What Do We Need a Union For?: The TWUA in the South, 1945-1955 - Fink, Gary M. (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "What Do We Need a Union For? The TWUA in the South, 1945-1955," by Timothy J. Minchin.

Major Douglas and Alberta Social Credit - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Major Douglas and Alberta Social Credit," by Bob Hesketh.

The Industrial Relations Significance of Unpaid Work - Forrest, Anne (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
In this paper I challenge the prevailing theoretical framework [of study in industrial relations] that marginalizes women by examining how unpaid work on and off the job is and is not analyzed in the literature and by demonstrating its importance to issues as central to the discipline as wages, job allocation, and industrial conflict. In the section entitled, "Unpaid Work on the Job," I argue that the concept of the "effort bargain"— how unpaid work is currently studied in industrial relations — obscures pay discrimination against women because it is more likely to implicitly recognize as work the tasks associated with jobs traditionally performed by men than many of the tasks associated with jobs performed by women. Under the heading, "Unpaid Work in the Household," I argue that unpaid work in the home determines, in part, how paid work is allocated and, in particular, how the social construction of women as non-workers/wives and mothers by researchers naturalizes women's place in the secondary labour market and reifies men's access to "breadwinner jobs." Finally, I conclude by arguing that incorporating unpaid work into the study of industrial relations is necessary to move women from the margins to the centre of discourse. --From author's introduction

Working Stiffs, Union Maids, Reds, and Riffraff: An Organized Guide to Films about Labor - Frank, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Working Stiffs, Union Maids, Reds, and Riffraff: An Organized Guide to Films about Labor," by Tom Zaniello.

Corporate-Subsidiary Relations, Local Contexts and Workplace Change in Global Corporations - Frenkel, Stephen J.; Royal, Carol (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
Workplace change in 2 subsidiaries of a multinational pharmaceutical corporation is examined. One affiliate is located in the UK, the other in South Africa. It is shown how variations in subsidiary relations with corporate headquarters reflect differences in the strategic power and resources of subsidiaries, as well as differences of a local nature. These differences are reflected in variations in the scope, pace, and content of workplace change.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Corporations; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Management; Management theory; Multinational corporations; Organizational structure; Pharmaceutical industry; Reorganization; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Subsidiaries

Women, Work, and Protest in the Italian Diaspora: An International Research Agenda - Gabaccia, Donna; Iacovetta, Franca (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
Interrogates the currents of scholarly inquiry into the Italian emigration of the 19th and 20th centuries. Argues for a woman-centred, gendered, and proletarian history of this diaspora, and suggests new areas of investigation.

La « modernisation » du syndicalisme québécois ou la mise à l’épreuve d’une logique représentative - Gagnon, Mona-Josée (Sociologie et sociétés, 1998)
Cet article propose une conceptualisation de l’action syndicale à l’échelle des milieux de travail illustrée par le cas québécois.La construction du concept de logique représentative permet de cerner les fondements de l’action syndicale. Des résultatsd’enquêtes de terrain, menées principalement dans le secteur manufacturier, sont utilisés pour décrire les changements à l’oeuvredans le champ des relations du travail. La description des conséquences de ces changements et l’analyse subséquente conduisentà proposer que la logique représentative traditionnelle des syndicats est ébranlée et qu’à terme, c’est le sens de l’actionsyndicale qui en est altéré.

Management de la flexibilité - Galambaud, Bernard (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Management de la flexibilité," by Christophe Everaere.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Management; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Angels of the Workplace: Women and the Construction of Gender Relations in the Canadian Clothing Industry, 1890-1940 - Gamber, Wendy (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Angels of the Workplace: Women and the Construction of Gender Relations in the Canadian Clothing Industry, 1890-1940," by Mercedes Steedman.

Just Another Car Factory ? Lean Production and its Discontents - Gérin-Lajoie, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Just Another Car Factory ? Lean Production and its Discontents," by James Rinehart, Christopher Huxley and David Roberts.
Keywords: AUTOMOBILE industry; Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Management; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

After Marxism - Glaberman, Martin (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "After Marxism," by Ronald Aronson.

"We Are All Leaders": The Alternative Unionism of the Early 1930s - Glaberman, Martin (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "'We Are All Leaders': The Alternative Unionism of the Early 1930's," edited by Staughton Lynd.

Strikes and the Law - Godard, John (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
This paper adopts a critical sociological approach to analyze how labor law shaped a 23-day strike at a western Canadian university in the fall of 1995. A chronology of the strike is provided, followed by a brief analysis of how both economic and sociological models contribute to understanding the rationale of the strike. The implications of specific labor laws for this rationale are discussed, with an extension of the critical legal studies tradition by an establishment of how legal biases against unions shape strike activity.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Colleges & universities; Labor Unions; Labor law; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strikes; University professors

Hard Bargain: Transforming Public Sector Labour-Management Relations - Goldenberg, Shirley (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Hard Bargain: Transforming Public Sector Labour-Management Relations," by Peter Warrian.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Civil service; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Public sector; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Getting Ahead of the Class: Reflections on Good Will Hunting - Golfman, Noreen (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
Analyzes the 1997 film, "Good Will Hunting," as a romantic comedy that foregrounds character-in-spiritual-at the expense of any serious consideration of class or the individual's position within the social. The author also discusses the film's reception, including by her students.

San'ya Blues: Laboring Life in Contemporary Tokyo - Gordon, Andrew (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "San'ya Blues: Laboring Life in Contemporary Tokyo," by Edward Fowler.

Solving the Labour Problem at Imperial Oil: Welfare Capitalism in the Canadian Petroleum Industry, 1919-1929 - Grant, H. M. (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
Facing industrial unrest in each of its Canadian petroleum refineries, the Imperial Oil Company embarked on a wide-ranging industrial-relations initiative in 1919. Patterned after Mackenzie King's "Rockefeller Plan," the logic was clear: joint worker-management councils would alleviate shop-floor discontent; a package of welfare benefits would reduce absenteeism and turnover; and a share-purchase plan would enhance worker loyalty to the Company. Where similar attempts at corporate welfarism in Canada generally failed, Imperial Oil enjoyed a union-free status until 1946, and freedom from work stoppages until the early 1950s. What made it unique in this regard was its willingness and capacity to buy labour harmony; and in an era hostile to organized labour, its workers succeeded in extracting important monetary concessions as the price of their loyalty. Imperial Oil thus offers a cogent example of the conditions necessary for King's variant of welfare capitalism to flourish.

Academic Contests? Merit Pay in Canadian Universities - Grant, Hugh (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
The application of merit pay in Canadian universities is examined. Designed to motivate and reward greater productivity, the effectiveness of merit pay depends upon the relative importance of competitive versus cooperative behavior in the academic workplace, the capacity to evaluate individual performance, and the ability to design clear financial signals appropriate to the objectives of the institution. Differences among universities can be expected to produce differences in compensation methods. A logit analysis is conducted that suggests that an institution's likelihood of having a merit pay scheme varies according to region; that it increases with the emphasis placed on graduate training and research; and that it declines in the presence of a unionized faculty association. This suggests that the adoption of performance-based pay is apt to meet stronger resistance in undergraduate and unionized institutions.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Colleges & universities; Compensation plans; Effectiveness; Labor Unions; Merit increases; Regression analysis; Salaries pensions etc; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; University professors

The New Left and Labor in the 1960s - Gross, James A. (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "The New Left and Labor in the 1960s," by Peter B. Levy.

Harmonization of Labour Policies Under Trade Liberalization - Gunderson, Morley (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
The pressures for the harmonization of labor laws and policies under trade liberalization are outlined, with particular attention to inter-jurisdictional competition for investment and jobs. This is followed by an analysis of the linkages that are necessary for there to be downward harmonization, with some discussion of the empirical evidence (and lack of evidence) on those linkages. Opposing pressures towards divergence and away from convergence and harmonization are also discussed. The paper concludes with some observations on the advantages and disadvantages of harmonization and the appropriate policy responses.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Free trade & protection; International; Labor Unions; Labor law; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Standardization; Trade liberalization

Continuity and change in Australian industrial relations: Recent developments - Hampson, Ian; Morgan, David E. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
The recent accession to power of a conservative government in Australia would seem to mark a major change in Australian industrial relations. However, a more subtle reading of events suggests that key ingredients of the new government's reform package were actually foreshadowed, even partially implemented, by the former Australian Labor Party government. The latter was well known for its enthusiastic implementation of orthodox economic policies, albeit in a context of corporatism. This suggests a degree of continuity between the policies of the ALP and Liberal/National Coalition governments. At the same time, there are ingredients of significant change, some of them on the face of it minor, but which, over time, are likely to erode the power of unions and sharpen the divide between the union and non-union sectors.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Changes; Economic policy; Effects; Governmental reform; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Slumbering Volcano: American Slave Ship Revolts and the Production of Rebellious Masculinity - Hartman, Saidiya (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "The Slumbering Volcano: American Slave Ship Revolts and the Production of Rebellious Masculinity," by Maggie Montesinos Sale.

Behavioural Determinants of Public Sector Illegal Strikes: Cases from Canada and U.s. - Hebdon, Robert (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
A framework for analyzing illegal public sector strikes is developed that explains observed patterns of behavior of employees, unions, managers, and third parties. It is found that no-strike laws diminish such positive effects of right-to-strike bargaining systems as eliciting information, adjusting expectations, and providing catharsis. A new theoretical outline helps understand and explain such illegal strike characteristics as the suddenness of strike development, the rank-and-file nature, lack of union control, conflict without clearly defined union objectives, and breakdown of the conflict regulation process by neutral agencies. Three policy issues emerge: 1. some conflict could have been avoided with a broader scope of bargaining, 2. mandatory and more responsive third party procedures should be legislatively provided, and 3. such information about worker discontent as grievance usage should be made available to dispute settlement agencies and mediators before conflict escalates out of control.
Keywords: Bargaining; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Civil service; Labor Unions; Labor law; Organizational behavior; Problems; Public sector; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strikes; Studies

Industrial Relations Under Liberal Democracy: North America in Comparative Perspective - Heron, Craig (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Industrial Relations under Liberal Democracy: North America in Comparative Perspective," by Roy J. Adams.

The Struggle for Canadian Sport - Howell, Colin (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "The Struggle for Canadian Sport," by Bruce Kidd.

Women in the Mines: Stories of Life and Work - Johnson, Tom (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Women in the Mines: Stories of Life and Work," by Marat Moore.

Gender, Corporate Restructuring and Concession Bargaining in Ontario's Food Retail Sector - Kainer, Jan (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
Collective bargaining at 3 major supermarket chains in Ontario is examined. It is argued that the retail unions in the sector have a long history of business unionism which is no longer effective in the face of aggressive corporate demands for concessions. Unions are now unable to defend the full-time, and most secure, segment of their membership. Furthermore, the corporate drive for labor flexibility is rapidly expanding the part-time workforce and eroding wage levels. Because women are disproportionately represented in the low-wage part-time category and have the least access to full-time positions, they are the most vulnerable to corporate restructuring. The gender specific implications of restructuring are examined in an analysis of the recently province-wide strike at the Miracle Food Mart chain.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Employment practices; Grocery trade; Labor Unions; Part time employment; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strikes; Studies; Supermarkets; Women

Fragments: Cool Memories III, 1991-1995 - Keating, Craig (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Fragments: Cool Memories III, 1991-1995," by Jean Baudrillard.

