Educating for Changing Unions - Jansen, Irene (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2003)
Educating for Changing Unions, by Bev Burke, Jo Jo Geronimo, D'Arcy Martin , Barb Thomas and Carol Wall, is reviewed.

A Promise and a Way of Life: White Antiracist Activism - Jones, Patrick (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "A Promise and a Way of Life: White Antiracist Activism," by Becky Thompson.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Nonfiction; PROMISE & A Way of Life: White Antiracist Activism, A (Book); SOCIAL action; THOMPSON, Becky

Talking About Identity: Encounters in Race, Ethnicity and Language - Kelly, Jennifer (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Talking About Identity: Encounters in Race, Ethnicity and Language," edited by Carl James and Adrienne Shadd.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Ethnicity; JAMES, Carl; Nonfiction; SHADD, Adrienne; TALKING About Identity: Encounters in Race, Ethnicity & Language (Book)

Fighting for the Union Label: The Women's Garment Industry and the ILGWU in Pennsylvania - Kerr, Daniel (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Fighting for the Union Label: The Women's Garment Industry and the ILGWU in Pennsylvania," by Kenneth Wolensky, Nicole Wolensky and Robert Wolensky.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; FIGHTING for the Union Label: The Women's Garment Industry & the ILGWU in Pennsylvania (Book); Labor Unions; Nonfiction; WOLENSKY, Kenneth; WOLENSKY, Nicole; WOLENSKY, Robert

Comrades and Partners: The Shared Lives of Grace Hutchins and Anna Rochester - Kessler-Harris, Alice (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "Comrades and Partners: The Shared Lives of Grace Hutchins and Anna Rochester," by Janet Lee.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; COMRADES & Partners: The Shared Lives of Grace Hutchins & Anna Rochester (Book); FELLOWSHIP; LEE, Janet; Nonfiction

Blood, Sweat, and Cheers: Sport and the Making of Modern Canada - Kirby, Sandra (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Blood, Sweat, and Cheers: Sport and the Making of Modern Canada," by Colin D. Howell.
Keywords: BLOOD, Sweat & Cheers: Sport & the Making of Modern Canada (Book); BOOKS -- Reviews; HOWELL, Colin D.; Nonfiction; SPORTS -- History

Portuguese Women in Toronto: Gender, Immigration, and Nationalism - Klimt, Andrea (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Portuguese Women in Toronto: Gender, Immigration, and Nationalism," by Wenona Giles.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; GILES, Wenona; Nonfiction; PORTUGUESE Women in Toronto: Gender, Immigration & Nationalism (Book); WOMEN -- Social conditions

Mirrors of Stone: Fragments from the Porcupine Frontier - Krats, Peter V. (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "Mirrors of Stone: Fragments From the Porcupine Frontier," by Charlie Angus and Louie Palu.
Keywords: ANGUS, Charlie; BOOKS -- Reviews; MIRRORS of Stone: Fragments From the Porcupine Frontier (Book); Nonfiction; PALU, Louie; PORCUPINES

Divided Minds: Intellectuals and the Civil Rights Movement - LaCroix, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "Divided Minds: Intellectuals and the Civil Rights Movement," by Carol Polsgrove.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CIVIL rights movements; DIVIDED Minds: Intellectuals & the Civil Rights Movement (Book); Nonfiction; POLSGROVE, Carol

Worlds of Work: Building an International Sociology of Work - Lallement, Michel (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Social aspects; Sociology; work

Mine de rien. Les Canadiens français et le travail minier à Sudbury, 1886-1930 - Lang, Nicole (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Mine de rien. Les Canadiens français et le travail minier à Sudbury 1886-1930," by Paul DeLaRiva.

L'éthique en négociation collective - Lapointe, Josée; Ross, Claudette; Legault, Ginette (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
La littérature spécialisée est peu loquace sur les règles d'éthique spécifiques à appliquer lors du processus de négociation collective. Get article tente de dresser un premier portrait de ces règles. Suite à des entrevues auprès de praticiennes et praticiens québécois qui œuvrent à titre de porte-parole syndicaux dans ce domaine, ce premier inventaire indique que le bilan des écrits actuels néglige certaines facettes de la négociation collective. Les résultats font de plus ressortir que l'éthique en la matière va audelà de l'application d'une méthode de négociation basée sur les intérêts.

Trade Unions and Global Governance: The Debate on a Social Clause - Leisink, Peter (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Reviews the book "Trade Unions and Global Governance: The Debate on a Social Clause," by Gerda van Roozendaal.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Labor Unions; Nonfiction; TRADE Unions & Global Governance: The Debate on a Social Clause (Book); VAN Roozendaal, Gerda

Le plafonnement de carrière - Lemire, Louise; Rouillard, Christian (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
La littérature en études managérielles et en gestion des ressources humaines avance depuis plusieurs années que le sentiment de plafonnement de carrière que connaissent de plus en plus d'individus serait l'un des principaux effets pervers des nombreux changements survenus dans l'environnement des organisations. Menace réelle à l'accroissement de l'efficacité et de l'efficience des organisations, le plafonnement de carrière subjectif nécessiterait d'être combattu par des stratégies de gestion des ressources humaines. Cette recherche s'intéresse aux variations du sentiment de plafonnement de carrière chez les fonctionnaires d'une grande ville du Québec, suite à une restructuration organisationnelle qu'elle a subie au milieu des années 1990. Construite àpartir d'un questionnaire complété par 515 cadres et professionnels, cette recherche suggère que les pratiques de gestion des ressources humaines privilégiées dans cette organisation publique n'expliquent que faiblement la variation du sentiment de plafonnement ressenti par les fonctionnaires municipaux.

Wage Formation in Europe - Léonard, Evelyne (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Reviews the book "Wage Formation in Europe," by Emmanuel Mermet.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; MERMET, Emmanuel; Nonfiction; WAGE Formation in Europe (Book); Wages

Un moindre mal pour les travailleuses? La Commission du salaire minimum des femmes du Québec, 1925-1937. (French) - Leroux, Éric (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
Au cours des dernières années, les activités des commissions du salaire minimum des femmes dans l'Ouest et en Ontario ont donné lieu à plusieurs études à caractère historique. S'inspirant de ces travaux, cet article examine le travail accompli par la Commission du salaire minimum des femmes du Québec, entre sa mise sur pied en 1925 et son démantèlement en 1937. Après avoir exposé les raisons qui poussent le gouvernement québécois à légiférer sur cette question, l'auteur présente la position des syndicats internationaux et des syndicats catholiques face au travail féminin. Au terme de l'analyse du mode de fonctionnement de la commission et, plus particulièrement, d'une évaluation critique des mécanismes d'application de la loi, l'auteur arrive à la conclusion qu'à l'instar des autres commissions à travers le Canada, la Commission du salaire minimum des femmes du Québec n'aura pas permis l'augmentation du salaire des femmes. Dans un contexte socio-économique où les femmes gagnent en moyenne la moitié du salaire des hommes, la décision de faire du salaire minimum un outil pour lutter contre les abus du système capitaliste aura pour principale conséquence le maintien des bas salaires. En définitive, les faibles taux de salaires minimums consentis par la commission consacrent le principe de l'inégalité des salaires selon le sexe, reflétant ainsi l'idéologie dominante de l'époque qui considère le travail de la femme comme marginal.
Keywords: Canada; INTERNATIONAL agencies; LABOR laws & legislation; Minimum wage; Ontario; QUEBEC (Province); Women's rights

L'âge de l'emploi : les sociétés à l'épreuve du vieillissement / La gestion des âges: face à face avec un nouveau profil de main-d'œuvre - Lesemann, Frédéric (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Review of: L'âge de l'emploi : les sociétés à l'épreuve du vieillissement / La gestion des âges: face à face avec un nouveau profil de main-d'œuvre

La mondialisation et la pouvoir des syndicats locaux: le cas de l'industrie automobile au Mexique - Levesque, Christian (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Partant de sept monographies réalisées dans autant d’usines de l’industrie automobile au Mexique, cet article explore les contours et les ressorts du pouvoir des syndicats locaux. Il cherche à montrer que la mondialisation n’a pas un effet surdéterminant sur la capacité d’action des syndicats, même au Mexique, où le régime institutionnel de relations du travail subit les contrecoups des nouvelles règles qu’impulse la mondialisation. La capacité d’action de syndicats, tout en étant largement contingente, se structure autour des ressources de pouvoir du syndicat et de l’approche de la direction à l’égard des travailleurs et du syndicat.
Keywords: AUTOMOBILE industry; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Globalization; Labor Unions; Power

From Job Strain To Employment Strain: Health Effects Of Precarious Employment - Lewchuk, Wayne; de Wolff, Alice; Polanyi, Michael (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2003)
This article examines the relationship between health and the organization of precarious employment. We develop the concept of "employment strain" to capture the characteristics of precarious employment. Preliminary evidence suggests that workers in precarious employment relationships report poorer overall health than working Canadians and higher levels of stress than workers in standard employment relationships. They face high levels of uncertainty regarding access to work, the terms and conditions of that work, and future earnings. They engage in additional effort searching for work and balancing the demands of multiple employers. They have low earnings, few benefits, and reside in low income households.

Reuther the Red? - Lichtenstein, Nelson (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article discusses labour historian Victor Devinatz's article (published in Labour/Le Travail, 49 (Spring 2002)) that Walter Reuther was affiliated with the US Communist Party in the mid to late 1930s. At the time, Reuther was a vice president of the United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW); he went on to become UAW president from 1946 till his death in 1970. The author, who has written a major biography of Reuther, concludes that this was not the case, although Reuther did work closely with a number of UAW activists who were party members.
Keywords: COMMUNIST parties; Communism; Communists; GLABERMAN, Martin; LEADERS; POLITICAL participation; Political parties; REUTHER, Walter, 1907-1970; United States

Race, Space and the Law: Unmappinga White Settler Society - Lindberg, Tracey (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "Race, Space and the Law: Unmappinga White Settler Society," edited by Sherene H. Razack.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Nonfiction; RACE, Space & the Law: Unmapping a White Settler Society (Book); RAZACK, Sherene H.; Race

Labour History as the History of Multitudes - Linden, Marcel van der (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews and comments on the book, "The Many-Headed Hydra: The Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic," by Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; LINEBAUGH, Peter; MANY-Headed Hydra: The Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic, The (Book); Nonfiction; REDIKER, Marcus; Working class

The Alberta Pottery Industry, 1912-1990; A Social and Economic History - Loch-Drake, Cynthia (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "The Alberta Pottery Industry, 1912-1990: A Social and Economic History," by Anne Hayward.
Keywords: ALBERTA Pottery Industry 1912-1990: A Social & Economic History, The (Book); BOOKS -- Reviews; HAYWARD, Anne; Nonfiction; POTTERY industry

Bibliography: Recent Publications in Canadian Labour History = Bibliographie : Travaux récents en histoire des classes populaires canadiennes(52, Fall 2003) - Lonardo, Michael; Sweeney, Robert C. H. (Labour/Le Travail, 2003)
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.]

