2. Labour Publications

American Labor (1981)
American Labor, No. 13, Special Issue on New Technology

Comprehensive, brief and informative publication with special focus on practical bargaining strategies and demands. Includes a list of resources for further information. American Labor Education Center, 1835 Kilbourne Place N. W., Washington, D.C. 20010, U.S.A.

Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff (1980)
Automation and the Office Worker - Report of the Office Technology Working Party, APEX

Discussion of the impact of electronic technology on office workers, including issues of employment, health and safety, skills, and job satisfaction. The paper includes recommendations, a model agreement and a glossary. Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical, and Computer Staff (APEX), 22 Worple Road, London SW19 4DF, U.K.

Attenborough, Susan (1982)
Microtechnology

An excellent booklet about microtechnology, its applications, impact on employment, women and health and safety. Includes a section on legislation, collective bargaining and suggested strategies.
National Union of Provincial Government Employees (NUPGE), 204 - 2481 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, Ontario Kl V 2E1.

Canadian Union of Postal Workers (January 1979)
Postal Workers Struggle Continues

Outline of the critical issues affecting Canadian postal workers; includes a discussion of computers and automation. Supplement of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers news- paper.

Canadian Union of Public Employees (May 1980)
Technological Change - The Little Machines that Bring BigLay-offs, in The Facts, Vol. 2, No.8

Brief look at how the new office electronics will affect working people.
Canadian Union of Public Employees, 233 Gilmour Street, Ottawa, Ontario K2P OP5.

Jenkins, Clive and Barry Sherman (1979)
The Collapse of Work

Two prominent British unionists show how and why unemployment will increase drastically in the next ten years. The growth of microprocessors is part of this development and the basis of a "third industrial revolution." The authors believe we must revolutionize our attitudes towards work and leisure in order to deal with this crisis.
Eyre Methuen Ltd., 11 New Fetter Lane, London Ec4P 4EE, U.K.

Kuyek, Joan Newman (1979)
The Phone Book: Working at the Bell

This book presents an inside view of Bell - what it's like to work there, as the author did for three years. Interviews with operators, service representatives, installers and others are followed by discussion of how technology is used and how the corporation itself has changed over the years - usually to the detriment of Bell's employees and customers. Between the Lines, 97 Victoria St. North, Kitchener, Ontario.

Labour Council of MetropolitanToronto
VDT Newsletter
Published four times each year, this newsletter focuses primarily on health and safety issues, and reports on legislation and union contract clauses, which address some of the problems which arise when working at VDTs.
Labour Council of Metropolitan Toronto, Room 407, 15 Gervais Drive, Don Mills, Ontario.

Ontario Public Service Employees Union (1981)
The Chips are Down! OPSEU Bargaining '81
This two-page flyer covers technological change, equal pay, and issues of money, jobs and health in preparation for the 1981 round of bargaining.
Ontario Public Service Employees Union, 1901 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario.