Labour Studies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Fight Back Workplace Justice for Immigrants Fernwood Publishing	Displacement of people, migration, immigration and the demand for labour are connected to the fundamental restructuring of capitalism and to the reduction of working class power through …	Aziz Choudry; Jill Hanley; Steve Jordan	128	2009	View
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
Frontline Farmers Fernwood Publishing	Who grows the food we eat? How important is it that family farms are viable in Canada today and in the future? How do viable family farms help determine the safety, diversity and sustainability …	Annette Aurélie Desmarais	273	2019	View
Haircuts by Children and Other Evidence for a New Social Contract Coach House Books	A cultural planner's immodest proposal: change how we think about children and we just might change the world. We live in an 'adultitarian' state, where the rules are based on …	Darren O'Donnell	218	2018	View
NEW! Harvesting Freedom The Life of a Migrant Worker in Canada Between The Lines	In this singular firsthand account, a former migrant worker reveals a disturbing system of exploitation at the heart of Canada’s farm labour system. When Gabriel Allahdua applied to the …	Edward Dunsworth; Gabriel Allahdua	224	2023	View
Hollow Work, Hollow Society? Globalization and the Casual Labour Problem in Canada Fernwood Publishing	More and more people in Canada and other Western countries are now working at part-time, short-term and other casual jobs. People are now asking: What happened to full-time employment? Why is …	Dave Broad	112	2000	View
If You’re In My Way, I’m Walking The Assault on Working People Since 1970 Fernwood Publishing	“If you’re in my way I’m walking.” This arrogant statement by former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on the occasion of his physical altercation with a protester in …	Thom Workman	160	2005	View
Labour in Canada Cracking Labour’s Glass Ceiling Transforming Lives Through Women's Unison Education Fernwood Publishing	Although the health of the trade union movement may rest on its ability to include women in membership and leadership, little attention has been paid to women-only labour education. This original …	Adriane Paavo; Cindy Hanson; Sisters in Labour Education	144	2019	View
Labour Under Attack Anti-Unionism in Canada Fernwood Publishing	This multi-disciplinary edited collection critically examines the causes and effects of anti-unionism in Canada. Primarily through a series of case studies, the book’s contributors document …	Larry Savage; Stephanie Ross	150	2018	View
NEW! Leading Progess The Professional Institute of the Public Service Canada, 1920–2020 Between The Lines	On February 6, 1920, a small group of public service employees met for the first time to form a professional association. A century later, the Professional Institute of the Public Service Canada …	Jason Russell	272	2020	View
NEW! Making Sense of Society Power and Possibility Fernwood Publishing	Grounded in the sister disciplines of sociology and anthropology, this textbook is an accessible and critical introduction to contemporary social research. Alex Khasnabish eschews the common …	Alex Khasnabish	273	2022	View
Motherhood, The Mother of All Sexism A Plea for Parental Equality Baraka Books	Quebec spoils its families, according to some, with those “long” parental leaves—a full year for mothers (Imagine!)—well-subsidized childcare and more. Marilyse Hamelin …	Marilyse Hamelin	180	2018	View
Patriarchy of the Wage Notes on Marx, Gender, and Feminism Between The Lines	At a time when socialism is entering a historic crisis and we are witnessing a worldwide expansion of capitalist relations, a feminist rethinking of Marx’s work is vitally important. In …	Silvia Federici	144	2021	View
Rethinking the Politics of Labour in Canada 2nd ed. Fernwood Publishing	In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to re-establish the labour movement’s political capacity to exert collective power in ways that foster greater opportunity and equality for …	Larry Savage; Stephanie Ross	240	2021	View
Revolution at Point Zero Housework, Reproduction, and Feminist Struggle Between The Lines	Written between 1974 and 2012, Revolution at Point Zero collects forty years of research and theorizing on the nature of housework, social reproduction, and women’s struggles on this …	Silvia Federici	265	2020	View
Rock Paper Sex The Oldest Profession in Canada’s Oldest City Breakwater Books	St. John’s is known as a flourishing port city, a cultural gem, and popular tourist destination: a picturesque city of pubs and restaurants, music and colourful houses. But a thriving sex …	Keri Cull	232	2017	View