The National Farmers Union: Working for Farm Families for 40 Years. - National Farmers Union (Canada) (National Farmers Union, 2009)
The NFU was formed in 1969 through a merger of the Saskatchewan Farmers Union, the Ontario Farmers Union, the Farmers Union of British Columbia, and the Farmers Union of Alberta. In addition to these provincial unions, farmers from the Maritime provinces—not organized into farmers’ unions at the time—also became part of the NFU structure. Prior to ’69, these provincial unions each had worked autonomously in its respective province, but increasingly they were finding themselves at a disadvantage in attempting to work with the federal government. In an effort to solve that problem, the unions created a coordinating body, the National Farmers Union Council, consisting of representatives of the executives of each provincial union and representatives from the Maritime provinces. Over time, the officials and members from the provincial unions and the Maritimes realized that the major policy decisions affecting farmers were being made at the federal level. At a joint meeting of the executives of the provincial unions and others in Winnipeg in March 1968, the executive members passed a motion to strike a committee to develop a constitution for a direct membership national farm organization. The founding convention of the National Farmers Union was held in Winnipeg in July 1969. In the following months the provincial unions were phased out and their assets and liabilities transferred to the national organization. --Publisher's description

Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre and Class War In the American West - Norwood, Stephen H. (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article reviews the book, "Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre and Class War in the American West," by Scott Martelle.
Keywords: BLOOD Passion: The Ludlow Massacre & Class War in the American West (Book); BOOKS -- Reviews; MARTELLE, Scott; Nonfiction; violence

Connecting Freedom of Association and the Right to Strike: European Dialogue with the Ilo and Its Potential Impact - Novitz, Tonia (Canadian Labour & Employment Law Journal, 2009)
The International Labour Organization’s supervisory bodies responsible for assessing state compliance with “freedom of association” have established an extensive jurisprudence on the right to strike. This jurisprudence is based on their interpretation of the ILO Constitution and various key ILO conventions concerning the right to organize and collective bargaining, in both the private and the public sector. Since the end of the Cold War, the employer lobby within the ILO has increasingly tried to undermine this aspect of ILO jurisprudence, so as to deny that there is any necessary link between freedom of association and the right to take industrial action. This pressure has come at a time when ILO norms are beginning to receive greater attention and respect, and are being applied in the human rights jurisprudence of other legal systems, including those of Canada and Europe. In 2007, the European Court of Justice for the first time explicitly recognized a right to strike, referring to ILO Convention 87 as a source of this entitlement, but limited it by imposing a proportionality requirement on its exercise. In 2009, the European Court of Human Rights indicated for the first time that the right to strike was implicit in Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights, again in reliance on ILO standards. This paper compares and contrasts those cases, investigating the extent to which European recognition of a right to strike can serve to reinforce or undermine ILO standards. The paper also considers the more general implications of these developments for Canadian human rights jurisprudence.

Bibliography on English-speaking Quebec - O'Donnell, Brendan (2009)
This bibliography aims to help anyone studying English-speaking Quebec find material about the nature, history, contributions, and concerns of this diverse official language minority community. It reveals the wealth of available material and catalogues it in a useful way in the hope of stimulating further research on English-speaking Quebec. The bibliography contains secondary sources related to the study of English-speaking Quebec. It covers the period from the Conquest to the present day. Types of resources include everything from scholarly studies to magazine articles, by way of films and websites. Despite this, the bibliography does not claim to be exhaustive and excludes documents such as encyclopedia articles and entries in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography.... Website description

A Shoemaker's Story, Being Chiefly about French Canadian Immigrants, Enterprising Photographers, Rascal Yankees, and Chinese Cobblers in a Nineteenth-Century Factory Town - Opp, James (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article reviews the book, "A Shoemaker's Story, Being Chiefly About French Canadian Immigrants, Enterprising Photographers, Rascal Yankees, and Chinese Cobblers in a Nineteenth-Century Factory Town," by Anthony W. Lee.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; LEE, Anthony W.; NORTH Adams (Mass.); Nonfiction; SHOEMAKER'S Story: Being Chiefly About French Canadian Immigrants, Enterprising Photographers, Rascal Yankees & Chinese Cobblers in a 19th Century Factory Town, A (Book)

A Measure of Fairness: The Economics of Living Wages and Minimum Wages in the United States - Osberg, Lars (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
This article reviews the book, "A Measure of Fairness," by Robert Pollin, Mark Brenner and Jeannette Wicks-Lim.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; BRENNER, Mark; Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; History--History of North And South America; LUCE, Stephanie; Labor economics; MEASURE of Fairness: The Economics of Living Wages & Minimum Wages in the United States, A (Book); Minimum wage; Nonfiction; POLLIN, Robert; United States; WICKS-Lim, Jeannette; Wage price policy; Wages

The Sweetest Dream: Love, Lies, & Assassination - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article reviews the book, "The Sweetest Dream: Love, Lies, & Assassination," by Lillian Pollak.
Keywords: ASSASSINATION; BOOKS -- Reviews; Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; History--History of North And South America; Nonfiction; Novels; POLLAK, Lillian; SWEETEST Dream: Love, Lies & Assassination, The (Book)

Jeunes intérimaires et ouvriers permanents en France : quelle solidarité au travail ? - Papinot, Christian (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2009)
Jeunes intérimaires et ouvriers permanents en France : quelle solidarité au travail ? Si le chômage et la précarisation de l’emploi produisent des inégalités sociales, ces clivages ne s’arrêtent pas aux frontières des entreprises et contribuent aussi à la reconfiguration des collectifs de travail et des logiques productives. Si dans les espaces de travail, des solidarités naissent d’une commune condition et d’une subordination partagée, la coexistence dans un même espace de travail sur des postes identiques de statuts d’emploi distincts, dans des modalités d’accès elles-mêmes différenciées, pose la question des conditions d’émergence de solidarités possibles au travail. Sous la menace du chômage, les salariés sont conduits à jouer le jeu d’une « concurrence entre égaux », contribuant à fragiliser les homogénéités intra-catégorielles. On montrera ici, à partir de l’exemple de l’emploi intérimaire, saisi comme forme archétypique de l’emploi précaire, les logiques endogènes de ce processus de fragilisation des solidarités intra-catégorielles qui posent de nouveaux défis au syndicalisme. Le développement de l’intérim repose sur une logique tacite de mise en concurrence de travailleurs à statuts différents. Permanents et intérimaires sont pris dans une spirale de défiance réciproque qui freine leurs capacités d’action collective. À la crainte des permanents pour leur emploi répond l’amertume des intérimaires déclassés. Le souhait de ces derniers de n’être que de passage dans l’usine renforce les postures d’évitement et de mise à distance et constitue un obstacle à la reconnaissance d’une condition de subordination partagée. Investi comme « boulot de jeune » le souci d’en sortir prime sur celui d’en améliorer les conditions... Sans doute faut-il que le travail fasse enjeu pour que puisse naître le sentiment d’appartenance à une communauté de destin. La segmentation des collectifs de travail par le statut d’emploi engendre des transformations importantes et rapides des rapports sociaux de travail en affectant en profondeur la dynamique intergénérationnelle des systèmes de régulation autonome et les ressorts des résistances salariales., Young Temporary Workers and Permanent Workers in France: What Solidarity at Work? If unemployment and job insecurity produce social inequalities, these divisions do not stop outside companies’ borders and contribute to changes in work groups and productivity practices. If solidarity in the workplace stems from a common condition and shared subordination, the existence within the same workplace of different contracts and different career tracks for identical positions leads to ques-tions concerning possible forms of worker solidarity. Under threat of losing their jobs, employees are led to play the “competition among equals” game, thus con-tributing to the weakening of homogeneity within the same category. By examin-ing temporary employment, the archetypal example of job insecurity, we will explore the endogenous principles behind the process of undermining inter-category solidarity which afford new challenges to labour movements. The devel-opment of the use of temporary workers is based on a tacit policy of creating competition among workers of different statuses. Permanent and temp workers are caught up in a spiral of mutual distrust which limits their ability to take collec-tive action. The permanent employees’ fear of losing their jobs is met with the bitterness of lower-status temporary workers. Because in the factory the tempo-rary workers hope to be “only passing though,” avoidance and distancing between the two sets of workers constitute an obstacle to any recognition of their shared subordinate condition. As most temporary workers see their jobs as a first step towards a more permanent situation, coming out ahead is far more important to them than is improving working conditions… No doubt jobs must be at stake before a feeling of being a part of the community’s future can be instilled. The segmentation of work groups via the status of different workers brings about major, rapid transformations in social relations at work by profoundly affecting the intergenerational dynamics of autonomous regulatory systems and the workings of employee resistance., Jóvenes empleados temporales y obreros permanentes en Francia: existe una solidaridad laboral? El desempleo y la precarización del empleo producen desigualdades sociales. Pero estas divisiones no sólo afectan las empresas sino que contribuyen a la reconfiguración de los colectivos laborales y de las lógicas productivas. En los ámbitos laborales, las solidaridades nacen de una condición común y de una subordinación compartida. Sin embargo, la coexistencia de estatus de empleo distintos en un mismo espacio de trabajo, en puestos idénticos pero con modalidades de acceso diferenciadas, plantea el problema de las condiciones de aparición de solidaridades posibles al trabajo. Bajo la amenaza del desempleo, los empleados se enfrentan a una “competencia entre iguales”, lo que contribuye a debilitar las homogeneidades dentro de una misma categoría. A partir del ejemplo del empleo temporal – arquetipo del empleo precario – veremos aquí las lógicas endógenas de este proceso de debilitamiento de las solidaridades dentro de una misma categoría, las cuales se convierten en verdaderos desafíos para el sindicalismo. El desarrollo del trabajo temporal se apoya en una lógica tácita de inducir la competencia entre trabajadores con estatus distintos. Trabajadores permanentes y trabajadores temporales entran en una espiral de desconfianza recíproca que frena sus capacidades de acción colectiva. El temor de los trabajadores permanentes por su empleo se conjuga con la amargura notable de los trabajadores temporales desclasificados. La voluntad de estos últimos de sólo estar de paso en la fábrica fortalece la distancia y la evitación, y constituye un obstáculo al reconocimiento de una condición de subordinación compartida. Convertido en el arquetipo del « trabajo de los jóvenes », la voluntad de dejar el trabajo temporal supera el deseo de mejorar sus condiciones. Sin duda el trabajo tiene que ser un reto para que nazca el sentimiento de pertenencia a una comunidad de destino. La segmentación de los colectivos de trabajo por el estatus de empleo crea transformaciones importantes y rápidas en las relaciones sociales de trabajo. En efecto, esto afecta en profundidad la dinámica entre las generaciones respecto a los sistemas de regulación autónoma y las capacidades de las resistencias salariales.

The Origins of Federal Industrial Relations Systems: Australia, Canada and the USA - Patmore, Greg (Journal of Industrial Relations, 2009)
There are tensions in federal political systems over whether the central government or the states/provinces are the most suitable jurisdictions for dealing with the relationship between employers and unions. As integrated national economies developed, there are growing pressures on federal governments to intervene in industrial relations. States/provinces, however, might still maintain unique economic and social conditions that render federal legislation inappropriate. This article examines the development of federal jurisdictions in Australia, Canada and the USA up until the late 1940s. While Australia, unlike the other the two countries, had a constitution that provided for federal coverage of industrial relations, it was a limited power. Despite this, there was a gradual spread of federal coverage beyond that originally intended by the original framers of the Australian Constitution. The Canadian and US constitutions predate the rise of organized industrial relations. However, federal governments in these countries also increased their involvement in industrial relations to resolve disputes in key national industries such as railways and in response to critical events such as the Great Depression and World Wars, which challenged existing assumptions about industrial relations. While there was a trend towards the federal regulation of industrial relations, states and provinces still played a key role as innovators in both experimenting with new ways of regulating relations between employers and unions and imposing restrictions on the power of organized labour.
Keywords: Industrial relations; constitution; federalism; provinces; states

Imagining Head-Smashed-In: Aboriginal Buffalo Hunting on the Northern Plains - Payne, Michael (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article reviews the book "Imagining Head-Smashed-In: Aboriginal Buffalo Hunting on the Northern Plains," by Jack W. Brink.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; BRINK, Jack W.; BUFFALO jump; IMAGINING Head-Smashed-In: Aboriginal Buffalo Hunting on the Northern Plains (Book); Nonfiction

The Failed Welfare Revolution: America's Struggle over Guaranteed Income Policy - Pereira, Richard (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article reviews the book, "The Failed Welfare Revolution: America's Struggle Over Guaranteed Income Policy," by Brian Steensland.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; ECONOMIC security; FAILED Welfare Revolution: America's Struggle Over Guaranteed Income Policy, The (Book); History--History of North And South America; Nonfiction; STEENSLAND, Brian; Wage & price controls; Wages & salaries; Welfare

Harvest Pilgrims: Mexican and Caribbean Migrant Farm Workers in Canada - Pietropaolo, Vincenzo (Between the Lines, 2009)
Like migratory birds, most of Canada’s 20,000 “guest” farm workers arrive in the spring and leave in the autumn. Hailing primarily from Mexico, Jamaica, and smaller countries of the Caribbean, these temporary workers have become entrenched in the Canadian labour force and are the mainstay of many traditional family farms in Canada. Many of them make the trip year after year after year.Vincenzo Pietropaolo has been photographing guest workers and recording their stories since 1984 – in the process travelling to forty locations throughout Ontario and to their homes in Mexico, Jamaica, and Montserrat. The resulting photographs have been highly acclaimed internationally through many publications and exhibitions, including a travelling show curated by the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography that opened in Mexico City.With a foreword by Naomi Rosenblum, this beautiful and timely book of photography and exposition aims to shed light on a subject about which many Canadians know all too little. --Publisher's description

National Culture and Union Membership: A Cultural-Cognitive Perspective - Posthuma, Richard A. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2009)
Comparing Hofstede and GLOBE deepens our understanding of the influence of different measures and dimensions of national culture on union membership. Data from the World Values Survey were matched to GLOBE and Hofstede country culture scores (n = 43,867 employees, 32 countries). Union membership was positively related to GLOBE's Institutional Collectivism, but not Hofstede's Individualism; and was negatively related to both Performance Orientation (GLOBE) and Masculinity (Hofstede), suggesting that differences in culture measures may account for prior inconsistent findings. Curvilinear relationships between union membership and Age (inverted U-shaped) and Uncertainty Avoidance (U-shaped) suggest that Uncertainty Avoidance may explain why younger and older people were less likely to be union members.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Collectivism; Conflict resolution; Cultural differences; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Union membership

Standardising Public Service: The Experiences of Call-Centre Workers in the Canadian Federal Government - Pupo, Norene; Noack, Andrea (Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation, 2009)
This paper explores the impact of the adoption of neoliberal economic policies and practices on public sector jobs within the Canadian Federal government. In recent years, employment in the public sector has been increasingly shifted to a call-centre format, thereby transforming the working conditions of public servants as well as access to services enjoyed by Canadians. By adopting work practices, technologies and managerial techniques usually found within the private sector, we argue that the call-centre format fundamentally transforms the notion of public 'service' from secure employment and a dynamic career to that of a routine, Taylorised job. In this process, standardised interactions redefine the notion of public service and the role of the public servant.

Dying For a Home: Homeless Activists Speak Out - Purdy, Sean (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article reviews the book, "Dying for a Home: Homeless Activists Speak Out," by Cathy Crowe.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CROWE, Cathy; DYING for a Home: Homeless Activists Speak Out (Book); HOMELESSNESS; Nonfiction

Brilliant Women, 18th Century Bluestockings - Ramsay, Ellen L. (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article reviews the book, "Brilliant Women: 18th Century Bluestockings," by Elizabeth Eger and Lucy Peltz.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; BRILLIANT Women: 18th-Century Bluestockings (Book); EGER, Elizabeth; History; Nonfiction; PELTZ, Lucy; WOMEN -- Societies & clubs

State Strategy for Migration Management: Canada's Two Temporary Foreign Worker Programs, The Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program & The Live-in Caregiver Program - Reed, Austina J. (McMaster University, 2009)
This study applies an IPE approach to examine the economic conditions, motivations and interests which have driven the Canadian government and two sending countries, Mexico and the Philippines, to accept the terms and conditions of a regulatory framework encouraging short-term labour migration between them. The features of program development which underpin the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) and the Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP) have not been compared side by side. Nor have the two programs been compared for the relationship that has developed over the years between the Canadian government and the two sending governments of Mexico and the Philippines. The study's core research question asks how the process of regulating cross-border labour migration works and how it is coordinated between two or more governments that form part of a migration system. An important research finding that emerges from the comparison is the categorization of different types of migration systems. I argue that the SAWP and LCP differ in how they are administered because relations between the various actors differ. Furthermore, what defines these relationships is the set of geopolitical and economic interests that each government carries when it negotiates the regulation of cross-border labour migration. Findings suggest that the geopolitical and economic imperative which has driven the SAWP's development is not the same for the LCP.

Collective Bargaining for New Brunswick Nurses by New Brunswick Nurses 1965-1969: In Unity There Is Strength - Reeves, Roxanne (University of New Brunswick, 2009)
New Brunswick nursing history is a little-known but significant story, and it helps us to understand women's paid work and how women organized to protect their interests in this occupation. While the profession's history demonstrates the importance of professional ideals, the New Brunswick, case also illuminates the struggle between these ideals and nurses' growing sense of dissatisfaction with wages and working conditions. In the mid-1960s in New Brunswick as elsewhere in Canada, nurses began to explore collective bargaining as a solution to poor wages and conditions and as a means to express concern for deteriorating patient care. This study examines the early stages of unionization among New Brunswick hospital nurses in 1965-1969. The evidence for this study is drawn from archival collections, interviews, newspapers, journals and secondary sources. Particular emphasis is placed on the pioneering efforts of the Social and Economic Welfare Committee (SEWC) of the New Brunswick Association of Registered Nurses (NBARN) and their efforts to educate members, lobby government, obtain outside expert advice and generally guide nurses towards a sense of collective identity that fostered a willingness to take collective action. By the end of the decade, nurses were included in a new Public Service Labour Relations Act, an outcome of the Royal Commission on Employer-Employee Relations in the Public Services (known as the Frankel Commission) which, among other features, greatly expanded the civil service and consequently the number of government employees with collective bargaining rights. Despite the fact that the new PSLRA had not yet been proclaimed, nurses in mid-1969 negotiated their first (if unofficial) collective agreement using the tactic of mass resignation to force a settlement. This thesis places the NBARN's early explorations of collective bargaining in the context of the political, economic and labour landscape of the 1960s.
Keywords: Health and environmental sciences; Social sciences

Neighbours and Networks: The Blood Tribe in the Southern Alberta Economy, 1884-1939 - Regular, W. Keith (William Keith) (University of Calgary Press, 2009)
[E]xplores the economic relationship that existed between the Blood Indian reserve and the surrounding region of southern Alberta between 1884 and 1939. The Blood tribe, though living on a reserve, refused to become economically isolated from the larger community and indeed became significant contributors to the economy of the area. Their land base was important to the ranching industry. Their products, especially coal and hay, were sought after by settlers, and the Bloods were encouraged, not only to provide them as needed, but also to become expert freighters, transporting goods from the reserve for non-Native business people. Blood field labor in the Raymond area sugar beet fields was at times critical to the functioning of that industry. In addition, the Bloods' ties to the merchant community, especially in Cardston and Fort Macleod, resulted in a significant infusion of money into the local economy. Regular's study fills the gap left by Canadian historiography that has largely ignored the economic associations between Natives and non-Natives living in a common environment. His microhistory refutes the perception that Native reserves have played only a minor role in regional development and provides an excellent example of a cross-cultural, co-operative economic relationship in the post-treaty period on the Canadian plains. --Publisher's description. Contents: Introduction -- 'Free Range or Private Property': Integrating Blood Reserve Land into the Non-Native Economy -- 'Selling to Outsiders': Marketing Coal, Hay, and Freighting Services -- 'All the Indians Have Gone to the Beet': Blood Labour in the Raymond Sugar Beet Fields -- 'A Prospective Citizen of No Mean Importance': The Bloods and the Business Community -- Conclusion: Change Over Time.
Keywords: Alberta; Blood Indian Reserve No. 148 (Alta.); Commerce; Economic conditions; History; Indian business enterprises; Kainah Indians

From Acculturation to Integration: The Political Participation of Montreal's Italian-Canadian Community in a Urban Context, 1945-1990 - Ricci, Amanda (Université de Montréal, 2009)
This thesis explores the political participation of the Montreal ltalian-Canadian community in an urban context, from 1945-1990. Concentrating on the local level, it examines the ltalian-Canadian contribution to municipal politics, the Quebec labour movement, mobilization with regards to the language debate, and' feminist activism. This historical account relies mainly upon the Montreal-based, Italian-language newspaper, Il Cittadino Canadese, as well as papers published by Italian-Canadian community organizations. The first chapter exammes the role ltalian immigrant elites played in the construction of a politicized ltalian-Canadian identity, as well as the establishment of numerous community institutions in the city. As a result of their efforts, several politicians of ltalian descent were elected to municipal government. Addressing the 1960 to 1977 years, the second chapter investigates the ltalian-Canadian contribution to Quebec's labour movement and language debate. Provoking the unification of the collectivity's institutions, the linguistic conflict solidified the Italian-Canadian identity, while it, also, paradoxically, led to internaI dissent and political heterogeneity amongst community members. The focus of Chapter 3, ltalian-Canadian feminist activism illustrates another form of political schism, when' a group of young students came together in 1978 to found the Centra Donne Italiane. Disassociated from the collectivity's mainstream institutions, ltalian feminists formed their own community,equally as politicized. As this thesis concludes, though originating with the language debate of the1960s and 1970s, the political heterogeneity present amongst Italian immigrants only heightened with time. With their basic needs met and a reasonable level of integration attained, Italian-Canadians, could afford both literally and figuratively, to distance themselves from the established cominunity leadership.

