Labour & Labour Unions

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Unsustainable

From: Fixing Fashion

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Unsustainable begins with a case study of water pollution from a textile mill in China, owned by a Hong Kong company. Then it considers sustainable trade and programs like the Better Cotton … 32 $3.20 Add
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We’re All Keynesians – Again

From: Bankrupticies & Bailouts

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Aid for Trade

From: Fixing Fashion

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The chapter Aid for Trade takes a look at the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement over 20 years, considering who has benefitted. It also analyzes statistics and outcomes by country, … 13 $1.30 Add
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Class Consciousness in Advanced Capitalism: General Forms and Recent Trends

From: Tipping Point for Advanced Capitalism

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This chapter offers profiles of general patterns and trends in all these levels and forms of class consciousness since the early 1980s. The chapter concludes by tracking association between the … 47 $4.70 Add
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Just Transition

From: Getting to Zero

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Discusses how the shift away from carbon-heavy industries should and could be done in a socially just way to ensure workers in sunset industries, Indigenous People, and immigrants will not be … 30 $3.00 Add
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Keynes Redux

History Catches Up

From: Bankrupticies & Bailouts

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Re-engineering women’s work

From: Bent out of Shape

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The Divided House of Labour

From: The Fire and the Ashes

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In this chapter, Jackson examines the Canadian Labour Congress, which appointed him senior economist on May Day 1989. He suggests that the CLC is a fragile body compared with central labour … 17 $1.70 Add
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Whither the Quebec Model?

From: Boom, Bust and Crisis

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An Uneasy Marriage

From: The Fire and the Ashes

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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 … 13 $1.30 Add
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Canada’s Union

From: A New Kind of Union

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Documents the immediate effect Unifor had on Canadian labour after its founding in 2013. Provides a brief overview of Unifor’s policies and how they affected Canadian labour and politics, … 63 $6.30 Add
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Connecting Class and Class Consciousness: The Acid Test

From: Tipping Point for Advanced Capitalism

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The primary focus in this chapter is on connections of employment class with these oppositional and hegemonic/revolutionary forms of class consciousness. If class existence in the production … 49 $4.90 Add
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Indigenous Workers, Casino Development and Union Organizing

From: Boom, Bust and Crisis

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Investing in Civilization

From: Bankrupticies & Bailouts

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