Labour Studies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! Inequality at the top From: The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, the author examines the implications of strong income growth at the very top of the income distribution scale in Canada.	Lars Osberg	34	2024	$3.40 Add
From Inequality from the Bottom Up From: The Age of Increasing Inequality View James Lorimer and Company	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 …	Lars Osberg	23	2018	$2.30 Add
From Inequality of Wealth From: The Age of Increasing Inequality View James Lorimer and Company	The inequality of wealth in Canada is far greater than the inequality of incomes — Canada’s top 40 families own more than the bottom 40% (6,186,000 households) do. For middle class …	Lars Osberg	23	2018	$2.30 Add
From NEW! Inequality of wealth From: The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, the author presents data on inequalities of wealth before the Covid-19 pandemic and outlines how the inequality of wealth and economic power increased in Canada throughout the …	Lars Osberg	30	2024	$3.00 Add
From Inequality, The Profit System and Global Crisis From: Bankrupticies & Bailouts View Fernwood Publishing		David McNally	14	2009	$1.40 Add
From NEW! Injury, Illness and Death From: Solidarity Beyond Bars View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter Three covers the subject of health and safety in Canadian prisons as it relates to general prison conditions and work. The chapter discusses how prisoners are excluded from health and …	Asaf Rashid; Jordan House	20	2022	$2.00 Add
From Inside the Unions: Organizational Life From: Canadian Labour in Crisis View Fernwood Publishing		David Camfield	13	2011	$2.60 Add
From Inspiring Re-Generation of Farming: NFU Youth From: Frontline Farmers View Fernwood Publishing	The tenth chapter looks at young farmers, the generational decline in farming, and the barriers preventing younger farmers from accessing land and farming. Interviews are with Ayla Fenton, Matt …	Terran Giacomini	17	2019	$1.70 Add
From International Trade Agreements and the Ontario Green Energy Act Opportunities and Obstacles From: Climate@Work View Fernwood Publishing		John Shields; Stephen McBride	16	2013	$1.60 Add
From NEW! Into a New Century, 2000-09 From: Leading Progess View Between The Lines	This chapter describes how the PIPSC dealt with issues in the first decade of the 2000s, including Y2K and the globalization of computer systems, the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the Canadian war …	Jason Russell	29	2020	$2.90 Add
From Canada’s Union From: A New Kind of Union View James Lorimer and Company	Documents the immediate effect Unifor had on Canadian labour after its founding in 2013. Provides a brief overview of Unifor’s policies and how they affected Canadian labour and politics, …	Fred Wilson	63	2019	$6.30 Add
From Introduction Causes and Expressions of Inequalities From: Sick and Tired View Fernwood Publishing		Stephanie Premji	7	2018	$0.70 Add
From Introduction From: The Age of Increasing Inequality View James Lorimer and Company	The history of economic inequality in Canada and briefly touches on the other forms of inequality that exist in Canada which would persist even if economic inequality was eliminated. Briefly …	Lars Osberg	18	2018	$1.80 Add
From Introduction From: The Power Manual View New Society Publishers	Why do power relations matter in social change, or for any of us who care about living the best life we can live? Because we have to be clear about the type of power we seek. We need power to …	Cyndi Suarez	4	2018	$0.40 Add
From Introduction From: The Canadian Labour Movement View James Lorimer and Company	Author Craig Heron introduces the reader to the broad outlines of economic and social development in Canada that helped to shape the Canadian labour movement since the mid-nineteenth century. It …	Charles Smith; Craig Heron	14	2020	$1.40 Add
From Introduction From: Winnipeg 1919 View James Lorimer and Company	Norman Penner provides a brief summary of the events of the strike and subsequent legal action and provides context for the documents that make up the text, as well as a disussion of the role …	Norman Penner	16	2019	$1.60 Add