Labour & Labour Unions
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From  Regina V. Polk Women’s Labor Leadership ConferenceWhole Body, Whole-life Struggle |
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 |
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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  NEW! ScareFrom: Seven Days in Halifax |
In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of the final live TV session of Halifax’s 1970 "Encounter on Urban Environment," as panelists prepared for their final presentation. … | Robert Ashe | 10 | 2025 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Sciopero! Sciopero! |
This chapter recounts the 1960 construction workers’ strike in Toronto, led by Italian-Canadian labourers seeking union recognition. Triggered by the Hogg’s Hollow disaster and unsafe … | Gilberto Fernandes | 13 | 2026 | $1.30 Add |
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From  Setting the Stage |
In this chapter, Leah traces the transformation of Canadian auto industry labour organizing from 1934 to the 1937 General Motors strike in Oshawa, Ontario. | Tony Leah | 27 | 2024 | $2.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Social Democracy and LabourFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
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 BarsUnionizing 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 | ||
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From  NEW! Starting as Professionals, 1920-1969From: Leading Progess |
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 |
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From NEW! Stepping Up to a Larger Union Stage, 2010-19From: Leading Progess |
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 |
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From Stopping Monsanto: Coalition Building Against rBGH and GM WheatFrom: Frontline Farmers |
The third chapter examines the NFU’s work in building a coalition against Monsanto and genetically modified crops and bovine growth hormone. Interviews are with Peter Dowling, Lucy … | Carla Fehr | 26 | 2019 | $2.60 Add |
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From  Suggested Further Readings and Resources |
David Camfield | 2 | 2011 | $0.40 Add | |
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From NEW! “Sweat the Evil Out”The Evolution of Canadian Prison Labour From: Solidarity Beyond Bars |
Chapter Four places the contemporary Canadian prison system into a historical context. This chapter examines the role of prison labour in the founding of the Canadian prison system, how prison … | Asaf Rashid; Jordan House | 23 | 2022 | $2.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Tenant Organizing TodayFrom: The Tenant Class |
In this chapter, Ricardo examines the steps tenants can take to advocate for their rights. He discusses tenant unions, the power of organizing, and details various examples of grassroots tenant … | Ricardo Tranjan | 15 | 2023 | $1.50 Add |
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From NEW! The Allende of the NorthFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
This chapter examines the Dave Barrett NDP government of British Columbia, which was in power from 1972-1975. Jackson later worked with the BC NDP caucus as they tried to resist the resurgent … | Andrew Jackson | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! The Bellingham RiotFrom: White Riot |
In this chapter, Paul Englesberg describes the anti-Asian riots that took place in Washington State in 1907. Englesberg explores how the violent riots against the Punjabi labourers in Washington … | Paul Englesberg | 12 | 2023 | $1.20 Add |
 The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short HistoryThird Edition |
In The Canadian Labour Movement, historian Craig Heron tells the story of Canada’s workers from the mid-nineteenth century through to today, painting a vivid picture of key developments … | 252 | View |
