Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations articles from September 2003

Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations archives from September 2003

Volunteer activity and the demands of work and family.
September 22, 2003... The importance of volunteer activity for employees, employers and governmental and non-governmental organizations that are increasingly relying on volunteers is discussed, followed by an econometric analysis relating volunteer activity to a...

Efficacite des pratiques de maintien en emploi des cadres de 50 ans et plus.(challenges in retaining managers aged 50 and over)
September 22, 2003... Dans le contexte actuel de penuries de competences, la fonction ressources humaines--apres avoir encourage les departs anticipes--se voit confrontee au defi de maintenir en emploi les employes vieillissants. Apres avoir passe en revue les...

Contract governance and the Canadian public sector.
September 22, 2003... This essay examines the changing character of public sector work in the Canadian federal public service context. It is based on an empirical examination of various forms of contractual relations currently operative within the Canadian state and...

Sexual orientation provisions in Canadian collective agreements.
September 22, 2003... The past decade has been marked by increased awareness concerning employment discrimination against gays and lesbians. Yet, to the author's knowledge, there has been limited research regarding the response of Canadian labour organizations to...

Regulating conflict in public sector labour relations: the Ontario experience (1984-1993).
September 22, 2003... Using a comprehensive collective bargaining data set, we examine dispute resolution patterns of all bargaining units in the province of Ontario over a 10-year period. A central finding is that bargaining units covered by legislation requiring...

Fragilite des limites conventionnelles a l'arbitrage de grief: l'arret Parry Sound.(Comment; Canada case, employee's right to resort to arbitration)
September 22, 2003... Le 18 septembre 2003, la Cour supreme du Canada rendait un arret concernant la competence juridictionnelle de l'arbitre de grief de s'enquerir neanmoins du respect des regles de droit public meme si la convention collective privait un salarie...

At Home and Abroad: U.S. Labor Market Performance in International Perspective.(Book Review)
September 22, 2003... At Home and Abroad: U.S. Labor Market Performance in International Perspective by Francine D. BLAU and Lawrence M. KAHN, New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2002, 328 pp., ISBN 0-87154-100-9. This is an ambitious book. Blau and Kahn...

Looking for Work, Searching for Workers: American Labor Markets During Industrialization.(Book Review)
September 22, 2003... Looking for Work, Searching for Workers: American Labor Markets During Industrialization by Joshua L. ROSENBLOOM, New York: Cambridge University Press, 208 pp., ISBN 0-521-80780-8. Market integration is a central feature of modern economic...

Negotiation: Theory and Practice.(Book Review)
September 22, 2003... Negotiation: Theory and Practice par Alvin L. GOLDMAN et Jacques ROJOT, The Hague/London/New York: Kluwer Law International, 2003, 347 p., ISBN 90-4118-896-7. Dans cet ouvrage, les auteurs abordent les differents themes associes a la...

Wage Formation in Europe.(Book Review)
September 22, 2003... Wage Formation in Europe par Emmanuel MERMET, Bruxelles: European Trade Union Institute, 2001, 182 p., ISBN 2-930143-93-2. Il ne faut pas s'attendre a trouver dans cet ouvrage une analyse theorique approfondie des mecanismes de formation...

L'Europe syndicale au quotidien : la representation des salaries en France, Allemagne, Grande-Bretagne et Italie.(Book Review)
September 22, 2003... L'Europe syndicale au quotidien : la representation des salaries en France, Allemagne, Grande-Bretagne et Italie par Christian DUFOUR et Adelheid HEGE, Bruxelles : Presses interuniversitaires europeennes, 2002, 256 p., ISBN 90-5201-918-5. ...

Temporary Work: The Gendered Rise of a Precarious Employment Relationship.(Book Review)
September 22, 2003... Temporary Work: The Gendered Rise of a Precarious Employment Relationship by Leah F. VOSKO, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000, 380 pp., ISBN 0-8020-4792-0. Temporary Work by Leah Vosko analyzes the history and recent growth of...

Travail, famille : le nouveau contrat.(Book Review)
September 22, 2003... Travail, famille : le nouveau contrat par Marie-Agnes BARRERE-MAURISSON, Paris: Editions Gailimard, collection Folio Actuel, 2003, 196 pp., ISBN 2-07-042748-X. This book deals with work-family balancing and family division of labour issues...

L'age de l'emploi : les societes a l'epreuve du vieillissement.(Book Review)
September 22, 2003... L'age de l'emploi : les societes a l'epreuve du vieillissement par Anne-Marie GUILLEMARD, Paris :Armand Colin, 2003, 288 p., ISBN 22-0001-990-4. La gestion des ages :face a face avec un nouveau profil de main-d'oeuvre publie sous la...

Made in Indonesia: Indonesian Workers Since Suharto.(Book Review)
September 22, 2003... Made in Indonesia: Indonesian Workers Since Suharto by Dan LA BOTZ, Cambridge, Mass.: South End Press, 2001, 395 pp., ISBN 0-89608-642-9. Dan La Botz has written an important and timely book on efforts to build labour organizations in...

Working for McDonald's in Europe: the unequal struggle?(Book Review)
September 22, 2003... Working for McDonald's in Europe: The Unequal Struggle? par Tony ROYLE, London : Routledge, 2000, 248 p., ISBN 0-415-20787-8. Eu egard aux structures de regulation nationale ou supranationale des regions ou elles exercent leurs activites,...

Recent publications.(Bibliography)
September 22, 2003... * Theorie et methodologie en relations industrielles Theory and Methodology in Industrial Relations >, Bruce E. Kaufman, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, vol. 57, no. 1, 2003, 3-30. >, Bela Galgoczi, South East Europe...

Books received.
September 22, 2003... BALDWIN, John R. and Petr HANEL, Innovation and Knowledge Creation in an Open Economy: Canadian Industry and International Implications, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003, 512 p. BERNIER, Jean, Guylaine VALLEE et Carol JOBIN,...