Human Resource Development and Information Technology: Making Global Connections - Long, Richard J. (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Reviews the book 'Human Resource Development and Information Technology: Making Global Connections,' edited by Catherine M. Sleezer, Tim L. Wentling and Roger L. Cude.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; HUMAN Resource Development & Information Technology: Making Global Connections (Book); Nonfiction; PERSONNEL management

Hip and Trivial: Youth Culture, Book Publishing and the Greying of Canadian Nationalism - Lorimer, Rowland (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Hip and Trivial: Youth Culture, Book Publishing and the Greying of Canadian Nationalism," by Robert Wright.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; HIP & Trivial: Youth Culture, Book Publishing & the Greying of Canadian Nationalism (Book); Nationalism; Nonfiction; WRIGHT, Robert

Whose Detroit? Politics, Labor, and Race in a Modern American City - Lyons, John F. (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "Whose Detroit? Politics, Labor, and Race in a Modern American City," by Heather Ann Thompson.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Labor; Nonfiction; THOMPSON, Heather Ann; WHOSE Detroit? Politics, Labor & Race in a Modern American City (Book)

Paul Robeson in Canada: A Border Story - MacDowell, Laurel Sefton (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article discusses the life and work of the Black American actor-singer, Paul Robeson. Known for his Communist and Soviet sympathies, Robeson endured extensive harrassment at the hands of US authorities. In 1952, he was blocked at the border from entering Canada by the US State Department while en route to Vancouver to perform at the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers' union convention. The author concludes that, while Robeson paid a steep price, both personally and professionally, for his beliefs, he also was a hero to many.
Keywords: Actors; British Columbia; Canada; POLITICAL participation; RADICALS; ROBESON, Paul, 1898-1976; UNITED States. Dept. of State; United States; VANCOUVER (B.C.)

Sit Down and Drink Your Beer: Regulating Vancouver's Beer Parlours - Malleck, Dan (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Sit Down and Drink Your Beer: Regulating Vancouver's Beer Parlours," by Robert Campbell.
Keywords: BEVERAGE industry; BOOKS -- Reviews; CAMPBELL, Robert; Nonfiction; SIT Down & Drink Your Beer: Regulating Vancouver's Beer Parlours (Book)

Working for McDonald's in Europe: The Unequal Struggle? - Marcoux, Gilles (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Review of: Working for McDonald's in Europe: The Unequal Struggle?

Looking for Work, Searching for Workers: American Labor Markets During Industrialization - Margo, Robert A. (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Reviews the book "Looking for Work, Searching for Workers: American Labor Markets During Industrialization," by Joshua L. Rosenbloom.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; LABOR market; LOOKING for Work, Searching for Workers: American Labor Markets During Industrialization (Book); Nonfiction; ROSENBLOOM, Joshua L.

Education and Democracy: The Meaning of Alexander Meiklejohn - Marshall, Dominique (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "Education and Democracy: The Meaning of Alexander Meiklejohn," by Adam R. Nelson.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; EDUCATION & Democracy: The Meaning of Alexander Meiklejohn (Book); NELSON, Adam R.; Nonfiction; PHILOSOPHERS

Modulating Popular Culture: Cultural Critics on Tremblay's Les Belles-Soeurs - Martin, Michèle (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
This paper discusses the appropriation of a work of popular culture as a tactic in a politics of cultural hegemony. The work in question, Michel Tremblay's play Les Belles-Soeurs, is particularly interesting as it is the first working-class cultural production shown in public in the new Québec of the 1960s, where the Quiet Revolution was in full bloom. After sixteen years of conservative government and Church domination in the cultural domain, the province was led by a liberal govemment whose members were mostly from the urban petty-bourgeoisie. The field of cultural production changed markedly. The study illustrates a project of cultural critique in newspapers with differing audiences. It reveals the tactics adopted to accommodate and recuperate this irruption of popular culture. It compares the treatment of Les Belles-Soeurs by French reviewers in Québec with those in France and with English reviewers in Canada.
Keywords: HEGEMONY; History; LES Belles-Soeurs (Theatrical production); QUEBEC (Province); QUIET Revolution, 1960-1980; SOCIAL criticism; THEATER audiences; TREMBLAY, Michel, 1942-; WORKING class women

Renegade Lawyer: The Life of J. L. Cohen - McCormack, Judith (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Renegade Lawyer: The Life of J.L. Cohen, by Laurel Sefton MacDowell, is reviewed.
Keywords: Attorneys; Biographies; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor law

Reconstruction in the Cane Fields: From Slavery to Free Labor in Louisiana's Sugar Parishes: 1862-1880 - McGuire, Danielle (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "Reconstruction in the Cane Fields: From Slavery to Free Labor in Louisiana's Sugar Parishes: 1862-1880," by John C. Rodrigue.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Labor; Nonfiction; RECONSTRUCTION in the Cane Fields: From Slavery to Free Labor in Louisiana's Sugar Parishes: 1862-1880 (Book); RODRIGUE, John C.

Watching China Change - Meaghan, Diane (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "Watching China Change," by Robert Cosbey.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CHANGE; COSBEY, Robert; Nonfiction; WATCHING China Change (Book)

La santé au travail des femmes occupant des emplois atypiques / Occupational Health of Women in Non-Standard Employment - Messing, Karen (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Reviews the book "Occupational Health of Women in Non-Standard Employment," by Urla Zeytinoglu, Josefina Moruz and M. Bianca Seaton and Waheeda Lillevik.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Industrial hygiene; LILLEVIK, Waheeda; MORUZ, Josefina; Nonfiction; OCCUPATIONAL Health of Women in Non Standard Employment (Book); SEATON, M. Bianca; ZEYTINOGLU, Urla

Sport, Leisure and Culture in Twentieth-Century Britain - Metcalfe, Alan (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Sport, Leisure and Culture in Twentieth-Century Britain," by Jeffrey Hill.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; HILL, Jeffrey; Nonfiction; SPORT, Leisure & Culture in 20th Century Britain (Book); Sports

Beyond Service: State Workers, Public Policy and the Prospects for Democratic Administration - Molloy, Andrew (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Beyond Service: State Workers, Public Policy and the Prospects for Democratic Administration," by Greg McElligott.
Keywords: BEYOND Service: State Workers, Public Policy & the Prospects for Democratic Administration (Book); BOOKS -- Reviews; Government policy; MCELLIGOTT, Greg; Nonfiction

Rural Dimensions of Welfare Reform - Morel, Sylvie (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Reviews the book 'Rural Dimensions of Welfare Reform,' by Bruce A. Weber, Greg L. Duncan and Leslie A. Whitener.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DUNCAN, Greg L.; RURAL Dimensions of Welfare Reform (Book); WEBER, Bruce A.; WHITENER, Leslie A.

Psychologie du travail et comportement organisationnel (2e edition) - Morin, Denis (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Psychologie du travail et comportement organisationnel," (2e édition) by Shimon L. Dolan, Éric Gosselin, Jules Carrière and Gérald Lamoureux.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Organizational behavior; Psychology; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; work

Fragilité des limites conventionnelles à l'arbitrage de grief : l'arrêt Parry Sound - Morin, Fernand (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Le 18 septembre 2003, la Cour suprême du Canada rendait un arrêt concernant la compétence juridictionnelle de l'arbitre de grief de s'enquérir néanmoins du respect des règles de droit public même si la convention collective privait un salarié congédié du droit à tout contrôle arbitral1. La prol&eacutematique sous-jacente mettait en opposition quelques dispositions de la convention collective privant expressément le salarié à l'essai du droit à l'arbitrage suite à la résiliation du contrat de travail par l'employeur et des dispositions des lois de l'emploi lui conférant certains droits spécifiques. One ne saurait être surpris qu'un arbitre de grief soit saisi d'une telle question tant en Ontario qu'au Québec alors que cette même problématique est soulevée en tous milieux de teravail au Canada. Il convient de rappeler le cheminement de l'affaire en chacune des quatre strates du systéme judiciaire puis de souligner les principales réponses données par la Cour suprême du Canada à la majorité de ses juges (7/9) et par la double dissidence. Nous faisons suivre le tout de nos commentaires au sujet des principales questions de droit qui y sont traitées.
Keywords: CANADA. Supreme Court; Canada; Industrial relations; LABOR arbitration; LABOR laws & legislation; PROBATIONARY employees

Disorderly People: Law and the Politics of Exclusion in Ontario - Morley, Joseiyn C. (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "Disorderly People: Law and the Politics of Exclusion in Ontario," edited by Joe Hermer and Janet Mosher.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DISORDERLY People: Law & the Politics of Exclusion in Ontario (Book); DISORDERLY conduct; HERMER, Joe; MOSHER, Janet; Nonfiction

Interesting Times: A Twentieth-Century Life - Mouat, Jeremy (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Interesting Times: A Twentieth-Century Life," by Eric Hobsbawm.
Keywords: AUTOBIOGRAPHY; BOOKS -- Reviews; HOBSBAWM, E. J. (Eric J.), 1917-2012; INTERESTING Times: A 20th Century Life (Book); Nonfiction

Le Mouvement familial au Québec, 1960-1990. Une politique et des services pour les familles - Murray, Jocelyne (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Le Mouvement familial au Québec, 1960-1990. Une politique et des services pour les familles," by Denise Lemieux and Michelle Comeau.

The Corporation as Family: The Gendering of Corporate Welfare, 1890-1930 - Naylor, James (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "The Corporation As Family: The Gendering of Corporate Welfare, 1890-1930," by Nikki Mandel.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; BUSINESS & politics; CORPORATION As Family: The Gendering of Corporate Welfare 1890-1930, The (Book); MANDEL, Nikki; Nonfiction

At Home and Abroad: U.S. Labor Market Performance in International Perspective - Osberg, Lars (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Reviews the book "At Home and Abroad: U.S. Labor Market Performance in International Perspective," by Francine D. Blau and Lawrence M. Kahn.
Keywords: AT Home & Abroad: US Labor Market Performance in International Perspective (Book); BLAU, Francine D.; BOOKS -- Reviews; KAHN, Lawrence M.; LABOR market; Nonfiction

Immigration and American Unionism - Ottanelli, Fraser (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Reviews the book 'Immigration and American Unionism,' by Vernon M. Briggs Jr.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; BRIGGS, Vernon M., 1937-; IMMIGRATION & American Unionism (Book); Labor Unions; Nonfiction

Dog Days: James P. Cannon vs. Max Shachtman in the Communist League of America, 1931-1933 - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Dog Days: James P. Cannon vs. Max Shachtman in the Communist League of America, 1931-1933," by Prometheus Research Library Staff.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DOG Days: James P. Cannon vs. Max Shachtman in the Communist League of America 1931-1933 (Book); Nonfiction; POLITICAL participation

What's Law Got To Do With It?: Historical Considerations on Class Struggle, Boundaries of Constraint, and Capitalist Authority - Palmer, Bryan D. (Osgoode Hall Law Journal, 2003)
This article offers a preliminary theoretical statement on the law as a set of boundaries constraining class struggle in the interests of capitalist authority. But those boundaries are not forever fixed, and are constantly evolving through the pressures exerted on them by active working-class resistance, some of which takes the form of overt civil disobedience. To illustrate this process, the author explores the ways in which specific moments of labour upheaval in 1886, 1919, 1937, and 1946 conditioned the eventual making of industrial legality. When this legality unravelled in the post-World War II period, workers were left vulnerable and their trade union leaders increasingly trapped in an ossified understanding of the rules of labour-capital-state relations, rules that had long been abandoned by other players on the unequal field of class relations. The article closes by arguing for the necessity of the workers' movement recovering its civil disobedience heritage.

