Imports, Exports, and Jobs. What Does Trade Mean for Employment and Job Loss? - Anderson, Patricia M. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The book, "Imports, Exports, and Jobs. What Does Trade Mean for Employment and Job Loss," by Lori G. Kletzer, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Economic theory; Employment; International trade; Labor Unions; Labor economics; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Canadian Bolsheviks: The Early Years of the Commmunist Party of Canada - Angus, Ian (Trafford, 2004)
Canadian communism did not spring out of the ground suddenly at the end of World War I, and it was not smuggled into the country by Russian agents. The men and women who built the new movement were long-time socialist and labour militants in Canada. Inspired by the Russian Revolution and by their own experiences as leaders of the post-war labour revolt in Canada, they set about to create a new kind of party, one that could lead the fight for workers' power. The new Communist Party, formed between 1919 and 1921, quickly became the largest party on the left, with strong roots and influence in the unions and basic industry. Its members led heroic strikes. They fought for labor unity, and engaged in united electoral activity with other currents in the workers movement. They were in the forefront of the struggle for democratic rights. Ten years later, the party was destroyed. Most of its founding leaders were expelled, and three quarters of its membership dropped out. The Communist Party abandoned the program it had adopted in its early years, and turned its back on its principles. The organization still called itself Communist, but it was now "Tim Buck's Party." It had been transformed from a revolutionary party into an agent of the new ruling caste in Moscow. In Canadian Bolsheviks, Ian Angus describes and explains the first attempt to build a Leninist party on Canadian soil, showing why it succeeded so well at first, and why it ultimately failed. The second edition of a book that has been widely hailed as a pathbreaking work, "the best yet to appear" on the origins of Canadian communism. --Publisher's description

Labour Politics in Small Open Democracies: Australia, Chile, Ireland, New Zealand and Uruguay - Anner, Mark (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Labour Politics in Small Open Democracies: Australia, Chile, Ireland, New Zealand and Uruguay," by Paul G. Buchanan and Kate Nicholls.

Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature - Atwood, Margaret. (McClelland & Stewart, 2004)
When first published in 1972, Survival was considered the most startling book ever written about Canadian literature. Since then, it has continued to be read and taught, and it continues to shape the way Canadians look at themselves. Distinguished, provocative, and written in effervescent, compulsively readable prose, Survival is simultaneously a book of criticism, a manifesto, and a collection of personal and subversive remarks. Margaret Atwood begins by asking: "What have been the central preoccupations of our poetry and fiction?" Her answer is "survival and victims." Atwood applies this thesis in twelve brilliant, witty, and impassioned chapters; from Moodie to MacLennan to Blais, from Pratt to Purdy to Gibson, she lights up familiar books in wholly new perspectives. This new edition features a foreword by the author. --Publisher's description.
Keywords: Canadian Literature; Criticism

La révolution technique : essai sur le devoir d'humanité - Auger, Jean-François (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "La révolution technique : essai sur le devoir d'humanité," by Daniel Jacques.

Public Pensions: Gender and Civic Service in the States, 1850-1937 - Backhouse, Constance (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Public Pensions: Gender and Civic Service in the States, 1850-1937," Susan M. Sterett.

New Labor History: Worker Identity and Experience in Russia, 1840-1918 - Badcock, Sarah (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "New Labor History: Worker Identity and Experience in Russia, 1840-1918," edited by Michael Melancon and Alice K. Pate.

Seven Kinds of Work - Only One Paid: Raced, Gendered and Restructured Work in Social Services - Baines, Donna (Atlantis: Critical Studies in Gender, Culture & Social Justice, 2004)
Drawing on the literature as well as themes emerging from interview data collected as part of a multi-year, three-province (Alberta, Nova Scotia and British Columbia), qualitative study (eighty-three semi-structured interviews) of the restructured social services sector in Canada, this article explores discernible types of caring work delineating seven kinds, only one of which is paid. The social service workers' description of their changing worlds show not only extremely heavy workloads but also that their paid, volunteer, community, and union activist work involve many of the same skills, tasks and mind sets, thus blurring the lines between professional and non-professional identities as well as the lines between work and leisure. Moreover, this work was highly gendered and significantly racialized.
Keywords: Labor movement; Political activists; Social workers; Unpaid labor; Women in community development

Comparable Worth in a Decentralized Labour Market: The Case of Ontario - Baker, Michael; Fortin, Nicole M. (The Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d'Economique, 2004)
[D]ocuments the application of pro-active pay equity legislation to the private sector of the Canadian province of Ontario in the early 1990s. We report substantial lapses in compliance among smaller firms where the majority of men and women work. We also find that the pay equity law had no effect on aggregate wages in female jobs or on the gender wage gap. This experience provides unique perspectives on (1) the tensions between the workings of a decentralized labour market and the principles of comparable worth and (2) the obstacles to its extension to the private sector.

Taking Stands: Gender and the Sustainability of Rural Communities - Basok, Tanya (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Taking Stands: Gender and the Sustainability of Rural Communities," by Maureen G. Reed.

Worked Over: The Corporate Sabotage of an American Community - Batteau, Allen W. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The book, "Worked Over: The Corporate Sabotage of an American Community," by Dimitra Doukas, is reviewed.
Keywords: Anthropology; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Regions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social classes; Towns

Taxing Illusions: Taxation, Democracy and Embedded Political Theory - Bazowski, Ray (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Taxing Illusions: Taxation, Democracy and Embedded Political Theory," by Phillip Hansen.

Working People Built BC - BC Labour Heritage Centre (Working People Built BC, 2004)
The BC Labour Heritage Centre Society was founded in 2004 with JJ (Jack) Munro as Chair. The Society preserves, documents and presents the rich history of working people in British Columbia. The Society engages in partnerships and projects that help define and express the role that work and workers have played in the evolution of social policy and its impact on the present and future shaping of the province. --Website "About" page.

Le passage au travail autonome : Choix imposé ou choix qui s’impose ? - Beaucage, André; Laplante, Normand; Légaré, Renée (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
Inspirés par les explications « pull » et « push » de la résurgence du travail autonome dans les années 1980 et 1990, nous proposons un modèle inédit de l’entrée dans le travail autonome et une évaluation de sa pertinence à partir des résultats d’une enquête originale via l’Internet auprès de 748 travailleurs autonomes québécois. La principale hypothèse de notre modèle propose que le passage au travail autonome découle le plus souvent d’une décision motivée à la fois par des aspirations personnelles et professionnelles spécifiques et par des conditions d’emploi précaires ou insatisfaisantes. Les résultats de notre étude exploratoire confirment la pertinence de notre hypothèse quant à l’influence combinée des facteurs « push » et « pull » sur la décision d’entrer dans le travail autonome. Elle révèle néanmoins des différences significatives entre les déterminants des décisions des hommes et des femmes.

Silicon Valley, Women, and the California Dream: Gender, Class, and Opportunity in the Twentieth Century - Belisle, Donica (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Silicon Valley, Women, and the California Dream: Gender, Class, and Opportunity in the Twentieth Century," by Glenna Matthews.

