Labour Studies

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Other Working-Class Movement Organizations

Other Working-Class Movement Organizations

From: Canadian Labour in Crisis

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Outcomes and Opportunities

Outcomes and Opportunities

From: The Age of Increasing Inequality

Equalizing opportunity does not necessarily equalize outcomes. However, inequality of outcomes implies inequality of opportunity since the children of affluent parents inherit human capital and … 20 $2.00 Add
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Outcomes and opportunities
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Outcomes and opportunities

From: The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada

In this chapter, the author asks to what extent we as a society should be concerned about factors affecting inequality of opportunity (such as race, ethnicity, gender, class) or instead about … 26 $2.60 Add
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PART 1 - Developing the Quebec Cotton Industry

PART 1 – Developing the Quebec Cotton Industry

Girls and Women Wanted

From: Through the Mill

This chapter explores the early days of the Quebec cotton textile industry, starting around 1844-78. It covers key figures, companies, and regions of Quebec in this industry’s establishment … 39 $3.90 Add
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PART 1 - Fighting Back

PART 1 – Fighting Back

Workplace Activism

From: Through the Mill

This chapter looks at workplace activism and labour groups, and how women were treated by and excluded from these groups. It looks at the demographics of female workers and intersecting … 32 $3.20 Add
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PART 1 - Mill Life

PART 1 – Mill Life

From: Through the Mill

This chapter explores the reality of those who worked in the mills. It covers child labour, the hours for workers, wages, workplace safety, and the issue of abusive foremen for female workers. 32 $3.20 Add
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PART 2 - Dominating the Canadian Cotton Industry

PART 2 – Dominating the Canadian Cotton Industry

From: Through the Mill

This chapter explores the cotton textile industry’s evolution after the first world war, and specifically women’s experiences during this period. It covers the experiences of families … 47 $4.70 Add
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PART 2 - New Technologies, Old Problems

PART 2 – New Technologies, Old Problems

Working Conditions and Wages

From: Through the Mill

This chapter explores the working conditions and wages throughout the 20th century for workers in the Quebec cotton textile industry. It looks at child labour, hours, working conditions, wages, … 51 $5.10 Add
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PART 2 - Struggling for Change in a Man's World

PART 2 – Struggling for Change in a Man’s World

From: Through the Mill

This chapter explores evolutions in the labour movement and the involvement and experiences of women in this movement throughout the 20th century. It looks at the experiences of working class … 62 $6.20 Add
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Part Four
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Part Four

Towards Strengthening the Movement

From: The Point is To Change the World

This reading consists of the following essays: Gender, Race, and Class: A Perspective on the Contemporary Caribbean Struggle [2009] ; 25 $2.50 Add
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Part One: Section I
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Part One: Section I

The Good and Bad of Some Earlier Feminist and Left Organizing in the Region

From: The Point is To Change the World

This reading consists of the following essays: The Angle You Look from Determines What You See: Towards a Critique of Feminist Politics and Organizing in the Caribbean [2002] – The Historic … ; 55 $5.50 Add