Profits über Alles! American Corporations and Hitler - Pauwels, Jacques R. (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews and comments on several books including "IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation," by Edwin Black, "Working for the Enemy: Ford, General Motors, and Forced Labor During the Second World War," by Reinhold Billstein, Karola Fings, Anita Hitler, and Nicholas Levis and "Hitler, der Westen und die Schweiz 1936-1945," by Walter Hofer and Herbert R. Reginbogin.
Keywords: BILLSTEIN, Reinhold; BLACK, Edwin; BOOKS -- Reviews; FINGS, Karola; HITLER, Anita; HITLER, der Westen und die Schweiz 1936-1945 (Book); HOFER, Walter; IBM & the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany & America's Most Powerful Corporation (Book); LEVIS, Nicholas; Nonfiction; REGINBOGIN, Herbert R.; WORKING for the Enemy: Ford, General Motors & Forced Labor in Germany During the Second World War (Book)

Personnel et DRH : l'affirmation de la fonction personnel dans les entreprises (France, 1830-1990) - Pezet, Éric (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Reviews the book 'Personnel et DRH: l'affirmation de la fonction personnel dans les entreprises,' by Jean Fombonne.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; FOMBONNE, Jean; Industrial relations; Nonfiction; PERSONNEL et DRH (Book)

No Plaster Saint: The Life of Mildred Osterhout Fahrni - Pitsula, James M. (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "No Plaster Saint: The Life of Mildred Osterhout Fahrni," by Nancy Knickerbrocker.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; KNICKERBROCKER, Nancy; NO Plaster Saint: The Life of Mildred Osterhout Fahrni (Book); Nonfiction; WOMEN in politics

Making Sweatshops: The Globalization of the U.S. Apparel Industry - Prügl, Elisabeth (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Making Sweatshops: The Globalization of the U.S. Apparel Industry," by Ellen Israel Rosen.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; MAKING Sweatshops: The Globalization of the US Apparel Industry (Book); Nonfiction; ROSEN, Ellen Israel; Sweatshops

"Ripped Off' By the System: Housing Policy, Poverty, and Territorial Stigmatization in Regent Park Housing Project, 1951-1991 - Purdy, Sean (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
Canada's oldest and largest public housing project. Regent Park in Toronto, was originally conceived as an ideal community for low-income families in housing hardship. By the 1990s, however, it had become virtually synonymous with socio-economic marginalization and behavioural depravity. Indeed, the broader social identity of Regent Park has become an accumulation and escalation of the stigma of its residents. The first section of this article charts the historical escalation of polarization between Regent Park residents and the Metropolitan Toronto population by comparing a series of broadly illustrative statistical traits over a 40-year period. This long-term historical perspective allows us to scrutinize the development of socio-economic marginalization both before and after the boom period of postwar capitalism from the 1940s to the 1970s. It confirms that Regent's resident population underwent a dramatic process of socio-economic divergence in comparison to the general Metropolitan Toronto population, which began in the mid to late 1960s before the onset of outright assaults on the welfare state. I flesh out the stark statistical portrayal by considering various qualitative sources such as oral testimony, letters to the author by former tenants, rare resident case files, and internal and public documents from the various housing authorities. In the second section, I explain the rise of socio-economic inequality. Contrary to currently popular underclass theories, I directly point the arrow of responsibility for rising poverty and inequality towards state housing policies, including wider urban renewal strategies and internal public housing practices, and neoliberal economic restructuring. Unlike most studies, I centre in a third section on the potently deleterious effects of stereotyping Regent Park as an outcast space. Stigmatizing renderings by extemal observers were not free-floating ideological representations but real reflections and shapers of spatial and social divisions with concrete economic and social consequences for tenants. I conclude by discussing what residents themselves thought about their homes and how they coped with stigmatization and material deprivation. Sometimes accepting and internalizing negative external representations and/or projecting these labels onto their neighbours and other times resolutely battling against these brutalizing depictions. Regent Park residents were always active players in building a meaningful living space.
Keywords: Canada; Housing; LABOUR/LE Travail (Book); POLARIZATION (Social sciences); POST-World War II period; Public housing; URBAN renewal; Urban planning

Reconsidering the Collective Impulse: Formal Organization and Informal Associations Among Workers in the Australian Colonies, 1795-1850 - Quinlan, Michael; Gardner, Margaret; Akers, Peter (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
We believe there is a need to move beyond simply privileging formal or informal organization as the most authentic expression of worker activity, but rather to recognize both and analyse the interrelationship between the two. The present article provides a method for achieving this as well as presenting the results of applying this method to a particular country and historical context [i.e, workers in the Australian colonies from 1795 to 1850]. --From authors' introduction
Keywords: AUSTRALIA; FORMAL organization; HOBSBAWM, E. J. (Eric J.), 1917-2012; INFORMAL organization; Immigrants; LABOUR/LE Travail (Book); Labor Unions; THOMPSON, E. P.

When Whites Riot: Writing Race and Violence in American and South African Cultures - Rachleff, Peter (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "When Whites Riot: Writing Race and Violence in American and South African Cultures," by Sheila Smith.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Nonfiction; Racism; SMITH, Sheila; WHEN Whites Riot: Writing Race & Violence in American & South African Cultures (Book)

Modernity and Post-Colonialism: The Heart of the Empire (1909) by F.M. Bell-Smith - Ramsay, Ellen L. (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article provides a "contrapuntal reading" of Frederic M. Bell-Smith's painting, The Heart of the Empire (1909). Born in the UK, Bell-Smith emigrated to Canada at age 21 in the confederation year of 1867. Although Bell-Smith also painted country landscapes,The Heart of the Empire depicts a busy confluence in London's financial district known as Bank Junction. The author contrasts the painting with Niels Moeller Lund's 1904 work, which had the same title. Contextual themes of gender, industrialization (notably, the newspaper industry), nationalism, modernity, neo-imperialism, and post-colonialism are also explored. By pointing to the painting's layers of meaning, the author intends to promote dialogue on post-confederation Canadian art.
Keywords: BELL-Smith, F. M.; CANADIAN painting; Canada; Canadian art; LABOUR/LE Travail (Book); LANDSCAPE painters; MODERNITY; Women

Party People, Communist Lives: Explorations in Biography - Renton, Dave (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "Party People, Communist Lives: Explorations in Biography," by John McIlroy.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; COMMUNIST parties; MCILROY, John; Nonfiction; PARTY People, Communist Lives: Explorations in Biography (Book)

Regulating Systematic Occupational Health and Safety Management: Comparing the Norwegian and Australian Experience - Saksvik, Per Øystein; Quinlan, Michael (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
The promotion of systematic occupational health and safety management (SOHSM) represents a comparatively recent but significant realignment of regulatory strategy that has been embraced by many, if not most, industrialized countries. As yet there has been little critical evaluation of the origins and implications of this shift, and to what extent the experience of these measures differs between countries. This article seeks to start the process of answering these questions by comparing SOHSM in Norway and Australia. A number of common challenges (problems of "paper" compliance, limited union input and the growth of precarious employment) are identified. In particular, the article highlights the interdependence of OHS and industrial relations regulatory regimes and argues the move away from inclusive collectivist regimes places significant constraints on independent vetting of SOHSM - a crucial element in their effectiveness.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Management; Occupational health & safety; Occupational safety; Regulation; Safety management; Studies; occupational health

Unions and Learning in a Global Economy: International and Comparative Perspectives - Sawchuk, Peter H. (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "Unions and Learning in a Global Economy: International and Comparative Perspectives," edited by Bruce Spencer.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Labor economics; Nonfiction; SPENCER, Bruce; UNIONS & Learning in a Global Economy: International & Comparative Perspectives (Book)

Made in Indonesia: Indonesian Workers Since Suharto - Scipes, Kim (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Reviews the book "Made in Indonesia: Indonesian Workers Since Suharto," by Dan La Botz.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; GUILDS; LA Botz, Dan; MADE in Indonesia: Indonesian Workers Since Suharto (Book); Nonfiction

Social Activism and the Internet - Smith, Peter J. (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews and comments on several books, including "Global Showdown: How the New Activists Are Fighting Global Corporate Rule," by Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke, "Globalization From Below: The Power of Solidarity," by Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello and Brendan Smith and "Reshaping World Politics: NGOs, the Internet, and Global Civil Society," by Craig Warkentin.
Keywords: BARLOW, Maude; BOOKS -- Reviews; BRECHER, Jeremy; CLARKE, Tony; COSTELLO, Tim; GLOBAL Showdown: How the New Activists Are Fighting Global Corporate Rule (Book); GLOBALIZATION From Below: The Power of Solidarity (Book); Nonfiction; RESHAPING World Politics: NGOs, the Internet & Global Civil Society (Book); SMITH, Brendan; WARKENTIN, Craig

Tears at Work: Gender, Interaction, and Emotional Labour - Soares, Angelo (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2003)
For a long time, it has been believed that it is possible to leave our emotions at the threshold of the workplace. This excessively simplifies the complexity and heterogeneity of work, leading to an underestimation of the effects of work on health. Our objective is to understand one particular form of the expression of workers’ emotions: crying at work, which may be linked to an excess of emotional labour or to the impossibility of its achievement. Thus, differences between male and female crying, at least at work, may be explained not only by a gendered socialisation of individuals, but also by the sexual division of emotional labour. This imposes an emotional overload on women, since a more intensive management of emotions is demanded of them at work.

The Case for Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition for Labour Education in Canada - Spencer, Bruce; Briton, Derek; Gereluk, Winston (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2003)
This article argues the case for recognising the value of labour learning within the formal education system. It is based on an introduction to the report by Gereluk (2001) and discusses the impact of prior learning and recognition (PLAR) on Canadian labour education as well as outlining why labour education deserves recognition. The article reviews aspects of labour education detailed in the report including the content and purposes of union courses and who participates in, and who delivers, union courses.

Regulating Girls and Women: Sexuality, Family, and the Law in Ontario, 1920-1960 - Srigley, Katrina (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "Regulating Girls and Women: Sexuality, Family, and the Law in Ontario, 1920-1960," by Joan Sangster.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Nonfiction; REGULATING Girls & Women: Sexuality, Family & the Law in Ontario 1920-1960 (Book); SANGSTER, Joan; WOMEN -- Legal status, laws, etc.

Not for Bread Alone: A Memoir - Stinson, Jane (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2003)
Not for Bread Alone: A Memoir, by Moe Foner and Dan North, is reviewed.