La relation de service : opportunités et questions nouvelles pour l'ergonomie - Bellemare, Marie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "La relation de service : opportunités et questions nouvelles pour l’ergonomie," edited by François Hubault.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

La convention collective au Québec - Bernier, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "La convention collective au Québec," by Gérard Hébert, Reynald Bourque, Anthony Giles, Michel Grant, Patrice Jalette, Gilles Trudeau and Guylaine Vallée.
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

Common and Contested Ground: A Human and Environmental History of the Northwestern Plains - Binnema, Ted (University of Toronto Press, 2004)
In Common and Contested Ground, Theodore Binnema provides a sweeping and innovative interpretation of the history of the northwestern plains and its peoples from prehistoric times to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The real history of the northwestern plains between a.d. 200 and 1806 was far more complex, nuanced, and paradoxical than often imagined. Drawn by vast herds of buffalo and abundant resources, bands of Indians, fur traders, and settlers moved across the northwestern plains establishing intricate patterns of trade, diplomacy, and warfare. In the process, the northwestern plains became a common and contested ground. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Binnema examines the impact of technology on the peoples of the northern plains, beginning with the bow-and-arrow and continuing through the arrival of the horse, European weapons, Old World diseases, and Euroamerican traders. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Ethnic relations; Fourrures Commerce Grandes Plaines Histoire; Fur trade; Fur trade Great Plains History; Grandes Plaines Relations interethniques; Great Plains; Great Plains Ethnic relations; History; Indianen; Indians of North America; Indians of North America Commerce; Indians of North America Commerce Great Plains History; Indians of North America Great Plains History; Indiens d'Amérique Commerce Grandes Plaines Histoire; Indiens d'Amérique Grandes Plaines Histoire

Jacques-Victor Morin. Syndicaliste et éducateur populaire - Bischoff, Peter C. (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Jacques-Victor Morin: Syndicaliste et Educateur Populaire," by Matieu Denis.

Le pouvoir de négocier. S'affronter sans violence : l'espace gagnant-gagnant en négociation - Boivin, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Le pouvoir de négocier. S’affronter sans violence : l’espace gagnant-gagnant en négociation," by François Delivré.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Ties of Place: Contractors and Employer Strategies on the Western Canadian and Central Queensland Coalfields - Bowden, Bradley (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
This study explores the ways in which spatial configurations have shaped the use of contractors in the export coalfields of Queensland (Australia) and western Canada since the late 1960s. It is argued that the divergent employer strategies pursued after 1996 - whereby Queensland producers dramatically increased their use of contractors while their Canadian counterparts did not-reflects their different spatial placement within the global coal trade. In Canada, the main problem was locational disadvantage due to distance from deep-water. In consequence, employers responded to falling prices by concentrating production in the area of greatest locational advantage. For Queensland producers, the issue was high mine-site labour costs. In this context, using contractors was part of a strategy to transform labour relations through the Workplace Relations Act.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Coal mining; Contractors; Exports; International comparisons; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strategic planning; Studies

Rebellious Families: Household Strategies and Collective Action in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries - Bradbury, Bettina (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Rebellious Families: Household Strategies and Collective Action in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries," edited by Jan Kok.

Workplace Learning: A Critical Introduction - Bratton, John; Sawchuk, Peter H.; Helms Mills, Jean C.; Pyrch, Timothy (Garamond Press, 2004)
This innovative book is concerned with the power relations, complexities, and contradictions in the paid workplace. Workplace learning is not value-free or politically neutral, and cannot be studied independently of the political economy of work. [This book] is part of a growing body of work that offers an alternative to mainstream approaches to workplace learning, recognizing that power relations, politics and conflicts of interest all shape learning. The authors emphasize the lived experiences of working people, avoiding prescriptive accounts and uncritical Human Resource Development views. --Publisher's description. Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Management strategies and workplace learning -- 3. Groups, teams and workplace learning -- 4. Organizational learning and learning organizations -- 5. Unions and workplace learning -- 6. Adult education, learning and work -- 7. Toward the future of workplace learning. Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-194) and index.
Keywords: Adult education; Employees; Experiential learning; Training of

Still the Most Difficult Revolution? A Report on the Conference on Women and Unions Held at Cornell University (Nov. 2003) in Honour of Alice H. Cook's 100th Birthday - Briskin, Linda (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2004)

Changing to Organize: A National Assessment of Union Organizing Strategies - Bronfenbrenner, Kate; Hickey, Robert (Rebuilding Labor: Organizing and Organizers in the New Union Movement, 2004)
[Excerpt] In this chapter we seek to answer the following questions: Why has it been so difficult for unions to turn the organizing efforts and initiatives of the last six years into any significant gains in union density? Why have a small number of unions been able to make major gains through organizing? And most importantly, which organizing strategies will be most effective in reversing the tide of the labor movement's organizing decline? What our findings will show is that while the political, legal, and economic climate for organizing continues to deteriorate, and private sector employers continue to mount aggressive opposition to organizing efforts, some unions are winning. Our findings also show that the unions that are most successful at organizing run fundamentally different campaigns, in both quality and intensity, than those that are less successful, and that those differences hold true across a wide range of organizing environments, company characteristics, bargaining unit demographics, and employer campaign variables.

"Pulled Apart, Pushed Together": Diversity and Unity within the Congress of South African Trade Unions - Brookes, Michael; Hinks, Timothy; Wood, Geoffrey; Dibben, Pauline; Roper, Ian (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
This is a study of horizontal and vertical solidarity within a national labour movement, based on a nationwide survey of members of affiliated unions of the Congress of South African Trade Unions. On the one hand, the survey reveals relatively high levels of vertical and horizontal solidarity, despite the persistence of some cleavages on gender and racial lines. On the other hand, the maintenance and deepening of existing horizontal and vertical linkages in a rapidly changing socio-economic context, represents one of many challenges facing organized labour in an industrializing economy. COSATU's strength is contingent not only on an effective organizational capacity, and a supportive network linking key actors and interest groupings, but also on the ability to meet the concerns of existing constituencies and those assigned to highly marginalized categories of labour.
Keywords: Alliances; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Organizational structure; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

The Communist Party of Canada during the Great Depression: Organizing and Class Consciousness - Burger, Anne (Simon Fraser University, 2004)
Canada experienced its worst economic crisis during the Great Depression of the 1930s with unprecedented numbers of Canadians suffering extreme economic and social hardship. Survival and struggle to change those conditions became as much a mark of the times as the economic circumstances themselves. The Communist Party of Canada (CPC) was one organization that played a significant role in this national upsurge of struggle. The Party believed that the worsening material conditions would engender class consciousness of Canadian workers, leading to the overthrow of the capitalist system to achieve a worker-farmer socialist state. The Party was instrumental in organizing workers, farmers, the unorganized and the unemployed, however, it was not successful in raising Canadian working class consciousness to a revolutionary level. The factors that will be analyzed as being the main contributing factors to the Party's limitations are the CPC1srelationship with the Comintern, repression by the Canadian state, and dominant ideology that prevailed in Canada during the Depression. From its inception in 1921 the CPC worked assiduously to meet the needs of Canadian workers in a rapidly changing economy in the 1920s and one that was also collapsing in the Depression. In many ways it recognized Canadian workers' needs in these times and was at the head of the labour movement fighting for workers' needs and defending them. However, the CPC was somewhat hamstrung by its very close relationship with the Comintern allowing this international communist body to dictate almost every move it made whether or not it was the best for Canadian workers. State repression of the CPC and labour movement, also had a curbing effect on the advancement of the CPC in its work with Canadian workers, forcing the Party underground, decimating its leadership and intimidating Party activists, unions and workers. Finally, dominant ideology during the Depression, in spite of serious threats by alternate sets of ideas, particularly those promulgated by the CPC, largely stood its ground as defender of the present capitalist system that relied on the exploitation of Canadian workers for its survival.

At Odds: Gambling and Canadians, 1919-1969 - Burr, Christina (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "At Odds: Gambling and Canadians, 1919-1969," by Suzanne Morton.

Neither Lady Nor Slave: Working Women of the Old South - Bynum, Victoria E. (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Neither Lady nor Slave: Working Women of the Old South," edited by Susanna Delfino and Michele Gillespie.

