Labour Studies
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From Motherhood and the Job MarketThe Dominion of Discrimination |
This chapter begins to outline the systemic discrimination, wage loss, and job insecurity that women/mothers face in Quebec and beyond, drawing on multiple examples. It critiques the Quebec … | Marilyse Hamelin | 21 | 2018 | $2.10 Add |
From No One Knows Who to Trust |
In this chapter, the author interviews an Indigenous, female-identified sex worker who was featured in the first volume. This individual now has a regular day job, and engages in sex work four or … | Kerri Cull | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
From PART 1 – Mill LifeFrom: Through the Mill |
This chapter explores the reality of those who worked in the mills. It covers child labour, the hours for workers, wages, workplace safety, and the issue of abusive foremen for female workers. | Gail Cuthbert Brandt | 32 | 2018 | $3.20 Add |
From NEW! Part 2A Migrant Farm Worker From: Harvesting Freedom |
Part 2 discusses Gabriel Allahdua’s time working in a greenhouse in Leamington, Ontario, the "migrant farm worker capital of Canada", including the intense workplace conditions, … | Edward Dunsworth; Gabriel Allahdua | 61 | 2023 | $6.10 Add |
From NEW! Part One: Section IINotes on the Guyana Indian/African Race Divide, and on Organizing within and against it |
This reading consists of the following essays: 1964: The Rupture of Neighborliness and its Legacy for Indian/African Relations [2008; 2018] (with D. Alissa Trotz) – Organizing within and … | Alissa Trotz; Andaiye | 46 | 2020 | $4.60 Add |
From Planning for UniversityFrom: Campus Confidential |
Some information on planning for university and things they don’t tell you including: 9 The Million-Dollar Promise 10 You May Need Two Degrees 11 Ask for Help If You Need It 12 First … | Bill Morrison; Ken S. Coates | 27 | 2013 | $2.70 Add |
From Shame and silence in health careFrom: Bent out of Shape |
- | Karen Messing | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
From NEW! Structuring Collective ActionFrom: Class Action |
In Structuring Collective Action, Hanson explores the underlying structures behind the successful collective action achieved by Ontario School teachers since the early 1970’s. Topics … | Andy Hanson | 27 | 2021 | $2.70 Add |
From The "Creative Class" Creates a Global Urban ClashFrom: Shift Change |
In this chapter, the author examines the relationship between Hamilton and Toronto, and how these two once-divided cities are now closely intertwined. The chapter also explores gentrification in … | Stephen Dale | 53 | 2021 | $5.30 Add |
From The Complexities of Worker Anti-UnionismFrom: Labour Under Attack |
- | Stephanie Ross | 17 | 2018 | $1.70 Add |
From NEW! The Happy Family Game |
In “The Happy Family Game” the author reflects on their relationship with their family. Discussing the idea of a ‘happy family’, the nuclear family, family under … | Lori Fox | 21 | 2022 | $2.10 Add |
From The Roots of Organizing Agriculture Workers in Canada |
Describes the roots of organizing agriculture workers in Canada, focusing on the struggle of farm workers in Ontario to organize, union organizing, community building and the way forward for farm … | Wayne Hanley | 24 | 2012 | $2.40 Add |
From The Spoils of the Tar SandsFrom: Boom, Bust and Crisis |
- | John Peters | 13 | 2012 | $1.95 Add |
From The Word for Love |
Beth Powning recounts the story of Linda. The story discusses disability, adult literacy, and the Read Saint John program. | Beth Powning | 6 | 2009 | $0.60 Add |
From The Workers’ Revolt |
We find a new wave of organization and agitation rolling through the corportate capitalist world of the early 20th century this time involving both revived craft unions and a new more radical … | Craig Heron | 30 | 2012 | $3.00 Add |
From Union Activity Beyond the Contract |
- | David Camfield | 10 | 2011 | $2.00 Add |