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

Le principe du droit au travail : juridicité, signification et normativité - Blouin, Rodrigue (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Le principe du droit au travail : juridicité, signification et normativité," by Dominic Roux.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Beyond the National Divide : Regional Dimensions of Industrial Relations - Boivin, Jean (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Beyond the National Divide : Regional Dimensions of Industrial Relations," edited by Mark Thompson, Joseph B. Rose and Anthony E. Smith.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dénouer les conflits relationnels en milieu de travail - Brunet, Luc (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Dénouer les conflits relationnels en milieu de travail," by Solange Cormier
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

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

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

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

L'étude de cas comme méthode de recherche - Chartier, Anne (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "L’étude de cas comme méthode de recherche," by Yves-Chantal Gagnon.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

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

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

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

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

Prévenir et gérer les plaintes de harcèlement au travail - Courcy, François (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Prévenir et gérer les plaintes de harcèlement au travail," by Groupe d’aide et d’information sur le harcèlement sexuel au travail.,
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Syndicats : lendemains de crise ? - Gagnon, Mona-Josée (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Syndicats : lendemains de crise ?," by Jean-Marie Pernot.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

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

La méthode des cas. Recueil de cas en gestion des ressources humaines et en relations du travail - Gagnon, Yves-C. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "La méthode des cas. Recueil de cas en gestion des ressources humaines et en relations du travail," by Roch Laflamme.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Modernisation de l’État et gestion des ressources humaines - Galambaud, Bernard; Léon, Emmanuelle (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Modernisation de l’État et gestion des ressources humaines," edited by Louise Lemire, Denis Proulx and Luc Cooremans.

Le Groupe socialiste des travailleurs (1974-1987) : deuxième partie : les autres dimensions de l'activité politique du GST - Gill, Louis (Bulletin d'histoire politique, 2006)
Les militants du GST étaient surtout présents dans les secteurs de l' éducation, de la santé et des services publics, beaucoup moins dans le secteur privé. Le GST comptait également un bon nombre de militants jeunes qui intervenaient principalement dans les organisations étudiantes. Dans le mouvement ouvrier, les militants du GST sont intervenus dans les syndicats locaux, les fédérations et les instances, centrales et régionales, des centrales syndicales, principalement à la CSN et à la CEQ. Ils ont influencé l'orientation et participé à la direction d'importantes batailles, dont celles du transport en commun à Montréal (grèves des employés d'entretien de la Commission de transport de la Communauté urbaine de Montréal1 ), des fronts communs des secteurs publics et parapublics, du secteur universitaire (grève professorale de quatre mois à l'UQAM en 1976-1977), des enseignants de l'Alliance des professeurs de Montréal et de la CEQ et du secteur de l'édition (grève de 21 mois des employées du CEC contre les géants Hachette et Power Corporation en 1977-1978). --Introduction

Le Groupe socialiste des travailleurs (1974-1987) (première partie) - Gill, Louis (Bulletin d'histoire politique, 2006)
Le Groupe socialiste des travailleurs (GST) a été fondé en septembre 1974 à l'initiative d'un noyau de militants, le Groupe trotskyste du Québec (GTQ), qui intervenait depuis la fin des années 1960 dans les organisations syndicales, dans les Comités d'action politique qui ont été à l'origine du Front d'action politique des salariés de Montréal (FRAP) et dans le FRAP lui-même, de sa fondation en 1970 à sa dissolution en 1973. Ses militants sont intervenus en 1973-1974 dans le cadre d'une initiative du Comité régional intersyndical de Montréal (CRIM), le Regroupement Action-Montréal (RAM), dont l'objectif de départ était de prolonger, avec l'appui des trois centrales (CSN, FTQ et CEQ), l'expérience d'action politique municipale du FRAP à Montréal qui avait reçu l'appui de la seule CSN, puis au sein du Regroupement des militants syndicaux (RMS) qu'ils ont contribué à mettre sur pied en mai 1974 après l'échec du RAM.... --Introduction

Unwilling Mothers, Unwanted Babies: Infanticide in Canada - Gleason, Mona (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Unwilling Mothers, Unwanted Babies: Infanticide in Canada," by Kirsten Johnson Kramar.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; INFANTICIDE; KRAMAR, Kirsten Johnson; Nonfiction; UNWILLING Mothers, Unwanted Babies: Infanticide in Canada (Book)

Slumming: Sexual and Social Politics in Victorian London - Gorham, Deborah (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Slumming: Sexual and Social Politics in Victorian London," by Seth Koven.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; KOVEN, Seth; Nonfiction; SEX customs; SLUMMING: Sexual & Social Politics in Victorian London (Book)

Restructuring Strategy: New Networks and Industry Challenges - Gould, Anthony (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Restructuring Strategy: New Networks and Industry Challenges," edited by Karel O. Cool, James E. Henderson and Rene Abate.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Corporate governance; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Strategic planning

Emma Goldman: The American Years - Graham, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book "Emma Goldman: A Documentary History of the American Years, 1890-1919," Volume 1 and 2, edited by Falk Candace.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; EMMA Goldman: A Documentary History of the American Years 1890-1919 (Book); GOLDMAN, Emma, 1869-1940; History; Nonfiction; United States

Zero Tolerance: Can It Work in a Unionized Environment? - Haiven, Judy (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
An essay is presented on work environment tolerance. It offers a history of employment and examines the possible role of employers in the proliferation of work culture. The author relates his first experience with unionized environment and discusses conversations he has had with several employees on the subject of labor union.
Keywords: ESSAY (Literary form); INDUSTRIAL engineering; Labor Unions; Labor policy; PERSONNEL management; Work environment

Pistes de renouveau syndical : défis et enjeux : Introduction / Paths to Union Renewal: Challenges and Issues: Introduction - Haiven, Larry; Lévesque, Christian; Roby, Nicolas (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
Editorial introduction to the theme of the issue. Includes bibliography.

Making a Difference: Knowledge Activism and Worker Representation in Joint OHS Committees - Hall, Alan; Forrest, Anne; Sears, Alan; Carlan, Niki (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
This article elaborates the concept of knowledge activism as a way of understanding effective health and safety representation within the current Ontario legal regime of internal responsibility. Based on interviews with unionized health and safety representatives in the auto industry, we suggest that knowledge activism is a form of political activism by worker health and safety representatives that is organized around the strategic collection and tactical use of technical, scientific and legal knowledge. We argue that knowledge activism is more effective with reference to larger scale changes in work processes, workplace organization and technologies, and with reference to occupational health issues. Knowledge activism is conceptualized as an effective adaptation to a legislative regime which involves worker representatives in decisions without providing substantive power or proactive enforcement support.
Keywords: Activism; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employee involvement; Knowledge; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; occupational health

Pension Law - Hanin, Frédéric (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Pension Law," by Ari N. Kaplan.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Pension plans; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Pension Power: Unions, Pension Funds and Social Investment in Canada - Hanin, Frédéric (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Pension Power: Unions, Pension Funds and Social Investment in Canada," by Isla Carmichael.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Pension fund management; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social investing

Pro-Family Politics and Fringe Parties in Canada - Harder, Lois (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Pro-Family Politics and Fringe Parties in Canada," by Chris MacKenzie.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; MACKENZIE, Chris; Nonfiction; PRO-Family Politics & Fringe Parties in Canada (Book); Social movements

American Multinationals in Europe: Managing Employment Relations across National Borders - Hayden, Annette (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "American Multinationals in Europe: Managing Employment Relations across National Borders," edited by Phil Almond and Anthony Ferner.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Foreign operations of US corporations; Human resource management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Contracting Public Services in New York State: Labour Effects - Hebdon, Robert (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
This study examines 54 cases of restructuring public services in towns and counties in upstate New York. The 54 cases include 39 cases of privatization in the form of contracting out, nine cases of contracting back in, and six cases of contracting out services to another government. Local government privatization was found to have some harmful effects on workers. Few local employers had adjustment policies to protect affected employees and disproportionate negative impacts were found on women and minorities. Privatization was also found to have significant de-unionizing effects. On the other hand, it had no clear impact on wages and benefits. The role of unions in the restructuring process is more complex than was previously thought. Unions were the catalyst for opposition actions but only in cases involving for-profit restructuring. In the nine cases that involved contracting work back into the public sector, unions supported restructuring changes, and in the six cases of contracting out to another government, union opposition was not significant.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Local government; Privatization; Public sector; Regression analysis; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Unionization; states

Protecting Aboriginal Children - Hick, Steven F. (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Protecting Aboriginal Children," by Christopher Walmsley.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; INDIGENOUS children; Nonfiction; PROTECTING Aboriginal Children (Book); WALMSLEY, Christopher

Making Steel: Sparrows Point and the Rise and Ruin of American Industrial Might - High, Steven C. (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Making Steel: Sparrows Point and the Rise and Ruin of American Industrial Might," by Mark Reutter.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; MAKING Steel: Sparrows Point & the Rise & Ruin of American Industrial Might (Book); Nonfiction; REUTTER, Mark; Steel industry

Building Global Labour Networks: The Case of the Global Labour University - Hoffer, Frank (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2006)
The article discusses the experience of the Global Labour University project. Summarizing major challenges labour is facing in adapting to the structural changes of globalisation, the paper puts the idea of a Global Labour University in the broader context of labour's needs to respond to a dominantly pro-business, pro-market globalisation discourse. The second part of the article introduces and critically discusses the Global Labour University project as an initiative to contribute to the need for global research, teaching and networking for a fairer globalisation.