Power and Agency in Newfoundland and Labrador's History - Cadigan, Sean (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
Reviewed: Between History and Tomorrow: Making and Breaking Everyday Life in Rural Newfoundland. Sider, Gerald M.

Forces of Labor: Workers' Movements and Globalization since 1870 - Camfield, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Forces of Labor: Workers' Movements and Globalization since 1870," by Beverly J. Silver.

Re-Orienting Class Analysis: Working Classes as Historical Formations - Camfield, David (Science & Society, 2004)
In order to conduct better class analysis, we need class theory that rises to the challenge of understanding class as a structured social process and relationship taking place in historical time and specific cultural contexts. The study of working classes as historical formations requires the replacement of underdeveloped concepts with theory adequate to the task. This theory should incorporate the knowledge that class never exists outside of other social relations such as gender and race, but is always mediated by those relations, and vice versa. Marx, Gramsci, Thompson and autonomist Marxism, enriched with the appreciation of the multidimensional nature of social being produced by feminism and other perspectives arising from struggles against oppression, provide important resources for the development of such a theory.

Unions in the Time of Revolution: Government Restructuring in Alberta and Ontario - Camfield, David (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The book, " Unions in the Time of Revolution: Government Restructuring in Alberta and Ontario," by Yonatan Reshef and Sandra Rastin, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Governmental reform; Labor Unions; Provincial government; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Small Details of Life: 20 Diaries by Women in Canada, 1830-1996 - Campbell, Gail G. (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "The Small Details of Life: 20 Diaries by Women in Canada, 1830-1996," edited by Kathryn Carter.

A Distilled History - Campbell, Robert A. (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Booze: A Distilled History," by Craig Heron.

An Index to Labour/Le Travail, Volumes 51 and 52, 2003 Volume 53 (Spring/Printemps 2004) - Canadian Periodical Index (Labour/Le Travail, 2004)
Produced by the Canadian Periodical Index.

Organizing Rural Women: The Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario, 1897-1919 - Carbert, Louise (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Organizing Rural Women: The Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario, 1897-1910," by Margaret C. Kechnie.

Sociologie de la négociation - Catlla, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Sociologie de la négociation," by Reynald Bourque and Christian Thuderoz.
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

People and Place: Historical Influences on Legal Culture - Chapman, Terry L. (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "People and Place: Historical Influences on Legal Culture," edited by Jonathan Swainger and Constance Backhouse.

Le travail en chantier - Charest, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Le travail en chantier," by Marcelle Duc.
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

Revisiting Deficit Hysteria - Chorney, Harold (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
Reviewed: Minding the Public Purse: The Fiscal Crisis, Political Trade-Offs, and Canada's Future. MacKinnon, Janice.

Pension Fund Corporate Engagement: The Fifth Stage of Capitalism - Clark, Gordon L.; Hebb, Tessa (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
Pension fund capitalism is a new, albeit evolving, stage of Anglo-American capital market development. It is marked by the ability of pension funds to aggregate the widely disbursed ownership of beneficiaries and therefore act as single entities with a unified voice. Pension funds within their investment portfolios are increasingly using this voice to engage companies. Such corporate engagement in its broadest definition is the use of one's ownership position to influence company management decision making. Corporate engagement brings together four distinct underlying currents: first, the increased use of passive index funds; second, the corporate governance movement; third, the growing impact of socially responsible investing; and, finally, the impact of new global standards. At its best corporate engagement offers a long-term view of value that both promotes higher corporate, social and environmental standards and adds share value, thus providing long-term benefits to future pension beneficiaries.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Corporate governance; Effects; Influence; Investment policy; Labor Unions; Pension plans; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social responsibility; Standards; Stock indexing; Theory

Toward the Charter: Canadians and the Demand for a National Bill of Rights, 1929-1960 - Clément, Dominique (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Toward the Charter: Canadians and the Demand for a National Bill of Rights, 1929-1960," by Christopher MacLennan.

Revealing the Class-Gender Connection: Social Policy, Labour Markets and Households - Clement, Wallace (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2004)
Comparative studies of welfare states are in the process of changing how they examine the relationships between class, gender and generations. Earlier accounts have focused on ideal types of regimes connecting social policy and labour markets. More recent accounts invoke families as key sites of investigation. The argument introduced here advocates for the combined connection between the intersections triad of social policy, labour markets and households as they reveal the relations embodied in class, gender and generation. Most of the illustrations locate households within the triad since they have received the least attention.

A Return to Wage Discrimination: Pay Equity Losses Through the Privatization of Health Care - Cohen, Marjorie Griffin,; Cohen, Marcy. (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, BC Office, 2004)
Privatization has eliminated 30 years of pay equity gains and has put BC at the bottom of the barrel nationally when it comes to wages and benefits for women working in health support occupations. This is the central finding of a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. It documents the dramatic reversal of pay equity resulting from the provincial government's push to contract out hospital support services (cleaners, care aids and laundry, food service and clerical workers). "Bill 29 has turned the clock back thirty years on fair wages for women in health support occupations," says co-author Marjorie Griffin Cohen, a CCPA research associate and Chair of SFU's Women's Studies Department. -- CCPA news release, April 21, 2004

Acting in the Name of Culture? The Participation of Organized Labour in the Canadian Broadcasting Policy Process - Coles, Amanda (Toronto Metropolitan University, 2004)
The thesis examines the role, efficacy and influence of the five national English-language independent film and television production sector unions in the Canadian broadcasting policy network. While labour is typically classified as a civil society organization within policy networks studies, this thesis will examine the blanket applicability of this typology in analysing labour's engagement with issues that involve both their vested economic/industrial interests as well as broader social/cultural goals, using the unions' engagement with the issue of Canadian dramatic programming from 1998 to present as a case study.

The Relationship between Employee Involvement and Workplace Dispute Resolution - Colvin, Alexander J. S. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
This paper examines the relationship between employee involvement programs and workplace dispute resolution using data from the Workplace and Employee Survey (WES) conducted by Statistics Canada. The results provide support for a link between employee involvement and lower grievance rates in unionized workplaces. This link existed for establishments in both the goods and service sectors, but the practices involved differed between industrial sectors. By contrast, in nonunion workplaces, results of the analysis provided support for a link between the adoption of employee involvement programs and formal grievance procedures, but not between employee involvement and lower grievance rates.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Dispute resolution; Employee involvement; Grievance procedures; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Canada, 1670-1935: Symbolic and Instrumental Enforcement in Loyalist North America - Craven, Paul (Masters, Servants, and Magistrates in Britain and the Empire, 1562-1955, 2004)
Master and servant has a paradoxical history in Canada. There was a great deal of penal legislation. ...Indeed, new legislation to punish workers for disobedience and desertion was enacted after 1875, the year of final repeal in Britain, and even after the Canadian Parliament's own Breaches of Contract Act two years later. But compared with Britain and the other white dominions, let alone other parts of the empire, enforcement was sporadic, convictions relatively few, and punishments rarely harsh. It is easy enough to construct an explanation for inconsiderable enforcement out of the structure of the economy and the characteristics of the labour force, but these at the same time cannot account for the variety and persistence of penal legislation. The answer seems to lie as much in the symbolic as the instrumental uses of employment law in this part of the empire. --Introduction
Keywords: Master and servant -- Great Britain -- History

Globalisation and Labour: the new 'Great Transformation' - Cravey, Altha J. (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Globalisation and Labour: the new 'Great Transformation'," by Ronaldo Munck.

It's About Time: Couples and Careers - Crompton, Rosemary (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "It's about Time: Couples and Careers," edited by Phyllis Moen, Phyllis.

