Labour Studies

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Part Three: Section I

My Breast and Yours, and the Inequalities of Power

From: The Point is To Change the World

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This reading consists of the following essays: The War on Cancer as Seen by an Embattled Survivor [2017/2018] – Sister Survivor: For Audre Lorde [1992] ; 15 $1.50 Add
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Powerless and Powerful Identities

Hegemony and Supreme Power

From: The Power Manual

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Powerless and Powerful Identities, explores the space between Gramsci’s hegemony, the idea that the very acceptance of power as dominance renders one powerless, and the philosophy of … 11 $1.10 Add
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Precarious Work Requires Precarious Workers

From: Essential Work Disposable Workers

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This chapter specifically follows the rise of temporary placement agencies as a tool of employers to utilize undocumented, precarious and racialized migrants for capital. The shift from … 12 $1.20 Add
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Putting Feminism Back on its Feet

1984

From: Revolution at Point Zero

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The essays in part 1 of the book explore the theoretical foundations of the politicization of housework. These essays explore the wages against housework movement, the transactional nature of … 9 $0.90 Add
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Restoring the Canadian Left

From: If You're In My Way, I'm Walking

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Revolution Begins at Home: Rethinking Marx, Reproduction, and the Class Struggle

From: Patriarchy of the Wage

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This essay’s argument is divided in four parts. Part 1 examines the evidence and reasons for Marx’s undertheorization of “reproduction,” focusing on his reductive concept … 20 $2.00 Add
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Same, different, or understudied?

From: Bent out of Shape

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Sharing Parental Leave– A Radical Step?

From: Motherhood, The Mother of All Sexism

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Quebec is a trailblazer in North America when it comes to paternity leave, borrowing from a tried-and-true template popular in Scandinavian nations; however, fathers in Quebec are more hesitant … 30 $3.00 Add
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Tenant Organizing Today

From: The Tenant Class

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In this chapter, Ricardo examines the steps tenants can take to advocate for their rights. He discusses tenant unions, the power of organizing, and details various examples of grassroots tenant … 15 $1.50 Add
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The Biggest Roll-Back of Worker Rights in Canadian History

From: Boom, Bust and Crisis

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The Great Free Trade Debate

From: The Fire and the Ashes

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This chapter concerns the authors’ work on the free trade debates in 1988, which culminated in the edited collection The Free Trade Deal. 4 $0.40 Add
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The Moving Picture of Incomes

From: The Age of Increasing Inequality

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Inequality of annual incomes is like a snapshot of inequality, which only captures part of the moving picture of our fluctuating incomes. Lifetime income depends on career progression and whether … 20 $2.00 Add
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The Wall

Reflections on a Workshop Methodology

From: Labour in Canada Cracking Labour's Glass Ceiling

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Chapter Five is a retrospective on The Wall methodology by Bev Burke and Suzanne Doerge, long-time social-movement eduators who created the methodology to empower women to take action on … ; 19 $1.90 Add
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The Winnipeg General Sympathetic Strike May-June 1919 Prepared by the Defence Committee, Winnipeg, 1920

From: Winnipeg 1919

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An account of the 1919 Winnipeg General strike published by a group of labour organizers in the aftermath of the strike. 230 $23.00 Add
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Through Allan’s Eyes

From: Breaking the Word Barrier

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Evelyn Butcher recounts the story of Allan. The story discuss his time as an athlete, experience in the special Olympics, special needs classes and programs in schools, and wanting to go to college. 4 $0.40 Add