The Hospital Employees' Union Strike and the Privatization of Medicare in British Columbia, Canada - Isitt, Benjamin; Moroz, Melissa (International Labor and Working-Class History, 2007)
In April 2004, the Hospital Employees' Union (HEU) waged an illegal strike that mobilized sections of British Columbia's working class to the brink of a general sympathetic strike. Influenced by BC's class-polarized political culture and HEU's distinct history, the 2004 strike represents a key moment of working-class resistance to neoliberal privatization. HEU was targeted by the BC Liberal government because it represented a bastion of militant, independent unionism in a jurisdiction that appeared overripe (from the neoliberal standpoint) for a curtailment of worker rights and a retrenchment of public-sector employment. HEU also represented a direct barrier, in the language of its collective agreements and collective power of its membership, to the privatization of health services and dismantling of Medicare. The militant agency of HEU members, combined with anger generated by a constellation of social-service cutbacks, inspired rank-and-file workers and several unions to defy collective agreements and embrace sympathetic strike action. This revealed differentiation in the strategy and tactics of BC's labor leadership, and enduring sources of solidarity in labor's ranks.

The Embedded Corporation: Corporate Governance and Employment Relations in Japan and the United States - Jalette, Patrice (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "The Embedded Corporation: Corporate Governance and Employment Relations in Japan and the United States," by Sanford M. Jacoby.
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

Sex Traffic: Prostitution, Crime and Exploitation - Jeffrey, Leslie Ann (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Sex Traffic: Prostitution, Crime and Exploitation," by Paola Monzini.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Human trafficking; MONZINI, Paola; Nonfiction; SEX Traffic: Prostitution, Crime & Exploitation (Book)

Race, Racialization, and Antiracism in Canada and Beyond - Johnson, Genevieve Fuji; Enomoto, Randy; Canadian Ethnocultural Council; National Association of Japanese Canadians; End Racism! Activism for the 21st Century Conference (2000 : Vancouver, BC) (University of Toronto Press, 2007)
This multidisciplinary volume brings together scholars and activists to examine expressions of racism in contemporary policy areas, including education, labour, immigration, media, and urban planning. While anti-racist struggles during the twentieth century were largely pitched against overt forms of racism (e.g., pogroms, genocide, segregation, apartheid, and 'ethnic cleansing'), it has become increasingly apparent that there are other, less visible, forms of racism. These subtler incarnations are of special interest to the contributors. The intent of Race, Racialization, and Antiracism in Canada and Beyond is to probe systemic forms of racism, as well as to suggest strategies for addressing them. The collection is organized by themes pertinent to political and social expressions of racism in Canada and the wider world, such as the state and its mediation of race, education and the perpetuation of racist marginalization, and the role of the media. The contributors argue that, in order to effectively combat racism, various methodological approaches are required, approaches that are reflective of the diversity of the world we seek to understand. -- Publisher's description. Contents: Introduction / Audrey Kobayashi and Genevieve Fuji Johnson -- Negotiating school: marginalized students' participation in their education process / Carl E. James -- Multicultural education: teacher candidates speak out / Donatille Mujawamariya -- The sky didn't fall: organizing to combat racism in the workplace -- the case of the alliance for employment equity / Abigail B. Bakan and Audrey Kobayashi -- Employment conditions of racial minorities in Canada: how bad is the problem of discrimination? / Mohammed A. Al-Waqfi and Harish C. Jain -- Immigrant women's activism: the past thirty-five years / Tania Das Gupta -- Critical discourse analysis: a powerful but flawed tool? / Frances Henry and Carol Tator -- Special plus and special negative: the conflict between perceptions and applications of 'special status' in Canada / Howard Ramos -- Who belongs? Expoloring race and racialization in Canada / Leanne Taylor, Carl E. James, and Roger Saul -- The racialization of space: producng surrey / Gurpreet Singh Johal -- Raceless states / David Theo Goldberg -- Multi-identifications and transformations: reaching beyond racial and ethnic reductionisms / Philomena Essed.
Keywords: Canada; Employment discrimination; Equity; Racism

An Institutional Perspective on the Employment Position of Temporary Workers in the Netherlands - Jong, Jeroen P. de; Schalk, René; Goessling, Tobias (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2007)
This article analyzes the complex employment position of temporary workers within organizations and on the labour market. Temporary employment is usually considered secondary to permanent employment. In recent years, the European Union and the Dutch government have attempted to change this situation by formulating several directives and labour laws. In this paper, we use institutional theory to discuss the institutional foundations and influences that shape the employment and labour-market conditions of temporary workers. The analysis shows that the core issues regarding temporary employment conditions include conflicting (legitimate) interests, socially constructed norms that favour permanent workers, and an uneven distribution of power. Our analysis further shows that institutional forces generate a structural justification for the disadvantaged position of temporary workers.
Keywords: Analysis; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; LABOR market; Labor Unions; Organizational behavior; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Temporary employment

Self-Employed Workers Organize: Law, Policy, and Unions - Jurik, Nancy C. (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Self-Employed Workers Organize: Law, Policy and Unions," by Cynthia J. Cranford, Judy Fudge, Eric Tucker and Leah F. Vosko.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CRANFORD, Cynthia J.; FUDGE, Judy; Nonfiction; SELF-Employed Workers Organize: Law, Policy & Unions (Book); SELF-employed; TUCKER, Eric; VOSKO, Leah F.

Reclaiming the Land: The Resurgence of Rural Movements in Africa, Asia and Latin America - Kenfield, Isabella (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book,"Reclaiming the Land: The Resurgence of Rural Movements in Africa, Asia and Latin America," edited by Sam Moyo and Paris Yeros.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; MOYO, Sam; Nonfiction; RECLAIMING the Land: The Resurgence of Rural Movements in Africa, Asia & Latin America (Book); Social movements; YEROS, Paris

Employment Strain, Precarious Employment, and Temporary Employment Agencies - King, Andy; DeWolff, Alice; Lewchuk, Wayne (Work in Tumultuous Times: Critical Perspectives, 2007)
This interdisciplinary volume offers a powerful critique of how social structures and relations as well as ideologies shape workplaces, labour markets, and households in contemporary Canada. Contributors dissect recent transformations in work and expose the uncertainty, insecurity, and instability that increasingly characterize both paid and unpaid work. Using a progressive approach to political economy, contributors propose alternative policies and practices that might secure more decent livelihoods for workers and their families. Contributors include Hugh Armstrong (Carleton), Pat Armstrong (York), Wallace Clement (Carleton), June Corman (Brock), Gillian Creese (British Columbia), Alice de Wolff (Independent Researcher), Ann Duffy (Brock), Andy King (United Steelworkers of America), Kate Laxer (York), Belinda Leach (Guelph), Wayne Lewchuk (McMaster), David W. Livingstone (OISE), Meg Luxton (York), Norene Pupo (York), Antonie Scholtz (OISE), Vivian Shalla (Guelph), Janet Siltanen (Carleton), Leah F. Vosko (York), Rosemary Warskett (Carleton), and Charlotte Yates (McMaster).
Keywords: Canada; Labor market; Unpaid labour; Working class; Workplace

Employment Equity Policy in Canada: An Interprovincial Comparison - Kobayashi, Audrey; Bakan, Abigail B. (Status of Women Canada, 2007)
This research report presents findings from research comparing employment equity policies in Canada’s 10 provinces and the federal government. We approach the issue of employment equity from the standpoint of challenging systemic oppression. We have sought to describe, explain and suggest ways to rectify a perceived impasse in the effective implementation of employment equity policy regarding the implications it holds for the advancement of visible minority women within the provincial government sector. We premised our study on a recognizable gap between legislative policy designed to promote greater workplace diversity for groups that have experienced systemic oppression within Canada, and the effective implementation of such policies in the workplace. --From Executive Summary

Social Policy and Practice In Canada: A History - Korneski, Kurt (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Social Policy and Practice in Canada: A History," by Alvin Finkel.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; FINKEL, Alvin; Nonfiction; SOCIAL Policy & Practice in Canada: A History (Book); Social policy

« Nous protégeons l'infortune », les origines populaires de l'économie sociale au Québec - Labbé, Pierrick (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "'Nous protégeons l'infortune,' les origines populaires de l'économie sociale au Québec" by Martin Petitclerc.

Obstructed Labour: Race and Gender in the Re-emergence of Midwifery - Langford, Nanci (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Obstructed Labour: Race and Gender in the Re-emergence of Midwifery," by Sheryl Nestel.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; MIDWIFERY; NESTEL, Sheryl; Nonfiction; OBSTRUCTED Labour: Race & Gender in the Re-Emergence of Midwifery (Book)

Imagining Difference: Legend, Curse, and Spectacle in a Canadian Mining Town - Langford, Tom (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Imagining Difference: Legend, Curse and Spectacle in a Canadian Mining Town.," by Leslie A. Robertson.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DIFFERENTIAL psychology; IMAGINING Difference: Legend, Curse & Spectacle in a Canadian Mining Town (Book); Nonfiction; ROBERTSON, Leslie A.

Can We Rely on the ILO? - Langille, Brian A. (Canadian Labour & Employment Law Journal, 2007)
In its ruling in B.C. Health Services, the Supreme Court of Canada relied on Canada's obligations under international law, and specifically ILO law, to hold that s. 2(d) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms on freedom of association not only protects the right of unions to engage in collective bargaining, but also imposes on employers a duty to bargain. The author is critical of the Court's reasoning in advancing the latter proposition, particularly because Canada has not ratified the ILO convention on collective bargaining and therefore is not bound by its provisions. Moreover, he points out, the central tenet of that convention is that ratifying states are required to encourage voluntary - not compulsory - negotiations between employers and workers. The author goes on to note that Canada, in virtue of its membership in the ILO, is covered by that body's 1998 Declaration, which identifies freedom of association as a "core labour right," and also can be the subject of a complaint before the Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA). However, he explains, neither the Declaration nor the CFA procedure results in conventions being binding on non-ratifying states. Furthermore, the Declaration's purpose is merely to "promote" key principles, such as freedom of association; while the CFA is not a judicial body, and its decisions are considered neither binding nor authoritative. In the result, the Supreme Court, partly as a consequence of its misreading of Canada's international law obligations, has constitutionalized a particular model of labour relations - one that is peculiar to North America, even though that model is only one of many ways in which the international law norm of freedom of association can be instantiated and made enforceable. Ultimately, the author concludes, the problem with B.C. Health Services, as with earlier decisions, lies in the Court's refusal to apply the Charter guarantee of equality under s. 15, thus forcing s. 2(d) to do a job for which it is not suited.
Keywords: B.C. Health Services; ILO; collective bargaining; freedom of association; international convention; labour relations

Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement, and the Bombing That Divided Gilded Age America - Lause, Mark A. (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement & the Bombing That Divided Gilded Age America," by James Green.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DEATH in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement & the Bombing That Divided Gilded Age America (Book); GREEN, James; HAYMARKET Square Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1886; Nonfiction

Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson - Lawrie, Paul (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson," by Tom Sito.
Keywords: ANIMATION (Cinematography); BOOKS -- Reviews; DRAWING the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions From Bosko to Bart Simpson (Book); Nonfiction; SITO, Tom

Mémoire sociale et perspectives temporelles futures de salariés à la suite d’une catastrophe industrielle - le Blanc, Alexis; Mègemont, Jean-Luc; Baubion-Broye, Alain (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2007)
Dans le contexte d’une catastrophe industrielle qui a entraîné la fermeture d’une usine chimique, les auteurs analysent le rôle que jouent la mémoire sociale et l’expérience antérieure au sein de l’organisation dans la construction de perspectives temporelles ouvertes sur des projets de reconversion, de mobilité ou de retraite anticipée. Les résultats obtenus par une analyse lexicale informatisée (ALCESTE) des entretiens semi directifs menés auprès de 15 salariés de l’usine permettent d’identifier quatre principales catégories de discours : 1) transition vers la préretraite, 2) Plan Social et possibilités de reconversion, 3) professionnalisation du métier, 4) spécificités du secteur d’activités. Pour chacune d’elles sont examinées les relations entre les modalités d’inscription des sujets dans la mémoire sociale et la définition de leurs perspectives temporelles futures. Cette étude permet d’appréhender les processus de construction de nouveaux rapports à l’organisation de travail à l’oeuvre dans une situation de transition spécifique, marquée par son caractère traumatique et son incertitude.

Employment Strain: The Hidden Costs of Precarious Employment: Final Research Report for the WSIB Research Advisory Council - Lewchuk, Wayne; Clarke, Marlea; De Wolff, Alice; King, Andy (Ontario. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. Research Advisory Council, 2007)
I) Objective: The study aimed to explore the health effects of precarious employment relationships in Ontario, and understand how various forms of support shape health. II) Methods: Three measures make up our "Employment Strain" model: employment relationship uncertainty; employment relationship effort; and, employment relationship support. This new framework was used to measure the characteristics of precarious employment and their effect on health using data from a structured, self-administered, population-based survey completed by 3,244 workers, and 82 semi-structured interviews using a stratified sampling technique to select participants. III) Results: Precarious employment has negative health consequences for many workers. However, the relationship between precarious employment and health is complex, whereby the characteristics of the employment relationship and levels of support determine health outcomes. Using the "Employment Strain" framework, we found that workers exposed to High Employment Strain - workers with high levels of employment relationship uncertainty and high levels of employment relationship effort - have poorer health. Importantly, support does shapes health and can help to buffer the health risks associated with precarious employment.