Les dimensions de l’hétérogénéité de la catégorie de travailleur indépendant sans employé : Éléments pour une typologie - D’Amours, Martine; Crespo, Stéphane (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
Le présent article vise à décrire et à expliquer la diversité des situations couvertes par la catégorie juridique de travailleur indépendant (travailleur autonome sans employé). Utilisant les méthodologies de l’analyse factorielle de correspondances multiples et de la classification ascendante hiérarchique, il analyse l’hétérogénéité au sein d’un échantillon de 293 travailleurs indépendants, autour de cinq dimensions : les caractéristiques du producteur, la nature de sa clientèle, le type de produit, l’organisation du travail (incluant la rémunération) et la protection contre les risques sociaux et professionnels. Ce faisant, il contribue à dégager six profils de travailleurs indépendants : les non-professionnels indépendants, les petits producteurs dépendants, les professionnels libéraux, les conseillers et consultants, les autres indépendants et ceux cumulant travail indépendant et salariat atypique et, finalement, les professionnels bénéficiant d’ententes collectives de travail. Il illustre par ailleurs qu’une partie de cette hétérogénéité est attribuable au brouillage des frontières entre les modèles « purs » de salariat et d’indépendance.

Une expérience de l’extrême gauche au Québec : le Parti communiste ouvrier - Dansereau, Bernard (Bulletin d'histoire politique, 2004)

The Human Cost of Food: Farmworkers ' Lives, Labor, and Advocacy - Danysk, Cecilia (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "The Human Cost of Food: Farmworkers' Lives, Labor, and Advocacy," edited by Charles D. Thompson, Jr., and Melinda F. Wiggins.

From Revolutionaries to Citizens: Antimilitarism in France, 1870-1914 - Davis, Lawrence H. (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "From Revolutionaries to Citizens: Antimilitarism in France, 1870-1914," by Paul B. Miller.

Crises et renouveau du capitalisme. Le 20e siècle en perspective - Deblock, Christian (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Crises et renouveau du capitalisme. Le 20e siècle en perspective," edited by Gérard Duménil et Dominique Lévy,

Le quatuor d'asbestos : autour de la grève de l'amiante - Delisle, Esther; Malouf, Pierre K. (Collection Histoire et société (Montréal), 2004)
Comme son titre l'indique, Le Quatuor d'Asbestos est composé de quatre livres, qui replacent dans son contexte historique la fameuse grève de l'amiante de 1949. De nombreux documents y sont présentés pour la première fois ; tous les points de vue y sont exprimés, car ici l'histoire est racontée par ceux qui l'ont vécue. On constatera, entre autres choses, que l'ouvrage publié en 1956 sous la direction de Pierre Trudeau, La Grève de l'amiante, donne une interprétation très réductrice, voire mensongère des causes et des conséquences de la grève. Tout commence donc en mars 1948 avec la publication dans la revue Relations d'un article retentissant du journaliste franco-américain Burton LeDoux sur les conditions de vie inhumaines des mineurs de Saint-Rémi d'Amherst dans les Laurentides. Cet article se veut la première étape dans une campagne pour l'amélioration de l'hygiène industrielle au Québec. Mais le gouvernement de Maurice Duplessis vient de céder le monopole du développement de l'Ungava aux intérêts financiers qui traitent comme du bétail les mineurs de Saint-Rémi. Avec la complicité de Mgr Joseph Charbonneau, les compagnies et le gouvernement musèlent Relations. Le Devoir prend alors le relais et publie en janvier 1949 un deuxième article de Burton LeDoux, qui révèle l'existence à East Broughton dans la région de l'amiante d'un autre abattoir humain. Un mois plus tard, la grève éclate à Asbestos et à Thetford Mines. La première revendication des mineurs : l'élimination de la poussière. Les travailleurs sont galvanisés, car c'est de leur santé et de leur vie mêmes qu'il s'agit. La grève durera quatre mois et demi, mais sera, surtout sur la question essentielle de l'hygiène industrielle, un échec total. Il faudra attendre 1975 pour qu'on décide enfin de corriger une situation qui aurait pu et dû l'être un quart de siècle plus tôt. Ensuite, il y aura la nationalisation et le déclin de l'industrie. Mais c'est une histoire qui n'a pas de fin et il se publie encore de nos jours des articles qui confirment que Burton LeDoux avait vu clair dès 1948. --Résumé de l'éditeur
Keywords: 1900-1999; Asbestos Strike, Québec, 1949; Grève de l'amiante, Québec, 1949; Grèves et lock-out Mines d'amiante Québec (Province) Histoire; Grèves et lock-out Mines d'amiante Québec (Province) Histoire Sources; Grèves et lock-out Mines d'amiante Québec (Province) Val-des-Sources; History; Québec; Québec Asbestos; Silicose; Silicose Québec (Province) Histoire 20e siècle; Silicosis; Silicosis Québec (Province) History 20th century; Sources; Strikes and lockouts Asbestos mining; Strikes and lockouts Asbestos mining Québec (Province) Asbestos; Strikes and lockouts Asbestos mining Québec (Province) History; Strikes and lockouts Asbestos mining Québec (Province) History Sources

Reconsidering Staple Insights: Canadian Forestry and Mining Towns - Dignard, Louise (Carleton University, 2004)
The purpose of the thesis is essentially to elaborate, and to a lesser extent to test the relevance of a theoretical framework focussing simultaneously on the spheres of industry, work and community in staple-specific contexts, explicitly in Canadian forestry and mining single-industry towns (SITS). The framework builds two ideal types of these towns by drawing from the main approaches that have addressed the topic in political economy, labour and community studies. The core underlying argument is that a reconsideration of some neglected staple insights constitutes a legitimate endeavour. The framework stresses that forestry SITs have more: of an elite model of power structure, separate work and community social arrangements, individualistic income strategies, as well as lower class consciousness and numerous contradictory class locations; while mining SITs have more: of a class model of power structure, overlapping work and community arrangements, income strategies framed in secondary relations terms, as well as a higher class consciousness and fewer contradictory class locations. After a brief introductory chapter, the second, third and fourth ones extensively review and interpret the literature, gathering empirical material and theoretical considerations useful to the comparative theoretical framework. The latter is detailed and its claim circumscribed in Chapter five; its relevance is tested in the two last chapters by using it as a backdrop to explain staple specific patternings regarding the organization of work in the main resource sector and women's experience in the family.
Keywords: Forestry and mining towns; Single-industry towns; Social sciences; Staple insights

Giving Birth in Canada, 1900-1950 - Dodd, Diane (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Giving Birth in Canada: 1900-1950," by Wendy Mitchinson.

La déclaration de l’OIT relative aux droits fondamentaux au travail : Une nouvelle forme de régulation efficace ? - Duplessis, Isabelle (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
Cet article explore l’efficacité de la Déclaration relative aux principes et droits fondamentaux au travail en tant que réponse aux défis posés par une mondialisation considérée essentiellement sur le plan économique. La Déclaration a été adoptée en 1998 par l’Organisation internationale du Travail (OIT) et visait à arrimer le développement économique au progrès social en établissant un corps universel de droits socio-économiques. Au regard des sources traditionnelles du droit international public, la Déclaration soulève pourtant un certain nombre de difficultés. Premièrement, elle s’apparente à un instrument de soft law, c’est-à-dire à un instrument incitatif dénué de force obligatoire. Deuxièmement, la Déclaration ne s’adresse pas directement aux acteurs réels de la mondialisation contemporaine, les entreprises mondialisées, mais aux États. À partir de ces critiques, la conjoncture ayant mené à l’adoption de la Déclaration fera l’objet d’une attention particulière et permettra de mieux mesurer les effets juridiques de cet instrument normatif au sein et à l’extérieur de l’OIT.

