Labour
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From  IntroductionFrom: Law at Work |
Glasbeek introduces the central ideas explored throughout the book, highlighting how the law is structured to maintain systems of oppression under capitalism. | Harry Glasbeek | 9 | 2024 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Introduction |
In this introduction, Leah examines the 1937 General Motors strike in Oshawa, Ontario, and challenges the interpretation offered by historian Irving Abella. | Tony Leah | 12 | 2024 | $1.20 Add |
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From  IntroductionFrom: Gender & Sexuality |
Scott Neigh | 17 | 2012 | $1.87 Add | |
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From  Introduction and PrologueFrom: A Distinct Alien Race |
A personal introduction to the topic, some broad context and history, and some definitions. | David Vermette | 28 | 2018 | $2.80 Add |
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From  Introduction to the Second EditionFrom: Winnipeg 1919 |
Norman Penner discusses the impact that the first edition of Winnipeg 1919 had upon its publication in 1973 and the role that the Winnipeg strike has had in shaping the Canadian labour movement … | Norman Penner | 5 | 2019 | $0.50 Add |
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From Introduction to the Third EditionFrom: Winnipeg 1919 |
Christo Aivalis provides a summary of the role Winnipeg 1919 has played since the publication of its first edition in 1973, as well how the events of the strike shaped to Canadian labour movement … | Christo Aivalis | 14 | 2019 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Inventing the Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceFrom: Canada’s State Police |
In this chapter, Marquis describes how the North-West Mounted Police became the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, expanding federal powers of policing while building a heroic public image that often … | Greg Marquis | 40 | 2024 | $4.00 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! Journey’s EndFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 12 follows Casey’s arrival and early years after arriving in Canada after a seven-year journey with the Polish Army. The chapter covers his immigration to Canada, work on a farm … | Marsha Faubert | 16 | 2023 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Labour’s Agenda in a Period of ReactionFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
In this chapter, Jackson examines CLC policies in the 1980s and 1990s, which struck a balance between inward-looking economic nationalism, regulating access to domestic markets, and a more … | Andrew Jackson | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
Law at WorkThe Coercion and Co-option of the Working Class |
This book uncovers how the legal system, through its structures and mechanisms, legitimizes and reinforces the exploitation of workers. Using historic and contemporary examples, Glasbeek … | Harry Glasbeek | 354 | 2024 | View |
 NEW! Leading ProgessThe Professional Institute of the Public Service Canada, 1920–2020 |
On February 6, 1920, a small group of public service employees met for the first time to form a professional association. A century later, the Professional Institute of the Public Service Canada … | Jason Russell | 272 | 2020 | View |
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From Lessons and Legacy |
In this chapter, Leah examines how the 1937 Oshawa General Motors strike illustrates how rank-and-file workers, including a prominent group of women, won through dense steward representation and … | Tony Leah | 7 | 2024 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! “Life Against the Dollar” |
This chapter examines the 1969–1971 leadership of Toronto’s concrete forming union, Local 183, as well as protests against Ontario’s Bill 167. | Gilberto Fernandes | 12 | 2026 | $1.20 Add |
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From Living Rooms, Bedrooms, and the StreetsChris Vogel and Richard North on Gay Liberation in Winnipeg From: Gender & Sexuality |
Scott Neigh | 23 | 2012 | $2.53 Add | |
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From Looking the dragon in the faceFrom: Bent out of Shape |
Karen Messing | 31 | 2021 | $3.10 Add |