A History of Workmen's Compensation, 1898-1915: From Courtroom to Boardroom - Keelor, John (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "A History of Workmen's Compensation, 1898-1915: From Courtroom to Boardroom," by Paul B. Bellamy.

Women's Work, Men's Work: The Informal Slave Economies of Lowcountry Georgia - Kellow, Margaret M. R. (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Women's Work, Men's Work: The Informal Slave Economies of Lowcountry Georgia," by Betty Wood.

The Resettlement of British Columbia: Essays on Colonialism and Geographical Change - Kelm, Mary-Ellen (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "The Resettlement of British Columbia: Essays on Colonialism and Geographical Change," by Cole Harris.

Portraits of the Japanese Workplace: Labor Movements, Workers, and Managers - Kinzley, W. Dean (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Portraits of the Japanese Workplace: Labor Movements, Workers, and Managers," by Kumazawa Makoto.

Winners and Losers: A Multivariate Content Analysis of Israel's Tribunal for Voluntary Arbitration - Kirschenbaum, Alan; Harel, Gedaliahu; Sivan, Niza (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
The objective of this paper is to examine the arbitration process instituted in arbitration tribunals and propose a parsimonious model to enhance the predictive ability of theoretical factors affecting the outcome of public sector labor disputes. The basic data set was generated by a content analysis of 101 awards made by Israel's Tribunal for Voluntary Arbitration during its first 8 years of operation (1977-1984). Results are discussed within the context of employee groups choosing arbitration over strikes as a means of winning demands.
Keywords: Arbitration; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Models; Public sector; Regression analysis; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Creating German Communism, 1890-1990: From Popular Protests to Socialist State - Kitchen, Martin (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Creating German Communism, 1890-1990: From Popular Protests to Socialist State," by Eric D. Weitz.

The Plywood Girls: Women and Gender Ideology at the Port Alberni Plywood Plant, 1942-1991 - Klausen, Susanne (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
Created in January 1942 to supply war materials to the Canadian military, the Port Alberni, British Columbia, plywood mill was a haven for women mill workers. Many of the women who worked at Alberni Plywoods moved to the Vancouver Island town from Canada's economically depressed Prairie Provinces. Although women comprised four-fifths of the mill's work force by January 1943, women were largely excluded from the skilled positions at the plant. A gender-based hierarchy remained in place throughout the war, with men in the supervisory and high-skill roles, and women concentrated in unskilled positions. After the war, the mill did not expel its female workforce, but it hired only males.

Stepping Left: Dance and Politics in New York City, 1928-1942 - Kozol, Wendy (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Stepping Left: Dance and Politics in New York City, 1928-1942," by Ellen Graff.

The Past is at Our Feet: The Workers' City Project in Hamilton, Ontario - Kristofferson, Robert B. (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The Ontario Workers Arts and Heritage Center has published a Workers' City Kit that describes three walking tours of significant labor history sites in Hamilton, Ontario. Historians used a vast array of local sources to create the walking tours. The first tour, "Downtown Hamilton," explores the city's late-19th-century industrial sites. The second, "Hamilton's East End," features the city's Stelco, Westinghouse, and International Harvester plants. The third, "Hamilton's North End," showcases the residential neighborhoods populated by Hamilton's industrial workers.

Éducation et travail en Grande-Bretagne, Allemagne et Italie - Lallement, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Éducation et travail en Grande-Bretagne, Allemagne et Italie," edited by Annette Jobert, Catherine Marry, and Lucie Tanguy.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Education; Employment; Labor Unions; Schools; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Modèles migratoires et intégration socio- économique des Canadiens français de la vallée de la Saginaw, Michigan, 1840-1900. (French) - Lamarre, Jean (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
Cet article examine la migration et Γ intégration socio-économique des Canadiens français dans la vallée forestière de la Saginaw, au Michigan, entre 1840 et 1900. Les principales conclusions révèlent que les Canadiens français ont contribué de façon marquée à toutes les étapes du développement socio-économique de la vallée. Si plusieurs migrants se sont dirigés directement vers le Michigan, d'autre sont d'abord amorcé leur migration vers les centres forestiers du nord-est pour ensuite poursuivre leur migration en suivant le déplacement de la frontière forestière vers le Midwest. Leur «culture de mouvement,» conjuguée à une longue expérience de travail sur le continent dans le domaine forestier, a fait en sorte que le Michigan est apparu comme une destination toute naturelle dans l'esprit des Canadiens français à la recherche de meilleures conditions de vie.

Histoire de la Côte Nord - Landry, Nicolas (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Histoire de la Côte Nord," edited by Pierre Frénette.

Histoire de la Coopérative fédérée de Québec. L'industrie de la terre - Larocque, Paul (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Histoire de la Coopérative fédérée de Québec. L'industrie de la terre," by Jacques Saint-Pierre.

Industrial Homework, Economic Restructuring and the Meaning of Work - Leach, Belinda (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The recent "renaissance" of industrial homework is attributed to the search for flexible labour in processes of economic restructuring. This paper argues that common-sense ideas about the meaning of work in western capitalist society underpin the use of industrial homework as a flexible strategy for economic efficiency in the context of corporate and state restructuring of the economy. Drawing on an ethnographic study of homework in Southern Ontario, the paper discusses some of the ways in which the meaning of work is ambiguous, situationally specific and continuously redefined in the homework context. It is argued that this is possible because of the awkward location of the homework labour process, occupying as it does space and time usually associated with home and family.

Portrait of a Labour Spy: The Case of Robert Raglan Gosden, 1882-1961 - Leier, Mark (James Mark) (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
This paper examines the life of Robert Raglan Gosden, 1882-1961. Gosden was an unskilled worker who joined the Industrial Workers of the World and advocated violent revolution. He took part in the Vancouver Island mining strikes of 1912-1914, and was a key player in the 1916 provincial election scandal. By 1919, however, he was an informant for the RCMP. The paper outlines Gosden's career and analyzes the complex way his class experience shaped his construction of masculinity as well as his radical politics and his later activity as a labour spy.
Keywords: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

Stanley Bréhaut Ryerson (1911-1998) - Lévesque, Andrée (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
Pays tribute to the life and work of Stanley Bréhaut Ryerson—a prominent and influential Marxist historian who was also a member of the Communist Party. A photo of Ryerson is included.

The Death of Uncle Joe - Lévesque, Andrée (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "The Death of Uncle Joe," by Alison Macleod.

Men at work: Labourers and building craftsmen in the towns of northern England, 1450-1750 - Levine, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Men at work: Labourers and building craftsmen in the towns of northern England, 1450-1750," by Dbnald Woodward.

The Tenant League of Prince Edward Island, 1864-1867 - Little, J. I. (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "The Tenant League of Prince Edward Island, 1864-1867: Leasehold Tenure in the New World," by Ian Ross Robertson.

The Ideology of the Socialist Party of America, 1901-1917 - Lloyd, Brian (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "The Ideology of the Socialist Party of America, 1901-1917," by Anthony V. Esposito.

Bibliography: Recent Publications in Canadian Labour History - Lonardo, Michael; Sweeney, Robert C. H. (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
Compilation of recent English/French publications on Canadian labour history that emphasize the period 1800-1975. Materials pertaining to the post-1975 period may also be included, although more selectively. [See the database, Canadian Labour History, 1976-2009, published at Memorial University of Newfoundland.]

Cultural Marxism in Postwar Britain: History, the New Left, and the Origins of Cultural Studies - LoPatin, Nancy (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Cultural Marxism in Postwar Britain: History, the New Left, and the Origins of Cultural Studies," by Dennis Dworkin.

The Sky Never Changes: Testimonies from the Guatemalan Labor Movement - Lovell, W. George (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "The Sky Never Changes: Testimonies from the Guatemalan Labor Movement," by Thomas F. Reed and Karen Brandow.

The Future of Work - Lowe, Graham S. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
What are the trends shaping the future of work? How can unions respond in ways that will invigorate the labor movement for the 21st century? A paper addresses these questions by first presenting a critique of the future-of-work literature, followed by a detailed analysis of the best available Canadian evidence of the major forces already exerting pressures for change on workplaces. The shape of tomorrow's workplace is visible today. Unions will continue to play a vital role in Canadian society by adapting their organizing and collective bargaining strategies to the often contradictory economic, labor market, organizational, human resource management, and demographic trends evident today.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Future; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social aspects; Trends; work

Does the International Labour Movement Need Salvaging? Communism, Labourism, and the Canadian Trade Unions, 1921-1928 - Manley, John (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
Until the Communist Party of Canada (CPC) turned to the tactic of Class Against Class in 1928-29, it confined its trade-union work almost wholly to "boring from within" the international craft unions of the American Federation of Labor/Trades and Labour Congress of Canada. Although "the party" played a dominant part in the very limited industrial conflict of the 1920s, its attempt to transform the international unions into organs of class struggle was wholly unsuccessful, in part because its "line" presumed a far higher degree of rank and file combativeness than actually existed, and in part because Canadian "labourists" actively resisted its best efforts. Where the CPC believed that the international unions needed to be "renovated," the internationals themselves disagreed. Socialist Plumbers' official John W. Bruce posed the question "Does the International Labour Movement need Salvaging?" which he then answered - to general labourist approval - by reaffirming the progressive character of craft unionism and its tried and tested, non-revolutionary methods. The party's failure to break through this complacency - and labourists' growing resentment of its attempts to do so - predisposed it to accept the Comintern's "New Line" in 1928.

Les effets de la mobilité temps complet - temps partiel sur la rémunération future - Mayer, Francine (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
Ce texte s'appuie sur le fichier longitudinal de l'Enquête sur l'activité 1988-90 de Statistique Canada. Il examine les effets des conditions de la mobilité entre l'emploi à temps complet et l'emploi à temps partiel sur la rémunération future des femmes canadiennes. Les résultats d'est imat ion confi rment les conclusions des études américaines quant à l'effet négatif des interruptions d'emploi et des épisodes d'emploi à temps partiel sur le salaire dans le dernier emploi à temps complet. Mais, plus spécifiquement, ils montrent que les femmes qui subissent une déqualification au moment du passage à temps partiel enregistrent une baisse de salaire dans l'emploi à temps complet le plus récent, de l'ordre de 14 %, comparativement aux salariées qui n'ont pas connu de déqualification. En outre, le «travail à temps réduit réversible», c'est-à-dire les transitions entre temps complet et temps part iel, dans les deux directions, sans changement de profession ou d'employeur, agit positivement sur la rémunération future, contrairement aux situations ou ces transitions impliquent au moins un changement d'emploi.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employment; Labor Unions; Part time employment; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Wages & salaries; Women

Queer Musings on Masculinity and History - Maynard, Steven (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
Commentates on the satirical piece, "To the Dartmouth Station" (1976), and the author's article, "Rough Work and Rugged Men" (1989), both of which were published in the journal, in order to raise questions regarding the historical study of working-class masculinity. Argues for greater use of the analytical lens of sexuality to interrogate the concept of masculinity, including that masculinity is in crisis, and to explore workingmen's gender identities and sexual practices. Considers issues of sexuality and indications of homosexual subcultures in historically male occupations such as seafaring, lumbering and mining. Concludes that the investigation of how men's sexual and gender relations existed in relationship to other forms of power highlights the potential of gay history to both complicate and expand historical understandings of working-class men's gender identities.