Making the Shift from Pink Collars to Blue Ones: Women's Non-Traditional Occupations - Hulme, Kristin (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article explains the persistent absence of women from the trades and industrial occupations. It notes that trades and industrial occupations are understood to be masculine because those who fill them have a gender and their gender rubs off on the jobs they mainly do. The second factor states the persistence of the dominance of men is a de-gendering of women as women by the workers by the workers themselves, unions, and the labour market. It has been concluded that women knew that their success could inspire others, but emphasized notions of individualism and formal equality rather than gender imbalances and discrimination on the job.
Keywords: BUILDING trades; Construction industry; Discrimination in employment; EMPLOYMENT (Economic theory); Individualism; LABOR market; MASCULINE identity; SELF-interest; WOMEN -- Employment; Women employees

Is Sex Work? Re-assessing Feminist Debates About Sex, Work, and Money - Hunt, Gerald; Chamberland, Line (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the books "The World of Male Sex Workers," by Michel Dorais and "Taking it Off, Putting it On: Women in the Strip Trade," by Chris Bruckert.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; BRUCKERT, Chris; DORAIS, Michel; Nonfiction; TAKING It Off, Putting It On: Women in the Strip Trade (Book); WORLD of Male Sex Workers, The (Book)

Building Democracy for Women and Sexual Minorities: Union Embrace of Diversity - Hunt, Gerald; Haiven, Judy (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
This article assesses Canadian labour's response to changed demographics by considering the way unions have engaged with women and sexual minorities (gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people). Many unions have now adopted inclusive policies. However, to consider how effectively these policies have been articulated and implemented at the local level, we consider two illustrative cases. One case involves a serious breakdown at the local level over pay equity for women; another case tells the story of a local's support for a gay man's challenge to a school board. We conclude that labour's apparent formal recognition of women and sexual minorities has not necessarily diffused into effective accommodation locally, although we also find grounds for optimism.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Gays & lesbians; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Women; Workplace diversity

Reconsidering the Bluestockings - Hustak, Carla (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Reconsidering the Bluestockings," edited by Nicole Pohl and Betty A. Schellenberg.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Nonfiction; POHL, Nicole; RECONSIDERING the Bluestockings (Book); SCHELLENDERG, Betty A.; STOCKS (Finance)

The Blue Eagle at Work: Reclaiming Democratic Rights in the American Workplace - Hyde, Alan (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "The Blue Eagle at Work: Reclaiming Democratic Rights in the American Workplace," by Charles J. Morris.
Keywords: BLUE Eagle at Work: Reclaiming Democratic Rights in the American Workplace, The (Book); BOOKS -- Reviews; MORRIS, Charles J.; Nonfiction; Work environment

Labour Left Out: Canada's Failure to Protect and Promote Collective Bargaining as a Human Right - Jain, Harish C. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Labour Left Out: Canada's Failure to Protect and Promote Collective Bargaining as a Human Right," by Roy J. Adams.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Collective bargaining; HUMAN rights; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Brainworkers: The Middle-Class Labour Reformer and the Late-Victorian Canadian Industrial Novel - Janes, Daniela (Canadian Literature, 2006)
Taken together, the fiction and non-fiction writing of these two nineteenth-century Canadian intellectuals [Agnes Maule Machar (1837-1927) and Albert Richardson Carman (1865-1939)] suggests both the vitality of the public debate about labour reform, and the broad social interest and significance attributed to the labour question as one of the issues that would define the moral character of the period. Both Machar and Carman approach the labour question as Christian intellectuals, and their sense of the middleclass’s social responsibility is clearly articulated in both their novels and their essays. These writers suggest that what is needed is not an increase in charity but a rejuvenation of each citizen’s sense of moral responsibility. The idea of “brotherhood,” emphasized in the writing of both Carman and Machar, connects the church’s rhetoric of spiritual brotherhood to the labour reform movement’s emphasis on the practical brotherhood that unites workers and which is manifested in their drive toward combination and unionization. Machar and Carman’s own efforts as brainworkers who speak out about the urgent necessity for reform are echoed in their fictional heroes’ quest to create a more egalitarian society. --Author's conclusion

Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age - Jones, Rheti S. (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age," by Kevin Boyle.
Keywords: ARC of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights & Murder in the Jazz Age (Book); BOOKS -- Reviews; BOYLE, Kevin; Civil rights; Nonfiction

Doing IT: Women Working in Information Technology - Kainer, Jan (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Doing IT: Women Working in Information Technology," by Krista Scott-Dixon.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DOING IT: Women Working in Information Technology (Book); Nonfiction; SCOTT-Dixon, Krista; information technology

United Apart: Gender and the Rise of Craft Unionism - Kealey, Linda (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "United Apart: Gender and the Rise of Craft Unionism," by Ileen A. DeVault.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DEVAULT, Ileen A.; Economic aspects; Nonfiction; PERSONNEL management; UNITED Apart: Gender & the Rise of Craft Unionism (Book)

Labour Relations Practices of Nonprofits Acting as For-Profits: An Explainable Dissonance - Kimel, Eyal (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2006)
This article seeks to connect two seemingly distinct phenomena. Labour disputes in the nonprofit sector and the pressure nonprofits have undergone to become more economically and operationally efficient. The article describes the antics of some nonprofits in Ontario, and equates them with similar tactics that are employed by mega corporations that are notorious for their mistreatment of employees. The article endeavors to find a correlation between the mistreatment of employees by nonprofits and the ever-growing pressure, nonprofits have had to endure in recent years, to become more efficient. The author argues that the ethics of efficiency and corporate-like models of operation bring along other characteristics of for-profit businesses that may explain actions taken by nonprofits that are otherwise in direct contrast with everything they stand for.

Cuba: A Revolution in Motion - Kirk, John M. (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Cuba: A Revolution in Motion," by Isaac Saney .
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CUBA: A Revolution in Motion (Book); Nonfiction; Revolutions; SANEY, Isaac

Corporate Integrity, Rethinking Organizational Ethics and Leadership - Langlois, Lyse (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Corporate Integrity, Rethinking Organizational Ethics and Leadership," by Marvin T. Brown.
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

Decentralized Bargaining in a Globalizing Industry: The Automotive Assembly Industry in Australia - Lansbury, Russell D.; Wright, Chris F.; Baird, Marian (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
This paper examines the impact of enterprise bargaining on employment relations practices in the Australia automotive assembly sector in the context of the globalization of the industry. While there has been convergence towards lean production principles among the four auto assemblers, arising from global trends, there has also been divergence resulting from enterprise bargaining, among other variables. Strong similarities are apparent between the companies in areas such as work organization, skill formation and enterprise governance, whereas there are differences in remuneration and staffing practices. However, it remains to be seen whether decentralized bargaining will continue to yield greater differentiation in employment relations among the automotive manufacturers in an increasingly globalized industry.
Keywords: AUTOMOBILE industry; Bargaining; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Decentralization; Globalization; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Rétablir la confiance dans l’entreprise par le recours à la médiation - Le Flanchec, Alice; Rojot, Jacques; Fourboul, Catherine (In, 2006)
Cet article examine le rôle de la médiation comme outil d’action sur la confiance entre les représentants de salariés et d’employeurs. La notion de confiance est appréhendée à travers les typologies de McAllister (1995) et de Lewicki et Bunker (1995b). Il apparaît que la médiation joue un rôle fort sur la dimension cognitive de la confiance, mais un rôle moindre sur sa dimension affective. Parallèlement, les dimensions basées sur le calcul et sur la connaissance sont fortement influencées, mais la médiation a un impact plus faible sur la dimension identitaire de la confiance. Une approche en termes de « contrat psychologique » peut alors aider à rétablir la confiance identitaire ou affective, bien qu’il puisse subsister une part de méfiance irréductible, liée aux blocages idéologiques. Cette réflexion est illustrée par une étude qualitative du « dispositif d’appui au dialogue social » mis en place par l’Agence nationale pour l’amélioration des conditions de travail (ANACT) en France.

From Culture to Democracy: Culture and Politics in the Italian Elections of 1948 - Leonardi, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "From Culture to Democracy: Culture and Politics in the Italian Elections of 1948," by Robert A. Ventresca.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; FROM Culture to Democracy: Culture & Politics in the Italian Elections of 1948 (Book); Nonfiction; POLITICS & culture; VENTRESCA, Robert A.

Danielle Cuisinier Dionne (1921-2006) - Lévesque, Andrée (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article pays homage to labour activist Danielle Cuisinier Dionne (1921-2006).
Keywords: DIONNE, Danielle Cuisinier; Obituaries

When Corporations Substitute for Adversarial Unions: Labour Markets and Human Resource Management at Magna - Lewchuk, Wayne; Wells, Don (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The industrial relations system at Magna International is an example of an integrated, coherent, non-union human resource management strategy. It includes significant mechanisms of worker voice and conflict resolution as substitutes for union representation. Potential labor-management conflicts associated with Taylorized labor processes are often translated into group problem-solving. Redistributive conflicts are re-framed as mutual gains through profit-sharing. Corporate communications promote an ethos of competitiveness. Individualized pay and promotion schemes, segmented internal labor markets, and the exposure of individual plants to competitive pressures, promote cultures of labor cooperation in the pursuit of productivity gains. The success of this union avoidance model is situated in a context of the erosion of unionized labor relations, the disciplinary effects of precarious labor markets, and the vulnerability of workplaces to transnational competitive forces. Continued success is predicated on Magna's ability to survive sectoral and macroeconomic restructuring forces which are, in large measure, beyond management's control.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Conflict resolution; LABOR market; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Motor vehicle industry; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Always Be Closing - Lichtenstein, Alex (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews and comments on several books including "Every Man a Speculator: A History of Wall Street in American Life," by Steve Fraser, "Something for Nothing: Lick in America," by T. J. Jackson Lears and "Born Losers: A History of Failure in America," by Scott A. Sandage.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; BORN Losers: A History of Failure in America (Book); EVERY Man a Speculator: A History of Wall Street in American Life (Book); FRASER, Steve; LEARS, T. J. Jackson; Nonfiction; SANDAGE, Scott A.; SOMETHING for Nothing: Luck in America (Book)

Worker Centers: Organizing Communities at the Edge of the Dream - Lipsig-Mummé, Carla (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Worker Centers: Organizing Communities at the Edge of the Dream," by Janice Fine.
Keywords: Aliens; Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Impact of Industrial Action Ballots on Trade Union Procedures, Practices and Behaviour: the British Context - Lockwood, Graeme (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2006)

Men of Blood: Violence, Manliness and Criminal Justice in Victorian England - Loeb, Lori (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Men of Blood: Violence, Manliness and Criminal Justice in Victorian England," by Martin J. Wiener.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Criminal law; MEN of Blood: Violence, Manliness & Criminal Justice in Victorian England (Book); Nonfiction; WIENER, Martin J.

