Labour & Labour Unions
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From  Introduction to the Second EditionFrom: Winnipeg 1919 |
Norman Penner discusses the impact that the first edition of Winnipeg 1919 had upon its publication in 1973 and the role that the Winnipeg strike has had in shaping the Canadian labour movement … | Norman Penner | 5 | 2019 | $0.50 Add |
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From Introduction to the Third EditionFrom: Winnipeg 1919 |
Christo Aivalis provides a summary of the role Winnipeg 1919 has played since the publication of its first edition in 1973, as well how the events of the strike shaped to Canadian labour movement … | Christo Aivalis | 14 | 2019 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Introduction Union Women’s Learning |
Adriane Paavo; Cindy Hanson | 6 | 2019 | $0.60 Add | |
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From  Krafting a Boycott: NFU Takes on a Corporate GiantFrom: Frontline Farmers |
The second chapter looks at the development and experiences of interviewed farmers of the 1971 boycott on Kraft products. The interviews are with Dan Kossick and Barbara Campbell. | Carla Fehr | 21 | 2019 | $2.10 Add |
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From  Labour at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century |
Canadian Unions had a rough ride over the decade and a half after the mid-1990s The state and business initiatives that had sapped labour’s strength continued and had forced the labour … | Craig Heron | 23 | 2012 | $2.30 Add |
Labour in Canada Cracking Labour’s Glass CeilingTransforming Lives Through Women's Unison Education |
Although the health of the trade union movement may rest on its ability to include women in membership and leadership, little attention has been paid to women-only labour education. This original … | 144 | View | ||
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From  NEW! Labour’s Agenda in a Period of ReactionFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
In this chapter, Jackson examines CLC policies in the 1980s and 1990s, which struck a balance between inward-looking economic nationalism, regulating access to domestic markets, and a more … | Andrew Jackson | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
 Law at WorkThe Coercion and Co-option of the Working Class |
This book uncovers how the legal system, through its structures and mechanisms, legitimizes and reinforces the exploitation of workers. Using historic and contemporary examples, Glasbeek … | Harry Glasbeek | 354 | 2024 | View |
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From Leaders for TomorrowPutting Diverse Leadership in ETFO |
Chapter Eight, by Carol Zavitz, with staff in the Equality and Women’s Services department at the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, describes the structure and analyzes the … | Carol Zavitz | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |
 NEW! Leading ProgessThe Professional Institute of the Public Service Canada, 1920–2020 |
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 |
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From  Lessons and Legacy |
In this chapter, Leah examines how the 1937 Oshawa General Motors strike illustrates how rank-and-file workers, including a prominent group of women, won through dense steward representation and … | Tony Leah | 7 | 2024 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! “Life Against the Dollar” |
This chapter examines the 1969–1971 leadership of Toronto’s concrete forming union, Local 183, as well as protests against Ontario’s Bill 167. | Gilberto Fernandes | 12 | 2026 | $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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NEW! Militants, Mobsters and MavericksThe Men Who Built Modern Toronto in the 1960s–70s |
This is a gripping look at the underbelly of Toronto’s explosive postwar growth in the 1960s and 1970s, at a time when labour leaders, politicians, contractors and crime figures battled for … | Gilberto Fernandes | 384 | 2026 | View |
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From  NEW! Neoliberal Politics: Transforming Conservatism |
In this chapter, Himelfarb examines how the economic upheaval of the 1970s and 1980s allowed neoliberal ideas to reshape conservative politics in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. | Alex Himelfarb | 19 | 2026 | $1.90 Add |
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From Notes on Sources, Bibliography, Appendices |
This chapter includes, notes, bibliography, and appendices. | Tony Leah | 49 | 2024 | $4.90 Add |