Paying for the Piper: Capital and Labour in Britain's Offshore Oil Industry - McBride, Michelle (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Paying for the Piper: Capital and Labour in Britain's Offshore Oil Industry," byCharles Woolfson, John Foster, and Matthias Beck.

'Not a Sex Question'? The One Big Union and the Politics of Radical Manhood - McCallum, Todd (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
In March 1919, over 230 union delegates assembled at the Western Labor Conference in Calgary to chart a radical new direction for wage workers through the creation of a revolutionary industrial union centre, the One Big Union (OBU). This essay argues that the practices of the OBU's radical manhood, their particular sense of what it meant to be a union man, shaped the organization's structure and politics as well as the emergent culture which fostered such widespread working-class radicalism. Drawing upon already existing practices espoused by Canadian labourists and American Wobblies as well as fashioning new ones, OBU men distinguished radical manhood from both the class politics and the masculinities of male bosses and scabs. While the organization of working women was not seen as an important issue at the WLC, the upsurge in women's militancy during the labour revolt prompted OBU supporters to encourage these women to join their male comrades. At times, advocates of the One Big Union posed the questions of women's oppression and emancipation as crucial elements of the union's purpose; their infrequent ideological commitment, however, too often failed to translate into organizational gains for working-class women and the development of feminist practices within the union. In their challenge to the bourgeois order, OBU men created a program that, in the prevailing context of gender relations, meant that the One Big Union would bring about the transformation, but not the eradication, of men's power.
Keywords: One Big Union

Woody, Cisco, & Me: Seamen Three in the Merchant Marine - McCallum, Todd (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Woody, Cisco, and Me: Seamen Three in the Merchant Marine," by Jim Longhi.

Striking Performances: Performing Strikes - McCollester, Charles J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Striking Performances: Performing Strikes," by Kirk W. Fuoss.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; History; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strikes

Cynicism and Postmodernity - McKay, Ian (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Cynicism and Postmodernity," by Timothy Bewes.

Doctrines of Development - McMichael, Philip (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Doctrines of Development," by M.P. Cowen and R.W. Shenton.

Social Exclusion and Anti-Poverty Policy : A Debate; Lessons for Welfare Reform: An Analysis of the AFDC Caseload and Past Welfare-to-Work Programs - Morel, Sylvie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
The article reviews the books, "Social Exclusion and Anti-Poverty Policy : A Debate," edited by Charles Gore and José B. Figueiredo, and "Lessons for Welfare Reform: An Analysis of the AFDC Caseload and Past Welfare-to-Work Programs" by Dave M. O'Neill and June Ellenoff O'Neill.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; POVERTY; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Welfare

La régulation paritaire du changement à l'épreuve de la mondialisation - Murray, Gregor; Lévesque, Christian (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
La mondialisation n'est pas un phénomène qui détermine la capacité de régulat ion des syndi cats à l 'échelon des établissements. Son impact ne peut être saisi qu'à travers les dynamiques sociales propres aux milieux de travail touchés par le changement. Cet article identifie les conditions et les ressources associées à la régulation paritaire des changements et évalue en quoi les exigences de cette régulation dans les milieux de travail fortement intégrés à l'économie mondiale diffèrent de celles qui caractérisent les milieux de travail moins orientés vers les marchés internationaux. Nous concluons que le syndicat plus exposé à l'économie internationale doit faire preuve d'une plus forte capacité d'action pour assurer sa présence dans le processus de régulation.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Corporations; Globalization; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Reorganization; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Dying for Gold: The True Story of the Giant Mine Murders - Nicol, Janet Mary (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Dying for Gold: The True Story of the Giant Mine Murders," by Lee Selleck and Francis Thompson.

The Work of Reconstruction: From Slave to Wage Laborer in South Carolina, 1860-1870 - O'Brien, John T. (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "The Work of Reconstruction: From Slave to Wage Laborer in South Carolina, 1860-1870," by Julie Saville.

Manhood and the Militia Myth: Masculinity, Class and Militarism in Ontario, 1902-1914 - O'Brien, Mike (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The period between 1902 and 1914 witnessed a flourishing of interest in military matters in Ontario. Military activity in the province centred primarily on the Canadian Militia, a part-time citizen army in which thousands of young men participated. Contemporary advocates of military service saw the Militia as a "school of manliness" which would instill a variety of civic virtues in its members. This paper examines the question of working-class participation in the Militia, looking in particular at how the concept of "masculinity" interacted with issues of class in an industrial-capitalist society. It identifies a number of attractions which Militia service held for working-class recruits; it also points to important contradictions between gendered social ideals and class-based reality. In particular, the difficult relationship between the Militia and organized labour, and the incompatability of the "rough culture" of the working classes with middle-class ideals of "manliness," are discussed in depth. On a theoretical level, it suggests that while "masculinity" provides a vital basis for understanding the history of the Militia in Ontario, it cannot be seen in isolation from other factors, most notably class relations.

The structure of white-collar compensation and organizational performance - O'Shaughnessy, K. C. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
Using a unique data set, this paper analyzes how the relationship between managerial compensation and firm performance changes as one moves down the organizational hierarchy. It is found that predictions of efficiency wage, agency, and tournament models of compensation differ for different hierarchical levels in organizations. The results add support to the notion that a variety of models may be necessary to explain organizational compensation strategies.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Compensation plans; Correlation analysis; Executive compensation; Executives; Hypotheses; Labor Unions; Performance; Salaries pensions etc; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; White collar workers

Book Notes [42, Fall 1998] - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article briefly reviews "Socialist Realist Painting," by Matthew Cullerne Bown, "The Cold War and the University: Toward an Intellectual History of the Postwar Years," edited by André Schiffrin, "On History," by Eric Hobsbawm, "Writing on the Line: 20th Century Working Class Women Writers," by Sarah Richardson, Mcrylyn Cherry, Sammy Palfrey, and Gail Chester, "Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor," by James C. Docherty, "Protest, Power, and Change: An Encyclopedia of Nonviolent Action from ACT-UP to Women's Suffrage," edited by Roger S. Powers and William B. Vogele, "Organizing Dissent: Contemporary Social Movements in Theory and Practice," edited by William K. Carroll, "Communism in America: A History in Documents," edited by Albert Fried, "Artisans into Workers: Labor in Nineteenth-Century America," by Bruce Laurie, "Hollywood as Historian: American Film in Cultural Context," revised edition, edited by Peter C. Rollins, "The History of Canadian Business, 1867-1914," by R.T. Naylor, and "The Communist Manifesto," [150th anniversary edition, published by Monthly Review Press] by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

Young Sidney Hook: Marxist and Pragmatist - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Young Sidney Hook: Marxist and Pragmatist," by Christopher Phelps.

Workers in a Lean World: Unions in the International Economy - Parnaby, Andrew (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Workers in a Lean World: Unions in the International Economy," by Kim Moody.

Barristas of the World, Unite! - Parnaby, Andrew; Rennie, Richard Charles (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
In July 1997, the CAW-backed workers at nine Vancouver Starbucks outlets became the first "barristas" in North America to secure a collective agreement with the trendy, Seattle-based international coffee giant. On the first anniversary of that historical union drive, Labour/Le Travail spoke with 25-year-old-Laurie Banong, Starbucks employee and union activist, about organizing young service sector workers, working with the CAW, and what trade unionism means to her. --Editors' introduction

Striking Flint: Genora (Johnson) Dollinger Remembers the 1936-37 General Motors Sit-Down Strike - Phelps, Christopher (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Striking Flint: Genora (Johnson) Dollinger Remembers the 1936-37 General Motors Sit-Down Strike," by Genora Johnson Dollinger and Susan Rosenthal.

Homo Economics: Capitalism, Community, and Lesbian and Gay Life - Pilon, Dennis (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Homo Economics: Capitalism, Community, and Lesbian and Gay Life," edited by Amy Gluckman and Betsy Reed.

Utopianism and Radicalism in a Reforming America 1888-1918 - Pittenger, Mark (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Utopianism and Radicalism in a Reforming America, 1888-1918," Francis Robert Shor.

Changing Lives: Women in Northern Ontario - Porsild, Charlene (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Changing Lives: Women in Northern Ontario," edited by Margaret Kechnie and Marge Reitsma-Street.

Organizing the Unemployed: Community and Union Activists in the Industrial Heartland - Rachleff, Peter (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Organizing the Unemployed: Community and Union Activists in the Industrial Heartland," by James J. Lorence.

Power at Odds: The 1922 National Railroad Shopmen's Strike - Reilly, Nolan (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Power at Odds: The 1922 National Railroad Shopmen's Strike, by Colin J. Davis.

Unions, Wages and Total Compensation in Canada: An Empirical Study - Renaud, Stéphane (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
This study presents the first empirical evidence of the impact of unions on benefits and total compensation in Canada. It also provides new evidence on the union wage impact and union wage differentials for a wide range of selected groups in the labor market. Using micro data from the Canadian General Social Survey of 1989, the results show that the union impact is to increase total compensation by 12.4%, compared to an impact of 10.4% on wages. Even though the union impact on total compensation is 2% greater than the impact on wages, given that benefits comprise only about 6% of total compensation in this sample, the percentage impact of unions on benefits is estimated to be 45.5%. This latter estimate implies a very substantial impact on unions on benefits in Canada, as large or larger than those reported in the US.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Compensation plans; Employee benefits; Impact analysis; Labor Unions; Memberships; Regression analysis; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Wages & salaries

Recast Dreams: Class and Gender Consciousness in Steeltown - Rinehart, James (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Recast Dreams: Class and Gender Consciousness in Steeltown," edited by D.W. Livingstone and J. Marshall Mangan.

The Anthology of American Folk Music and Working-Class Music - Rosenberg, Neil V. (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews and comments extensively on the iconic recording, "The Anthology of American Folk Music and Working-Class Music," reissued with additional notes by Smithsonian Folkways in 1997. The original recordings were made by Harry Smith between 1927 and 1932; the anthology was first assembled and issued in 1952 by Ralph Rinzler. The author concludes that while the collection is an amazing and insightful document of its time, it is also representative of a particular American cultural and political mythology. The conclusion also briefly discusses why there is no comparable Canadian anthology.

A Thousand Blunders: The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and Northern British Columbia - Roy, Patricia E. (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "A Thousand Blunders: The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and Northern British Columbia," by Frank Leonard.

