Labour Studies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Just-in-Time Workers for Just-in-Time Distribution From: Essential Work Disposable Workers View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter focuses on how the rise of just-in-time distribution, a sector of growing importance to global capitalism, has been fuelled with the rise of just-in-time employment — meaning a …	Mostafa Henaway	11	2023	$1.10 Add
From Just Transition From: Getting to Zero View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses how the shift away from carbon-heavy industries should and could be done in a socially just way to ensure workers in sunset industries, Indigenous People, and immigrants will not be …	Tony Clarke	30	2018	$3.00 Add
From Kara Swisher in Conversation with Rudyard Griffiths May 13, 2020 From: The World After Covid View House of Anansi Press	Kara Swisher and Rudyard Griffiths discuss Covid-19 and the role of big tech Silicon Valley in our society. Topics include the growing impact of technology on every aspect of our world, state …	Rudyard Griffiths	11	2021	$1.10 Add
From Keeping Global Capitalism Afloat From: Essential Work Disposable Workers View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter examines how remittances play a crucial role within global capitalism. Remittances reinforce a pattern of migration from the Global South to the North, increasingly necessary for …	Mostafa Henaway	9	2023	$0.90 Add
From Keeping on Track: Performance Indicators for a Better Society From: Curing Affluenza View Between The Lines	Chapter 6 explores the indicators of a better society, discussing topics including gross domestic product (GDP), economic growth, child literacy and health, and protections. It includes an …	Richard Denniss	25	2018	$2.50 Add
From Keynes Redux History Catches Up From: Bankrupticies & Bailouts View Fernwood Publishing		Radhika Desai	22	2009	$2.20 Add
From Kicking was the Whole Point From: Rock Paper Sex View Breakwater Books	The firsthand account of a young sex worker in St. Johns Newfoundland named Lori. The chapter includes a discussion of the factors that lead an individual to becoming a sex worker and includes …	Keri Cull	8	2017	$0.80 Add
From Krafting a Boycott: NFU Takes on a Corporate Giant From: Frontline Farmers View Fernwood Publishing	The second chapter looks at the development and experiences of interviewed farmers of the 1971 boycott on Kraft products. The interviews are with Dan Kossick and Barbara Campbell.	Carla Fehr	21	2019	$2.10 Add
From Labour at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century From: The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History View James Lorimer and Company	Canadian Unions had a rough ride over the decade and a half after the mid-1990s The state and business initiatives that had sapped labour’s strength continued and had forced the labour …	Craig Heron	23	2012	$2.30 Add
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
From Labour Rights A Democratic Counterweight to Growing Income Inequality in Canada From: Constitutional Labour Rights in Canada View Irwin Law Inc.	Discusses labour rights as a counterweight to growing income inequality in Canada, focusing on the use of Fraser an attempt to roll back BC Health Services, the role of the Charter of Rights and …	Derek Fudge	27	2012	$2.70 Add
Labour Under Attack Anti-Unionism in Canada	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 …		150		View
From NEW! Labour’s Agenda in a Period of Reaction From: The Fire and the Ashes View Between The Lines	In this chapter, Jackson examines CLC policies in the 1980s and 1990s, which struck a balance between inward-looking economic nationalism, regulating access to domestic markets, and a more …	Andrew Jackson	8	2021	$0.80 Add
From NEW! Last Word From: The Point is To Change the World View Between The Lines	This reading consists of the following essays: Walter Rodney’s Last Writing on and for the Guyanese Working People [2010]	Alissa Trotz; Andaiye	8	2020	$0.80 Add
Law at Work The Coercion and Co-option of the Working Class Between The Lines	This book uncovers how the legal system, through its structures and mechanisms, legitimizes and reinforces the exploitation of workers. Using historic and contemporary examples, Glasbeek …	Harry Glasbeek	354	2024	View
From Leaders for Tomorrow Putting Diverse Leadership in ETFO From: Labour in Canada Cracking Labour's Glass Ceiling View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter Eight, by Carol Zavitz, with staff in the Equality and Women’s Services department at the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, describes the structure and analyzes the …	Carol Zavitz	12	2019	$1.20 Add