Labour Studies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
A New Kind of Union Unifor and the birth of the modern Canadian union James Lorimer and Company	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 Fernwood Publishing	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 Canadians From the Covid-19 Emergency to Financial Security for All James Lorimer and Company	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
Bent out of Shape Shame, Solidarity, and Women's Bodies at Work Between The Lines	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
Boom, Bust and Crisis Labour, Corporate Power and Politics in Canada Fernwood Publishing	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
Breaking the Word Barrier Stories of Adults Learning to Read Goose Lane Editions	In this compelling collection of first-person stories, adults who have made outstanding achievements in adult literacy were paired with writers to tell of their transition to reading. These are …	Angela Ranson; Marilyn Lerch	128	2009	View
Building a Better World Third Edition An Introduction to the Labour Movement in Canada Fernwood Publishing	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 Crisis Reinventing the Workers' Movement Fernwood Publishing	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 wage. And though many of us are members of …	David Camfield	108	2011	View
NEW! Change for Good An Action-Oriented Approach for Businesses to Benefit from Solving the World’s Most Urgent Social Problems ECW Press	An action-oriented approach for businesses to solve the world’s most urgent social problems — and benefit from doing so. More than a year into a global pandemic, profit and …	Paul Klein	274	2022	View
Changing Tides Gender, Fisheries and Globalization Fernwood Publishing	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; Christina Maneschy; Marian Binkley; Siri Gerrard	319	2005	View
NEW! Class Action How Ontario's Elementary Teachers Became a Political Force Between The Lines	In this inspiring history of a union, labour historian Andy Hanson delves deep into the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) and how it evolved from two deeply divided unions …	Andy Hanson	276	2021	View
Climate@Work Fernwood Publishing	Climate@Work 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
NEW! Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins 1500-1890 A New History for the Twenty-First Century James Lorimer and Company	Colonialism and Capitalism: A New History of Canada offers readers access to a clear-eyed understanding of Canada’s past, explaining how recently-acknowledged dark facts about our history are …	Bryan D. Palmer	444	2024	View
Constitutional Labour Rights in Canada Farm Workers and the Fraser Case Irwin Law Inc.	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
Curing Affluenza How to Buy Less Stuff and Save the World Between The Lines	Affluenza has not just changed the world, it has also changed the way we see the world. Short of money? Borrow some. Caught in the rain? Buy an umbrella. Thirsty? Buy a bottle of water and throw …	Richard Denniss	288	2018	View
NEW! Essential Work Disposable Workers Migration, Capitalism, and Class Fernwood Publishing	Across the world we are witnessing daily the lethal effects of a rapid and scary hardening of borders, ignited and justified by manufactured fear and scarcity. In such conditions, highly …	Mostafa Henaway	230	2023	View