Labour Studies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Fishing for Need and Not for Greed Women, Men and the Fish Workers' Movement in India From: Changing Tides View Fernwood Publishing		Nalini Nayak	13	2005	$1.30 Add
Fixing Fashion Remaking the Way We Make, Market, and Buy Our Clothes New Society Publishers	With sales of more than US $500 billion a year, the fashion industry is one of the most important sectors of the global economy, employing millions of men, women, and often children in the …	Michael Lavergne	242	2015	View
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: Fixing Fashion View New Society Publishers	The foreword begins with a short history of the textile industry in the UK before looking to the ways the textile industry is still exploiting people, especially children around the world, …	Carry Somers	3	2015	$0.30 Add
From NEW! Foreword From: White Riot View Arsenal Pulp Press	The foreword to this book discusses the increase in Chinese and Japanese labourers immigrating to Vancouver, the building of Chinatown and Powell Street, and the racist ideology that led to the …	Patricia E. Roy	14	2023	$1.40 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
From Foreword and a Letter From: Motherhood, The Mother of All Sexism View Baraka Books	A Foreword and a Letter from the author entitled "Building on Quebec’s Experience in Parental Equality" for the English translation’s readers.	Marilyse Hamelin	10	2018	$1.00 Add
From Foreword / Introduction: Essential Yet Disposable From: Essential Work Disposable Workers View Fernwood Publishing	This section includes the foreword and introduction of this book. In the introduction, Mostafa Heneway describes the political landscape that facilitates the exploitation of migrant workers and …	Mostafa Henaway	14	2023	$1.40 Add
From Foreword to the Second Edition From: Winnipeg 1919 View James Lorimer and Company	W.A Pritchard, one of the eight tried for seditious conspiracy following the 1919 strike, recalls his role in the strike and discusses the importance of the book.	W.A. Pritchard	2	2019	$0.20 Add
From NEW! Forewords From: The Point is To Change the World View Between The Lines	This reading consists of the following forewords: Andaiye’s Radical Imagination—with Special Reference to Her Engagement with the Working People’s Alliance (Clem Seecharan) …	Alissa Trotz; Andaiye	32	2020	$3.20 Add
From NEW! Forward and On Basic Income by George Elliot Clark From: The Case for Basic Income View Between The Lines	In the forward, Dr. Martin links basic income to human health, and notes this link is more obvious than ever because of the COVID-19 pandemic.	Dr. Danielle Martin; George Elliot Clarke	8	2021	$0.80 Add
From Franco-Americans Come to Brunswick SECTION TWO - The other side of the cotton From: A Distinct Alien Race View Baraka Books	This chapter continues to trace the history of Franco-Americans from the middle to the end of the 19th century in New England. It looks at Franco-American/Canadiens experiences and communities, …	David Vermette	17	2018	$1.70 Add
From Franco-Americans Rescue King Cotton SECTION TWO - The other side of the cotton From: A Distinct Alien Race View Baraka Books	This chapter further explores Franco-American history and the role that this group played in the cotton textile industry in America. It discusses the early and later mass emigration movements …	David Vermette	31	2018	$3.10 Add
From NEW! Free But Not Free From: Wanda’s War View Goose Lane Editions	Chapter 11 further discusses the poor working conditions at the Dionne Spinning Mills as it drew attention from Canadian labour unions, including the Textile Workers Union (TWU). The chapter also …	Marsha Faubert	18	2023	$1.80 Add
From Free Markets and the Decline of Unions and Good Jobs From: Boom, Bust and Crisis View Fernwood Publishing		John Peters	39	2012	$5.85 Add
From NEW! From austerity to modesty Corporate kowtowing limits government tax reforms From: The Trudeau Record View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter looks at the Trudeau government’s record on taxes and progressive taxation.	D.T. Cochrane; Katrina Miller	19	2024	$1.90 Add