Transforming Worker Representation: The Magna Model in Canada and Mexico - Lewchuk, Wayne; Wells, Don (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The emergence of internationalized production in the context of weakening state regulation of labour rights and of increasing employer dominance in industrial relations systems raises significant questions about the nature and future of worker representation. A crucial issue is the transferability of company-specific models of worker voice across national boundaries. This issue is the focus of this case study of Magna International, a leading member of a small group of transnational automotive parts manufacturing firms that are central to the contemporary restructuring of the international automotive industry. The paper compares the transformation of worker representation at Magna in Canada and Mexico. In crossing international borders, the Magna industrial relations model has taken on national and local features of the host country. However, the underlying industrial relations structure is one which has elicited a successful reconfiguration and containment of much, although by no means all, of the adversarialism inherent in labour-management relations. This reconfiguration has aligned worker representation to an essentially unitarist project oriented to management's productivity goals. More than merely suppressing independent unions, Magna has constructed a coherent, management--dominated model of worker representation in both Canada and Mexico. The paper concludes with an assessment of the implications of this model for independent unionism.
Keywords: Employee rights; INDEPENDENT unions; Industrial relations; MAGNA International Inc.; State regulation

Corporate Wasteland: The Landscape and Memory of Deindustrialization - Lewis, David; High, Steven C. (Between the Lines, 2007)
Deindustrialization is not simply an economic process; it is also a social and cultural phenomenon. The rusting detritus of our industrial past — the wrecked halls of factories, abandoned machinery too large to remove, and now useless infrastructures — has for decades been a part of the North American landscape. Through a unique blend of oral history, photographs, and interpretive essays, [this book] investigates this fascinating terrain and the phenomenon of its loss and rediscovery. --Publisher's description

Not This Time: Canadians, Public Policy, and the Marijuana Question, 1961-1975 - Lexier, Roberta (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Not This Time: Canadians, Public Policy and the Marijuana Question 1961-1975," by Marcel Martel.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; MARIJUANA; MARTEL, Marcel; NOT This Time: Canadians, Public Policy & the Marijuana Question 1961-1975 (Book); Nonfiction

Militant Mothers Fight Poverty: The Just Society Movement, 1968-1971 - Little, Margaret Hillyard (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article presents information on the Just Society Movement (JSM) of Canada which consists of mothers with the aim of empowering the poor. A non-hierarchical structure that encourages different people to take leadership positions within the organization was advocated by the group. Advocacy and disruptive protest were believed to be the key to JSM success.
Keywords: Canada; DEMONSTRATIONS (Collective behavior); Leadership; Mothers; Organizational behavior; POOR people; SOCIAL advocacy; SOCIETIES

Bibliography: Recent Publications in Canadian Labour History [60, Fall 2007] - Lonardo, Michael; Sweeney, Robert C. H. (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
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.]
Keywords: BIBLIOGRAPHY (Documentation); History; Labor

The Right to the City: Social Justice and the Fight for Public Space - Lord, Kathleen (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book ,"The Right to the City: Social Justice and the Fight for Public Space," by Don Mitchell.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; MITCHELL, Don; Nonfiction; RIGHT to the City: Social Justice & the Fight for Public Space, The (Book); Social justice

Plus ça change? A Comparative Analysis of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program and the Pilot Foreign Worker Program for Farm Workers in Quebec - Lowe, Sophia J. (Ryerson University, 2007)
For the last 40 years, migrant farm workers from the Caribbean and Mexico have been recruited to work temporarily on Canadian farms under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP). In 2002, the pilot Foreign Worker Program (FWP) for low skilled migrant workers was initiated in the province of Quebec and under this program began the recruitment of Guatemalan migrant farm workers. Since the program's start, the number of Guatemalan migrants has nearly tripled and there seems to be a decline in the number of workers hired under the SAWP in Quebec. This paper examines the FWP's development, set-up, consequences and operation alongside the SAWP and shows how the Canadian state is expanding the number and flexibility of temporary worker programs. This paper draws attention to the neo-liberal context of migrant farm labour in Canada, pointing to the ways in which Canada's federal policies governing seasonal agricultural migrants and the agricultural labour market are exploitative and racist.
Keywords: Foreign Worker Program; Migrant; Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program; easonal; foreign labour; racism; temporary

Bora Laskin: Bringing Law to Life - MacDowell, Laurel Sefton (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Bora Laskin: Bringing Law to Life," by Philip Girard.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; BORA Laskin: Bringing Law to Life (Book); GIRARD, Philip; Lawyers; Nonfiction

The Workforce Scorecard: Managing Human Capital to Execute Strategy - Malo, François Bernard (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "The Workforce Scorecard: Managing Human Capital to Execute Strategy," by Mark A. Huselid, Brian E. Becker and Richard W. Beatty.
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 Southern Diaspora: How the Great Migrations of Black and White Southerners Transformed America - Mann, Geoff (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "The Southern Diaspora: How the Great Migrations of Black and White Southerners Transformed America," by James N. Gregory.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; EMIGRATION & immigration; GREGORY, James N.; Nonfiction; SOUTHERN Diaspora: How the Great Migrations of Black & White Southerners Transformed America, The (Book)

Woman of the World: Mary McGeachy and International Cooperation - Marshall, Dominique (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Woman of the World: Mary McGeachy and International Cooperation," by Mary Kinnear.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; INTERNATIONAL cooperation; KINNEAR, Mary; Nonfiction; WOMAN of the World: Mary McGeachy & International Cooperation (Book)

Transition professionnelle et orientation de rôle dans la fonction de cadre - Martin-Canizarès, Christine; Baubion-Broye, Alain (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2007)
L’article, centré sur les orientations de rôle de nouveaux cadres de l’Action Sociale, prolonge et complète le modèle de la proactivité appliquée aux processus de socialisation organisationnelle. Ce modèle reconnaît au sujet la capacité à agir sur son environnement de travail, à en interpréter les prescriptions; l’orientation de rôle est, dans cette perspective, dépendante des rapports des sujets aux exigences de la tâche, de l’organisation et à celles de son propre développement. Les auteurs estiment qu’elle est également placée sous l’influence de visées et d’engagements afférents aux milieux et activités de socialisation en dehors du travail. Ainsi l’étude empirique qualitative met-elle en évidence les variabilités interindividuelles des modes d’accomplissement du rôle managérial. Elle souligne aussi la nécessité d’une prise en compte de la pluralité des ancrages familiaux, personnels et sociaux des sujets pour rendre intelligibles les processus psychologiques à l’oeuvre dans l’orientation de rôle au cours de la transition professionnelle.
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

Vancouver Through the Eyes of a Hobo: Experience, Identity, and Value in the Writing of Canada's Depression-Era Tramps - McCallum, Todd (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
As a window into contemporary debates about the concept of experience, this essay examines 1934's Vancouver Through the Eyes of a Hobo, which may have the distinction of being the only extant book about hoboing in Depression-era Canada written by a self-identified transient, Victor Wadham Forster. Forster mapped for his readers a dialectic: Nature -- an antimodern pastoral refuge where hoboes lived in freedom -- stood against the City -- a wholly modern capitalist nightmare, home to economic exploitation and its attendant moral degradations. Yet, the author also articulated his desire to destroy this way of life -- and the foundation of his claims to authority as a writer -- in order to effect his and every hobo's reintegration with society. Casting off his avowed allegiance to tramping, Forster divined for his readers a third social formation, a new kind of capitalism infused with a Christian ethos of brotherhood and cooperation, and propped up by an unbounded white supremacy and a rigidly patriarchal division of labour. Herein lies the tragedy of Vancouver Through the Eves of a Hobo: to save the hobo required the destruction of the hobo way of life.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; FORSTER, Victor Wadham; Nonfiction; TRAMPS; VANCOUVER Through the Eyes of a Hobo (Book)

Re-Framing US Labour's Crisis: Reconsidering Structure, Strategy, and Vision - McCartin, Joseph A. (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article focuses on labor crisis in the U.S. The author claims that the country's main labor problem is not the declining union density but the global economic transformation that have exacerbated various labor issues, including weak and poorly enforced labor laws, aggressively anti-union employers and rivalry among unions. The strategy that U.S. must take to reform its labor is discussed.
Keywords: CRISES; Economics; LABOR laws & legislation; Labor; Labor Unions; United States

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism - McFarlan, Jim (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2007)
Book review of: "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism" by Naomi Klein.

My Union, My Life: Jean-Claude Parrot and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers - McInnis, Peter S. (Peter Stuart) (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "My Union, My Life: Jean-Claude Parrot and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers," by Jean-Claude Parrot.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CANADIAN Union of Postal Workers; Labor leaders; MY Union, My Life: Jean-Claude Parrot & the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (Book); Nonfiction; PARROT, Jean-Claude

Industrial Relations in Canada - McQuarrie, Fiona A. E. (Wiley and Sons Canada, 2007)
Makes it easier to understand the complex and sometimes controversial field of industrial relations. How? Its unique process-oriented approach gives you a clear road map by illustrating how and why unions are formed, and introduces you to the Canadian industrial relations system and the forces that shape it. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Industrial relations -- Canada -- Textbooks

Defining Work: Gender, Professional Work, and the Case of Rural Clergy - Mellow, Muriel (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2007)
An illuminating study of how gender and work intersect among the rural clergy. For rural clergy, the lines between private life and professional life can blur. Their offices are often in their homes, parishioners are also neighbours, and professional duties are intertwined with emotional caregiving and volunteer activity. In a society that defines work as paid, public, and intellectual the ambiguity inherent in the life of the rural clergy poses unique challenges. Muriel Mellow considers how men and women in this occupational group conceptualize "work" in the context of their unique circumstances and shows how their experience raises questions for feminist theories of work. Based on interviews with forty rural Protestant clergy, Mellow argues that male and female clergy challenge gendered definitions of work by focusing on obligation, context, visibility, and time. She also considers how clergy's work is shaped by the rural setting, arguing that we must consider how work is "placed" as well as gendered. --Publisher's description

Fast Food Alienation: Service Work and Alienation in British Columbia, 1968-1998 - Milloy, Jeremy Strachan (Simon Fraser University, 2007)
Since World War II, service work has become the major employment sector in North America. One of the most recognizable forms it takes is in the fast food industry, a multi-billion dollar business with outlets all over the globe. Little has been written about the history of this work, central to the functioning of the global economy and a key part of the move from an industrial economy to a consumer one. This move has changed work by examining BC's White Spot chain, which unlike almost any other has been unionized for over three decades. Drawing on union records an d oral interviews, it analyzes fast food unionism, evaluates organizing in the sector, and draws out workplace dynamics and processes; arguing that labour practices in this sector have been crucial in making work more exploitative.

The Empire Within: Montreal, the Sixties, and the Forging of a Radical Imagination - Mills, Sean William (Queen's University, 2007)
This thesis explores the wide variety of ways in which radical intellectuals and activists in Montreal used and adapted Third World decolonization theory to build a broad movement of solidarity and anti-colonial resistance from 1963-1972. Beginning in the early 1960s, activists and intellectuals in Montreal began drawing upon the language of Third World decolonization to resituate their understandings of themselves, their society, and the world in which they inhabited. Through their engagement with Third World liberation theory – and the closely related language of Black Power – radical intellectuals in Montreal sought to give new meaning to the old conception of humanism, and they worked to drastically expand the geographical frame of reference in which Quebec politics were generally understood. After analyzing the shifting meaning of decolonization in the period leading up to the late 1960s, this thesis explores the ways in which various groups adopted, built upon, challenged, and shaped the conception of Quebec liberation. Montreal’s advocates of women’s liberation, the city’s Black activists, defenders of unilingualism, and labour radicals were all deeply shaped by the intellectual and urban climate of Montreal, and by ideas of Quebec decolonization. They developed their own individual narratives of liberation, yet linked by the flexible language of decolonization, these narratives all greatly overlapped, forming a vast movement which was larger than the sum of its parts. If the concept of decolonization was extremely powerful, however, it was also highly ambiguous and contradictory, and activists only slowly came to an understanding of the multi-layered nature of colonialism in Quebec. By the early 1970s, the idea of decolonization was slowly abandoned by those advocating radical social change in the city. This thesis makes three interrelated arguments. First, it argues that radicalism in Quebec in the 1960s cannot be understood outside of the larger international context in which it emerged. Second, it attempts to rethink the ways in which different groups and movements during the 1960s interacted and fed upon each other’s analyses and learned from each other. And, finally, by looking at the centrality of Third World decolonization to the development of dissent in Montreal, it hopes to add new perspectives to the growing field of international Sixties scholarship, by insisting that history of the ‘West’ was profoundly shaped by its interactions with the Third World.

Limitations to Inclusive Unions from the Perspectives of White and Aboriginal Women Forest Workers in the Northern Prairies - Mills, Suzanne E. (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2007)
Several authors have argued that broadening the traditional understandings of union solidarity is necessary for union renewal. Concerns specific to workers from marginalized groups have been shown to challenge traditional understandings of union collectivity. This paper draws on interviews with white and Aboriginal women forest processing workers to argue that interrogating marginalized workers' negative representations of their unions can provide insights that will help to broaden traditional understandings of union solidarity. I use thematic analysis followed by critical discourse analysis to examine women workers' negative talk about unions. I present examples of how women's negative representations of their unions can be understood as different forms of collectivism when examined in the context of their lived experiences of work and unionism. Some white and Aboriginal women's representations of their unions wove individualistic anti-union statements together with their previous experiences of work highlighting the inequality between unionized and non-unionized workers in the community. The talk of other Aboriginal women critiqued the union for not representing them while demonstrating a sense of collectivity with other Aboriginal workers. By exploring linkages between women's negative representations of unions and their work experiences, unions can better understand the negative union sentiment of marginalized workers and use this to create more inclusive forms of solidarity.

Women's Experiences and Representations of Diversity Management and Organizational Restructuring in a Multinational Forest Company - Mills, Suzanne Elizabeth (University of Saskatchewan, 2007)
This thesis examines the relationship between worker identity and workplace practices from the perspectives of white and Aboriginal women working in a multinational forest company in the northern prairies. Over the course of three manuscripts I demonstrate the salience of ascribed and constructed identities of women to their experiences and representations of forest employment and corporate discourse. Setting the context for the remainder of the thesis, the first manuscript presents an analysis of employment segregation by gender and Aboriginal identity in Canada’s forest sector in 2001 using segregation indices. Results demonstrate that forest employment was vertically segregated by both gender and Aboriginal ancestry in the forest sector in 2001. Men and women of First Nations ancestry were over represented in less-stable and lower paying occupations in woods based forest industries, and both white and First Nations women were over represented in forest services and clerical occupations. To explore women’s perceptions of company practices of diversity management and restructuring, I then analysed interviews with women working in forest processing using critical discourse analysis. In my second manuscript, I demonstrated how women’s representations of diversity management practices were linked to their social identities in terms of Aboriginal identity and class. Yet, as a whole, these representations prompted a questioning of the meaning of difference within diversity management, and of diversity management’s ability to further the interests of marginalised workers. My third manuscript examining representations of restructuring, argues that there is a two way relationship between women’s identities as workers and their representations of restructuring. Whether women reproduced or resisted restructuring was linked to their presented work identities and restructuring and practices in turn were helping to shape women’s worker subjectivities. Results from this thesis demonstrated that how women represent themselves and workplace practices is related to their different experiences in the specific set of social relations of forestry work in the northern prairies.

