The State and Employers' Associations in British Columbia: 1900-1932 - Yarmie, Andrew (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
Examines the complexity of capital, state, and labor relations during the early 20th century through a case study of British Columbia employers' associations. To evaluate the sources of employers' strength and to determine the restrictions placed on their dominance, this study uses current theories of the state as a framework. They provide opportunities to examine British Columbia's government as either a "captive state," in a position of relative autonomy, or autonomous. No single theory explains the events of this period. In some sectors of the economy, employers were able to control state policy, but the contradictions created by the state's two primary objectives of capital accumulation and legitimation insured that it would take steps to retain its autonomy in order to maintain capitalist class institutions.

Staying the Decline in Union Membership: Union Organizing in Ontario, 1985-1999 - Yates, Charlotte A. B. (Charlotte Alyce Bronwen) (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
In response to a sense of crisis precipitated by the 1995 election of the provincial Conservative government in Ontario and more anti-union employers, unions in Ontario have increased resources invested in and priority attached to organizing the unorganized. This article examines how unions have reoriented their organizing strategies to increase organizing effort in the private service sector and amongst women while at the same time experimenting with certain innovative rank-and-file intensive strategies that have significant positive effects on the outcome of organizing drives. The paper concludes that if unions follow through with this renewed commitment to organizing, they are likely to prevent a more serious membership crisis from erupting.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Labor Unions; Membership drives; Recruitment; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Studies

Contingent Work: American Employment Relations in Transition - Zeytinoglu, Isik Urla (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
Contingent Work: American Employment Relations in Transition, edited by Kathleen Barker and Kathleen Christensen, is reviewed.
Keywords: Alternative work arrangements; Book reviews; Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employment; Labor Unions; Labor relations; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Temporary employment; Transitions

Gender, Race and Class Dimensions of Nonstandard Work - Zeytinoglu, Isik Urla; Muteshi, Jacinta Khasiala (Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, 2000)
This review article critically analyzes and synthesizes the academic literature on nonstandard work and its gender, race and class dimensions. We argue that it is important and crucial to understand these dimensions of nonstandard work in order to develop appropriate labour policies. We present our discussion in a conceptual framework of duality within which nonstandard workforms are located. We discuss the role the unions could play in achieving equity in labour markets and conclude the paper with recommended labour policy changes to respond to the needs of women, particularly those racial minority and low economic class women employed in nonstandard jobs.
Keywords: Business And Economics--Labor And Industrial Relations; Business And Economics--Personnel Management; Employment; Labor Unions; Minority & ethnic groups; SnR_publicationTitle_Relations Industrielles_Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations_2025-09-22T16:07:02.081Z; Women; Working hours

Building Little Italy: Philadelphia's ltalians before Mass Migration - Zucchi, John (Labour / Le Travail, 2000)
The article reviews the book, "Building Little Italy: Philadelphia's Italians before Mass Migration," by Richard N. Juliani.