Labour Studies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! The Allende of the North From: The Fire and the Ashes Preview Between The Lines	This chapter examines the Dave Barrett NDP government of British Columbia, which was in power from 1972-1975. Jackson later worked with the BC NDP caucus as they tried to resist the resurgent …	Andrew Jackson	8	2021	$0.80 Add
From The Giant Tamed From: The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History Preview James Lorimer and Company	Explores the slow, uphill battle to shake the solid hegemony of Canadian employers in industrial life in the two decades between the wars and then the breakthrough that took place at the end of …	Craig Heron	27	2012	$2.70 Add
From The Unprotected Worker and the Low-Wage Sphere From: If You're In My Way, I'm Walking Preview Fernwood Publishing	-	Thom Workman	20	2005	$3.20 Add
From The Vagina Monologues From: Rock Paper Sex Preview Breakwater Books	The firsthand account of a sex worker in St. John’s named Emily. She relays her experiences with clients, and her business approach. The chapter ends with a discussion about the toll that …	Keri Cull	11	2017	$1.10 Add
From To Make and Market From: Fixing Fashion Preview New Society Publishers	In To Make and Market, the author explains the clothing production and marketing processes through his experiences. He covers the following topics: structuring of large corporations such as Sara …	Michael Lavergne	41	2015	$4.10 Add
From Union Women on Turtle Island A Conversation From: Labour in Canada Cracking Labour's Glass Ceiling Preview Fernwood Publishing	Chapter Three explores the voices of Indigenous women who facilitated the course Union Women on Turtle Island. Cindy conducts an interview with Sandra Ahenekew and Yvonne Hotzak, who describe how …	Cindy Hanson; Sandra Ahenekew; Yvonne Hotzak	9	2019	$0.90 Add
From Why are Mothers Still the Default Parent? From: Motherhood, The Mother of All Sexism Preview Baraka Books	This chapter highlights and critiques the outdated social constructions and everyday sexism that continue to constrain mothers and fathers. It looks at the many challenges of parenthood typically …	Marilyse Hamelin	33	2018	$3.30 Add
From NEW! “Sweat the Evil Out” The Evolution of Canadian Prison Labour From: Solidarity Beyond Bars Preview Fernwood Publishing	Chapter Four places the contemporary Canadian prison system into a historical context. This chapter examines the role of prison labour in the founding of the Canadian prison system, how prison …	Asaf Rashid; Jordan House	23	2022	$2.30 Add
From Alphabet Soup From: Fixing Fashion Preview New Society Publishers	In Alphabet Soup, the author begins to examine his process of engaging with the darkers aspects of the global fashion industry, such as child labor, global trade agreements and their impacts, …	Michael Lavergne	36	2015	$3.60 Add
From An Afternoon of Aramaic From: Breaking the Word Barrier Preview Goose Lane Editions	Carol Knepper recounts the story of Jason. The story discusses dyslexia, the school system and disability, helplessness, hiding his condition, living with dyslexia, and finding motivation to …	Carol Knepper	5	2009	$0.50 Add
From NEW! Basic Income Comes to Ontario – But Briefly From: The Case for Basic Income Preview Between The Lines	This chapter covers the short-lived basic income project in Ontario, from it’s inception to its cancellation by the newly-elected Ford government.	Dr. Danielle Martin; Elaine Power; Jamie Swift	23	2021	$2.30 Add
From Canada and the Crisis From: Bankrupticies & Bailouts Preview Fernwood Publishing	-	Fletcher Baragar	30	2009	$3.00 Add
From NEW! Change for Good Risk Chapter 4 From: Change for Good Preview ECW Press	Chapter 4 explores how businesses can move past the risks they associate with doing too little or too much to help solve social problems and suggests ways that can help corporations find their …	Paul Klein	25	2022	$2.50 Add
From Chapter 3 The Giant Tamed From: The Canadian Labour Movement Preview James Lorimer and Company	This chapter considers the difficulties of organizing against employer hostility, relative state indifference, economic depression in the 1930s and then the emergence of vibrant new …	Charles Smith; Craig Heron	27	2020	$2.70 Add
From Chapter 4 People and Principles From: Farm the City Preview New Society Publishers	This chapter delves deeper into the staffing an urban farm. For Sole Food Street Farm, it is to create meaningful, healthy full-time jobs for people most in need of them, and this shapes all of …	Michael Ableman	15	2020	$1.50 Add
From Chapter 5 The Somebody Mystique From: Somebodies and Nobodies Preview New Society Publishers	Understanding the power of consensus, the tenacity of status quo, and the draw of belonging as the enemy of change and dismantling rank. Explores the human want for belonging and acceptance, and …	Robert W. Fuller	15	2004	$1.50 Add