"Severing the Connections in a Complex Community": The Grange, the Patrons of Industry and the Construction/Contestation of a Late 19th-century Agrarian Identity in Ontario - Ferry, Darren (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The leadership of the Patrons of Husbandry (the Grange) and the Patrons of Industry in late-19th-century Ontario offered ideological visions of class harmony, the promise of united political action through antipartyism, and the assurance of material prosperity to Ontario's farmers. The history of agrarian protest, however, can be viewed as one of broken promises and unfulfilled expectations. The tensions inherent in the differing material circumstances and various representational philosophies of agriculture made it impossible for the Dominion Grange and the Patrons of Industry to sustain harmony and unity for any length of time within a deeply divided agricultural population. As a result, entrenched ideological differences regarding the merits or shortcomings of the cooperative principle in the Dominion Grange and Patrons of Industry highlight the tensions and conflicts intrinsic to the varied approaches of the farmers themselves. Yet the initial success of both agrarian protest movements in Ontario displayed at least a willingness on the part of farmers to bond together for united action. Their cataclysmic collapse into irrelevancy by the turn of the century, however, also revealed the ideological, cultural, social, and economic fissures situated within Ontario's rural populace.

Book Notes [53, Spring 2004] - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article briefly reviews Michael R. Weldon's "Little Mosie from the Margaree: A Biography of Moses Michael Coady;" Penny R. Gurstein's "Wired to the World, Chained to the Home: Telework in DailyLife;" Miriam Edelson's "My Journey with Jake: A Memoir of Parenting and Disability;" Jim Bohlen's "Making Waves: The Origins and Future of Greenpeace;" Gunther Peck's "Reinventing Free Labor: Padrones and Immigrant Workers in the North American West, 1880-1930;" Dale Hathaway's "Allies Across the Border: Mexico's 'Authentic Labor Front' and Global Solidarity;" Maria Victoira Murillo's "Labor Unions, Partisan Coalitions, and Market Reforms in Latin America;" Peter McLaren's "Che Guevara, Paulo Freire, and the Pedagogy of Revolution;" "Left Catholicism: Catholics and Society in Western Europe at the Point of Liberation-1943-1955" edited by Gerd-Rainer Horn and Emmanuel Gerard; William B. Husband's "'Godless Communists': Atheism and Society in Soviet Russia, 1917-1932;" John Belchem's "Merseypride: Essays in Liverpool Exceptionalism;" Clare Haru Crowston's "Fabricating Women: The Seamstresses of Old Regime France, 1675-1791;" Pamela Pilbeam's "French Socialists Before Marx;" and John Isbister's "Capitalism and Justice: Envisioning Social and Economie Fairness."

Book Notes [54, Fall 2004] - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article briefly reviews Doug Smith's "How to Tax a Billionaire: Project Loophole and the Campaign for Tax Fairness;" "The Resilient Outpost: Ecology, Economy, and Society in Rural Newfoundland," edited by Rosemary Ommer; Susan Sleeper-Smith's "Indian Women and French Men: Rethinking Cultural Encounter in the Western Great Lakes;" Mark Franko's "The Work of Dance: Labor, Movement, and Identity in the 1930s;" "Friends of the People: Uneasy Radicals in the Age of the Chartists," by Owen R. Ashton and Paul A. Pickering, ; Steve Wright's "Storming Heaven: Class Composition and Struggle in Italian Autonomist Marxism;" Wendy Z. Goldman's "Women at the Gates: Gender and Industry in Stalin's Russia;" Julie R. Watts's "Immigration Policy and the Challenge to Globalization: Unions and Employers in Unlikely Alliance;" Heidi Tinsman's "Partners in Conflict: The Politics of Gender, Sexuality, and Labor in the Chilean Agrarian Reform, 1950-1973;" Rosa Isolde Reuque Paillalet's "When a Flower Is Reborn: The Life and Times of a Mapuche Feminist," edited and translated by Florencia E. Mallon; and S.A. Smith's "Like Cattle and Horses: Nationalism and Labor in Shanghai, 1895-1927."

The State of Writing on the Canadian Welfare State: What's Class Got to Do With It? - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article analyzes scholarly works on the Canadian welfare state since 1979. Works discussed include Dennis Guest's "The Emergence of Social Security in Canada" (1979; 3rd edition, 1997), Jane Ursel's "Private Lives, Public Policy: 100 Years of State Intervention in the Family" (1992), James Struthers' '"The Limits of Affluence: Welfare in Ontario, 1920-1970" (1994), Penny Bryden's "Planners and Politicians: Liberal Politics and Social Policy, 1957-1968" (1997), and Nancy Christie's "Engendering the State: Family, Work, and Welfare in Canada" (2000). Concludes that while there has been important work in a number of areas, "the tendency in the historical and sociological literature to pay more attention to discourse than to political economy has tended to understate class dimensions in the formation of social policy."

La précarité du travail : une réalité aux multiples visages - Forgues, Éric (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "La précarité du travail : une réalité aux multiples visages," edited by Geneviève Fournier, Bruno Bourassa and Kamel Béji.
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

Class Action: Building Political Activism among Union Activists - Foster, Jason (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2004)
New research into the political attitudes and behaviours of union activists challenges traditional beliefs about the prospects for politicizing unionists in Canada. A study of union activists in Alberta finds two significant results. First union activists are more politically active than the average Canadian. This contradicts conventional wisdom about union activists. Second, unions can play a direct and important role in fostering political participation among their activists, a finding that has the potential to extend to the general membership. However, to be effective in mobilizing unionists politically, unions need to approach the project differently than they do at present. It is a project of action, not words, and it must be grounded in the lived experience of union workers. In particular, perceptions of class play a central role in shaping the political decisions of unionists. Relational articulations of class lead to political mobilization, and thus union actions must reflect the lived experience of being working class in Canada.

Unions in the Time of Revolution: Government and Restructuring in Alberta and Ontario - Foster, Jason (Labour / Le Travail, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Unions in the Time of Revolution: Government Restructuring in Alberta and Ontario, by Yonatan Reshef and Sandra Rastin.

Soutenir le développement de compétences par la conception d’aides à l’apprentissage sur le cours de vie professionnelle - Fournier, Pierre-Sébastien (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
Cet article présente une réflexion entourant l’élaboration d’un modèle de conception de la formation visant une meilleure prise en compte de la réalité du camionneur. Derrière un problème de formation se cache un problème plus large de connaissances nécessaires pour affronter efficacement les situations de la vie et d’aide à l’apprentissage sur le cours de vie. Une telle aide nécessite préalablement de documenter la réalité du camionneur en termes d’activité de formation et d’activité de travail. Une observation participante d’une formation de camionneurs et une analyse de l’activité de travail ont été réalisées. Documenter ainsi la réalité du camionneur permet d’identifier des situations à transformer pour aider à l’efficacité et la sécurité des apprentis et des camionneurs. Cette réflexion a permis l’élaboration d’un modèle de conception proposant une double intervention : sur la formation et sur le travail comme moyen d’aider à l’apprentissage sur le cours de vie professionnelle.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Exploring Decentralisation in Canada: Devolution of Labour Market Policy - Gray, Erin (University of Wales, Swansea, 2004)
This thesis entails the study of both why and how decentralisation of government authority takes place. Decentralisation in Canada is explored by investigating a federal proposal for the devolution of active labour market policies from federal to provincial governments, and by closely examining the positions taken by both levels of government during the development of two federal-provincial labour market agreements in the mid-1990s. The two bilateral agreements chosen for this examination are, the Canada-Nova Scotia Agreement on a Framework for Strategic Partnerships, and the Canada-Alberta Labour Market Development Agreement. The central focus of this research is to examine the extent to which federal and provincial governments’ positions on the devolution of policy are influenced by ‘political’ and ‘public’ interests. The first argument holds that political imperatives influence governmental priorities, attitudes, and motivations as decisions about devolution are made. The second argument maintains that governmental positions on devolution are founded on the motivation to promote the best outcomes for the public at large. This study employs a research focus that is qualitative in nature, and it draws from interpretive and constructivist approaches to inquiry. Interviews were conducted with civil servants who represent federal and provincial interests in the provinces of Alberta and Nova Scotia. A comparative analysis of the evidence found that both political and public interests influenced federal and provincial positions on devolution. This research illustrates that while political and public interests might be separated analytically, in real cases of policy-making they overlap. Nonetheless, the evidence tips the scales towards a political interest explanation much more clearly and convincingly than a public interest interpretation.

