Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations articles from January 1998

Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations archives from January 1998

Harmonization of labour policies under trade liberalization.
January 1, 1998... Does the trend toward trade liberalization and global economic integration lead to pressure to harmonize labour laws and policies,(1) and if so, is that pressure for harmonization downwards to the lowest common denominator? If such pressure...

Regulating precariousness? The temporary employment relationship under the NAFTA and the EC Treaty.
January 1, 1998... Few scholars would deny that non-standard forms of employment, such as part-time work, self-employment, contract work and temporary work, are on the rise in both Europe and North America (Akyeampong 1997; Krahn 1995; OECD 1993; Lipsett and Reesor...

Corporate-subsidiary relations, local contexts and workplace change in global corporations.
January 1, 1998... Over the past decade multinational corporations (MNCs) have been repositioning and reorganizing as national trade barriers are removed and global competition intensifies. Changes in business strategy and organization have entailed new alignments...

Gender, corporate restructuring and concession bargaining in Ontario's food retail sector.
January 1, 1998... As the forces of capitalist restructuring take hold in Canada there is growing concern to analyse the impact of economic change on workers in various sectors of the labour market (Creese 1995; Leach and Winson 1995; Osberg, Wien and Grude 1995)....