Labour & Labour Unions

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Science, Politics and Advocacy The Fight to Ban Asbestos From: Sick and Tired View Fernwood Publishing	Asbestos Mines in Canada Why Did the Quebec and Canadian Governments Support this Discredited, Deadly, Dying Industry? Campaign Launched to Challenge Canada’s Asbestos Policy Turn Around by …	Kathleen Ruff	14	2018	$1.40 Add
From Shame and silence in health care From: Bent out of Shape View Between The Lines		Karen Messing	13	2021	$1.30 Add
From NEW! Social Democracy and Labour From: The Fire and the Ashes View Between The Lines	In this chapter, the author discusses the conditions and circumstances that labour movements faced during his career. Topics include the rise of student activism, the culture wars of the 1970s, …	Andrew Jackson	7	2021	$0.70 Add
From Solidarity From: Bent out of Shape View Between The Lines		Karen Messing	14	2021	$1.40 Add
From Steel City Meltdown From: Boom, Bust and Crisis View Fernwood Publishing		John Peters	18	2012	$2.70 Add
From Stopping Monsanto: Coalition Building Against rBGH and GM Wheat From: Frontline Farmers View Fernwood Publishing	The third chapter examines the NFU’s work in building a coalition against Monsanto and genetically modified crops and bovine growth hormone. Interviews are with Peter Dowling, Lucy …	Carla Fehr	26	2019	$2.60 Add
From NEW! Studying Classes in Advanced Capitalism From: Tipping Point for Advanced Capitalism View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter starts with different standpoints for studying classes in advanced capitalism and establishes my current standpoint as an intellectual inside-outsider aligned with subordinate class …	D.W. Livingstone	23	2023	$2.30 Add
From NEW! The Allende of the North From: The Fire and the Ashes View Between The Lines	This chapter examines the Dave Barrett NDP government of British Columbia, which was in power from 1972-1975. Jackson later worked with the BC NDP caucus as they tried to resist the resurgent …	Andrew Jackson	8	2021	$0.80 Add
From NEW! The Auto Revolution Begins: Invention and Industry From: Car Nation Canada View James Lorimer and Company	A history of the auto industry in Canada from 1900 to the 1920s. Includes details of early manufacturers and makes of vehicles, including many photos and illustrations, and a description of the …	Dimitry Anastakis	14	2026	$1.40 Add
From The Biggest Roll-Back of Worker Rights in Canadian History From: Boom, Bust and Crisis View Fernwood Publishing		John Peters	21	2012	$3.15 Add
From NEW! The Bitter Fruits of Crisis Capitalism: The Gig Economy and Homelessness, 2000–25 From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, Palmer discusses how the gig economy emerged, impact on workers’ incomes, the emergence of homelessness across Canada in the period, and the rising cost of housing— all …	Bryan D. Palmer	13	2026	$1.30 Add
From NEW! The Changing Class Structure of Production Relations in the “Knowledge Economy” From: Tipping Point for Advanced Capitalism View Fernwood Publishing	Livingstone offers a brief critical assessment of recent approaches to class analysis and labour process analysis in advanced capitalism. An empirical assessment of continuity and change in this …	D.W. Livingstone	51	2023	$5.10 Add
From NEW! The Crisis of US Labour, Past and Present From: The Socialist Register 2022 View Fernwood Publishing	Samir Sonti explores the long decline of organized labour since its heyday in the mid-twentieth century. Sonti explores the challenge of rebuilding the American union movement in the post-Trump …	Samir Sonti	24	2021	$2.40 Add
From NEW! The Divided House of Labour From: The Fire and the Ashes View Between The Lines	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 …	Andrew Jackson	17	2021	$1.70 Add
From The Economic Crisis Class Warfare from Reagan to Obama From: Bankrupticies & Bailouts View Fernwood Publishing		Robert Chernomas	14	2009	$1.40 Add
From NEW! The Fight Against Inequality From: The Fire and the Ashes View Between The Lines	In this chapter, Jackson writes about the Great Recession of 2008-2009, and suggests that the functioning of democracies relies on economic and social equality. The best way to achieve this …	Andrew Jackson	5	2021	$0.50 Add