Labour
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From  NEW! “A Good Man” |
This chapter traces the life and legacy of Gerry Gallagher, an Irish-born construction union leader who died in 1978, and the turbulent world of Toronto building trades that followed. | Gilberto Fernandes | 13 | 2026 | $1.30 Add |
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From NEW! Bread and Butter |
This chapter traces Gerry Gallagher’s union organizing across Ontario in the late 1940s and 1950s, particularly his recruitment of Hydro labourers for LIUNA Local 183, and discusses the … | Gilberto Fernandes | 11 | 2026 | $1.10 Add |
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From  City Politics and the Massage Parlour World |
This chapter is an interview with a St. John’s city councillor regarding the massage parlour moratorium which was in place from 2015 to 2020 | Kerri Cull | 3 | 2021 | $0.30 Add |
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From  NEW! EpilogueFrom: Harvesting Freedom |
The epilogue included a brief poem and a conversation between the authors about how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected conditions for migrant farm workers. | Edward Dunsworth; Gabriel Allahdua | 8 | 2023 | $0.80 Add |
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NEW! Harvesting FreedomThe Life of a Migrant Worker in Canada |
In this singular firsthand account, a former migrant worker reveals a disturbing system of exploitation at the heart of Canada’s farm labour system. When Gabriel Allahdua applied to the … | Edward Dunsworth; Gabriel Allahdua | 224 | 2023 | View |
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From I Am a Businesswoman |
In this chapter, the author interviews a young woman who works in an adult massage parlour. While she feels like an empowered business woman, she also believes that non-consensual interactions … | Kerri Cull | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From NEW! “I Built an Empire” |
This chapter examines how John Stefanini reshaped Local 183, a construction labourers’ union, during the mid-1970s. | Gilberto Fernandes | 14 | 2026 | $1.40 Add |
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From NEW! “I Didn’t Want to Die on the Saddle” |
This chapter traces the career of John Stefanini, the Italian-Canadian leader who built LIUNA Local 183 into North America’s largest construction union during the 1980s and early 1990s. | Gilberto Fernandes | 18 | 2026 | $1.80 Add |
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From I Think There’s Been a Turn for the Better |
This chapter focuses on a sex worker who entered the industry to fund their transition from male to female. | Kerri Cull | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From I Wasn’t Crazy after All |
This chapter concerns a woman who works as a stripper and helps educate people on the kinds of human trafficking that are associated with forced sex work. | Kerri Cull | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From Introduction |
In the introduction, the author reflects on the first volume in this series, and notes that her feminism is what inspired this work. | Kerri Cull | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From It’s Not Something That’s Supposed to Have a Boss |
In this chapter, Cull interviews a woman who began working in the sex trade when she lived in a family shelter. She later left the sex trade, and became involved with organizations that help … | Kerri Cull | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From It’s Still a Little Scary |
This chapter profiles a young transgender man who turned to sex work after a period of homelessness. He wants people to know that sex work does not exist in a vacuum: it has bad aspects, good … | Kerri Cull | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From Language and TraumaAn Interview with Cheryl Coleman, Formerly of the Blue Door |
This chapter is an interview with a woman who worked with a program that helped women exit the sex trade. | Kerri Cull | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
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From Lean on Me |
This chapter is an interview with a woman who works as a DJ and bartender at strip clubs. | Kerri Cull | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From Newfoundland Doesn’t Turn Down Black Girls |
This chapter is an interview with a Black woman in the stripping industry. Although she has special talents that stem from her circus training, she has been turned away by owners of strip clubs … | Kerri Cull | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
