This paper uses two recent books in Canadian labour history, Craig Heron's Working in Steel and Ian Radforth's Bushworkers and Bosses, to briefly review the place of masculinity in working-class history. The author suggests that while Heron and Radforlh introduce masculinity into their studies, they do not fully develop all of its meanings and functions. Drawing upon the literature on the social construction of work, gender, and sexuality, the paper then goes on to suggest some ways in which we can begin to explore aspects of masculinity and sexuality within working-class history. Resume Cet article se sert de deux ouvrages recents en histoire des travailleurs canadiens, Working in Steel de Craig Heron, et Bushworkers and Bosses de Ian Radforth, pour faire une breve revue de la place de la masculinite dans l'histoire de la classe ouvriere. L'auteur suggere que meme si Heron et Radforth introduisent la question de la masculinite dans leur travail, ils ne developpent pas suffisamment sa signification et ses fonctions. S'inspirant de la litterature sur la construction sociale du travail, des genres et de la sexualite, l'auteur propose des facons d'aborder certains themes lies a la masculinite et a la sexualite dans l'histoire de la classe ouvriere.