Suburban Sweatshops: The Fight for Immigrant Rights - Mochoruk, Jim (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Suburban Sweatshops: The Fight for Immigrant Rights," by Jennifer Gordon.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; GORDON, Jennifer; Immigrants; Nonfiction; SUBURBAN Sweatshops: The Fight for Immigrant Rights (Book)

Working People: An Illustrated History of the Canadian Labour Movement - Morton, Desmond (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2007)
From the dock workers of Saint John in 1812 to teenage "crews" at McDonald's today, Canada's trade union movement has a long, exciting history. Working People tells the story of the men and women in the labour movement in Canada and their struggle for security, dignity, and influence in our society. Desmond Morton highlights the great events of labour history - the 1902 meeting that enabled international unions to dominate Canadian unionism for seventy years, the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, and an obscure 1944 order-in-council that became the labour's charter of rights and freedoms. He describes the romantic idealism of the Knights of Labor in the 1880s and looks at "new model" unions that used their members' dues and savings to fight powerful employers. Working People explores the clash between idealists, who fought for socialism, industrial democracy, and equality for women and men, and the realists who wrestled with the human realities of self-interest, prejudice, and fear. Morton tells us about Canadians who deserve to be better known - Phillips Thompson, Helena Gutteridge, Lynn Williams, Huguette Plamondon, Mabel Marlowe, Madeleine Parent, and a hundred others whose struggle to reconcile idealism and reality shaped Canada more than they could ever know. -- Publisher's description. Contents: Working people -- Getting organized -- International ideas -- Political movement -- Labour reformers -- Hinterland labour -- Trades and labour -- Gompers's shadow -- Business, labour, and governments -- Labour radicals -- Labour and the first World War -- Western revolt -- Unroaring twenties -- Surviving the depression -- Industrial unionism -- Fighting Hitler and management -- "People coming into their own" -- No falling back -- Struggle for allegiance -- Merger movement -- Times of frustration -- Prosperity and discontent -- Public Interest, Public Service -- Justice and nationalism -- Quebec and the common front -- Scapegoat for inflation -- Recession and hard times -- Levelling the playing field -- Struggling to the millennium -- Millennial achievements -- Graphs: Changes in the labour movement.
Keywords: Labor Unions; Labor movement; Working class

Into the Hurricane: Attacking Socialism and the CCF - Naylor, James (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Into the Hurricane: Attacking Socialism and the CCF," by John Boyko.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; BOYKO, John; INTO the Hurricane: Attacking Socialism & the CCF (Book); Nonfiction; Socialism

Garment Production in Canada: Social and Political Implications - Ng, Roxana (Studies in Political Economy, 2007)
The garment industry is often held out as the first victim of globalization and the movement of capital and jobs from North to South. But Roxana Ng’s article “Garment Production in Canada: Social and Political Implications” reveals that, contrary to expectation, the Canadian garment industry may in fact be growing, and it is taking increasingly different forms within various Canadian cities. For Ng, the contradictory and unexpected developments within the garment industry raise questions about the forms of capital accumulation and the effects of globalization. Mapping the complex links between the restructuring of the garment industry, and Canadian immigration policy and the North American Free Trade Agreement, Ng considers how the experiences of this industry may provide a grounding for researchers, educators, and policy analysts to engage in more forward-looking and proactive response to capital accumulation. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Canada; Globalization; Production; Retail

Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Canada: American Philanthropy and the Arts and Letters in Canada - Nurse, Andrew (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Rockefeller, Carnegie and Canada: American Philanthropy and the Arts and Letters in Canada," by Jeffrey D. Brison.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; BRISON, Jeffrey D. (Jeffrey David), 1963-; CHARITIES -- United States; Nonfiction; ROCKEFELLER, Carnegie & Canada: American Philanthropy & the Arts & Letters in Canada (Book)

Pratiques de gestion mobilisatrices et implantation d'un système d'information: Une évaluation qualitative - Ouadahi, Jamal; Guérin, Gilles (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2007)
Dans cet article, nous présentons une partie des résultats d’une recherche qualitative dont l’un des objectifs était de mettre en évidence le rôle joué par certaines pratiques de gestion mobilisatrices, comme la communication, la participation, la formation, le soutien et la reconnaissance des efforts, dans l’adhésion des employés à l’implantation d’un système d’information (SI). Cependant, ces pratiques peuvent être perçues différemment par chaque employé selon leur crédibilité, adéquation, pertinence ou opportunité et prises en compte dans le processus d’évaluation qui conduit à la formation de son attitude à l’égard du SI. Pour explorer ce phénomène, nous avons réalisé deux études de cas dans deux organismes publics au Québec au cours desquelles nous avons effectué des entrevues semi-structurées en profondeur auprès de vingt employés. Ce texte présente les résultats de l’analyse du contenu de ces entrevues.
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

L'ingérence socialement responsable dans les relations interorganisationnelles - Pailot, Philippe (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2007)
L’objet de cet article est d’analyser l’influence des normes socialement responsables édictées par les firmes-pivots dans des accords-cadres internationaux et des codes de conduite sur les modes de gestion de l’emploi de leurs entreprises partenaires. En présentant une critique du concept de responsabilité sociale de l’entreprise, nous verrons que ces dispositifs remettent en cause la pertinence des catégories d’employeurs et de salariés en questionnant les frontières des entreprises. Soulignant l’importance structurante des pressions institutionnelles sur les comportements organisationnels, nous montrerons dans quelle mesure l’instrumentation socialement responsable est susceptible d’enrichir la compréhension des modalités de coordination interfirme où l’analyse comparative institutionnelle inspirée par l’économie des coûts de transaction reste dominante.
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 Other Quiet Revolution: National Identities in English Canada, 1945-1971 - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "The Other Quiet Revolution: National Identities in English Canada, 1945-1971," by José E. Igartua.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Fiction; IGARTUA, Jose E.; NATIONAL characteristics; OTHER Quiet Revolution: National Identities in English Canada 1945-1971, The (Book)

Vers une transformation des relations industrielles en Amérique du Nord - Paquet, Renaud (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Vers une transformation des relations industrielles en Amérique du Nord," by Jean-Claude Bernatchez.
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

From the net to the Net: Atlantic Canada in the Global Economy - Parnaby, Andrew (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "From the Net to the Net: Atlantic Canada in the Global Economy," edited by James Sacouman and Henry Veltmeyer.
Keywords: ATLANTIC Provinces; BOOKS -- Reviews; FROM the Net to the Net: Atlantic Canada in the Global Economy (Book); Nonfiction; SACOUMAN, James; VELTMEYER, Henry

Revolution: The 1913 Great Strike in New Zealand - Patmore, Greg (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Revolution: The 1913 Great Strike in New Zealand," edited by Melanie Nolan.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; NOLAN, Melanie; Nonfiction; REVOLUTION: The 1913 Great Strike in New Zealand (Book); REVOLUTIONS & socialism

Race, Employment Discrimination, and State Complicity in Wartime Canada, 1939-1945 - Patrias, Carmela (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
[This] study shows that the crisis of war reinforced pre-existing social and economic inequality based on racist views and practices. War-induced anxieties intensified suspicion of "foreigners" -- a term which encompassed large numbers of Canadian-born and naturalized people of Japanese, central, eastern, and southern European descent and Jews -- as unpatriotic, disloyal, radical, and incapable of becoming truly Canadian. The war also brought sharply into focus and even intensified racist assumptions that African Canadians, eastern and southern Europeans, and Native people were suitable only for menial jobs; that Jewish, Chinese, and Japanese Canadians were economically aggressive; and that Jews in particular were given to shady practices. Such racist stereotypes in turn legitimized the ongoing marginalization of these minorities in the workforce. The state colluded in racist practices. To be sure not all state officials or all Canadians were racist, but the pragmatism that informed official complicity with employment discrimination underscores the pervasiveness of racism in wartime Canada. State officials -- some of whom held racist ideas -- were willing to accept employers' and workers" racist preferences because they believed that to do otherwise would create social unrest and disrupt war industries. Moreover, officials found that the relegation of minority groups such as Chinese Canadians, Japanese Canadians, and Native people to menial work offered the important benefit of filling jobs that Canadians with wider options avoided.
Keywords: Canada; Discrimination in employment; Employment discrimination; MINORITIES -- Employment; Minorities; Race; Racism; War

Confrontation, Struggle and Transformation: Organized Labour in the St. Catharines Area - Patrias, Carmela; Savage, Larry (Past CCLH Publications, 2007)
Confrontation, Struggle and Transformation is the story of working women and men in the St. Catharines area from the mid-1800s to the present. The study explores the labour movement's fight to survive and thrive in the Niagara region. Thanks to extensive quotations from interviews, archival sources and local newspapers, the story unfolds, in part, through the voices of the people themselves: workers who fought for unions, community members who supported them and employers who opposed them. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Discrimination in employment; History; Labor Unions; Labor movement; Political activity

Making the Voyageur World: Travelers and Traders in the North American Fur Trade - Payne, Michael (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Making the Voyageur World: Travelers and Traders in the North American Fur Trade," by Carolyn Podruchny.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; FUR traders; MAKING the Voyageur World: Travelers & Traders in the North American Fur Trade (Book); Nonfiction; PODRUCHNY, Carolyn

Beyond Mothering Earth: Ecological Citizenship and the Politics of Care - Piper, Liza (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Beyond Mothering Earth: Ecological Citizenship and the Politics of Care," by Sherilyn MacGregor.
Keywords: BEYOND Mothering Earth: Ecological Citizenship & the Politics of Care (Book); BOOKS -- Reviews; ECOFEMINISM; MACGREGOR, Sherilyn; Nonfiction

Labour Arbitration in Canada - Ponak, Allen (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2007)
Labour Arbitration in Canada, by Morton Mitchnick and Brian Etherington, is reviewed.
Keywords: Arbitration; Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Household Politics: Montreal Families and Postwar Reconstruction - Poulter, Gillian (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Household Politics: Montreal Families and Postwar Reconstruction," by Magda Fahrni.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; FAHRNI, Magda; HOUSEHOLD Politics: Montreal Families & Postwar Reconstruction (Book); Nonfiction; Postwar reconstruction

Behind the Screens: Telemediated Work in the Canadian Public Sector - Pupo, Norene (Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation, 2007)
Among the recent measures undertaken in Canada to adapt the public sector to the 'new economy' in order to maintain or enhance economic competitiveness on an international level has been the adoption of new technologies and e-government, affecting both labour processes and service delivery. All three levels of government – municipal, provincial, and federal – have adopted 'virtual service techniques'. This paper examines telemediated processes and new work arrangements in the public sector and raises questions regarding the impact on workers and their trade unions, working conditions, service delivery, and social citizenship.

Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism - Ramsay, Ellen (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism," by Robert A. Pape.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DYING to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism (Book); Nonfiction; PAPE, Robert A.; SUICIDE terrorism

Equity, Diversity, and Canadian Labour - Rayside, David M.; Hunt, Gerald (University of Toronto Press, 2007)
The Canadian labour movement has undergone several fundamental changes in response to demands for greater inclusion and representation by women, visible and sexual minorities, and people with disabilities. Equity, Diversity, and Canadian Labour explores the specific challenges put to outmoded conceptions of labour, charting the effort made towards establishing a more inclusive vision of labour in Canada. The study concludes that the Canadian labour movement has seen a fair amount of progress in this regard, though it still faces persistent impediments to equity and suffers from an uneven responsiveness within and across diversity issues. This collection of original essays brings together contributors from a variety of backgrounds womens studies, political science, sociology, industrial relations, and the labour movement itself. They provide detailed analyses of significant changes in union policies, practices, and cultures as viewed through different disciplinary lenses. With reference to gender, race, disability, and sexuality, the volume assesses the status of labour diversity in Canada and suggests what still needs to be done to advance the equity project. --Publisher's description. --Publisher's description. Contents: Looking back: A brief history of everything / Julie White -- Bargaining against the past: Fair pay, union practice, and the gender pay gap / Anne Forrest -- Union response to pay equity: A cautionary tale / Judy Haiven -- Labour's collective bargaining records on women's and family issues / Karen Bentham -- We are family: Labour responds to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender workers / Gerald Hunt and Jonathan Eaton -- Broadening the labour movement's disability agenda / David Rayside and Fraser Valentine -- Racism and the labour movement / Tania Das Gupta -- Equity, diversity, and Canadian labour: A comparative perspective / David Rayside. Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-282).
Keywords: Activit politique. Mouvement ouvrier; Aspect social; Canada; Canada. Dmocratie syndicale; Canada. Genre/Form: Aufsatzsammlung; Canada. Labor movement; Canada. Labor movement. Labor union democracy. Labor unions; Canada. Labor union democracy; Canada. Labor unions; Canada. Pay equity; Canada. Syndicats; Canada. galit de rmunration; Labor unions; Political activity; Political activity. Labor unions; Social aspects; Social aspects. Pay equity. Arbeiterbewegung Gewerkschaft Syndicats

Development NGOs and Labor Unions: Terms of Engagement - Robinson, Ian (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Development NGOs and Labor Unions: Terms of Engagement," edited by Deborah Eade and Alan Leather.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DEVELOPMENT NGOs & Labor Unions: Terms of Engagement (Book); EADE, Deborah; LEATHER, Alan; Nonfiction; Nongovernmental organizations

Partisanship, Globalization, and Canadian Labour Market Policy: Four Provinces in Comparative Perspective - Robinson, Ian (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Partisanship, Globalization, and Canadian Labour Market Policy: Four Provinces in Comparative Perspective," by Rodney Haddow and Thomas Klassen.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Economic policy; LABOR market; Labor Unions; Policy making; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; provinces

An Outmoded Approach to Labour and Slavery - Roediger, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews and comments on the book "Labor, Free and Slave: Workingmen and the Anti-Slavery Movement in the United States," by Bernard Mandel, with introduction by Brian Kelly.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; KELLY, Brian; LABOR: Free & Slave, Workingmen & the Anti-Slavery Movement in the United States (Book); Labor; MANDEL, Bernard; Nonfiction

London's Marginal Histories - Rogers, Nicholas (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews and comments on several books including "Violent London: 200 Years of Riots, Rebels an Revolts," by Clive Bloom, "Down and Out in 18th-Century London," by Tim Hitchcock, and "The London Mob: Violence and Disorder in 18th-Century England," by Robert Shoemaker.
Keywords: BLOOM, Clive; BOOKS -- Reviews; DOWN & out in 18th Century London (Book); HITCHCOCK, Tim; LONDON Mob: Violence & Disorder in 18th Century England, The (Book); Nonfiction; SHOEMAKER, Robert; VIOLENT London: 2000 Years of Riot, Rebels & Revolts (Book)

Labour and Employment Law in the Federal Public Service - Rootham, Christopher (Irwin Law, 2007)
[D]escribes the labour and employment law governing employees of Parliament, employees of government agencies, members of the RCMP, and most direct employees of the government (excluding members of the Canadian armed forces, judges, and employees of Crown corporations). Specifically, the book deals with the Public Service Labour Relations Act and the Public Service Employment Act. It also provides the leading cases and, where appropriate, a representative sample of decisions to explain or provide examples of particular points. The legal regime of the federal public service has undergone significant change in the past three years, and no other book addresses these significant changes. Part I of this book provides an overview of federal public service labour and employment law. Part II considers the normal labour law topics as they apply to direct employees of the government and employees of government agencies. Essentially, Part II of this book is about Part I of the Public Service Labour Relations Act. Part III concerns the terms and conditions of employment for both unionized and non-unionized employees — essentially, Part II of the Public Service Labour Relations Act. Part IV involves the legal regulation of the employment relationship in the federal public service — namely, the process for appointment to and within the federal public service. Part V of considers Crown servants — specifically RCMP members and parliamentary employees — who are not considered federal public servants for the purposes of the Public Service Labour Relations Act. Part VI considers the legal regulation of superannuation (pensions) for Crown servants and the role that courts play in the regulation of federal public service labour and employment law. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Canada; Civil service; Labor laws and legislation; Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

Differences that Matter, Social Policy and the Working Poor in the United States and Canada - Rose, Ruth (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Differences that Matter, Social Policy and the Working Poor in the United States and Canada," by Dan Zuberi.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; International comparisons; Labor Unions; Low income groups; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social policy

Varieties of Social Unionism: Towards a Framework for Comparison - Ross, Stephanie (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2007)
In academic and activist debates about union renewal, the replacement of business unionism with social unionism is seen as central to the labour movement's short- and long-term survival. Social unionism, generally understood to involve both engagement with social justice struggles beyond the workplace and methods of union activity beyond the collective bargaining process, is claimed to increase the labour movement's organizing capacity, bargaining power, and social and political weight. However, despite its increased importance, social unionism's various meanings, strategies, and implications remain relatively unexamined, and very different approaches are often lumped together. Using concepts from social movement theory, this paper proposes an analytical framework for systematically comparing different concrete manifestations of social unionism. In particular, social unionist initiatives vary according to 1) the ethos or collective action frame used to rationalize union activity; 2) the repertoire or strategic means used to act on that ethos; and 3) the internal organizational practices and power relations which shape who is involved in defining and carrying out union goals and initiatives. I argue that whether social unionist projects are able to reach immediate instrumental goals as well as generate renewed working class / movement capacity is shaped by both the mix of frame, repertoire and organizational practice as well as the relationship between these three. The paper therefore asserts that the category "social unionism" must be more nuanced, and calls for a more explicitly comparative and multi-methodological approach to reveal such complexity.