Misères du présent, richesse du possible - Sarfati, Hedva (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Misères du présent, richesse du possible," by André Gorz.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; work

Whittaker Chambers: A Biography - Schrecker, Ellen (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Whittaker Chambers: A Biography," by Sam Tanenhaus.

Workers Against Lenin: Labour Protest and the Bolshevik Dictatorship - Shatz, Marshall S. (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Workers Against Lenin: Labour Protest and the Bolshevik Dictatorship," by Jonathan Aves.

From the Knights of Labor to the New World Order: Essays on Labor and Culture - Shor, Francis (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "From the Knights of Labor to the New World Order: Essays on Labor and Culture," by Paul Buhle.

Are Seniority-Based Layoffs Discriminatory? The Adverse Impact of Layoffs on Designated Groups - Singh, Gangaram; Reid, Frank (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
The objectives of this paper are: 1. to determine whether layoffs disproportionately affect members of employment equity designated groups, and 2. to assess the importance of seniority in any adverse impacts. The hypothesis is that seniority is an important criterion for layoffs and that designated group members tend to have less seniority and would therefore be disproportionately affected by layoffs. If this is correct, then layoffs may constitute systemic discrimination since there is a reasonable alternative policy in the form of reduced hours through worksharing, which would affect all groups similarly. Tests confirmed that the probability of a layoff was higher for designated group members. The role of the seniority system in this relationship, however, was contrary to the hypothesis since the relationship between the probability of a layoff and designated group status was weaker at unionized workplaces than at nonuion workplaces. It is concluded that the case for worksharing is strengthened by its potential to reduce the systemic discrimination against designated groups which results from the use of layoffs.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Discrimination; Employment discrimination; Hypotheses; Labor Unions; Layoffs; Personnel policies; Seniority; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Work sharing

The Business of Power: Hydroelectricity in Southeastern B.C. 1897-1997 - Sloan, W. A. (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "The Business of Power: Hydroelectricity in Southeastern British Columbia 1897-1997," by Jeremy Mouat.

Labour deployment in plants in Canada and Sweden - Smucker, Joseph; Van Den Berg, Axel; Smith, Michael R.; Masi, Anthony C. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
In the debates about the relationship between labor flexibility and employment security, the actual strategies managers employ under different policy regimes tends to be overlooked. The nature of deployment strategies that managers employ for their retained labor force in production plants in Canada and Sweden in 3 industrial sectors - steel, pulp and paper and telecommunications - is examined. While Canadian managers have greater access to external markets and make greater use of layoff-recall strategies and overtime than their Swedish counterparts, deployment strategies within plants tend to require more formal negotiations, especially within unionized plants. Swedish managers can carry out changes in labor deployment in a more informal manner, particularly with respect to job responsibilities and new skills training. Swedish managers face more difficulties than their Canadian counterparts in altering quantities of labor.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Cross cultural studies; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Manyindustries; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strategic management; Workforce planning

Canada's New Deal in the Needle Trades - Steedman, Mercedes (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
The drafting of Canada's industrial standards legislation and its consequences in the clothing industry are examined. In particular, it is argued that the legislation formalized the subordination of specific sectors of workers in the clothing shops. Although the traditional unions made some efforts to organize women, the presence of women in the union bureaucracy was limited. Because of this, the move away from shop-floor unionism towards industry-wide collective bargaining ensured that women had, at best, a peripheral position in union decision making. When the men in the industry sat down to negotiate the legal framework for their trade, most of the political maneuvering went on in a domain exclusive of women. In the negotiations for the legislation in Ontario and Quebec's clothing industry, men reaffirmed the gendered nature of the work in the trade through legal language enshrined in the industrial standards schedules set for the industry.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Clothing industry; Female employees; History; Industrial policy; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Laws & regulations; Legislation; Sex discrimination; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Ready-to-Wear, Ready-to-Work: A Century of Industry and Immigrants in Paris and New York - Steedman, Mercedes (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Ready-to-Wear and Ready-to-Work: A Century of Industry and Immigrants in Paris and New York," by Nancy L. Green.

The UAW and the Heyday of American Liberalism 1945-1968 - Stepan-Norris, Judith (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "The UAW and the Heyday of American Liberalism, 1945-1968," by Kevin Boyle.

Martin Butler, Masculinity, and the North American Sole Leather Tanning Industry: 1871-1889 - Stiles, Deborah (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
This article explores mid-19th century masculinity, through examination of the writings and lived experience of New Brunswick tannery worker Martin Butler. What being a man meant, in this historical context, was rooted in the contingencies and determinants of the North American sole leather tanning industry, and can be located as well in the discourses Martin Butler constructed about his and other men's experiences. Rural, working-class men, it is argued, were, in part, the shapers of their own class-specific and rurally-contingent male identifies, although the processes by which these identities were formulated and negotiated are neither easily catalogued nor tidily analyzed.

The Conundrum of Class: Public Discourse on the Social Order in America - Stoddard, R. P. (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "The Conundrum of Class: Public Discourse on the Social Order in America," by Martin J. Burke.

Organizing the Meatpacking Industry in the United States - Storch, Randi (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews and comments on Rick Halpern's "Down on the Killing Floor: Black and White Workers in Chicago's Packinghouses, 1904-54" (1997) and "Unionizing the Jungles: Labor and Community in the Twentieth-Century Meatpacking Industry" (1997) edited by Shelton Stromquist and Marvin Bergman.

Speech: Just Unionize It! - Sukaesih, Cicih (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
Provides an excerpt from a talk given by Cicih Sukaesih to the Alberta Federation of Labour. A former employee and union activist at the Nike shoe factory in Jakarta, Sukaesih describes her experiences as an organizer and what the "swoosh" Niki trademark signifies to employees at the factory

Understanding Work Historically: A reflection prompted by two recent studies of the fur trade - Sweeny, Robert C. H. (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
the article reviews and comments on two books: Edith L. Burley's "Servants of the Honourable Company: Work, Discipline and Conflict in the Hudson's Bay Company, 1770-1879" and Richard Somerset Mackie's "Trading Beyond the Mountains: The British Fur Trade on the Pacific, 1793-1843."

Culture et gestion en Algérie - Tahon, Marie-Blanche (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Culture et gestion en Algérie," by Daniel Mercure, Baya Harricane, Smaïl Seghir et André Steenhaut.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Femmes, Santé et Professions: Histoire des diététistes et des physiothérapeutes au Québec et en Ontario, 1930-1980: L'affirmation d'un statut professionnel - Tancred, Peta (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Femmes, Santé et Professions: Histoire des diététistes et des physiothérapeutes au Québec et en Ontario, 1930-1980: L'affirmation d'un statut professionnel," by Nadia Fahmy-Eid et al.

Modern Manors: Welfare Capitalism Since the New Deal - Taras, Daphne Gottlieb (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Modern Manors: Welfare Capitalism Since the New Deal," by Sanford M. Jacoby.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employment practices; History; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Welfare

Penalty Standards for Sexual Harassment Offences in Unionized Workplaces - Taylor, K. Wayne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
To identify penalty standards in use for sexual harassment in unionized workforces, 54 arbitrations of grievances against penalties assigned for sexual harassment in Canada between 1985-1995 were examined. The standard penalty for sexual harassment involving sexual assault or language and touching is termination. The standard penalty for sexual harassment involving touching (without language) and language (without touching) is suspension. Standard penalties are varied under a number of conditions. Management can use these standards as guidelines for assigning penalties. Unions will find the standards useful for judging the fairness of the penalty assigned.
Keywords: Arbitration; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Discipline; Labor Unions; Sexual harassment; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Development and Social Change, A Global Perspective - Teeple, Gary (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Development and Social Change, A Global Perspective," by Philip McMichael.

Managerial Opposition to Union Certification in Quebec and Ontario - Thomason, Terry; Pozzebon, Silvana (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
Using data collected from a survey of union organizers, employer behavior during certification campaigns in Canada is examined. The extent and impact of opposition practices used by Quebec and Ontario employers during the late 1980s and early 1990s is investigated. It is found that prevalence of opposition tactics is not pronounced in either Quebec or Ontario. Nevertheless, these tactics are effective in reducing the level of union support in certification campaigns, if not the probability of certification. Most tactics examined appear to decrease the proportion of employees supporting the union, while captive audience speeches have a consistent negative and significant effect on certification probability.
Keywords: Attitudes; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Certification; Comparative analysis; Labor Unions; Managers; Membership drives; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis; Studies; Unionization

African Unions Under Structural Adjustment Programs - Tidjani, Bassirou (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
In most African countries, structural adjustment programs constituted the context of industrial relations conflicts during the 1980s because they had a negative effect on social and working conditions. A study discusses African labor's responses to its deteriorating conditions, and to states' attempts to limit labor's demands. It concludes that structural adjustment programs were implemented in all African countries despite labor's resistance. The degree of implementation depended on governments' repressive capabilities, workers' traditions of striving for independent organizations, and on unions' perceptions of the issue and their responsibilities under prolonged economic crises.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Impact analysis; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Structural adjustment; Studies

Travail, espaces et professions - Tremblay, Dianne-Gabrielle (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
The article reviews "Travail, espaces et professions," published in Cahiers du GEDISST, no. 19.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; work

Le droit du travail face à la mondialisation de l'économie - Trudeau, Gilles; Moreau, Marie-Ange (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
La mondialisation de l'économie pose une menace nouvelle sur le droit du travail. Cette menace se manifeste tant à l'endroit des mécanismes juridiques dont l'effectivité est conditionnée par les limites territoriales nationales qu'à l'égard de l'équilibre des pouvoirs qui est recherché entre les acteurs sociaux dans l'élaboration des règles juridiques. Analysant l'évolution des institutions canadiennes et québécoises de droit du travail et puisant dans l'expérience européenne et française, cet article démontre que le droit du travail n'est pas sans moyen pour réagir et s'adapter à un environnement plus mondialisé. Cette adaptation, tant sur le plan juridique, national, qu'international, est toutefois tributaire d'une volonté politique de la favoriser et de la capacité de l'acteur syndical de l'induire et de la soutenir. C'est là que la mondialisation de l'économie risque de produire ses effets les plus pervers.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Globalization; International; Labor Unions; Labor law; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Safety First: Technology, Labor, and Business in the Building of American Work Safety, 1870-1939 - Tucker, Eric (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Safety First: Technology, Labor, and Business in the Building of American Work Safety, 1870-1939," by Mark Aldrich.

The Road from Westray: A Predictable Path to Disaster? - Tucker, Eric (Acadiensis, 1998)
Discusses "The Westray Story" (Report of the Westray Mine Public Inquiry, Justice K. Peter Richard, Commissioner, 1997) that made scathing findings regarding the operation of the short-lived mine and the government's failure to regulate it properly.

Community Unionism in Canada and Labor's (Re) Organization of Space - Tufts, Steven (Antipode, 1998)

The Most Dangerous Man in Detroit: Walter Reuther and the Fate of American Labor - Turrini, Joseph M. (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "The Most Dangerous Man in Detroit: Walter Reuther and the Fate of American Labor," by Nelson Lichtenstein.

