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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! A Democratic Socialist Future From: The Fire and the Ashes View Between The Lines	In his concluding chapter, the author surveys the political present, and notes that narratives about elections being won by appealing to the "mushy centre" are disproven by the success …	Andrew Jackson	16	2021	$1.60 Add
From A feminist intervention that hurt women From: Bent out of Shape View Between The Lines		Karen Messing	17	2021	$1.70 Add
From NEW! A Life on the Left From: The Fire and the Ashes View Between The Lines	In the opening chapter, Jackson describes his book as "part personal memoir, part historical analysis, and part political manifesto." He also discusses how the labour movement has been …	Andrew Jackson	12	2021	$1.20 Add
From NEW! A World to Win From: The Fire and the Ashes View Between The Lines	This chapter examines the activities of the Canadian Labour Congress in a global context, where it worked with organizations from other countries to codify basic labour rights.	Andrew Jackson	5	2021	$0.50 Add
From NEW! An Uneasy Marriage From: The Fire and the Ashes View Between The Lines	This chapter examines the marriage of labour and social democracy in Canada, which dates to the founding of the New Democratic Party in 1961. He suggests that the NDP has moderated its …	Andrew Jackson	13	2021	$1.30 Add
From Anybody But Conservative Canadian Unions and Strategic Voting From: Rethinking the Politics of Labour in Canada View Fernwood Publishing	In recent elections, many were driven by a desire to block Conservatives from gaining power rather than faith that Liberals would champion union causes. However, because tactical shifts have an …	Larry Savage	23	2021	$2.30 Add
Bankrupticies & Bailouts Fernwood Publishing	Recession? Depression? Market adjustment? Billion-dollar bailouts? Just what is happening to the economy? Like the rest of the industrialized world, Canada is in the midst of an economic crisis …	Julie Guard; Wayne Antony	168	2009	View
Bent out of Shape Shame, Solidarity, and Women's Bodies at Work Between The Lines	Award-winning ergonomist Karen Messing is talking with women—women who wire circuit boards, sew clothes, clean toilets, drive forklifts, care for children, serve food, run labs. What she …	Karen Messing	276	2021	View
From Building Relationships: Indigenous-Settler Solidarity and the NFU From: Frontline Farmers View Fernwood Publishing	The last chapter considers the National Farmers Union’s work in building relationships of solidarity with Indigenous peoples of Canada. Interviews are with Maureen Bostock, Julie Enman, …	Lauren Kepkiewicz	20	2019	$2.00 Add
From Business Unionism and Social Unionism in Theory and Practice From: Rethinking the Politics of Labour in Canada View Fernwood Publishing	Recognizing the coexistence of historicized ideal types of both “business unionism” and “social unionism” in the labour movement in general, and specifically within unions …	Stephanie Ross	18	2021	$1.80 Add
From Canada and the Crisis From: Bankrupticies & Bailouts View Fernwood Publishing		Fletcher Baragar	30	2009	$3.00 Add
From A Union for Everyone From: A New Kind of Union View James Lorimer and Company	Describes the continued efforts of the CEP and the CAW to negotiate the New Union Project from 2012-2013. Analyzes debates over how the new union can represent Canadians from a wide variety of …	Fred Wilson	38	2019	$3.80 Add
From Canadian Labour and COVID-19 From: Rethinking the Politics of Labour in Canada View Fernwood Publishing	Only by tearing down the false division between political and economic spheres and questioning the legitimacy of a capitalist economic system that continues to prioritize profits over people …	Larry Savage; Stephanie Ross	15	2021	$1.50 Add
From Canadian Labour and the Environment Addressing the Value-Action Gap From: Rethinking the Politics of Labour in Canada View Fernwood Publishing	Many of the most valuable things that labour can contribute to the quest for environmental sustainability go beyond its own environmental activities per se, spilling over into the broader …	Dennis Soron	19	2021	$1.90 Add
From NEW! Class Power and Legal Coercion Refinery Workers Confront the Limits of the “Right to Strike” From: Unjust Transition View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter Four describes how the 2019-2020 lockout was marked by the employer’s use of scab labor and court injunctions to restrict workers’ ability to picket, as well as the impact on …		20	2024	$2.00 Add
From Class Struggle Goes to Court Workers' Rights and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms From: Rethinking the Politics of Labour in Canada View Fernwood Publishing	Only when workers and their unions use their collective strength through direct economic and political action — a traditional source of worker power — can we expect truly …	Alison Braley-Rattai; Charles W. Smith	19	2021	$1.90 Add