Rising Profit Shares, Falling Wage Shares - Russell, Ellen D.; Dufour, Mathieu (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2007)
Addresses the growing trend towards income inequality by focusing on wages and salaries. The authors find that the benefits of economic growth are not reflected in Canadian wages over the past generation.

"If the Workers Took a Notion": The Right to Strike and American Political Development - Russell, Jason (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book,"'If the Workers Took a Notion': The Right to Strike and American Political Development," by Josiah Bartlett Lambert.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; IF the Workers Took a Notion: The Right to Strike & American Political Development (Book); LAMBERT, Josiah Bartlett; Nonfiction; STRIKES & lockouts

Constituting Authority: Policing Workers and the Consolidation of Police Power in Vancouver, 1918-1939 - Russwurm, Lani (Simon Fraser University, 2007)
Policing in Vancouver was transformed by the labour unrest of the interwar period, culminating in a campaign carried out by a new civic regime that assumed power in response to a general strike threat. Complicating the process was that police workers were considered unreliable for policing labour disputes, especially since they unionized under the threat of a general strike in 1918. The challenge of “constituting authority” was therefore to render the police a reliable instrument against working class unrest. This study traces the development of policing through the postwar spate of waterfront strikes to the 1930s anticommunist campaign that carried the struggle into the political arena. Even as police power was being consolidated in the municipal police institution, rank and file police were undermined by tactics long used against other workers, namely labour spies and police specials. Like other workers, police resisted, modifying the process of change as a result.

Fighting from Home: The Second World War in Verdun, Quebec - Rutherdale, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Fighting From Home: The Second World War in Verdun, Quebec," by Serge Durflinger.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DURFLINGER, Serge; FIGHTING From Home: The Second World War in Verdun, Quebec (Book); Nonfiction; WORLD War, 1939-1945

Leviathans : Multinational Corporations and the New Global History - Saba, Tania (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Leviathans : Multinational Corporations and the New Global History," edited by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. and Bruce Mazlish.
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

States of Nature: Conserving Canada's Wildlife in the Twentieth Century - Sandlos, John (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "States of Nature: Conserving Canada's Wildlife in the 20th Century," by Tina Loo.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; LOO, Tina; Nonfiction; STATES of Nature: Conserving Canada's Wildlife in the 20th Century (Book); WILDLIFE conservation

Faut-il brûler le modèle social français ? - Sarfati, Hedva (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Partisanship, Globalization, and Canadian Labour Market Policy: Four Provinces in Comparative Perspective," by Rodney Haddow and Thomas Klassen.
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 Political Future of Social Security in Aging Societies - Sarfati, Hedva (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2007)
The Political Future of Social Security in Aging Societies, by Vincenzo Galasso, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Older people; Reforms; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social security

From Centralization to Sovereignty-Association: The Canadian Labour Congress and the Constitutional Question - Savage, Larry (Review of Constitutional Studies, 2007)
This article surveys positions on constitutional reform of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) from a historical perspective. In addition to analyzing how Canada’s largest labour organization has approached issues of national unity, federalism, and constitutional reform, the article underscores how Canadian constitutional struggles were reflected within the labour movement by focusing on how constitutional politics affected the relationship between the CLC and its Québec affiliate, the (Québec Federation of Labour) FTQ. Specifically, the article traces the gradual eclipse of the CLC’s preference for centralization and the emergence of sovereignty-association as a political position which the CLC has both externalized politically and internalized organizationally.

Organized Labour and Constitutional Reform Under Mulroney - Savage, Larry (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article considers the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) and the Québec Federation of Labour (FTQ) during the tenure of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Discusses CLC and FTQ approaches to the Meech Lake Accord, as well as organized labour's response to the Charlottetown Accord. Explores how the longstanding party-union relationship deranged the trade union movement's weak constitutional perspective.
Keywords: CENTRAL labor councils; Canada; Labor Unions; Labor movement; MULRONEY, Brian, 1939-

Organized Labour and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms - Savage, Larry (The Supreme Court Law Review, second series, 2007)
This article examines the relationship of the Canadian Labour Congress with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms from the initial stages of the Charter's development, in the 1980-81 Special Committee on the Canadian Constitution, to its present status as powerful legal instrument and national symbol.

Schools of Democracy: A Political History of the American Labor Movement - Savage, Larry (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Schools of Democracy: A Political History of the American Labor Movement," by Clayton Sinyai.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Labor movement; Nonfiction; SCHOOLS of Democracy: A Political History of the American Labor Movement (Book); SINYAI, Clayton

Smart City North: Economic and Labour Force Impacts of Call Centres in Sudbury, Ontario - Schatz, Laura; Johnson, Laura (Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation, 2007)
Geographers debate the value of telecommunications-mediated jobs (or 'eWork') for the economies of smaller, deindustrialised and rural areas. Against the backdrop of globalisation, various regions across Canada are courting knowledge-sector business development. Sudbury, a medium-sized northern Ontario city, has invested heavily in telecommunications infrastructure and touted its assets and resources to potential employers in order to help its ailing economy. Since the late 1990s, Sudbury has attracted some ten new call centres, with a combined labour force numbering about 4,000. In this article, we use Sudbury as a case study to consider the overall effects of eWork on a local labour force and a regional economy. From the combined perspectives of employers, unions, municipal planners, local economic development officials, and academic researchers, we assess the net impact of these new economy jobs.

Written in the Flesh: A History of Desire - Sethna, Christabelle (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Written in the Flesh: A History of Desire," by Edward Shorter.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DESIRE; Nonfiction; SHORTER, Edward; WRITTEN in the Flesh: A History of Desire (Book)

Work in Tumultuous Times: Critical Perspectives - Shalla, Vivian; Clement, Wallace (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2007)
This interdisciplinary volume offers a powerful critique of how social structures and relations as well as ideologies shape workplaces, labour markets, and households in contemporary Canada. Contributors dissect recent transformations in work and expose the uncertainty, insecurity, and instability that increasingly characterize both paid and unpaid work. Using a progressive approach to political economy, contributors propose alternative policies and practices that might secure more decent livelihoods for workers and their families. -- Publisher's description
Keywords: Discrimination in employment; Job security; Labor

Insurgency Online: Web Activism and Global Conflict - Smith, Peter J. (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Insurgency Online: Web Activism and Global Conflict," by Michael Y. Dartnell.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DARTNELL, Michael Y.; INSURGENCY; INSURGENCY Online: Web Activism & Global Conflict (Book); Nonfiction

Legal Dimensions of International Framework Agreements in the Field of Corporate Social Responsibility - Sobczak, André (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2007)
The aim of this article is to offer an in-depth analysis of the different legal aspects of international framework agreements (IFAs) negotiated between multinational companies and global union federations. Using examples from different agreements, the article shows the potential added value IFAs have in contributing to an effective social regulation within international groups and global supply chains that are today regulated insufficiently by national, European and international labour law standards. It also analyses the impact of the international negotiation process of the IFAs and the powers of the signatory parties on the legally binding character of these texts. To conclude, the article discusses the potential added value of an optional legal framework for IFAs.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; International law; Labor Unions; Labor law; Labor negotiations; Multinational corporations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social responsibility

Bananera: Women Transforming the Banana Unions of Latin America - Spronk, Susan (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Bananera: Women Transforming the Banana Unions of Latin America," by Dana Frank.
Keywords: BANANERAS: Women Transforming the Banana Unions of Latin America (Book); BOOKS -- Reviews; FRANK, Dana; Nonfiction; WOMEN labor union members

Determinants of Return-to-Work among Employees Absent Due to Mental Health Problems - St-Arnaud, Louise; Bourbonnais, Renée; Saint-Jean, Micheline; Rhéaume, Jacques (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2007)
The contribution of work in the occurrence of mental health problems prompts us to question the conditions which favour a successful return to work. The goals of this study are to describe the profile of workers who have been absent due to a mental health problem and to compare those who returned to those who did not, and those for whom there was resolution or non resolution of their health problem. This study among public sector employees was cross-sectional. Data was collected using mailed questionnaires and analyses were performed for 1850 respondents. The results show a significant difference between those who were back at work and those who were not, based on the cause they reported for their absence from work. Improved working conditions accompanying return to work may be a major determinant of health recovery and successful return to work, and ensure job retention.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Comparative analysis; Decision making; Government employees; Labor Unions; Mental health; Qualitative research; Return to work programs; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

A History of Migration from Germany to Canada 1850-1939 - Stokes, Lawrence D. (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "A History of Migration From Germany to Canada 1850-1939," by Jonathan Wagner.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; EMIGRATION & immigration; HISTORY of Migration From Germany to Canada 1850-1939, A (Book); Nonfiction; WAGNER, Jonathan

The Stelco Saga: Restructuring and Resistance in the Neo-Liberal Era - Stone, Brendan (McMaster University, 2007)
Global market conditions have led to large corporate bankruptcies in recent years, particularly in the steel sector. Bankruptcy restructuring under the u.s. Chapter 11 or Canadian Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act [CCAA] places employee pensions at risk. In response to concessionary restructuring, the U.s. arm of the United Steelworkers [USW] intervened in several steel sector bankruptcies, developing restructuring solutions that led to partial or near-complete restoration of pensions and collective agreements. In Canada, during Stelco's troubled bankruptcy process between 2004 and 2006, Steelworker locals employed this interventionist method to prevent pension and collective agreement concessions. Scholars, such as Frost and Bacon, implicitly provide a rationale for union intervention into bankruptcy restructuring. They argue that union intervention in general corporate restructuring allows workers a greater voice in the process, leads to optimal results, and prevents union irrelevance. Frost outlines several criteria for maximizing union success during restructuring: the strength of union intra-organizational and external ties; the responsiveness of the union leadership towards the interests of the membership; and the ability of the union to access information and participate at all levels of the process. Many of Frost's recommendations were critical to the success of the USW locals at Stelco in achieving their bargaining and restructuring goals. Unlike in the more cooperative restructuring examples studied by Frost and Bacon, however, Stelco's Canadian locals employed a very assertive stance, since management exhibited initial hostility to union intervention. The union also found it necessary to enlist the help of government. While union intervention in bankruptcies remains a controversial process, it is one possible solution for troubled manufacturing unions, represents an overall USW push towards greater involvement in management, and may even lead towards an exit for labour from the discarded "post-war compromise."

The Struggle against Wage Controls: The Saint John Story, 1975-1976 - Swartz, Donald (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "The Struggle against Wage Controls: The Saint John Story, 1975-1976, by George Vair.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Canadian history; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strikes; Wage & price controls

Punk Rockers' Revolution: A Pedagogy of Race, Class, and Gender - Tanner, Julian (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Punk Rockers' Revolution: A Pedagogy of Race, Class and Gender," by Curry Malott and Milagros Peña.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; MALOTT, Curry; Nonfiction; PENA, Milagros; PUNK Rockers' Revolution: A Pedagogy of Race, Class & Gender (Book); PUNK rock music

Toyotaism Meets the 60-Hour Work Week: Coercion, Consent, and the Regulation of Working Time - Thomas, Mark (Studies in Political Economy, 2007)
Explores the implications of the 2001 revisions to the Employment Standards Act in Ontario, which increased the weekly maximum number of work hours to 60 while loosening the requirements for overtime pay. Based on a case study involving interviews with several workers from the Ontario Toyota plant, the author argues that the changes involve a re-regulation of the labour market that enhances employer-centred flexibility via the construction of a new form of time discipline.

Introducing "New Voices In Labour Studies In Canada" - Thomas, Mark; Tufts, Steven (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2007)

Sick Building Syndrome and the Problem of Uncertainty: Environmental Politics, Technoscience, and Women Workers - Thorlakson, Marilyn (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Sick Building Syndrome and the Problem of Uncertainty: Environmental Politics, Technoscience and Women Workers," by Michelle Murphy.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; MURPHY, Michelle; Nonfiction; SICK Building Syndrome & the Problem of Uncertainty: Environmental Politics, Technoscience & Women Workers (Book); SICK building syndrome

Canada’s Guest Workers: Racialized, Gendered, and Flexible - Trumper, Ricardo; Wong, Lloyd L (Race and Racism in 21st-century Canada: Continuity, Complexity, and Change, 2007)
Recent demographic projections based on Statistics Canada data indicate that persons designated as belonging to a visible minority group will comprise 20 per cent of the Canadian population by 2017. In Canada's major cities, the proportion of persons classified as visible minority is expected to exceed 50 per cent. What is race, and how should racism be studied sociologically? What differences exist in patterns of structural incorporation within and among ethno-racial groups in Canada? What factors influence upward social mobility? Are Canadian institutions capable of meeting the needs of the country's increasingly diverse ethno-racial population? These are some of the questions that this volume addresses. This collection of original articles identifies future research directions for racism in Canada based on important changes taking place in the country. It also offers the basis for a more complete understanding of racism and social change in Canada.
Keywords: 1991-; CULTURAL pluralism; Canada; Conditions sociales; Pluralisme; Race relations; Racism; Racisme; Relations raciales; Social conditions

Emerging Labour Strategies in Toronto’s Hotel Sector: Toward a Spatial Circuit of Union Renewal - Tufts, Steven (Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 2007)
I discuss the recent union renewal strategies adopted by UNITE-HERE Local 75, the union representing a majority of Toronto’s organized hotel workers—a fragmented and diverse labour force. Local 75’s renewal strategies are multiscalar with knowledge and resources flowing through the organization forming a spatial circuit of union renewal. Conceptualizing union renewal as a spatial circuit maps the interdependencies of different scales of labour organization and the tensions that emerge among such scales. The paper focuses on the hotel union’s strategic attempts to (re)create pattern bargaining at local and international scales and organize new hotels prior to their construction. I conclude with a brief discussion linking the recent merger of UNITE-HERE and its departure from the AFL-CIO to broader renewal processes.