From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend: A Short Illustrated History of Labor in the United States - Strouthous, Andy (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend: A Short Illustrated History of Labor in the United States," by Priscilla Murolo and A.B. Chitty.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CHITTY, A. B.; FROM the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend: A Short Illustrated History of Labor in the United States (Book); Labor; MUROLO, Priscilla; Nonfiction

State and Revolution in Cuba: Mass Mobilization and Political Change, 1920-1940 - Stubbs, Jean (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "State and Revolution in Cuba: Mass Mobilization and Political Change, 1920-1940," by Robert Whitney.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Nonfiction; PRACTICAL politics; STATE & Revolution in Cuba: Mass Mobilization & Political Change 1920-1940 (Book); WHITNEY, Robert

Women on the Job: Transitions in a Global Economy - Sugiman, Pamela (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Women on the Job: Transitions in a Global Economy," by Ann Eyerman.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; EYERMAN, Ann; Nonfiction; WOMEN on the Job: Transitions in a Global Economy (Book); Women employees

The IWA in Canada: The Life and Times of an Industrial Union - Sutherland, Duff (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "The IWA in Canada: The Life and Times of an Industrial Union," by Andrew Neufeld and Andrew Parnaby.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; IWA Canada; IWA in Canada: The Life & Times of an Industrial Union, The; Internatiional Woodworkers of America (Organization); Labor Unions; NEUFELD, Andrew; Nonfiction; PARNABY, Andrew

Africans and the Industrial Revolution in England: A Study in International Trade and Economic Development - Sweeny, Robert C.H. (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Africans and the Industrial Revolution in England: A Study in International Trade and Economic Development," by Joseph E. Inikori.
Keywords: AFRICANS & the Industrial Revolution in England: A Study in International Trade & Economic Development (Book); BOOKS -- Reviews; INIKORI, Joseph E.; Industrial Revolution; Nonfiction

The Transformation of Edinburgh: Land, Property and Trust in the Nineteenth Century - Taylor, John H. (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "The Transformation of Edinburgh: Land, Property and Trust in the Nineteenth Century," by Richard Rodger.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Nonfiction; REAL property; RODGER, Richard; TRANSFORMATION of Edinburgh: Land, Property & Trust in the Nineteenth Century, The (Book)

Opportunity and Uncertainty: Life Course Experiences of the Class of '73 - Thomson, Anthony (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "Opportunity and Uncertainty: Life Course Experiences of the Class of 1973," by Paul Anisef, Paul Axelrod, Etta Balchman-Anisef, Carl James, and Anton Turrittin.
Keywords: ANISEF, Paul; AXELROD, Paul; BALCHMAN-Anisef, Etta; BOOKS -- Reviews; CLASS reunions; JAMES, Carl; Nonfiction; OPPORTUNITY & Uncertainty: Life Course Experiences of the Class of 1973 (Book); TURRITTIN, Anton

Du train à vapeur au TGV: sociologie du travail d'organisation - Tremblay, Diane-Gabrielle (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Du train à vapeur au TGV : sociologie du travail d’organisation," by Gilbert de Terssac and Karine Lalande.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; History; Labor Unions; Railroads; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Travail, famille : le nouveau contrat - Tremblay, Diane-Gabrielle (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Reviews the book "Travail, famille: le nouveau contrat," by Marie-Agnes Barrere-Maurisson.
Keywords: BARRERE-Maurisson, Marie-Agnes; BOOKS -- Reviews; Nonfiction; TRAVAIL, famille: le nouveau contrat (Book); Work & family

Working Time Changes: Social Integration through Transitional Labour Markets - Tremblay, Diane-Gabrielle (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Reviews the book 'Working Time Changes: Social Integration Through Transitional Labour Markets,' by Jacqueline O'Reilly.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Nonfiction; O'REILLY, Jacqueline; WORKING-Time Changes: Social Integration Through Transitional Labor Markets (Book); Working hours

Diverging Trends in Worker Health and Safety Protection and Participation in Canada, 1985-2000 - Tucker, Eric (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Despite the comprehensiveness of neo-liberal restructuring in Canada, it has not proceeded uniformly in its timing or outcomes across regulatory fields and political jurisdictions. The example of occupational health and safety (OHS) regulation is instructive. This article compares recent OHS developments in five Canadian jurisdictions, Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Ontario and the Federal jurisdiction. It finds that despite the adoption of a common model by all jurisdictions, there has recently been considerable divergence in the way that the elements of worker participation and protection have been combined. Modified power resource theory is used to explain a portion of this divergence.
Keywords: Canada; INDUSTRIAL hygiene -- Law & legislation; Industrial safety; Jurisdiction; OCCUPATIONAL health services

The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life - Tufts, Steven (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2003)
The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life, by Richard Florida, is reviewed.

Les codes de conduite des entreprises multinationales et l'action syndicale internationale - Vallée, Guylaine (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Codes of conduct for multinational companies (MNCs) can be defined as a set of principles which a company voluntarily agrees to adhere to within the context of its activities. These principles may relate to aspects that are as diverse as trade practices, corporate conduct and ethics, environmental standards, working conditions and human rights, and apply to MNCs' subsidiaries and their subcontractors. Many Canadian companies have adopted such codes. These codes of conduct cannot be considered as spaces for the protection of the freedom of association since, according to an ILO study, only 15 percent of the codes contain references to association, organization and collective bargaining rights. However, they can be considered as spaces for the exercise of the freedom of association. Studies by a group of researchers of which we are members show that, in fact, codes of conduct involve collective relations. These collective relations do not correspond to the institutionalized labour relations of collective bargaining but rather bring several actors together, involve several issues, and combine several means of action. The latter are not limited to collective bargaining and strikes, but involve the presentation of shareholders' proposals, the organization of boycott and picketing campaigns, or the adoption of legal strategies that raise doubts about the MNC's respect for its commitments abroad. These means of action make it possible to intervene in areas where the MNC is vulnerable, i.e., its corporate image or the image of its product as well as its finances. State law is not absent from these social dynamics. Rules of law govern shareholders' proposals or the information that the company is required or not required to divulge, the secondary boycott and picketing campaigns, and the MNC's responsibility. This paper briefly sets out these rules and attempts to identify the opportunities that they create and the limits that they impose on actors, in particular trade unions, who wish to act on the MNC's new sources of vulnerability. The rules of corporate law will be examined first. The amendments made in 2001 to the Canada Business Corporations Act regarding the rules governing the shareholders' proposals, the proposals of the Canadian Democracy and Corporate Accountability Commission as well as the creation in Europe of the Statute for a European Company reveal the striking differences between the courses of action favoured in Europe and those proposed in Canada to integrate social concerns into corporate law. While the European model favours one actor—workers—whom it recognizes, regulating their representation and participation within the company, the aim of the Canadian proposals is to ensure that the interests of all stakeholders in the company—and not only those of workers—are taken into account by company managers. The evolving law related to freedom of expression also has an impact on the means of international trade union action. Codes of conduct are often a response to the campaigns led by trade unions and other civil society groups against the behaviour or the effects of the activities of a given company on the living conditions of populations or workers, or on the environment. These campaigns are based on strategies centred on the information about the company or its products and may take the form of a boycott or picketing, traditional union measures, if there ever were. What makes these means novel is that they are used independently of collective bargaining or recourse to a strike. Two recent decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada have cleared up any uncertainties about the legality of the trade unions' means of international action. These decisions must be interpreted alongside other decisions where the Supreme Court of Canada has had to interpret the freedom of expression of consumers or the limits to the freedom of expression established by the legal principles for defamation. This is the legal effect of the fact that trade unions are treated as any other civil society actor.

Multiple Risk Factors for Violence to Seven Occupational Groups in the Swedish Caring Sector - Viitasara, Eija; Sverke, Magnus; Menckel, Ewa (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Violence towards health-care personnel represent an increasing problem, but little is known in terms of how different occupational groups are affected. A questionnaire was sent to a stratified sample of 2,800 of 173,000 employees in the Swedish municipal health and welfare sector. Seven major groups working with the elderly or persons with developmental disabilities were considered: administrators, nursing specialists, supervisors, direct carers, nursing auxiliaries, assistant nurses, and personal assistants. The response rate was 85 percent. Fifty-one percent of respondents reported exposure to violence or threats of violence over one year. The most vulnerable groups were assistant nurses and direct carers (usually of the developmentally disabled). Individual characteristics, such as age and organizational tenure, were related to exposure. Work-related characteristics, such as type of workplace, working full-time with clients, organizational downsizing, and high workload, were also associated with risk. Greater knowledge of impacts on different professional groups and relevant prevention are required.
Keywords: Medical personnel; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE in hospitals

Handbook of Mental Health in the Workplace - Vinet, Alain (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Reviews the book "Handbook of Mental Health in the Workplace," by Jay C. Thomas.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; HANDBOOK of Mental Health in the Workplace (Book); Mental health; Nonfiction; THOMAS, Jay C.

Precarious Employment in Canada: Taking Stock, Taking Action - Vosko, Leah F. (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2003)

Le chômage des jeunes au Québec et au Canada. - Vultur, Mircea (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Dans cet article, nous présentons, tout d'abord, les grandes lignes d'évolution du chômage des jeunes au Québec et au Canada, depuis 1976, ainsi qu `une série de facteurs à la source de cette évolution. Nous comparons, en deuxième lieu, le chômage des jeunes avec celui des adultes. L `analyse des indicateurs relatifs, de la durée et de l'indice de gravité du chômage des 15-24 ans et 25 ans ou plus montre qu `en dépit du fait que les taux de chômage des jeunes ont été systématiquement plus élevés et plus dépendants des fluctuations de l`économie, la situation des jeunes au regard du chômage a enregistré une amélioration relative de ses divers paramètres par rapport au chômage des adultes. Enfin, nous analysons le chômage des jeunes en fonction de la tranche d'âge, de la fréquentation scolaire et du niveau d'études. En conclusion, nous présentons des considérations sur les caractéristiques et les perspectives d'évolution du chômage des jeunes au Québec et au Canada.

Labour Before the Law: The Regulation of Workers' Collective Action in Canada, 1900-1948 - Warskett, Rosemary (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "Labour before the Law: The Regulation of Workers' Collective Action in Canada, 1900-1948," by Judy Fudge and Eric Tucker.

Changing Prospects for Trade Unionism: Comparisons between Six Countries - Wheeler, Hoyt N. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Changing Prospects for Trade Unionism: Comparisons between Six Countries, edited by Peter Fairbrother and Gerard Griffin, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Comparative analysis; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Manycountries; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Unionization

A Nation for All: Race, Inequality, and Politics in Twentieth Century Cuba - Whitney, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "A Nation for All: Race, Inequality, and Politics in Twentieth Century Cuba," by Alejandro de la Fuente.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DE la Fuente, Alejandro; NATION for All: Race, Inequality & Politics in 20th-Century Cuba, A (Book); Nonfiction; Racism

Not Automatic: Women and the Left in the Forging of the Auto Workers' Union - Wigderson, Seth (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "Not Automatic: Women and the Left in the Forging of the Auto Workers' Union," by Sol Dollinger and Genora Johnson Dollinger.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DOLLINGER, Genora Johnson; DOLLINGER, Sol; Labor Unions; NOT Automatic: Women & the Left in the Forging of the Auto Workers' Union (Book); Nonfiction

Strategy, Organization and the Changing Nature of Work - Wood, Geoffrey (Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2003)
Reviews the book "Strategy, Organization and the Changing Nature of Work," edited by Jordi Gual and Joan E. Ricart.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; BUSINESS planning; Nonfiction; STRATEGY, Organization & the Changing Nature of Work (Book)

We are the Poors: Community Struggles in Post-Apartheid South Africa - Wood, Geoffrey (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "We Are the Poors: Community Struggles in Post-Apartheid South Africa," by Ashwin Desai.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DESAI, Ashwin; Nonfiction; SOUTH Africa; WE Are the Poors: Community Struggles in Post-Apartheid South Africa (Book)

Pacific Press: The Unauthorized Story of Vancouver's Newspaper Monopoly - Young, Mary Lynn (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "Pacific Press: The Unauthorized Story of Vancouver's Newspaper Monopoly," by Marc Edge.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; EDGE, Marc; Mass media; Nonfiction; PACIFIC Press: The Unauthorized Story of Vancouver's Newspaper Monopoly (Book)

Labor Geographies: Workers and the Landscape of Capitalism - Zonderman, David A. (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book "Labor Geographies: Workers and the Landscape of Capitalism," by Andrew Herod.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; HEROD, Andrew; Industrial relations; LABOR Geographies: Workers & the Landscape of Capitalism (Book); Nonfiction

The Making of the Chinese Industrial Workplace: State, Revolution, and Labour Management - Zusman, Eric (Labour / Le Travail, 2003)
The article reviews the book, "The Making of the Chinese Industrial Workplace: State, Revolution & Labour Management," by Mark Frazier.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; FRAZIER, Mark; MAKING of the Chinese Industrial Workplace: State, Revolution & Labour Management, The (Book); Nonfiction; Work environment

Aboriginals as Unwilling Immigrants: Contact, Assimilation and Labour Market Outcomes - Kuhn, Peter; Sweetman, Arthur (Journal of Population Economics, 2002)
Like immigrants, aboriginal populations' economic success may be enhanced by the acquisition of skills and traits appropriate to the “majority” culture in which they reside. Using 1991 Canadian Census data, we show that Aboriginal labour market success is greater for Aboriginals whose ancestors intermarried with non-Aboriginals, for those who live off Indian reserves, and for those who live outside the Yukon and Northwest Territories. While these three “facts” could also be explained by a combination of other processes, such as discrimination, physical remoteness, and selection, only the skill/trait acquisition, or “assimilation” hypothesis is consistent with all three.
Keywords: Assimilation (Sociology); Employment; Immigrants; Indigenous Peoples; Labor market

Abstracts / Résumés [50, Fall 2002] (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
English/French abstracts of articles in the current issue.

