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标题：EXCAVATING THE LABOUR DISPUTE DATA FROM STATISTICS CANADA: A RESEARCH NOTE
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作者：Linda Briskin ; Kristine Klement
期刊名称：Just Labour : A Canadian Journal of Work and Society
电子版ISSN：1705-1436
出版年度：2004
卷号：4
出版社：York University
摘要：As a result of restructuring and globalization, Canadian workers face deteriorating conditions of work, loss of jobs to low wage regions, dismantling of social programs, decreases in the social wage and a discursive shift to radical individualism. Have these changes shifted the understanding and practice of worker militancy. Have the gender-specific impacts of the 'new economy' politicized women workers in particular, especially those in the public sector, and brought them to the forefront of resistance. These are the two key research questions guiding this project. The first step in this research has been to seek out the available Canadian statistical data which might help make visible the profile of worker militancy. This data focuses largely on strikes and lockouts (and, to a limited extent, grievances). In the Labour Force Survey [LFS] and the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics [SLID], the proxy for the larger concept of 'worker militancy' is 'labour dispute' which includes both strike and lockout. These sources help make visible the profile of the striker. The Workplace and Employee Survey [WES] differentiates 'work-to-rule, work slowdown, strikes, lockouts and other labour related actions' and offers a profile of the striker in the worker questionnaire, and a profile of the firm in the employer questionnaire. Since the actual tables from the surveys are not yet available, this Research Note has the modest goal of introducing the reader to the ways that the LFS, SLID and WES handle the issue of labour disputes.