La chaîne invisible. Travailler aujourd'hui : flux tendu et servitude volontaire - Grenier, Jean-Noël (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "La chaîne invisible. Travailler aujourd’hui : flux tendu et servitude volontaire," by Jean-Pierre Durand.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Economies of Justice: Workers and Labour Reformers in Late-Victorian Canadian Industrial Fiction - Janes, Daniela Alexandra (University of Toronto, 2004)
In this dissertation I propose the existence of a distinct and previously unacknowledged sub-genre in the Canadian social-reform writing of the 1890s, namely the industrial novel. I concentrate on several late-Victorian Canadian examples: Agnes Maule Machar's Roland Graeme: Knight: A Novel of Our Time (1892), Robert Barr's The Mutable Many (1896), and Albert Richardson Carman's The Preparation of Ryerson Embury: A Purpose (1900). These novels each reflect the expansion of industrial production in the Victorian period and the concomitant social effects of urban industrialism upon the labouring poor. I undertake an examination of these works that analyses the relationship between the novels' middle-class protagonists and the workers whose rights they are defending, seeing in the narrative patterns, imagery, and intertextual references both the articulation of an alternative kind of social justice and a tension emerging between political dissent and political conservatism. These novels of labour unrest caution against violent revolution and instead preach a doctrine of reconciliation and compromise, rooted in a reorientation of conventional notions of justice, a rejuvenation of social institutions, and the imperative of individual moral responsibility. First I focus on Machar's representation of Christian socialism, and how the language of "brotherhood" acts as an antidote and alternative to the morally degenerative effects of industrialism. Machar parallels the labour reform movement to the Christian belief in an afterlife: both are predicated upon faith and deferral, the commission of good works in the present for the benefit of some future blessing. Next, I examine Barr's novel about two strikes in a London factory, looking in particular at issues of leadership and representation. I propose that his novel works to reveal the complexities inherent in any project in which one man must speak for a crowd of others, as the end of the novel amply deconstrates the failure of communication. Finally, in my examination of Carman's novel, I analyse his refashioning of conventional notions of justice. I argue that Carman's narrative suggests the sterility of intellectual debate in the absence of any commitment to social action. I conclude by connecting the late-Victorian Canadian industrial novel to early twentieth-century literary responses to labour advocacy, urbanism, and industrialism.
Keywords: Agnes Maule Machar; Albert Richardson Carman; Industrial fiction; Labor reform; Language; Robert Barr; Workers; literature and linguistics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Analysis of a Worker-Based Participatory Action Research Approach to the Identification of Selected Occupational Health and Safety Problems in Canada Using Mapping - Keith, Margaret Mary (University of Stirling, 2004)
There are limitations to conventional occupational health and safety research approaches and practices and numerous barriers to overcome in order to achieve progress. Occupational health and safety is impacted by the broader social-political environment. Corporatism affects the directions, ideas and practice of regulators, educators, the labour movement, scientists, medical professionals, and society as a whole, thus inhibiting workers' power to influence change. The thesis therefore explores both the wider influences and barriers to occupational health and safety advances, focusing particularly on the Canadian situation, through the general research questions: What has influenced occupational health and safety policies and practices, especially in Canada? What are some of the limitations of conventional occupational health and safety research and practices? To what extent can participatory action research and mapping address identified limitations? These questions are explored from the perspective of the population potentially at risk. New theories and approaches to occupational health and safety research are then applied in this thesis in order to explore a more specific multi-part research question: Can mapping within worker-based participatory action research be used to explore occupational health and safety conditions? In particular, can mapping contribute to occupational health and safety improvements at a local level and beyond; establish workers' previous exposures for compensation purposes; support efforts to bring about justice through compensation for workers affected by unsafe working conditions; and raise worker and public awareness of health and safety? These questions are explored through two different case studies, which examine, in depth, occupational health and safety action and possible remedies. Casino gaming workers in Windsor, Ontario, Canada undertook a collaborative study to investigate and improve current health and safety conditions. Former Holmes foundry and asbestos insulation workers in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada undertook a collaborative study to provide evidence of exposures and ensuing health problems to support claims for compensation. The outcomes of the case studies shed light on the bigger Canadian health and safety picture and demonstrate that mapping as a data collection method used within a participatory action research approach can accomplish a broad range of objectives. Mapping can raise workers' awareness, facilitate communication, build solidarity and cohesiveness, foster community support, mobilise workers to take action to reduce hazards or win compensation, in turn influencing employers, the compensation board and government agencies. The case studies accomplished the shared objective of raising worker and public awareness. The casino workers also gained occupational health and safety improvements and the Holmes workers were successful in gaining compensation.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

L'organisation de la production et du travail : vers un nouveau modèle ? - Laplante, Normand (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "L’organisation de la production et du travail : vers un nouveau modèle ?," edited by Gregor Murray, Jacques Bélanger, Anthony Giles and Paul-André Lapointe.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

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

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

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

The Paradox of American Unionism: Why Americans Like Unions More Than Canadians Do, But Join Much Less - Lipset, Seymour Martin; Meltz, Noah M.; Katchanovski, Ivan; Gomez, Rafael (ILR Press, 2004)
Why have Americans, who by a clear majority approve of unions, been joining them in smaller numbers than ever before? This book answers that question by comparing the American experience with that of Canada, where approval for unions is significantly lower than in the United States, but where since the mid-1960s workers have joined organized labor to a much greater extent. Given that the two countries are outwardly so similar, what explains this paradox? This book provides a detailed comparative analysis of both countries using, among other things, a detailed survey conducted in the United States and Canada by the Ipsos-Reid polling group. The authors explain that the relative reluctance of employees in the United States to join unions, compared with those in Canada, is rooted less in their attitudes toward unions than in the former country's deep-seated tradition of individualism and laissez-faire economic values. Canada has a more statist, social democratic tradition, which is in turn attributable to its Tory and European conservative lineage. Canadian values are therefore more supportive of unionism, making unions more powerful and thus, paradoxically, lowering public approval of unions. Public approval is higher in the United States, where unions exert less of an influence over politics and the economy. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Labor movement; Labor unions; Mouvement ouvrier; Syndicats; trade unions