Bibliography: Recent Publications in Canadian Labour History [58, Fall 2006] - Lonardo, Michael; Sweeny, Robert C. H. (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
Compilation of recent English/French publications on Canadian labour history that emphasize the period 1800-1975. Materials pertaining to the post-1975 period may also be included, although more selectively. [See the database, Canadian Labour History, 1976-2009, published at Memorial University of Newfoundland.]
Keywords: BIBLIOGRAPHY (Documentation); WOMEN & war

Empirical Study of Employment Arrangements and Precariousness in Australia - Louie, Amber M.; Ostry, Aleck S.; Quinlan, Michael; Keegel, Tessa; Shoveller, Jean; LaMontagne, Anthony D. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
Much research on precarious employment compares permanent workers with one or two other broadly-defined employment categories. We developed a more refined method of examining precariousness by defining current employment arrangements in terms of job characteristics. These employment arrangement categories were then compared in terms of socio-demographics and self-reported job insecurity. This investigation was based on a cross-sectional population-based survey of a random sample of 1,101 working Australians. Eight mutually exclusive employment categories were identified: Permanent Full-time (46.4%), Permanent Part-time (18.3%), Casual Full-time (2.7%), Casual Part-time (9.3%), Fixed Term Contract (2.1%), Labour Hire (3.6%), Own Account Self-employed (7.4%), and Other Self-employed (9.5%). These showed significant and coherent differences in job characteristics, socio-demographics and perceived job insecurity. These empirically-supported categories may provide a conceptual guide for government agencies, policy makers and researchers in areas including occupational health and safety, taxation, labour market regulations, the working poor, child poverty, benefit programs, industrial relations, and skills development.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Comparative analysis; Employment policies; Job descriptions; Job satisfaction; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Notebook - MacDonald, Dan; Robicheau, Wendy G. (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
In two parts, the Notebook opens with "Steel-ing Cape Breton's Labour History," by Dan McDonald, who critiques "The Steel Plant in the Home," an exhibit at the Cape Breton Centre for Heritage and Science. McDonald also argues that Cape Breton's rich labour history has been trumped by the notorious Sydney tar ponds and a giant fiddle built as as tourist attraction. The second part, entitled "Report from the Archives: Records of the Joint Action Group to Clean Up the Sydney Tar Ponds," by Wendy Robicheau, discusses the 90 linear metres of unprocessed records received by the Beaton Institute from the Joint Action Group, a community-based organization dedicated to cleaning up the tar ponds.
Keywords: CAPE Breton (N.S. : County); CONSENSUS (Social sciences); Culture; Labor; Nova Scotia; PRODUCTION (Economic theory); Social conflict; Steel industry; Working class

The Industrialization of Tree Harvesting Systems in the Eastern Canadian Forest, 1955-1995 - MacDonald, Peter; Clow, Michael (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
An essay is presented on industrialization. It offers a history of employment and examines the possible role of employers in the proliferation of work culture. The author relates his first experience with unionized environment and discusses conversations he has had with several employees on the subject of labor union.
Keywords: DEVELOPMENT economics; ESSAY (Literary form); INDUSTRIAL engineering; Labor Unions; Labor policy; Work environment

Unsocial Europe: Social Protection or Flexploitation? - MacRae, Heather (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Unsocial Europe: Social Protection or Flexploitation?," by Anne Gray.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; GRAY, Anne; Labor; Nonfiction; UNSOCIAL Europe: Social Protection or Flexploitation? (Book)

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

Black Struggle, Red Scare: Segregation and Anti-Communism in the South, 1948-1968 - McDuffie, Erik S. (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Black Struggle, Red Scare: Segregation and Anti-Communism in the South, 1948-1968," by Jeff Woods.
Keywords: BLACK Struggle, Red Scare: Segregation & Anti-Communism in the South 1948-1968 (Book); BOOKS -- Reviews; Communism; Nonfiction; WOODS, Jeff

Ageing, Disability and Workplace Accommodations - McMullin, Julie Ann; Shuey, Kim M. (Ageing and Society, 2006)
In most western nations, laws discourage discrimination in paid employment on the basis of disability, but for these policies to be of benefit, individuals must define their functional limitations as disabilities. There is a strong relationship between age and disability among those of working age, yet it is unclear whether older workers attribute their limitations to disability or to ‘ natural ageing ’. If the latter is true, they may not believe that they need or qualify for workplace accommodations (i.e. adaptations or interventions at the workplace). Similarly, if an employer as- cribes a worker’s limitation to ‘natural ageing’, rather than to a disability, they may not offer compensatory accommodation. Using data from the Canadian 2001 Participation and Activity Limitation Survey, this paper asks whether workers who as- cribe their functional limitation to ageing are as likely as those who do not to report a need for a workplace accommodation. It also addresses whether those who identify a need for compensatory accommodations and who ascribe their limi- tation to ageing have unmet workplace-accommodation needs. The findings sug- gest that, even when other factors are controlled, e.g. the type and severity of disability, the number of limiting conditions, gender, age, education, income and occupation, those who made the ageing attribution were less likely to recognise the need for an accommodation; and among those who acknowledged a need, those who ascribed their disability to ageing were less likely to have their needs met.

Race, Class, and Power in the Alabama Coalfields, 1908-1921 - Merithew, Caroline Waldron (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Race, Class, and Power in the Alabama Coalfields, 1908-1921," by Brian Kelly.
Keywords: ALABAMA; BOOKS -- Reviews; COALFIELDS; KELLY, Brian; Nonfiction; RACE, Class & Power in the Alabama Coalfields 1908-1921 (Book)

A Battle Royal: Service Work Activism and the 1961-1962 Royal York Strike - Milloy, Jeremy (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
Although the service work occupies on increasingly central position in the Canadian labour market, its legacy of activism has largely been forgotten by scholars. This paper begins a reclamation of that legacy by analysing the bitter 1961-1962 strike at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Canada's most luxurious lodgings. The unsuccessful battle of mostly immigrant workers against a powerful corporation anticipates the multinational consolidation of and asymmetrical struggle in the industry over the next four decades. The paper evaluates strategies used by service workers, explores the different historical dynamics of service-work trade unionism, analyses the cultural contests which sprang up around such a powerful symbolic action, and seeks to explain what lessons have been learned by current Toronto hotel activists. It represents one starting point in the important work of understanding service work activism, and the economic, political, and cultural battles around class, gender, ethnicity, and consumption in Canada.
Keywords: CULTURAL movements; INTERNATIONAL business enterprises; POLITICAL participation; Popular culture; SOCIAL criticism; SOCIAL processes; Social history; Social movements; Social psychology

Segregation of Women and Aboriginal People Within Canada's Forest Sector by Industry and Occupation - Mills, Suzanne E. (The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, 2006)
This study examines employment segregation by gender and by Aboriginal ancestry within Canada's forest sector in 2001. Results show that while gender segregation was principally by occupation, segregation by Aboriginal ancestry was principally by industry sub-sector. White women were over represented in clerical occupations and Aboriginal men were over represented in woods based industries. Patterns of employment for Aboriginal women differed from those of both Aboriginal men and white women.
Keywords: Employment; Ethnic Interests; Forest products industry; Gender equity; Native North Americans; Native People; Native women; Occupations; Segregation

Aboriginal Organizing in Saskatchewan: The Experience of CUPE - Moran, Don (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2006)

L’entrevue structurée pour améliorer la sélection du personnel - Morin, Denis (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "L’entrevue structurée pour améliorer la sélection du personnel," by Normand Pettersen and André Durivage.

Anarchism: A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas, Volume One: From Anarchy to Anarchism (300 CE to 1939) - Newman, Saul (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Anarchism: A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas, Volume One: From Anarchy to Anarchism (300 CE to 1939)," edited by Robert Graham.
Keywords: ANARCHISM: A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas: From Anarchy to Anarchism (Book); Anarchism; BOOKS -- Reviews; GRAHAM, Robert; Nonfiction

L'impact du cadre législatif sur le taux de syndicalisation des intérimaires au Québec et en France - Notebaert, Gérard (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
L’industrie du travail intérimaire a connu une expansion remarquable au cours des dernières décennies. Le présent article a pour but de comparer la situation des travailleurs intérimaires au Québec et en France et d’expliquer les causes de leur très faible taux de syndicalisation. Pour ce faire, nous ferons les portraits schématiques de l’industrie de l’intérim, décrirons les cadres réglementaires qui régissent le travail intérimaire, examinerons certaines caractéristiques des régimes de représentation collective et analyserons les conditions dans lesquelles s’exerce le syndicalisme des intérimaires dans chacun de ces pays. Si les caractéristiques propres au travail intérimaire rendent difficiles l’organisation et la mobilisation syndicale de cette catégorie de travailleurs en raison de leur dispersion au sein d’une multitude d’entreprises utilisatrices, le très faible taux de présence syndicale dans cette industrie découle également d’autres facteurs spécifiques à chacun de ces pays et que nous tâcherons d’identifier.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Role of Nonstandard Workers in Client-Organizations - Olsen, Karen M. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
This paper examines the diversity and complexities of nonstandard work. Two types of nonstandard workers are studied: workers employed by temporary help agencies (THAs) and contract company workers, both of which are involved in a triadic employment relationship. The analyses are based on interviews with managers in three service-sector companies in Norway. The paper discusses the dilemmas managers in client-organizations face when agency temporaries and contract company workers are integrated and do work similar to what is done by the regular workers in the firm. Managers in client-organizations require loyalty from nonstandard workers, and under certain conditions, nonstandard workers are able to form pressure groups. The findings are discussed in relation to the highly regulated labour market in Norway, in a period of labour shortage.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Contract labor; Corporate culture; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Roles; Service industries; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Temporary employment

