Labour Studies
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From  Unions and Political Action |
- | Errol Black; Jim Silver; Larry Savage; Stephanie Ross | 20 | 2004 | $2.00 Add |
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From  UnsustainableFrom: Fixing Fashion |
Unsustainable begins with a case study of water pollution from a textile mill in China, owned by a Hong Kong company. Then it considers sustainable trade and programs like the Better Cotton … | Michael Lavergne | 32 | 2015 | $3.20 Add |
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From  We’re All Keynesians – AgainFrom: Bankrupticies & Bailouts |
- | Lynne Fernandez | 16 | 2009 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! What Are the Alternatives?From: Solidarity Beyond Bars |
Chapter Five considers the alternatives to the existing forms of prison labour in Canada and considers proposals ranging from abolition and privatization to prisoners’ co-ops and sole … | Asaf Rashid; Jordan House | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Which Side Are You On?Between Yellow Vests and Migrant Rights in the New Saskatchewan From: Divided |
This chapter highlights how policy makers responded to public cases of foreign worker exploitation and took seriously the state of precarity that defines migrant labour. | Andrew Stevens | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Work and Human Dignity |
This chapter looks at how we assign value to people based on their jobs and how basic income could end that way of measuring the value of humans. | Evelyn L. Forget | 21 | 2020 | $2.10 Add |
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From Aid for TradeFrom: Fixing Fashion |
The chapter Aid for Trade takes a look at the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement over 20 years, considering who has benefitted. It also analyzes statistics and outcomes by country, … | Michael Lavergne | 13 | 2015 | $1.30 Add |
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From  Appendix 1. The Performance Work of Mammalian Diving Reflex and Darren O’Donnell in Collaboration with Children and Young PeopleFrom: Haircuts by Children and Other Evidence for a New Social Contract |
This appendix lists and describes in chronological order the author’s collaborations with children and young people. | Darren O'Donnell | 16 | 2018 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Are Generation Y/Millennial Parents More Equal? |
This chapter looks at current gender roles and divisions of domestic/parental labour and asks whether we are on a good path towards equality. The author tries to get to the root of inequality for … | Marilyse Hamelin | 12 | 2018 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Change for Good ResponsibilityChapter 6 From: Change for Good |
Chapter 6 explores why taking more responsibility for the social welfare of your employees and your communities is foundational to the Change for Good approach. The chapter discusses topics … | Paul Klein | 23 | 2022 | $2.30 Add |
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From  Chapter 5Counterattack |
Chapter five examines the emerging response of the state and private employers to the new working-class militancy of the 1970s. It considers the introduction of wage and price controls, … | Charles Smith; Craig Heron | 26 | 2020 | $2.60 Add |
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From  Chapter 7The Quest for Dignity From: Somebodies and Nobodies |
Indignity signals an abuse of power—or put the other way round, the abuse of power is incompatible with the principle of inviolate human dignity. Rooting out rankism therefore represents an … | Robert W. Fuller | 12 | 2004 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Decision and ChoiceThe Efficient Unconscious and the Effort of Intention From: The Power Manual |
Decision and Choice, introduces the idea that the key lever in interactions is choice, the power to choose for oneself and, very carefully, others — more broadly, the ability to make … | Cyndi Suarez | 5 | 2018 | $0.50 Add |
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From  Farming Ecologically: The NFU in OntarioFrom: Frontline Farmers |
The sixth chapter looks more closely at the role of the NFU in Ontario, especially in its work to promote environmentally sustainable practices. Interviews are with Dianne Dowling, Peter Dowling, … | Bryan Dale | 20 | 2019 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Franco-Americans Come to BrunswickSECTION TWO - The other side of the cotton From: A Distinct Alien Race |
This chapter continues to trace the history of Franco-Americans from the middle to the end of the 19th century in New England. It looks at Franco-American/Canadiens experiences and communities, … | David Vermette | 17 | 2018 | $1.70 Add |
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From  From Farm to Table |
This chapter demonstrates the growing size and power of the food industry in the global economy across its supply chains. Capital-intensive farming, food-processing and major food retailers and … | Mostafa Henaway | 17 | 2012 | $1.70 Add |