Renewing Our Days: Montreal Jews in the Twentieth Century - van Nus, Walter (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Renewing Our Days: Montreal Jews in the Twentieth Century," edited by Ira Robinson and Mervin Butofsky.

Domesticity All Dressed-up: Gender in Antebellum Politics and Culture - van Riemsdijk, Tatiana (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article review and comments on Elizabeth Varon's "We Mean to be Counted: White Women and Politics in Antebellum Virginia" (1998) and Lora Romero's "Home Fronts: Domesticity and its Critics in the Antebellum United States" (1997).

Droits en synergie sur le travail : éléments de droits international et comparé du travail - Verge, Pierre (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Droits en synergie sur le travail : éléments de droits international et comparé du travail," by Jean-Michel Servais.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; International; Labor Unions; Labor law; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Regulating Precariousness? The Temporary Employment Relationship Under the NAFTA and the EC Treaty - Vosko, Leah F. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
Regulatory responses to the spread of non-standard forms of employment in North America and Europe are examined, particularly those measures directed at the temporary employment relationship associated with the temporary help services industry. Through an analysis of international labor conventions, country-specific regulations and supranational initiatives, it is demonstrated that countries party to the NAFTA and the European Community both endorse strategies aimed at numerical flexibility yet they take divergent regulatory approaches in response to the growth of temporary employment. While North American countries opt for non-regulation, the European Community is attempting to establish basic protections for workers engaged in temporary employment.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employment practices; International; Labor Unions; Labor law; Labor standards; Regulation; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Temporary employment; Trade agreements

Telecommunications: Restructuring Work and Employment Relations World-Wide - Wagar, Terry H. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Telecommunications: Restructuring Work and Employment Relations Worldwide," edited by Harry C. Katz.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Organizational change; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Telecommunications industry

The Cultural Front: The Laboring of American Culture in the Twentieth Century - Wald, Alan (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "The Cultural Front: The Laboring of American Culture in the Twentieth Century," by Michael Denning.

Ale, Beer and Brewsters in England: Women's Work in a Changing World, 1300-1600 - Wallis, Faith (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Ale, Beer and Brewsters in England: Women's Work in a Changing World, 1300-1600," by Judith M. Bennett.

WCFL: Chicago's Voice of Labor, 1926-78 - Webb, Jeff A. (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "[Chicago Radio Station] WCFL: Chicago's Voice of Labor, 1926-78," by Nathan Godfried.

The Philosophy of Railways: The Transcontinental Railway Idea in British North America - White, Richard (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "The Philosophy of Railways: The Transcontinental Railway Idea in British North America," by A.A. den Otter.

Bedside Matters: The Transformation of Canadian Nursing, 1900-1990 - Wishart, James M. (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Bedside Matters: The Transformation of Canadian Nursing, 1900-1990," by Kathryn McPherson.

Young Men and Technology: Government Attempts to Create a "Modern" Fisheries Workforce in Newfoundland, 1949-1970 - Wright, Miriam (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
In the years following World War II, the Newfoundland fishing economy was transformed from a predominantly inshore, household-based, saltfish-producing enterprise into an industrialized economy dominated by vertically-integrated frozen fish companies. The state played a critical role in fostering this transformation, and one aspect of its involvement was the creation of a "modern" fisheries workforce. Although women's labour had historically been an integral part of the inshore fishery, state planners assumed that women would withdraw from direct involvement in economic activities. Indeed, the male bread-winner model, the dominant gender ideology of western culture (but not of Newfoundland outport culture at the time), was embedded in state economic policies for the Newfoundland fishery in the post-World War II period. Training men to become more efficient, technologically-trained harvesters and offshore trawler workers became central concerns. Although the attempts to recruit young men as trawler crews were not entirely successful, this and the other examples of the government's mediating role helps illustrate the complexity of economy, state and gender ideology, all involved in the construction of a new fisheries workforce.

Farewell to the Factory: Auto Workers in the Late Twentieth Century - Yanarella, Ernest J. (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Farewell to the Factory: Auto Workers in the Late Twentieth Century," by Ruth Milkman.

Love in the Time of Victoria: Sexuality and Desire Among Working-Class Men and Women in Nineteenth-Century London - Young, Beverly (Labour / Le Travail, 1998)
The article reviews the book, "Love in the Time of Victoria: Sexuality and Desire Among Working-Class Men and Women in Nineteenth-Century London," by Francoise Barrel-Ducrocq.

Production without Empowerment: Work reorganization from the perspective of motor vehicle workers - Lewchuk, Wayne; Robertson, David (Capital & Class, 1997)
This paper examines the relationship between new forms of work organization and worker empowerment from the perspective of workers. The data is drawn from a survey of 5,635 Canadian automobile workers. Workers were asked questions about their work-load, health and safety conditions, empowerment, and relations with management. It examines what it is like to work in plants organized according to the principles of lean production and compares empowerment in lean plants and traditionally organized plants.

Abstracts / Résumés [40, Fall 1997] (Labour/Le Travail, 1997)
English/French abstracts of articles published in the issue.

Abstracts / Résumés [v.39, Spring 1997] (Labour/Le Travail, 1997)
English/French abstracts of articles published in the issue.

Index, Volume 39 (Spring/Printemps 1997) (Labour/Le Travail, 1997)

Publications: Committee on Canadian Labour History (Labour/Le Travail, 1997)
List of recent publications by the Committee.

Resúmenes = Abstracts [v. 52, no. 3, Summer 1997] (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
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Resúmenes [v, 52, no. 1, Winter 1997] (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
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Resúmenes [v. 52, no. 2, Spring 1997] (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
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Resúmenes [v. 52, no. 4, Fall 1997] (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
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The Transformation of Italian Communism - Amyot, Grant (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "The Transformation of Italian Communism," by Leonard Weinberg.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Communism; ITALY; Nonfiction; TRANSFORMATION of Italian Communism, The (Book); WEINBERG, Leonard

Cold War Canada: The Making of a National Insecurity State, 1945-1957 - Avery, Donald Howard (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "Cold War Canada: The Making of a National Insecurity State, 1945-1957," by Reg Whitaker and Gary Marcuse.
Keywords: 1945-; BOOKS -- Reviews; COLD War Canada: The Making of a National Insecurity State 1945-1957 (Book); Canada; History; MARCUSE, Gary; Nonfiction; WHITAKER, Reg

Prince of the People: The Life and Times of a Brazilian Free Man of Colour - Barman, Roderick J. (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "Prince of the People: The Life and Times of a Brazilian Free Man of Colour," by Eduardo Silva.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; ETHNIC groups; Nonfiction; PRINCE of the People: The Life & Times of a Brazilian Free Man of Colour (Book); SILVA, Eduardo

A Dreamer's Paradise Lost: Louis C. Fraina/Lewis Corey (1892-1953) and the Decline of Radicalism in the United States - Barrett, Jim (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "A Dreamer's Paradise Lost: Louis C. Fraina/Lewis Corey (1892-1953) and the Decline of Radicalism in the United States," by Paul M. Buhle.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; BUHLE, Paul M.; DREAMER'S Paradise Lost: Louis C. Fraina/Lewis Corey 1892-1953 & the Decline of Radicalism in the United States, A (Book); Nonfiction; Radicalism

D'un atelier de moulage à un autre: les migrations des mouleurs originaires des Forges du Saint-Maurice et la segmentation du marché du travail nord-américain, 1851-1884 - Bischoff, Peter C. (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
Les migrations des mouleurs originaires des Forges du Saint-Maurice doivent être situées dans un marché du travail continental segmenté par les développements sectoriel et géographique de l'industrie, et par l'évolution du syndicalisme. Le déclin du secteur des haut fourneaux et l'essor concomitant des fonderies urbaines, amènent ces ouvriers à Montréal et dans d'autres villes du Québec. Attirés par des conditions de travail suprérieures, les mouleurs se rapprochent aussi graduellement du centre géographique de l'industrie: c'est-à-dire les villes du sud de l'Ontario et du nord-est des États-Unis. La filière migratoire communautaire constitue un instrument important pour leurs déplacements. Mais plusieurs mouleurs adhèrent également à l'Union internationale des mouleurs, et utilisent la filière migratoire syndicale, afin de pénétrer la portion du marché du travail contrôlée par cette organisation. Ces types demouvements témoignent des contraintes, mais aussi de l'ingéniosité des ouvriers dans un contexte de transformations socioéconomiques importantes. // The migrations of the moulders coming from the St. Maurice Forges must be situated in a context of labour market segmentation under the dual pressure of the industry's growth and geographical expansion, and the development of unionism. Because of the blast furnaces decline and the concomitant blossoming of urban foundries, these workers went to Montréal and other Québec cities. They also gradually moved to the industry's geographical center, attracted by better working conditions: the cities of south Ontario and the north-east of the United States. The community migratory network was an important tool for their travels. But many moulders also joined the Iron Moulders International Union, and used the union's migratory network, to get into the section of the labour market under the organization's control. These types of movements reveal the constraints, but also the ingenuity of workers, in a context of important socio-economical transformations.
Keywords: EMIGRATION & immigration; LABOR market; MARKET segmentation; Ontario; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNIONISM (Irish politics)

The Clothes Off Our Back: A History of ACTWU 459 - Black, Errol (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book,"The Clothes Off Our Back: A History of ACTWU 459," by Debra Lindsay.
Keywords: AMALGAMATED Clothing & Textile Workers Union; BOOKS -- Reviews; CLOTHES off Our Back: A History of ACTWU 459, The (Book); LINDSAY, Debra; Nonfiction

Producing Power: Ethnicity, Gender, and Class in a Caribbean Workplace - Bolland, O. Nigel (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "Producing Power: Ethnicity, Gender and Class in a Caribbean Workplace," by Kevin A. Yelvington.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Ethnicity; Nonfiction; PRODUCING Power: Ethnicity, Gender & Class in a Caribbean Workplace (Book); YELVINGTON, Kevin A.

Les gestionnaires et la négociation - Bourque, Reynald (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "Les gestionnaires et la négociation," by David A. Lax and James K. Sebenius, édition française by Gilles Gauthier and Marie Thibault
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Negotiations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Canadian Auto Workers: The Birth and Transformation of a Union - Boyle, Kevin (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "The Canadian Auto Workers: The Birth and Transformation of a Union," by Sam Gindin.
Keywords: Automobile industry workers; BOOKS -- Reviews; CANADIAN Auto Workers: The Birth & Transformation of a Union, The (Book); GINDIN, Sam; Nonfiction

The Making of Western Labor Radicals: Denver's Organized Workers, 1878-1905 - Bright, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "The Making of Western Labor Radicals: Denver's Organized Workers, 1878-1905," by David Brundage.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; BRUNDAGE, David; MAKING of Western Labor Radicals: Denver's Organized Workers 1878-1905, The (Book); Nonfiction; RADICALS

Le Monde du travail au Québec: Bibliographie - Burgess, Joanne (Labour/Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "Le Monde du Travail au Québec: Bibliographie = The World of Labour in Quebec: Bibliography," by James Douglas Thwaites and André Leblanc.