Those Who Serve - Tufts, Steven (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews and comments on three books including "Paradise Laborers: Hotel Work in the Global Economy," by Patricia Adler and Peter Adler, "Class Acts: Service and Inequality in Luxury Hotels," by Rachel Sherman, and "Differences That Matter: Social Policy and the Working Poor in the United States and Canada," by Dan Zuberi.
Keywords: ADLER, Patricia; ADLER, Peter; BOOKS -- Reviews; CLASS Acts: Service & Inequality in Luxury Hotels (Book); DIFFERENCES That Matter: Social Policy & the Working Poor in the United States & Canada (Book); Nonfiction; PARADISE Laborers: Hotel Work in the Global Economy (Book); SHERMAN, Rachel; ZUBERI, Dan

Globalization and the New Modes of Activism - Vahabzadeh, Peyman (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews several books including "Globalization and Social Exclusion: A Transformationalist Perspective," by Ronaldo Munck, "Global Citizens: Social Movements and the Challenge of Globalization," by Marjorie Mayo, and "Identity, Place, Knowledge: Social Movements Contesting Globalization," by Janet M. Conway.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CONWAY, Janet M.; GLOBAL Citizens: Social Movements & the Challenge of Globalization (Book); GLOBALIZATION & Social Exclusion: A Transformationalist Perspective (Book); IDENTITY, Place, Knowledge: Social Movements Contesting Globalization (Book); MAYO, Marjorie; MUNCK, Ronaldo; Nonfiction

Self-Employed Workers Organize: Law, Policy and Unions - Vallée, Guylaine (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Self-Employed Workers Organize: Law, Policy and Unions," by Cynthia J. Cranford, Judy Fudge, Eric Tucker and Leah F. Vosko.
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

Le droit de l'emploi au Québec - Veilleux, Diane (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Le droit de l’emploi au Québec," 3rd edition, by Fernand Morin, Jean-Yves Brière and Dominic Roux.
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

Globalization and the Future of Labour Law - Verge, Pierre (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2007)
The article reviews the book, 'Globalization and the Future of Labour Law," edited by John D.R. Craig and S. Michael Lynk.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Authentic Indians: Episodes of Encounter from the Late-Nineteenth-Century Northwest Coast - Vibert, Elizabeth (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Authentic Indians: Episodes of Encounter From the Late-19th-Century Northwest Coast," by Paige Raibmon.
Keywords: AUTHENTIC Indians: Episodes of Encounter From the Late 19th-Century Northwest Coast (Book); BOOKS -- Reviews; INDIGENOUS peoples of the Americas; Nonfiction; RAIBMON, Paige

Taxi! Cabs and Capitalism in New York City - Walby, Kevin (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Taxi! Cabs and Capitalism in New York City," by Biju Mathew.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; MATHEW, Biju; Nonfiction; TAXI! Cabs & Capitalism in New York City (Book); TAXICAB drivers

Tell the Court I Love My Wife: Race, Marriage and Law -- An American History - Walker, Barrington (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Tell the Court I Love My Wife: Race, Marriage and Law: An American History," by Peter Wallenstein.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; INTERRACIAL marriage; Nonfiction; TELL the Court I Love My Wife: Race, Marriage & Law: An American History (Book); WALLENSTEIN, Peter

Discourses of Denial: Mediations of Race, Gender and Violence - Wan, LiLynn (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Discourses of Denial: Mediations of Race, Gender and Violence," by Yasmin Jiwani.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DISCOURSES of Denial: Mediations of Race, Gender & Violence (Book); JIWANI, Yasmin; Mass media; Nonfiction

Anna May Wong: From Laundryman's Daughter to Hollywood Legend - Wang, Yiman (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Anna May Wong: From Laundryman's Daughter to Hollywood Legend," by Graham Russell Gao Hodges.
Keywords: ANNA May Wong: From Laundryman's Daughter to Hollywood Legend (Book); BOOKS -- Reviews; HODGES, Graham Russell Gao; Nonfiction; WONG, Anna May, 1905-1961

'I Need People That Are Happy, Always Smiling': Guest Interaction And Emotional Labour In A Canadian Downtown Hotel - Watt, Paul (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2007)
This paper discusses interactive service employment within the hospitality industry. Using research undertaken at a downtown hotel in a Canadian city, the paper examines front-line customer service workers engaged in guest interaction. It employs the concept of 'emotional labour', as developed by Hochschild, to illuminate not only managerial discourses, but also the work experiences of those women employed at the front desk (reception) and reservations. The women are shown to engage in intense and prolonged emotional labour, including having to routinely deal with 'irate guests'. The front office workers are shown to engage in covert resistance strategies in order to help them cope with the demands of the job including from aggressive guests. The paper also discusses the way that the work of women room attendants involved a guest interaction element, one that could involve doing emotional labour. The paper concludes by suggesting policy and further research implications, including on what the long-term effects of emotional labour might be.

A Brief History of Neoliberalism - Webber, Jeffery R. (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
This article reviews the book, "A Brief History of Neoliberalism," by David Harvey.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; BRIEF History of Neoliberalism, A (Book); HARVEY, David; Liberalism; Nonfiction

Give Me the Room to Learn: Associations between Job Control and Work-Related Learning - Weststar, Johanna (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2007)
Societal rhetoric claims that the intellectual capital of workplaces must be leveraged if Canada is to compete in the "knowledge economy". To achieve this, however, employers must create work environments that are favorable to workers and conducive to learning. This paper uses a sample of 5800 Canadian workers from the Work and Lifelong Learning Survey and twenty interviews with Information Technology workers from the Education-Job Requirement Matching Project to focus on the relationship between worker control and learning engagement. The data show that increased levels of social and technical control are associated with increased worker engagement in formal courses, informal education (mentoring) and non-taught learning. This research has implications for job design that includes real and meaningful opportunities for worker input and agency into their own tasks and broader organizational decision-making. These results provide important information for future research regarding the inclusion and conceptualization of learning and job control constructs.

Impediments to Disability Accommodation - Williams-Whitt, Kelly (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2007)
The results of a qualitative field investigation exploring how tripartite relationships affect disability accommodations are reported. Arbitration cases, in-depth interviews and other documentation are analyzed using grounded theory techniques. Four key categories emerge as contributors to difficult accommodations. The first category suggests that managerial reluctance and bias may stem from added workload or from questions about disability credibility. It further demonstrates how trust issues spill over to affect future accommodations. The second category, employee involvement, indicates that excluding the disabled employee from accommodation planning occurs frequently and has a negative affect on communication patterns, again damaging trust. The third category, ineffective investigation, highlights the difficulty managers have balancing confidentiality requirements: over-investigating illness legitimacy and under-investigating accommodation options. The final category, union-management climate, looks at union roles in accommodation and suggests that while unions often play a unique and positive role, substantial union-management animosity taints return-to-work efforts.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Disability management; Employee attitude; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Managers; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Women's History in Global Perspective - Williams, Carol (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Women's History in Global Perspective," edited by Bonnie Smith.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Nonfiction; SMITH, Bonnie; WOMEN'S History in Global Perspective (Book); WOMEN'S history

Développement et validation d’un modèle de structuration des valeurs au travail - Wils, Thierry; Luncasu, Marian; Waxin, Marie-France (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2007)
Bien que les valeurs au travail jouent un rôle important en gestion des ressources humaines, il n’existe actuellement aucun instrument de mesure des valeurs au travail reposant sur une structuration théorique. À partir des travaux de Schwartz, cette étude propose de valider un modèle de structuration des valeurs au travail à l’aide d’un inventaire des valeurs au travail (IVT). Pour ce faire, l’analyse multidimensionnelle est la procédure statistique privilégiée pour réaliser une telle démarche de validation conceptuelle du modèle théorique proposé. L’analyse de données provenant d’un échantillon de 174 professeurs québécois milite en faveur de ce modèle théorique qui balise un nouveau domaine de recherche en gestion des ressources humaines.

Labor of Fire: The Ontology of Labor between Economy and Culture - Wisman, Jon D. (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book, "Labor of Fire: The Ontology of Labor between Economy and Culture," by Bruno Gulli.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; GULLI, Bruno; LABOR of Fire: The Ontology of Labor Between Economy & Culture (Book); Labor; Nonfiction

The Problems and Experiences of Ethnic Minority and Migrant Workers in Hotels and Restaurants in England - Wright, Tessa (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2007)
While working conditions in hotels and restaurants are known to consist of low pay, low status, exploitation of employees and lack of unionisation, little has been written in the UK about the specific experiences of ethnic minority and migrant workers. The article is based on research into the problems and experiences of ethnic minority and migrant workers in hotels and restaurants in three regions of England, consisting of in-depth interviews with 50 ethnic minority and migrant workers, plus additional key informant interviews. It argues that issues such as low pay, long hours, bullying, racial harassment, lack of opportunities for promotion and discrimination are problems affected by, or compounded by, respondents' ethnic backgrounds or migrant status. The article concludes that three key factors serve to differentiate the experience of ethnic minority and migrant workers in the sector: immigration status; working in the informal sector; discrimination in the labour market and employment.

Canada's East Asian Transplants Reach Maturity: Rewards and Perils - Yanarella, Ernest J. (Labor Studies Journal, 2007)
Most East Asian auto transplants in North America are now a quarter-century or more old. This perspective should now allow their evolution from the original post-Fordist model and their impact on surrounding local and regional economies to be subjects for comparative analysis. This article seeks to contribute to this research task by assessing one joint venture and three auto transplants—the CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, the Toyota plant in Cambridge, Ontario, the Honda plant in Alliston, Ontario, and the Hyundai plant in Bromont. Based on fieldwork and interviews in Canada in 1991 and 2004, it seeks to evaluate the promise and fulfillment and the successes and shortfalls of these four plants as instruments of work reorganization and business management and as catalysts of local and regional economic development.
Keywords: auto industry; economic development; industrial recruitment; labor-management relations

Missed Opportunities and Forgotten Futures: Why Union Renewal in Canada Has Stalled - Yates, Charlotte A. B. (Charlotte Alyce Bronwen) (Trade Union Revitalisation: Trends and Prospects in 34 Countries, 2007)
Assesses the state of the union movement in Canada. Concludes that progress in the past decade has been hampered by internal competition, resistance by many in the movement to new, more militant forms of action, and a lack of vision to offer workers in the struggle to resist employers and governments.

Working on Screen: Representations of the Working Class in Canadian Cinema - Zaniello, Tom (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
The article reviews the book "Working on Screen: Representations of the Working Class in Canadian Cinema," edited by Malek Khouri and Darrell Varga.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; KHOURI, Malek; Nonfiction; VARGA, Darrell; WORKING class in motion pictures; WORKING on Screen: Representations of the Working Class in Canadian Cinema (Book)

'There Were Always Men in Our House': Gender and the Childhood Memories of Working-Class Ukrainians in Depression-Era Canada - Zembrzycki, Stacey (Labour / Le Travail, 2007)
As an exploration of the childhood memories of working-class Ukrainians who grew up in Depression-era boarding houses (or houses with a few boarders) in Sudbury, Ontario, this paper treats the oral histories as the subject, not merely the method, of analysis and highlights, in particular, the gendered differences that emerge in the narratives of the men and women interviewed for this project. Moreover, this article argues that even within a politically polarized immigrant group such as the Ukrainians, where left/right, progressive/ nationalist, and secular/religious splits were so pronounced, and thus central to shaping the histories and historiographies of both camps, it was the influence of dominant gender roles rather than politics, religion, or ideology that most directly informed the differing memories of experience that men and women had of growing up Ukrainian and working class in Sudbury. In particular, this article focuses on informants' recollections regarding three areas of activity that were part of everyday boarding house life: children's relationships with male boarders, their domestic chores, and leisure activities.
Keywords: EVERYDAY life; GENDER role; Ontario; SEX differences (Biology); SUDBURY (Ont.); UKRAINIANS; Working class

Associations between Work Intensification, Stress and Job Satisfaction: The Case of Nurses in Ontario - Zeytinoglu, Isik U.; Denton, Margaret; Davies, Sharon; Baumann, Andrea; Boos, Linda; Blythe, Jennifer (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2007)
Health sector reform of the 1990s affected most health care workers in Ontario and in other provinces. As a result of organizational changes, many workers experienced work intensification. This paper examines the associations between work intensification, stress and job satisfaction focusing on nurses in three teaching hospitals in Ontario. Data come from our 2002 survey of 949 nurses who worked in their employing hospital since the early 1990s when the health sector reform era began. Results show that nurses feel their work has intensified since the health sector reform of the 1990s, and work intensification contributed to increased stress and decreased job satisfaction. Results provide empirical support to the literature which suggests that work intensification has an adverse effect on workers’ health and well-being, and work attitudes.
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

Analyse des conduites de salariés en transition de fin de carrière: Le cas de travailleurs et travailleuses en situation d'emploi atypique - Zimmermann, Hélène; Fournier, Geneviève; Gauthier, Christine (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2007)
Cet article propose une analyse des conduites d’investissement de travailleurs et travailleuses dans les différents domaines de leur existence. S’inspirant de l’approche du parcours de vie (life course), il s’appuie sur une enquête qualitative conduite au Québec auprès de 78 salariés âgés de 45 ans et plus, en situation d’emploi atypique depuis au moins trois ans. Les résultats mettent d’abord en évidence le large éventail des conduites observées. Ils montrent aussi la diversité des rapports à l’âge et à l’avenir professionnel des sujets. La prise en compte de ce regard subjectif porté par les travailleurs sur leur étape de vie et leur situation professionnelle s’avère éclairante pour interpréter la diversité des conduites d’investissement observées. Dans une perspective complémentaire, l’article examine dans quelle mesure ces différentes conduites sont statistiquement associées à quelques variables sociobiographiques et de situation professionnelle.
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

Organizing for Better Working Conditions and Wages: The Unite Here! Hotel Workers Rising Campaign - Zuberi, Dan (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2007)
This article examines some of the strategies and success of the UNITE HERE! union in its ongoing Hotel Workers Rising: Lifting One Another Above the Poverty Line campaign in the United States and Canada. This unique campaign has generated national attention in both the United States and Canada about issues facing hotel workers, including how changes in corporate policies aimed at pleasing the consumer - such as the shift to 'heavenly' beds - has had deleterious consequences for Room Attendants in terms of back injuries from lifting heavier mattresses. How successful has the UNITE HERE! been so far in terms of securing new contracts? What about in terms of organizing urban, suburban, and rural hotel employees? What barriers do unions face when organizing hotel workers? What does comparing union density rates in the hotel sector across cities reveal? After beginning to address some of these questions, this article concludes by providing some policy recommendations.

Indigenous Labour Organizing in Saskatchewan: Red Baiting and Red Herrings - Pitawanakwat, Brock (New Socialist, 2006)
An indigenous woman and former employee with the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) recently confided her frustration with the apathetic approach to collective organizing amongst her co-workers. When asking her colleagues why they did not want a union to represent them, a frequent reply was that it was “not our way.” In other words, organizing to protect workers’ rights is “un-indigenous.” That these views have taken root among employees is indicative of the seductive sway that fixed notions of tradition hold on indigenous people. Many of us fear being accused of what the Plains Cree refer to as moniyakaso; that is, “acting or behaving as a white person.” This article explores these themes in the context of the highly publicized establishment and eventual elimination of a labour union at the Northern Lights Casino in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. --Introduction

Conspiracy in Winnipeg: How the 1919 General Strike Leaders Were Railroaded into Prison and What We Must Do Now to Make Amends - Chaboyer, Jan; Black, Errol (CCPA Review - Labour Notes, 2006)
The strike started 15 May 1919 with the young women working at the telephone system leading the way. By the end of the second day, 35,000 Winnipeg workers, a majority of them unorganized, had left their jobs in an unprecedented demonstration of solidarity in support of fair treatment, dignity and justice for all working people.

‘The best men that ever worked the lumber’: Aboriginal Longshoremen on Burrard Inlet, BC, 1863-1939 - Parnaby, Andrew (Canadian Historical Review, 2006)
This essay examines Aboriginal longshoremen, most of whom belonged to the Squamish First Nation, on Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, from 1863 to 1939. Beginning with a consideration of the Squamish adaptation to wage labour in the mid-to-late nineteenth century, this essay analyses the ways in which Aboriginal workers negotiated the daily demands of waterfront work. Their encounter with the work process, labour politics, welfare capitalism, and class conflict are studied in depth. Despite intense competition from non-Aboriginal workers for limited job opportunities, Aboriginal longshoremen worked on Burrard inlet for a long period of time; in addition to the daily demands of waterfront work, this essay also explores the strategies that Squamish dockers adopted to protect their positions on the waterfront. Often mentioned in the scholarly literature, but never studied in a systematic way, the 'Indian'waterfront provides a window into the importance of waged work to Aboriginal people on Burrard Inlet and the sophisticated ways that the Squamish responded to Canadian colonialism and capitalism.