Abstracts = Résumés (49, Spring/Printemps 2002) (Labour/Le Travail, 2002)
English/French abstracts of the articles in the Spring 2002 volume.

Index - volume 57 - 2002 [Articles & book reviews] (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Index, Volumes 47-48, 2001 (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
Biennial index produced by the Canadian Periodical Index.

Decentralization in the Public Sector: The Case of the U.K. National Health Service - Arrowsmith, James; Sisson, Keith (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Decentralization has been an important international development in large organizations, including those in the public sector, in recent years. The introduction of self-governing trusts in the U.K. National Health Service in the early 1990s serves as a paradigm case of public sector decentralization, managerialism and marketization. Local managers were able to develop their own employment arrangements in order to improve the recruitment, retention and deployment of labour. This article finds that pay initiatives were subverted by environmental constraints but change proceeded in the organization of working time. The findings have implications beyond the U.K. and health service context, notably the conceptual relevance of the "firm-in-sector" framework and the policy limits and potential of decentralization.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Decentralization; Government agencies; Health administration; Health care; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Women's Lives Under Socialism - Ashwin, Sarah (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews and comments on the books, "Revolutionary Women in Russia" by Anna Hillyar and Jane McDermid; "In the Shadow of Revolution," edited by Sheila Fitzpatrick and Yuri Slezkine; and "The Politics of Gender After Socialism: A Comparative Historical Essay" by Susan Gal and Gail Kligman.

Coffret 1 : La boîte à idées : volume M : Les pratiques observables du management des équipes et des personnes ; volume P : Le pilotage du management ; Coffret 2 : La boîte à outils - Bélanger, Laurent (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
The article reviews the books, "Coffret 1 : La boîte à idées : volume M : Les pratiques observables du management des équipes et des personnes ; volume P : Le pilotage du management ; Coffret 2 : La boîte à outils," by Jean-Louis Langevin.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Public Sector Earnings Comparability: Alternative Estimates for the U.s. Postal Service - Belman, Dale; Heywood, John S.; Voos, Paula B. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Using the postal service as an example, the critical role played by a series of "implicit" judgments when estimating the government earnings differential is highlighted. Regression estimates demonstrate that alternative treatments of location, gender, industry, occupation and union status result in estimates ranging from a double digit advantage for postal workers to no advantage at all. It is shown that women employees and those in rural locations generate substantial positive postal differentials, while the differentials for men and urban employees are very modest. Ignoring this point and making policy based on the average differential is unlikely to be effective. It is argued that the standard of comparability, comparing similar workers doing similar work, requires that judgments about samples and controls be made explicit as they largely determine the resulting estimates.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Comparative analysis; Employees; Labor Unions; Postal & delivery services; Private sector; Public sector; Regression analysis; Salaries pensions etc; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Wages & salaries

Employer Resistance to Union Certification: A Study of Canadian Jurisdictions - Bentham, Karen J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
This study investigates the prevalence and impacts of employer resistance to union certification applications in 8 Canadian jurisdictions. Employer resistance was found to be the norm, with 80% of employers overtly and actively opposing union certification applications. Analysis demonstrated that employer opposition to union certification can impact upon both initial certification outcomes and on the probability the parties will establish and sustain a collective bargaining relationship. Furthermore, the study demonstrates that focusing only on the probability of certification success seriously underestimates the impact of employer opposition.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Certification; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

L'impact des relations industrielles sur la performance organisationnelle - Bergeron, Jean-Guy; Jalette, Patrice (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Les relations industrielles (RI) influencent-elles la performance des organisations ? Des données financières de même que des données traitant d’une douzaine de pratiques RI et du climat RI ont été colligées dans 241 caisses populaires faisant partie du Mouvement Desjardins au Québec afin d’estimer l’effet des RI sur trois dimensions de la performance. Les résultats sont à l’effet que lorsque l’influence des autres déterminants est tenue constante, les pratiques RI et le climat RI ont un impact significatif sur la performance organisationnelle, en particulier sur la productivité et les coûts de main-d’oeuvre.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Human resource management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Organizational effectiveness; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Workers' Compensation: Foundations for Reform - Bergstrom, Randolph E. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Workers' Compensation: Foundations for Reform," edited by Morley Gunderson and Douglas Hyatt.

The World's Most Dangerous Woman: A New Biography of Emma Goldman - Bernhard, Marc (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "The World's Most Dangerous Woman: A New Biography of Emma Goldman.," by Albert Moritz and Theresa Moritz.

La révolution du travail : de l’artisan au manager - Bernier, Colette (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "La révolution du travail : de l’artisan au manager," by Rolande Pinard.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Le changement dans les organisations: Entre structures et interactions - Bernoux, Philippe (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
L’analyse des organisations s’est-elle engagée dans une fausse voie depuis la première parution, il y a plus de quarante ans, de la revue Administrative Science Quarterly ? Il y aurait eu divorce entre la théorie et l’empirie, le lien aurait été perdu entre les deux. L’auteur montre que cette perte est due aux références à des ensembles théoriques structuraux, alors que les organisations, comme la société dans sa globalité, ne sont explicables qu’en partant des interactions entre acteurs, interactions qui permettent de comprendre comment se vivent les incertitudes de l’action. Des exemples précis montrent que le fondement de ces interactions est, dans les organisations productives, la relation des salariés aux objets techniques, la rationalité instrumentale. Elle leur permet d’entrer en relations et de gérer les incertitudes sans réifier ni contrôler ces relations.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Sociologies du travail: quarante ans après - Bernoux, Philippe (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Sociologies du travail : quarante ans après," edited by Amélie Pouchet.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; History; Labor; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social aspects

The Workers Organizing and Resource Centre: The Struggle Continues in Winnipeg - Bickerton, Geoff; Stearns, Catherine (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2002)
In most communities the relationship between trade unions and social activist organizations is usually underdeveloped and uneven. Likewise trade unions usually have no organic connections to unorganized workers and contribute little to the task of representing these workers in their struggles against employers and government agencies. The Workers Organizing and Resource Centre (WORC), a collective administered by trade unionists and social activists, is an attempt to bridge this solitude. Since it was established in 1998, WORC has been the home to numerous working class advocacy organizations and a hub of progressive activity in Winnipeg. Its mandate is to facilitate the development of community organizations, provide advocacy work for non union workers, and to assist in organizing the unorganized. This paper describes the function that WORC plays in the Winnipeg progressive community and discusses the relationship to its sole source of funding, the national office of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.

Hommage à Noah Meltz - Boivin, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Initiation à la négociation collective - Bourque, Reynald (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Initiation à la négociation collective by Jean Sexton.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; Labor unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

The West Wants In: Regionalism, Class, and Labour/Le Travail, 1976-2002 - Bright, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
“The west wants in” was the rallying cry of the Reform Party launched in 1987. What the West wanted, how its aspirations could be fulfilled within Confederation, and how fulfilling them might change Canada itself came to dominate the party’s agenda over the next decade or so. The West’s relationship to the rest of the country has also been a major theme in Canadian labour history, of ten with respect to notions of “western radicalism” or “western exceptionalism.” Reviewing Labour / Le Travail’s coverage of Canadian labour over the past quarter-century, this article reviews the extent to which western workers have been represented, the varying ways in which their identity has been characterized, and the degree to which traditional perceptions of a “radical” West have been either reinforced or revised as a result.
Keywords: CLASS identity; Canada; Labor movement; REFORM Party of Canada; SOCIOLOGY literature; WESTERN countries; Working class

L'emergence des associations paralleles dans les rapports collectifs de travail - Brunelle, Christian (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Democracy; Labor Unions; Memberships; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

L’émergence des associations parallèles dans les rapports collectifs de travail - Brunelle, Christian (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Des jeunes salariés québécois reprochent à leurs syndicats de ne pas tenir suffisamment compte de leurs intérêts dans la négociation de leurs conditions de travail. Ils ont ainsi fondé leurs propres associations en réaction à la façon dont le syndicat exerce son monopole de représentation. Ce nouveau phénomène traduit une insatisfaction certaine face à la façon dont s’exerce la démocratie syndicale dans certains milieux de travail. L’émergence de ces associations parallèles devrait inciter les leaders syndicaux à faire montre de plus d’ouverture, à engager le dialogue et à entreprendre une réflexion devenue nécessaire sur leur conception de la démocratie — et la notion d’égalité qui y est sous-jacente — à l’ère des droits fondamentaux de la personne.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Labour/Le Travail and Canadian Working-Class History: A View from Afar - Burgmann, Verity (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
This article attempts to explain the similarities and parallels between Labour/ Le Travail and its Australian equivalent, Labour History; as well as analysing Labour/Le Travail's distinctive interests and concerns, which reflect the peculiarities of the Canadian. It suggests, in particular, that the timing of Labour/Le Travail's appearance was propitious and that it was well positioned for various reasons to take advantage of the Thompsonian moment in labour historiography. Further, by responding to the rise of the new social movements, it was able to enrich further the study of labour history through attention to forms of oppression other than class. With class nonetheless remaining its central focus, a degree of political pessimism is understandably evident from the mid-1980s onwards, with the downturn in labour movement activity and allegations about the death of class. By the same token, signs of working-class remobilization in the late 1990s have encouraged a renewed sense of political purpose in the journal. It is argued that this situation also offers opportunities for new forms of dialogue between academics and activists challenging corporate globalization, enabling the journal and those associated with it to continue to reach out to audiences beyond the academy, to place their knowledge of labour's past at the service of movements contesting the current circumstances of the working class.
Keywords: Labor movement; SOCIOLOGY literature; STRIKES & lockouts; Social movements; Working class

Where Was the Working Class? Revolution in Eastern Germany - Buse, Dieter K. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Where was the working class? Revolution in Eastern Germany," by Linda Fuller.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; History; History--History of North And South America; Working class

Victor Serge: The Course is Set on Hope - Camfield, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Victor Serge: The Course is Set on Hope," by Susan Weissman.

Riding the Rails: Black Railroad Workers in Canada and the United States - Carson, Jenny (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the books, "My Name’s Not George: The Story of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in Canada," by Stanley G. Grizzle, "Brotherhoods of Color: Black Railroad Workers and the Struggle for Equality," by Eric Arnesen, and "Pullman Porters and the Rise of Protest Politics in Black America, 1925-1945," by Beth Tompkins Bates.

