Labour & Labour Unions

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From How to Reinvent the Movement? From: Canadian Labour in Crisis View Fernwood Publishing		David Camfield	31	2011	$6.20 Add
From NEW! “I Built an Empire” From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter examines how John Stefanini reshaped Local 183, a construction labourers’ union, during the mid-1970s.	Gilberto Fernandes	14	2026	$1.40 Add
From NEW! “I Didn’t Want to Die on the Saddle” From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks View James Lorimer and Company	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
From Index From: Winnipeg 1919 View James Lorimer and Company		Norman Penner	8	2019	$0.80 Add
From NEW! Injury, Illness and Death From: Solidarity Beyond Bars View Fernwood Publishing	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
From Inside the Unions: Organizational Life From: Canadian Labour in Crisis View Fernwood Publishing		David Camfield	13	2011	$2.60 Add
From Inspiring Re-Generation of Farming: NFU Youth From: Frontline Farmers View Fernwood Publishing	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
From NEW! Into a New Century, 2000-09 From: Leading Progess View Between The Lines	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
From Canada’s Union From: A New Kind of Union View James Lorimer and Company	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
From Introduction From: Winnipeg 1919 View James Lorimer and Company	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
From NEW! Introduction From: Leading Progess View Between The Lines		Jason Russell	7	2020	$0.70 Add
From NEW! Introduction Prison Labour and Punishment From: Solidarity Beyond Bars View Fernwood Publishing	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
From Introduction From: The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History View James Lorimer and Company	Uses fictional names to exemplify the particular movements that the book discusses. A short concise history of the labour movement in Canada and what we need to understand about it in the social …	Craig Heron	13	2012	$1.30 Add
From Introduction From: Law at Work View Between The Lines	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
From Introduction From: The Truth About the '37 Oshawa GM Strike View bar	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
From Introduction From: Canadian Labour in Crisis View Fernwood Publishing		David Camfield	8	2011	$1.60 Add