Nursing Against the Odds: How Health Care Cost Cutting, Media Stereotypes, and Medical Hubris Undermine Nurses and Patient Care - Olson, Karin (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Nursing Against the Odds: How Health Care Cost Cutting, Media Stereotypes, and Medical Hubris Undermine Nurses and Patient Care," by Suzanne Gordon.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; GORDON, Suzanne; NURSING Against the Odds: How Health Care Cost Cutting, Media Stereotypes & Medical Hubris Undermine Nurses & Patient Care (Book); Nonfiction; Nursing

Union Workload: a Barrier to Women Surviving Labour-Movement Leadership - Paavo, Adriane (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2006)

Editor's Note = Note du directeur [58, Fall 2006] - Palmer, Bryan D. (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The editor pays tribute to managing editor Irene Whitfield, who retired after 25 years' service. Josephine Thompson has succeeded her in various capacities.
Keywords: Labor; PREFACES & forewords; Research

Iron and Steel Unionism in Canada and Australia, 1900-1914: The Impact of the State, Ethnicity, Management, and Locality - Patmore, Greg (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
Compared to Canada, Australian trade union membership grew dramatically in the period from 1900 to 1914. Through a comparative analysis of two iron and steel plants in Canada and Australia, this article broadens the debate about union growth in this particular period as well as generally. One plant was located at Lithgow, New South Wales, and the other at Sydney, Nova Scotia. While workers at both plants unionized in September-October 1902, the union at the Sydney plant collapsed following a major strike in 1904. Iron and steel unionism did not revive at the Sydney plant until during World War I. With the exception of a brief period, iron and steel unionism continued at the Lithgow plant for the period under examination. This article attempts to explain why iron and steel unionism persisted at Lithgow rather than Sydney and focuses on the factors of the state, the ethnic diversity of the workforce, management, and community or locality.
Keywords: CULTURAL fusion; CULTURAL pluralism; ETHNIC groups; GROUP identity; LABOR supply; Labor Unions; Labor disputes; MULTICULTURALISM; Steel industry

Still 'Regime Competition'?: Trade Unions and Multinational Restructuring in Europe - Pulignano, Valeria (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
This article studies trade unions' response to transnational change in a large multinational corporation within the motor industry in Europe. We show how the use of the European Works Councils (EWCs) as a forum for European negotiation did not counter the management's effort to whipsaw trade unions, such as to play off workers against each other in local negotiations. This seems to suggest that the effort to network and coordinate between employee representatives, and to negotiate with management through 'active' EWCs is ineffective at controlling inter-union competition in cases of transnational restructuring. Hence, research outcomes illustrate that an analysis of the impact of European-level agreements on plant level is requested in order to assess the effectiveness of 'active' EWCs in forging cross-national links.
Keywords: Agreements; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Motor vehicle industry; Multinational corporations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

The Practice of Everyday Colonialism: Indigenous Women at Work in the Hop Fields and Tourist Industry of Puget Sound - Raibmon, Paige (Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas, 2006)
In the late nineteenth century, thousands of Indigenous women journeyed hundreds of miles annually along the Pacific Northwest coast and converged around Puget Sound. They came to pick hops in the fields of farmers who occupied lands in western Washington. These migrants did not look like modern factory workers, yet they were laborers in a late-nineteenth-century incarnation of industrial agriculture. They came en masse to harvest a cash crop destined for sale on the global market, a crop internationally sought as a preservative and fl avoring for beer, a crop that could provide no sustenance to them or their families. Field workers were paid in cash wages, not in kind. This was no shop floor, but a labor hierarchy (both racialized and gendered) structured the conditions of their work all the same. --Introduction

Affirmative Action Positions for Women on the Canadian Labour Congress Executive: Comments to the Advancing the Equity Agenda Conference - Riche, Nancy (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2006)

Postes d’action positive pour des femmes au sein de l’Exécutif du Congrés du Travail du Canada : Commentaires à l’intention de la conférence sur l’avancement du programme de l’équité - Riche, Nancy (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2006)

Le travailleur forestier québécois : transformations technologiques, socioéconomiques et organisationnelles - Rioux, Claude (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Le travailleur forestier québécois : transformations technologiques, socioéconomiques et organisationnelles," by Camille Legendre,.

Firmes multinationales et relations industrielles en Europe centrale : Une approche institutionnaliste - Rugraff, Éric (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
Les nouvelles relations industrielles en Europe centrale sont en partie le résultat du rejet du système communiste et des structures qui lui étaient associées. Mais la trajectoire empruntée par ces pays est également la conséquence de l’influence exercée par les firmes multinationales. Pour continuer à attirer des flux significatifs d’investissements étrangers, les pays d’Europe centrale ont défini des législations sur la protection de l’emploi moins contraignantes pour les employeurs qu’en Europe de l’Ouest et ont favorisé l’émergence de relations du travail et d’un gouvernement d’entreprise marqués par la liberté contractuelle. Les firmes multinationales, acteurs centraux dans ces pays, privilégient des relations industrielles décentralisées et « désintermédiées ». Les firmes multinationales qui se sont implantées en Europe centrale contribuent à engager ces pays sur une trajectoire qui fait la part belle à la liberté de négociation entre acteurs individuels.

What's Class Got to Do with It? American Society in the Twenty-first Century - Russell, Jason (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "What's Class Got to Do with It? American Society in the Twenty-first Century," edited by Michael Zweig.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Nonfiction; TWENTY-first century; WHAT'S Class Got to Do With It? American Society in the 21st Century (Book); ZWEIG, Michael

Syndicalisme critique et défi institutionnel : Vers l’individualisation du militantisme ? - Sainsaulieu, Ivan (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
Nous posons dans le cas d’une monographie française (les syndicats Sud) la question de la régénérescence démocratique du syndicalisme bureaucratique. Malgré des référents politiques communs, notamment le souci de rénovation « démocratique » via la recherche de proximité avec la base, le réveil de l’action revendicative met aux prises des logiques d’action et des porteparole opposés au nom du réveil de sensibilités politiques divergentes, mais tous héritiers d’une même culture politique soixante-huitarde. Dimensions collectives et individuelles se mêlent donc à des problèmes de structure du syndicalisme, partagé entre deux conceptions contradictoires du contrôle (salarial ou social) ou de la démocratie (directe et indirecte). Le procès d’institutionnalisation contredit la réactivation des référentiels politiques du syndicalisme français, tandis que le procès d’individuation sociale accentue le rôle des individus dans un contexte de rareté de l’action collective.

Remembering Texpack: Nationalism, Internationalism, and Militancy in Canadian Unions in the 1970s - Sangster, Joan (Studies in Political Economy, 2006)
In 1971, the word "Texpack" became a flashpoint of political attention, debate, and anger for labour activists across Canada. Many mobilized to support strikers at Texpack's small textile firm in Brantford, Ontario, though some trade unionists from the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) turned their backs on the independent Canadian union, the Canadian Textile and Chemical Workers Union (CTCU), leading the strike. The significance of Texpack lay not simply in this stark manifestation of schisms within the house of labour, but rather in the strike's central role as a touchstone for political debates concerning economic and Left nationalism, and what kind of unions best served Canadian workers. This article explores the strike as a microcosm of broader political struggles of the period, particularly questions of nationalism and internationalism of unions. --From introduction

The Other Women's Movement: Workplace Justice and Social Rights in Modern America - Sangster, Joan (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "The Other Women's Movement: Workplace Justice and Social Rights in Modern America," by Dorothy Sue Cobble.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; COBBLE, Dorothy Sue; Nonfiction; OTHER Women's Movement: Workplace Justice & Social Rights in Modern America, The (Book); WOMEN -- Social conditions

East Asian Welfare Regimes in Transition: From Confucianism to Globalisation - Sarfati, Hedva (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "East Asian Welfare Regimes in Transition: From Confucianism to Globalization," edited by Alan Walker and Chack-kie Wong.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Confucianism; Globalization; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Welfare

Y-a-t-il une politique européenne d'emploi, de sécurité professionnelle et de dialogue social ? - Sarfati, Hedva (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the conference papers, "Y-a-t-il une politique européenne d’emploi, de sécurité professionnelle et de dialogue social ?," from the Conférence EUROCAP, Nantes, février 2006.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

The Politics of the Past in an Argentine Workiing-Class Neighbourhood - Schild, Veronica (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "The Politics of the Past in an Argentine Working-Class Neighborhood," by Lindsay DuBois.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; DUBOIS, Lindsay; Nonfiction; POLITICS of the Past in an Argentine Working-Class Neighbourhood, The (Book); Working class

Immaterial Fordism: The Paradox of Game Industry Labour - Schumacher, Leif (Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation, 2006)
In different ways, Marxist autonomist, regulation school, and neoliberal theories all claim that work in the new economy is increasingly characterised by high levels of creativity, cooperation, and innovation, albeit accompanied by uncertainty and a relentless pace of work, introducing a new form of labour that differs fundamentally from past forms. This paper does not disagree with the proposition that capital is currently in the process of intensifying its search for more efficient value extraction. However, through a case study of lawsuits launched against the video game company Electronic Arts regarding its labour practices, it argues that the change in the nature of knowledge work and immaterial labour has been overstated by the adherents of these three schools and that what we are witnessing is not so much a replacement of traditional Fordist practices by post-Fordist ones as a new fusion of the two forms.