Thunder Bay: From Rivalry to Unity - Burley, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "Thunder Bay: From Rivalry to Unity," edited by Thorold J. Tronrud and A. Ernest Epp.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; EPP, A. Ernest; History; Nonfiction; THUNDER Bay: From Rivalry to Unity (Book); TRONRUD, Thorold J.

The Secret World of American Communism - Carley, Michael Jabara (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "The Secret World of American Communism," by Harvey Klehr, John E. Haynes and Fridrikh I. Firsov.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Communism; FIRSOV, Fridrikh I.; HAYNES, John E.; KLEHR, Harvey; Nonfiction; SECRET World of American Communism, The (Book); United States

The Duty to Accomodate: Its Growing Impact on the Grievance Arbitration Process - Carter, Donald D. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
Grievance arbitrators now have a responsibility to interpret and apply human rights legislation in the course of resolving collective agreement disputes. This responsibility, however, raises the question of whether grievance arbitration is the most suitable forum for the application of human rights laws. In Canada, grievance arbitration has been a hybrid process, containing both public and private components. Recent arbitral jurisprudence, however, suggests that arbitrators see themselves as primarily private adjudicators. These cases indicate that arbitrators have been reluctant to give full scope to the duty to accommodate in order to avoid disturbing the terms of the collective agreement. This reluctance to play a full role as human rights adjudicators means that arbitration is not necessarily the most ideal forum for the enforcement of Canadian human rights laws.
Keywords: Arbitrators; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Court decisions; Grievance procedures; HUMAN rights; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Changing Work Systems, Changing Social Relations? A Canadian General Motors Plant - Clarke, Louise (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
The paper presents findings of an ethnographic case study on social relations in an existing General Motors vehicle assembly plant where the traditional drag chain has been replaced by Swedish automated guided vehicle technology and some aspects of Japanese work organization have been implemented. The findings challenge claims that Fordism is being replaced by a fundamentally new production model, and that this is resulting in more fulfilling work and cooperative social relations. There are many fulfilling work and cooperative social relations. There are many continuities with Fordism and highly contradictory social relations. This and other studies of new work systems suggest, in fact, that contradictions between control and commitment, rather than being minimized or dissolved, can actually be heightened.
Keywords: AUTOMOBILE industry; Automation; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Case studies; Changes; Cooperation; Impact analysis; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Production management; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Stanley Bréhaut Ryerson, un intellectuel de combat - Claveau, Cylvie (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "Stanley Bréhaut Ryerson, un intellectuel de combat," edited by Robert Comeau and Robert Tremblay.

What Kind of Unionism: Struggles Among Sydney Steel Workers in the SWOC Years, 1936-1942 - Crawley, Ron (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
In late 1936 steel worker activists in Sydney launched a new organizing drive at the plant under the auspices of the CIO's Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC). This effort drew the support of steel workers in a way that previous organizing attempts had not. However, the militant and self-reliant traditions of the steel workers collided with the cautious strategies and bureaucratic practices of the appointed SWOC leadership in the United States and Canada. As steel workers at Sydney showed great solidarity in their struggle with DOSCO, they also resisted what they saw as undemocratic and highly accommodationist practices by the union's national and international leadership. The struggles within the union embraced the issues of Canadian autonomy and nationalism as well as rank-and-file union control and the democratic rights of union members. It amounted to a struggle over what type of unionism was to be established within the Canadian steel industry.
Keywords: Bureaucracy; Canada; IRON & steel workers; Leadership; STEEL Workers Organizing Committee (U.S.); Steel industry; United States

Grace Hartman: A Woman for her Time - Crowley, Terry (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "Grace Hartman: A Woman for her Time," by Susan Crean.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CREAN, Susan; GRACE Hartman: A Woman for Her Time (Book); HARTMAN, Grace; Nonfiction

Les vrais maîtres de la forêt québécoise - Cyr, Jean-Roch (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, Les vrais maîtres de la forêt québécoise," by Pierre Dubois, preface by Richard Desjardins.

Sizing Down: Chronicle of a Plant Closing: With Lessons for Understanding and Survival - Dandaneau, Steven P. (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "Sizing Down: Chronicle of a Plant Closing: With Lessons for Understanding and Survival," by Louise Moser Illes.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DOWNSIZING of organizations; ILLES, Louise Moser; Nonfiction; SIZING Down: Chronicle of a Plant Closing: With Lessons for Understanding & Survival (Book)

Crossing The Line: Unionized Employee Ownership and Investment Funds - Dennie, Donald (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "Crossing The Line: Unionized Employee Ownership and Investment Funds," by Jack Quarter.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CROSSING the Line: Unionized Employee Ownership & Investment Funds (Book); Employee ownership; Nonfiction; QUARTER, Jack

Le syndicalisme contemporain et son avenir - Desmarais, Jacques (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "Le syndicalisme contemporain et son avenir," edited by Henryk Lewandowski and Zbigniew Hajn.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; International; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Gentle Rebel: Letters of Eugene V. Debs - Dick, W. M. (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "Gentle Rebel: Letters of Eugene V. Debs," edited by J. Robert Constantine.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CONSTANTINE, J. Robert; GENTLE Rebel: Letters of Eugene V. Debs (Book); Nonfiction; STRIKES & lockouts

Documents pour l'étude des expositions et musées pour la prévention des accidents et des maladies du travail au Québec au début du siècle - Dionne, Jean-Claude (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
Public exhibitions about work safety assumed an importance for both workers and employers at the beginning of the 20th century that is difficult to evaluate from a late-20th-century perspective. In Quebec, Louis Guyon, chief inspector of industrial establishments and public edifices, noted with interest expositions in Germany and France. Through his efforts the first North American exposition concerning the prevention of accidents was inaugurated in Montreal on 23 September 1901. Only insufficient government funds prevented Guyon from following European models in creating a worker safety museum. Similarly, a worker health museum did not materialize in the province because of funding problems.

Unionization, Union Involvement, and the Performance If Gainsharing Programs - Dong-One, Kim; Voos, Paula B. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
A study empirically examines the relationships between union status, union involvement, and the performance of gainsharing programs. The predictions of various competing theoretical perspectives are evaluated: 1. the agency/transaction cost approach, 2. the monopoly model, 3. the institutional voice model, and 4. a 2-faces model of labor organization. Gainsharing programs with union involvement in program administration resulted in better perceived performance than average programs in the nonunion sector. However, gainsharing programs in the union sector without union involvement had worse outcomes than those in the nonunion sector. These 2 divergent situations resulted in union status itself having an insignificant relationship with program performance.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Effects; Gainsharing; Labor Unions; Profit sharing plans; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Unionization

Wild Things: Nature, Culture and Tourism in Ontario, 1790-1914 - Dubinsky, Karen (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "Wild Things: Nature, Culture and Tourism in Ontario, 1790-1914," by Patricia Jasen.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; JASEN, Patricia; Nonfiction; Ontario; WILD Things: Nature, Culture & Tourism in Ontario 1790-1914 (Book)

Hard Lessons: The Mine Mill Union in the Canadian Labour Movement - Dunk, Thomas (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "Hard Lessons: The Mine Mill Union in the Canadian Labour Movement," edited by Mercedes Steedman, Peter Suschnigg and Dieter K. Buse.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; BUSE, Dieter K.; HARD Lessons: The Mine Mill Union in the Canadian Labour Movement (Book); Labor movement; Nonfiction; STEEDMAN, Mercedes; SUSCHNIGG, Peter

White Guys: Studies in Post-Modern Domination and Difference - Dunk, Thomas (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "White Guys: Studies in Post-Modern Domination and Difference," by Fred Pfeil.
Keywords: BLACK white differences; BOOKS -- Reviews; Nonfiction; PFEIL, Fred; WHITE Guys: Studies in Post-Modern Domination & Difference (Book)

The Invention of White Race, Volume 1: Racial Oppression and Social Control - Eltis, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "The Invention of White Race: Racial Oppression and Social Control," Volume 1, by Theodore W. Allen.
Keywords: ALLEN, Theodore W.; BOOKS -- Reviews; CAUCASIAN race; INVENTION of White Race: Racial Oppression & Social Control (Book); Nonfiction

Roaring Days: Rossland's Mines and the History of British Columbia - Emmons, David M. (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "Roaring Days: Rossland's Mines and the History of British Columbia," by Jeremy Mouat.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; British Columbia; History; MOUAT, Jeremy; Nonfiction; ROARING Days: Rossland's Mines & the History of British Columbia (Book)

Highwire Act: Power, Pragmatism, and the Harcourt Legacy - Epp, A. Ernest (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "Highwire Act: Power, Pragmatism, and the Harcourt Legacy," by Daniel Gawthrop.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; GAWTHROP, Daniel; HIGHWIRE Act: Power, Pragmatism & the Harcourt Legacy (Book); Nonfiction; PRAGMATISM

'Ruffled' Mistresses and 'Discontented' Maids: Respectability and the Case of Domestic Service, 1880-1914 - Fahrni, Magda (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
Domestic service was an institution of considerable importance for working-class women and middle-class householders in Canada between 1880 and 1914. Service was instrumental in shaping class relations, in large part because it brought the working class directly into the bourgeois home. It was thus an arena where bourgeois and working-class versions of respectability met, and sometimes clashed. Service was essential to the elaboration of a respectable bourgeois lifestyle, and was considered a satiable occupation for working women, yet the peculiar restrictions of the occupation ensured that domestics would often find the trappings of respectability difficult to maintain. Domestics walked a fine line between 'respectability' and 'deviance'; indeed, in the eyes of many, service was an institution that straddled this line.
Keywords: Canada; HOUSEHOLD employees; LIFESTYLES; Stockholders; Women employees; Working class

Wives and Mothers, Schoolmistresses and Scullery Maids: Working Women in Upper Canada, 1790-1840 - Fingard, Judith (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "Wives and Mothers, Schoolmistresses and Scullery Maids: Working Women in Upper Canada, 1790-1840," by Elizabeth Jane Errington.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Canada; ERRINGTON, Elizabeth Jane; Nonfiction; WIVES & Mothers, Schoolmistresses & Scullery Maids: Working Women in Upper Canada 1790-1840 (Book); WOMEN -- Employment

Seeking the Highest Good: Social Service and Gender at the University of Toronto, 1888-1937 - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book "Seeking the Highest Good: Social Service and Gender at the University of Toronto, 1888-1937," by Sara Z. Burke.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; BURKE, Sara Z.; Nonfiction; SEEKING the Highest Good: Social Service & Gender at the University of Toronto 1888-1937 (Book); Social services

The Union Inspiration in American Politics: The Autoworkers and the Making of a Liberal Industrial Order - Fones-Wolf, Elizabeth (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "The Union Inspiration in American Politics: The Autoworkers and the Making of a Liberal Industrial Order," by Stephen Amberg.
Keywords: AMBERG, Stephen; AUTOMOBILE industry workers -- United States; BOOKS -- Reviews; Nonfiction; UNION Inspiration in American Politics: The Autoworkers & the Making of a Liberal Industrial Order, The (Book)