Abstracts = Résumés (57, Spring 2006) (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
English/French abstracts of articles in published in the Spring 2006 edition of the journal.
Keywords: ABSTRACTS; Canada; Labor Unions; Liberalism; Political Science

Labour Left Out: Canada's Failure to Protect and Promote Collective Bargaining as a Human Right - Adams, Roy J. (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2006)
[The author] reports on his research into the failure of Canadian governments to protect and promote the collective bargaining rights of both unionized and non-unionized workers in this country. Far from honouring their solemn commitments to the UN’s International Labour Organization, our governments have blatantly and repeatedly violated them. Their many strike-breaking actions and arbitrarily imposed contract settlements have been condemned by the ILO, which has cited Canada as one of the world’s worst violators of basic labour rights. In exposing the appalling anti-labour record of our federal and provincial governments, Adams includes his exchange of correspondence with Canada’s labour ministries on their dismal labour-law policies. --Publisher's summary
Keywords: Collective bargaining -- Canada

Janitors and Sweatshop Citizenship in Canada - Aguiar, Luis L M (Antipode, 2006)
Janitors in Canada increasingly suffer from what I call here “sweatshop citizenship”, which is a combination of disintegrating workplace rights and eroding social citizenship rights. This condition has been institutionalized by neoliberal state policies which have undermined the welfare state and the assumptions of citizenship which it embodied. Through an exploration of how sweatshop citizenship is being instituted in Ontario and British Columbia, I consider the difficulties which contemporary industrial practices in the cleaning industry and anti-union legislation are presenting janitors, together with the possibility for their resisting such conditions.

The Price of Poverty: Money, Work, and Culture in the Mexican American Barrio - Alamillo, José M. (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "The Price of Poverty: Money, Work and Culture in the Mexican American Barrio," by Daniel Dohan.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DOHAN, Daniel; ETHNOLOGY -- United States; Nonfiction; PRICE of Poverty: Money, Work & Culture in the Mexican American Barrio, The (Book)

The Union Dimension: Mitigating Precarious Employment? - Anderson, John; Beaton, James; Laxer, Kate (Precarious Employment: Understanding Labour Market Insecurity in Canada, 2006)
[E]xamines the degree to which unionization, a key indicator of control over the labour process...limits precarious employment among workers. it also explores, how, and in what ways, union coverage mitigates precarious employment for workers in distinct social locations....Although unionization mitigates precariousness for some workers, [the authors] contend that inequalities based on race still prevail. --From editor's introductory chapter, p. 38.
Keywords: Labor Unions; Labor laws and legislation; Labor market; Temporary employment

Mainstreaming Informal Employment and Gender in Poverty Reduction: A Handbook for Policy-Makers and Other Stakeholders - Anderson, Nickela (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Mainstreaming Informal Employment and Gender in Poverty Reduction: A Handbook for Policy-Makers and Other Stakeholders," by Martha Alter Chen, Joann Vanek and Marilyn Carr.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CAPITALISTS & financiers; CARR, Marilyn; CHEN, Martha Alter; MAINSTREAMING Informal Employment & Gender in Poverty Reduction: A Handbook for Policy-Makers & Other Stakeholders (Book); Nonfiction; VANEK, Joann

NHS plc: The Privatisation of Our Health Care - Annandale, Ellen (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "NHS plc: The Privatisation of Our Health Care," by Allyson Pollock, Collins Leys, David Price, David Rowland and Shamini Gnani.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; GNANI, Shamini; NHS plc: The Privatisation of Our Health Care (Book); Nonfiction; POLLOCK, Allyson; PRICE, David; Privatization; ROWLAND, David

Precarious Work, Privatization, and the Health-Care Industry: The Case of Ancillary Workers - Armstrong, Pat; Laxer, Kate (Precarious Employment: Understanding Labour Market Insecurity in Canada, 2006)
[P]ortrays precarious employment in the increasingly privatized Canadian health-care industry. In the face of dramatic restructing in this industry, [the authors] reveal that a growing number of women health-care workers, especially those performing what is deemed to be "ancillary work," are subject to conditions of work that make not only ancillary health-care workers but patients too at greater risk of ill-health. --From editor's introductory chapter (p. 35).
Keywords: Industrial hygiene; LABOR market; Labor Unions; Labor laws and legislation; Temporary employment

Staying with People Who Slap Us Around: Gender, Juggling Responsibilities and Violence in Paid (and Unpaid) Care Work - Baines, Donna (Gender, Work & Organization, 2006)
Little is actually known about women's occupational health, let alone how men and women may experience similar jobs and health risks differently. Drawing on data from a larger study of social service workers, this article examines four areas where gender is pivotal to the new ways of organizing caring labour, including the expansion of unpaid work and the use of personal resources to subsidize agency resources; gender-neutral violence; gender-specific violence and the juggling of home and work responsibilities. Collective assumptions and expectations about how men and women should perform care work result in men's partial insulation from the more intense forms of exploitation, stress and violence. This article looks at health risks, not merely as compensable occupational health concerns, but as avoidable products of forms of work organization that draw on notions of the endlessly stretchable capacity of women to provide care work in any context, including a context of violence. Indeed, the logic of women's elastic caring appear crucial to the survival of some agencies and the gender order in these workplaces.
Keywords: Unpaid work; care work; occupational health; violence; work–home balance

Pension Power: Unions, Pension Funds, and Social Investment in Canada - Baldwin, Bob (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Pension Power: Unions, Pension Funds, and Social Investment in Canada," by Isla Carmichael.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CARMICHAEL, Isla; Nonfiction; PENSION Power: Unions, Pension Funds & Social Investment in Canada (Book); PENSION trusts

Sustainability and the Civil Commons: Rural Communities in the Era of Globalization - Bantjes, Rod (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Sustainability and the Civil Commons: Rural Communities in the Era of Globalization," by Jennifer Sumner.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Globalization; Nonfiction; SUMNER, Jennifer; SUSTAINABILITY & the Civil Commons: Rural Communities in the Era of Globalization (Book)

Interventions externes en santé et en sécurité du travail: Influence du contexte de l'établissement sur l'implantation de mesures préventives - Baril-Gingras, Geneviève; Bellemare, Marie; Brun, Jean-Pierre (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
Un modèle d’analyse a été construit pour rendre compte de l’influence du contexte de l’établissement sur l’issue d’interventions de prévention en santé et en sécurité du travail. Il a été constitué à partir d’une étude de cas en profondeur de sept interventions réalisées par des conseillers externes. L’étude examine l’influence du degré de développement des activités en prévention avant l’intervention, qui apparaît lui-même fortement lié aux caractéristiques structurelles des établissements. Une typologie des modes de régulation sociale de la santé et de la sécurité observés au sein des milieux de travail est présentée ; ces régulations jouent également un rôle dans la mise en oeuvre des mesures préventives. L’étude met en évidence l’apport des interventions externes à la prévention en santé et en sécurité du travail, et de leur collaboration soutenue avec les milieux de travail, au cours d’interventions successives.
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

Humanitarianism, Identity, and Nation: Migration Laws of Australia and Canada - Bauder, Harald (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Humanitarianism, Identity, and Nation: Migration Laws of Australia and Canada," by Catherine Dauvergne.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DAUVERGNE, Catherine; HUMANITARIANISM; HUMANITARIANISM, Identity & Nation: Migration Laws in Canada & Australia (Book); Nonfiction

Offshore Labor in Ontario - Bauder, Harald (Labor Movement: How Migration Regulates Labor Markets, 2006)
Throughout the industrialized world, international migrants serve as nannies, construction workers, gardeners and small-business entrepreneurs. Labor Movement suggests that the international migration of workers is necessary for the survival of industrialized economies. The book thus turns the conventional view of international migration on its head: it investigates how migration regulates labor markets, rather than labor markets shaping migration flows. Assuming a critical view of orthodox economic theory, the book illustrates how different legal, social and cultural strategies towards international migrants are deployed and coordinated within the wider neo-liberal project to render migrants and immigrants vulnerable, pushing them into performing distinct economic roles and into subordinate labor market situations. Drawing on social theories associated with Pierre Bourdieu and other prominent thinkers, Labor Movement suggests that migration regulates labor markets through processes of social distinction, cultural judgement and the strategic deployment of citizenship. European and North American case studies illustrate how the labor of international migrants is systematically devalued and how popular discourse legitimates the demotion of migrants to subordinate labor. Engaging with various immigrant groups in different cities, including South Asian immigrants in Vancouver, foreigners and Spataussiedler in Berlin, and Mexican and Caribbean offshore workers in rural Ontario, the studies seek to unravel the complex web of regulatory labor market processes related to international migration. Recognizing and understanding these processes, Bauder argues, is an important step towards building effective activist strategies and for envisioning new roles for migrating workers and people. The book is a valuable resource to researchers and students in economics, ethnic and migration studies, geography, sociology, political science, and to frontline activists in Europe, North America and beyond. --Publisher's description

Une analyse longitudinale de la pérennité des expériences des travailleuses et des travailleurs autonomes canadiens - Beaucage, André; Najem, Elmustapha (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
Les auteurs de cet article proposent une évaluation empirique de facteurs qui favoriseraient la longévité des expériences des travailleuses et des travailleurs autonomes canadiens et concourraient ainsi à l’explication de la forte croissance de ce statut d’emploi ces dernières décennies. S’appuyant sur un cadre théorique original et utilisant le modèle de régression à risques proportionnels de Cox, ils estiment les prédicteurs de la probabilité de sortie des expériences de travail autonome suivies sur une période de 72 mois avec les données longitudinales de l’Enquête sur la dynamique du travail et du revenu. Leur étude révèle des différences notables entre les prédicteurs de la pérennité des expériences des hommes et des femmes, mais souligne aussi l’importance des conditions économiques des expériences de ces deux groupes pour en comprendre le succès.

A Labour Force for the Consumer Century: Commodification in Canada's Largest Department Stores, 1890 to 1940 - Belisle, Donica (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
Between 1890 and 1940 Canada's three largest department stores -- Eaton's Simpson's, and the Hudson's Bay Company -- developed a multifacted system of employee commodification. Not only did they encourage their employees to become avid consumers, so did they market their employees' activities, interests, and bodies. They undertook these commodiyfing gestures in an attempt to extract value from their workforces. Investigating the rise and operation of commodification at these major retailers, this paper offers new insights into corporate management systems, demonstrates that commodification had negative consequences for employees, and provides fresh perspectives on 20th-century consumer capitalism.
Keywords: CHAIN stores; COMMERCIAL buildings; Canada; DISCOUNT houses (Retail trade); FRANCHISES (Retail trade); RETAIL industry; RETAIL stores -- Management; SALES management; SHOPPING centers; TRADING posts

Suburbanization and Mass Culture in North America - Belisle, Donica (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews and comments on several books including "Creeping Conformity: How Canada Became Suburban, 1900-1960," by Richard Harris, "Manufacturing Suburbs: Building Work and Home on the Metropolitan Fringe," by Robert Lewis and "A Great Duty: Canadian Responses to Modern Life and Mass Culture, 1939-1967," by Len Kuffert.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CREEPING Conformity: How Canada Became Suburban 1900-1960 (Book); GREAT Duty: Canadian Responses to Modern Life & Mass Culture 1939-1967, A (Book); HARRIS, Richard; KUFFERT, Len; LEWIS, Robert; MANUFACTURING Suburbs: Building Work & Home on the Metropolitan Fringe (Book); Nonfiction

New Working-Class Studies - Bender, Daniel E. (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "New Working-Class Studies," edited by John Russo and Sherry Lee Linkon.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; LINKON, Sherry Lee; NEW Working-Class Studies (Book); Nonfiction; RUSSO, John; Working class

Le renouveau syndical au Mexique sous le premier gouvernement de transition - Bensusán, Graciela (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
Partant de l’ascension au pouvoir d’un nouveau parti politique au Mexique en l’an 2000, cet article s’intéresse au processus de renouvellement des syndicats, en particulier à leurs capacités de tirer profit des occasions d’action impulsées par ce changement politique. Alors que le mandat du nouveau gouvernement touche à sa fin, force est de constater que le syndicalisme mexicain traverse une période de transition truffée d’incertitudes et de conflits. Plusieurs facteurs confirment la crise du modèle corporatiste et, du même coup, la perte d’influence des syndicats traditionnels et l’essor de nouvelles formes d’action syndicale. Néanmoins, la transition vers des formes de gouvernance démocratiques fondées sur l’autonomie syndicale, la pleine citoyenneté des travailleurs et le principe de l’État de droit demeure incomplète. Il en résulte que la formulation d’un nouveau cadre institutionnel s’avère indispensable à l’émergence d’acteurs syndicaux renouvelés, soucieux de démocratie et de transparence.

Vers une transformation des relations industrielles en Amérique du Nord - Bernatchez, Jean-Claude (Gestion des relations humaines - Relations industrielles, 2006)
Dans un contexte où il semble impossible d’établir, ou encore de maintenir, un régime national de conditions de travail reflétant le niveau de prospérité observable dans les sociétés nord-américaines, la transformation des relations industrielles semble le moyen le plus sûr de rétablir l’équilibre entre le capital et le travail. En s’appuyant sur les fondements historiques des relations industrielles en Amérique du Nord, l’auteur dresse le portrait des syndicalismes américain, canadien et québécois, en tenant compte des lois qui les sous-tendent. Afin d’élaborer un nouveau régime de relations industrielles, il pose les principes à respecter et définit les étapes à franchir en vue d’instaurer de bonnes conditions de travail, garantissant ainsi une meilleure qualité de vie aux citoyens américains et canadiens. --Résumé de l'éditeur
Keywords: 2000-2099; 21e siècle; Amérique du Nord; Collective bargaining; Collective bargaining North America; Conditions de travail; Industrial relations; Industrial relations North America; North America; Négociation collective; Négociations collectives Amérique du Nord; Relations de travail; Relations industrielles; Relations industrielles Amérique du Nord; Syndicalisme; Travailleurs Amérique du Nord Conditions sociales 20e siècle; Travailleurs Amérique du Nord Conditions sociales 21e siècle; Working class North America Social conditions 21st century; Working class Social conditions; industrial relations

Mitigating Precarious Employment in Quebec: The Role of Minimum Employment Standards Legislation - Bernstein, Stephanie (Precarious Employment: Understanding Labour Market Insecurity in Canada, 2006)
[A]ddresses Quebec's approach to reforming its Labour Standards Act. ...[E]xamines developments in Quebec in the early 2000s, with attention to efforts by the government to evaluate "atypical workers" in an attempt to mitigate precarious employment in this jurisdiction. --From editor's introductory chapter, p. 37.
Keywords: Labor Unions; Labor laws and legislation; Labor market; Temporary employment

Precarious Employment and the Law's Flaws: Identifying Regulatory Failure and Securing Effective Protection for Workers - Bernstein, Stephanie; Lippel, Katherine; Tucker, Eric; Vosko, Leah F. (Precarious Employment: Understanding Labour Market Insecurity in Canada, 2006)
This chapter is concerned wtih identifying the many symptoms associated with the inadequacy of workers' protection that the study of precarious employment makes visible. ...[The authors] probe key themes central to regulatory failure in the context of precarious employment, including disparity of treatment between workers in precarious employment and workers with greater security, gaps in legal coverage, the interaction between labour market position and social location, and the lack of compliance and enforcement. --From editor's introductory chapter, p. 37.
Keywords: Labor Unions; Labor laws and legislation; Labor market; Temporary employment

Social Reproduction: Feminist Political Economy Challenges Neo-Liberalism - Bezanson, Kate; Luxton, Meg (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006)
How the unaccounted costs of neo-liberal policies fall on Canadian women. Using a feminist political economy approach, contributors document the impact of current socio-economic policies on states, markets, households, and communities. Relying on impressive empirical research, they argue that women bear the costs of and responsibility for care-giving and show that the theoretical framework provided by feminist analyses of social reproduction not only corrects the gender-blindness of most economic theories but suggests an alternative that places care-giving at its centre. In this illuminating study, they challenge feminist scholars to re-engage with materialism and political economy to engage with feminism. --Publisher's description. Contents: Introduction: Social Reproduction and Feminist Political Economy / Kate Bezanson and Meg Luxton (pages 3-10) -- Feminist Political Economy in Canada and the Politics of Social Reproduction / Meg Luxton (pages 11-44) -- Social Reproduction and Canadian Federalism / Barbara Cameron (pages 45-74) -- Whose Social Reproduction? Transnational Motherhood and Challenges to Feminist Political Economy / Sedef Arat-Koç (pages 75-92) -- Bargaining for Collective Responsibility for Social Reproduction / Alice De Wolff (pages 93-116) -- Privatization: A Strategy for Eliminating Pay Equity in Health Care / Marjorie Griffin Cohen and Marcy Cohen (pages 117-144) -- Crisis Tendencies in Social Reproduction: The Case of Ontario’s Early Years Plan / Leah F. Vosko (pages 145-172) -- The Neo-liberal State and Social Reproduction: Gender and Household Insecurity in the Late 1990s / Kate Bezanson (pages 173-214) -- Someone to Watch over You: Gender, Class, and Social Reproduction / Susan Braedley (pages 215-230) -- Motherhood as a Class Act: The Many Ways in Which “Intensive Mothering” Is Entangled with Social Class / Bonnie Fox (pages 231-262) -- Friends, Neighbours, and Community: A Case Study of the Role of Informal Caregiving in Social Reproduction / Meg Luxton (pages 263-92 ).

