Labour & Labour Unions
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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 ![]() How Do Unions Work? |
Errol Black; Jim Silver; Larry Savage; Stephanie Ross | 16 | 2004 | $1.60 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! How the Past is Before Us: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Pipeline Protests, 2014–25 |
In this chapter, Palmer examines how capitalism and colonialism continue to shape economic policies in Canada across the provinces, paying particular attention to the continued failure to … | Bryan D. Palmer | 25 | 2026 | $2.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! “How to Finish the Job” |
This chapter examines the transformation of labour relations inOntario’s construction industry during the early 1970s, centring on Local 183’s business manager Stefanini and his … | Gilberto Fernandes | 13 | 2026 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() How to Reinvent the Movement? |
David Camfield | 31 | 2011 | $6.20 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! “I Built an Empire” |
This chapter examines how John Stefanini reshaped Local 183, a construction labourers’ union, during the mid-1970s. | Gilberto Fernandes | 14 | 2026 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! “I Didn’t Want to Die on the Saddle” |
This chapter traces the career of John Stefanini, the Italian-Canadian leader who built LIUNA Local 183 into North America’s largest construction union during the 1980s and early 1990s. | Gilberto Fernandes | 18 | 2026 | $1.80 Add |
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From ![]() IndexFrom: Winnipeg 1919 |
Norman Penner | 8 | 2019 | $0.80 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! Injury, Illness and DeathFrom: Solidarity Beyond Bars |
Chapter Three covers the subject of health and safety in Canadian prisons as it relates to general prison conditions and work. The chapter discusses how prisoners are excluded from health and … | Asaf Rashid; Jordan House | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() Inside the Unions: Organizational Life |
David Camfield | 13 | 2011 | $2.60 Add | |
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From ![]() Inspiring Re-Generation of Farming: NFU YouthFrom: Frontline Farmers |
The tenth chapter looks at young farmers, the generational decline in farming, and the barriers preventing younger farmers from accessing land and farming. Interviews are with Ayla Fenton, Matt … | Terran Giacomini | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Into a New Century, 2000-09From: Leading Progess |
This chapter describes how the PIPSC dealt with issues in the first decade of the 2000s, including Y2K and the globalization of computer systems, the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the Canadian war … | Jason Russell | 29 | 2020 | $2.90 Add |
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From ![]() Canada’s UnionFrom: A New Kind of Union |
Documents the immediate effect Unifor had on Canadian labour after its founding in 2013. Provides a brief overview of Unifor’s policies and how they affected Canadian labour and politics, … | Fred Wilson | 63 | 2019 | $6.30 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 ![]() NEW! IntroductionFrom: Leading Progess |
Jason Russell | 7 | 2020 | $0.70 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! IntroductionPrison Labour and Punishment From: Solidarity Beyond Bars |
The Introduction "Prison Labour and Publishment" discusses the current state of Canadian prisons and lives of its prisoners, the idea of “rehabilitation," prison labour … | Asaf Rashid; Jordan House | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |













