Labour Studies

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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
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Nothing Can Be Taken for Granted, 1990-1999

From: Leading Progess

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In this chapter, Russell details how PIPSC addressed the ideological changes of the 1990s, including a rightward shift in the Canadian political landscape, the growth of neoliberal policies, and … 39 $3.90 Add
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Organizing Against the Odds

Anti-Unionism in Niagara's Casino Gaming Sector

From: Labour Under Attack

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Ostarbeiter in Germany

From: Wanda’s War

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Chapter 4 discusses Wanda’s experience as a Ostarbeiter (eastern worker), one of the 1.6 million foreigner forced labourers used by the Nazi’s during the Second World War. The … 16 $1.60 Add
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Other Working-Class Movement Organizations

From: Canadian Labour in Crisis

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PART 2 – Dominating the Canadian Cotton Industry

From: Through the Mill

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This chapter explores the cotton textile industry’s evolution after the first world war, and specifically women’s experiences during this period. It covers the experiences of families … 47 $4.70 Add
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Part Two: Section II

Breaking the Frontier between Home and Street, Unwaged and Waged

From: The Point is To Change the World

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This reading consists of the following essays: Strike for a Millennium which Values all Women’s Work and all Women’s Lives: A Call to Action [2000] – The Impact of the IMF … ; 40 $4.00 Add
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Protecting Seeds

From: Frontline Farmers

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The fourth chapter looks at farmers’ right to save seeds, and how corporate consolidation in agriculture erodes this right, an integral part of food sovereignty. Interviews are with Terry … 19 $1.90 Add
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Seasonal Agricultural Workers

From: Fight Back

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Slogging towards Tomorrow

From: Shift Change

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This chapter examines the activities of the Hamilton Roundtable and other similar institutions, which sought to bridge the gaps between government, the non-profit sector, business, churches, and … 48 $4.80 Add
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Steel City Meltdown

From: Boom, Bust and Crisis

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Textiles in Brunswick – The First Half-Century

SECTION ONE - From ships’ captains to captains of industry

From: A Distinct Alien Race

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This chapter looks at cotton manufacturing in what is now the State of Maine. It touches on the stories of various influential businessmen, the history of the Cabot Manufacturing Company, and the … 15 $1.50 Add