Securing the Male Breadwinner: A Feminist Interpretation of PC 1003 - Forrest, Anne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
It is argued that labor's rights have been effectively the rights of working-class men because only men were constructed as family breadwinners for whom collective bargaining was both necessary and legitimate. Working-class women, by contrast, were defined as non-working wives and mothers, so had no claim to steady jobs at good wages or to union representation in their own right. Secondly, PC 1003 accorded rights to men (but not women) inasmuch as it codified an industrial model of workers' rights. Thirdly, PC 1003 supported and encouraged the growth of a male model of collective bargaining. The implications of a gendered analysis of PC 1003 for the study of industrial relations are discussed.
Keywords: Blue collar workers; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Employees; Employment; Gender; Labor Unions; Labor law; Labor relations; Rights; Sexes; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Women

The Labour Stamp: The Image of the Worker on Canadian Postage Stamps - Frank, David (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
Introduces Canadian postage stamps as a form of public identity, memory and iconography, and applies this lens to the representation on stamps of workers and the labour movement. Analyzes the particular stamps where workers and labour are commemorated, reproductions of which are included are in the article. Compares the relatively small number of Canadian labour stamps to those produced in the UK, Australia, France, and the US. Concludes that there should be greater inclusion of workers and unions in the selection and design of stamps, as recommended by the Canadian Committee on Labour History to Canada Post.
Keywords: Canada; Employees; FRANK, David; LABOUR/LE Travail (Book); NATIONAL characteristics; POSTAGE stamps; WRITING About Canada (Book); Women employees

The Revolution Deferred: The Painful Birth of Post-Apartheid South Africa - Freund, William (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "The Revolution Deferred: The Painful Birth of Post-Apartheid South Africa," by Martin J. Murray.
Keywords: APARTHEID; BOOKS -- Reviews; MURRAY, Martin J.; Nonfiction; REVOLUTION Deferred: The Painful Birth of Post-Apartheid South Africa (Book); SOUTH Africa

Labour and Unions in a Period of Transition - Gani, Abdul (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "Labour and Unions in a Period of Transition," edited by C. S. Venkata Ratnam, Gerd Botterweck and Pravin Sinha.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Roles; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Gender-Based Wage Differences: The Effects of Occupation and Job Segregation in Israel - Gattiker, Urs E.; Cohen, Aaron (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
A study examines gender differences in the process governing salary disparity between typically female occupations and typically male occupations. The findings indicate that choice of occupation does affect income disparity. The study provides evidence of pay discrimination against men in predominantly female occupations and against women in female- and male-dominated positions. Women did not experience a positive effect by being employed in the public sector, nor did either of the genders working in larger organizations. The implications of the findings for the generalizability of human capital, structural and institutional theories explaining wage disparity in a cross-national context are discussed.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Gender; Labor Unions; Sex discrimination; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Wage differential; Wages & salaries

La sous-traitance forestière dans le Nord-Est ontarien, 1900-1930 - Gaudreau, Guy (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
Cet article dresse un portrait des sous-traitants forestiers à l'oeuvre dans le nord-est Ontarien au cours des premières décennies du XXe siècle. À partir d'une source méconnue, les registres forestiers gouvernement aux des districts de Sudbury et de North Bay, Ontario, l'auteur suit l'évolution de 269 sous-traitants échantillonnés. La durée et l'emplacement de leurs activités, leur ethnicité, les volumes et la nature des contrats obtenus, et le nombre d'entreprises avec lesquelles ils font affaires, constituent les variables majeures de cette étude. Bien que la précarité économique ne fasse pas de doute sur certains plans, notamment par l'obligation qui leur est imposée de déménager sans cesse leurs activités et par les fréquentes interruptions de leurs affaires, elle paraît, en bout de course, avoir été exagérée par l'historiographie. En effet, la situation économique des papetières de la région n'est guère plus reluisante que celle des sous-traitants, sans compter que le mode d'attribution des permis de coupe ontariens autorise la présence de plusieurs autres entreprises forestières régionales, de telle sorte qu'il n'y a pas de monopoles régionaux comme c'est le cas au Québec et au Nouveau-Brunswick. En outre, les sous-traitants font preuve dans les contrats obtenus d'une étonnante capacité d'adaptation.
Keywords: CONTRACTS; Contract labor; FORESTERS; Literature; New Brunswick; Ontario; QUEBEC (Province)

Managerial Strategies, Labour and Employment Relations and the State: The Canadian Case and Beyond - Godard, John (British Journal of Industrial Relations, 1997)
This paper addresses: (1) the extent to which changes appear to have occurred in managerial strategies and labour and employment relations in Canadian firms, and (2) the role of the state relative to anonymous economic forces in accounting for Canadian developments. The general findings are that, while there have been a number of significant changes, these have been more moderate than expected by ‘transformation’ theory; furthermore, the Canadian case is consistent with the argument that state actions play a major role relative to more anonymous economic ‘forces’ in accounting for developments in labour and employment relations. It also suggests an alternative model to that typically assumed by transformation theory, one in which state policies and economic conditions are considered to be important not only for their direct effects on employer policies, but also for their indirect effects, through their implications for worker expectations and union militancy. Although these conclusions are tentative and call for more systematic, comparative research, they are consistent with arguments by Burawoy and others that state actions can serve as an important source of labour regulation at the level of the firm.

Histoire de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue - Goulet, Denis; Hudon, Christine; Lanthier, Pierre (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "Histoire de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue," edited by Odette Vincent.

Crewe: Railway Town, Company and People, 1840-1914 - Green, David R. (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "Crewe: Railway Town, Company and People, 1840-1914," by Diane K. Drummond.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CREWE (England); CREWE: Railway Town, Company & People 1840-1914 (Book); DRUMMOND, Diane K.; England; Nonfiction

Internal Versus External Labour Flexibility: A Two-Plant Comparison in Canadian Manufacturing - Grenier, Jean-Noël; Giles, Anthony; Bélanger, Jacques (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
The article examines the divergent patterns of labor flexibility in 2 Canadian power transformer plants owned by the same company and producing similar products with identical technologies. The case study results are used to point to 3 over-simplifications in the flexibility debate: 1. the claim that "numerical" and "functional" flexibility are incompatible, 2. the argument that North American management relies more heavily on external flexibility than on flexibility, and 3. the widespread contention that the traditional collective agreement is the chief barrier to achieving a more flexible organization of production in North America.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Comparative analysis; Electric utilities; Flexibility; Labor; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Manufacturers; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Les pratiques d'aide à l'équilibre emploi-famille dans les organisations du Québec - Guérin, Gilles; St-Onge, Sylvie; Haines, Victor; Trottier, René; Simard, Manon (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
La problématique de l'équilibre emploi-famille (ÉEF) est de plus en plus au cœur des préoccupations organisationnelles, à tel point que se développe l'idée qu’il faut gérer cet équilibre, c'est-à-dire plus explicitement qu'il faut implanter ou modifier certaines pratiques de gestion pour aider les employés à surmonter leurs problèmes d'ÉEF. Cette recherche, effectuée auprès de 301 organisations ayant des opérations au Québec, vise à répondre aux questions suivantes : (1) Quel est le degré d'implantation au Québec des diverses pratiques présentées dans la littérature spécialisée ? (2) Sous quelles formes ces pratiques sont-elles implantées ? (3) Quelles sont les organisations qui les ont implantées ? (4) Quels sont leurs effets ? et finalement (5) Existe-t-il à proprement parler des programmes d'aide à l'équilibre emploi-famille dans les organisations québécoises ?
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Corporations; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Work & family

L'efficacite des pratiques de gestion des ressources humaines: le cas de la gestion des professionels syndiques au Quebec - Guérin, Gilles; Wils, Thierry; Lemire, Louise (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
Le malaise professionnel — vu comme un conflit entre les valeurs professionnelles et les exigences organisationnelles — a donné lieu à une abondante littérature au cours des quarante dernières années. Le concept est ici repris dans le but d'élaborer un construit qui s'appuie sur les huit principaux points de tension entre les cadres et les professionnels, soit la nature du travail, l'autonomie, la participation à la prise de décision, le style de gestion du supérieur, les conditions de travail, le développement de carrière, la reconnaissance et l'éthique. Construit à partir de questions mesurant tant les attentes professionnelles que les perceptions de réalisation de 2497 professionnels syndiqués du Québec, le construit de 16 indicateurs se révèle cohérent et valide puisqu'il est significativement corrélé avec les attitudes et comportements généralement associés au malaise par les auteurs.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Human resource management; Labor Unions; Professions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Impact or Layoff Announcements on the Market Value of the Firm - Gunderson, Morley; Verma, Anil; Verma, Savita (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
A study examines the effect of layoff announcements on the market's valuation of firms. The event study methodology is applied to a sample of 214 announcements of layoffs made by major Canadian firms that traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange over the period 1982-1989. The main results are: 1. The market responds to the news of layoffs in a negative fashion, lowering the value of firms that announce layoffs. 2. Almost all of the negative response occurs on the day of the announcement, suggesting that the market is not able to fully anticipate the new information, but that it responds to it very quickly.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Effects; Labor Unions; Layoffs; Securities; Securities markets; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Stock prices; Studies; Valuation

Debunking the Public Health Myth: Municipal Politics and Class Conflict During the Galt, Ontario Waterworks Campaigns, 1888-1890 - Hagopian, John S. (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
This article refutes the assertion that the Galt, Ontario waterworks was built for public health reasons. The two Galt waterworks campaigns (1888 and 1890) are studied in the context of other contemporaneous local events, the most important of which was a moulders' strike in 1889. Popular resistance to businessmen's wants and public support for the striking moulders prompted the formation of a local board of trade and the threat of an industrial exodus from town. The waterworks authorization of 1890 resulted from the victory by buinessmen in this overt class stuggle. The development of Galt's waterworks reflected economic and political interests far more than public health concerns. The findings refut McLaughlin, and illustrate a novel connection between urban politics, infrastructure development, labour rleations, and industrial capitalism.
Keywords: BUSINESSMEN; Capitalism; Industrial relations; POLITICAL doctrines; Public health; WATERWORKS

Évolution de la pratique de la gestion des ressources humaines: une analyse de contenu d'annonces de presse (1975-1985-1995) - Haines, Victor; Arcand, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
Si, au niveau du discours, la gestion des ressources humaines semble avoir développé de nouvelles approches, qu'en est-il réellement dans la pratique ? Par l'entremise d'une analyse de contenu d'annonces de presse, cette étude retrace l'évolution de certaines dimensions de la pratique de la gestion des ressources humaines entre 1975 et 1995. Les résultats indiquent que la pratique a connu une évolution qui requiert de nouvelles exigences professionnelles.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

New Deals: Business, Labor, and Politics in America, 1920-1935 - Hamilton, David E. (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "New Deals: Business, Labor and Politics in America, 1920-1935.," by Colin Gordon.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; BUSINESS & politics; GORDON, Colin; NEW Deals: Business, Labor & Politics in America 1920-1935 (Book); Nonfiction; United States