Mexican Chicago: Race, Identity, and Nation, 1916-39 - Rosales, F. Arturo (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article reviews the book, "Mexican Chicago: Race, Identity, and Nation, 1916-39," by Gabriela F. Arredondo.
Keywords: ARREDONDO, Gabriela F.; BOOKS -- Reviews; CHICAGO (Ill.); History; MEXICAN Americans -- History; MEXICAN Chicago: Race, Identity & Nation 1916-1939 (Book); Nonfiction

The Gendered Working of Class in Postindustrial, Service Sector Capitalism: The Emergence and Evolution of the British Columbia Nurses Union, 1976-1992. - Roth, Mark Andreas (Simon Fraser University, 2009)
This thesis explores the emergence and initial evolution of the British Columbia Nurses Union from 1976 to 1992. The thesis argues that class and gender framed interrelated processes of organizational change, labour action, and political consciousness for British Columbia’s nurses. These changes took place in the context of a historical struggle between professionalism and trade unionism in nursing, and during a turbulent and transformative era for western capitalism and the role of the capitalist state in the 1970s and 1980s. This thesis argues that class, as a socioeconomic relationship and as lived experience, was the driving force behind organizational, economic, and political change in the nursing occupation. This central assertion stands in sharp contrast to claims that class has ceased to be of socioeconomic or political importance in postindustrial, capitalist society.

The Professionalization of History in English Canada - Rudy, Jarrett (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article reviews the book, "The Professionalization of History in English Canada," by Donald Wright.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Historians; Nonfiction; PROFESSIONALIZATION; PROFESSIONALIZATION of History in English Canada, The (Book); Training of; WRIGHT, Donald

A Study of the English Teachers’ Association of British Columbia, 1959-2000 - Saltel, Lonny Darlene (Simon Fraser University, 2009)
This study traces the efforts of British Columbia teachers as they endeavour to have increasing input into the educational policies of the Department of Education. It is grounded in a study of primary archival records and written in the form of an historical narrative. Primarily, I focus on the English Teachers' Association in B.C.: I trace its growth as a professional organization and follow its increasingly strident attempts to address the growing professional interests of English/Language Arts teachers in response to government policies, especially those affecting curriculum. Three main interrelated themes permeate the study: the professionalization of B.C. English/Language Arts teachers, the growth in the political power of teacher associations in B.C., and the effects of the B.C. government's changing educational policies in English/Language Arts classrooms. My study follows the English teachers' association from its beginning in 1959 when it was known as S.A.T.E., the Secondary Association of Teachers of English; during the years of 1971-1994 when it was called B.C.E.T.A. , the British Columbia English Teachers' Association; to its later years as B.C.T.E.L.A., the British Columbia Teachers of Engli sh Language Arts. The study reveals that as the decades pass, the association becomes increasingly persistent in its efforts not only to further the professional interests of English teachers but al so to provide input to the government on curricular decisions affecting Engli sh/Language Arts classrooms. It al so becomes increasingly persistent in its dealings with the government as their philosophies of education become more diverse.

New Directions in the Study of Work and Employment: Revitalizing Industrial Relations as an Academic Enterprise - Sappey, Jennifer (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2009)
New Directions in the Study of Work and Employment: Revitalizing Industrial Relations as an Academic Enterprise, edited by Charles J. Whalen, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Work environment

Le deuxième âge de l'émancipation : la société, les femmes et l'emploi - Sarfati, Hedva (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2009)
The article reviews the book, "Le deuxième âge de l’émancipation : la société, les femmes et l’emploi," by Dominique Méda an dHélène Périvier.
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 Europeanisation of Social Protection - Sarfati, Hedva (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2009)
The Europeanisation of Social Protection, edited by Jon Kvist and Juho Saari, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; EU membership; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social policy

A Federal Anti-Scab Law for Canada? the Debate Over Bill C-257 - Savage, Larry; Butovsky, Jonah (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2009)
This article reviews the arguments for and against adopting an anti-scab law and considers what impact such laws have on unions, businesses and individual workers. This article will then look at the constellation of players in today’s debate: governments, political parties, labour organizations, and the business community. The article will focus on the Canadian Labour Congress’ (CLC) unsuccessful campaign for a federal anti-scab law, in the form of bill C-257, to determine what, if anything, it says about labour politics and what lessons it provides for labour law reformers. (Excerpt from introduction)

New Voices in Labour Studies: An Introduction - Savage, Larry; Butovsky, Jonah; Cecckin, Brigitte (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2009)

Anticolonialism, Labor, and the Pedagogies of Community Unionism: The Case of Hotel Workers in Canada - Sawchuk, Peter H. (Breaching the Colonial Contract: Anticolonialism in the US and Canada, 2009)
This chapter reviews anticolonialist thought in relation to issues of organized labor, learning processes, and the emergent idea of “community unionism.” It explores the interlocking nature of relations of social class, gender, and race with special attention to Canada. This review is applied to issues related to current research on hotel worker organizing in Toronto (Canada), and suggestions on progressive forms of trade unionism are discussed. --Author's abstract
Keywords: Sociology of Education

Global Unions: Challenging Transnational Capital through Cross-Border Campaigns - Schenk, Chris (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article reviews the book, "Global Unions: Challenging Transnational Capital Through Cross-Border Campaigns," edited by Kate Bronfenbrenner.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; BRONFENBRENNER, Kate; GLOBAL Unions: Challenging Transnational Capital Through Cross-Border Campaigns (Book); Labor Unions; Nonfiction

German Labour Experiences Since World War Two: A Suggested Interpretation - Schmidt, Ingo (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article examines the social and political developments in Germany, with particular emphasis on the working class, from the downfall of the Nazi regime to 2007. Analyzes the similarities and differences between East and West Germany during the Cold War years and the rising discontent following reunification in 1989.
Keywords: COLD War, 1945-1989; Employees; GERMANY; Labor Unions; NAZIS; SOCIALISTS; SOVIET Union; United States; WORLD War, 1939-1945

Globalization and the Labour Movement - Schmidt, Ingo (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article reviews and comments on the books, "European Unions: Labor's Quest for a Transnational Democracy," by Roland Erne, "The Struggle for a Social Europe: Trade Unions and EMU in Times of Global Restructuring," by Andreas Bieler, and "Labour and the Challenges of Globalization: What Prospects for Transnational Solidarity?," by Andreas Bieler, Ingemar Lindberg, and Devan Pillay.
Keywords: BIELER, Andreas; BOOKS -- Reviews; ERNE, Roland; EUROPEAN Unions: Labor's Quest for a Transnational Democracy (Book); LABOUR & the Challenges of Globalization: What Prospects for Transnational Solidarity? (Book); LINDBERG, Ingemar; Nonfiction; PILLAY, Devan; STRUGGLE for a Social Europe: Trade Unions & EMU in Times of Global Restructuring, The (Book)

Work - Sehgal, Rajeev (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article reviews the book, "Work," by Lars Svendsen.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Nonfiction; SVENDSEN, Lars; WORK (Book); WORK -- Sociological aspects

Economic Liberalization, Democratic Expansion and Organized Labour in India: Towards a New Politics of Revival? - Sengupta, Mitu (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2009)

ILO Law and the Right to Strike The International Perspective - Servais, Jean-Michel (Canadian Labour & Employment Law Journal, 2009)
The author, former Director of the International Labour Organization, provides a succinct overview of the principles developed by the ILO's supervisory bodies (especially the Committee on Freedom of Association) in relation to the right to strike. The topics discussed include general recognition of the right to strike, as well as the types of conditions and restrictions on collective action that may be permitted, e.g. in the area of essential services. The paper also examines the extent to which public authorities may interfere in strikes, and whether sanctions and anti-strike measures imposed by employers are allowed. In the second part of the paper the author turns to a consideration of the ILO standards that apply to alternative means of dispute resolution, with particular emphasis on the use of conciliation, mediation and arbitration. The paper concludes with some general observations based on the ILO's accumulated experience.

Latin American Neostructuralism: The Contradictions of Post-Neoliberal Development - Sheinin, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article reviews the book, "Latin American Neostructuralism: The Contradictions of Post-Neoliberal Development," by Fernando Ignacio Leiva.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; LATIN American Neostructuralism: The Contradictions of Post-Neoliberal Development (Book); LEIVA, Fernando Ignacio; Neoliberalism; Nonfiction

A Social History of Spanish Labour. New Perspectives on Class, Politics and Gender - Shubert, Adrian (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article reviews the book, "A Social History of Spanish Labour: New Perspectives on Class, Politics and Gender," edited by José A. Piqueras and Vicent Sanz Rozalén.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; History; Labor; Nonfiction; PIQUERAS, Jose A.; ROZALEN, Vicent Sanz; SOCIAL History of Spanish Labour: New Perspectives on Class, Politics & Gender, A (Book); SPAIN; Social history

Organizing the Unorganized: The Service, Office, and Retail Workers' Union of Canada (SORWUC), 1972-1986 - Smith, Julia Maureen (Simon Fraser University, 2009)
This thesis examines the Service, Office, and Retail Workers' Union of Canada (SORWUC), an independent, grassroots, socialist feminist union that organized unorganized workers in Canada in the 1970s and 1980s. It looks at SORWUC's role in Canadian labour history in general, and its efforts to organize unorganized workers in particular, focusing on SORWUC's efforts to organize workers at a pub and a restaurant in British Columbia. The central thesis of this work is that SORWUC's socialist feminist unionism and commitment to organizing unorganized workers positioned the union as radically different from much of the 1970s Canadian labour movement, and that this difference both helped and hindered the union in its efforts to organize the unorganized. By examining SORWUC from this neglected perspective, this thesis ultimately aims to demonstrate SORWUC's importance to the historiography of class and labour organizing in Canada.
Keywords: British Columbia; Canada; Labour Organizing; Labour Unions; Service Industry; Service, Office, and Retail Workers’ Union of Canada (SORWUC); Socialist Feminism

Comparing the Risk of Work-Related Injuries Between Immigrants to Canada and Canadian-Born Labour Market Participants - Smith, Peter M.; Mustard, Cameron A. (Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2009)
Objectives: To examine the burden of work-related injuries among immigrants to Canada compared to Canadian-born labour force participants. Methods: Using data from the 2003 and 2005 Canadian Community Health Surveys (n = 99 115), two nationally representative population samples, we examined the risk of self-reported, activity limiting work-related injuries among immigrants with varying time periods since arrival in Canada. Models were adjusted for hours of work in the last 12 months as well as various demographic and work-related variables. Results: Immigrant men in their first 5 years in Canada reported lower rates of activity limiting injuries compared to Canadian-born respondents. Surprisingly, the percentage of injuries that required medical attention was much higher among recent immigrants compared to Canadian-born respondents, resulting in an increased risk of activity limiting injuries requiring medical attention among immigrant men compared to Canadian-born labour force participants. No excess risk was found among female immigrants compared to Canadian-born female labour market participants. Conclusions: Immigrant men in their first 5 years in Canada are at increased risk of work-related injuries that require medical attention. A similar risk is not present among immigrant women. Further, given differences in the number of activity limiting injuries requiring medical attention across immigrant groups, we believe this excess risk among immigrant men may be underestimated in the current data source. Future research should attempt to fully capture the barriers faced by immigrants in obtaining safe employment, the number of injuries that are sustained by immigrants while working, and the consequences of these injuries.

Hiroshima Immigrants in Canada, 1891-1941 - Smith, Susan L. (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article reviews the book, "Hiroshima Immigrants in Canada, 1891-1941," by Michiko Midge Ayukawa.
Keywords: AYUKAWA, Michiko Midge; BOOKS -- Reviews; HIROSHIMA Immigrants in Canada 1891-1941 (Book); Immigrants; Nonfiction

Organizing the Curriculum for Labor Consciousness - Sosin, Adrienne Andi; Sosinsky, Joel I.; Benin, Leigh David; Linné, Rob (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2009)
Research on labor and its treatment in the curriculum of K-12 schools has not been a popular topic. Society´s emphasis on individualism and consumerism has fostered veneration of capitalism throughout public education, with business control of the education policy system. Critical information about the US Labor Movement has been systematically excluded from the public school curriculum, so that labor´s centrality to the flow of history and its contributions to the present status of working people are underappreciated, and neoliberalism threatens public education and teacher unionism around the world. This article describes why and how an alliance of teacher educators, teachers, and unionists are advocating for labor consciousness to be infused into K-12 schooling. This perspective is presented in Organizing the Curriculum, an edited collection of essays, and is being implemented by the Education & Labor Collaborative, an advocacy group to promote economic, social and political empowerment through education for labor consciousness.

Le travail à l'épreuve des paradigmes sodologiques - Soucy, Sid Ahmed (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2009)
The article reviews the book, "Le travail à l’épreuve des paradigmes sociologiques," edited by Jean-Pierre Durand and William Gasparini.
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

A Revolution for our Rights: Indigenous Struggles for Land and Justice in Bolivia, 1880-1952 - Spronk, Susan (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article reviews the book, "A Revolution for Our Rights: Indigenous Struggles for Land and Justice in Bolivia, 1880-1952," by Laura Gotkowitz.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; GOTKOWITZ, Laura; History--History of North And South America; INDIGENOUS rights; Latin American history; Native rights; Nonfiction; REVOLUTION for Our Rights: Indigenous Struggles for Land & Justice in Bolivia 1880-1952, A (Book); Revolutions

Water Privatization and the Prospects for Trade Union Revitalization in the Public Sector: Case Studies from Bolivia and Peru - Spronk, Susan (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2009)
Based on two case studies from Peru and Bolivia, this paper investigates why certain unions of water workers and not others have sought to form deep coalitions with community groups when confronted by privatization.

Forum on Labour and the Economic Crisis: Can the Union Movement Rise to the Occasion? - Stanford, Jim; Wilson, Fred; Cohen, Marcy; Payne, Lana; Schwartz, Kristin; Levine, Gil; Saunders, Bill; Cartwright, John; Ng, Winnie; Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article discusses the opportunities and challenges facing the labour movement in Canada during the global financial crisis and the neoliberal restructuring of the economy.
Keywords: CANADA -- Economic conditions; Canada; Economic aspects; Fiscal policy; GLOBAL Financial Crisis, 2008-2009; GLOBALIZATION -- Economic aspects; Labor movement; MINIMUM wage -- Law & legislation

The Political Economy of Inequality - Reformism or Socialism? - Stevenson, Paul (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article reviews the book "Inequality and Prosperity: Social Europe vs. Liberal America," by Jonas Pontusson.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Equality; INEQUALITY & Prosperity: Social Europe vs. Liberal America (Book); Nonfiction; PONTUSSON, Jonas

Reading Culture and Writing Practices in Nineteenth-Century France - Stewart, Mary Lynn (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article reviews the book, "Reading Culture and Writing Practices in Nineteenth-Century France," by Martin Lyons.
Keywords: 19th century; BOOKS -- Reviews; FRANCE; History; LITERACY -- History; LYONS, Martin; Nonfiction; READING Culture & Writing Practices in 19th-Century France (Book)

Women and Labour Organizing in Asia: Diversity, Autonomy and Activism - Stoneham, Jan (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2009)
Women and Labour Organizing in Asia: Diversity, Autonomy and Activism, edited by Kaye Broadbent and Michele Ford, is reviewed.
Keywords: Activism; Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Female employees; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Workplace diversity

From Invisibility to Equality? Women Workers and the Gendering of Workers' Compensation in Ontario, 1900-2005 - Storey, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The advent of a modern workmen’s compensation system in Ontario in the mid-1910s was a moment of significant gain for injured workers. With the passage of the 1915 Workmen’s Compensation Act (WCA), injured workers would no longer have to rely on an uncertain, even hostile, judge and jury system to receive some form of compensation from their employers. The WCA was, however, a gendered, i.e., discriminatory, statute. As the paper outlines, the 1915 WCA statutorily enshrined the assumptions of the day that women’s paid work was of less value than that of men’s. The situation remained uncontested until the 1970s, when a vibrant and politically influential injured workers’ movement (IWM) emerged and, in small but important ways, began to challenge the gendered and racialized dimensions of the worker’s compensation system. As it happened, the victories secured at this juncture by the IWM that impacted on women – both as injured workers and as wives, mothers, and widows of injured workers – proved to be more symbolic than material. For while a 1982 change in the name from “Workmen’s” to “Workers Compensation Act” was symbolic of a formally gender neutral statute (continued with the passage of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act in 1997), women workers injured over the past two decades report that their claims are being processed by WCB officials who downplay the severity and the legitimacy of their injuries, on the one hand, and who circumscribe rehabilitation and job training programs with gendered notions that their jobs are secondary in importance to that of male members of their households, on the other hand. No longer totally ignored, injured women workers now confront a neo-liberal, increasingly welfarized workers’ compensation system whose formal gender neutrality does not address entrenched labour market inequalities or the regulatory and processual discrepancies between laws and their application.
Keywords: ABSTRACTS; COMPENSATION management; Economic aspects; Economic conditions; Government policy; LABOR market; Ontario; SEX discrimination in employment; Women employees; Workers' compensation

Sixty Years on the Margin: The Evolution of Ontario's Tree Planting Industry and Labour Force: 1945-2007 - Sweeney, Brendan (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
This paper examines the evolution of Ontario's tree planting industry and the segmentation of its labour force since the end of WorldWar II. To. do so, it draws upon Jamie Peck's causal emphases of labour market segmentation: labour demand, labour supply, and the state. Concomitantly, it seeks to better conceptualize tree planting amongst other forestry and seasonal natural resource occupations, such as loggers and agricultural workers. The paper is organized around four distinct time periods, all of which are marked by significant changes to the structure and political economy of the forest products industry and legislation governing forest tenure and management. It also examines mechanization in the logging and tree planting industries, the shift from public to private service delivery, the role of unions, remuneration systems, the potential for the use of migrant guest workers, and the ensuing effects on the segmentation, marginalization, and stigmatization of tree planters in Ontario since the mid-1940s.
Keywords: Agricultural laborers; FORESTRY law & legislation; FORESTS & forestry; LABOR demand; LABOR market; LABOR supply; MIGRANT labor; Ontario; TREE planting

Reasoning Otherwise: Leftists and the People's Enlightenment in Canada, 1890-1920 - Taylor, Jeffery (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article reviews the book, "Reasoning Otherwise: Leftists and the People's Enlightenment in Canada, 1890-1920," by Ian McKay.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Canada; History; MCKAY, Ian; Nonfiction; Politics & government; REASONING Otherwise: Leftists & the People's Enlightenment in Canada 1890-1920 (Book)

"An umbrella full of holes?" Corporate Restructuring, Redundancy and the Effectiveness of ICE Regulations - Taylor, Phil; Baldry, Chris; Danford, Andy; Stewart, Paul (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2009)
This article concerns the manner in which the European Union Information and Consultation of Employees (ICE) Directive has been implemented in the UK in the harsh corporate conditions of restructuring, redundancy and site closure. Drawing on interview and documentary evidence from six case companies (Peugeot-Citroen, General Motors, Prudential, Aviva, Marconi, Rolls-Royce), the article exposes major fault lines in the effectiveness of the UK's ICE Regulations to provide even limited protection for employees who were presented with redundancy as a fait accompli. Contrary to management claims, ICE arrangements have not provided additional levels of representation either to complement unions or to fill the "representation gap" left by declining coverage. The failure to consult raises broader questions on the wider political and legislative environment in the UK.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Case studies; Compliance; Corporate reorganization; EU directives; Labor Unions; Manycompanies; Redundancy; Shutdowns; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Communism and Labor Unions: The Changing Perspectives of Mennonites in Canada and the United States - Thiessen, Janis Lee (Direction, 2009)
Mennonite political theology, at least as manifested by church pronouncements on communism and labor unions, has been both more and less progressive than the ideology of the broader North American society. When the United States and Canadian governments were obsessed with tracking down enemy “reds” within, Mennonites passed resolutions that cautioned against the identification of Christianity with anti-communism. However, while the Second World War and the decade immediately following saw the expansion of labor unions as North Americans flocked to join them, Mennonites issued statements warning against the compromise of Christian principles that union membership would entail. --Introduction

Winnipeg's Palliser Furniture in the Context of Mennonite Views on Industrial Relations, 1974-1996 - Thiessen, Janis Lee (Prairie Metropolis: New Essays on Winnipeg Social History, 2009)
Discusses the evolution of the Mennonite approach to labour relations in Manitoba with reference to an unsuccessful unionization drive at Palliser Furniture in Winnipeg in the 1990s.
Keywords: 19th century; History; Manitoba; Social conditions; Social institutions; Winnipeg; Winnipeg (Man.)