The Organizing Model and the Management of Change: A Comparative Study of Unions in Australia and Britain - Carter, Bob; Cooper, Rae (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Trade unions in nearly all developed countries are facing major difficulties in maintaining membership levels and political influence. The US labor movement has been increasingly attracted to an organizing model of trade unionism and, in turn, this response has caught the imagination of some sections of other Anglo-Saxon movements, most notably in Australia, New Zealand and Britain. There is not single definitive account of what constitutes the organizing model but its advocates envisage the transformation of unions into dynamic organizations, where members would become active participants rather than passive consumers. Despite similarities in the problems that national union movements face, however, the histories and current experiences of trade unions in the various countries show marked differences. A comparative study of an Australian and a British union, based on extensive fieldwork in Britain and Australia, attempts to assess the importance of national contexts in the adoption of the organizing model.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Comparative studies; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Management; Management of change; Memberships; Organizational change; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Statistical analysis

Hamlet and the Baker's Son: My Life in Theatre and Politics - Cavanagh, Chris (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Hamlet and the Baker's Son: My Life in Theatre and Politics," by Augusto Boal.

The Rise of Agrarian Democracy: The United Farmers and Farm Women of Alberta, 1909-1921 - Cavanaugh, Catherine A. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "The rise of agrarian democracy: The United Farmers and Farm Women of Alberta, 1909-1921," by Bradford James Rennie.
Keywords: 20th century; Agriculture; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; History; History--History of North And South America; Women

Government Administered Workplace Surveys and Industrial Relations in Canada - Chaykowski, Richard P.; Slotsve, George A. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
John Godard's article, "New Dawn or Bad Moon Rising? Large Scale Government Administered Workplace Surveys and the Future of Canadian IR Research" (2001), is discussed. Godard has challenged researchers to consider the advantages and disadvantages of using data sets in industrial relations research. This comment agrees with Godard that the Workplace and Employment Survey (WES), as with other large scale government administered surveys, has a number of significant advantages, including: excellent response rates, comprehensiveness, the ability to link employees with their employers and to follow them over (limited) periods of time, and a tendency to use more standardized measures. These represent substantial advantages relative to other sources of micro-level data.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employees; Government employees; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Polls & surveys; R&D; Research; Research & development; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Working conditions

Le rôle des stratégies externes et internes dans le choix des politiques de rémunération - Chênevert, Denis; Tremblay, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
La présente étude, réalisée auprès de 252 entreprises québécoises, a permis de mettre en évidence que les politiques de rémunération sont davantage influencées par les stratégies internes de l’organisation que par leurs stratégies externes. Plus spécifiquement, les entreprises qui préconisent les équipes autonomes de travail, la qualité totale et la gestion participative optent davantage pour des politiques de rémunération orientées vers la performance individuelle et collective, tendent à accorder un pourcentage de bonis plus élevé et à favoriser une plus grande transparence dans leurs mécanismes de gestion. Les résultats montrent également que la présence syndicale joue un rôle déterminant dans le choix des politiques de rémunération.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Compensation; Labor Unions; Labor unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

By Necessity or by Right: The Language and Experience of Gender at Work - Christie, Nancy (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
This article reviews the contribution that Labour/Le Travail has made to the study of gender history in Canada over the past 25 years. It identifies the several ways in which industrialization led to gendering of class, and in particular analyzes the contribution of the patriarchy/capitalism debate, the family strategies approach, and the new literature on masculinity. It suggests the need for more broadly contextualized studies that incorporate both gender conflict and interdependence, and argues for a hermeneutic separation of gender and class identities from conceptualizations of class politics and collective protest.
Keywords: Canada; Capitalism; DEMONSTRATIONS (Collective behavior); Gender studies; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MASCULINITY in literature; Patriarchy; SOCIOLOGY literature

"Keep Communism Out of Our Schools": Cold War Anti-Communism at the Toronto Board of Education, 1948-1951 - Clarke, Frank K. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
As a contribution to the history of the Cold War, and particularly of anti-Communist activities at the local level, discusses the controversial policies adopted by the Toronto District School Board during 1948-51 and the anti-Communist activities of Harold Menzies, one of the board's trustees. In spite of the presence on the board of elected trustees who were Communists and the opposition of the director of education, a majority of the trustees were successful in adopting policies that violated the civil liberties of Canadians and were contemptuous of the will of the voters. Anti-Communist activities touched on teacher loyalty, selection of textbooks, and access to school facilities. Menzies and his allies saw communism as a threat to the school system and worked hard to create and maintain an anti-Communist consensus.

Fight to win - Clarke, John (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
Discusses the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty's efforts to resist the most extreme elements of the Conservative Party's agenda, and critiques the labour movement, in particular the union leadership, for the failure of its Days of Action, which was also intended to mobilize against the government.

Health Care Practitioners: An Ontario Case Study in Policy Making - Clarke, Juanne (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Health care practitioners: An Ontario case study in policy making," by Patricia O'Reilly.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; History--History of North And South America; Laws & regulations; Medical personnel

Renegade Lawyer: The Life of J.L. Cohen - Clément, Dominique (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Renegade Lawyer: The Life of J. L. Cohen. MacDowell," by Laurel Sefton.

Pursuing International Labour Rights in U.s. Courts: New Uses for Old Tools - Compa, Lance (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Filing lawsuits in US federal and state courts for workers' rights violations suffered by workers employed by American corporations abroad is one of several strategies for promoting labour rights. To succeed, such suits must first overcome the strong presumption against extraterritorial effect of US law. Other jurisdictional hurdles like "inconvenient forum" also require caution in bringing suits. With the right strategic choices, labour rights litigation can be an effective means of advancing workers' rights in the global economy.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Expatriate employees; Jurisdiction; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Litigation; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Discrimination et obligation d'accommodement en milieu de travail syndique - Coutu, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; Employment discrimination; Labor Unions; Laws & regulations; Seniority; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Discrimination et obligation d’accommodement en milieu de travail syndiqué - Coutu, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Discrimination et obligation d’accommodement en milieu de travail syndiqué," by Christian Brunelle.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Chronique du mouvement ouvrier politique - Dansereau, Bernard (Bulletin d'histoire politique, 2002)
Reviews and comments on two books by Éric Leroux on Gustave Francq (1871-1952), who was a key figure in Quebec's labour movement.

La famille Wolofsky - Dansereau, Bernard (Bulletin d'histoire politique, 2002)

Immigrants and the Labour Force: Policy, Regulation and Impact - Das Gupta, Tania (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Immigrants and the labour force: Policy, regulation and impact," by Ravi Pendakur.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Employment; History; History--History of North And South America; Immigration; Labor force; Labor market; Minority & ethnic groups; Self employment; Wages & salaries

Reyita: The Life of a Black Cuban Woman in the Twentieth Century, as told to her daughter Daisy Rubiera Castillo - Davies, Catherine (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Reyita: The Life of a Black Cuban Woman in the Twentieth Century, as told to her daughter Daisy Rubiera Castillo," by María de los Reyes Castillo Bueno.

The Jacobin Clubs in the French Revolution, 1793-1795 - Davis, Lawrence H. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "The Jacobin clubs in the French Revolution, 1793-1795," by Michael L. Kennedy.
Keywords: 18th century; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; History; History--History of North And South America

Un aperçu des lois de retour au travail adoptées au Québec entre 1964 et 2001 - Delorme, Francois; Nadeau, Gaston (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
À partir d’une liste exhaustive des lois spéciales de retour au travail adoptées au Québec entre 1964 et 2001 inclusivement, les auteurs en présentent, sous la forme d’un tableau détaillé, certaines caractéristiques : un sommaire de leur contenu, la durée approximative du conflit auquel chacune des lois entendait mettre fin, le caractère légal ou illégal de l’arrêt de travail, sa durée ainsi que des commentaires de nature factuelle. Cet exercice permet de dégager quelques observations sur la fréquence d’utilisation de ce moyen exceptionnel et il conduit à identifier les domaines d’activité les plus souvent touchés par de telles interventions. Il montre aussi que le législateur prend souvent en compte, pour justifier l’usage de cet outil extraordinaire de règlement d’un différend, non seulement les critères relatifs au maintien de la santé et de la sécurité publiques, mais parfois aussi les inconvénients majeurs pouvant résulter du conflit. C’est qu’en pareille matière, l’adoption d’une loi se situe toujours aux frontières du droit et de la politique.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor law; Laws & regulations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strikes

State and Society in Transition: The Politics of Institutional Reform in the Eastern Townships, 1838-1852 - Depatie, Sylvie (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "State and society in transition: The politics of institutional reform in the eastern townships, 1838-1852," by J.I. Little.
Keywords: 19th century; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Education; Government; History; History--History of North And South America; Society

Reassessing The Historical UAW: Walter Reuther's Affiliation with the Communist Party and Something of Its Meaning — A Document of Party Involvement, 1939 - Devinatz, Victor G. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The paper argues that Walter Reuther was affiliated with the US Communist Party in the mid to late 1930s. At the time, Reuther was a vice president of the United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America; he went on to become UAW president from 1946 till his death in 1970. The author discusses a previously unknown archival document that summarized the February 1939 Detroit meeting attended by Communist state, national and trade union leaders, including Reuther. The author calls for a reassessment of the scholarly literature on the historical UAW and Reuther.

Montreal of Yesterday: Jewish Life in Montreal 1900-1920 - Dueck, Gordon (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Montreal of yesterday: Jewish life in Montreal 1900-1920," by Israel Medres; translated from Yiddish by Vivian Felsen.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; History; History--History of North And South America; Jews

Culture of Misfortune: An Interpretive History of Textile Unionism in the United States - Eaton, Jonathan (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Culture of Misfortune: An Interpretive History of Textile Unionism in the United States, by Clete Daniel, is reviewed.
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; Textile industry

An Introduction to Just Labour - Editorial Committee (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2002)

The social relations of productivity: A longitudinal and comparative study of aluminium smelters - Edwards, Paul; Bélanger, Jacques; Wright, Martyn (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
This article uses time-series data from two aluminium plants from Canada and the U.K. to analyze the social relations of productivity. The eventual turn to teamwork reflected, not hard evidence that productivity change had dried up, but a belief that they were the next step towards further improvement. By considering the structure of social relations over time in each smelter, this paper contributes to ongoing debates on the complex connections between productivity growth and organizational innovation. On the basis of direct observation and interviews, the article also reveals some of the social dynamics generating productivity growth and describes the development of idiosyncratic competencies. It stresses how the development of teamwork was historically in line with the productive ethos that had developed over time under continuous process technology.
Keywords: Aluminum industry; Aluminum works; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Organizational behavior; Productivity; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Teamwork; Time series

Canadiens, Acadiens, and Canada: Knowledge and Ethnicity in Labour History - Ferland, Jacques (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
By distinguishing between Canadien and Acadien workers, on the one hand, and Canada workers, on the other, this essay examines some of the cognitive implications of L/LT’s epistemological commitment to a Canada-centered interpretation of labour history, particularly with respect to francophone working-class minorities. It argues that this labour history journal is representative of how emphasis on Canada-based workers and labour yields its own definition of class experience, a geopolitical definition that does not necessarily correspond to the ethnically-grounded “national” aspirations and struggles of French-Canadian and Acadian workers.
Keywords: CLASS identity; Canada; FRENCH-Canadians; Labor movement; Minorities; SOCIAL status; Social classes; Working class

1939: L 'Alliance de la dernière chance - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The paper reviews the book, "1939: L 'Alliance de la dernière chance," by Michael Carley, published in English as "The Alliance That Never War."