Labour After Communism - Siegelbaum, Lewis (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Labour After Communism," by David Mandel.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Communism; LABOUR After Communism (Book); MANDEL, David; Nonfiction

The Spirit of Labor - Simon, Geoff Mann (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "The Spirit of Labor," by Hutchins Hapgood, with introduction and notes by James R. Barrett.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; HAPGOOD, Hutchins; History; Nonfiction; PERSONNEL management; SPIRIT of Labor, Introduction & Notes by James R. Barrett, The (Book)

Sex After Fascism: Memory and Morality in Twentieth-Century Germany - Slaughter, Jane (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Sex After Fascism: Memory and Morality in Twentieth-Century Germany," by Dogmar Herzog.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; HERZOG, Dogmar; HUMAN sexuality; Nonfiction; SEX After Fascism: Memory & Morality in 20th-Century Germany (Book)

The Porto Alegre Experiment: Learning Lessons for Better Democracy - Smith, Peter J. (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "The Porto Alegre Experiment: Learning Lessons for Better Democracy," by Marion Gret and Yves Sintomer.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; GRET, Marion; Nonfiction; PORTO Alegre Experiment: Learning Lessons for Better Democracy, The (Book); REPRESENTATIVE government; SINTOMER, Yves

The Empire Reloaded - Soares, Judith (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "The Empire Reloaded," edited by Leo Panitch and Colin Leys.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Capitalism; EMPIRE Reloaded, The (Book); LEYS, Colin; Nonfiction; PANITCH, Leo

Travail et identités : la portée de l’impératif technologique : Une étude de cas - Soussi, Sid (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
La dynamique de transformation de l’organisation du travail dans un contexte de changements technologiques et organisationnels dans une organisation industrielle de haute technologie a conduit à la fragmentation de la communauté technicienne et à la refonte de son identité professionnelle historique. Cette dynamique n’apparaît pas comme le résultat d’un quelconque déterminisme technologique. Les changements technologiques ont été, en dernière instance, un enjeu stratégique autour duquel se sont cristallisés les rapports de force dans l’organisation. Ils ont fait l’objet d’une instrumentalisation sur laquelle se sont appuyées les instances de l’entreprise pour légitimer leurs choix stratégiques en matière d’organisation du travail.

¡Cochabamba! Water War in Bolivia - Spronk, Susan (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "¡Cochabamba! Water War in Bolivia," by Oscar Olivera and Tom Lewis.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; COCHABAMBA! Water War in Bolivia (Book); DEMONSTRATIONS (Collective behavior); LEWIS, Tom; Nonfiction; OLIVERA, Oscar

Engaging in Equity Bargaining in the New Economy: A Primer - Stinson, Jane (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2006)

Conference Insights: Moving the Equity Agenga Forward - Stinson, Jane; Bickerton, Geoff (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2006)

Guest Editors’ Précis to the Special Section of Just Labour: Advancing the Equity Agenda inside Unions and at the Bargaining Table - Stinson, Jane; Warskett, Rosemary; Bickerton, Geoff (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2006)

Fact or Fiction? German Writer A.E. Johann, a Winnipeg Communist, and the Depression in the Canadian West, 1931-1932 - Stokes, Lawrence D. (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article focuses on the life and works of A.E. Johann, a Winnipeg Communist and a labourer on farms in northern British Columbia. He wrote a total of 18 volumes of both fiction and nonfiction along with numerous articles for newspapers and magazines in Germany. His nonfictional books were commonly anecdotal in form and one volume can plausibly claim to be at least a semi-scholarly study of its subject. It notes that the success of his initial volume in Canada prompted his publisher to finance his travels generously, which he therefore undertook driving an almost new Ford purchased when he arrived in Montreal. Moreover, Johann appears to have been a generally trustworthy chronicler of the Canadian situation.
Keywords: AUTHORS; British Columbia; Communists; Farmers; GERMAN literature; JOHANN, A. E., 1901-; Mass media; NONFICTION novel; PERIODICAL publishing

Civic Capitalism: The State of Childhood - Struthers, James (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Civic Capitalism: The State of Childhood," by John O'Neill.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; CIVIC Capitalism: The State of Childhood (Book); Capitalism; Nonfiction; O'NEILL, John

Almost Home: Reforming Home and Community Care in Ontario - Sussman, Tamara (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Almost Home: Reforming Home and Community Care in Ontario," by Patricia M. Baranek, Raisa B. Deber and A. Paul Williams.
Keywords: ALMOST Home: Reforming Home & Community Care in Ontario (Book); BARANEK, Patricia M.; BOOKS -- Reviews; COMMUNITY policing; DEBER, Raisa B.; Nonfiction; Safety measures; WILLIAMS, A. Paul

Non-Union Employee Representation in North America: Diversity, Controversy and Uncertain Future - Taras, Daphne G.; Kaufman, Bruce E. (Industrial Relations Journal, 2006)
The diverse conceptual perspectives and practical experiences with non-union employee representation (NER) in the USA and Canada are reviewed. We first propose a six-dimensional descriptive schema to categorise observed NER practices. Dimensions of diversity include (i) form; (ii) function; (iii) subjects; (iv) representational modes; (v) extent of power; (vi) degree of permanence. We then turn to the NER controversy, which is a tangled skein consisting of many different threads of values and prescriptions. To unbundle the controversy, we develop four ‘faces’ of NER—(i) evolutionary voice; (ii) unity of interest; (iii) union avoidance; and (iv) complementary voice—so that future research can more consciously test the validity of competing perspectives with hard data. Generalising about NER is problematic because of these many dimensions of diversity, and because NER is viewed through different ideological and conceptual lenses. We conclude that NER’s future trajectory is uncertain due to conflicting trends but in the short run is most likely to remain a modest-sized phenomenon.

Campagne justice @ Quebecor : Leçons pour les syndicats canadiens - Tate, Alan (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2006)

Powerful Community Relationships and Union Renewal in Australia - Tattersall, Amanda (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
Terms such as labor-community coalitions, community unionism and social movement unionism are important features of current strategies for union renewal. This article develops a three-part framework of union-community relationships, from ad hoc to deeply engaged relationships. Criteria such as common interest, coalition structure, scale and union participation are identified as important variables for relationship variation and campaign success. The article explores the framework by analyzing three case studies from Sydney, Australia, involving the central labor council -- Unions NSW. The paper argues that union-community relationships vary significantly: ad hoc relationships are useful to react to a crisis while deeper relationships are most useful to build a long-term agenda. Deeper relationships are supported when they are built alongside a process of internal union renewal. Deeper relationships are more successful if unions develop workplace leaders, support political union education and provide space for workplace stewards to connect to community campaigns.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Coalitions; Community relations; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Framed!: Labor and the Corporate Media - Taylor, Gregory (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Framed!: Labor and the Corporate Media," Christopher R. Martin.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; FRAMED: Labor & the Corporate Media (Book); MARTIN, Christopher R.; Mass media; Nonfiction

All Hell Can't Stop Us: The On-to-Ottawa Trek and the Regina Riot - Taylor, Jeff (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "All Hell Can't Stop Us: The On-to-Ottawa Trek and Regina Riot," by Bill Waiser.
Keywords: ALL Hell Can't Stop Us: The On-To-Ottawa Trek & Regina Riot (Book); BOOKS -- Reviews; CANADA -- Politics & government; Nonfiction; WAISER, Bill

Gender Myths v. Working Realities: Using Social Science to Reformulate Sexual Harassment Law - Taylor, K. W. (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Gender Myths v. Working realities: Using Social Science to Reformulate Sexual Harassment Law," by Theresa M. Beiner.
Keywords: BEINER, Theresa M.; BOOKS -- Reviews; GENDER Myths v. Working Realities: Using Social Science to Reformulate Sexual Harassment Law (Book); Nonfiction; SEXUAL harassment -- Law & legislation

Retailers, Manufacturers and Labour: An Early Case of Regulation of Labour Standards in the Clothing Industry - Teal, Greg (Employment Relations Record, 2006)
New South Wales is at the forefront globally in the protection of labour standards in the clothing industry by regulating the supply chain from the bottom to the top, from home workers to clothing retailers. This is the first case in which retailers are effectively brought under a legal regulatory framework in which they are acknowledged as having responsibilities in which the clothing that they sell is manufactured. This is the critical difference between and the great advantage of this model over other models that have attempted to regulate the manufacturing nodes in the supply chain or which rely solely upon voluntary codes. In Canada during the Great Depression and subsequently in the 1930s, a regulatory system was developed in Quebec, which attempted to restrict the more destructive of competitive practices between manufacturers and to (and in part through) generalise negotiated labour standards throughout the industry by way of a Parity Committee. This case holds particular significance for current supply chain regulation developments in New South Wales, Australia and, indeed, globally. Its significance lies in the documented evidence of the exertion of the retail sector over the manufacturers in the clothing industry in Quebec, the practices of manufacturers and contractors to attempt to respond to the demands of the retailers by reducing labour costs, and by the dynamism of a labour movement that was able to win a system of regulation to protect unionised and nonunionised workers within the clothing supply chain. Its significance for current initiatives, however, also lies in what the model was unable to achieve, in particular, bringing the retail sector into the regulatory framework, and, the industrial model of regulation which, which sought supply chain regulation without accounting for all nodes of the chain.
Keywords: Business and Management; CD ROMs; Communications; Crime and Justice; Early Childhood Resources; Engineering and Technology; Environment and Natural Resources; Genealogy (Family History); Health (Medicine); History and Heritage; Hospitality and Tourism; Indigenous Peoples; Information Management and Technology; Law; Literature; New Zealand Resources; Newspapers; Public Affairs; Public Relations; Science and Technology; Secondary School Resources; Social Sciences and Community Issues; Sports; Trade Skills; books; e-resources; e-titles; full text databases; genealogy; journals; monographs; online resources; papers; print publishing; reports

De la conciliation emploi-famille á une politique des temps sociaux - Thoemmes, Jens (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "De la conciliation emploi-famille á une politique des temps sociaux," edited by Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay.
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

Union Strategies to Re-Regulate Working Time - Thomas, Mark (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2006)
The organization of working time is a central concern in today's labour market, as it is connected to experiences of work-life conflict, employment insecurity, and broader patterns of gender inequality. This article examines union responses to working time changes using a case study of four large unions, as well as a larger survey of working time provisions in major collective agreements. The article contends that working time re-regulation strategies include not only efforts to reduce hours of work, but also a range of strategies to promote employee-oriented time flexibility. These working time strategies provide some means to address growing forms of work-life conflict and working time inequalities; however, these strategies are constrained by a number of factors, including employer resistance and the need for broader-based representational and collective bargaining structures.