Regulating Flexibility: The Political Economy of Employment Standards - Thomas, Mark P. (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2009)
In a contemporary labour market that includes growing levels of precarious employment, the regulation of minimum employment standards is intricately connected to conditions of economic security. With a focus on the role of neoliberal labour market policies in promoting "flexible" employment standards legislation - particularly in the areas of minimum wages and working time - Mark Thomas argues that shifts toward "flexible" legislation have played a central role in producing patterns of labour market inequality. Using an analytic framework that situates employment standards within the context of the broader social relations that shape processes of labour market regulation, Thomas constructs a case study of employment standards legislation in Ontario from 1884 to 2004. Drawing from political economy scholarship, and using a qualitative research methodology, he analyses class, race, and gender dimensions of legislative developments, highlighting the ways in which shifts towards "flexible" employment standards have exacerbated longstanding racialized and gendered inequities. Regulating Flexibility argues that in order to counter current trends towards increased insecurity, employment standards should not be treated as a secondary form of labour protection but as a cornerstone in a progressive project of labour market re-regulation. --Publisher's description

Remerciements/Acknowledgements - Thompson, Mark (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2009)
An acknowledgement speech by Mark Thompson, Professor Emeritus, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, is presented. Firstly, Thompson would like to thank Laval University and his colleagues and friends in the Department of industrial relations for this great honor, one of the great moments of his life. This honor is even more significant taking into account the major role that the Department plays in the study of industrial relations in Canada. Thompson also would like to address the graduates. They were fortunate to study various subjects in industrial relations with well-known professors. In the future, they will have many occasions to recall what they learned in their studies.
Keywords: Awards & honors; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; University professors

Présentation - Thwaites, James Douglas (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2009)
Professor Mark Thompson is recipient of an honorary doctorate in the Social Sciences. Thompson undertook university studies in the US, initially at Notre Dame University and subsequently at Cornell University, where he oriented his studies toward the field of Industrial Relations. Following his studies, military service as an officer, and two years at the International Labour Organization, Thompson chose the university sector and pursued his career at the University of British Columbia (UBC). That career would last more than thirty years and, in the meantime, he also became a Canadian citizen. During the years he spent at UBC, Thompson devoted himself to integrating the various components of his profession in a very convincing way. The first component was research and publication. The second component was direct intervention in the areas of mediation and arbitration. The third component was his work within professional associations, the Canadian Industrial Relations Association and the Industrial Relations Research Association in the US.
Keywords: Awards & honors; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Personal profiles; University professors

For Liberty, Bread, and Love: Annie Buller, Beckie Buhay, and the Forging of Communist Militant Femininity in Canada, 1918-1939 - Toews, Anne Frances (Simon Fraser University, 2009)
During the interwar years, friends Annie Buller and Beckie Buhay established careers with the Communist Party of Canada and forged a uniquely Communist militant femininity that led to their eventual canonization by the Party as ideal comrades. Using a biographical approach to women’s working-class history, this thesis examines these women’s significant contributions to the CPC’s political project as gendered work. It also demonstrates that although their representation of themselves as comrades was organized around their understanding of themselves as workers, it was shaped too by particularities of ethnicity, gender, and other factors that were all subsumed in the Party’s egalitarian rhetoric. Additionally, in exploring how their lifelong friendship supported their construction of Communist militant femininity, and thus enabled their work, this thesis contributes to a developing historiography of friendship that focusses on its work rather than its nature, and that is inclusive of the friendships of working-class women.
Keywords: Friendship; Labour College; communist; comrade; militant; woman question

The Economics of Imperfect Labor Markets - Townsend, James (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article reviews the book, "The Economics of Imperfect Labor Markets," by Tito Boeri and Jan van Ours.
Keywords: BOERI, Tito; BOOKS -- Reviews; ECONOMICS of Imperfect Labor Markets, The (Book); Economic aspects; LABOR market; Nonfiction; VAN Ours, Jan

Transnational Tortillas: Race, Gender, and Shop-Floor Politics in Mexico and the United States - Tremblay, Carole (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2009)
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

Que font les employeurs comme préparation à la négociation collective ? - Tremblay, Jean-François; Bergeron, Jean-Guy (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2009)
L’étude vise à combler le manque de connaissance sur la préparation à la négociation collective et, plus particulièrement, celle des employeurs. Malgré qu’elle soit considérée comme une phase de première importance du processus de la négociation collective, les études de terrain sur le sujet sont quasi inexistantes. Le modèle de la préparation patronale à la négociation collective utilisé a été testé à partir d’un échantillon de 232 répondants provenant des organisations syndiquées du Québec, à l’exception des fonctions publiques provinciale et fédérale. Les résultats de l’analyse montrent que, globalement, la préparation des employeurs est jugée comme étant une activité importante, surtout la préparation politique, suivie des préparations synoptique et technique. Pour la première fois à notre connaissance, une étude présente ce que font concrètement les organisations en guise de préparation, tout en permettant une analyse théorique de la dynamique de cette phase du processus de la négociation collective.
Keywords: bargaining process; organisations québécoises; organizaciones quebequenses; organizational practices; organizations in Quebec; political preparation; practicas organizacionales; pratiques organisationnelles; preparación política; procesos de negociación; processus de négociation; préparation politique

International Labour Regulation: What Have We Really Learnt So Far? - Tsogas, George (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2009)
Can soft regulatory approaches and corporate social responsibility ever be substitute methods for pursuing meaningfully across the globe violations of labour standards? Our analysis shows the limits of country, government, and hard-law based international labour regulation, but also the ambiguities and challenges of soft labour regulation. We introduce an updated model of international labour regulation and create a conceptual framework for analyzing labour regulation. We provide some insights into how regulation has developed over the last decades and discuss some of the challenges it faces. Our assessment of the various regulatory regimes is based on the simple premise of whether they can provide a venue for workers' rights violations to be redressed. We aim to provide a broad overview and an attempt at generalizing the findings and "lessons learnt" so far from an international and comparative industrial relations perspective.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; International; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Models; Regulation; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social responsibility; Studies; Violations

Hospitality Unionism and Labour Market Adjustment: Toward Schumpeterian Unionism? - Tufts, Steven (Geoforum, 2009)
This paper proposes a conceptual model for understanding emerging changes in a North American labour union. UNITE-HERE, largely representing textile and hospitality workers, has been at the forefront of debates on union revitalization in the US and Canada. UNITE-HERE is often characterized as a successful example of North American union renewal, but I argue that this often oversimplifies many complex and contradictory labour strategies. Much of the labour union renewal literature remains prescriptive and is only beginning to escape false binaries such as business versus social unionism, the servicing versus organizing model, or ‘top-down’ versus ‘bottom-up’ administration. In this paper, I attempt to conceptualize the strategies adopted by the union as they exist in relation to the changing political economic landscape. I characterize the current labour practices as ‘Schumpeterian unionism’, a model which captures the shifting, contradictory, and multi-scalar relationships labour has with the broader community, capital and the state. The model is illustrated with a case study of UNITE-HERE Local 75’s response to the 2003 SARS outbreak through their establishment of a Hospitality Workers Resource Centre to service unemployed workers.

Labouring Geography: Negotiating Scales, Strategies and Future Directions - Tufts, Steven; Savage, Lydia (Geoforum, 2009)
In our editorial introduction to this themed issue on labour geography, we outline some important on-going debates in the relatively young field of labour geography and suggest future directions for research. First, there is the key question of labour as an active agent in the production of economic landscapes. The agency of labour will likely remain a defining feature of labour geography, but perhaps it is not as important to construct theoretical analytical boundaries as it is to define labour geography as a political project. Second, debates continue surrounding the production of scale and the multiscalarity of organized labour. Third, labour geographers have yet to engage in any sustained fashion with unpacking the complex identities of workers and the way in which those identities simultaneously are shaped by and shape the economic and cultural landscape. Fourth, there is some debate on the costs and benefits of a ‘normative’ labour geography which emphasizes what workers and their organizations ‘could’ or even ‘should’ do. Lastly, we challenge the assumption that labour geographers have not yet asserted themselves as activists in their own right. We conclude the editorial by introducing the articles included in the issue. While these articles may not address every gap in the literature, they do contribute in significant ways to move the labour geography project forward.

Depression on the Frontline: An Examination of the Impact of Working Conditions and Life Stressors on Sex Workers, Stylists and Servers - Vallance, Katherine Jane (Victoria, 2009)
Changes to the global economy over the past few decades along with growing support for neo-liberal policies in Canada have led to an increase in precarious, low-wage frontline service work. These kinds of occupations often involve sustained interaction with clients and have high job demands, low job control and insufficient monetary reward. Further, many of these jobs also tend to be gendered (i.e., they involve a large degree of ‘emotional’ labour or care work that is predominantly carried out by female workers). Working conditions such as these can have a negative impact on the mental health of frontline service workers leading to psychological distress and depression. Chronic stress or cumulative stressful life events can also increase vulnerability to depression. While these stressors can be exacerbated by poor working conditions, they can also exist independently of them. Comparative research across two or more frontline service occupations, similar in broad strokes but differing in workplace characteristics, is especially needed to understand how structural and contextual factors in the workplace and over the life course interact to produce depression. This thesis presents data from my supervisor (Dr. Cecilia Benoit) and colleagues’ 4-wave longitudinal study entitled “Interactive service workers’ occupational health and safety and access to health services” (Benoit, Jansson, Leadbeater & McCarthy, 2005). This is a study of three types of frontline service jobs – two in the formal economy (hairstyling and food and beverage service) and one in the shadow/informal economy (sex industry). Results of this secondary analysis demonstrate that not only do working conditions have a significant impact on the mental health of frontline service workers but that stressful life events also have very strong explanatory power in understanding why certain workers experience depression more than others. The findings indicate that sex workers have the highest levels of depression, in comparison to stylists and servers. Yet sex workers report protective factors in their jobs, including higher comparative decision latitude, that contradict much of the current literature on sex work. The thesis concludes with policy recommendations and gives direction for further research in the area of frontline service work and depression.

Transforming or Reforming Capitalism: Towards a Theory of Community Economic Development - Veltmeyer, Henry (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article reviews the book, "Transforming or Reforming Capitalism: Towards a Theory of Community Economic Development," by John Loxley.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; LOXLEY, John; Management; Nonfiction; TRANSFORMING or Reforming Capitalism: Towards a Theory of Community Economic Development (Book); economic development

Un débat en analyse du travail : deux méthodes en synergie dans l'étude d'une situation d'enseignement - Viau-Guay, Anabelle (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2009)
The article reviews the book, "Un débat en analyse du travail : deux méthodes en synergie dans l’étude d’une situation d’enseignement," by Daniel Faïta et Bruno Maggi.
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

Tenants in Time: Family Strategies, Land, and Liberalism in Upper Canada, 1799-1871 - Vosburgh, Michelle (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article reviews the book, "Tenants in Time: Family Strategies, Land, and Liberalism in Upper Canada, 1799-1871," by Catharine Anne Wilson.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; History; Nonfiction; REAL property; TENANTS in Time: Family Strategies, Land & Liberalism in Upper Canada 1799-1871 (Book); WILSON, Catharine Anne

Gender and the Contours of Precarious Employment - Vosko, Leah F.; MacDonald, Martha; Campbell, Iain (Routledge IAFFE advances in feminist economics, 2009)
Precarious employment presents a monumental challenge to the social, economic, and political stability of labour markets in industrialized societies and there is widespread consensus that its growth is contributing to a series of common social inequalities, especially along the lines of gender and citizenship. The editors argue that these inequalities are evident at the national level across industrialized countries, as well as at the regional level within federal societies, such as Canada, Germany, the United States, and Australia and in the European Union. This book brings together contributions addressing this issue which include case studies exploring the size, nature, and dynamics of precarious employment in different industrialized countries and chapters examining conceptual and methodological challenges in the study of precarious employment in comparative perspective. The collection aims to yield new ways of understanding, conceptualizing, measuring, and responding, via public policy and other means - such as new forms of union organization and community organizing at multiple scales - to the forces driving labour market insecurity. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Alemania; Allemagne; Analyse comparative; Arbeitsmarkt; Arbetsmarknad genusaspekter; Australia; Australie; Canada; Canadá; Contract system (Labor); Espagne; España; Estados Unidos; Etats-Unis; Etats-Unis d'Amérique; Fackligt arbete; France; Francia; Frau; Genre; Germany; Inégalités sociales; Ireland; Irlanda; Irlande; Japan; Japon; Japón; Marché du travail; Netherlands; Niedriglohn; Pays développés; Pays-Bas; Países Bajos; Precarious employment; Précarité; Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte; Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord; Rörlighet på arbetsmarknaden; Sexual division of labor; Spain; Suecia; Suède; Sweden; Temporary employment; Travail précaire; Travail temporaire; UE/CE Etats membres; USA; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Women Employment; Zeitarbeit; chômage; desempleo; division du travail basée sur le sexe; división del trabajo por sexo; empleo a tiempo parcial; empleo precario; empleo temporal; emploi précaire; emploi temporaire; emploi à temps partiel; men workers; part time employment; precarious employment; sexual division of labour; temporary employment; trabajadoras; trabajadores masculinos; travailleurs masculins; travailleuses; unemployment; women workers

Ontario´s Agricultural Workers and Collective Bargaining: A History of Struggle - Walchuk, Bradley (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2009)
This paper explores the history of Ontario’s labour laws as they relate to agricultural workers, examines the way these laws have been interpreted by the judiciary, provides an overview of the most recent case affirming the right of agricultural workers to bargain, and analyzes the likely effects of the Court of Appeal’s recent decision. In so doing, it provides commentary on the relationship between the labour movement, human rights and the legal system more generally, and provides specific commentary on this situation as applies to agricultural workers in Ontario.

The Best of Both Worlds: A Pragmatic Approach to the Construction of Labour Rights as Human Rights - Walchuk, Bradley (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2009)
Labour rights are increasingly being constructed as human rights. While this construction is gaining popularity, there is still considerable opposition to it. Recently, the debate has made its way to the pages of Just Labour. Building upon a pragmatic approach utilized by feminist legal scholars, the present article seeks to continue this important dialogue and offers an alternative that combines elements of both rights-based pluralism and critical legal scholarship. It contends that the labour movement ought to employ a multi-faceted strategy to protect and promote the rights of working people. Such a strategy recognizes the limitations of rights-discourse, but also recognizes its potential benefits. The paper argues that the labour movement cannot rely solely on rights-discourse to protect its interests but that it should also not be dismissed out of hand. Thus, the construction of labour rights as human rights can be only part of the labour movement's broader fight back strategy.

Queer Inclusions, Continental Divisions: Public Recognition of Sexual Diversity in Canada and the United States - Walcott, Rinaldo (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article reviews the book, "Queer Inclusions, Continental Divisions: Public Recognition of Sexual Diversity in Canada and the United States," by David Rayside.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Nonfiction; QUEER Inclusions, Continental Divisions: Public Recognition of Sexual Diversity in Canada & the United States (Book); RAYSIDE, David; SEXUAL diversity

Are We There Yet? The Struggle for Equity in Canadian Unions - Walker, Marie Clarke (Unions, Equity, and the Path to Renewal, 2009)
[D]raws on the [the author's] experiences in the Canadian Labour Congress and the Ontario labour movement to elaborate on the causes and consequenes of the limited progress made in advancing equity for racialized people within the labour movement. --Editor's introduction
Keywords: Canada; Equality; Labor unions; Social aspects; Women in the labor movement

Equity in Unions: Political Correctness or Necessity for Survival? - Wall, Carol (Unions, Equity, and the Path to Renewal, 2009)
[P]resents statistics documenting the changing face of Canada's labour force, which is projected to become more feminized, more racialized, and more Aboriginal. ...[The author] warns that many of the most underprivileged workers are already turning to worker advocacy centres for help, rather than unions, because of unions' continuing failure to respond to their needs. --Editor's introduction
Keywords: Canada; Equality; Labor unions; Social aspects; Women in the labor movement

Feminism's Challenge to Unions in the North: Possibilities and Contradictions - Warskett, Rosemary (Socialist Register, 2009)
In most advanced capitalist societies, the feminist challenge to labour unions began well over twenty-five years ago. This essay examines the history of the ambivalent relationship between women and unions and assesses the difference feminism has made in terms of the structure, practices and overall vision of unions' role and goals. Has feminism helped to renew union movements across the capitalist world and moved them at all towards socialism? The answer to this is complex and involves assessing both the different strands of feminist influence and the way these were interwoven with the attack on unions and working people that occurred in the 1980s and 1990s.

The Stelco Restructuring Paradox - Waxman, Jason A. (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2009)
Examines the legal dispute that occurred during the Stelco restructuring that occurred between 2004 and 2006, in which labour law was trumped by corporate law. The union ultimately emerged victorious because it made no concessions despite the series of legal defeats.