J. B. McLachlan: A Biography - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "J. B. McLachlan: A Biography," by David Frank.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Capitalism; Coal mines; History; History--History of North And South America; Labor; Labor history; Occupational health & safety; Strikes; Workers

Welfare for Whom? Class, Gender, and Race in Social Policy - Finkel, Alvin (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews and comments on severa; books, "Engendering the State: Family, Work, and Welfare in Canada," by Nancy Christie; "The Wages of Sickness: The Politics of Health Insurance in Progressive America, by Beatrix Hoffman; Aux origines sociales de l'État-providence: Familles québécoises, obligation scolaire et allocations familiales, 1940-1955," by Dominique Marshall; and "Poverty Knowledge: Social Science, Social Policy, and the Poor in Twentieth-Century U.S. History," by Alice O'Connor.

Brazil - Fortes, Alexandre (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
In the last two decades, Brazilian unionism and the left have experienced an unprecedented development, posing for the first time in history, a real challenge to the ruling classes. The effects of this new political reality on labour history took a while to be felt, but in recent years a whole new historiography has emerged, leading to the constitution of the Mundos do Trabalho (Worlds of Labour) work group, an official branch of the National History Association.
Keywords: BRAZIL; Labor Unions; Labor movement; New Left; RULING class; SOCIAL groups; SOCIOLOGY literature; Social classes

Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy - Friman, H. Richard (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Disposable people: New slavery in the global economy," by Kevin Bales.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Developing countries--LDCs; Global economy; Globalization; History--History of North And South America; Labor; Slavery

Employment Dispute Resolution and Worker Rights in the Changing Workplace - Fudge, Judy (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Employment dispute resolution and worker rights in the changing workplace," edited by Adrienne E. Eaton and Jeffrey H. Keefe.
Keywords: Alternative dispute resolution; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Collective bargaining; Conflict resolution; Employees; Employers; Employment; Grievance procedures; History--History of North And South America; Labor relations; Labor standards; Nonunion; Public sector; Union membership; Workers

American Crucible: Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century - Gabaccia, Donna R. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "American Crucible: Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century," by Gary Gerstle.

The Labour Movement and Civil Society: Reflections on the People's Summit from Quebec - Gagnon, Mona-Josée (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2002)
The legal approach in Canada towards the regulation of trade union democracy has sought to balance individual member's rights with respect for the autonomy of unions. While the United States and England have heavily legislated the areas of internal trade union affairs, Canada has enacted relatively few laws in this area. Rather, unions in Canada have enjoyed considerable legal freedom to develop their own democratic practices and culture. The irony of this approach is that it is the Canadian courts, rather than the more experienced and liberal labour relations boards, that are the final legal arbiters over most internal union matters. However, this is slowly changing. Several provinces have recently enacted modest changes that direct their labour boards to hear complaints from union members respecting the fairness of internal hearings. In the absence of extensive statutory regulation, union constitutions and the democratic traditions behind them become significant legal documents

Trade Unions and Democratization in South Africa, 1985-1987 - Gall, Gregor (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Trade unions and democratization in South Africa, 1985-1987," edited by Glenn Adler and Eddie Webster.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Collective bargaining; History--History of North And South America; Labor unions

Remember Kirkland Lake: The Gold Miners' Strike of 1941-42, revised edition - Gérin-Lajoie, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Remember Kirkland Lake: The Gold Miners' Strike of 1941-42, revised edition by Laurel Sefton MacDowell, is reviewed.
Keywords: 20th century; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Canadian history; Collective bargaining; Gold mines & mining; History; Labor Unions; Mining industry; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strikes

What? Me Worry? A Reply to Chaykowski and Slotsve - Godard, John (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
A comment is presented of Richard P. Chaykowski and George A. Slotsve's "Government Administered Workplace Surveys and Industrial Relations in Canada" (2002). Their article comments on Godard's 2001 article, "New Dawn or Bad Moon Rising? Large Scale Government Administered Workplace Surveys and the Future of Canadian IR Research."
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employees; Government employees; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Polls & surveys; R&D; Research; Research & development; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Working conditions

Strikes in Essential Services - Goldenberg, Shirley (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Strikes in Essential Services, by Bernard Adell, Michael Grant and Allen Ponak, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strikes

La Nouvelle France: The Making of French Canada - A Cultural History - Grabowski, Jan (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "La Nouvelle France: The Making of French Canada - A Cultural History," by Peter N. Moogk.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; History--History of North And South America; New France

Gustave Francq : figure marquante du syndicalisme et précurseur de la FTQ - Grant, Michel (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Gustave Francq : figure marquante du syndicalisme et précurseur de la FTQ," by Éric Leroux.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

French Socialists Before Marx - Gregory, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "French socialists before Marx," by Pamela Pilbeam.
Keywords: 19th century; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Capitalism; History; History--History of North And South America; Socialism

Work and Employment in a Globalized Era: An Asia-Pacific Focus - Griffin, Gerry (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Work and Employment in a Globalized Era: An Asia-Pacific Focus edited by Yaw A. Debrah and Ian G. Smith, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employment; Globalization; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Working conditions; work

Building a Better World: An Introduction to Trade Unionism in Canada - Haiven, Judy (Just Labour, 2002)
The article reviews "Building a Better World: An Introduction to Trade Unionism in Canada," by Errol Black and Jim Silver.

Consulted to Death - Haiven, Larry (Just Labour, 2002)
Consulted to Death, by Doug Smith, is reviewed.

"Heal Thyself:" Managing Health Care Reform - Haiven, Larry (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
"Heal Thyself:" Managing Health Care Reform, by Pat Armstrong, Hugh Armstrong, Ivy Bourgeault, Jacqueline Choiniere, Eric Mykhalovskiy and Jerry P. White, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Health care; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Management; Reforms; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

What Workers Want - Haiven, Larry (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "What workers want," by Richard B. Freeman and Joel Rogers.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Employee involvement; Employees; Employers; History--History of North And South America; Job satisfaction; Labor unions; Manual workers; Participatory management; Polls & surveys

Island Timber: A Social History of the Comox Logging Company, Vancouver Island - Hak, Gordon H. (Gordon Hugh) (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
Reviewed: Island Timber: A Social History of the Comox Logging Company, Vancouver Island. Mackie, Richard Somerset.

C. Wright Mills: Letters and Autobiographical Writings - Haley, Ella (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "C. Wright Mills: Letters and Autobiographical Writings," edited by Kathryn Mills with Pamela Mills.

Unions and Pay Equity Bargaining in Canada - Hart, Susan M. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Provincial government pay equity policies require the negotiation of pay equity in unionized workplaces. The methodology is complex and unions have to be knowledgeable and committed to rectifying discriminatory wages. According to the literature, Canadian unions have shown varied levels of effectiveness regarding their pursuit of women's equality, and it is explored how well these unions represent women's interests during pay equity bargaining. Based on case studies of the Ontario public service and health care in Newfoundland, it is concluded that the most effective unions supplemented their conventional negotiating techniques with gender analysis and pay equity expertise. These tools were developed primarily through negotiators' formal links with internal equality structures and their knowledge of equality policies, together with women's networking inside and outside the labor movement.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Civil service; Collective bargaining; Equal pay for equal work; Health care industry; Labor Unions; Salaries pensions etc; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Wages & salaries; Women

Public Exclusion, Under Funding and the Intensification of Work: Universities and the Erosion of Democracy in Ontario - Healy, Teresa (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2002)
As public anxiety over access to education increases, public-sector workers are directly able to perceive the extent to which exclusion, rather than public- access, now characterizes post-secondary education in an era of privatization. This paper will address some of the recent experiences of university workers who are members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). Here we shall identify three issues facing workers in the sector including: i) the privatization of universities through government policy shifts, ii) the employer-led reorganization of work, and iii) university workers’ campaigns to resist and transform these conditions. For public sector workers, decreasing access to social programs, under funding and the intensification of work are very clearly linked. As the restructured state brings public services more fully into the market and increasingly under the direct control of a global capitalist class, democratic rights are eroded. Still, this privatization dynamic is not uni-directional. Public sector workers and their community allies have been part of the history of state restructuring through their conscious acts of resistance, collective bargaining strategies, militancy and coalition-building.

Place, Space and the New Labour Internationalisms - Hodkinson, Stuart (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Place, Space and the New Labour Internationalisms, edited by Peter Waterman and Jane Wills, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Globalization; International; Labor; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Marxism; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Future of Unions - Hyman, Richard (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2002)
For some 20 years now, it has been common to refer to a crisis of trade unionism. What the future holds for labor movements-or indeed, whether they still have a future-seems increasingly uncertain. For many critics (academic observers as well as trade unionists themselves), unions in most countries appear as victims of external forces outside their control, and often also of their own conservative inertia. In this article, I explore, schematically and with incautious generalizations, the pathways from path to present to future. An important focus is the choices to be made in terms of who unions represent, what interests they emphasize, how they are constituted as organizations, and how they mobilize resources for action.

L’impact des relations industrielles sur la performance organisationnelle - Jalette, Patrice; Bergeron, Jean-Guy (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Les relations industrielles (RI) influencent-elles la performance des organisations ? Des données financières de même que des données traitant d’une douzaine de pratiques RI et du climat RI ont été colligées dans 241 caisses populaires faisant partie du Mouvement Desjardins au Québec afin d’estimer l’effet des RI sur trois dimensions de la performance. Les résultats sont à l’effet que lorsque l’influence des autres déterminants est tenue constante, les pratiques RI et le climat RI ont un impact significatif sur la performance organisationnelle, en particulier sur la productivité et les coûts de main-d’oeuvre.
Keywords: SnR_publicationTitle_Relations industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T15:31:55.974Z

Cowboys, Gentlemen and Cattle Thieves: Ranching on the Western Frontier - Jones, David C. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Cowboys, Gentlemen, and Cattle Thieves: Ranching on the Western Frontier," by Warren M. Elofson.

Race, Class, and Power in the Alabama Coalfields, 1908-1921 - Jones, William P. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Race, Class, and Power in the Alabama Coalfields, 1908-21," by Brian Kelly.

Introduction to the Pay Equity Bibliography Resource Guide: Bibliography with Selected Annotations - Kainer, Jan; Warskett, Rosemary (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2002)

The Brave New World of Work - Klikauer, Thomas (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
The Brave New World of Work by Ulrich Beck is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; International; Labor; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Risk exposure; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social aspects; Sociology; work

From Tellers to Sellers: Changing Employment Relations in Banks - Korczynski, Marek (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
From Tellers to Sellers: Changing Employment Relations in Banks, edited by Marino Regini, Jim Kitay, and Martin Baethge, is reviewed.
Keywords: Bankruptcy; Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

How CUPE 3903 Struck and Won - Kuhling, Clarice (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2002)
On October 26, 2000 approximately 2200 members of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 3903 went on strike united under the slogan "Strike To Win". Seventy-eight days later CUPE 3903 celebrated a victory with profound implications for the post-secondary educational system and broader labour movement. The significance of the strike victory, however, lies not merely in what was attained in concrete terms, but also in the way the strike was carried out. Drawing upon the principles, practice and strategies of democracy, solidarity, and militancy, we struggled for change in ways which developed and expanded our capacities for self-activity and self-organization. In the process we gained a better understanding not only of the world around us but of our abilities to change that world, expanding the horizons of what we thought was possible.