Railing Against the Company Union: The State, Union Substitution, and the Montréal Tramways Strike of 1943 - Tucker, Sean; Thorn, Brian (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
At the height of World War II labour unrest, Montréal tramway workers, the majority of whom were French Canadian, struck over recognition of their Canadian Congress of Labour-affiliated union over two entrenched rival unions. The strike, which threatened critical wartime production in Canada's largest industrial centre, illustrates how multi-union workplaces were a source of wartime industrial disorder. Circumstances related to the strike tested the capacity of the federal government to respond in a way which was compatible with Prime Minister King's broader goals of industrial stability and national unity. King's inaction on labour law reform at this time led key cabinet ministers to pursue criminal charges against the parties involved in the tramway strike. However, legal proceedings were obverted after King intervened on a recommendation from Carl Goldenberg, who had successfully conciliated the strike. Concurrent to these events was the announcement of a wide-ranging public inquiry into national labour unrest, which eventually led to the adoption of a new labour code (PC 1003). The new federal labour law adopted provisions similar to those in the US Wagner Act, which severely limited union substitution, subjugating worker free choice and collective self-determination to the goals of capital and the state.
Keywords: EMPLOYMENT (Economic theory); ILLEGAL employment; INDUSTRIAL laws & legislation; LABOR laws & legislation; LEGISLATIVE power; Labor Unions; Labor disputes; SOCIAL legislation; STRIKES & lockouts

“We Make it Work”: The Cultural Transformation of Hotel Workers in the City - Tufts, Steven (Antipode, 2006)
This article explores the “cultural project” of a hotel workers’ union in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is an examination of the efforts of HERE (now UNITE-HERE) Local 75 to transform the identity and image of hotel workers through the promotion of cultural activities involving rank-and-file members. Part of a larger union renewal project, the cultural project attempts to build solidarity by connecting with members’ lives beyond the workplace. Furthermore, the union's cultural strategies are linked to the development of the city's tourism sector, situating the union's efforts in broader processes of place promotion. The investigation seeks to identify how worker engagement with the cultural implicates organized labour in contradictory processes producing both emancipatory and oppressive economic landscapes.

Constructing a Labour Gospel: Labour and Religion in Early 20th-Century Ontario - Turkstra, Melissa (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
This paper considers the presence of Christianity in the labour movement in early 20th-century Ontario. During this period labour leaders were unquestionably disillusioned with the established churches and did not hesitate to criticize clergy-men for their indifference and hostility to labour's cause. This disillusionment did not mean, however, that organized labour abandoned religion. Both moderate reformist and radical labour leaders articulated a non-sectarian, activist Christianity that helped them frame the issues they were concerned about. Alliances also developed between the churches and labour bodies at the national level and labour-friendly clergy and a small group of labour leaders in industrial centres in southern Ontario.
Keywords: ALLIANCES (International relations); CHRISTIANITY; CHURCH; Clergy; International relations; Labor movement; Ontario; RELIGIONS; Social movements

La relation de service au client : Source inévitable de contrainte pour les travailleurs ? - Ughetto, Pascal (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
Ces dernières années, la problématique de la relation de service a conduit à l’analyse de situations de travail de plus en plus prégnantes en s’intéressant de très près au déroulement de l’activité. Cette perspective peut être poussée jusqu’à étudier le caractère sollicitant d’une activité fondée sur la confrontation aux clients et les implications de cette sollicitation sur les contraintes ressenties par les salariés dans l’exercice du travail. Il s’agit donc d’examiner les effets de l’organisation de l’activité – y compris les dispositifs de gestion qui y interviennent et l’influence du travail de l’encadrement – à l’égard des contraintes que ressentent les salariés. Cette organisation peut alléger ou renforcer ces contraintes et accentue l’envie des salariés d’en discuter pour adapter les finalités et modalités du travail.

Guide pratique de l'arbitrage de grief au Québec - Veilleux, Diane (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Guide pratique de l’arbitrage de grief au Québec," by Jean-Serge Masse.
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

Justice on the Job : Perspectives on the Erosion of Collective Bargaining in the United States - Verge, Pierre (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Justice on the Job : Perspectives on the Erosion of Collective Bargaining in the United States," edited by Richard N. Block and Sheldon Friedman.
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

Normes sociales, droit du travail et mondialisation : confrontations et mutations - Verge, Pierre (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Normes sociales, droit du travail et mondialisation : confrontations et mutations," by Marie-Ange Moreau.
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

Union Membership Statistics in 24 Countries - Visser, Jelle (Monthly Labor Review, 2006)
Analyzes union membership data in 24 countries (including Canada) of past and present union density rates, including explanatory factors for the differences and trends in unionization.

Overcoming Union Resistance to Equity Issues and Structures - Walker, Marie Claire (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2006)

International Homogenization or the Persistence of National Practices? The Remaking of Industrial Relations in Mozambique - Webster, Edward; Wood, Geoffrey; Brookes, Michael (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2006)
This paper is the first systematic attempt to provide an overview of industrial relations practices at firm level in Mozambique. Through a nationwide survey of firms, the paper assesses the extent to which specific sets of practices are associated with particular regions, and/or sectors, and explores the relationship between IR practice and national institutional realities. The survey revealed that informalism and autocratic managerialism characterize the practice of employment relations. But it would be mistaken to assume a convergence towards a global systematic archetype of low wage/low skill/low security of tenure set of practices. Instead, the authors conclude, contemporary Mozambique employment relations are an example of external market pressures being channelled and moulded by the persistence of national level realities that stretch back to the colonial era. In the absence of effective institutional mechanisms, familiar conventions are likely to persist because people know how these work in practice.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Developing countries--LDCs; Employment practices; Labor Unions; Labor relations; Polls & surveys; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Mothers of the Municipality: Women, Work, and Social Policy in Post-1945 Halifax - Whitney, Laurel (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Mothers of the Municipality: Women, Work, and Social Policy in Post-1945 Halifax," edited by Judith Fingard and Janet Guildford.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; FINGARD, Judith; GUILDFORD, Janet; MOTHERS of the Municipality: Women, Work & Social Policy in Post-1945 Halifax (Book); Nonfiction; Welfare economics

Cette manche au syndicat - La grève chez Dupuis Frères en 1952 - Willis, John (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
Le 1 Mai 1952 les 1200 travailleurs du grand magasin et du comptoir postal de Dupuis Frères à Montréal, ont vote en faveur de la grève. D'une durée de trois mois, l'interruption du travail oppose une locale de la Confédération des travailleurs catholiques du Canada [CTCC] à une puissante entreprise commerciale et symbole national de l'économie canadienne-française (Dupuis Fréres). L'historiographie de l'après-guerre n'accorde pas une grande place à ce conflit, qui, à l'encontre d'aurres conflits mieux connus — telle la grève de l'amiante (1949) et la grève de Murdochville (1957), s'est solde par une éclatante victoire du syndicat. L'article examine d'abord le contexte général et les conditions spécifiques qui ont entraîné le déclenchement de la grève. Il analyse ensuite l'enchaînement des événements, qui se sont déroulés en quatre phases ou séries de faits dans le temps. Il importe de prendre le temps de reconsidérer les événements dans l'ordre, car il ressort de l'exercice une perspective nous permettant d'appréhender l'enjeu fort thé àtralisé du conflit qui se deroule dans une conjoncture de croissance économique et d'effervescence syndicale. Nous offrons un canevas preliminaire, que d'autres pourront compléter à leur manière, le but de I'exercice étant, dans un premier temps, de faire ressortir cette grève des boules à mites de l'Histoire.
Keywords: AUTHORSHIP; BUSINESS enterprises; CORPORATE image; Canada; DIRECT mail advertising; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; Historiography; Labor disputes; VENTURE capital; economic development

Disability Disclosure in the Workplace - Wilton, Robert D. (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2006)
This paper is concerned with workplace accommodation and the extent to which people feel able to disclose disabilities at work. Disclosure is central to accommodation in the sense that workers must feel comfortable describing their needs to employers. Where this is not the case, for example, where workers are concerned about the precariousness of their position and the fact that disclosure may result in dismissal, legal requirements for accommodation can be ineffective. To explore this issue, the paper uses qualitative data from interviews with fifty-nine people with physical, learning, psychiatric and sensory disabilities in the Hamilton labour market. Analysis indicates that most respondents viewed disclosure as a risky endeavour, and a significant minority did not disclose due to concerns about not being hired or being dismissed. The conclusion discusses the need for accommodating workplaces and the implications for the labour movement.

When Women Come First: Gender and Class in Transnational Migration - Zaman, Habiba (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "When Women Come First: Gender and Class in Transnational Migration,"Sheba Mariam George.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; EMIGRATION & immigration; GEORGE, Sheba Mariam; Nonfiction; WHEN Women Come First: Gender & Class in Transnational Migration (Book)

Minding the Machine: Languages of Class in Early Industrial America - Zonderman, David A. (Labour / Le Travail, 2006)
The article reviews the book, "Minding the Machine: Languages of Class in Early Industrial America," by Stephen P. Rice.
Keywords: BOOKS -- Reviews; Industrial Revolution; MINDING the Machine: Languages of Class in Early Industrial America (Book); Nonfiction; RICE, Stephen P.

Canadian Labor Today: Partial Successes, Real Challenges - Brennan, Barry (Monthly Review: An Independent Socialist Magazine, 2005)
Analyzes the conflicted terrain of the Canadian labour movement as a result of neoliberal restructuring of the economy and the frayed relationship with the social democratic NDP. Compares union densities in Canada and the US. Concludes that transformative union renewal must include the political rebuilding of a worker-based socialist movement.
Keywords: Canada; Canadian Auto Workers (CAW); Economic conditions; Labor Unions; Labor movement; Labor union members; New Democratic Party (NDP); Organizational structure

Abstracts / Résumés [55, Spring/Printemps 2005] (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
English/French abstracts of the articles in the current issue.