Can We Achieve Racial Equality in the Food Security Movement? - Wolk, Katie; Ramsaroop, Christopher (The Edible City: Toronto's Food from Farm to Fork, 2009)
If a city is its people, and its people are what they eat, then shouldn’t food play a larger role in our dialogue about how and where we live? The food of a metropolis is essential to its character. Native plants, proximity to farmland, the locations of supermarkets, immigration, the role chefs can and should play in society – how a city nourishes itself makes a statement about the kind of city it is.With a cornucopia of essays on comestibles, The Edible City considers how one city eats. It includes dishes on peaches and poverty, on processing plants and public gardens, on rats and bees and bad restaurant service, on schnitzel and school lunches. There are incisive studies of food-security policy, of feeding the needy and of waste, and a happy tale about a hardy fig tree.Together they form a saucy picture of how Toronto – and, by extension, every city – sustains itself, from growing basilon balconies to four-star restaurants. Dig into The Edible City and get the whole story, from field to fork. --Publisher's description

Global Unions, Global Business: Global Union Federations and International Business - Wood, Geoffrey (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2009)
Global Unions, Global Business: Global Union Federations and International Business, by Richard Croucher and Elizabeth Cotton, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Globalization; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

If You're in My Way, I'm Walking: The Assault on Working People since 1970 - Workman, W. Thom (Fernwood Pub., 2009)
“If you’re in my way I’m walking.” This arrogant statement by former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on the occasion of his physical altercation with a protester in Hull, Quebec in the mid-1990s symbolizes the spirit of the relentless drive of capital to rewrite the historical compromise reached with working people after World War II. This early post-war compromise—sometimes referred to as the Fordist Compact—was associated with improving wages and rising living standards for working people. But in recent decades those achievements of the working class are being deliberately rolled back. Workman surveys many features of this experience: changing public perceptions of working life, the deregulation of labour law, the decline in unionization rates, the eclipse of union militancy, the stagnation of real wages, the disproportionate absorption of women into the low-wage sphere and the dismantling of social policy. He demonstrates the unravelling of the post-war compact and its replacement with a far more ex-ploitative relationship between capital and labour. He also points to the decline of the Canadian left and its inability to counter the capitalist onslaught effectively. Nevertheless, there are reasons to be hopeful. Workman calls for a rebuilding of the left through the restoration of left culture. To do this he says that the left must “quit politics,” work to promote the collective memory of working-class achievements, create venues to listen to working people in today’s economy, reject nationalism outright and encourage the labour movement to exploit its disruptive capacity. This revitalized left will form the basis of a deepening social critique, the political lessons of which will prove to be invaluable for working people in the long run. -- Publisher's description
Keywords: Labor Unions; Labor movement; Neoliberalism; Right and left (Political science); Working class

Political Trials and Security Measures, 1840-1914 - Wright, Barry; Binny, Susan (Canadian State Trials, 2009)
This third volume of the Osgoode Society’s Canadian State Trials series covers the period from the 1840s to the First World War. It examines a range of political trials as traditionally defined, including those arising from the Fenian invasions and the North-West Rebellions. The volume also expands the definition of state trials to include studies on the early development of secret policing and the evolution of the legal regulation of riot and public order. The editors have assembled a team of experts from across the country in a variety of fields, and produced a comprehensive and fascinating set of studies of the use of law to control political dissent and public disorder.--Publisher's description.
Keywords: Political crimes and offenses -- Canada -- History

Gender and Racial Differentials in Promotions: Is There a Sticky Floor, a Mid-Level Bottleneck, or a Glass Ceiling? - Yap, Margaret; Konrad, Alison M. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2009)
Using a proprietary dataset containing personnel records on over 22,000 full-time, non-unionized employees from a large Canadian firm with nationwide operations from 1996 to 2000, this paper explores the incidence of promotion for women and racial minorities. The findings show that women and racial minorities are less likely than their white male counterparts to be promoted. For both white women and minority women, the disadvantage is most severe at the lower rungs of the organizational hierarchy, lending support to the "sticky floor" hypothesis. Significant promotion disadvantages occur for white women, visible minority women, and visible minority men at the middle ranks of the organization, and visible minority men continue to experience a promotion disadvantage at the highest organizational levels.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employee promotions; Gender differences; Impact analysis; Labor Unions; Minority & ethnic groups; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

In Defence of the Rights to Strike - Yates, Charlotte A. B. (Charlotte Alyce Bronwen) (University of New Brunswick Law Journal, 2009)
Do low strike rates suggest that the ‘age of strikes’ has come to an end? Have we reached a time when unions can and should give up the right to strike as a weapon more suited to the ‘old’ economy, or ‘old’ unions who are themselves better suited for the industrial than the post-industrial age? Or should unions continue to defend the right to strike and if so why? This research note explores some answers to these questions that underline the critical importance of defending the right to strike. --From introduction

Why Unions Matter - Yates, Michael (Monthly Review Press, 2009)
In this new edition the author shows why unions still matter. Unions mean better pay, benefits, and working conditions for their members; they force employers to treat employees with dignity and respect; and at their best, they provide a way for workers to make society both more democratic and egalitarian. The author uses both data, and examples to show why workers need unions, how unions are formed, how they operate, how collective bargaining works, the role of unions in politics, and what unions have done to bring workers together across the divides of race, gender, religion, and sexual orientation. The new edition not only updates the first, but also examines the record of the New Voice slate that took control of the AFL-CIO in 1995, the continuing decline in union membership and density, the Change to Win split in 2005, the growing importance of immigrant workers, the rise of worker centers, the impacts of and labor responses to globalization, and the need for labor to have an independent political voice, and the Employee Free Choice Act. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Labor unions; Labor unions United States; United States

GRH et genre : les défis de l'égalité hommes-femmes - Zannad, Hédia (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2009)
The article reviews the book, "GRH et genre : les défis de l’égalité hommes-femmes," edited by Annie Cornet, Jacqueline Laufer and Sophia Belghiti-Mahut.
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

Flexibility: Whose Choice Is It Anyway? - Zeytinoglu, Isik U.; Cooke, Gordon B.; Mann, Sara L. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2009)
This paper examines whether flexible work schedules in Canada are created by employers for business reasons or to assist their workers achieve work-life balance. We focus on long workweek, flextime, compressed workweek, variable workweek length and/or variable workweek schedule. Statistics Canada's 2003 Workplace and Employee Survey data linking employee microdata to workplace (i.e.. employer) microdata are used in the analysis. Results show that more than half of the workers covered in this data have at least one of the five specified types of flexible work schedules. Employment status, unionized work, occupation, and sector are factors consistently associated with flexible work schedules. Personal characteristics such as marital status, dependent children, and childcare use are not significantly associated with flexible work schedules, and females are less likely to have a flexible work schedule than are males. Overall, results suggest that flexible work schedules are created for business reasons rather than individual worker interests.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Flexible hours; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Work environment; Work life balance

Chinese Workers Confront Capitalist Labour Relations - Zhang, Li (Labour / Le Travail, 2009)
The article reviews several books including "Against the Law: Labor Protests in China's Rustbelt and Sunbelt," by Ching Kwan Lee, "Creating Market Socialism: How Ordinary People Are Shaping Class and Status in China," by Carolyn L. Hsu and "Revolution, Resistance, and Reform in Village China," by Edward Friedman, Paul G. Pickowicz and Mark Selden.
Keywords: AGAINST the Law: Labor Protests in China's Rustbelt & Sunbelt (Book); BOOKS -- Reviews; CHING Kwan Lee; CREATING Market Socialism: How Ordinary People Are Shaping Class & Status in China (Book); FRIEDMAN, Edward; HSU, Carolyn L.; Nonfiction; PICKOWICZ, Paul G.; REVOLUTION, Resistance & Reform in Village China (Book); SELDEN, Mark

Social Unionism and Membership Participation: What Role for Union Democracy? - Ross, Stephanie (Studies in Political Economy, 2008)
[The author] brings to the pages of this journal two closely intertwined debates regarding the meaning of social movement unionism and strategies for rebuilding labour movement power in Canada and the United States. It offers an important overview of this debate and raises critical points about the meaning and place of union democracy. The author provides a pertinent critique of the “organizing unionism” “model” that has emerged in the United States. It also serves as a useful foil for distinguishing greater member participation of the sort called for by the organizing model from greater member control.

Quebec Labour and the Referendums - Savage, Larry (Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, 2008)
The Quebec labour movement's decision to withdraw its support for Canada's federal system in the 1970s and instead embrace the sovereignist option was unquestionably linked to the intersection of class and nation in Quebec. In this period, unions saw the sovereignist project as part of a larger socialist or social democratic societal project. Because the economic inequalities related to ethnic class, which fuelled the labour movement's support for sovereignty in the 1970s, were no longer as prevalent by the time of Quebec's 1995 referendum, organized labour's continued support for the sovereignist option in the post-referendum period cannot adequately be explained using the traditional lens of class and nation. This paper employs an institutional comparative analysis of Quebec's three largest trade union centrals with a view to demonstrating that organized labour's primary basis for supporting sovereignty has changed considerably over time. While unions have not completely abandoned a class-based approach to the national question, they have tended to downplay class division in favour of an emphasis on Quebec's uniqueness and the importance of preserving the collective francophone identity of the nation. Party–union relations, the changing cultural, political and economic basis of the sovereignist project and the emergence of neoliberalism in Quebec are offered as key explanatory factors for the labour movement's shift in focus.

The Wage Gap between Francophones and Anglophones: A Canadian Perspective, 1970-2000 - Albouy, David (The Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d'Economique, 2008)
The wage gap between Francophone and Anglophone men from 1970 and 2000 fell by 25 percentage points within Quebec, but only by 10 points Canada-wide, largely because the wages of Quebec Anglophones fell by 15 points relative to other Canadian Anglophones. Accordingly, the Canadian measure of the Francophone gap better reflects the changing welfare of Francophones than the Quebec measure. Over half of the reduction in the Canadian Francophone wage gap is explained by rising Francophone education levels. In Quebec, the declining number and relative wages of Anglophone workers is best explained by a falling demand for English-speaking labour. /// L'écart de salaires entre les hommes francophones et anglophones est tombé de 25 points de pourcentage au Québec entre 1970 et 2000, mais seulement de 10 points à l'échelle canadienne, largement parce que les salaires des anglophones au Québec sont tombés de 15 points par rapport aux autres canadiens anglophones. En conséquence, la mesure canadienne de l'écart prend mieux la mesure du changement de bien-être des francophones que la mesure québécoise. Plus de la moitié de la réduction dans l'écart au niveau canadien s'explique par l'accroissement des niveaux d'éducation des francophones. Au Québec, le nombre en déclin des travailleurs anglophones et la chute de leurs salaires relatifs s'expliquent par un déclin dans la demande de travailleurs parlant anglais.

Working Without Commitments: Precarious Employment and Health - Lewchuk, Wayne; Clarke, Marlea; de Wolff, Alice (Work, Employment and Society, 2008)
Using cross-sectional data from a Canadian population-based questionnaire, this article develops a new approach to understanding the impact of less permanent forms of employment on workers' health. It concludes that employment relationships where future employment is uncertain, where individuals are actively searching for new employment and where support is limited are associated with poorer health indicators.

Abstracts = Résumés (61, Spring 2008) (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
English/French abstracts of the article in the Spring 2008 issue.
Keywords: Canada; FISHERS; FISHERY law & legislation; METIS; MOHAWK women

Abstracts = Résumés (62, Fall 2008) (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
English/French abstracts of articles in the Fall 2008 issue.
Keywords: ABSENTEEISM (Labor); ABSTRACTS; Gender; Labor; Miners

An Index to Labour/Le Travail (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
A subject index for the 2007 issues of "Labour/Le Travail" is presented.
Keywords: INDEXES; Labor

Selling Diversity: Immigration, Multiculturalism and Employment Equity - Abu-Laban, Yasmeen; Gabriel, Christina (Broadview Press, 2008)
Since the 1990s, Canadian policy prescriptions for immigration, multiculturalism, and employment equity have equated globalization with global markets. This interpretation has transformed men and women of various ethnic backgrounds into trade-enhancing commodities who must justify their skills and talents in the language of business. This particular neo-liberal reading of globalization and public policy has resulted in a trend the authors call selling diversity. Using gender, race/ethnicity, and class lenses to frame their analysis, the authors review Canadian immigration, multiculturalism, and employment equity policies, including their different historical origins, to illustrate how a preference for selling diversity has emerged in the last decade. In the process they suggest that a commitment to enhance justice in a diverse society and world has been muted. Yet, neo-liberalism is not the only or inevitable option in this era of globalization, and Canadians are engaging in transnational struggles for rights and equality and thereby increasing the interconnectedness between peoples across the globe. Consequently, the emphasis on selling diversity might be challenged.
Keywords: Diversity; Equality; Equity; Immigrants

From Statutory Right to Human Right: The Evolution and Current Status of Collective Bargaining - Adams, Roy J. (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2008)

I-Mode, The New Language of Workers' Rights: A Rejoinder to Larry Savage - Adams, Roy J. (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2008)

The Supreme Court, Collective Bargaining and International Law: A Reply to Brian Langille - Adams, Roy J. (Canadian Labour & Employment Law Journal, 2008)
Commentary on Brian Langille's paper, "Can We Rely on the ILO?”

What Workers Say: Employee Voice in the Anglo-American Workplace - Adams, Roy J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
What Workers Say: Employee Voice in the Anglo-American Workplace, edited by Richard B. Freeman, Peter Boxall and Peter Haynes, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Human resource management; International; Labor Unions; Polls & surveys; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Unionization; Work environment

The Wage Gap Between Francophones and Anglophones: A Canadian Perspective, 1970–2000 - Albouy, David (Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2008)
The wage gap between Francophone and Anglophone men from 1970 and 2000 fell by 25 percentage points within Quebec, but only by 10 points Canada-wide, largely because the wages of Quebec Anglophones fell by 15 points relative to other Canadian Anglophones. Accordingly, the Canadian measure of the Francophone gap better reflects the changing welfare of Francophones than the Quebec measure. Over half of the reduction in the Canadian Francophone wage gap is explained by rising Francophone education levels. In Quebec, the declining number and relative wages of Anglophone workers is best explained by a falling demand for English-speaking labour.
Keywords: J200; J700

Corporate Wasteland: The Landscape and Memory of Deindustrialization - Anastakis, Ditry (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Corporate Wasteland: The Landscape and Memory of Deindustrialization," by Steven High And David W. Lewis.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CORPORATE Wasteland: The Landscape & Memory of Deindustrialization (Book); DEINDUSTRIALIZATION; HIGH, Steven; LEWIS, David W., 1946-; Nonfiction

Subcommander Marcos, The Man and the Mask - Anderson, Mark (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Subcommander Marcos: The Man and the Mask," by Nick Henck.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; HENCK, Nick; LEADERS; Nonfiction; SUBCOMMANDER Marcos: The Man & the Mask (Book)

No Place to Go: Local Histories of the Battered Women's Shelter Movement - Athersych, Cheryl (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "No Place to Go: Local Histories of the Battered Women's Shelter Movement," by Nancy Janovicek.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; JANOVICEK, Nancy; NO Place to Go: Local Histories of the Battered Women's Shelter Movement (Book); Nonfiction; WOMEN'S shelters

The Labour Force Involvement of Women: Lessons from a Comparison of Canada and Australia - Austen, Siobhan (Public Policy, 2008)
The focus of this paper is the large difference in the labour market involvement of Canadian and Australian women. In the context of ageing populations and associated skill shortages, this employment gap has particular policy significance. Understanding the contributing factors could guide the development of new approaches to maximising potential labour supply. This paper explores the role of differences in educational attainment, marginal tax rates, parental leave, child care costs and attitudes regarding the legitimacy of mothers' involvement in paid work.
Keywords: Child care; Education; Employment; Labor market; Labour market; Wages; Women

Employment and Sexual Orientation: Disclosure and Discrimination in the Workplace - Badgett, M.V. Lee (Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 2008)
Economist, sociologists, and other social scientists have begun to study the influence of sexual orientation on individuals in the labor market, particularly with respect to employment discrimination. The conceptual framework developed in this paper connects lesbian, gay, and bixexual workers' disclosure of their sexual orientation to the economic and social characteristics of the workplace. Disclosure creates the potential for discrimination by employers and coworkers. The framework shows how sexual orientation operates independently and in interaction with other important characteristics such as race and gender. A review of existing research supports the hypothesis that discrimination against gay workers exists. Both workplace groups for gays and lesbians and those who work gay and lesbian workers (such as supervisors, personnel managers, and counselors) need to understand the relationship between disclosure and discrimination in order to make workplaces supportive of lesbian, gay, and bisexual workers.

Global Governance in Question: Empire, Class and the New Common Sense in Managing North-South Relations - Baragar, Fletcher (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Global Governance in Question: Empire, Class and the New Common Sense in Managing North-South Relations," by Susanne Soederberg.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; GLOBAL Governance in Question: Empire, Class & the New Common Sense in Managing North-South Relations (Book); International relations; Nonfiction; SOEDERBERG, Susanne

The Saga of History 492: The Transformation of Working-Class History in One Classroom - Barrett, Jim; Koenker, Diane P. (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article focuses on the educational course History 492 and the relationship between the re-conceptualization and rewriting of working-class history in the U.S. and the ways in which teaching of the subject has changed. The evolution of the course suggests that social class is still being talked about in more capacious terms. It says that the seminar's comparative approach indicates that the characteristics of capitalism and industrialism are shared from one society to another.
Keywords: CURRICULA (Courses of study); Capitalism; HISTORY -- Study & teaching; INDUSTRIALISM; Social classes; United States; WORKING class -- History

Scapegoats of September 11th: Hate Crimes and State Crimes in the War on Terror - Barsky, Robert F. (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Scapegoats of September 11th: Hate Crimes and State Crimes in the War on Terror," by Michael Welch.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; HATE crimes; Nonfiction; SCAPEGOATS of September 11th: Hate Crimes & State Crimes in the War on Terror (Book); WELCH, Michael

Harry Bryan - A Man of Fanatical Convictions - Beaulieu, Michel S.; Muirhead, Bruce W. (Essays in Northwestern Ontario Working Class History: Thunder Bay and Its Environs, 2008)
...Nowhere in Canada was the trade union movement very strong as employers and governments practiced labour relations behind the barrel of a gun, but in what today constitutes the city of Thunder Bay, it was even weaker than elsewhere. Indeed, until 1902, organized labour was practically non-existent. It was not until Harry Bryan came to the Lakehead in that year that organizational activity began in earnest in a number of trades, although others had organized some workers, like the railway men, during the previous decade. Bryan exemplified an era that would see the creation of a vibrant and diverse socialist culture in the region.1 As a union man he could count his success by the number of unions chartered - as many, some claim, as 22; however, the number is in dispute. Because of his striking achievement, his former associates often referred to him as the father of the labour movement in Thunder Bay. --From authors' introduction

Liquid Gold: Energy Privatization in British Columbia - Beder, Sharon (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Liquid Gold: Energy Privatization in British Columbia," by John Calvert.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CALVERT, John; Energy industries; LIQUID Gold: Energy Privatization in British Columbia (Book); Nonfiction

The Freedom to Smoke: Tobacco Consumption and Identity - Belisle, Donica (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "The Freedom to Smoke: Tobacco Consumption and Identity," by Jarrett Rudy.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; FREEDOM to Smoke: Tobacco Consumption & Identity, The (Book); Nonfiction; RUDY, Jarrett; SMOKING

The Parlour and the Suburb: Domestic Identities, Class, Femininity and Modernity - Belisle, Donica (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "The Parlour & the Suburb: Domestic Identities, Class, Femininity and Modernity," by Judy Giles.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; GILES, Judy; Nonfiction; PARLOUR & the Suburb: Domestic Identities, Class, Femininity & Modernity, The (Book); WOMEN in development

The Mysterious Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveaux: A Study of Powerful Female Leadership in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans - Bell, Caryn Cossé (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "The Mysterious Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveaux: A Study of Powerful Female Leadership in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans," by Ina Johanna Fandrich.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; FANDRICH, Ina Johanna; LAVEAU, Marie, 1794-1881; MYSTERIOUS Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveaux: A Study of Powerful Female Leadership in 19th-Century New Orleans, The (Book); Nonfiction

Social Theory at Work - Bellemare, Guy (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Social Theory at Work," edited by Marek Korczynski, Randy Hodson and Paul K. Edwards.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

La relation d’emploi : état actuel de la question / The Employment Relationship: Current Research Avenues - Bentein, Kathleen; Guerrero, Sylvie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
Cette introduction présente les cinq articles sélectionnés dans ce numéro spécial. Elle montre dans un premier temps comment chaque contribution a un lien avec la théorie de l’échange social, qui sert de fondement à l’ensemble du numéro spécial. Ce faisant, l’apport des cinq articles est souligné et les principaux résultats sont mis en perspective avec les travaux antérieurs sur l’échange social. La deuxième partie de l’introduction présente diverses perspectives de recherche sur la relation d’emploi. Les auteures suggèrent des pistes liées aux emplois atypiques, à l’étude de la relation d’emploi dans une perspective temporelle, et à l’approche multi-cibles et multi-niveaux de la relation d’emploi. Le recours aux méthodes de recherche longitudinales et quantitatives y est suggéré. // This introduction presents the five articles selected for this special issue. First, it illustrates how each contribution relates to the social exchange theory, on which this entire special issue is based. The contributions of the five articles are highlighted and their main results are compared with those of previous work conducted on social exchange. The second part of the introduction presents various research perspectives on the employment relationship. The authors recommend avenues for contingent jobs, for a study of the employment relationship from a temporal perspective, and a multi-foci and multi-level approach of the employment relationship. They also recommend the use of longitudinal and quantitative research methods.