The Economics of the Trade Union - Heery, Edmund (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "The Economics of the Trade Union," by Alison L. Booth.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; BOOTH, Alison L.; ECONOMICS of the Trade Union, The (Book); Labor Unions; Nonfiction

Desert Capitalism: Maquiladoras in North America's Western Industrial Corridor - Hellman, Judith Adler (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "Desert Capitalism: Maquiladoras in North America's Western Industrial Corridor," by Kathryn Kopinak.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Capitalism; DESERT Capitalism: Maquiladoras in North America's Western Industrial Corridor (Book); KOPINAK, Kathryn; Nonfiction

Pathways to Change: Case Studies of Strategic Negotiations - Hercus, Terry (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "Pathways to Change: Case Studies of Strategic Negotiations," by Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Robert B. McKersie and Richard E. Walton.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Negotiations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

September 1931: A Re-Interpretation of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's Handling of the 1931 Estevan Strike and Riot - Hewitt, Steve (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
Reassesses the 1931 Estevan miners' strike and riot in light of internal RCMP reports recently released under the federal Access to Information Act. Discusses reporting by local police officials at the time, which was more nuanced and sympathetic to the miners than had previously been believed. However, the RCMP was also under heavy pressure from higher authorities and mine owners to crack down. Three miners were killed (one died in hospital) and eight others injured by the police in a violent confrontation on September 29, 1931. A photograph is reproduced of the common grave where the three miners were buried under the epitaph, "Murdered by RCMP."
Keywords: ESTEVAN (Sask.); HEWITT, Steve; LABOUR/LE Travail (Book); Miners; ROYAL Canadian Mounted Police; Riots; SASKATCHEWAN; STRIKES & lockouts

Relations professionnelles, conventions, régulations : pour prolonger le projet néoréaliste - Hoang-Ngoc, Liêm (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
L'auteur rappelle d'abord les pistes tracées par les travaux néoréalistes en relations industrielles, puis il propose une perspective se situant dans le cadre d'une hétérodoxie institutionnaliste française afin de prolonger cette perspective. Après avoir distingué au sein du rapport salarial les règles organisationnelles et les règles institutionnelles, il porte son attention sur le système de relations professionnelles défini comme l'ensemble des règles institutionnelles. Il développe ensuite une hypothèse d'endogénéité relative des règles de contenu du système de relations professionnelles vis-à-vis des régimes d'accumulation. Puis il élabore une typologie qui met en évidence le type de relations professionnelles qui favorise l'enchaînement macroéconomique propre à chaque régime d'accumulation. Enfin, il considère les différences nationales qui sont mises sur le compte de la capacité exogène des acteurs, dotés d'une rationalité procédurale, à mettre en phase dans le temps les règles du système de relations professionnelles avec la régulation en place, d'où la possibilité de fortes marges d'indétermination. // Three perspectives that have emerged from neorealist studies in industrial relations are explored. An initial analytical contribution of the paper is to hierarchize the various categories of rules, particularly by distinguishing procedural rules from content rules and labor relations rules from human resource management rules. Through the concept of the system of rules, the paper examines the national character of rules located in a single economic space and examines the interaction of these rules with this space. Strategies pursued by collective actors are identified.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; Labor relations; R&D; Research & development; Rules; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Sexual Orientation and the Canadian Labour Movement - Hunt, Gerald (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
The response of the Canadian labor movement to sexual orientation discrimination has been mixed and uneven. The Canadian Labour Congress, along with several provincial federations and a growing number of unions, have taken a leadership role in promoting equal rights for gays and lesbians, while other labor organizations have done nothing at all. Public sector and Canadian-based unions are much more likely to have been active than have American-based unions, even though there are important exceptions to these trends. These developments are partially explained by regional dynamics, membership demographics, degree of activism, the presence of women's committees, and organizational leadership.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Discrimination; Employment discrimination; Gays & lesbians; Labor Unions; Manycompanies; Polls & surveys; Ratings & rankings; Rights; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical data

The Fabrication of Labor: Germany and Britain, 1640-1914 - Huzel, James P. (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "The Fabrication of Labor: Germany and Britain, 1640-1914," by Richard Biernacki.
Keywords: BIERNACKI, Richard; BOOKS -- Reviews; FABRICATION of Labor: Germany & Britain 1640-1914, The (Book); Labor; Nonfiction

La géométrie du syndicalisme : une analyse comparative des identités et des idéologies - Hyman, Richard (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
Cet article offre un cadre pour l'analyse comparative des orientations politiques des syndicats, en distinguant des types idéaux idéologiques et identitaires qui se rapportent, premièrement, à la négociation sur le marché du travail ; deuxièmement, au renforcement de l'intégration des travailleurs dans la société ; troisièmement, à la poursuite conflictuelle d'intérêts de classe. L'argument est qu'en pratique les mouvements syndicaux européens ont généralement épousé une combinaison de ces orientations dans laquelle deux des trois éléments ont été retenus (souvent de façon contradictoire) comme prioritaires. Les cas de la Grande-Bretagne, de l'Italie et de l'Allemagne sont utilisés pour démontrer différentes combinaisons d'idéologies et d'objectifs, et également pour révéler comment les identités héritées ont récemment été mises sous tension.
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

Editor's Note = Note du directeur [39, Spring 1997] - Iacovetta, Franca; Quinlan, Michael; Kealey, Gregory S. (Labour/Le Travail, 1997)
A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Immigration and Labour: Australia and Canada Compared" published in "Labour/Le Travail."
Keywords: LETTERS to the editor; Labor

The Struggle for the Breeches: Gender and the Making of the British Working Class - Jacobs, Ellen (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "The Struggle for the Breeches: Gender and the Making of the British Working Class," by Anna Clark.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CLARK, Anna; England; Nonfiction; STRUGGLE for the Breeches: Gender & the Making of the British Working Class, The (Book); Working class

Workers and Working Classes in the Middle East: Struggles, Histories, Historiographies - Kayali, Hasan (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "Workers and Working Classes in the Middle East: Struggles, Histories, Historiographies," by Zachary Lockman.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; LOCKMAN, Zachary; Nonfiction; WORKERS & Working Classes in the Middle East: Struggles, Histories, Historiographies (Book); Working class

Editor's Note = Note de directeur [40, Fall 1997] - Kealey, Gregory S.; Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour/Le Travail, 1997)
Bryan Palmer is succeeding Gregory Kealey, who is stepping down as editor after 21 years. Mark Leier is succeeding Palmer as the book review editor; Palmer had held the post for nearly 15 years. In turn, Andrew Parnaby and Richard Rennie are the new co-editors of the Notebook, succeeding Leier. Andrée Lévesque continues as the French book review editor. Various editorial board changes are noted. As incoming editor, Palmer offers a reflection on the journal and its path forward.
Keywords: Editors; Labor; Retirement

E.P. Thompson-Objections and Oppositions - Kirk, Neville (Labour / Le Travail, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "E. P. Thompson-Objections and Oppositions," by Bryan D. Palmer.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; E.P. Thompson-Objections & Oppositions (Book); Nonfiction; PALMER, Bryan D.; THOMPSON, E. P. (Edward Palmer), 1924-1993

Loyautés organisationnelle et professionnelle et choix de carrière : le cas des professionnels en ressources humaines au Québec - Labelle, Christiane; Guérin, Gilles; Wils, Thierry (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
Cette étude, réalisée auprès de 1 133 professionnels en ressources humaines au Québec, a identifié, au moyen d'une analyse typologique des loyautés professionnelle et organisationnelle, trois groupes de professionnels. Plusieurs différences de perception concernant les facteurs de remise en question de la carrière ont servi conjointement avec d'autres variables sociodémographiques et de carrière à distinguer et nommer ces trois types de professionnels. Il s'agit des « professionnels établis », « en voie d'être établis » et « non établis ». Une discussion replace ces résultats dans le contexte du renouvellement de la fonction « ressources humaines » qui influence non seulement les tâches et rôles des professionnels du domaine, mais aussi certaines facettes de leur carrière.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Human resource managers; Labor Unions; Professions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Restructuration d'une direction de ressources humaines : le point de vue des acteurs - Labelle, Christiane; Wils, Thierry (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
Depuis quelques années, les services de ressources humaines font l'objet de vives critiques, et ce, dans un contexte de ressources de plus en plus rares. Une façon de contrer cette menace de l'environnement est de « faire les choses autrement » en se structurant différemment. Par exemple, il est possible de passer d'une structure par fonctions (avec des spécialistes) à une structure par équipes multidisciplinaires (avec des généralistes). Le but de cette étude est d'évaluer dans quelle mesure cette nouvelle forme de structuration — par équipes multidisciplinaires — d'une direction de ressources humaines (DRH) a un impact sur les acteurs touchés par cette réorganisation (gestionnaires et membres de la DRH). Inspirées principalement de l'approche de l'évaluation des DRH par les clients, deux enquêtes par questionnaires ont été réalisées dans une organisation du secteur public. A partir d'un échantillon de 138 individus (79 gestionnaires et 59 membres de la DRH), l'analyse statistique révèle que la restructuration est perçue plus positivement par les gestionnaires que par les membres de la DRH.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

L'indemnisation des victimes d'accidents du travail et des maladies professionnelles : aspects juridiques en droit québécois - Laflamme, Anne-Marie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
The article reviews the book, "L'indemnisation des victimes d'accidents du travail et des maladies professionnelles : aspects juridiques en droit québécois," by Michel Sansfaçon.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Laws & regulations; Occupational health & safety; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Age-Related Injuries Among Male and Female Assembly Workers: A Study in the Swedish Automobile Industry - Laflamme, Lucie (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
A study investigates whether there is evidence of age-related impairment in injury occurrence among assemblers in the Swedish automobile industry. A retrospective analysis of injuries sustained by male and female assemblers over a 10-year period was conducted, employing 5 age categories divided in to 10 yearly strata and 3 time periods. Age-related injury ratios (IR) were calculated for all injuries. Contrary expectation, IRs for older assemblers were generally low while consistently high IRs were recorded for younger assemblers, and for both male and female workers.
Keywords: AUTOMOBILE industry; Accidents; Age; Age and employment; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Correlation analysis; Industrial accidents; Labor Unions; Occupational accidents; Occupational safety; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Droits et conditions de travail des employés des agences de location de main-d'oeuvre - Laflamme, Roch; Carrier, Dany (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 1997)
Un contexte économique difficile, des besoins de ressources humaines de plus en plus flexibles et une offre accrue de main-d’œuvre ont contribué à l'émergence de nouvelles formes d'emploi à temps partiel ou temporaire, souvent comblées par des agences de location de main-d’œuvre temporaire. Cet article cherche à présenter les conséquences pratiques qu'entraîne une relation d'emploi tripartite, employeur/salarié/agence, sur les droits et les conditions de travail des employés des agences de location de main-d’œuvre temporaire.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Contract labor; Labor Unions; Labor law; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Temporary employment