Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations articles from January 2006

Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations archives from January 2006

Editorial.(Editorial)
January 1, 2006... Taking over the editorship of Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations (RI/IR) is deeply significant for me for several reasons. This is a position which I will take on with a great deal of humility and with an awareness of following in the...

External interventions in occupational health and safety: the influence of the workplace context on the implementation of preventive measures/ Interventions externes en sante et en securite du travail: influence du contexte de l'etablissement sur l'implantation de mesures preventives/ Intervenciones externas en salud y seguridad ocupacional : influencia del contexto de establecimiento en la implantacion de medidas preventivas.
January 1, 2006... SUMMARY External Interventions in Occupational Health and Safety: The Influence of the Workplace Context on the Implementation of Preventive Measures Various studies have shown that worker health and safety are related, among other...

Explaining local unions' responses to globalization/Pour comprendre la reaction des syndicats locaux la mondialisation/Explicando las respuestas de los sindicatos locales frente a la globalizacion.
January 1, 2006... SUMMARY 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...

Decentralized bargaining in a globalizing industry: the automotive assembly industry in Australia/ La negociation decentralisee darts une industrie qui se mondialise: le cas de l'industrie de l'automobile en Australie/ Negociacion descentralizada en una industria en vias de globalizacion: la industria de ensamblaje automotriz en Australia.
January 1, 2006... SUMMARY 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...

The role of nonstandard workers in client-organizations/ Le role des travailleurs atypiques dans les organisations clientes/ El rol de los trabajadores atipicos en las organizaciones clientes.
January 1, 2006... SUMMARY 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...

Experience rating, work injuries and benefit costs: some new evidence/La tarification par incidence, les accidents du travail et le cout des prestations : quelques donnees recentes/ Valoracion de la experiencia, accidentes de trabajo y costo de beneficios: algunas nuevas evidencias.
January 1, 2006... SUMMARY 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...

Work and identifies: the impact of the technological imperative. a case study/ Travail et identites : la portee de l'imperatif technologique: une etude de cas/Trabajo e identidades: la importancia del imperativo tecnologico. Un estudio de caso.
January 1, 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 a la fragmentation de la communaute technicienne et...

The Code of International Labour Law.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... The Code of International Labour Law, edited by Neville RUBIN, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, 846 pp., ISBN-10: 0521847400 and ISBN-13: 9780521847407. International labour law is a body of rules and principles regarding...

Varieties of Unionism. Strategies for Union Revitalization in a Globalizing Economy.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... Varieties of Unionism. Strategies for Union Revitalization in a Globalizing Economy, edited by Carola M. FREGE and John KELLY, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, 215 pp., ISBN: 0-19-927014-7. This book compares union strategies for...

La methode des cas. Recueil de cas en gestion des ressources humaines et en relations du travail.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... La methode des cas. Recueil de cas en gestion des ressources humaines et en relations du travail, par Roch LAFLAMME, Quebec : Les Presses de l'Universite Laval, 2005, 249 p., ISBN: 2-7637-8228-0. Ce livre s'adresse principalement aux...

Prevenir et gerer les plaintes de harcelement au travail.(book on preventing sexual harrassment at work: Prevenir et gerer les plaintes de harcelement au travail)(Book review)
January 1, 2006... Prevenir et gerer les plaintes de harcelement au travail, par le Groupe d'aide et d'information sur le harcelement sexuel au travail, Montreal : editions Transcontinental et Quebec : Editions de la Fondation de l'entrepreneurship, 2004, 169 p.,...

Denouer les conflits relationnels en milieu de travail.(book on conflict resolution for the workplace by Solange Cormier, 'Denouer les conflits relationnels en milieu de travail')(Book review)
January 1, 2006... Denouer les conflits relationnels en milieu de travail, par Solange CORMIER, Quebec : Presses de l'Universite du Quebec, 2004, 188 p., ISBN : 2-7605-1232-0. Ce livre aborde la gestion des conflits relationnels en milieu de travail selon...

L'etude de cas comme methode de recherche.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... L'etude de cas comme methode de recherche, par Yves-Chantal GAGNON, Quebec : Presses de l'Universite du Quebec, 2005, 128 p., ISBN : 2-7605-1288-6. Dans son volume, L'etude de cas comme methode de recherche, Yves-C. Gagnon poursuit deux...

Recent publications/Publications recentes.(Bibliographic citation)
January 1, 2006... * Relations du travail Labour Relations Numero special : >, Chronique Internationale de l'IRES, 97, 2005, 3-142. The Hockey Lockout of 2004-05, Paul D. Staudohar, Monthly Labor Review, 128 (12), 2005, 23-29. Factors Related to...

Books received/Livres recus.(List of books on Labor issues)(Bibliography)
January 1, 2006... ADAMS, Roy J., Labour Left Out: Canada's Failure to Protect and Promote Collective Bargaining as a Human Right, Nepean, Ontario: National Union of Public and General Employees, 2006, 152p. BERNATCHEZ, Jean-Claude, Vers une transformation...