Labour
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From  NEW! An Uneasy MarriageFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
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 |
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From  NEW! “Another Kind of Violence” |
This chapter discusses how the 1961 Toronto construction strike, led by Charles Irvine and Bruno Zanini, forced a fifty-day halt to residential construction after contractors abandoned union … | Gilberto Fernandes | 22 | 2026 | $2.20 Add |
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From  Appendix OneChinese Labour Corps Graves in Canada |
List of men and their grave sites in Canada. | Dan Black | 0 | 2019 | $0.00 Add |
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From Appendix TwoTheories of the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic |
Black explores the possibility that the Spanish Flu originated in China and spread due to the movements of CLC contingents to North America and Europe. | Dan Black | 4 | 2019 | $0.40 Add |
 Bent out of ShapeShame, Solidarity, and Women's Bodies at Work |
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 |
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From  BibliographyFrom: Winnipeg 1919 |
Norman Penner | 2 | 2019 | $0.20 Add | |
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From  NEW! BorderlandsFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 1 explores the turbulent history of Poland leading up to the Second World War, in particular, the borderland region of the Kresy that straddles the modern day borders of Poland, Belarus … | Marsha Faubert | 15 | 2023 | $1.50 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  NEW! BrotherhoodFrom: Seven Days in Halifax |
In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Three of Halifax’s 1970 "Encounter on Urban Environment," focusing on a session on Halifax Shipyards. He highlights the … | Robert Ashe | 9 | 2025 | $0.90 Add |
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From NEW! Brothers! Fratelli! Irmãos! |
This chapter examines Toronto’s construction industry in the late 1960s. Fernandes traces how Local 183 workers—drawn from Irish, Italian, Portuguese, and Polish … | Gilberto Fernandes | 12 | 2026 | $1.20 Add |
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From NEW! “Can You Hear Me?” |
This chapter examines construction worker safety in Toronto during the mid-1960s. The narrative follows Local 183 leader Gerry Gallagher as he battled dangerous subway tunnelling conditions, … | Gilberto Fernandes | 18 | 2026 | $1.80 Add |
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From Canada to China: Crossing to Asia |
Livingstone’s journey to China on the CPR ship, Empress of Japan. (Chapter includes two photographs) | Dan Black | 20 | 2019 | $2.00 Add |
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From Canada to China: Getting to Know Weihaiwei |
Stationed at the Weihaiwei recruiting depot, Livingstone spends much of his time exploring the region. (Chapter includes three photographs) | Dan Black | 22 | 2019 | $2.20 Add |
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From Canada to China: Migrations |
The chapter examines different groups of men from Canada and China and why they chose to enlist in the war effort. (Chapter includes two maps and four photographs) | Dan Black | 23 | 2019 | $2.30 Add |
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From Canada to China: Missionaries Accomplished |
The story of James Menzies, a Christian missionary in China, and his decision to work with the men from the CLC. (Chapter includes one photograph) | Dan Black | 24 | 2019 | $2.40 Add |
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From Canada to China: Overland, but Under Guard |
The chapter explores how both Canadian and Chinese men passed their time on the train journey westward, and the security protocols adopted to ensure CLC conscripts did not desert. (Chapter … | Dan Black | 11 | 2019 | $1.10 Add |