Travail et reconnaissance des compétences - Bernier, Colette (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Travail et reconnaissance des compétences," edited by William Cavestro, Christine Durieux and Sylvie Monchatre; afterword by Hugues Bertrand.
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

Cent jours dans la vie des Campivallensiennes. La grève de 1946 à Salaberry-de-Vallefield - Bettez, Lucie (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
L’historiographie québécoise regorge d’études sur le mouvement ouvrier et ses répercussions dans le monde du travail. Par contre, peu de chercheurs se sont penchés sur les conséquences familiales causées par un manque à gagner, tant du côté des travailleuses que de celui des mères et épouses de grévistes. Cette étude vise à reconnaître l’apport de ces femmes durant la grève de 1946 à la Montreal Cottons de Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, tout en essayant de cerner et d’analyser les circonstances entourant le soutien féminin substantiel à ce conflit de travail.
Keywords: ESSAY (Literary form); History; QUEBEC (Province); QUEBEC (Province) -- Social conditions; SALABERRY-de-Valleyfield (Quebec); STRIKES & lockouts -- Textile industry; Women employees

Building a Better World: An Introduction to Trade Unionism in Canada - Black, Errol; Silver, James (Fernwood, 2008)
Substantially revised and updated, this widely used introductory text emphasizes how values, objectives and activities of unions are shaped in the face of employer resistance and hostile governments. It includes an analysis of why workers form unions; organization and democracy; collective bargaining and grievances; historical development; and gains unions have achieved for their members and all working people. It also examines the challenges created by rapid economic and technological change, the rise of neoliberalism and the increasingly contingent and acialized character of the labour force. --Publisher's description
Keywords: History; Labor Unions

Rebâtir la confiance après une grève de longue durée : est-ce possible ? - Bonin, Geneviève A.; Harrisson, Denis (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
Cette étude a pour but d’analyser les facteurs contribuant à bâtir la confiance entre employés syndiqués et cadres après une grève de longue durée dans une succursale bancaire. Des entrevues semi-dirigées auprès de treize employés et cinq cadres, des observations et une analyse documentaire ont servi à déterminer ces facteurs. Ces derniers ont été analysés à la lumière des écrits scientifiques pour établir un modèle relationnel et analyser la situation vécue par les membres de l’organisation à l’étude., The effects of strikes have always preoccupied industrial relations’ scholars and practitioners. Even though statistically, there have been fewer strikes in Quebec during the last few years, they have not been of lesser interest. The most recent strikes have been more apparent because of their longer duration. This study discusses trust between managers and unionized employees who have returned to work after a fourteen-month strike. The objective is to better understand the phenomenon of trust in a situation of organizational conflict and, more precisely, to analyze the factors that contribute to re-establishing trust between union employees and managers following this major conflict. A few theoretical concepts about trust help us understand the basic elements needed to produce collaborative relationships. Among other things, categories of trust established by Lewicki and Bunker (1996) as well as Zucker (1986) are presented to help make a better judgment with regard to the different types of relationships and to understand the way in which they present themselves in particular situations. This section ends with an overview of the authors’ theoretical perspective, an institutional approach, which makes reference to Powell and Dimaggio’s (1991) framework. Because of the difficulty to access multiple companies affected by a strike, a qualitative case study was conducted. Thirteen union employees and five managers chosen randomly among each job category from a total of forty-six employees make up the sample. They were interviewed during semi-structured interviews six months following the end of the strike. Observations about individual behaviour during the interview period were also taken into consideration. An analysis of internal documents from the organization helped bring out factual information about the state of the relationship between the two groups before, during and after the strike. It is the use of these three traditional methods that helped construct the case presented. Not only does it explain the events surrounding the conflict by using a balanced approach including information obtained from union employees and company managers, but it also includes references to articles published in local newspapers to give a temporality and a sense of place to the events. Subsequently, the authors undertake a discussion about ways to reconstruct trust among the parties. Tables detailing the factors that can contribute to reconstructing trust according to each party are presented with representative quotes from the semi-structured interviews. In total, three common factors were raised—communication, material investments and human investments. Communication is a central concept, but it also includes its share of complexities because the simple act of communicating is not sufficient. Even if, in basic terms, material investments are perceived as advantages, they are not in practice, according to the literature on this subject. Human investments can also bring new dynamics to a company, but cannot be done to the detrimental need of removing existing personnel. To these factors, the union employees add six additional ones including desire, supervision, recognition and appreciation, respect of the collective agreement and the importance of not resorting to outsourcing. The managers also came up with four additional factors—responsibility, comprehension, company vision and the importance of providing projects to union employees. All these factors are systematically analyzed in the article in direct relation to the written scientific and theoretical literature on these subjects. In light of this analysis, it is possible to establish a relationship between these factors and a hierarchy of their importance that can serve to explore the possibility of reestablishing trust within the organization. These relationships and this hierarchy are presented in an illustration which summarizes the study. Explanations about its creation and the way to interpret it are also included. It is important, however, to note that although the study reveals a number of important factors needed to study trust, it has its limitations which can only be rectified by studying each factor in a distinct fashion and by weighing each one individually during subsequent research. In conclusion, this research demonstrates the difficulty to establish trust within an organization because the company does not recognize the union’s presence and its role. The company is rather searching to achieve its own objectives without taking the values and interests of its employees into account as well as those of the trade union. From a theoretical point of view, the study helps identify the limitations to trust relationships between various groups of employees, the effects of strikes on returning to work and of trust in the after-strike context. Paths for future research are explored. It is suggested to replicate the study in an institution in the same field or in different fields to open the door to the possibility of generalization. Secondly, it is suggested to weigh the factors to find out which ones would have the greatest impact on the creation of trust. And, finally, measuring the level of trust that really exists between the parties would be beneficial in understanding the scope of the division which separates them., El objetivo de este estudio es de analizar los factores que contribuyen a construir la confianza entre empleados sindicalizados y directivos después de una huelga de larga duración en una sucursal bancaria. Para determinar estos factores, se utilizaron entrevistas semi-dirigidas con trece empleados y cinco cuadros, observaciones directas y un análisis documentario. Dichos factores fueron analizados a la luz de escritos científicos para establecer un modelo racional y analizar la situación vivida por los miembros de la organización al estudio.

Women's Work and Identity in Eighteenth-Century Brittany - Boon, Sonja (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Women's Work & Identity in Eighteenth-Century Brittany," by Nancy Locklin.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; LOCKLIN, Nancy; Nonfiction; WOMEN -- Social conditions; WOMEN'S Work & Identity in 18th-Century Brittany (Book)

Vocational Training and the Labour Market in Liberal and Coordinated Economies - Bosch, Gerhard; Charest, Jean (Industrial Relations Journal, 2008)
In recent decades, the differences between the education and training systems in the liberal and coordinated market economies have increased. It is not possible to understand such different developments by focusing exclusively on the internal dynamics of vocational and general education systems. Vocational education and training (VET), and particularly apprenticeship systems rather than school-based VET, are deeply embedded in the different national production, labour market, industrial relations and status systems. In order to contribute to a better understanding of the dynamics of VET, we examine recent developments in general and vocational training and its links to the labour and product market in five contrasting countries, namely, Denmark, Canada, Germany, Korea and the USA. In particular, differences in industrial relations, welfare states, income distribution and product markets are the main reason for the persistent high level of diversity in vocational training systems. The difference can perhaps be summarized as follows: in the coordinated market economies, the modernisation of vocational training is seen as a contribution to innovation in the economy, while in liberal market economies, it is seen as a siding into which weaker pupils can conveniently be shunted.

International Framework Agreements and the Future of Collective Bargaining in Multinational Companies - Bourque, Reynald (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2008)
This article emphasizes the contribution of International Framework Agreements (IFAs) to collective bargaining within multinational companies (MNC). For this purpose, we used various data, including content analysis of 42 IFAs and interviews with representatives of the five Global Union Federations (GUFs) involved in the negotiation of these IFAs, in order to assess the content and efficiency of these agreements. Our analysis reveals that IFAs usually include a commitment by the signatory MNC to conform to ILO's core conventions in all its operations, and to inform its business partners of their obligations under the agreement. Regular meetings are held with unions' representatives for the monitoring of these agreements to ensure their respect by the signatory multinational companies and their business partners. According to GUFs' representatives, the IFAs have been effective in protecting basic trade union rights covered by ILO conventions 87 and 98. In the last part, we emphasize the IFAs' contribution to collective bargaining within MNCs and discuss the prospects for future development of international collective bargaining, particularly in light of Levinson's seminal work (1972) on this subject.

Framing Identity: Social Practices of Photography in Canada (1880-1920) - Bouzek, Don (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Framing Identity: Social Practices of Photography in Canada (1880-1920)," by Susan Close.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CLOSE, Susan; FRAMING Identity: Social Practices of Photography in Canada 1880-1920 (Book); Nonfiction; Photography

Gender at Work at Home: Family Decisions, the Labour Market, and Girls' Contributions to the Family Economy - Bradbury, Bettina (Labouring Canada: Class, Gender, and Race in Canadian Working-Class History, 2008)
Keywords: Economy; Family; Gender; Home Care; Work

Working Construction: Why White Working-Class Men Put Themselves - and the Labor Movement - In Harm's Way - Braedley, Susan (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Working Construction: Why White Working-Class Men Put Themselves - and the Labor Movement - in Harm's Way," by Kris Paap.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Labor; Nonfiction; PAAP, Kris; WORKING Construction: Why White Working-Class Men Put Themselves & the Labor Movement in Harm's Way (Book)

Stories of Unionization: Four Teachers' Perspectives on Collective Bargaining in Two Canadian Private ESL Schools - Breshears, Sherry Diane (Simon Fraser University, 2008)
The private English language training industry in Canada has grown rapidly in recent years. While subject to influences of market competition, ESL schools have had little educational or labour regulation. This study presents life history interviews with four teachers who became involved in forming unions at their workplaces because of their experiences with just labour practices. The findings show that teachers sought union protection to deal with a pervasive sense of insecurity in their jobs. Through unions, they established clearer processes for dealing with such issues as the allocation of work and the resolution of grievances, a forum for communicating concerns to management, and a peer support structure. Additionally, these teachers have gained significant increases in salary and benefits. These narratives also show teachers, both individually and collectively, engaging in resistance as they confront the daily infringement of business priorities on their capacities to develop and practice as educators.

'Living the Same as the White People': Mohawk and Anishinabe Women's Labour in Southern Ontario, 1920-1940 - Brownlie, Robin Jarvis (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
Aboriginal women have a long history of paid labour in Canada, yet there is little scholarly writing examining their work experiences. Using enfranchisement case files for the Ontario Indian agencies of Parry Sound and Manitowaning, supplemented by oral histories from the Tyendinaga Mohawks, this article explores the work lives of Anishinabe and Mohawk women in the 1920s and 1930s. Aboriginal women's economic roles involved a continuum of labour ranging from non-cash-oriented subsistence production to commercially-oriented farming, handicraft production, and berry-picking, to wage labour in the capitalist economy. In response to increasing economic hardship on the reserves, First Nations men and women turned increasingly to off-reserve wage labour. While men around Georgian Bay had access to seasonal jobs in lumbering, sawmilling, transportation, and tourism, women faced much more limited employment opportunities in the area. Some responded by moving to towns and cities to work. Further south, the Mohawk women of Tyendinaga could take domestic service jobs and commute from the reserve, or they could move to larger cities to work. For both groups of women, as for women in general, domestic labour was the most common occupation. The Tyendinaga women also had considerable involvement in manufacturing and migrant farm labour. A few women from both groups were able to finish high school and obtain clerical jobs, which offered better pay and shorter hours. Aboriginal women's occupational distributions were similar to those of other women in the labour force, especially working-class, immigrant, and racialized women. Contrary to today's persistent media images of Aboriginal unemployment, their records and reminiscences reveal lifetimes of hard work, self-support, and self-respect.
Keywords: Labor; MOHAWK women; OJIBWA women; ONTARIO, Southern; WOMEN -- Employment

Watching Workers: A Critical Review of the Law Regarding Electronic Employee Monitoring in Non-Unionized Workplaces in Canada - Bueckert, Melanie R. (University of Manitoba, 2008)
This thesis addresses the topic of electronic employee monitoring in non-unionized workplaces in Canada. Electronic employee monitoring is defined as including (1) the use of electronic devices to review and evaluate employees’ performance; (2) ‘electronic surveillance’; and (3) employers’ use of computer forensics. Detailed consideration is given to a variety of technologies, including computer, internet and e-mail monitoring, location awareness technologies (such as global positioning systems and radio frequency identification), as well as biometrics, and the developing case law surrounding these innovations. Analogies are drawn to the jurisprudence developing with respect to unionized workplaces and under statutory unjust dismissal regimes. This analysis leads to the conclusion that legislative reform is necessary, either through(1) the creation of parallel private sector privacy regimes, such as those in British Columbia and Alberta, mirroring existing federal legislation; (2) amendments to existing employment standards legislation; or (3) the enactment of a stand-alone surveillance statute.

Les temporalités sociales : repères méthodologiques - Buffier-Morel, Martine (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Les temporalités sociales : repères méthodologiques, ouvrage collectif," edited by Jens Thoemmes and Gilbert de Terssac.
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

Work-Family Balance or Greedy Organizations? - Burchielli, Rosaria; Bartram, Timothy; Thanacoody, Rani (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
This paper re-examines the concept of work-family balance by analyzing qualitative data from interviews conducted with Australian senior female staff and managers at a major metropolitan bank and a large, regional hospital. Extant research suggests that managers and staff in senior roles, who have greater autonomy and discretion than other employees, are better able to balance their work and family demands. This paper finds evidence for work-family conflict among participants, who perceive they have "no balance" and must make many personal sacrifices to meet the conflicting demands of work and family. Our findings are confronted with the greedy institutions framework which provides a suitable metaphor to understand the role of organizations in supporting the dual demands of work-family.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Conflicts; Families & family life; Female employees; Labor Unions; Organization theory; Qualitative research; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Work life balance

Craft Capitalism: Craftsworkers and Early Industrialization in Hamilton, 1840-1870 - Burley, David G. (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book,"Craft Capitalism: Craftsworkers and Early Industrialization in Hamilton, 1840-1870," by Robert B. Kristofferson.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CRAFT Capitalism: Craftsworkers & Early Industrialization in Hamilton 1840-1870 (Book); INDUSTRIALIZATION; KRISTOFFERSON, Robert B.; Nonfiction

Live Working or Die Fighting: How the Working Class Went Global - Camfield, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Live Working or Die Fighting: How the Working Class Went Global," by Paul Mason.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; LIVE Working or Die Fighting: How the Working Class Went Global (Book); MASON, Paul; Nonfiction; Working class

Workplace Violence and the Duration of Workers' Compensation Claims - Campolieti, Michele; Goldenberg, James; Hyatt, Douglas (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
Based upon unique Canadian administrative data from the years 1996 to 1999, this study examines the duration of absences from work due to injuries arising from workplace violence with a hazard model. We find that policing and nursing occupations, larger health care expenditures and more severe acts of violence are associated with longer absences from work. On the other hand, workers from larger firms have shorter absences from work. Our estimates are also quite sensitive to the inclusion of unobserved heterogeneity distribution, i.e., an individual specific random effect. This suggests that unobservable factors, such as stress and psychological or psychosomatic problems resulting from the workplace violence could have a large impact on the duration of work absences.
Keywords: Absenteeism; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Health care expenditures; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Stress; Studies; Workers compensation; Workplace violence

La mobilité de la main-d’oeuvre dans l’industrie de la construction au Québec : une double réalité - Charest, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
L’industrie de la construction connaît une mobilité de la main-d’oeuvre particulièrement élevée en regard de la moyenne des autres secteurs de l’économie. En effet, le taux annuel des cessations d’emploi est pratiquement le double dans la construction par rapport à l’ensemble des secteurs d’activité économique. Cela s’explique par diverses caractéristiques de l’activité productive de cette industrie. Par ailleurs, cette mobilité doit être distinguée selon que l’on considère les déplacements de la main-d’oeuvre au sein même de l’industrie ou les départs permanents de cette industrie. Recourant à des données originales de Statistique Canada, nous présentons une analyse de certains facteurs explicatifs de cette double réalité. Nous nous intéressons notamment au cas du Québec qui offre un profil institutionnel particulier en matière de régulation du marché du travail., The construction industry has often been described in terms of its distinctive features, that is, its industrial organization, the specificity of its workforce, the nature of its work processes or its labour relations system. An important feature of the industry is unstable employment and the resulting high level of workforce mobility. Empirically, this industrial mobility is reflected in a rate of workforce mobility in the industry that is practically twice higher than in the economy as a whole. This is based on the mobility indicator of terminations of “permanent” employment during the course of one year as used by Statistics Canada. However, the usual statistical measure of workforce mobility expresses a break in the employment relationship for a given employer. This measure therefore does not necessarily describe adequately the reality of an industry with characteristics such as those found in the construction industry, since the Statistics Canada data do not indicate if the workers find other employment in the same or another sector. These important distinctions are rarely considered in either official statistics or the literature. For an industry whose labour market tends to be regulated on a sectoral basis, which is the case in Quebec, workforce mobility within the industry or sector itself does not have the same significance as permanent departures from the industry. The latter would represent a net loss of human capital. Considering the possible impacts on the workforce, employers and the industry in general, it is important to examine this phenomenon of high workforce mobility, to measure it, and to try to evaluate its causes and effects. This article thus seeks to understand, in particular, whether workforce mobility in the construction industry is truly exceptional. We will examine original comparative data for Quebec and Canada. More particularly, we have sought to distinguish between workforce mobility within the construction industry and mobility expressed through workforce departures to other sectors. The main results of our research indicate that construction workers’ movement to other sectors in Quebec is a real and significant phenomenon, although it is among the lowest when compared to other Canadian provinces. The proportions of construction industry workers who move to other economic sectors are similar to those observed for other industries. Thus, our data on this mobility correspond to certain explanatory factors found in the literature to explain workforce mobility, such as age and income level. In fact, in line with most studies identified in the literature on workforce mobility, the workers who leave the industry are younger than those in the industry as a whole. Moreover, it can also be suggested that they are more inclined to leave the industry if, in addition to being among the youngest, they are not highly skilled. In terms of income, our results are in line with the literature. On the one hand, mobility is more often correlated with low initial gains for workers, and on the other, a logical consequence is that mobility reflects the workers’ desire to improve their economic situation. It can also be hypothesized that changing sector will tend to also correspond to workers’ changing their occupations. This hypothesis is supported by two facts. First, most construction trades are very specific to the industry and as such, are not easily exported to other sectors. Second, the sectors to which workers who have left construction tend to move often have little to do with the latter (e.g., transportation, commerce, public services or manufacturing industries). Workforce mobility in the construction industry is an ongoing challenge for an industry with characteristics of production activity that often result in employment instability. Thus, how can workers be attracted to and retained by the industry which, year after year, has twice as many employment terminations as in other sectors? Our data suggest an initial conclusion regarding the conditions that should be put in place to minimize permanent departures from the industry. The workers recruited should be guaranteed a satisfactory number of working hours, which will provide them with an income level that is at least comparable to other sectors. The recruitment of workers who hold a diploma, as compared with workers without experience or specific knowledge of the industry, also seems to have a positive effect on their retention. Our data also suggest that sectoral regulation of the workforce, and particularly the centralized management of benefits, are organizational features that mitigate certain disadvantages of employment instability for workers. In other words, it is argued that this model of sectoral regulation results in workforce management that reconciles the imperatives of the high mobility specific to this sector while at the same time ensuring a degree of economic security for workers., La industria de la construcción conoce une movilidad de la mano de obra particularmente elevada comparativamente a otros sectores de le economía. En efecto, la tasa anual de cesación de empleo es prácticamente el doble en la construcción comparativamente al conjunto de sectores de actividad económica. Esto se explica en razón de las diversas características de la actividad productiva de esta industria. Es más, esta movilidad debe ser distinguida según que se considere los desplazamientos de mano de obra dentro de la misma industria o los alejamiento permanente de esta industria. Utilizando datos originales de Estadísticas Canadá, presentamos un análisis de ciertos factores explicativos de esta doble realidad. Nos interesamos en especial al caso de Quebec que presenta un perfil institucional particular en materia de regulación del mercado de trabajo.