Hidden Knowledge: Organized Labour in the Information Age - Livingstone, D. W.; Sawchuk, Peter H. (Peter Harold); Roth, Reuben N.; Martin, D'Arcy; Morgan, Clara (Garamond Press, 2004)
This book offers an original contribution to understanding an often-ignored aspect of our knowledge society and the much-heralded ‘knowledge-based economy.’ It decisively explodes the dual myths that working-class adults have inferior learning capacities and that talented youths naturally leave blue-collar careers. Livingstone and Sawchuk document the genuine learning practices of working-class people in unprecedented detail, using richly textured accounts of prior school experiences; current adult education course participation; and a wide array of learning resources in paid workplaces, households, and community settings. The authors criticize dominant theories of learning and work and develop an alternative explanation of working-class adult learning. Their analysis, grounded in the specific practices of everyday life, pays careful attention to the ways in which differential economic power, labor processes, sectoral contexts, union cultures, and access to organized educational resources shape individual and collective learning activities. The book also provides a reflective discussion of research processes suitable for democratic knowledge production in partnership with workers and their organizations, as well as workers' own practical recommendations for changes in learning and work relations. --Publisher's description. Contents: Introduction: Dimensions of learning and work in the knowledge society -- Pt. 1. Researching learning and work. Starting with Workers and Researching the "Hard Way" / with D'Arcy Martin -- Beyond cultural capital theories: Hidden dimensions of working-class learning. Pt. 2. Case studies.  Auto workers: Lean manufacturing and rich learning / with Reuben Roth -- Building a workers' learning Culture in the Chemical Industry -- Learning, Restructuring and job segregation at a community college -- Divisions of labour / Divisions of learning in a small parts manufacturer -- Garment workers: learning under disruption / with Clara Morgan. Pt. 3. Comparative perspectives across case studies. Household and community-based learning: Learning cultures and class differences beyond paid work -- Surfacing the hidden dimension of the knowledge society: the struggle for knowledge across differences. Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-309) and index.
Keywords: Adult learning; Canada; Case studies; Education; Information society; Interviews; Labor union members; Labor unions; Occupational training; Working class - Effect of technological innovations on

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

La santé des femmes au travail en Europe : des inégalités non reconnues - Messing, Karen (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "La santé des femmes au travail en Europe : des inégalités non reconnues," by Laurent Vogel.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

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

La mondialisation et ses ennemis - Morin, Fernand (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "La mondialisation et ses ennemis," by Daniel Cohen.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Réfléchir la compétence : approches sociologiques, juridiques, économiques d'une pratique gestionnaire - Morin, Lucie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Réfléchir la compétence : approches sociologiques, juridiques, économiques d’une pratique gestionnaire," edited by Arnaud Dupray, Christophe Guitton and Sylvie Monchatre.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

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

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

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

Racism, Eh?: A Critical Inter-Disciplinary Anthology of Race and Racism in Canada - Nelson, Charmaine; Nelson, Camille A. (Captus Press, 2004)
"Racism, Eh?" is the first publication that examines racism within the broad Canadian context. This anthology brings together some of the visionaries who are seeking to illuminate the topics of race and racism in Canada through the analysis of historical and contemporary issues, which address race and racism as both material and psychic phenomena. Fundamentally interdisciplinary in nature, this text will be an invaluable resource for undergraduate and graduate students, academics studying or practicing within the Humanities and the Social Sciences, and anyone seeking information on what has been a little explored and poorly understood Canadian issue."--Publisher's description. Contents: Part 1 Institutional Racism -- 1 Penn and Teller Magic -- 2 Lance Belanger's Tango Lessons -- 3 The Black Occupational Structure in Late-Nineteenth-Century Ontario -- Part 2 Crime and Justice -- 4 Raising Raced and Erased Executions in African-Canadian Literature -- 5 Examining Racism and Criminal Justice -- 6 Criminological Research on "Race" in Canada -- Part 3 First Nations -- Of Land, Law and Power -- 7 Across a Boundary of Lava -- 8 Treaty Federalism -- 9 Navigating Discrimination -- Part 4 Race, Place and Nation -- 10 Adrift in the Diaspora -- 11 Racism Between Jews -- 12 Local Colour -- Part 5 Complexity of Intersectionallity and Performance of Racial Identity -- 13 Speak White! -- 14 Jack Canuck Meets John Chinaman -- 15 Performing Desire -- Part 6 Popular Culture -- 16 Race In-Out of the Classroom -- 17 Other Canadian Voices -- 18 (Re)Visioning Histories -- Part 7 Production and Representation -- 19 Each Sentence Realized or Dreamed Jumps Like a Pulse with History and Takes a Side -- 20 Articulating Spaces of Representation -- 21 The "Hottentot Venus" in Canada -- 22 Racial Recognition Underpinning Critical Art -- Part 8 Multiculturalism -- 23 But Where Are You REALLY From? -- 24 Social Cohesion and the Limits of Multiculturalism in Canada -- 25 Racialising Culture-Culturalising Race -- 26 Re-articulating Multiculturalism.
Keywords: Racism -- Canada

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Introduction aux relations industrielles - Paquet, Renaud (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "introduction aux relations industrielles," edited by Jean Boivin.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CCF Colonialism in Northern Saskatchewan: Battling Parish Priests, Bootleggers, and Fur Sharks - Quiring, David M. (UBC Press, 2004)
Saskatchewan's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) the forerunner of the NDP, is often remembered for its humanitarian platform and its pioneering social programs. But during the twenty years it governed, it wrought a much less scrutinized legacy in the northern regions of the province." "Until the 1940s, churches, fur traders, and other influential newcomers held firm control over Saskatchewan's northern region. Following its rise to power in 1944 the CCF made aggressive efforts to unseat these traditional powers and install a new socialist economy and society in largely Aboriginal communities. The next two decades brought major changes to the region as well-meaning government planners grossly misjudged the challenges that confronted the north and failed to implement programs that would meet its needs. Northerners lacked the voice and political clout to determine policies for their half of the province and the CCF effectively created a colonial apparatus, imposing its own ideas and plans in those communities without consulting residents. While it did ensure that parish priests, bootleggers, and fur sharks no longer dominated the north, it failed to establish a workable alternative." "In written history that documents the colonial relationship between the CCT and northern Saskatchewan, David Quiring draws on extensive archival research and oral history to offer a fresh look at the CCF era. This examination will find an audience among historians of the north. Aboriginal scholars and general readers interested in Canadian history."--Publisher's description. Contents: Pt. 1. At the crossroads -- 1. Another country altogether -- Pt. 2. Building the colonial structure -- 2. From the top -- 3. Ultimate solution -- 4. Deterrent to development -- Pt. 3. Segregated economy -- 5. Never before have we been so poor -- 6. At the point of a gun -- 7. Just one jump out of the stone age -- 8. Pre-industrial way of life -- Pt. 4. Poverty-stricken and disease-ridden -- 9. Scarcely more than palliative -- 10. Dollars are worth more than lives -- Epilogue : we will measure our success -- A. Comments on collection of oral history -- B. Electoral record.
Keywords: Saskatchewan; Socialism

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

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

Tribute to Stuart Marshall Jamieson, 1914-2002 = Hommage à Stuart Marshall Jamieson, 1914-2002 - Riddell, W. Craig; Rosenbluth, Gideon; Thompson, Mark (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
Stuart Jamieson was the author of the first book in English on the subject of Canadian industrial relations, Industrial Relations in Canada, published in 1957. This classic work was concise, clearly written and notable for its analysis of Canadian industrial relations in the broader North American context. These two books were only part of Jamieson's contributions to industrial relations. His dissertation documented the struggle of American (and Canadian) farm workers to achieve representation. Stuart Jamieson taught economics and sociology at University of British Columbia from 1945 until his retirement in 1980.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Crise d'identité professionnelle et professionnalisme - Robitaille, Martin (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The book, "Crise d’identité professionnelle et professionnalisme," edited by Georges A. Legault.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

