Labour Studies
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() A New Kind of UnionUnifor and the birth of the modern Canadian union |
This book describes the unique process by which the Canadian Auto Workers Union (CAW) and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) decided not just to merge but to create … | Fred Wilson | 256 | 2019 | View |
![]() Bankrupticies & Bailouts |
Recession? Depression? Market adjustment? Billion-dollar bailouts? Just what is happening to the economy? Like the rest of the industrialized world, Canada is in the midst of an economic crisis … | Julie Guard; Wayne Antony | 168 | 2009 | View |
![]() Basic Income For CanadiansFrom the Covid-19 Emergency to Financial Security for All |
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the idea of providing a basic income to everyone in Canada who needs it was already gaining broad support. Then, in response to a crisis that threatened to put … | Evelyn L. Forget | 258 | 2020 | View |
![]() Boom, Bust and CrisisLabour, Corporate Power and Politics in Canada |
Informed by both critical animal studies and critical terrorism studies, John Sorenson analyzes ecoterrorism as a social construction. He examines how corporations that profit from animal … | John Peters | 199 | 2012 | View |
![]() Building a Better World Third EditionAn Introduction to the Labour Movement in Canada |
This third edition of Building a Better World offers a comprehensive introductory overview of Canada’s labour movement. The book includes an analysis of why workers form unions; assesses … | Errol Black; Jim Silver; Larry Savage; Stephanie Ross | 232 | 2015 | View |
![]() Canadian Labour in CrisisReinventing the Workers' Movement |
Does Canada have a working-class movement? Though many of us think of ourselves as middle class, most of us are, in fact, working class: we work for a wageThrough an analysis of the contemporary … | David Camfield | 108 | 2011 | View |
![]() Changing TidesGender, Fisheries and Globalization |
Fisheries are among the most globalized economic sectors in the world. Relying largely on wild resources and employing millions of people and feeding many millions more, fisheries provide a … | Barbara Neis; Maria Cristina Maneschy; Marian Binkley | 319 | 2005 | View |
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[email protected] addresses this deficit by systematically tackling the question of the impact of climate change on work and employment and by analyzing Canada’s conservative silence towards … | Carla Lipsig-Mummé | 200 | 2013 | View |
![]() Constitutional Labour Rights in CanadaFarm Workers and the Fraser Case |
On 29 April 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada released its much-anticipated decision in Attorney General of Ontario v Fraser, which dealt with the scope of constitutional protection of collective … | Eric Tucker; Fay Faraday; Judy Fudge | 333 | 2012 | View |
![]() Farm the CityA Toolkit for Setting up a Successful Urban Farm |
Urban farming has the power to change diets, economies, and lives. Yet starting an urban farm can seem daunting with skills and knowledge that extend beyond growing to include marketing, sales, … | Michael Ableman | 130 | 2020 | View |
![]() Fight BackWorkplace Justice for Immigrants |
Displacement of people, migration, immigration and the demand for labour are connected to the fundamental restructuring of capitalism and to the reduction of working class power through … | Aziz Choudry; Jill Hanley | 128 | 2009 | View |
![]() Haircuts by Children and Other Evidence for a New Social Contract |
A cultural planner's immodest proposal: change how we think about children and we just might change the world. We live in an 'adultitarian' state, where the rules are based on … | Darren O'Donnell | 218 | 2018 | View |
![]() Hollow Work, Hollow Society?Globalization and the Casual Labour Problem in Canada |
More and more people in Canada and other Western countries are now working at part-time, short-term and other casual jobs. People are now asking: What happened to full-time employment? Why is … | Dave Broad | 112 | 2000 | View |
![]() If You’re In My Way, I’m WalkingThe Assault on Working People Since 1970 |
“If you’re in my way I’m walking.” This arrogant statement by former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on the occasion of his physical altercation with a protester in … | Thom Workman | 160 | 2005 | View |
![]() Labour in Canada Cracking Labour’s Glass CeilingTransforming Lives Through Women's Unison Education |
Although the health of the trade union movement may rest on its ability to include women in membership and leadership, little attention has been paid to women-only labour education. This original … | Adriane Paavo; Cindy Hanson; Sisters in Labour Education | 144 | 2019 | View |
![]() Labour Under AttackAnti-Unionism in Canada |
This multi-disciplinary edited collection critically examines the causes and effects of anti-unionism in Canada. Primarily through a series of case studies, the book’s contributors document … | Larry Savage; Stephanie Ross | 150 | 2018 | View |