Migrant Labour

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! The “Lucky” Ones From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter explores Toronto’s underground construction workers from the late 1940s through the 1970s. The chapter traces the deadly conditions faced by tunnellers building the Yonge and …	Gilberto Fernandes	16	2026	$1.60 Add
From NEW! “When the Thaw Comes” From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks View James Lorimer and Company	The Hogg’s Hollow tunnel disaster of March 17, 1960, in Toronto became a rallying point for exposing the exploitation of Italian immigrant construction workers. Frank Drea’s bold …	Gilberto Fernandes	9	2026	$0.90 Add
From Which Side Are You On? Between Yellow Vests and Migrant Rights in the New Saskatchewan From: Divided View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter highlights how policy makers responded to public cases of foreign worker exploitation and took seriously the state of precarity that defines migrant labour.	Andrew Stevens	17	2021	$1.70 Add
NEW! White Riot The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver Arsenal Pulp Press	White Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver explores the conditions leading up to and the impact of a demonstration and parade in Vancouver, Canada, organized by the Asiatic Exclusion …	Henry Tsang	192	2023	View

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