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

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

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

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

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

Le syndicalisme québécois : deux siècles d'histoire - Rouillard, Jacques (Boréal, 2004)
Contrairement à ce qu’on a cru pendant longtemps, l’histoire du syndicalisme au Québec remonte au début du XIXe siècle et évolue sensiblement au même rythme que celle des autres mouvements syndicaux en Amérique du Nord. À ce chapitre, les facteurs économiques et géographiques qui la rattachent au continent pèsent aussi lourd que le caractère distinct de la société québécoise. Voilà un des éléments clés qui ressortent du vaste pano-rama du syndicalisme au Québec que Jacques Rouillard trace ici. À chacune des périodes étudiées, qui renvoient aux grands moments de l’histoire occidentale, l’auteur montre comment les syndicats ont représenté une composante essentielle de la classe ouvrière et l’un des principaux lieux de contestation de l’ordre établi. Ce livre est une nouvelle édition de la première synthèse sur le syndicalisme québécois que Jacques Rouillard faisait paraître au Boréal en 1989. Ce nouveau texte, entièrement refondu, a été augmenté non seulement pour relater les événements qui se sont déroulés de 1985 à 2003, mais également pour tenir compte, aux diverses époques, des fruits de la négociation collective et de l’avancement de la recherche historique dans ce domaine. --Résumé de l'éditeur

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Challenging the Market: The Struggle to Regulate Work and Income - Stanford, Jim; Vosko, Leah F. (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004)
Challenging the Market offers insights from eighteen scholars and activists from around the world. Calling on a tremendous range of experience in different countries, different industries, and with different groups of workers, contributors argue that labour market policy should shift to a more interventionist and compassionate footing. For two decades economic and social policy in most of the world has been guided by the notion that economies function best when they are fully exposed to competitive market forces. In labour market policy, this approach is reflected in the widespread emphasis on "flexibility" - a euphemism for the retrenchment of income support and social security, the relaxation of labour market regulations, and the enhanced power of private actors to determine the terms of the employment relationship. These strategies have had marked effects on labour market outcomes, leading to greater vulnerability and polarization - and not always in ways that enhance worker-centred flexibility. The authors offer a more balanced analysis of the functioning and effects of labour market regulation and deregulation. By questioning the underpinnings of the "flexibility" paradigm, and revealing its often damaging impacts (on different countries, sectors, and constituencies), they challenge the conclusion that unregulated market forces produce optimal labour market outcomes. The authors conclude with several suggestions for how labour policy could be reformulated to promote both efficiency and equity. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Emploi; Employment (Economic theory); Labor costs; Labor demand; Labor market; Labor policy; Labor supply; Main-d'œuvre Coût; Marché du travail; Travail Politique gouvernementale; employing

Patterns of Labour Control and the Erosion of Labour Standards: Towards an International Study of the Quality of Working Life in the Automobile Industry (Canada, Japan and the UK) - Stewart, Paul; Lewchuk, Wayne; Yates, Charlotte A. B. (Charlotte Alyce Bronwen); Saruta, Masaki; Danford, Andy (Work and Employment Relations in the Automobile Industry, 2004)
Draws on survey data collected in Canada, Britain and Japan in an attempt to assess the claim that lean production represents a positive change in the employment relationship in the automobile industry. Concludes that despite the rhetoric of consensual participation, the difficult working environment created by the regime relies on significant degrees of imposition to keep the assembly lines running, which negatively impacts on employees' working lives.
Keywords: Automobile industry and trade; Collective bargaining; Comparative industrial relations; Labor unions; Management

Fighting for Dignity: The Ginger Goodwin Story - Stonebanks, Roger (Past CCLH Publications, 2004)
Roger Stonebanks traces the life of charismatic labour leader Ginger Goodwin from his childhood in the Yorkshire Coalfields, through his mining career in Cape Breton and British Columbia, until his untimely and controversial death in the woods of Vancouver Island. Using archival research and contemporary accounts, Stonebanks explores the historical context that surrounded Goodwin's meteoric rise in BC's labour and socialist ranks. His life, from union hall to the soccer pitch, sheds light on working-class culture in resource communities in the early years of the 20th century. Ginger Goodwin was killed while trying to evade conscription during World War I. The Military police officer responsible claimed he shot only in self-defence, but rumors have since persisted that foul play was involved in the death of the prominent socialist and labour activist. Goodwin's own words explain his opposition to conscription and war, while Stonebanks examines the background and attitude of the police officers hunting down draft dodgers. Adrian Brooks provides a legal analysis and review of the case of His Majesty the King v. Daniel Campbell and how the trial might have unfolded — if there had been a trial of Constable Campbell. Written in engaging and accessible prose, the book features several never before published photographs. --Publisher's description
Keywords: British Columbia; Draft resisters; Goodwin, Ginger; Labor Unions; Labor leaders; Officials and employees; WORLD War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918

Collective Bargaining and the Social Construction of Employment - Tallard, Michèle (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Collective Bargaining and the Social Construction of Employment," edited by Mateo Alaluf and Carlos Prieto.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

Le droit de l'emploi au Québec, 2e édition - Vallée, Guylaine (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2004)
The article reviews the book, "Le droit de l’emploi au Québec," 2nd edition, by Fernand Morin and Jean-Yves Brière.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

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

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

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

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

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

Saskatchewan: The Roots of Discontent and Protest - Warnock, John W. (Black Rose Books, 2004)
Isolation is part of the psyche of this sparsely populated prairie province, and this abundance of great open space has uniquely shaped the people, their politics, their economy and their relationship with the rest of North America. Using the broad, interdisciplinary social science approach of political economy analysis, Warnock traces Saskatchewan's past in an attempt to understand the present and glimpse some of its future. Along the way, he tells the story of Saskatchewan, from inception to centennial. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Economic conditions; Political culture; Politics and government; Social conditions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gender & Work Database - York University. Department of Politics; Vosko, Leah F. (2004)
The Gender & Work Database (GWD) is an online research tool designed for both researchers and students with varying levels of expertise. The database is informed by a feminist political economy approach and provides resources that facilitate research on gender and work. The GWD can be used as an interactive classroom tool, to obtain basic information on a topic, or as a research tool to examine complex social relations. ...[Following the introduction to the database,] there are six integrated and interactive modules that represent entry points into the study of gender and work, namely precarious employment, health care, unions, migration, unpaid work, and technology. --Website description

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

Pay Equity, Minimum Wage and Equality at Work: Theoretical Framework and Empirical Evidence - Rubery, Jill (Working Paper Series, 2003)
Professor Jill Rubery was commissioned by the ILO to write this Working Paper, as an input for the preparation of the 2003 Global Report on the elimination of discrimination in the world of work. The establishment of a floor to the wage structure is of paramount importance to groups of workers discriminated on grounds such as sex, ethnicity, national origin, age and disability, as these groups are disproportionately represented at the bottom of the occupational hierarchy. By identifying the role that minimum wages can play in reducing gender discrimination in pay, Jill Rubery’s paper contributes to our understanding of the forms of labour market processes compatible with the promotion of non-discrimination, equality and decent work.

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

Victim No. 2 - Waiser, W. A. (Bill) (The Beaver, 2003)
Two men died in the 1935 Regina Riot. But the offical toll was one. Some people thought it should stay that way. ...[Niklas (Nick) Schaak] was working in a relief camp near Saskatoon when he joined the trekkers and took part in the Dominion Day melee. He was attacked by an RCMP constable and suffered head injuries, but cause of death was attributed to pneumonia. --Introduction

Bienfait: The Saskatchewan Miners' Struggles of '31 - Dishaw, Garnet (Briarpatch, 2003)
Brief review of: "Bienfait" by Stephen Endicott.
Keywords: Coal industry; Coal mines; History; Labor unions; Political Science; Strikes