Labour & Labour Unions
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From  NEW! The Case for Prisoners’ Labour UnionsFrom: Solidarity Beyond Bars |
Chapter Six takes up the question of prisoners’ unions in more detail and looks to actual examples/past experiments in unionization. This chapter discusses the successful unionization of … | Asaf Rashid; Jordan House | 35 | 2022 | $3.50 Add |
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From  NEW! The Divided House of LabourFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
In this chapter, Jackson examines the Canadian Labour Congress, which appointed him senior economist on May Day 1989. He suggests that the CLC is a fragile body compared with central labour … | Andrew Jackson | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From  The Heenan DisclosureFrom: Winnipeg 1919 |
An overview of Liberal MP Peter Heenan’s disclosure of documents relating to the strike to parliament on June 2, 1926 | Norman Penner | 2 | 2019 | $0.20 Add |
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From  The Roots of Today’s Problems |
- | David Camfield | 21 | 2011 | $4.20 Add |
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From  UniforFrom: A New Kind of Union |
Describes the concrete steps that were taken in 2013 as Unifor began to take shape, including the naming and logo design process, decisions on leadership and finalizing policy. Documents the … | Fred Wilson | 41 | 2019 | $4.10 Add |
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From  A New Agenda for Labour |
Assesses the emerging agenda for labour in the hostile climate of the 1990s | Craig Heron | 11 | 2012 | $1.10 Add |
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From Address of Peter Heenan to the House of Commons, June 2, 1920From: Winnipeg 1919 |
Liberal MP Peter Heenan’s address to the House of Commons on June 2, 1926, in which he disclosed the contents of documents relating to the government’s response to the 1919 Winnipeg … | Norman Penner | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |
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From NEW! An Uneasy MarriageFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
This chapter examines the marriage of labour and social democracy in Canada, which dates to the founding of the New Democratic Party in 1961. He suggests that the NDP has moderated its … | Andrew Jackson | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 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  NEW! ConclusionFrom: Leading Progess |
In the concluding chapter, Russell suggests that the key moment in PIPSC’s history occurred in 1967, when the Public Service Staff Relations Act allowed federal public servants to unionize. | Jason Russell | 16 | 2020 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! ConclusionAnd Justice for All? From: Solidarity Beyond Bars |
The Conclusion "And Justice for All?" reflects on the injustices faced by prisoners — as workers and in general — it is urgent that those who believe in principles of social … | Asaf Rashid; Jordan House | 12 | 2022 | $1.20 Add |
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From Looking Forward – Why Reinvent the Movement? |
- | David Camfield | 19 | 2011 | $3.80 Add |
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From  Saving the Prison Farms: Cows, Community and Civil DisobedienceFrom: Frontline Farmers |
The seventh chapter looks at the formation of the coalition Save Our Prison Farms in Ontario to prevent closure of prison farms, with interviews with Dianne Dowling, Aric McBray, Andrew McCann, … | Asha Nelson | 19 | 2019 | $1.90 Add |
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From  UnionsTheir Role in Democracy and Prosperity From: Canada after Harper |
Lynne Fernandez then recounts how neoliberal government and corporate practices have weakened unions and violated their fundamental rights. | Lynne Fernandez | 25 | 2015 | $2.50 Add |
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From  What Difference Do Unions Make? |
- | Errol Black; Jim Silver; Larry Savage; Stephanie Ross | 16 | 2004 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Wild in MassachusettsLeadership Development for a Changing Labour Movement |
Dale Melcher, Tess Ewing and Susan Winning, labour educators based at the University of Massachusetts, examine best practices and challenges of the Women’s Institute for Leadership … | Dale Melcher; Susan Winning; Tess Ewing | 18 | 2019 | $1.80 Add |
