Labour Studies

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Envisioning Equality

Envisioning Equality

Analogous Grounds and Farm Workers’ Experience of Discrimination

From: Constitutional Labour Rights in Canada

Discusses equality regarding farmworkers and their experiences of discimination, placing considerable focus on constructing agricultural workers on the margins, Dunmore‘s substantive … 30 $3.00 Add
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Epilogue
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Epilogue

From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks

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 … 18 $1.80 Add
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Escaping the Burrow

Escaping the Burrow

From: The Age of Insecurity

In this chapter, Taylor examines how commercial insurance moved from collective security to individual risk, examining Kafka’s early twentieth- century work in Prague, the industry’s … 56 $5.60 Add
Essential Work Disposable Workers

Essential Work Disposable Workers

Migration, Capitalism, and Class

Across the world we are witnessing daily the lethal effects of a rapid and scary hardening of borders, ignited and justified by manufactured fear and scarcity. In such conditions, highly … 230 View
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Evaluating New Ideas for Your New Society

Evaluating New Ideas for Your New Society

From: Curing Affluenza

Chapter 8 examines how to enact social change, discussing topics including community influence, policies and lobbying, democracy, laws and budgets, examples of tackling affluenza through a … 40 $4.00 Add
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Every Little Act of Cruelty
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Every Little Act of Cruelty

From: This Has Always Been a War

In “Every Little Act of Cruelty” the author explores their relationship with their father. Discussing anger, violence, fear, trauma, secrets, inheritance, mental illness, and abuse. 24 $2.40 Add
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Every Single Penny

Every Single Penny

From: Rock Paper Sex

The firsthand account of a bartender in a strip club in St. John’s Newfoundland. A discussion of the culture of stripping and erotic dance, as well as an individual’s account of the … 7 $0.70 Add
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Everyone is Scamming

Everyone is Scamming

From: Rock Paper Sex

The firsthand account of a sex worker in St. John’s Newfoundland named Matt. A discussion about the experience of being a disabled sex worker. Topics include safety, pay rates, and legal … 9 $0.90 Add
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Excerpts from W.A. Pritchard's Address to the Jury, March 23-24, 1920

Excerpts from W.A. Pritchard’s Address to the Jury, March 23-24, 1920

From: Winnipeg 1919

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 42 $4.20 Add
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Facilitation Training for Union Women

Facilitation Training for Union Women

The Saskatchewan Experience

From: Labour in Canada Cracking Labour's Glass Ceiling

Chapter One discusses course facilitation at the Prairie School for Union Women. Adriane and Barb have both designed and led facilitation-training courses at the school, and their passion and … ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Fair Trade and the Empire of Tea

Fair Trade and the Empire of Tea

From: Humanizing the Economy

Fair Trade and Co-operation The Fair Trade Network Tea The Small Organic Farmers Association Fair Trade on the Ground The Seductions of Success Beyond Commodities – Going Global The Future … 33 $3.30 Add
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Family Comes First

Family Comes First

From: Breaking the Word Barrier

Laurie Glenn Norris recounts the story of Myrtle. The chapter discusses her upbringing, foster care, her Indigenous identity, being a mother, family, being illiterate and navigating a city, … 6 $0.60 Add
Farm the City

Farm the City

A Toolkit for Setting up a Successful Urban Farm

Urban farming has the power to change diets, economies, and lives. Yet starting an urban farm can seem daunting with skills and knowledge that extend beyond growing to include marketing, sales, … 130 View