An Assessment of Worker Reaction to their Union and Employer Post-Strike: A Canadian Experience - Chaulk, Kimberly; Brown, Travor C. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
Union members (n = 187) completed surveys assessing five affective measures (organizational commitment, job satisfaction, work climate satisfaction, management satisfaction, and union commitment) following a five-month long strike. Paired t-tests (using retrospective questions where participants assessed pre and post-strike affect on a single survey) found that the strike had a negative impact on worker reactions to both their management group and their union across all five measures. The significance of this study is that the negative effects of strikes can, and do, carry over into the workplace in terms of worker affect towards their union and employer. From a theoretical perspective, these findings are consistent with the IR systems' concept of a feedback loop and suggest that future strike research and theories should be expanded to examine issues related to worker reaction.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Job satisfaction; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strikes; Studies; Union membership; Work environment

Les nouvelles formes d’organisation du travail : Le rôle des perspectives contingente et institutionnelle - Chênevert, Denis; Dubé, Mireille (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
Cette étude analyse le taux de pénétration des nouvelles formes d’organisation du travail (NFOT) ainsi que leurs déterminants. Pour ce faire, les perspectives contingente et institutionnelle ont été mises à profit afin de caractériser les facteurs explicatifs des NFOT dans 252 entreprises québécoises. Les résultats de cette étude sont concluants : la perspective contingente explique mieux la présence des NFOT lorsque le taux de pénétration de ces pratiques est élevé, alors que la perspective institutionnelle s’avère dominante lorsque ce taux est faible. Concrètement, les résultats suggèrent que la stratégie d’affaires, la gestion participative, le type de culture et la qualité totale, caractérisant la perspective contingente, sont les facteurs déterminants d’une pénétration élevée des NFOT, alors que le secteur d’activités, la concurrence à l’international et la structure de gouvernance, caractérisant la perspective institutionnelle, expliquent mieux la présence des NFOT lorsque celles-ci sont implantées superficiellement., This study deals with new forms of work organization (NFWO). Whereas, in the past, this subject has been approached by many authors from the perspective of the impact of innovative practices on business performance (Arthur, 1994; Handel and Gittleman, 2004; Handel and Levine, 2004), this study rather sets out to study the diffusion and the determinants linked to work organization. Consequently, we can ask the following question: what differentiates firms having implemented new forms of work organization (NFWO)? To answer this question, two perspectives will be used: the institutional perspective and the contingent perspective. On the one hand, according to the institutional perspective, businesses could be tempted to imitate competitors and/or to follow the enthusiasm which increasingly, many industries show for NFWO (Dirsmith, Fogarty and Gupta, 2000). They might equally be compelled to adopt NFWO due to surrounding coercive forces. According to this approach, the choice would thus be rather the result of sectoral imitation (DiMaggio and Powell, 1983) limited or encouraged by the different groups of actors in the business. On the other hand, according to the contingency theory, businesses should be bound to their internal structure as well as to their policies and human resource management practices on their business strategies and their internal strategies. The choice to adopt or to implement NFOW would stem, from this perspective, from a rational and strategic choice (Dunphy and Bryant, 1996). Thus, businesses opting for participative management and having initiated a quality management approach would be more inclined to adopt new forms of work organization oriented towards autonomy and, conversely, those having adopted autocratic management and mass production without concern for quality would be less attracted by these practices (Dean and Bowen, 1994; Handel and Levine, 2004). The results of this study show that 27% of establishments surveyed chose to implement NFOW substantially, which is comparable to the results obtained by Osterman (1994a, 2000). Also, although we did not test for the presence of complete practice systems, it appears that few businesses chose to thoroughly implement several practices linked to work organization. To this end, we observe that autonomous work teams are less implemented than are the other selected practices. Our results suggest that the contingent perspective and mainly internal strategies better account for the presence of NFOW than does the institutional perspective. Concretely, we found that the presence of a leadership strategy by costs, of participative management, of a quality management approach, and a market culture based on performance are all linked to the presence of NFOW when the degree of penetration for these practices is considered. However, on the institutional perspective side, the sector to which the business belongs, the competitive pressure to which businesses are exposed, the governing mechanism and their level of growth are linked to the presence of NFOW only when these are superficially implemented. In conclusion, certain businesses implement NFOW in a way so as to be coherent with their strategies and values, while others seem rather to follow the style of the day, without achieving true change as concerns their work organization method., Este estudio analiza la tasa de penetración de las nuevas formas de organización del trabajo (NFOT) así que sus determinantes. Para ello hemos utilizado las perspectivas contingente e institucional para caracterizar los factores explicativos de las NFOT en 252 empresas quebequenses. Los resultados de este estudio son concluyentes: la perspectiva contingente explica mejor la presencia de NFOT cuando la tasa de penetración de dichas prácticas es elevada, mientras que la perspectiva institucional se revela dominante cuando esa tasa es baja. Concretamente, los resultados sugieren que la estrategia empresarial, la gestión participativa, el tipo de cultura y la calidad total, que caracterizan la perspectiva contingente, son los factores determinantes de una penetración elevada de NFOT, mientras que el sector de actividad, la concurrencia en el campo internacional y la estructura de gobernanza, que caracterizan la perspectiva institucional, explican mejor la presencia de NFOT cuando estas son implantas superficialmente.

The Realities of Work: Experiencing Work and Employment in Contemporary Society, 3rd ed. - Clarke, Louise (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
The Realities of Work: Experiencing Work and Employment in Contemporary Society, third edition, by Mike Noon and Paul Blyton, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Graduate students; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Work environment; Work life balance

Changing Contours of Work: Jobs and Opportunities in the New Economy - Clinch, Graham (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
Changing Contours of Work: Jobs and Opportunities in the New Economy, by Stephen Sweet and Peter Meiksins, is reviewed.
Keywords: Affirmative action; Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Global economy; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Workforce

Public Sector Unions in Sudbury - Closs, John (Mining Town Crisis: Globalization, Labour, and Resistance in Sudbury, 2008)
Assesses workforce changes in Sudbury, Ontario, notably in the public sector, and the role of unions in confronting the Progressive Conservative provincial government of Mike Harris in the 1990s.

Predictors of Participation in Voluntary Vocational Training: An Empirical Study among Canadian Female and Male Managers - Cloutier, Julie; Renaud, Stéphane; Morin, Lucie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
Using Canadian national data from the Workplace and Employee Survey (WES), this study aims to identify predictors of participation in voluntary vocational training for female and male managers, respectively. Results show a higher rate of participation for female managers and a differential effect of predictors by gender. For men, schooling is the sole human capital variable significantly linked to the probability of participating in voluntary vocational training. For women, the probability of participating in voluntary vocational training varies by age, organizational tenure and schooling. Results also indicate that both participation in mandatory training and family responsibilities are significantly and negatively linked to participation in voluntary training for female managers but not for male managers.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Effectiveness; Labor Unions; Managers; Participation; Probability; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Training; Vocational education

La contractualisation de la relation de travail - Coiquaud, Urwana (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "La contractualisation de la relation de travail," by Christian Bessy.
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

Commissioning Consent: An Investigation of the Royal Commission on the Relations of Labour and Capital, 1886-1889 - Cole, Stephen J. (Queen's University, 2008)
The 1880s were turbulent years in the Dominion. Under the auspices of the National Policy, Canada was in the midst of a social and political ‘transformation.’ The social and cultural aspects of this transformation became a source of public debate as the ‘Labour Question’ and the relations between labour and capital reached a high mark of political and economic significance. Waves of strikes and the emergence of large international labour organizations challenged many liberal Victorian ideas about a strictly limited state. Many looked upon the federal government as responsible not only for economic growth, but also for protection from the more pressing problems of industrial life. The Royal Commission on the Relations of Capital and Labour is a testament to not only the turbulent economic relations in late-Victorian Canada, but the emergence of the Canadian state’s active role in social relations. Its very title envisioned a dual role for the Canadian state: to “promote the material, social, intellectual and moral prosperity” of labouring men and women, and to improve and develop “the productive industries of the Dominion so as to advance and improve the trade and commerce of Canada.” However, this thesis argues that the Labour Commission was more subtly designed to enhance the prestige of the Canadian state and install Ottawa as an authority on, and mediator of, industrial relations in Canada. Attention to the formation, activities, and impact of the Labour Commission suggests that, rather than an exercise in addressing a mounting social polarization between “labour” and “capital,” the Commission lends insight into the emergence of a Canadian middle class. It was a carefully-constructed exercise in the assertion of middle-class cultural hegemony whereby such values and understandings as respectability, morality, manliness, worth and expertise were naturalized. In the process, the tension between labour and capital was diminished and in its place were developed visions of social reciprocity and mutual interest. It is in this way that the Labour Commission was an exercise in ‘commissioning consent:’ it placed oppositional voices and wrenching exposés about industrial life in a framework that worked to quell rather than stimulate far-reaching critiques of the established order. The Commission’s formation, methodology and language functioned like an industrial exhibition rather than a pointed social investigation. The evidence presents a thriving economy that had grown exponentially under a wise and paternal government. It also presented a vision of the Dominion whereby the disturbances that occurred between labour and capital could be handled within a conventional language of liberal politics. In addition, social and intellectual elites were fully ensconced in the formation and legitimization of these social and moral understandings. Because it was up to the state to select who would speak for labour and capital, the Commission’s message was not one of class polarization. Thus, exploring who became ‘labour’ and who ‘capital,’ and what sorts of things they said to each other, sheds light on to the emergent strategies of the Canadian state as it sought to understand and influence civil society. The Commission is an indication, even anticipation, of a more activist and energetic state.

Nation and Society: Readings in Post-Confederation Canadian History, volume 2 - Conrad, Margaret; Finkel, Alvin (Pearson Longman, 2008)
[This textbook] is a balanced collection of the best readings on the history of Canada since Confederation. The readings are separated into five parts: Inventing Canada, 1867-1914; Economy and society in the Industrial Age, 1867-1918; Transitional years, Canada 1919-1945; Reinventing Canada, 1945-1975; and Post-Modern Canada. With 13 new readings, the book will challenge and enlighten students by opening a window to Canada's past and to the ever-evolving examination of Canadian history. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Canada -- History -- 1867- -- Textbooks

Les intermittents du spectacle. Sociologie d'une exception - D'Amours, Martine (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
The article reviews the book, :Les intermittents du spectacle. Sociologie d’une exception," by Pierre-Michel Menger.
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

Barnacle Love - De Sa, Anthony (Penguin Random House Canada, 2008)
Like Wayson Choy and David Bezmozgis before him, Anthony De Sa captures, in stories brimming with life, the innocent dreams and bitter disappointments of the immigrant experience. At the heart of this collection of intimately linked stories is the relationship between a father and his son. A young fisherman washes up nearly dead on the shores of Newfoundland. It is Manuel Rebelo who has tried to escape the suffocating smallness of his Portuguese village and the crushing weight of his mother’s expectations to build a future for himself in a terra nova. Manuel struggles to shed the traditions of a village frozen in time and to silence the brutal voice of Maria Theresa da Conceicao Rebelo, but embracing the promise of his adopted land is not as simple as he had hoped. Manuel’s son, Antonio, is born into Toronto’s little Portugal, a world of colourful houses and labyrinthine back alleys. In the Rebelo home the Church looms large, men and women inhabit sharply divided space, pigs are slaughtered in the garage, and a family lives in the shadow cast by a father’s failures. Most days Antonio and his friends take to their bikes, pushing the boundaries of their neighbourhood street by street, but when they finally break through to the city beyond they confront dangers of a new sort. With fantastic detail, larger-than-life characters and passionate empathy, Anthony De Sa invites readers into the lives of the Rebelos and finds there both the promise and the disappointment inherent in the choices made by the father and the expectations placed on the son. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Authors, Canadian (English) 21st century; Canadian fiction; Domestic fiction; Fiction; Immigrants; Immigrants Fiction; Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland and Labrador Fiction; Nouvelles; Ontario Toronto; Short stories; Toronto (Ont.) Fiction; short stories

Precariousness on the Menu: Restaurant Work and Labour Mobility Within the Low-Wage Service Industry in Kingston, Ontario - Denstedt, Mark James (Queen's University, 2008)
Precarious employment refers to forms of work characterized by limited job security, few employment benefits, lack of control over the labour process and low-wages. Restaurant work demonstrates a range of precarious forms of employment and reveals the complexity of issues that such jobs raise in the context of the regulation of the local labour market. This thesis analyses the nature of precarious employment in the restaurant industry in Kingston, Ontario. In particular, it seeks to understand how precarious employment is shaped by the structure and dynamics of the local labour market. The research highlights the role played by labour mobility, in shaping workers’ experiences of precarious work. Labour mobility refers to the movement of workers between different jobs and between different worksites within a structured local labour market as they seek to better their economic situation and generate a sustainable income for themselves. Through a discussion of labour mobility, this thesis seeks to contribute to a new lens through which the impacts of a precarious and flexible labour market can be better understood as they shape the lives of workers themselves. The objective of this study is to better understand the factors which shape the lived realities of precarious restaurant workers in one specific local labour market. The empirical analysis draws on data collected by Statistics Canada and interviews conducted with both employers and employees in local restaurants to analyze the structure of the local labour market and the nature of precarious employment. The research demonstrates that the restaurant industry in Kingston is comprised of three distinct submarkets, each of which appears to operate largely independently of one another. Interviews were conducted with employees and employers in the submarket located in downtown Kingston. Within this submarket the combined processes of labour market segmentation and labour mobility has a significant impact on workers experiences of precarious employment. By understanding the complex interaction of these two features within the labour market, we can begin to conceive of ways to address the issues associated with the precariously employed in the low-wage service industry.

Hommage à Rodrigue Blouin (1942-2007) / A Tribute to Rodrigue Blouin (1942-2007) - Déom, Esther (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
1 Le 11 septembre 2007, Rodrigue Blouin, professeur au Département des relations industrielles de l’Université Laval, décédait subitement. Sa famille perdait un mari et un père aimés, la revue RI/IR, un collaborateur constant et indéfectible, le Département des relations industrielles perdait un collègue inestimable, les étudiantes et étudiants, un enseignant passionné, le monde du travail perdait un collaborateur de haut niveau apprécié par tous et toutes et beaucoup perdaient un ami irremplaçable. Les témoignages reçus de partout au Québec, du Canada et de l’Europe révèlent l’attachement que collègues et amis témoignaient à Rodrigue et mettent en lumière son influence importante comme référent dans le monde du travail. // On Sep 11, 2007, Rodrigue Blouin, Professor in the Department of Industrial Relations of Universite Laval, died suddenly. The tributes received from all corners of Quebec, Canada and Europe are an eloquent testimonial to the attachment to Rodrigue felt by his colleagues and friends and to his important influence as a model in the world of labor relations. He was impassioned by the subjects that he taught, highly organized, disciplined and always available to his students. After being accustomed to seeing a colleague like Rodrigue every day, everyone is left with a deep sense of emptiness because his presence touched them in many ways and at many levels.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Deaths; Labor Unions; Personal profiles; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; University professors

Reorganizing Higher Education in the United States and Canada The Erosion of Tenure and the Unionization of Contingent Faculty - Dobbie, David; Robinson, Ian (Labor Studies Journal, 2008)
Every year in Canada and the U.S., the share of higher education faculty who teach off the tenure track grows. One might expect that faculty unionization would limit this process, but the data examined here indicate that this is not so. While Canadian universities are significantly more unionized than their U.S. counterparts, they rely at least as heavily on contingent faculty. Similarly, U.S. states with high levels of unionization do not exhibit lower levels of casualization. Union strategies that institutionalize divisions between tenure-track and non-tenure-track, and/or between part-time and full-time faculty, probably play a role in this outcome. They can and should also play a pivotal role in reversing these trends if they develop the political will to do so.
Keywords: Unions; contingent labor; job security; part-time; tenure; union density

L’effet médiateur du soutien et de la confiance dans la relation entre le leadership et l’engagement - Doucet, Olivier; Simard, Gilles; Tremblay, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
L’objectif de cet article est d’évaluer, sur la base de la théorie de l’échange social, dans quelle mesure le soutien et la confiance envers le supérieur et l’organisation permettent d’expliquer l’influence de chacune des dimensions associées au leadership transformationnel, transactionnel et laisser-faire sur l’engagement affectif des employés. De nombreuses études montrent que ces différentes formes de leadership ont un impact important sur plusieurs attitudes et comportements des employés, mais encore très peu de chercheurs se sont intéressés aux processus par lesquels les leaders produisent de tels effets. À cet effet, nos résultats font ressortir que la confiance et le soutien constituent des mécanismes cruciaux pour expliquer l’effet du leadership sur l’engagement organisationnel des employés., Over the last few years, the transformational, transactional and laissez-faire leadership theory has attracted the attention of many researchers (Judge and Piccolo, 2004; Lowe and Gardner, 2000, Yammarino et al., 2005). Furthermore, numerous studies (Bycio, Hackett and Allen, 1995; Dumdum, Lowe and Avolio, 2002; Rafferty and Griffin, 2004; Yammarino, Spangler and Dubinsky, 1998) have shown that these three forms of leadership have a significant impact on several employee attitudes and behaviours, including affective organizational commitment, which is characterized by an individual’s emotional attachment to his company (Meyer and Allen, 1997). Nevertheless, there are still very few researchers taking an interest in the processes through which leaders can produce such effects (Bass and Riggio, 2006; Bono and Judge, 2003; Yukl, 2006). Only a few authors have tackled this problem, particularly by identifying empowerment (Avolio et al., 2004) and fairness (Pillai, Schriesheim and Williams, 1999) as mechanisms explaining the relationship between transformational leadership and employees’ affective commitment. We intend to build on these recent results in improving the understanding of this dynamic. Based on the social exchange theory (Blau, 1964), this research is aimed at exploring how supervisors can strengthen their employees’ affective commitment. More specifically, we will assess the extent to which support and trust can account for the influence of each of the dimensions associated with transformational, transactional and laissez-faire leadership has on commitment. These dimensions are: charisma, intellectual stimulation, individualized consideration, contingent reward, active management by exception, and passive avoidance. One of the primary contributions of this article resides in the fact that currently, there are still very few empirical research projects that have focussed on the effects of these dimensions on other variables, and that such research has only concentrated on the influence of global forms of leadership, and almost exclusively on the transformational form. However, recent works have indeed highlighted the importance of using specific dimensions rather than these three major forms of leadership since the later provide an imperfect and oversimplified image of all the leaders’ behaviours and potential (Antonakis, Avolio and Sivasubramaniam, 2003). In addition to filling a gap at this level, the second significant contribution of this project lies in the fact that, to our knowledge, no study has as yet validated the role of support as an intermediate mechanism lying between leadership and affective commitment. In concrete terms, we are first proposing that the charisma, intellectual stimulation, individualized consideration and contingent reward dimensions are positively related to employees’ perceived supervisor support and trust in their supervisor, whereas the active management by exception and passive avoidance dimensions are negatively related to those same two variables. Secondly, we are proposing that employees’ perceived organizational support and trust in their organization act as mediating variables between perceived supervisor support and trust in their supervisor and affective commitment, respectively. This research, which was conducted in the spring of 2004 among all the employees (excluding physicians) of a Quebec hospital center, allowed the collection of 568 questionnaires, representing a 46% response rate; 80% of the subjects in the sample were women, whose average age was 43, and who had been working in the organization for 12 years, on average. To test our hypotheses, confirmatory factorial analyses and structural equations were conducted, while controlling for gender and employment status (full time vs. part time). The results of the study indicate that only the charisma dimension seems to lead employees to trust their supervisor. This observation is particularly interesting for researchers with an interest in interpersonal trust since other studies have arrived at similar conclusions (Gillespie and Mann, 2004). However, our results indicate that charisma and contingent reward are positively related to perceived supervisor support whereas active management by exception is negatively associated to it. This observation is particularly important in that it provides responses to the theoretical arguments which were paving the way for such a possibility (Yammarino and Bass, 1990; Jung and Avolio, 2000). Lastly, this research shows that the constructs of perceived supervisor support and perceived organizational support constitute an important explanatory mechanism in the relationship between leadership and affective commitment. Trust in the organization also contributes to explaining the dynamic existing between leadership and commitment; however, it is not significantly influenced by trust in the supervisor. Our results open up several avenues of further research. Although our analyses have identified support and trust as intermediate mechanisms between leadership and commitment, other mediators could still account for this relationship. In addition to exploring this avenue, future research could simultaneously analyze the intermediate variables that have been identified to date in the literature (e.g., support, trust, fairness, empowerment) with respect to commitment, but also to other consequences which are often related to transformational and transactional leadership (e.g., satisfaction, mobilization, performance), in order to better understand their relative importance. Finally, this study has certain limitations, including the difficulty in generalizing results (sample composed of a single organization), the possible inflation of the strength of certain relationships (common variance bias) and the impossibility of inferring the causality of the observed relationships (cross-sectional design)., El objetivo de este artículo es de evaluar, sobre la base de la teoría del intercambio social, en qué medida el apoyo y la confianza hacia el superior y la organización permiten de explicar la influencia sobre el compromiso afectivo de los empleados de cada una de las dimensiones asociadas al liderazgo transformacional, transaccional y de “laisser-faire”. Numerosos estudios muestran que estas diferentes formas de liderazgo tienen un impacto importante sobre varias actitudes y comportamientos de los empleados, pero son pocos los investigadores que se interesan a los procesos por los cuales los líderes producen tales efectos. A este propósito, nuestros resultados resaltan que la confianza y el apoyo constituyen mecanismos cruciales para explicar el efecto del liderazgo sobre el compromiso organizacional de los empleados.