Le principe du droit au travail : juridicité, signification et normativité - Blouin, Rodrigue (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Le principe du droit au travail : juridicité, signification et normativité," by Dominic Roux.
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

Beyond the National Divide : Regional Dimensions of Industrial Relations - Boivin, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Beyond the National Divide : Regional Dimensions of Industrial Relations," edited by Mark Thompson, Joseph B. Rose and Anthony E. Smith.
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

Collective Bargaining - Boivin, Jean (The Canadian Encyclopedia (TCE), 2006)
Collective bargaining is a method of jointly determining working conditions between one or more employers on one side and organized employees on the other....

Essential but Precarious: Changing Employment Relationships and Resistance in the Ontario Public Service - Borowy, Jan (Precarious Employment: Understanding Labour Market Insecurity in Canada, 2006)
[F]ocuses on the state as an employer; it is concerned with precarious employment and state employees (and former employees) involved in the delivery of public services, their deteriorating conditions of employoment, and the impact of this declien on public safety. ...[The author] examines the situations of three groups of state workers - court workers, workers in Ontario's Trillium Drug Program, and meat inspectors - whose work is cirtical to maintaining public health and welfare, yet who confront multiple dimensions of precarious employment. --From editor's introductory chapter, p. 36.
Keywords: Labor Unions; Labor laws and legislation; Labor market; Temporary employment

Push! The Struggle for Midwifery in Ontario - Bourgeault, Ivy Lynn (McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine, health, and society, 2006)
In the 1980s there were few midwives in Canada and their practice was neither legal nor officially recognized. Ontario midwives and their supporters pushed to integrate midwifery into provincial health care systems and by 1993 had established an internationally renowned model. Ivy Lynn Bourgeault analyses the struggle to professionalize midwifery in the context of the negotiations between women, as both consumers and providers of health care, and the state. Push! offers a historical account of the forces behind the integration of midwifery in Ontario, including public interest in funding midwifery services and the impact of political lobbying. Bourgeault also explores the specific features of Ontario's respected model, including the use of independent practitioners, funding for a self-regulatory college, a university-based education program, and the provision of midwifery care in both home and hospital settings. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Government policy; History; Home childbirth; Midwifery; Midwives; Ontario; Political aspects

A Caucus of Caucuses: The Next Stage in Union Equity Organizing - Briskin, Linda (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2006)

Victimisation and Agency: The Social Construction of Union Women's Leadership - Briskin, Linda (Industrial Relations Journal, 2006)
This article interrogates the notion that women union leaders lead differently. Despite significant variation in the union movements in Australia, Canada, Sweden, the UK and the USA, similar discourses on women’s union leadership emerge in all five countries. Based on a materialist social construction approach which supports a recognition of difference without reference to essentialist ideas about women’s nature, this article seeks to identify what may be common across these countries to explain this phenomenon. The article argues that the fact that women face discrimination in unions, on the one hand, and organise as a constituency and have access to women-only education, on the other, supports the development of transformational leadership among women unionists, even across diverse contexts and cultures. Unpacking union women’s leadership practices in this way reveals a dialectic of victimisation and agency.

The Heiress Versus the Establishment: Mrs. Campbell's Campaign - Brockman, Joan (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "The Heiress Versus the Establishment: Mrs. Campbell's Campaign," by Constance Backhouse and Nancy L. Backhouse.
Keywords: BACKHOUSE, Constance; BACKHOUSE, Nancy L.; BOOKS -- Reviews; CAMPBELL, Elizabeth Bethune, 1880-1956; HEIRESS Versus the Establishment: Mrs. Campbell's Campaign, The (Book); Nonfiction

Young America: Land, Labor and the Republican Community - Bronstein, Jamie L. (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Young America: Land, Labor and the Republican Community," by Mark A. Lause.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; LAUSE, Mark A.; Nonfiction; REPUBLICANS; YOUNG America: Land, Labor & the Republican Community (Book)

Workplace Justice without Unions - Brudney, James J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Workplace Justice without Unions," by Hoyt N. Wheeler, Brian S. Klaas, and Douglas M. Mahony.
Keywords: Arbitration; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employment security; Labor Unions; Nonunion; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Terminations

Porter plainte pour harcèlement psychologique au travail : Un récit difficile - Brun, Jean-Pierre; Kedl, Evelyn (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
Cet article brosse un portrait des plaintes écrites déposées à la Commission des normes du travail du Québec entre le 1er juin 2004 et le 30 avril 2005. Au total, 236 plaintes de harcèlement psychologique au travail ont constitué le corpus d’analyse. Les principaux résultats montrent que parmi l’ensemble des cas analysés, 63 % des plaignants sont des femmes. Près de 95 % des plaignants ont avancé avoir subi du harcèlement à caractère répétitif. Les cinq premiers motifs de plainte sont les propos et les gestes vexatoires, les atteintes aux conditions de travail, la menace de congédiement, la mise en échec de la personne et l’isolement. Par ailleurs, ce sont généralement les gestionnaires qui sont désignés comme personnes mises en cause. À la lumière de ces résultats, il est important que les organisations se dotent de systèmes de veille pour détecter les cas et d’outils de gestion pour désamorcer les situations qui comportent un potentiel de harcèlement psychologique.

Dénouer les conflits relationnels en milieu de travail - Brunet, Luc (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Dénouer les conflits relationnels en milieu de travail," by Solange Cormier
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

Neoliberalism and Working-Class Resistance in British Columbia: The Hospital Employees' Union Struggle, 2002-2004 - Camfield, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
Iin British Columbia in the spring of 2004, over 40,000 hospital and long-term care facility workers, mostly members of the Hospital Employees Union [HEU], struck to defend their jobs and services against attacks from an aggressive neoliberal government and employers. This strike was distinguished by the social composition of the workforce, the fact that HEU had one of the more left-wing leaderships in the Canadian labour movement, and the determination of the strikers to persevere even in the face of back-to-work legislation. HEU'S resistance evoked an unusual degree of support that took the form of active solidarity rather than just passive sympathy. The BC labour leadership was pushed towards a confrontation of the kind that the existing regime of industrial legality was designed to prevent. This article identifies the systemic causes of the BC health care strike in public sector restructuring and the building of a lean state, explores its background, traces its trajectory, and explains and assesses its outcome. This strike highlights the significance of the character of the contemporary labour officialdom as a social layer whose conditions of existence lead it to usually oppose forms of collective action outside the bounds of industrial legality.
Keywords: British Columbia; HEALTH facilities; HOSPITAL personnel; Labor disputes; Labor movement; Liberalism; MEDICAL care; Neoliberalism; SOCIAL cohesion; SOLIDARITY

Experience Rating, Work Injuries and Benefit Costs: Some New Evidence - Campolieti, Michele; Hyatt, Douglas; Thomason, Terry (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
In 1986, British Columbia's Workers' Compensation Board introduced an experience rating program that provided a modest financial incentive for employers to reduce the costs of claims. Using a comprehensive panel data set, we find that claims frequency for health care only and short-term disability claims was reduced following the introduction of experience rating. The introduction of the program did not affect costs for most claim types, except for health care only claims.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Cost reduction; Insurance claims; Labor Unions; Monetary incentives; Occupational accidents; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Workers compensation

Equity Bargaining in the New Economy - Cartwright, John (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2006)

L'étude de cas comme méthode de recherche - Chartier, Anne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "L’étude de cas comme méthode de recherche," by Yves-Chantal Gagnon.
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

Banana Wars: The Price of Free Trade: A Caribbean Perspective - Clegg, Peter (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Banana Wars: The Price of Free Trade: A Caribbean Perspective," by Gordon Myers.
Keywords: BANANA Wars: The Price of Free Trade: A Caribbean Perspective (Book); BOOKS -- Reviews; Free trade; MYERS, Gordon; Nonfiction

The Riddle of Human Rights - Clément, Dominique (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "The Riddle of Human Rights," by Gary Teeple.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; HUMAN rights; Nonfiction; RIDDLE of Human Rights, The (Book); TEEPLE, Gary

The Privatization of Health Care Cleaning Services in Southwestern British Columbia, Canada: Union Responses to Unprecedented Government Actions - Cohen, Marcy (Antipode, 2006)
This paper analyzes the political dynamics between a newly elected, right-leaning provincial government and a left-leaning public sector union that resulted in the privatization of 4,000 health support housekeeping jobs in southwestern British Columbia in less than a year. The article documents how government set the stage for privatization, the struggle that ensued when the union resisted concessionary bargaining, and the new challenges that emerged for both union and management once housekeeping and other support services were taken over by multi-national service corporations. This case is significant because the size and scope of this privatization and the legislation that facilitated it are unprecedented in Canadian history.

Mouvements sociaux, syndicats et action politique à Montréal : l'histoire du FRAP (1970-1974) - Comby, Marc (Université de Montréal, 2006)
Ce mémoire relate l’expérience du Front d’action politique des salariés à Montréal (FRAP) de 1970 à 1974, un parti municipal émanant directement des milieux syndicaux et populaires. Après avoir présenté les grands traits de la conjoncture sociale, économique et politique de la décennie 1960 au Québec, nous analysons les conditions objectives qui ont favorisé l’émergence du FRAP à Montréal (problèmes sociaux, administration municipale autoritaire, logements insalubres, etc.). Le FRAP est fondé en mai 1970 et présente des candidats contre le maire Jean Drapeau aux élections du 25 octobre suivant. La Crise d’octobre et l’imposition de la Loi des mesures de guerre déroutent le FRAP qui ne fait élire aucun candidat. Les mois et années qui suivent, les groupes sociaux s’éloignent du FRÀP et ce dernier a vainement espéré que les organisations syndicales de la région de Montréal concrétisent l’idée qui avait été à l’origine de sa création, à savoir un parti politique propre aux travailleurs et aux travailleuses. Le FRAP met fin à ses activités au début de l’année 1974 quelques mois avant la naissance d’un nouveau parti municipal, le Rassemblement des citoyens de Montréal (RCM).

The Hanging of Angélique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montréal - Cooper, Afua (Race in the Atlantic World, 1700-1900, 2006)
During the night of April 10, 1734, Montréal burned. Marie-Joseph Angélique, a twenty-nine-year-old slave, was arrested, tried, and found guilty of starting the blaze that consumed forty-six buildings. Suspecting that she had not acted alone and angered that she had maintained her innocence, Angélique's condemners tortured her after the trial. She confessed but named no accomplices. Before Angélique was hanged, she was paraded through the city. Afterward, her corpse was burned. Angélique, who had been born in Portugal, faded into the shadows of Canadian history, vaguely remembered as the alleged arsonist behind an early catastrophic fire. The result of fifteen years of research, [this book] vividly tells the story of this strong-willed woman. Afua Cooper draws on extensive trial records that offer, in Angélique's own words, a detailed portrait of her life and a sense of what slavery was like in Canada at the time. Predating other first-person accounts by more than forty years, these records constitute what is arguably the oldest slave narrative in the New World. Cooper sheds new light on the largely misunderstood or ignored history of slavery in Canada. She refutes the myth that Canada was a haven at the end of the Underground Railroad. Cooper also provides a context for Canada in the larger picture of transatlantic slavery while re-creating the tragic life of one woman who refused to accept bondage. --Publisher's description
Keywords: 18e siècle. Esclaves; 18e siècle. Fires. Slaves; 18e siècle. Noires; 18th century. Esclaves; Biographies. Esclavage; Biographies. Incendies; Biography. Fires; Canada; Commerce; Histoire; History; Montréal; Québec (Province); Slaves

Labour Relations and the 1990's Employment Regimes in Canada and Brazil - Costa, Marcia (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2006)
In an environment of global economic competition, corporations and the state have focused their strategies of competitive adjustment on labour flexibility and deregulation and reductions in social expenditures. In many countries, these policies led to the abandonment of full employment and increases in precarious or non-regulated employment. This article analyzes the main political and institutional elements of labour within Canada and Brazil, as well as recent changes in their employment regimes and labour market structures. Key research findings show us that greater labour market flexibility in both countries resulted in a reduction of labour rights that has contributed to the precariousness of work, increasing inequality in Canada, and higher levels of underemployment and poverty in Brazil.

