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AT INTERVALS, someone invites me to comment on the state of labour history. Once it was the Institut d'histoire de l'Amérique française; later it was Noah Meltz and Gérard Hébert, armed with a grant to describe the state of industrial relations research. And last May it was Bryan Palmer, inviting prompt submission of twenty-five pages, if possible by the end of June. Bryan has been no great fan of the illustrated Canadian labour history Terry Copp and I produced in 1980 and which recently struggled into a fourth edition. 1 was suitably flattered and beguiled. I admire the journal he, Greg Kealey and James Thwaites, Andrée Lévesque, and Jacques Rouillard and how many others have kept going. To contribute to Labour/le Travail (L/LT) is an honour and a responsibility. Moreover, quick turnarounds are my specialty. And so, to the dismay of my staff, I cut back on my current work and got busy.

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