Labour
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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  Chapter 2The Workers' Revolt |
Chapter two deals with the emergence of new workers’ movements on the changing terrain of the Second Industrial Revolution in Canada. It also explores the emerging crisis for craftworkers … | Charles Smith; Craig Heron | 30 | 2020 | $3.00 Add |
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From  Enter The CabotsSECTION ONE - From ships’ captains to captains of industry From: A Distinct Alien Race |
This chapter tells the story of the renowned Cabot family of Massachusetts and their role in the textile industry in North America. | David Vermette | 19 | 2018 | $1.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Genocide’s Legacy on the Land and Dominant Economic ModelFrom: Testimonio |
Essays in this section: Profiting from Genocide: The World Bank and IDB’s Bloody History in Guatemala – The Genocidal Chixoy Dam Project – Testimonio: Sebastian Iboy Osorio … | Cyril Mychalejko; Nathan Einbinder | 20 | 2021 | $2.00 Add |
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From  IntroductionFrom: Winnipeg 1919 |
Norman Penner provides a brief summary of the events of the strike and subsequent legal action and provides context for the documents that make up the text, as well as a disussion of the role … | Norman Penner | 16 | 2019 | $1.60 Add |
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From  PART 1 – Fighting BackWorkplace Activism From: Through the Mill |
This chapter looks at workplace activism and labour groups, and how women were treated by and excluded from these groups. It looks at the demographics of female workers and intersecting … | Gail Cuthbert Brandt | 32 | 2018 | $3.20 Add |
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From  NEW! The Allende of the NorthFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
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 |
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From  The Giant Tamed |
Explores the slow, uphill battle to shake the solid hegemony of Canadian employers in industrial life in the two decades between the wars and then the breakthrough that took place at the end of … | Craig Heron | 27 | 2012 | $2.70 Add |
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From  Women Against Violence (Part 1)Lee Lakeman on Feminist Anti-Violence Activism in Woodstock and Vancouver From: Gender & Sexuality |
- | Scott Neigh | 28 | 2012 | $3.08 Add |
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From Canada to China: Starting Out |
An account of Harry Livingstone’s initial train journey across Canada in 1917 and those CLC men moving West. (Chapter includes four photographs) | Dan Black | 20 | 2019 | $2.00 Add |
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From Chapter 3The Giant Tamed |
This chapter considers the difficulties of organizing against employer hostility, relative state indifference, economic depression in the 1930s and then the emergence of vibrant new … | Charles Smith; Craig Heron | 27 | 2020 | $2.70 Add |
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From Chronology of the Main Events of the Winnipeg General StrikeFrom: Winnipeg 1919 |
A day-by-day summary of the events of the strike, from May 1-June 26, 1919 | Norman Penner | 3 | 2019 | $0.30 Add |
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From NEW! Gunboat EdFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
In this chapter, Jackson discusses his time with the federal NDP caucus, then led by Ed Broadbent. | Andrew Jackson | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Jobs and bodiesFrom: Bent out of Shape |
- | Karen Messing | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From NEW! Mining in the Wake of GenocidesFrom: Testimonio |
Essays in this section: Mining in the Guatemalan Mafia State – When You Benefit from Destruction: United Church of Canada Pension Fund and Goldcorp | Jackie McVicar; Sandra Cuffe | 28 | 2021 | $2.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Nothing Can Be Taken for Granted, 1990-1999From: Leading Progess |
In this chapter, Russell details how PIPSC addressed the ideological changes of the 1990s, including a rightward shift in the Canadian political landscape, the growth of neoliberal policies, and … | Jason Russell | 39 | 2020 | $3.90 Add |
