Labour Movement

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! Class War Waged from Above, 1975–2000 From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, Palmer examines the decline of Canadian labour movement from the 1970s to the 1990s. Provincial government officials fought civil servants over wages and weakened unions’ …	Bryan D. Palmer	13	2026	$1.30 Add
From NEW! Class War Waged from Below, 1960–75 From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, Palmer describes how younger workers in the 1960s-70s challenged union hierarchies through direct job action and spontaneous strikes. He details how Canadian postal employees …	Bryan D. Palmer	8	2026	$0.80 Add
From Climate Change and Labour in the Energy Sector From: Climate@Work View Fernwood Publishing		John Calvert; Marjorie Griffin Cohen	29	2013	$2.90 Add
From Climate Change and Work and Employment in the Canadian Postal and Courier Sector From: Climate@Work View Fernwood Publishing		Geoff Bickerson; Meg Gingrich; Sarah Ryan	16	2013	$1.60 Add
From Climate, Work and Labour: The International Context The International Context From: Climate@Work View Fernwood Publishing		Carla Lipsig-Mummé	20	2013	$2.00 Add
Climate@Work Fernwood Publishing	Climate@Work addresses this deficit by systematically tackling the question of the impact of climate change on work and employment and by analyzing Canada’s conservative silence towards …	Carla Lipsig-Mummé	200	2013	View
From NEW! Concrete City From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter explores Toronto’s concrete transformation during the 1960s and 1970s, a period when immigrant workers and architectural innovation reshaped the city’s skyline.	Gilberto Fernandes	13	2026	$1.30 Add
From Counterattack From: The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History View James Lorimer and Company	Traces the vigorous counterattack from the state and capital to weaken Canadian unions permanently	Craig Heron	26	2012	$2.60 Add
From NEW! Daisy From: Seven Days in Halifax View Formac Publishing	In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Four of Halifax’s 1970 "Encounter on Urban Environment," focusing on Black communites. He highlights the testimony of Haligonian …	Robert Ashe	12	2025	$1.20 Add
From NEW! DIY Defunding the Police How Winnipeg Sex Workers Stopped the Police from Taking Drivers’ Money From: Disarm, Defund, Dismantle View Between The Lines	In DIY Defunding the Police the Sex Workers of Winnipeg Action Coalition (SWWAC) a volunteer collective made up of sex workers, activists, and other allies, advocates for the decriminalization …	Sex Workers of Winnipeg Action Coalition	6	2022	$0.60 Add
From NEW! Dramatis Personae and Prologue From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks View James Lorimer and Company	This prologue introduces the men and organizations that shaped Toronto’s building trades during the 1960s and 1970s. Fernandes recounts the Hogg’s Hollow tunnel fire of March 17, …	Gilberto Fernandes	12	2026	$1.20 Add
From NEW! Envisioning Collective Bargaining Rights for Renters From: Dispatches from the Threshold View Fernwood Publishing	In this chapter, the authors examine the Rent Strike Bargain campaign, launched in 2020, which seeks collective bargaining rights for renters in British Columbia amid a severe eviction and …	Pierce Nettling; Rebecca Kantwerg	9	2025	$0.90 Add
From NEW! Epilogue From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter traces the evolution of Toronto’s Local 183 construction union from the 1960s through 2025, examining how figures like Gerry Gallagher, Charlie Irvine, and John Stefanini …	Gilberto Fernandes	18	2026	$1.80 Add
From Excerpts from W.A. Pritchard’s Address to the Jury, March 23-24, 1920 From: Winnipeg 1919 View James Lorimer and Company	Excerpts from W.A Pritchard’s address to the Jury March 23-24, 1920. Pritchard was one of eight indifiduals prosecuted for seditious conspiracy in the aftermath of the Winnipeg General Strike	Norman Penner	42	2019	$4.20 Add
From Unifor From: A New Kind of Union View James Lorimer and Company	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
From Foreword From: A New Kind of Union View James Lorimer and Company	Jerry Dias, president of Unifor, overviews why Unifor is an important institution in Canadian labour and briefly documents his experience in its foundation.	Jerry Dias	4	2019	$0.40 Add