Canadian Union Strategies in the Context of Change - Kumar, Pradeep; Murray, Gregor (Labor Studies Journal, 2002)
Drawing on the results of a national survey of labor organizations in Canada, this paper focuses on the changing environment and strategic orientations of unions. It looks at the strategic dilemma facing Canadian unions on the basis of a reading of their organiza tional and bargaining priorities and their relative success in achiev ing them. Key results include the necessity of a strategic mix be tween traditional and new types of objectives as well as the impor tance of policy and the democratic dialogue that underpins that policy in achieving union objectives and pursuing union renewal.

Stress at work: A study of organizational-professional conflict and unmet expectations - Lait, Jana; Wallace, Jean E. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
This study examines how certain conditions of work affect human service workers' job stress. A model of organizational-professional conflict is proposed and assessed to determine how professional and bureaucratic conditions of work influence service providers' expectations and in turn their job stress. The model was tested using data from a survey of 514 human service providers in Alberta, Canada. The findings suggest that whether service providers' expectations are met is critical in explaining job stress. Professional conditions of work relating to working relationships and client interactions are key to fulfilling service providers' expectations, whereas bureaucratic conditions of work that reflect role conflict and excessive role demands are particularly stressful. An unexpected finding is that bureaucratization of procedures that may limit service workers' control over their work does not contribute significantly to their job stress.
Keywords: Bureaucracy; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Conflict; Job satisfaction; Labor Unions; Occupational stress; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social services; Social workers; Stress; Studies; Working conditions

An Irish Working Class: Explorations in Political Economy and Hegemony, 1800-1950 - Lane, Fintan (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "An Irish Working Class: Explorations in Political Economy and Hegemony, 1800-1950," by Marilyn Silverman.

Coffret 1: la boite a idees: volume M: les practiques observables du management des equipes et des personnes; volume P: le pilotage du management; Coffret 2: la boite a outils - Langevin, Jean-Louis; Bélanger, Laurent (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Keywords: 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

The Cold War and Working-Class Politics in the Coal Mining Communities of the Crowsnest Pass, 1945-1958 - Langford, Tom; Frazer, Chris (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
This paper is concerned with the resilience of socialist workers' movements during the early years of the Cold War in Canada. Our study compares the workers' movements on either side of the BC/Alberta border in the Crowsnest Pass through the Rocky Mountains between 1945 and 1958. These are interesting movements because, although they were equally strong at the end of World War II, in the period in question one movement was very resilient (BC) and one suffered an electoral collapse. We found that the Cold War eroded the Labour Progressive Party's (LPP) electoral base in exactly the same way on the Alberta and BC sides of the Crowsnest Pass. Anti-communism was certainly promoted by extra-local sources of news and analysis such as newspapers, radio and movies, and was based upon international and national events. However, there were important local processes that amplified and concretized the more general forces, such as joint organizing against the LPP by a CCF leader and the Catholic Church in the Alberta Crowsnest, the recruitment of anti-communist miners from Eastern Europe, and the anti-communist stance of a roster of ethnic organizations. The resilience of the socialist workers' movement in the BC Crowsnest between 1945 and 1958 was due to a labour unity strategy which allowed Labour and the Left to deflect Cold War pressures and maintain mass electoral support among workers. It is significant that the strategy was built around a local organization (the Fernie and District Labour Party) which involved all of the unions in the area, and a local politician (Thomas Uphill) who had built up a dense network of personal support during his many years as MLA and mayor. The socialist workers' movement in the Alberta Crowsnest might have proven to be much more resilient in the 1950s had the LPP attempted to duplicate the successful labour unity strategy it had stumbled on in the BC Crowsnest.

Labour Policy in Canada: New Platform, New Paradigm - Langille, Brian A. (Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, 2002)
The project of re-thinking Canadian labour policy within a human capital policy is best understood as the domestic equivalent of the international effort to reconceive the nature of development as requiring the integration of the economic and the social. Changes in modes of productive relations in the "new economy" require not just a complex reassessment of the best ways to achieve the goals of various labour policies but, more radically, involve a challenge to the conceptual basis of labour law. This both requires and provides the opportunity for a reconceptualization of the appropriate "platform" for delivering labour law and a new paradigm for understanding labour law itself.

La nouvelle sociologie economique - Lapointe, Paul-Andre (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Economic theory; Labor Unions; Labor unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Korean Workers: The Culture and Politics of Class Formation - Lee, Joohee (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Korean Workers: The Culture and Politics of Class Formation by Hagen Koo is reviewed.
Keywords: Activism; Asians; Blue collar workers; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Culture; Labor; Labor Unions; Politics; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social classes

Getting By in Hard Times: Gendered Labour at Home and on the Job - Levenstein, Lisa (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Getting By in Hard Times: Gendered Labour at Home and on the Job," by Meg Luxton and June Corman.

Anniversaires et manifestations des camarades: la culture internationale et l'identitaire communistes au Canada pendant l'entre-deux-guerres - Lévesque, Andrée (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
Presents a brief account of incidents arising out of the celebration of anniversary dates important to the international Communist movement in Canada between World War I and World War II. Such celebrations played an important part in activating the sense of internationalism and unity in a movement whose membership consisted largely of diverse immigrant groups. Recent immigrants, who risked deportation, were particularly vulnerable to government retaliation against Communist propaganda activities, including participation in parades and celebrations.

Gustave Francq: Figure marquante du syndicalisme et précurseur de la FTQ - Levesque, Andrée (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
"The article reviews the book, "Gustave Francq: Figure marquante du syndicalisme et précurseur de la FTQ," by Éric Leroux.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; History; History--History of North And South America; Labor unions

Patrick Lenihan: From Irish Rebel to founder of Canadian public sector unionism - Levine, Gilbert (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Patrick Lenihan: From Irish Rebel to founder of Canadian public sector unionism," by Jack Tarasoff.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; History; History--History of North And South America; Labor unions; Public sector; Union leadership; Workers; Working class

Learning in Solidarity: A Union Approach to Worker-Centred Literacy - Levine, Tamara (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2002)
The article introduces the reader to developments with unions and literacy, a labour activity that is gaining a toe-hold on today’s union agenda. The historical role of unions and literacy is explored, as well as its relationship to more traditional labour education. Some tough questions are asked about who is participating in union activity and who is left out, and how literacy has the potential to reach many union members who are not yet active. The article takes the reader inside a class of night cleaners. Building on the the real situation of a worker/participant who has been injured, the instructor facilitates a learning process that builds literacy skills while exploring avenues for collective recourse. While union-based literacy challenges many traditional assumptions and practices both in the workplace and within the labour movement, it is gaining ground and finding resonance within a growing number of Canadian unions, federations and the Canadian Labour Congress. With a popular education approach that builds on the Latin American and other Third World experience, literacy is revealed as an important metaphor for inclusion and democratization.

Socialist Register, 2001: Working classes and global realities - Lewchuk, Wayne (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews "Socialist Register, 2001: Working classes and global realities," edited by Leo Panitch and Colin Leys. The Register is published annually.
Keywords: Blue collar workers; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Capitalism; Employment; Globalization; History--History of North And South America; Labor; Labor unions; Social aspects; Social conditions; Workers; Working class; Working conditions

Only One Place of Redress: African Americans, Labor Regulations, and the Courts From Reconstruction to the New Deal - Lichtenstein, Alex (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Only One Place of Redress: African Americans, Labor Relations, and the Courts from Reconstruction to the New Deal," by David E. Bernstein.

Poor-Bashing: The Politics of Exclusion - Little, Margaret (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
The article reviews the book, "Poor-Bashing: The Politics of Exclusion," by Jean Swanson.

How "Anti-Union" Laws Saved Canadian Labour: Certification and Striker Replacements in Post-War Industrial Relations - Logan, John (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
This article analyzes the development in Canada of 2 critical differences between Canadian and US labour policy: union recognition and state regulation of striker replacements. The development of public policy on these issues helps illuminate the fundamental principles of state intervention in post-war labour-management relations. Canadian lawmakers have circumscribed the economic weapons of unions and established stringent certification requirements; but they have also restricted employers' recruitment of striker replacements and limited management involvement in the certification process.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Certification; Collective bargaining; Labor Unions; Labor law; Labor relations; Public policy; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Bibliography: Recent Publications in Canadian Labour History = Bibliographie : Travaux récents en histoire des classes populaires canadiennes (50, Fall 2002) - Lonardo, Michael; Sweeney, Robert C. H. (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
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.]

Trade Union Activists, East and West: Comparisons in Multinational Companies - Lucio, Miguel Martinez (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2002)
Trade Union Activists, East and West: Comparisons in Multinational Companies, by Guglielmo Meardi, is reviewed.
Keywords: Activism; Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; International; Labor Unions; Multinational corporations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Edward Thompson's Warrens: On the Transition to Socialism and Its Relation to Current Left Mobilizations - Lynd, Staughton (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
Edward Thompson developed a distinct view of the transition from capitalism to socialism. Rejecting the concept of a catastrophic change in which the vanguard party would serve as the institutional nucleus of a new society, Thompson argued that capitalism had been “warrened” from within by a network of local, self-governing, working-class institutions that prefigured a socialist world. In the mid-1960s, however, Thompson turned to other matters and failed to resolve the longstanding debate on the Left about the role of trade unions in a transition to socialism. Recent events in Seattle, Qué bec City, and Genoa suggest that workers and students acting through new institutions improvised for the occasion must work together in actually bringing about revolutionary change. The same pattern shows itself in highpoints of working-class activity in the 20th century, as in Russia in 1905 or Hungary in 1956.
Keywords: CAPITALISM in literature; Labor movement; SOCIALISM in literature; SOCIOLOGY literature; Social movements; THOMPSON, E. P. (Edward Palmer), 1924-1993; Working class

Union Democracy and the Law in Canada - Lynk, Michael (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2002)
The legal approach in Canada towards the regulation of trade union democracy has sought to balance individual member's rights with respect for the autonomy of unions. While the United States and England have heavily legislated the areas of internal trade union affairs, Canada has enacted relatively few laws in this area. Rather, unions in Canada have enjoyed considerable legal freedom to develop their own democratic practices and culture. The irony of this approach is that it is the Canadian courts, rather than the more experienced and liberal labour relations boards, that are the final legal arbiters over most internal union matters. However, this is slowly changing. Several provinces have recently enacted modest changes that direct their labour boards to hear complaints from union members respecting the fairness of internal hearings. In the absence of extensive statutory regulation, union constitutions and the democratic traditions behind them become significant legal documents

The sweat in the tar ponds - MacAulay, Scott (Labour / Le Travail, 2002)
Somewhere in the toxis mess that is the Sydney tar ponds is the sweat of my grandfather and my wife's grandfather. Both of them gave more than 40 years of their lives to the steel plant, located in the centre of Cape Breton's largest city. The Sydney tar ponds are the size of three city blocks. The steel plant's 80 year reliance on coke-ovens technology is the culprit. In the process of turning coal into coke, benzene, kerosene, napthalene, lead, and arsenic, a dog's breakfast of hundreds of thousands of tons of chemical waste, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), were dumped into a local estuary, Muggah Creek. The creek, which leads to Sydney Harbour, received, and continues to receive, millions of litres of raw sewage each day. That this is an environmental disaster is obvious; that it is simultaneously a class issue is not. --Author's introduction