Innovations sociales dans le travail et l'emploi : recherches empiriques et perspectives théoriques - Dupuis, Jean-Pierre (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Innovations sociales dans le travail et l’emploi : recherches empiriques et perspectives théoriques," edited by Paul-André Lapointe and Guy Bellemare.
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

Rethinking Work: Time, Space and Discourse - Duxbury, Linda (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
Rethinking Work: Time, Space and Discourse, edited by Mark Hearn and Grant Michelson, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social change; Time

Shakespeare in the Worlds of Communism and Socialism - Egan, Gabriel (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Shakespeare in the Worlds of Communism and Socialism," edited by Irena R. Makaryk and Joseph G. Price.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; MAKARYK, Irena R.; Nonfiction; PRICE, Joseph G.; SHAKESPEARE in the Worlds of Communism & Socialism (Book); SHAKESPEARE, William, 1564-1616

Daring to Care: American Nursing and Second-Wave Feminism - Ellison, Jenny (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Daring to Care: American Nursing and Second-Wave Feminism," by Susan Gelfand Malka.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DARING to Care: American Nursing & Second-Wave Feminism (Book); Feminism; MALKA, Susan Gelfand; Nonfiction

The Manly Modern: Masculinity in Postwar Canada - Fahrni, Magda (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "The Manly Modern: Masculinity in Postwar Canada," by Christopher Dummitt.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DUMMITT, Christopher; MANLY Modern: Masculinity in Postwar Canada, The (Book); Masculinity; Nonfiction

Cultivating Farmworker Rights: Ending the Exploitation of Immigrant and Migrant Farmworkers in BC - Fairey, David; Hanson, Christina; MacInnes, Glen; McLaren, Arlene Tigar; Otero, Gerardo; Thompson, Mark (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2008)
A new study of farm work in BC reveals systematic violations of employment standards and health and safety regulations, poor and often dangerous working conditions, and dismal enforcement by government agencies. The study’s authors propose comprehensive policy changes that would ensure farmworkers — most of whom are immigrants and temporary migrants — are no longer relegated to second-class status. “Farmworkers are at the mercy of a complex and confusing system that exploits, threatens and silences them while putting their lives in danger,” says study co-author Arlene McLaren, Professor Emerita of Sociology at Simon Fraser University. The study draws from numerous sources, including interviews with key informants in government and the farm industry, interviews with 53 Indo-Canadian immigrant and Mexican migrant farmworkers, a survey 87 Mexican migrant farmworkers, and a review of better practices in other jurisdictions. The study is part of the Economic Security Project, a joint initiative of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and Simon Fraser University. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Agricultural laborers; British Columbia; Civil rights; Legal status, laws, etc

Bounded Rationality and Policy Diffusion: Social Sector Reform in Latin America - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Bounded Rationality and Policy Diffusion: Social Sector Reform in Latin America," by Kurt Weyland.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; BOUNDED Rationality & Policy Diffusion: Social Sector Reform in Latin America (Book); Nonfiction; Social policy; WEYLAND, Kurt

Forgotten Families: Ending the Growing Crisis Confronting Children and Working Parents in the Global Economy - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Forgotten Families: Ending the Growing Crisis Confronting Children and Working Parents in the Global Economy," by Jody Heymann.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; FORGOTTEN Families: Ending the Growing Crisis Confronting Children & Working Parents in the Global Economy (Book); HEYMANN, Jody; Nonfiction; WORKING parents

On the Side of the People: A History of Labour in Saskatchewan - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "On the Side of the People: A History of Labour in Saskatchewan," by Jim Warren and Kathleen Carlisle.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CARLISLE, Kathleen; Labor Unions; Nonfiction; ON the Side of the People: A History of Labour in Saskatchewan (Book); WARREN, Jim

Des services publics toujours essentiels au Québec ? - Fontaine, Laurence Léa (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
Les services essentiels doivent être assurés tout en permettant l’exercice légal du droit de grève. Après avoir fait un rappel historique des services essentiels, le présent article étudie l’exercice définitionnel de ces services et tente de mettre en lumière la manière dont est déterminée l’essentialité légale des services à maintenir en cas de grève. Aux termes du Code du travail, il n’existe qu’un seul et unique critère définitionnel des services essentiels, c’est-à-dire la « santé ou sécurité publique ». Mais, depuis peu, comme l’illustre la jurisprudence du Conseil des services essentiels, se dessine une tentative d’extension des services essentiels. L’article présente trois facteurs qui concourent à cette extension., In the event of a legal strike affecting the provision of some public services and the public and parapublic sectors, the parties in the dispute must ensure that the activity is partly maintained due to its critical nature. In other words, the legislator sometimes compels them to provide essential services. This notion exists at both the supra-state and national levels. However, there is no universal legal definition. It is interpreted more or less broadly, depending on the meaning of the concept in use in a particular legal system. In Quebec, the notion of essential services has been constructed over the years. Its history is long and marked by the evolving labour relations in the area of public services and the public and parapublic sectors. It first appeared in the law in 1965 and has continued to evolve ever since: it has become more precise, more refined, but has also expanded. Two important events have marked the history of this notion: the Martin-Bouchard Commission (1978) and the creation of the Conseil des services essentiels (essential services council) (1982). The implementation of essential services gives rise to issues of a political, economic or legal nature. A fundamental legal issue relates to the methods used to define these services. The law stipulates the use of a single criterion to determine essential services, that is, “public health or public safety.” According to the International Labour Organization and the Quebec legislator, essential services are those which when interrupted would endanger the safety or health of a person, in the entire population or in a segment of a population. The Council is the Quebec organization responsible for ensuring protection of the population’s health and safety in the event of a strike. Under this mission, the only relevant criterion it can use is the impact of the provision or non-provision of services on the health and safety of the public. However, the Council can use various subcriteria to determine in a concrete way the essential nature of services, involving, for example, the duration of the strike, the time of year in which the strike takes place, or the characteristics of the services provided. The inconvenience caused by a strike is considered to be normal. Thus, subject to special obligations, the inconvenience, impracticability or discomfort generated by a strike, and its economic impact do not in any way constitute relevant factors in determining the sufficiency of essential services. The Quebec legislation is particularly consistent in this matter. On the one hand, one single definitional criterion is used throughout the process of implementing essential services: from when agreements are worked out between the parties to when they are applied and subsequently controlled. On the other hand, the sole parameter constituted by public health or safety is imposed on very different environments: the health and social services sector, the provision of public services and the civil service. More specifically, it constitutes the basic definitional instrument of the notion of essential services which is adjusted based on the specific characteristics of each “sector.” The Council’s case law effectively clarifies the idea of an activity’s essential nature. Although, for a long time, public health or safety has been the sole criterion that can be applied and is applied, recent case law reveals several phenomena which tend to increase the number of services maintained in the event of a strike in the public services and the public and parapublic sectors. First, the definitional criterion is interpreted broadly. The examination of case law shows that a greater number of services are today considered to be essential. The disputes in the transportation sector are an apt illustration of this finding. Whereas for about 20 years, the way essential services were defined in public transport involved providing service during the peak hours of the week, they now include bus service during the week-end. Second, a number of provisions in the LabourCode related to institutions in the health network are applied beyond the legal requirements. Thus, two trends have emerged: the voluntary application of percentages of employees to be maintained at work that are higher than those set out by law (section 111.10 LC); and the conventional extension of the scope of application of the law by organizations not specified by the legislator that voluntarily apply the rules imposed on institutions in the health network. The application of the LabourCode beyond the legal requirements can be explained in part by the evolving methods used by the state in the area of health management. Third, new criteria have appeared because of the extension of the Council’s field of jurisdiction. Current practices in the public service show that criteria other than public health or safety are being used. In particular, the parties are using the following criteria: public health or safety, the independence of the judiciary, parliamentary privilege and contingent loss of rights or the fact that university training is now included among the essential services to which anyone is entitled. The appearance of these new criteria is acceptable insofar as it leads to the consideration of the specific characteristics pertaining to each sector that has recently come under the Council’s jurisdiction., Los servicios esenciales deben ser asegurados al mismo tiempo que se permite el ejercicio legal del derecho de huelga. Después de hacer un esbozo histórico de los servicios esenciales, el presente artículo estudia el ejercicio de definición de estos servicios y intenta esclarecer la manera como es determinada la esencialidad legal de los servicios que deben ser mantenidos en caso de huelga. Según los términos del Código del trabajo, existe un solo y único criterio de definición de los servicios esenciales, es decir la “salud o seguridad pública”. Pero desde hace poco, como lo ilustra la jurisprudencia del Consejo de servicios esenciales, se bosqueja una tentativa de extensión de los servicios esenciales. El artículo presenta tres factores que concurren a esta extensión.

The Emergence of Feminism in India, 1850-1920 - Forbes, Geraldine (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "The Emergence of Feminism in India, 1850-1920," by Padma Anagol.
Keywords: ANAGOL, Padma; BOOKS -- Reviews; EMERGENCE of Feminism in India 1850-1920, The (Book); Feminism; Nonfiction

A Crisis of Social Democracy: Organized Labour and the NDP in an Era of Neoliberalism - Fowler, Tim (Brock University, 2008)
The NDP was founded out of the ashes of the Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation to cooperate with the Canadian Labour Congress to become the 'political arm of organized labour' in Canada. The NDP has long claimed they are the party which represents the policy goals of organized labour in Canada: that the NDP alone will fight for trade union rights, and will fight for Canadian workers. Divergent Paths is an examination of the links between the labour movement and the NDP in an era ofneo-liberalism. Provincial NDP governments have become increasingly neoliberal in their ideological orientation, and have often proved to be no friend to the labour movement when they hold office. The Federal party has never held power, nor have they ever formed the Official Opposition. This thesis charts the progress of the federal NDP as they become more neoliberal from 1988 to 2006, and shows how this trend effects the links between the NDP and labour. Divergent Paths studies each federal election from 1988 to 2006, looking at the interactions between Labour and the NDP during these elections. Elections provide critical junctions to study discourse - party platforms, speeches, and other official documents can be used to examine discourse. Extensive newspaper searches were used to follow campaign events and policy speeches. Studying the party's discourse can be used to determine the ideological orientation of the party itself: the fact that the party's discourse has become neoliberal is a sure sign that the party itself is neoliberal. The NDP continues to drive towards the centre of the political spectrum in an attempt to gain multi-class support. The NDP seems more interested in gaining seats at any cost, rather then promoting the agenda of Labour. As the party attempts to open up to more multi-class support, Labour becomes increasingly marginalised in the party. A rift which arguably started well before the 1988 election was exacerbated during that election; labour encouraged the NDP to campaign solely on the issue of Free Trade, and the NDP did not. The 1993 election saw the rift between the two grow even further as the Federal NDP suffered major blowbacks from the actions of the Ontario NDP. The 1997 and 2000 elections saw the NDP make a deliberate move to the centre of the political spectrum which increasingly marginalised labour. In the 2004 election, Jack Layton made no attempt to move the party back to the left; and in 2006 the link between labour and the NDP was perhaps irreparably damaged when the CAW endorsed the Liberal party in a strategic voting strategy, and the CLC did not endorse the NDP. The NDP is no longer a reliable ally of organized labour. The Canadian labour movement must decide whether the NDP can be 'salvaged' or if the labour movement should end their alliance with the NDP and engage in a new political project.
Keywords: Social sciences

Global Labour History: A State of the Art - Frank, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Global Labour History: A State of the Art," edited by Jan Lucassen.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; GLOBAL Labour History: A State of the Art (Book); LUCASSEN, Jan; Labor; Nonfiction

Trinity of Passion: The Literary Left and the Antifascist Crusade - Frank, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Trinity of Passion: The Literary Left and the Antifascist Crusade," by Alan M. Wald.
Keywords: ANTI-fascist movements; BOOKS -- Reviews; Nonfiction; TRINITY of Passion: The Literary Left & the Antifascist Crusade (Book); WALD, Alan M.

Coal Miners Revisited - Fry, Richard (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews several books including "Miners and the State in the Ottoman Empire: The Zonguldak Coalfield, 1822-1920," by Donald Quataert, "The Face of Decline: The Pennsylvania Anthracite Region in the Twentieth Century," by Thomas Dublin and Walter Licht, and "The Struggle for Dignity: Industrial Politics and the 1926 Lockout," edited by John Mcllroy, Alan Campbell, and Keith Gildart.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CAMPBELL, Alan; DUBLIN, Thomas; FACE of Decline: The Pennsylvania Anthracite Region in the 20th Century, The (Book); GILDART, Keith; LICHT, Walter; MCLLROY, John; MINERS & the State in the Ottoman Empire: The Zonguldak Coalfield 1822-1920 (Book); Nonfiction; QUATAERT, Donald; STRUGGLE for Dignity: Industrial Politics & the 1926 Lockout, The (Book)

The Supreme Court of Canada and the Right to Bargain Collectively: The Implications of the Health Services and Support case in Canada and Beyond - Fudge, Judy (Industrial Law Journal, 2008)
In June 2007, the Supreme Court of Canada expressly overruled 20 years of jurisprudence that interpreted the freedom of association as excluding collective bargaining. This about-face by the Supreme Court was unexpected. What gave rise to this remarkable decision and what does it portend for the role of the courts in labour relations in Canada and beyond? The recent successes before courts have led some observers to suggest that it may now be a propitious time for a coordinated and proactive litigation strategy to vindicate labour's collective rights. This article offers some preliminary answers to these broader questions and issues by focussing on the Supreme Court's decision in the Health Services and Support case.

Fragments sur l'essentiel du droit de l'emploi - Gagnon, Mélanie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Fragments sur l’essentiel du droit de l’emploi," by Fernand Morin.
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 Business of Everyday Life: Practice and Social Politics in England, c. 1600-1900 - Ganev, Robin (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "The Business of Everyday Life: Practice and Social Politics in England c. 1600-1900," by Beverly Lemire.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; BUSINESS of Everyday Life: Gender, Practice & Social Politics in England, c. 1600-1900, The (Book); HOME economics; LEMIRE, Beverly; Nonfiction

Latina Activists Across Borders: Women's Grassroots Organizing in Mexico and Texas - Garcia, Alma M. (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Latina Activists Across Borders: Women's Grassroots Organizing in Mexico and Texas," by Milagros Pena.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; LATINA Activists Across Borders: Women's Grassroots Organizing in Mexico & Texas (Book); Nonfiction; PENA, Milagros; Women political activists

Les absences au travail dans les mines de Kirkland Lake, 1927-1943 : congés, fins de semaine et vacances annuelles. (French) - Gaudreau, Guy (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
À partir des fiches du personnel et de livres de paie de deux sociétés minières de Kirkland Lake, la Lake Shore Gold Mines et la Wright-Hargreaves Mines, l’auteur aborde la question des absences au travail entre 1927 et 1943. Les mineurs examinés, qui font partie des travailleurs les mieux payés du secteur industriel canadien, ont profité d’une organisation du travail qui les sollicite à faire des heures supplémentaires ou à toucher des primes de rendement. Ces revenus additionnels tout comme les hauts salaires que commande leur travail contribuent à une pratique d’absentéisme occasionnel qui se présente sous deux formes : des semaines de vacances non payées et le prolongement du congé dominical pour profiter de ce qu’on appellera la fin de semaine. Ces pratiques, qui varient d’une mine à l’autre et selon le type de travail, sont ainsi en place bien avant l’adoption des deux semaines de vacances en Ontario en 1944 et bien avant l’adoption de la semaine de travail de 40 heures au début des années 1950. Les absences au travail ne seraient donc pas seulement provoquées par des accidents, des maladies ou du chômage, mais elles pourraient être aussi volontaires, signalant ainsi la très grande indépendance de ces travailleurs face au patronat.
Keywords: ABSENTEEISM (Labor); ATTENDANCE; Canada; Mineral industries; Miners; WORK-life balance; Working hours

Labor's Cold War: Local Politics in a Global Context - Gereluk, Winston (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Labor's Cold War: Local Politics in a Global Context," edited by Sheldon Stromquist.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; COLD War, 1945-1989; LABOR'S Cold War: Local Politics in a Global Context (Book); Nonfiction; STROMQUIST, Sheldon

L'introuvable sécurité de l'emploi - Giasson, Guylaine (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
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

Trois réponses à la précarité subie : Le cas des intérimaires peu qualifiés - Glaymann, Dominique; Grima, François (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
Ce travail vise à comprendre comment des intérimaires subissant ce statut y font face. Il apparaît que confrontés à une situation vécue comme stigmatisante, ces salariés réagissent de façon différente selon les raisons qui les ont conduits vers le travail temporaire, selon les ressources qu’ils parviennent à mobiliser pour définir et poursuivre différents objectifs et, en partie au moins, selon la durée de leur passage dans cette forme d’emploi. Trois réponses émergent : la résignation, la résilience et l’adaptation. Loin des schémas explicatifs unidimensionnels valorisant un précaire contraint ou acteur de son développement de carrière, cette recherche suggère une réaction au travail contingent subi qui questionne les différents modèles de coping, c’est-à-dire de stratégies adaptatives., Insecure and discontinued work has spread significantly in France and in other developed industrialized countries over the last thirty years. A significant number of employees are experiencing precarious employment, for lack of finding a secure job which remains a strong social norm in France. This situation of imposed insecurity is to be found in particular in temporary employment and concerns two million employees in France, predominantly low-skilled or unskilled young people. Many studies tend to show that low-skilled contingent workers accept their situation very passively, having no real means to do anything about it, waiting for the situation to improve. On the other hand, in contrast, one can find the description of self-willed, better skilled, mobile workers who implement strategies including chosen mobility to develop their employability, helped by their independence and their ability to diversify their competencies. In spite of the relevance of this dichotomy that enables us to characterize two typical situations, it has a downside which is to assume that involuntary contingent workers have almost no room at all for maneuver. We have tried to understand to what extent low-skilled, involuntary contingent workers get organized to make do with and face up to their difficulties. We then tried to distinguish how they reacted, the strategies and the tactics they adopted to put up with their situation, and if need be, how they tried hard to turn it around to their benefit. We carried out a field survey in the Paris area among 16 temporary work agencies belonging to three large temporary work companies and an SME in the sector to collect data that would enable us to know more about the subject. Resorting to semi-directive interviews, in situ observations, and questionnaires put to temporary workers as well as to the permanent employees of the agencies that employed them, we identified three types of response to the constraint on the part of low-skilled workers. The first type of response was adjustment, and corresponded to constructive acceptance of the situation the worker was confronted with, by trying to optimize the conditions in which it was experienced; the objective was to force the constraint to find a way out. The worker displayed conspicuous good will, as well as permanent cooperation with the agency during his assignment to serve this adjustment, aimed at showing that he was a good and reliable contingent worker even if his main objective was to become a good stable employee. The second type of response was resilience and consisted in doing everything in order not to give up in the face of difficulties, acting with a view to attempting to access stable employment which was the permanent hope. The worker tried to respond to the constraint so as to create an opportunity for development. This posture often involved a twofold refusal of being victimized as a contingent worker on the one hand, and being trapped in this status on the other. This translated into asserting the reasons for and objectives of resorting to temporary work presented as a moment in one’s career that was accepted if not really chosen, and during which the worker refused to be the victim of circumstances. This positive re-interpretation led to the adoption of active individual tactics. The third type of response was resignation and defined the position of those who felt unable to react to the constraint imposed on them and which generated a lot of suffering. The wide gap between the stable employment they aspired to and the durable job insecurity they suffered put these workers in front of a gap between expectations that could only be coped with by being on the defensive. This frequently led, often after many years, to a passive approach similar to a descent into despair. In quite a few cases, we noticed a scenario in which the three attitudes appeared successively: adjustment, which often characterized the first phase, was followed by a phase of resilience during which the worker tried to get organized so as to hold out without suffering too much, followed by resignation when the time spent in contingent work lasted and generated the feeling that one was trapped within precariousness, from which one increasingly felt unable to escape. However, this succession did not take place systematically in this order; neither did it affect all the career paths of the contingent workers studied. Available professional capital (experiences, acquired experience) and social capital (support, know-how) as well as socio-demographic (age, ethnic origin) and family (parents, spouses able or not to provide emotional and material support) characteristics were elements that were often correlated with the level of reactivity and, in particular, the ability to avoid falling into depression. There again, however, it was difficult to establish very recurrent causality links On the other hand, however, it appeared possible to assert that the duration of contingent work suffered and the fact of being stuck in a position which one hoped would be temporary gradually atrophied the ability of many actors to act with a minimum of room for maneuver and often reduced them to being less efficient agents before sometimes turning them into agents in search of collective reasons that accounted for their situation and their helplessness in escaping from it., Este trabajo se propone comprender cómo los trabajadores temporales bajo este estatuto hacen frente a la situación. Confrontados a una situación vivida como estigmatizante, estos trabajadores reaccionan de manera diferente según las razones que les han conducido hacia el trabajo temporario, según los recursos que logran movilizar para definir y conseguir diferentes objetivos y, al menos en parte, según la duración de su pasaje en este tipo de empleo. Tres respuestas emergen: la resignación, la resilianza y la adaptación. Lejos de los esquemas explicativos unidimensionales que valorizan un trabajador precario obligado o actor del desarrollo de su carrera, esta investigación sugiere una reacción al trabajo eventual no deseado que cuestiona los diferentes modelos de “coping”, es decir de estrategias adaptativas.

