of Labour and the NDP convinced the CLC to remove itself from the patriation debate in the early 1980s. Labour's short-sighted non-involvement in the process of patriating the Constitution eliminated the possibility of having collective rights enshrined in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Subsequently, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the right to strike and bargain collectively were not constitutionally protected. The Meech Lake and Charlottetown Accords provided organized labour with a renewed opportunity to promote a pro-union, class-based, constitutional rights discourse, but the CLC's internal cleavages over language, region, and identity, once again, proved too powerfiil a force to overcome. The Canadian labour movement's vision of social justice and economic equality has been obstructed by its unwillingness to adequately confront divisive constitutional issues. However, in an era of rights discourse and neo-liberalism, constitutional reform may provide organized labour with the best opportunity to have its voice heard.

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

From Poverty Wages to a Living Wage - Schenk, Christopher Robert; CSJ Foundation for Research and Education; Ontario Federation of Labour (Centre for Social Justice Foundation for Research and Education : Ontario Federation of Labour, 2001)
In recent years, poverty-level minimum wages have been the focus of considerable debate across the various provincial jurisdictions and at the federal level in Canada. Similar interest has been expressed in the United States as evidenced by many successful campaigns to raise the minimum wage. Some economists argue that raising the minimum wage will kill low wage jobs, hurting the very people it was intended to assist by pricing them out of the job market. Still others, primarily concerned with poverty and inequality, see raising the minimum wage as an important policy tool for eliminating poverty and promoting equality. How can the latter group engage with others so as to raise the minimum wage above the poverty line? How can they ensure that a person or family earn a decent living - what is commonly termed a “living wage”? -- Publisher's description

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

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

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

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

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

Montmorency : histoire d'une communauté ouvrière - Simard, Jean-François (Septentrion, 2001)
Voici une fresque émouvante de la vie des gens attachants qui ont fait au fil des siècles l’histoire touchante de cette petite ville dont le site naturel du " Sault de Montmorency ", comme l’avait baptisé Champlain, est connu de tous. Le syndicaliste Fernand Daoust, qui rédige la préface de cet ouvrage, n’hésite pas à affirmer que " Jean-François Simard, par un remarquable travail de recherche minutieuse et parfois inédite, brosse un saisissant tableau d’une petite société qui souffre, qui peine mais qui rêve aussi tout au long de ses inépuisables générations […] ". Ballottés du monde rural au monde industriel puis postindustriel, les gens de Montmorency ont développé une conscience sociale qui a marqué la lutte des travailleurs québécois. En rappelant les péripéties de ces bouleversements, Jean-François Simard nous convie à un devoir de mémoire, d’attachement et de reconnaissance envers un petit coin attachant du Québec dont le labeur et le sens des responsabilités de ses habitants ont contribué à forger l’identité d’un peuple et à perpétuer ses valeurs d’endurance et de solidarité. L’histoire des femmes et des hommes qui ont vécu à Montmorency fait partie de notre patrimoine collectif et appartient à tout le Québec. Cet ouvrage s’intéresse donc à l’essor puis au déclin d’une petite communauté ouvrière, patrie de Fernand Dumont qui s’en est grandement inspiré pour ses travaux. Cette communauté, dans sa relation au double mouvement d’industrialisation et de désindustrialisation qui a rythmé l’avènement du capitalisme au cours du dernier siècle, a marqué de manière indélébile la quête des ouvriers québécois pour une plus grande justice sociale. --Résumé de l'éditeur
Keywords: Classe ouvrière; Condition sociale; Condition économique; Développement économique régional; Histoire; History; Industrie Québec (Province) Montmorency (Beauport) Histoire; Industries; Industries Québec (Province) Montmorency (Beauport) History; Montmorency (Beauport, Québec); Montmorency (Beauport, Québec) Conditions sociales; Montmorency (Beauport, Québec) Histoire; Montmorency (Beauport, Québec) History; Montmorency (Beauport, Québec) Social conditions; Ouvrier; Québec (Canada; province) Conditions sociales; Social conditions; Sociologie rurale; Syndicalism; Syndicalism Québec (Province) Montmorency (Beauport) History; Syndicalisme Québec (Province) Montmorency (Beauport) Histoire; Travail

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

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

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

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

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

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

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