Prévenir et gérer les plaintes de harcèlement au travail - Courcy, François (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Prévenir et gérer les plaintes de harcèlement au travail," by Groupe d’aide et d’information sur le harcèlement sexuel au travail.,
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

Trafficking Subjects: The Politics of Mobility in Nineteenth-Century America - Crabtree, Sarah (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Trafficking Subjects: The Politics of Mobility in Nineteenth-Century America," by Mark Simpson.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Human trafficking; Nonfiction; SIMPSON, Mark, 1972-; TRAFFICKING Subjects: The Politics of Mobility in Nineteenth-Century America (Book)

Globalization and the Future of Labour Law - Craig, John D. R.; Lynk, Michael (Cambridge University Press, 2006)
How are national and international labour laws responding to the challenge of globalization as it re-shapes the workplaces of the world? This collection of essays by leading legal scholars and lawyers from Europe and the Americas was first published in 2006. It addresses the implications of globalization for the legal regulation of the workplace. It examines the role of international labour standards and the contribution of the International Labour Organization, and assesses the success of the European experiment with continental employment standards. It explores the prospects for hemispheric co-operation on labour standards in the Americas, and deals with the impact of international labour standards on the rights of women and migrant workers. As the nature and organization of work around the world is being decisively transformed, new regional and international institutions are emerging that may provide the platform for new labour standards, and for protecting existing ones. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Americas; Amériques; Droit du travail; European Union; Futur; Globalization; International Labour Organization; International labour law; Labor laws and legislation; Labor laws and legislation, International; Labour law; Labour standards; Mondialisation; Normes de travail; Normes internationales; Organisation internationale du travail; Travail (Droit international); UE/CE Union européenne

Thinking through Community Unionism - Cranford, Cynthia; Das Gupta, Tania; Ladd, Deena; Vosko, Leah F. (Precarious Employment: Understanding Labour Market Insecurity in Canada, 2006)
Case study based on multi-year ethnography of the efforts of a group of workers organizing with Toronto Organizing for Fair Employment (TOFFE), now the Workers' Action Centre of toronto, an active community partner in the Community University Research Alliance on Contingent Work. [The authors] attempt to conceptualize community unionism by locating the efforts of TOFFE in relation to two intersecting continua - a continuum of location that includes constitituency, site, and issue-based organizing, and a continuum of process, defined by hierarchical organizations at one pole, and particpatory organizations at the other pole. --From editor's introductory chapter, p. 39.
Keywords: Labor Unions; Labor laws and legislation; Labor market; Temporary employment

Key Issues in Women's Work: Female Diversity and the Polarisation of Women's Employment, Second Edition - Critoph, Ursule (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Key Issues in Women's Work: Female Diversity and the Polarisation of Women's Employment," second edition, by Catherine Hakim.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; HAKIM, Catherine; KEY Issues in Women's Work: Female Diversity & the Polarisation of Women's Employment (Book); Nonfiction; WOMEN -- Employment

Varieties of Unionism. Strategies for Union Revitalization in a Globalizing Economy - Croucher, Richard (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Varieties of Unionism, Strategies for Union revitalization in a Globalizing Economy," edited by Carola M. Frege and John Kelly.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Globalization; International; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Unionization

Hometown Horizons: Local Responses to Canada's Great War - Cupido, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Hometown Horizons: Local Responses to Canada's Great War," by Robert Rutherdale.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; HOMETOWN Horizons: Local Responses to Canada's Great War (Book); Nonfiction; RUTHERDALE, Robert; War

Inside Unions at the Bargaining Table: Keynote Address of the Advancing the Equity Agenda Conference - Darcy, Judy (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2006)

Les syndicats en négociation: Allocution prononcée dans le cadre de la conférence sur le progrés de l'équité - Darcy, Judy (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2006)

Racism/Anti-Racism, Precarious Employment, and Unions - Das Gupta, Tania (Precarious Employment: Understanding Labour Market Insecurity in Canada, 2006)
[The author] is concerned with the way the mainstream labour movement has historically treated non-white workers in precarious employment and the role of history in shaping contemporary practices. Das Gupta's offers a qualitative analysis of the perceptions and experiences of labour activists of colour and of alternative advocacy strategies for building more inclusive resistance movements. --From editor's introductory chapter, p. 38.
Keywords: Labor Unions; Labor laws and legislation; Labor market; Temporary employment

Black Workers' Struggle for Equality in Birmingham - Davis, Colin J. (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Black Workers' Struggle for Equality in Birmingham," by Horace Huntley and David Montgomery.
Keywords: BLACK Workers' Struggle for Equality in Birmingham (Book); BOOKS -- Reviews; Equality; HUNTLEY, Horace; MONTGOMERY, David; Nonfiction

Privatizing Public Employment Assistance and Precarious Employment in Toronto - De Wolff, Alice (Precarious Employment: Understanding Labour Market Insecurity in Canada, 2006)
[C]onsiders the effects of contracting-out of public employment services for employment place workers, on the one hand, and, on the other, the workers seeking employment whom they serve. In so doing, [the author] reveals a range of important connections, from linkages at the policy level between changing immigration policy and the provision of employment supports at the provincial level, to connections, by way of a common attachment to precarious employment, between community workers, working largely in serial fixed-term temporary contracts contingent on public funding, and their clients. --From editor's introductory chapter, p. 37.
Keywords: Labor Unions; Labor laws and legislation; Labor market; Temporary employment

Editorial/Éditorial/Editorial - Déom, Esther (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
Editorial introduction to the issue.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions

Fight or Pay: Soldiers' Families in the Great War - Dickin, Janice (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Fight or Pay: Soldiers' Families in the Great War," by Diamond Morton.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; FIGHT or Pay: Soldiers' Families in the Great War (Book); MORTON, Diamond; Nonfiction; PUBLIC welfare

Estevan Coal Strike [1931] - Dishaw, Garnet (The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, 2006)
Discusses the historic strike in which three miners were killed. Describes the strike's origins, how workers organized, the bloody confrontation with the police, and the subsequent settlement.

Neutrality Agreements: Bargaining for Representation Rights in the Shadow of the State - Doorey, David J. (Canadian Labour & Employment Law Journal, 2006)
This paper examines the recent arrival of neutrality agreements in Canada. These are agreements between unions and employers that define the conditions under which union organizing will take place at facilities controlled by the employer. The history of neutrality agreements in the U.S. is reviewed, as is the emergence of these agreements in Canada. Neutrality agreements are a model of private ordering that operate without direct guidance from the state, yet their form and application are influenced by state law. The author examines neutrality agreements from the perspective of decentred regulatory theory, in which regulation is used by the state to steer the private creation of norms that are consistent with state policy. Using Ontario's labour laws as an example, the author explores the role of law in the emergence, form, and likely contribution of neutrality agreements to Canadian industrial relations.

William R. Plewman, The Toronto Daily Star, and the Reporting of the Winnipeg General Strike - Dupuis, Michael (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article introduces eight documents on reporting of the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 by the Toronto Daily Star's William Plewman. Also included are transcripts of 1972 interviews with Plewman's brother, Charles, who was also in Winnipeg at the time, as well as with William Plewman's son, Richard. Broadly sympathetic to labour issues, the Star's coverage of the strike was considered the most comprehensive and impartial.
Keywords: GENERAL strikes; JOURNALISM -- Editing; LABOR market; LEGISLATIVE bodies; Labor disputes; Ontario; PLEWMAN, Charles; STRIKES & lockouts; Toronto (Ont.)

A Detailed Profile of Union - Non-Union Wage Inequality in Canada: 1997-2004 - Easton, Mark David (University of Waterloo, 2006)
This thesis is focused on examining the extent of union-nonunion wage inequality in Canada from 1997 to 2004, using data from the Canada Labour Force Survey collected by Statistics Canada. The research is either directly or indirectly guided by two main measures of union-nonunion wage inequality. The first measure is the wage differential , which examines the difference between the union and nonunion wage after controlling for other relevant factors in a regression model; and the second measure is an account of wage dispersion or wage spread, which effectively explains how internally equitable the union-nonunion wage distribution is in relation to the average wage, after controlling for other relevant factors in a regression model. Each chapter tackles a different hypothesis or subject relating to Canadian union-nonunion wage inequality as investigated from the Canada Labour Force Survey Dataset, and is guided by an effort to explore issues or patterns not previously addressed in the extant literature. The initial analyses found that the union-nonunion wage differential across Canada was normally eleven to sixteen percent from 1997 to 2004. The research also examined three advanced topics in Canadian union-nonunion wage inequality. Analyses of the industry, occupational, and demographic trends in Canada over the past eight years showed that there is some evidence to suggest that demographic changes in union density does affect union-nonunion wage inequality, but this relationship is not conclusive. This research also addressed the unusual finding of higher hourly wages among parttime females. This difference was not present after conducting a more rigorous regression analysis within both sectors. However, it was found that the marginal male wage premium could largely be explained by the combined effects of establishment size among males in the union sector, as well as educational attainment among males in the union sector. Further investigation of some unexpected interaction effects of union status and establishment size and union status and job tenure in relation to the wage, revealed that these combined effects still generated comparative over the nonunion group, but only up to a certain level of tenure or establishment size. Finally, an analysis of whether union density has mattered at all in Canada for promoting higher wages, reveals that the general effects of union density on the wage are relevant only within a certain wage range and within certain industries.
Keywords: Social sciences

Union Democracy and Union Renewal: The CAW Public Review Board - Eaton, Jonathan (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
Unions in the current environment are facing renewed pressures to demonstrate internal democracy and accountability. In this context, the Public Review Board (PRB) of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) deserves attention. The PRB is a unique institution within the Canadian labour movement: a body outside the union which has the power to make final and binding decisions on issues raised by union members. This paper considers the contribution of the PRB as a support for democratic renewal. The evolution ofthe PRB, from its origin in 1950s America to its current Canadian embodiment, is described. The decisions of the PRB over its two-decade history in Canada are analyzed and assessed. While recognizing the lasting influence of the narrow, procedural vision charted by the PRB early in its history, the author concludes that the CAW's PRB is an innovation that merits wider recognition.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Decision making; History; Industrial democracy; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Women and Their Work in Upper Canada - Errington, Elizabeth Jane (Historical Booklet / Canadian Historical Association, 2006)

Paths to Union Renewal: Canadian Experiences - Fairbrother, Peter (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Paths to Union Renewal: Canadian Experiences," edited by Pradeep Kumar and Christopher Schenk.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Organizational change; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Unionization

Book Notes [57, Spring 2006] - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article briefly reviews "Union Women: Forging Feminism in the United Steelworkers of America," by Mary Margaret Fonow, "Women, Power, and AT&T: Winning Rights in the Workplace," by Lois Kathryn Herr, "Reforming the Chicago Teamsters: The Story of Local 705," by Robert Bruno, "The Open Method of Co-ordination in Action: The European Employment and Social Inclusion Strategies," edited by Jonathan Zeitlin and Philippe Pochet, eds., with Lars Magnusson, "Rebuilding Germany: The Creation of the Social Market Economy, 1945-1957," by James C. Van Hook, "Poverty and Charity inthe Jewish Community of Medieval Egypt" and "The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages: An Anthology of Documents from the Cairo Geniza," by Mark R. Cohen.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; BRUNO, Robert; FONOW, Mary Margaret; HERR, Lois Kathryn, 1941-; Labor Unions; Nonfiction; REFORMING the Chicago Teamsters: The Story of Local 705 (Book); UNION Women: Forging Feminism in the United Steelworkers of America (Book); WOMEN, Power & AT&T: Winning Rights in the Workplace (Book)

Tending the Gardens of Citizenship: Child Saving in Toronto, 1880s-1920s - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Tending the Gardens of Citizenship: Child Saving in Toronto, 1880s-1920s," by Xiaobei Chen.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CHEN, Xiaobei; Nonfiction; Sociology; TENDING the Gardens of Citizenship: Child Saving in Toronto 1880s-1920s (Book)

Explaining Local Unions' Responses to Globalization - Foley, Janice R. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
Twenty-two private sector trade union locals in the manufacturing, service and technology sectors in Canada were surveyed by telephone in 2002/2003. The objective was to determine union locals' understanding of the impact globalization was having on their operations, and to identify the contextual factors affecting their responses. The data were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. The locals associated globalization with plant closures, reduced production, and the elimination of or transfer of jobs and equipment out of the country. Seventeen of the locals reported being affected to a moderate to high degree. Their main responses were lobbying, educating members and the public, and organizing. The important contextual factors identified included local size, industry sector, levels of support available to and accessed by the locals, and the perceived need for and ability to adapt successfully to change.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Data analysis; Economic impact; Globalization; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

It's the Taking Part that Counts? Participation, Performance and External Labour Market Conditions - Forde, Chris; Slater, Gary; Spencer, David A. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
This paper examines the relationship between participation, performance and the external labour market, using data from the 1998 British Workplace Employment Relations Survey. Our results show that participation can have positive productivity effects, particularly when practices are implemented alongside individual and organizational supports. Yet, we also find that the effects of participation are sensitive to external labour market conditions. In establishments adopting participation in a relatively piece meal fashion, the positive association between participation and productivity depends upon the presence of relatively high unemployment, suggesting that 'fear' and 'threat' play an important role in generating high productivity in these establishments. The results do not rule out the possibility that some of the gains from participation stem from higher work intensity, rather than simply increased levels of commitment.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Impact analysis; LABOR market; Labor Unions; Participation; Performance appraisal; Productivity; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

United Apart: Gender and the Rise of Craft Unionism - Forrest, Anne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "United Apart: Gender and the Rise of Craft Unionism," by Ileen A. DeVault.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Unionization; Women

High Comedy in American Movies: Class and Humour from the 1920s to the Present - Forsyth, Scott (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "High Comedy in American Movies: Class and Humour from the 1920s to the Present," by Steve Vineberg.
Keywords: AMERICAN drama (Comedy); BOOKS -- Reviews; HIGH Comedy in American Movies: Class & Humor From the 1920s to the Present (Book); Nonfiction; VINEBERG, Steve

Red Light Neon: A History of Vancouver's Sex Trade - Francis, Daniel (Subway, 2006)
"This book is a history of hypocrisy." So begins Daniel Francis, BC's leading popular historian, as he explores the colourful and ultimately tragic story of prostitution in Vancouver. He writes: "The city's political and social leaders consistently have treated prostitutes as pariahs whose presence was tolerated, sometimes exploited, but never approved. All the while, the authorities collected millions of dollars in fines and licence fees from businesses that everyone knew were, and are, fronts for the sex trade." Working in long overlooked archives and drawing on personal interviews, Francis shows how in some ways commercial sex has been both a reflection and a result of Vancouver's essential character, with its tolerant social mores, ethnic diversity--and political opportunism. It's a tale that takes in mayors and masseuses, police chiefs and pimps, judges and johns. Francis explains: "Sex workers have never lacked for customers. What they have lacked is a secure place to conduct their business. A vast off-street sex trade flourished while police, at the urging of politicians vowing to purify the city, concentrated their attention on the comparatively small number of street prostitutes who worked out in the open. Because they were considered a nuisance, these sex workers were hounded from street to street and neighbourhood to neighbourhood [... These efforts salved the conscience of the morally righteous, but each attempt to discourage prostitution simply forced women to work in increasingly dangerous circumstances." The end result, ultimately, was the tragedy of the Missing Women--murdered sex workers from the Downtown Eastside--and the sensational criminal case that followed. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Prostitution -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- History

Equity Bargaining in the New Economy - Fudge, Judy (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2006)

Syndicats : lendemains de crise ? - Gagnon, Mona-Josée (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Syndicats : lendemains de crise ?," by Jean-Marie Pernot.
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 International Activities Of Trade Unions: A Sociohistorical Analysis Based On The Case Of Quebec - Gagnon, Mona-Josée; Avignon, Pierre; Collombat, Thomas (Studies in Political Economy, 2006)
The countersummit of the Americas, held in Quebec City in April 2001 under the auspices of the Hemispheric Social Alliance (HSA) and in opposition to the creation of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), promised to be a prelude to a new phase in how trade unions handle the issue of globalization. There was hope that trade unions would truly take charge of this issue. In terms of political organization, logistics, and the number ofactive participants, Quebec trade union organizations dominated the event....This article addresses two central questions. First, does the mobilization of Quebec trade unions against neoliberal globalization represent a break, both quantitative and qualitative, in their approach to international trade union relations? Second, what does the Quebec example tell us about the sociohistorical dynamics of international trade union relations in the Americas, and even beyond? We have attempted to investigate thoroughly how relations between trade unions have been conducted internationally before and after April 2001. For the most part, this study was undertaken at the end of 2002 and the beginning of 2003, with some updates made in 2004. --From introduction

La méthode des cas. Recueil de cas en gestion des ressources humaines et en relations du travail - Gagnon, Yves-C. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "La méthode des cas. Recueil de cas en gestion des ressources humaines et en relations du travail," by Roch Laflamme.
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