Abstracts = Résumés (56, Fall 2005) (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
English/French abstracts of articles in the Spring 2015 issue.
Keywords: ABSTRACTS; BIOGRAPHIES -- Abstracts; Communism; Ethnicity; Working class

Taking Back the Streets: Women, Youth, and Direct Democracy - Ackelsberg, Martha (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Taking Back the Streets: Women, Youth, and Direct Democracy," by Temma Kaplan.

Organizing Wal-Mart: The Canadian Campaign - Adams, Roy J. (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2005)
The central focus of this article is the effort by Canadian unions to organize Wal-Mart. Organizing the world's largest corporation is considered to be critical because the company's business "template" calls for wages and benefits considerably inferior to those of unionized workers. To date, although a few bargaining units have been certified, Wal-Mart has managed to thwart all attempts to negotiate collective agreements. However, because the United Food and Commercial Workers have certified units in a few provinces with first contract arbitration, the achievement, eventually, of a collective agreement appears to be likely.

Cleaners and Pop Culture Representation - Aguiar, Luis L M (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2005)
Building cleaners are increasingly portrayed in pop culture. This article seeks to provide reasons for their increased visibility, and then examines precisely how they are constructed. The analysis reveals three overriding themes of representation: (1) cleaners as a discourse for Americanism; (2) cleaners as stand ins for the rehabilitation of ‘whiteness’; and (3) cleaners as endure the neoliberal workplace.

The Montreal Massacre: A Story of Membership Categorization Analysis - Atwood, Kristin (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "The Montreal Massacre: A Story of Membership Categorization Analysis," by Peter Eglin and Stephen Hester.

Industrial Sunset: The Making of North America's Rust Belt, 1969-1984 - Ayres, Jeffrey (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Industrial Sunset: The Making of North America's Rust Belt, 1969-1984." by Steven C. High.

Training the Excluded for Work: Access and Equity for Women, Immigrants, First Nations, Youth, and People with Low Income - Baines, Donna (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Training the Excluded for Work: Access and Equity for Women, Immigrants, First Nations, Youth, and People with Low Income," edited by Marjorie Griffin Cohen.

Imperialism and its Discontents - Bakan, Abigail B. (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews and comments on "The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity" by Tariq Ali, "The Clash of Barbarisms: September 11 and the Making of the New World Disorder" by Gilbert Achcar , "Welcome to the Desert of the Real" by Slavoj Zizek's, "The New Rulers of the World" by John Pilger, and "The New Mandarins of American Power" by Alex Callinicos.

Caetana Says No: Women's Stories from a Brazilian Slave Society - Barbosa, Rosana (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Caetana Says No: Women's Stories from a Brazilian Slave Society," by Sandra Lauderdale Graham.

Architecture de ressources humaines : Perspectives théoriques et pistes de recherche - Barrette, Jacques (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
Le domaine de la gestion stratégique des ressources humaines manque d’encadrement théorique en ce qui concerne le caractère unique de l’architecture de ressources humaines (RH). L’article propose une réflexion théorique sur cette notion et ses deux dimensions principales : l’alignement vertical et la cohérence horizontale. L’exposé explique comment et pourquoi les organisations de même type possèdent sensiblement la même architecture RH. L’importance du rôle des contingences internes et des conditions de réalisation des objectifs RH est abordée. L’auteur explore le caractère unique de la GRH au niveau de la cohérence des pratiques et la complexité des liens avec l’alignement vertical. Un modèle combinant les deux dimensions de l’architecture RH propose des pistes de réflexion quant à leur effet interactif sur la performance organisationnelle. Des hypothèses et stratégies de recherche pour mesurer la présence et l’impact de la cohérence horizontale sur la performance organisationnelle sont suggérées.

Union Raiding and Organizing in Ontario - Bartkiw, Timothy J.; Martinello, Felice (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
This paper provides the first analysis of aggregate raiding activity in Ontario by isolating raid applications from available certification data. Raiding in Ontario generally decreased over the 1975 to 2003 period save for the huge increases in 2000 and 2001 involving the CAW and SEIU. Bargaining units are significantly larger in raids, and legislative changes had little effect on aggregate raiding levels. Over most of the period raiding activity has been quite modest. Thus analyses of union organizing and its effect on union density are unlikely to be affected by leaving raids in the organizing data. An important exception occurs in 2000 and 2001, where the certification data seriously overstate new organizing. Corrected measures show that new (non-raid) union organizing continues to decline in Ontario. The decline in new organizing has been greater than the decline in raiding, resulting in an increased proportion of organizing due to raids in recent years.
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; Statistical analysis; Union membership

The Segmentation of Academic Labour: A Canadian Example - Bauder, Harald (ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies, 2005)
Academia increasingly faces pressures of corporatization and flexibilization. Of particular concern is the segmentation of academic labour into stable tenured or tenure-track professors and “flexible” sessional and adjunct faculty. In this paper, I review evidence of the segmentation of the Canadian academic labour market, examine the conditions that permit segmentation to exist, discuss why academic geographers in both segments comply with a segmented labour market and, finally, propose potential strategies to address the issue of segmentation.
Keywords: Academia; Academic geographers; Corporatization; Faculty; Flexibilization; Segmentation

The Impact of Macroeconomic Conditions on the Instability and Long-Run Inequality of Workers' Earnings in Canada - Beach, Charles M.; Finnie, Ross; Gray, David (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
This paper examines the variability of workers' earnings in Canada over the period 1982-1997. Using a large panel of tax file data, we decompose total variation in earnings across workers and time into a long-run inequality component between workers and an average earnings instability component over time for workers. We find an increase in earnings variability between 1982-89 and 1990-97 that is largely confined to men and largely driven by widening long-run earnings inequality. Second, the pattern of unemployment rate and GDP growth rate effects on these variance components is not consistent with conventional explanations and is suggestive of an alternative paradigm of how economic growth over this period widens long-run earnings inequality. Third, when unemployment rate and GDP growth rate effects are considered jointly, macroeconomic improvement is found to reduce the overall variability of earnings as the reduction in earnings instability outweighs the widening of long-run earnings inequality.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Economic conditions; Economic impact; Economic models; Economic theory; Inequality; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Wages & salaries

Dignity at Work for Low Wage, Low Skill Service Workers - Berg, Peter; Frost, Ann C. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
Using responses from a telephone survey of 589 low wage, low skill workers in US hospitals, the authors investigate the workplace features that influence workers' perceptions of dignity at work. Both work organization variables and union representation are investigated as potential factors affecting workers' perceptions of fair treatment by their employer, intrinsically satisfying work, and economic security. Work organization and union representation have little effect on dignity at work with the exception of their association with higher wages and therefore a greater degree of economic security. Results indicate that higher pay, adequate levels of staffing and resources, and access to training are the variables that are most closely associated with dignity on the job.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Dignity; Labor Unions; Perceptions; Polls & surveys; Skills; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Variables; Wages & salaries

Le travail non qualifié : permanences et paradoxes - Bernier, Colette (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Le travail non qualifié : permanences et paradoxes," edited by Dominique Méda and Francis Vennat.
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

Les PME québécoises et la formation : De l’effet de taille aux dispositifs institutionnels - Bernier, Colette (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
À partir d’un questionnement concernant le faible investissement des PME en formation, cet article tente de démontrer l’importance de l’environnement institutionnel par rapport aux seuls effets de taille. Par une analyse systémique de divers facteurs pouvant expliquer la formation dans une quarantaine de PME, l’article met en relief l’existence de trois configurations d’entreprises ayant des rapports différenciés à la formation; celles-ci vont de l’entreprise familiale qui offre peu de formation à l’entreprise indépendante offrant une formation structurée en passant par diverses formes d’entreprises qui, sur la base de leur insertion sous des bannières ou franchises ou encore de l’action des comités sectoriels ou d’organismes régionaux, accordent une importance de plus en plus grande à la formation et la structurent en conséquence. L’article conclut sur la nécessité d’une prise en compte « systémique » des dispositifs institutionnels pour la mise en place de politiques publiques adéquates.

Contractors or Disguised Employees? : A Case Study of Couriers in Winnipeg - Bickerton, Geoff; Warskett, Rosemary (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2005)
The courier industry in Canada is rapidly expanding. This is due to a number of factors including greater international trade in goods; more use of just-in-time inventory strategies; and the rapid development of internet commerce. Significant technological and organizational developments within the industry have led to greater segmentation of markets. As a result, large national and international parcel delivery firms dominate the international and intercity markets, while there has been a proliferation of smaller firms in the same-city, same-day markets. The research findings from a case study conducted in Winnipeg reveal that couriers in certain parts of the industry are relatively well paid, with benefits and employment conditions negotiated by their union, while others are independent contractors with low incomes, no benefits and insecure tenure. The article compares the experience of these two types of couriers and examines what is being done to improve the terms and conditions of work for same-day couriers. It is concluded that nature of the same day courier industry means that union organizing will be very difficult and there is no guarantee of success. Unionization, however, is a necessary prerequisite for the improvement of conditions and wages in this growing industry.

