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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Chapter 8 Helping employers out: A private sphere of criminal justice From: Law at Work View Between The Lines	This chapter discusses how the contract of employment is a contract of submission. It highlights the ways the law also ensures that it is a contract of subordination, giving ownership of the …	Harry Glasbeek	32	2024	$3.20 Add
From Chapter 9 Helping employers out: A private sphere of criminal justice From: Law at Work View Between The Lines	This chapter examines how governments determined which businesses are essential to the public welfare during the COVID-19 pandemic. It argues that labeling employees essential workers functions …	Harry Glasbeek	21	2024	$2.10 Add
From NEW! Class War Waged from Above, 1975–2000 From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, Palmer examines the decline of Canadian labour movement from the 1970s to the 1990s. Provincial government officials fought civil servants over wages and weakened unions’ …	Bryan D. Palmer	13	2026	$1.30 Add
From Counterattack From: The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History View James Lorimer and Company	Traces the vigorous counterattack from the state and capital to weaken Canadian unions permanently	Craig Heron	26	2012	$2.60 Add
From NEW! Crisis Capitalism and the Political Economy of Instability: Canada’s Downward Slide, 2000–25 From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises View James Lorimer and Company	An overview of the Canadian economy’s development in the period 2000-2025.	Bryan D. Palmer	7	2026	$0.70 Add
From NEW! “Go Canadian, Boys!” From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter recounts the 1969 jurisdictional battle in Toronto between Local 183 carpenters and Local 562 lathers over nearly 2,500 formworkers in the residential concrete sector.	Gilberto Fernandes	12	2026	$1.20 Add
From Introduction From: The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History View James Lorimer and Company	Uses fictional names to exemplify the particular movements that the book discusses. A short concise history of the labour movement in Canada and what we need to understand about it in the social …	Craig Heron	13	2012	$1.30 Add
From Introduction From: Law at Work View Between The Lines	Glasbeek introduces the central ideas explored throughout the book, highlighting how the law is structured to maintain systems of oppression under capitalism.	Harry Glasbeek	9	2024	$0.90 Add
From Labour at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century From: The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History View James Lorimer and Company	Canadian Unions had a rough ride over the decade and a half after the mid-1990s The state and business initiatives that had sapped labour’s strength continued and had forced the labour …	Craig Heron	23	2012	$2.30 Add
Law at Work The Coercion and Co-option of the Working Class Between The Lines	This book uncovers how the legal system, through its structures and mechanisms, legitimizes and reinforces the exploitation of workers. Using historic and contemporary examples, Glasbeek …	Harry Glasbeek	354	2024	View
From NEW! Neoliberal Backlash and Capitalist Crime in the 1980s From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter describes notable developments among Canadian corporations in the 1980s, including some notable failures and scandals.	Bryan D. Palmer	8	2026	$0.80 Add
From Part 2: Organizing Thinking through History: Our Roles in the Labour Movement— Free Speech Fights From: Roles of Resistance View Between The Lines	This section presents a lesson plan centered on the Vancouver Free Speech Fight of 1912, designed to help students analyze strategies for building more effective social movements. It includes …	John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier	10	2024	$1.00 Add
From Part 2: Organizing On the Line: Pickets and Protests at Gainers From: Roles of Resistance View Between The Lines	This section presents a lesson plan using the historic context of the Gainers Strike in Alberta. Participants learn about organizing, strikes, picket lines, and the power of solidarity. It …	John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier	15	2024	$1.50 Add
From Part 2: Organizing Fight Back: Facing a Shutdown Role-Play From: Roles of Resistance View Between The Lines	This section presents a lesson plan that invites students to explore creative ways to strengthen democracy in workplaces and communities, including strategies like community power and worker …	John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier	14	2024	$1.40 Add
From Rebuilding the House of Labour From: The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History View James Lorimer and Company	Presents the internal pressures and new dilemmas facing the labour movement today	Craig Heron	29	2012	$2.90 Add
Shift Change Scenes from a Post-industrial Revolution Between The Lines	Hamilton’s industrial age is over. In the steel capital of Canada, there are no more skies lit red by foundries at sunset, no more traffic jams at shift change. Instead, an urban …	Stephen Dale	252	2021	View