Labour Studies

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Children vs. Mammalian Diving Reflex

From: Haircuts by Children and Other Evidence for a New Social Contract

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In this chapter, the author unpacks the insights that emerged from collaborations between the Mammalian Diving Reflex company and projects with children. He describes the collaboration method … 42 $4.20 Add
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Chronology of the Main Events of the Winnipeg General Strike

From: Winnipeg 1919

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A day-by-day summary of the events of the strike, from May 1-June 26, 1919 3 $0.30 Add
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Confronting Limits, Pushing Boundaries

LGBTQ Education and Activism

From: Labour in Canada Cracking Labour's Glass Ceiling

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Donna Smith takes a reflective stance on her work in labour education as a lesbian woman. She explains the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer activism in the labour movement … 8 $0.80 Add
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Envisioning Equality

Analogous Grounds and Farm Workers’ Experience of Discrimination

From: Constitutional Labour Rights in Canada

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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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Fierce Farming Women

From: The Color of Food

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Portrait 1: Alabama Strong. Sandra Simone, Huckleberry Hill Farm Portrait 2: American Indian Mothers. Beverly Collins-Hall, American Indian Mother and Three Sisters Farm Portrait 3: Sisters. … 38 $3.80 Add
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Fishing for Need and Not for Greed

Women, Men and the Fish Workers' Movement in India

From: Changing Tides

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Gunboat Ed

From: The Fire and the Ashes

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In this chapter, Jackson discusses his time with the federal NDP caucus, then led by Ed Broadbent. 6 $0.60 Add
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I Am a Businesswoman

From: Rock Paper Sex, Volume II

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In this chapter, the author interviews a young woman who works in an adult massage parlour. While she feels like an empowered business woman, she also believes that non-consensual interactions … 13 $1.30 Add
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Inequality from the Bottom Up

From: The Age of Increasing Inequality

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As average incomes increase in a society, many cheap goods become unavailable and the cost of living for poor people rises. Although different poverty line methodologies produce somewhat … 23 $2.30 Add
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Involved Dads

Obstacles and Prejudice

From: Motherhood, The Mother of All Sexism

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This chapter explores the expectations and social constructions that constrain and shame involved fathers. I discusses barriers to fathers taking paternity leave, the established perceived role … 28 $2.80 Add
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Jobs and bodies

From: Bent out of Shape

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Managing Migration

From: Essential Work Disposable Workers

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This chapter examines how, since 2006, Canada has constructed an immigration regime that centres temporary migrant labour — the ideal immigration regime in service of global capitalism. … 13 $1.30 Add
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Marx, Feminism, and the Construction of the Commons

From: Patriarchy of the Wage

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This chapter asks: What tools, principles, and ideas can Marxism bring to feminist theory and politics in our time? Can we think today of a relation between Marxism and feminism other than the … 25 $2.50 Add