Global Competitive Strategy - Gould, Anthony M. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
Global Competitive Strategy, by Daniel F. Spulber, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Competitive advantage; Corporate planning; Executives; Globalization; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Industrial Relations: A Current Review - Gould, Anthony M. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
Industrial Relations: A Current Review, edited by Richard Hall, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; LABOR market; Labor Unions; Labor law; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Regulating Labour in the Wake of Globalisation: New Challenges, New Institutions - Gould, Anthony M. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
Regulating Labour in the Wake of Globalisation: New Challenges, New Institutions, edited by Brian Bercusson and Cynthia Estlund, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Globalization; LABOR market; Labor Unions; Regulation; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

US Labor in Trouble and Transition: The Failure of Reform from Above, The Promise of Revival from Below - Gould, Anthony M. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
US Labor in Trouble and Transition: The Failure of Reform from Above, The Promise of Revival from Below, by Kim Moody, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Human resource management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Transitions; competition

Rethinking the Future of Work: Directions and Visions - Gould, Tony (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
Rethinking the Future of Work: Directions and Visions, by Colin C. Williams, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Future; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Work environment

Organizing for Defeat: The Relevance and Utility of the Trade Union as a Legitimate Question - Green, Brian (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article focuses on declining and retreating of the North American labour movement. The combination of rapid and often reckless capitalist expansion and massive resistance by both unionized and non-unionized workers led to the collapse of the North American economy. Implying greater physical and cultural distance between employers and employees, technological displacement, industrial capitalism required new forms of organization and mobilization.
Keywords: Capitalism; Employees; Employers; Industrial relations; Labor Unions; Labor movement; NORTH America

Mine Mill Local 598/CAW Reaches a Turning Point - Grylls, Rick (Mining Town Crisis: Globalization, Labour, and Resistance in Sudbury, 2008)
Mine Mill Local 598/Canadian Autoworkers union president Rick Grylls discusses the strikes at Falconbridge in Sudbury, Ontario, in 2000-2001 and 2004.

Le développement durable comme compromis : la modernisation écologique de l'économie à l'ère de la mondialisation - Halley, Paule (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Le développement durable comme compromis : la modernisation écologique de l’économie à l’ère de la mondialisation," by Corinne Gendron.
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

Auteurs et textes classiques de la théorie des organisations - Harrisson, Denis (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Auteurs et textes classiques de la théorie des organisations," edited by Laurent Bélanger and Jean Mercier.
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

Industrial Relations in Canada - Hebdon, Robert; Brown, Travor C. (Nelson Series in Human Resources Management, 2008)
This text presents a hands-on examination of industrial relations balanced in both theoretical and practical coverage, as well as union and labour coverage. Industrial Relations in Canada is grounded in leading research and examines true-to-life issues. Experiential exercises, cases, and collective bargaining simulations bridge the academic content of the text with real-world issues in the field. --Publisher's description of 2011 edition.

Spaces of Global Capitalism: Towards A Theory of Uneven Geographical Development - Herod, Andrew (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Spaces of Global Capitalism: Towards a Theory of Uneven Geographical Development," by David Harvey.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Capitalism; HARVEY, David; Nonfiction; SPACES of Global Capitalism: Towards a Theory of Uneven Geographical Development (Book)

Working in Steel: The Early Years in Canada, 1883-1935 - Heron, Craig (Canadian social history series, 2008)
In this indispensable study of Canadian industrialization, Craig Heron examines the huge steel plants that were built at the turn of the twentieth century in Sydney and New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, and Trenton, Hamilton, and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Presenting a stimulating analysis of the Canadian working class in the early twentieth century, Working in Steel emphasizes the importance of changes in the work world for the larger patterns of working-class life. Heron's examination of the impact of new technology in Canada's Second Industrial Revolution challenges the popular notion that mass-production workers lost all skill, power, and pride in the work process. He shifts the explanation of managerial control in these plants from machines to the blunt authoritarianism and shrewd paternalism of corporate management. His discussion of Canada's first steelworkers illuminates the uneven, unpredictable, and conflict-ridden process of technological change in industrial capitalist society. As engaging today as when first published in 1988, Working in Steel remains an essential work in Canadian history. --Pubisher's description
Keywords: Canada; Capitalism; History; Industrial; Working class

Racialized Immigrants In Canada’s Changing Labour Market: An Investigation Of The Effects Of Precarious Work On Black Caribbean Women - Hibbert, Maqueita (Ryerson University, 2008)
This research undertakes an examination of the employment opportunities and experiences of black Caribbean women in Canada, particularly within the context of the growing trend towards precarious jobs—casual, part-time and low paying—in the restructured Canadian labour market. The specific purview of this study is the labour history and employment experience of a representative group of black Caribbean women who work as Personal Support Workers in nursing homes across the Greater Toronto Area. A main concern of the study is to understand the ways in which precarious work affects these women’s settlement and integration experiences, particularly their ability to gain economic independence; this, in turn, affects a number of variables related to their, and others, perception regarding their status and place in Canada. By focusing on the case of Personal Support Workers, the study aims to shed light not only on the employment experiences of black Caribbean women in this sector but also to examine more closely the policies and employment practices that create labour market “niches” or labour “segregation” along racial and gender lines.

The Rich Man - Homel, Gene (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "The Rich Man," by Henry Kreisel.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Fiction; KREISEL, Henry; RICH Man, The (Book); RICH people

The Homeless and Reformers: Negotiating Progress in the Upper Streets of Halifax, 1890--1914 - Hood, David (Carleton University, 2008)
The extremely poor have often been cast as deviants or others, in both the past and the present. Historians of Atlantic Canada have used the idea of deviance as an acceptable approach to the poor and homeless of the past and tacitly encourage us to see the contemporary homeless as deviants. Victorian theorists such as Malthus and Mayhew pejoratively characterized the poor as an underclass. Contemporary writers have provided evidence that challenges the use of the concept in Canada. But it remains a powerful force within American sociology, which is able to cast its influence over Canadian historical writing. It is the contention of this research that it is possible to be true to the past, to reflect the warts and downfalls of the extremely poor and homeless who lived there, but at the same time recognize their efforts to follow prevailing norms and to empathize with their plight and in doing so generate at least the possibility of recognition and empathy in the present. Such recognition and empathy may be the keys to creating and maintaining humane solutions to poverty and homelessness. The examinations conducted by this research address an area of our past that has been largely overlooked. This research supplements broad historical surveys of social welfare legislation by examining social welfare policy in action at the local level. By positioning itself at the convergence of labour history and studies of poverty, and by demonstrating that the populations examined by these discrete areas of research are more alike than different, this research shows that labour history can be extended to include many of those who lived "rough" in the past. Through its approach this research hopes to encourage a view that can help to integrate the study of extreme poverty and homelessness into the mainstream of Canadian historiography.
Keywords: Halifax; Homeless; Nova Scotia; Progress; Reformers; Social sciences

Fairness at Work: Federal Labour Standards for the 21st Century - Hunt, Gerald (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
Fairness at Work: Federal Labour Standards for the 21st Century, by Harry Arthurs, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor law; Labor standards; Modernization; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Work life balance; Working hours

One Step Over the Line: Toward a History of Women in the North American Wests - Jameson, Elizabeth; McManus, Sheila (West unbound, 2008)
This eclectic and carefully organized range of essays--from women's history and settler societies to colonialism and borderlands studies--is the first collection of comparative and transnational work on women in the Canadian and U.S. Wests. It explores, expands, and advances the aspects of women's history that cross national borders. Out of the talks presented at the 2002 "Unsettled Pasts: Reconceiving the West through Women's History," Elizabeth Jameson and Sheila McManus have edited a foundational text with a wide, inclusive perspective on our western past. --Publisher's description. Contents: Connecting the women's Wests / Elizabeth Jameson -- Unsettled pasts, unsettling borders: women, Wests, nations / Sheila McManus -- Making connections: gender, race and place in Oregon contry / Susan Armitage -- A transborder family in the Pacific North West: reflecting on race and gender in women's history / Sylvia van Kirk -- Writing women into the history of the North American Wests, one woman at a time / Jean Barman -- "That understanding with nature":region, race, and nation in women's stories from the modern Canadian and American Grasslands West / Molly P. Rozum -- The perils of rural women's history: (a note to storytellers who study the West's unsettled past) / Joan M. Jensen -- The great white mother: maternalism and American Indian child removal in the American West, 1880-1940 / Margaret D. Jacobs -- Pushing physical, racial, and ethnic boundaries: Edith Lucas and public education in British Columbia, 1903-1989 / Helen Raptis -- "Crossing the line": American prostitutes in Western Canada, 1895-1925 / Char Smith -- "Talented and charming strangers from across the line": gendered nationalism. class privilege, and the American woman's club of Calgary / Nora Faires -- Excerpts from Pourin' Down Rain / Cheryl Foggo -- "A union without women is only half organized": Mine Mill, women's auxiliaries, and cold war politics in the North American Wests / Laurie Mercier -- Jailed heroes and kithen heroines: class, gender, and the Medalta Potteries strike in postwar Alberta / Cynthia Loch-Drake -- Gendered steps across the border: teaching the history of women in the American and Canadian Wests / Margaret Walsh -- Latitudes and longitudes: teaching the history of women in the U.S. and Canadian Wests / Mary Murphy.
Keywords: Boundaries; Canada; Canada Boundaries United States; Canada Boundaries United States Congresses; Canada Frontières États-Unis; Canada Frontières États-Unis Congrès; Conference papers and proceedings; Femmes Canada (Ouest) Histoire Congrès; Femmes États-Unis (Ouest) Histoire Congrès; HISTORY General; History; United States; United States Boundaries Canada; United States Boundaries Canada Congresses; West United States; Western Canada; Women; Women Canada, Western History; Women Canada, Western History Congresses; Women West (U.S.) History; Women West (U.S.) History Congresses; États-Unis Frontières Canada; États-Unis Frontières Canada Congrès

Glass Houses: Saving Feminist Anti-Violence Agencies from Self-Destruction - Janovicek, Nancy (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Glass Houses: Saving Feminist Anti-Violence Agencies From Self-Destruction," by Rebekkah Adams.
Keywords: ADAMS, Rebekkah; BOOKS -- Reviews; GLASS Houses: Saving Feminist Anti-Violence Agencies From Self-Destruction (Book); Nonfiction; Women's rights

La fréquentation scolaire à Québec, 1871-1901 : l'effet de l'industrialisation de l'appartenance culturelle et de la classe sociale - Julien, Mélanie (Cahiers québécois de démographie, 2008)
L’industrialisation qui marque la ville de Québec à la fin du xixe siècle est associée à une généralisation de la fréquentation scolaire, mais aussi à une mise au travail plus précoce des enfants. Ainsi, plutôt que d’accompagner une expansion de la scolarisation, l’industrialisation aurait nui à l’allongement de la fréquentation scolaire en générant des emplois qui exigent peu de qualifications, dont certains pouvaient même être exercés par des enfants. Par ailleurs, le paysage culturel diversifié de Québec au xixe siècle permet de vérifier le « mythe » de la sous-scolarisation des Canadiens français. En bref, ces derniers se distinguent des Irlandais catholiques et de l’ensemble des Protestants par des taux de fréquentation scolaire plus faibles et une mise au travail des enfants plus courante. Or, l’analyse statistique ne nous permet pas d’attribuer cette faible fréquentation scolaire uniquement à la culture canadienne-française. Les enfants d’origine canadienne-française des classes sociales supérieures ont des taux élevés de fréquentation scolaire. Bien plus, une fois contrôlé l’ensemble des variables, l’effet de la classe sociale l’emporte sur l’effet de l’appartenance culturelle, résultat qui fait écho à la thèse de la reproduction sociale.

Qu'est-ce que l'intégration ? - Keith, Sheldon (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Qu’est-ce que l’intégration ?," by Dominique Schnapper.
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

Growth of a Modern Union Local: A People's History of SEIU Local 880 - Kelleher, Keith (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2008)
This article examines the growth of one of the fastest-growing union locals in North America, the Services Employees International Union Local 880 in Chicago. As union membership has declined nationally, Local 880 has achieved exponential growth over the last twenty five years by being among the first to organize extremely low wage home based child care and home care workers. The article highlights the tenets of the local's organizing philosophy, including community organizing and political activism, as well as other strategies and tactics 880 has utilized in growing its membership to more than 65,000 members. Along the way, it has secured notable victories on behalf of its members, including winning the largest organizing campaign of home childcare workers in U.S. history.

Management of Occupational Health and Safety - Kelloway, E. Kevin; Francis, Lori D (Thomson Nelson, 2008)
Based on the premise that occupational health and safety concerns can directly impact an organizations productivity and profitability, this 4th Canadian edition of Management of Occupational Health and Safety helps Human Resource Managers understand health and safety issues, legislation and programs. This edition also provides an up-to-date review of current issues, and methodologies affecting the occupational health and safety standards and practices of Canadian organizations. --Publisher's description
Keywords: Canada; Health and Safety

Traité de sociologie du travail - Kirouac, Laurie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Traité de sociologie du travail," seconde édition actualisée, by Thierry Pillon and François Vatin.
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

Race, Gender, Class, and Colonial Nationalism: Railway Development in Newfoundland,1881-1898 - Korneski, Kurt (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
Historians have long noted that policies of "progress" were integral to men and women throughout northern North America in the 19th century. A range of scholars have commented on the centrality of railway technology to these policies. Indeed, they have suggested that, in the 19th century, bourgeois nationalists were swept up in a kind of "railway fever," and that even though there were detractors, the tenacity of pro-railway elites, and the considerable patronage that huge construction loans and contracts provided them, ensured that these projects triumphed over other possibilities. The Newfoundland case suggests that there is a need for both a slightly revised assessment of elites and their views and goals, and a more nuanced reading of the role of ordinary men and women in the policy-making process. While elites in the colony did view the railway as a means of becoming a "progressive" or "modern nation," and while they viewed economic prosperity and "enlightenment" as central to modernity and progressiveness, commercial dynamism was only one important component of a more encompassing program. Tlites supported the railway because it provided them with a way of living according to standards of Britishness that became important to Newfoundlanders and others in "white" settler dominions, especially after the mid-19th century. Central to "Britishness" as policy makers understood the term, was the idea that "British societies" were those in which men lived according to their "god given manly independence." A careful analysis of the daily press suggests that many working people took these ideals seriously, and that they saw railway work, and the future employment and other economic opportunities its promoters promised, as a means of living according to them. When opponents of railway development did maneuver themselves into power, they found efforts to change course were met with popular upheaval. Ultimately, it was a broadly based solidarity founded on notions of male entitlement that determined which policies were "feasible."
Keywords: Fisheries; NEWFOUNDLAND & Labrador; Railroads; SAVING & investment; Social structure

Perilous Passage: Mankind and the Global Ascendancy of Capital - Kulchyski, Peter (Labour / Le Travail, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Perilous Passage: Mankind and the Global Ascendancy of Capital," by Amiya Kumar Bagchi.
Keywords: BAGCHI, Amiya Kumar; BOOKS -- Reviews; Capitalism; Nonfiction; PERILOUS Passage: Mankind & the Global Ascendancy of Capital (Book)

The State and Civility in Sudbury - Kuyek, Don (Mining Town Crisis: Globalization, Labour and Resistance in Sudbury, 2008)
Analyzes from a legal and political perspective important events in Sudbury, including the punitive treatment of the poor (the Kimberly Rogers case) and the resort to strikebreakers and injunctions in the 2001-2002 Falconbridge Strike. Concludes that such events are the outcome of the neo-conservative policies of the provincial government of Mike Harris.

Les conditions de la confiance entre gestionnaires et représentants syndicaux dans un contexte d’innovations - Laplante, Normand; Harrisson, Denis (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
Cet article analyse les conditions associées au développement de la relation de confiance entre les gestionnaires et les représentants syndicaux au sein d’entreprises qui ont adopté des innovations de différentes formes. Nous nous intéressons à la confiance entre des agents qui interviennent au nom de commettants. Notre étude démontre que si le développement de la confiance bénéficie d’un climat de travail moins conflictuel, d’autres conditions sont également requises, particulièrement le partage des informations entre les parties. Par ailleurs, un contexte de transformation peut améliorer la relation de confiance, particulièrement lorsqu’un processus participatif confiant un rôle au syndicat est adopté pour introduire les innovations. Celles-ci peuvent ainsi favoriser le développement de la confiance cognitive entre les parties, tout en respectant des intérêts spécifiques à chacune., This article examines the development of relationships of trust between managers and union representatives in a context of social innovations. Trust acts as a social lubricant and thus plays an important role in social relations within organizations undergoing change and which depend more on cooperation. However, trust is a multidimensional concept that appears in various forms that can be dichotomized between cognitive trust, which is based more on knowledge and reason, and identity-based trust, which is more emotional and may even involve holding common values. Within organizations, studies of trust have most often examined relations between workers and managers, or even members’ trust in their organization. Few studies have examined the relationship of trust between employers and unions. However, the interactions between institutional agents at work tend to encourage the development of the cognitive dimension of trust rather than its identity-based dimension. While encouraging cooperation between these agents and leading them to develop new relationships outside the traditional institutional framework, innovation nevertheless conceals two essential conditions for the development of trust: the interdependence of actors, and risk in the face of the future and unknown behaviour of their counterpart. Trust is not a given, but is rather a social construction that develops through the interactions of the actors at work according to the diverse conditions that we will examine. The data come from a study on new work relations between employers and unions. The sample includes union representatives and managers in goods and services firms that adopted different kinds of innovations. One thousand firms, each with more than 50 workers, were included in the study. A total of 242 union representatives and 221 managers returned their questionnaires. The sample was generally characterized by medium- or large-sized firms with a high proportion of male workers occupying permanent positions and with several years of seniority. However, there are differences between manufacturing sector firms and services sector firms. The latter employ more women who are less likely to have permanent positions and who have fewer years of seniority. Trust was measured using the average of four dimensions of the Butler scale: integrity, discretion, promise of results, and overall trust. The alpha coefficient of this trust indicator is 0.93 for both union representatives and managers. A second dependent variable measures the improvement in the trust relationship following the adoption of the innovation that the respondent considers to be the most significant. The two dependent variables (trust relationship and improvement of this relationship) have been analyzed using multiple regression and according to a model that includes several dimensions: socio-demographic characteristics, socio-economic context, labour relations climate, access to information, types of innovations, implementation process for innovations and their impacts. The union representatives indicated a lower level of trust (3.15 vs. 3.81/5) and fewer of them believe that trust increased following the adoption of the most significant innovation (27% vs. 44%). The differences between the union representatives and managers remain significant, after adjustment for different dimensions of the analytical model. This shows that the relationship is asymmetrical: the union representatives have less control over the situation and feel more vulnerable to potential opportunistic behaviours on the part of their management counterpart. Nevertheless, both the trust relationship and its improvement following the adoption of the most significant innovation are influenced by different dimensions of the analytical model. First of all, both the managers and the union representatives in the manufacturing sector are less likely than those in the services sector to feel trust. Trust is not highly related to the socio-economic context, although managers have more trust when the work force is declining; the trust of union representatives is lower when subcontracting increases. Trust is influenced by the labour relations climate. Thus trust is lower when there are more grievances or when grievances are increasing. However, trust is stronger when grievances tend to be resolved internally. Trust is also higher when respondents have access to the information requested from their counterpart. Innovations also influence trust, which is lower following the adoption of monetary innovations, but higher when other types of innovations are adopted: labour relations, work organization, training. The process of adopting innovations is important for improving the trust relationship, both when they are adopted to respond to human factors rather than factors linked to productivity, as well as when they are established through a negotiation process and a joint monitoring mechanism. Finally, negative impacts decrease trust while positive impacts do not influence the relationship of trust between union representatives and managers. The study revealed the factors that can favour the development of a relationship of trust between union representatives and managers following the adoption of social innovations. The process of adopting these innovations rather than the type of innovations seems to have a more important impact on the improvement of the trust relationship. However, this development should not be seen as an automatic transposition of the trust relationship to other members of the organization. Another question to be addressed is to what extent trust can be built without the parties losing their own identity. Our results support those of other studies that seem to show that although the cognitive dimension of trust can be developed readily between the agents at work, this is not true of identity-based trust., Este artículo analiza las condiciones asociadas al desarrollo de la relación de confianza entre directivos y representantes sindicales al interior de empresas que han adoptado diferentes formas de innovaciones. Nos interesamos a la confianza entre agentes que intervienen en nombre de comitentes. Nuestro estudio demuestra que si el desarrollo de la confianza beneficia de un clima de trabajo menos conflictivo, otras condiciones son igualmente requeridas, particularmente el hecho de compartir las informaciones entre las partes. De otro lado, un contexto de transformación puede mejorar la relación de confianza, particularmente cuando se adopta un proceso participativo para introducir las innovaciones, confiando así un rol al sindicato. De esta manera, estas innovaciones pueden favorecer el desarrollo de la confianza cognitiva entre las partes sin dejar de respetar los intereses específicos de cada uno.

Relations au travail, relations de travail - Le Capitaine, Catherine (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2008)
The article reviews the book, "Relations au travail, relations de travail," edited by François Aballéa and Michel Lallement.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z