Labour & Labour Unions

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
NEW! Leading Progess The Professional Institute of the Public Service Canada, 1920–2020 Between The Lines	On February 6, 1920, a small group of public service employees met for the first time to form a professional association. A century later, the Professional Institute of the Public Service Canada …	Jason Russell	272	2020	View
From Looking Forward – Why Reinvent the Movement? From: Canadian Labour in Crisis View Fernwood Publishing		David Camfield	19	2011	$3.80 Add
From NEW! Nothing Can Be Taken for Granted, 1990-1999 From: Leading Progess View Between The Lines	In this chapter, Russell details how PIPSC addressed the ideological changes of the 1990s, including a rightward shift in the Canadian political landscape, the growth of neoliberal policies, and …	Jason Russell	39	2020	$3.90 Add
From Organizing the Market: The Canadian Wheat Board From: Frontline Farmers View Fernwood Publishing	The fifth chapter considers the history and role of the Canadian Wheat Board, as well as its impacts on farmers with interviews with Fred Tait and Stewart Wells.	André Magnan	20	2019	$2.00 Add
From Other Working-Class Movement Organizations From: Canadian Labour in Crisis View Fernwood Publishing		David Camfield	3	2011	$0.60 Add
From Owning the Island: The Question of Land in Prince Edward Island From: Frontline Farmers View Fernwood Publishing	The eighth chapter considers the importance to farmers of owning land in Prince Edward Island, with interviews with Marie Burge, Doug Campbell, Gordon Carter, Alfred Fyfe, Wilfred Lacey, Edith …	Naomi Beingessner	20	2019	$2.00 Add
From Protecting Seeds From: Frontline Farmers View Fernwood Publishing	The fourth chapter looks at farmers’ right to save seeds, and how corporate consolidation in agriculture erodes this right, an integral part of food sovereignty. Interviews are with Terry …	Terran Giacomini	19	2019	$1.90 Add
From Rebuilding the House of Labour From: The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History View James Lorimer and Company	Presents the internal pressures and new dilemmas facing the labour movement today	Craig Heron	29	2012	$2.90 Add
From NEW! Recipe for a Renewed Economy From: The Fire and the Ashes View Between The Lines	This chapter details Jackson’s policy proposals for a green economy that is capable of sustaining future generations.	Andrew Jackson	12	2021	$1.20 Add
From Recounting the Past, Counting on the Future: Stories of the NFU From: Frontline Farmers View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter sets the stage, explaining the history and role of the National Farmers Union in Canada, as well as how the book is structured.	Nettie Wiebe	15	2019	$1.50 Add
From Regina V. Polk Women’s Labor Leadership Conference Whole Body, Whole-life Struggle From: Labour in Canada Cracking Labour's Glass Ceiling View Fernwood Publishing	In Chapter 6 Helena Worthen, now a retired professor from the University of Illinois Labor Education Program, discusses the Regina V. Polk Women’s Labor Leadership Conference, which she …	Helena Worthen	12	2019	$1.20 Add
From Saving the Prison Farms: Cows, Community and Civil Disobedience From: Frontline Farmers View Fernwood Publishing	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
From NEW! Social Democracy and Labour From: The Fire and the Ashes View Between The Lines	In this chapter, the author discusses the conditions and circumstances that labour movements faced during his career. Topics include the rise of student activism, the culture wars of the 1970s, …	Andrew Jackson	7	2021	$0.70 Add
NEW! Solidarity Beyond Bars Unionizing Prison Labour	Prisons don’t work, but prisoners do. Prisons are often critiqued as unjust, but we hear little about the daily labour of incarcerated workers — what they do, how they do it, who they …		180		View
From NEW! Starting as Professionals, 1920-1969 From: Leading Progess View Between The Lines	In this chapter, the author discusses how the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada emerged and changed along with Canada during its first fifty years, when major external and …	Jason Russell	27	2020	$2.70 Add
From NEW! Stepping Up to a Larger Union Stage, 2010-19 From: Leading Progess View Between The Lines	In this chapter, Russell explores how PIPSC dealt with issues and opportunities as it approached its hundred-year aniversary. PIPSC members confronted the Harper government’s muzzling of …	Jason Russell	34	2020	$3.40 Add