Community Unionism: A Strategy for Organizing in the New Economy - Black, Simon J. (New Labor Forum, 2005)
Focuses on considering community unionism as a strategy for labor organizing with emphasis on autonomous community-based labor group organizational model. Background on the concept of community unionism; Information on the two examples of community unionism, the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty and the National Mobilization Against Sweatshops; Limitation of community unionism in making the type of economic gains for their members that a trade union can through collective bargaining.
Keywords: AUTONOMY (Political science); COMMUNITY organization; Collective bargaining; LABOR organizing; Labor

La gestion environnementale et la norme ISO 14 001 - Boiral, Olivier (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "La gestion environnementale et la norme ISO 14 001," by Corinne Gendron.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Le malaise des soignants : le travail sous pression à l'hôpital - Bonneville, Luc (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Le malaise des soignants : le travail sous pression à l’hôpital," by Yvan Sainsaulieu.
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

Les cadres : grandeur et incertitudes - Bouffartigue, Paul (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book,"Les cadres : grandeur et incertitudes," by Olivier Cousin.
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

Psychosocial Work Environment and Certified Sick Leave among Nurses during Organizational Changes and Downsizing - Bourbonnais, Renée; Brisson, Chantal; Vézina, Michel; Masse, Benoît; Blanchette, Caty (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The study aimed to determine whether the incidence and duration of certified sick leave (CSL) among nurses had increased during major restructuring of the health care system in the province of Quebec, and to determine whether nurses exposed to adverse psychosocial factors at work showed an increased incidence of CSL. It involved nurses working in 13 health facilities. Sickness absence data were retrieved from administrative files (n = 1454). Incidence of CSL for all diagnoses and for mental health problems was examined. Telephone interviews were conducted to measure psychosocial factors at work with validated instruments. There was an increase in CSL among nurses during the restructuring, particularly for mental health problems. Modifiable adverse psychosocial work factors were identified and provide basis for interventions. Since human resources are the mainstay and primary resource of the health network, it is essential that people be able to perform their work under optimal conditions.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Nurses; Organizational change; Psychological aspects; Sick leave; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social aspects; Studies

Réflexions croisées sur la gestion des compétences en France et en Amérique du Nord - Bouteiller, Dominique; Gilbert, Patrick (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
Si la gestion des compétences est encore un sujet d’actualité à la fois pour les gestionnaires de ressources humaines et pour bon nombre de responsables d’entreprise, c’est que l’objet même de cette gestion ne cesse de prendre de l’importante au sein des nouveaux systèmes productifs et face aux nouvelles contraintes de l’environnement. Pourtant, ces nouvelles approches, dont on parle beaucoup, sont peu et mal connues, et ne sont que très rarement mises en perspective au plan international. Il peut donc être intéressant, partant d’un enjeu « théoriquement » similaire — la compétence — de voir de quelle façon ces logiques et ces modes de gestion ont été conceptualisés, instrumentés et implantés de chaque côté de l’Atlantique. L’analyse conduit à observer que si les deux systèmes se sont constitués de façon contingente, et que certains facteurs lourds leur sont encore associés aujourd’hui, d’autres forces poussent vers une certaine standardisation, pour ne pas dire universalisation des approches dans ce domaine désormais central de la gestion des ressources humaines.

Masters, Servants, and Magistrates in Britain and the Empire, 1562-1955 - Bright, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Masters, Servants, and Magistrates in Britain and the Empire, 1562-1955," edited by Douglas Hay and Paul Craven.

Emmeline Pankhurst: A Biography - Brooke, Stephen (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Emmeline Pankhurst: A Biography," by June Purvis.

Florence Nightingale and the Health of the Raj - Brouwer, Ruth Compton (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Florence Nightingale and the Health of the Raj," by Jharna Gourlay.

Handbook of Work Stress - Burke, Ronald J. (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The book Handbook of Work Stress, by Julian Barling, E. Kevin Kelloway, and Michael R. Frone, is reviewed.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Stress; Working conditions

Pensions and Public - Private Partnerships: A Cautionary Note for Union Trustees - Calvert, John (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2005)
A major demand of public sector unions in recent years has been for greater control over their members’ pension plans. Recently, several provincial governments, most notably British Columbia, have agreed to joint trusteeship, a development which gives union trustees a voice in investment policy. This article focuses on the implications for union trustees of investments in Public Private Partnerships (P-3s) and related privatization initiatives. Examples of such investments include: transportation infrastructure projects, hospitals and health services, schools, municipal water and sewer systems, electrical utilities, and other projects that, historically, have been within the public sector. It argues that trustees should be wary of such investments. Public sector unions have criticized privatization initiatives as a threat to public sector jobs and services. P-3 investments are problematic because they may threaten the jobs of their union’s members, undermine the credibility of their union’s public policy objections to privatization and, in the end, may prove far more risky than P-3 promoters contend.

Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire - Camfield, David (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire," by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri.

Renewing the Study of Public Sector Unions in Canada. - Camfield, David (Socialist Studies/Études Socialistes, 2005)
A renewal of the study of public sector unionism in Canada is long overdue. This article explains why public sector unions deserve more attention from researchers than they have received of late and proposes that studies of public sector unions would benefit from adopting a new theoretical framework that conceptualizes contemporary unions as not only labour relations institutions but also as particular kinds of working-class movement organizations within a historically-specific class formation. It also identifies two obstacles to the production of accounts of contemporary public sector unions from this perspective.

What's Class Got To Do With It? American Society in the Twenty-First Century - Camfield, David (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "What's Class Got to Do with It? American Society in the Twenty-First Century," edited by Michael Zweig.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Essays; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social classes

Les syndicats français pris dans le tourbillon de la négociation collective - Catlla, Michel (Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, 2005)
Le présent article interroge l'action syndicale en France dans un contexte caractérisé par une remise en cause de la loi relative à la réduction de la durée du travail. En prenant appui sur le cas d'un établissement qui s'engage dans un processus d'allongement de la durée du travail, l'auteur retrace le cheminement parcouru par les acteurs en présence qui débute par la renégociation de la règle sur les 35 heures pour aboutir à l'invention d'une nouvelle régulation entre salariés et direction. Loin d'abroger les lois Aubry, ce mouvement d'allongement de la durée du travail questionne la capacité des acteurs à mener des négociations collectives. // This paper questions the way French trade unions have dealt with the effects of the legislation purporting to limit maximum working time to 35 hours per week. The research is based on a case study of a manufacturing firm. The author examines the ways in which local actors evolved from the negotiation over the implementation of the 35 hour work week to the development of new relationships between the employees and their employer. In this specific case study, the negotiation actually ended up lengthening working time. This result does not deny the importance of working time legislation but it does call into question the capacity of local unions to achieve in collective bargaining the objectives set out legislatively.

Workplace Equality: International Perspectives on Legislation, Policy and Practice - Chicha, Marie-Thérèse; Charest, Éric (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Workplace Equality: International Perspectives on Legislation, Policy, and Practice," edited by Carol Agocs.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employment; Equality; International comparisons; Labor Unions; Legislation; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Social policy

‘Because they have all the power and I have none’: State restructuring of income and employment supports and disabled women's lives in Ontario, Canada. - Chouinard, Vera; Crooks, Valorie A. (Disability & Society, 2005)
We examine the connections between neo-liberal forms of state restructuring and intervention in disabled people’s lives, looking in particular at how these have affected disabled women’s experi- ences of an income support program, the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), in Ontario, Canada. We first outline why and how state programs have been re-designed and imple- mented in increasingly harsh ways as a result of such neo-liberal forms of state restructuring. Even groups formerly considered among the ‘deserving poor’ have found their access to social assistance diminished. We then argue that this is an outcome of state programs, policies and practices which are re-asserting and more deeply entrenching ‘ableness’ as a necessary condition of citizenship, inclusion and access to justice. Finally, we illustrate how disabled women’s lives and well-being have been altered as a result of changes in the provision of these forms of state assistance using in- depth semi-structured interviews conducted with 10 women in Ontario.

Farm to Factory: A Reinterprétation of the Soviet Industrial Revolution - Clarke, Simon (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Farm to Factory: A Reinterprétation of the Soviet Industrial Revolution," by Robert C. Allen.

Industrial Relations in China - Clarke, Simon (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Industrial Relations in China," by Bill Taylor, Chang Kai and Li Qi.

Dual Commitment to the Organization and the Union: A Multi-Dimensional Approach - Cohen, Aaron (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
This study examines the multi-dimensional nature of the dual commitment to the organization and the union. Most research that has examined this concept has used only one dimension for each commitment. The most established, multi-dimensional scales of organizational and union commitment were examined in their relationship to work and union correlates. The participants were 489 members (a 65% response rate) of the Union of Nurses in Israel. The findings showed that while affective commitment and union loyalty are related to the correlates examined here, the additional dimensions added significant variance to the results already explained by affective commitment and union loyalty. For example, normative commitment is related to four correlates and the variable "willingness to work for the union" is also strongly related to the correlates. The study concluded that utilizing only one dimension to examine each commitment might result in the loss of valuable information on dual commitment.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Commitments; Employee attitude; Labor Unions; Nurses; Organizations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies; Workers

CCF Colonialism in Northern Saskatchewan: Battling Parish Priests, Bootleggers and Fur Sharks - Collier, Ken (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "CCF Colonialism in Northern Saskatchewan: Battling Parish Priests, Bootleggers, and Fur Sharks," by David M. Quiring.

From Consent to Coercion: The Assault on Trade Union Freedoms, 3rd edition - Compa, Lance (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The book From Consent to Coercion: The Assault on Trade Union Freedoms, 3rd edition, by Leo Panitch and Donald Swartz, is reviewed.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Labor law; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

La citoyenneté au travail ? Une introduction = Towards Citizenship at Work? An Introduction - Coutu, Michel; Murray, Gregor (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
Editorial introduction to the issue.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z

Making Public Pasts: The Contested Terrain of Montreal's Public Memories, 1891-1930 - Cupido, Robert (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Making Public Pasts: The Contested Terrain of Montreal's Public Memories, 1891-1930," by Alan Gordon.

The Internet in the Workplace : How New Technology is Transforming Work - d'Iribarne, Alain (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "The Internet in the Workplace : How New Technology is Transforming Work," by Patricia Wallace.
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

Working Children Around the World: Child Rights and Child Reality - Dillon, Sara (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book. "Working Children Around the World: Child Rights and Child Reality," by G.K. Lieten.
Keywords: Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Child labor; Essays; HUMAN rights; Labor Unions; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Working conditions

Trade Unions in Europe: Meeting the Challenge - Doellgast, Virginia (Labour / Le Travail, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "Trade Unions in Europe: Meeting the Challenge," edited by Deborah Foster and Peter Scott.

L'économie sociale dans les services à domicile - Domin, Jean-Paul (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2005)
The article reviews the book, "L’économie sociale dans les services à domicile," edited by Yves Vaillancourt, François Aubry and Christian Jetté.
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