Labour Studies

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Migrant Workers Fight for the Entire Working Class

Migrant Workers Fight for the Entire Working Class

From: Essential Work Disposable Workers

This chapter is about how migrant and racialized worker organizations took leadership in broad-based campaigns to improve conditions for the entire working class. As one example, the chapter … 12 $1.20 Add
Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks
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Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks

The Men Who Built Modern Toronto in the 1960s–70s

This is a gripping look at the underbelly of Toronto’s explosive postwar growth in the 1960s and 1970s, at a time when labour leaders, politicians, contractors and crime figures battled for … 384 View
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Motherhood and the Job Market

Motherhood and the Job Market

The Dominion of Discrimination

From: Motherhood, The Mother of All Sexism

This chapter begins to outline the systemic discrimination, wage loss, and job insecurity that women/mothers face in Quebec and beyond, drawing on multiple examples. It critiques the Quebec … 21 $2.10 Add
Motherhood, The Mother of All Sexism

Motherhood, The Mother of All Sexism

A Plea for Parental Equality

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 … 180 View
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Moving Forward

Moving Forward

From: Changing Tides

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Mythbusting

Mythbusting

From: Basic Income For Canadians

This chapter debunks a variety of myths surrounding basic income 30 $3.00 Add
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Neoliberal Migration Takes Hold

Neoliberal Migration Takes Hold

From: Essential Work Disposable Workers

This chapter focuses on four countries in the Global South to illustrate how the implementation of neoliberal policies has not led to development but has turned them into major labour-exporting … 15 $1.50 Add
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Neoliberal Politics: Transforming Conservatism
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Neoliberal Politics: Transforming Conservatism

From: Breaking Free of Neoliberalism in Trump Times

In this chapter, Himelfarb examines how the economic upheaval of the 1970s and 1980s allowed neoliberal ideas to reshape conservative politics in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. 19 $1.90 Add
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New Forms of Organizing

New Forms of Organizing

From: Essential Work Disposable Workers

This chapter describes how worker centres emerged as a new model of organizing migrant workers in response to the sweeping global economic transformations of neoliberalism, described in the first … 19 $1.90 Add
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New France: A Frustrated Fiefdom, 1627-1763

New France: A Frustrated Fiefdom, 1627-1763

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins 1500-1890

This chapter reviews the establishment of a colony in Quebec and its governance under the Company of New France and the effects of war. It highlights experiences of such populations as women, … 15 $1.50 Add
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No One Knows Who to Trust

No One Knows Who to Trust

From: Rock Paper Sex, Volume II

In this chapter, the author interviews an Indigenous, female-identified sex worker who was featured in the first volume. This individual now has a regular day job, and engages in sex work four or … 4 $0.40 Add
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Not Amusing

Not Amusing

From: Changing Tides

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Not Enough Value

Not Enough Value

From: Rock Paper Sex, Volume II

In this chapter, Cull profiles a student who turned to stripping to make ends meet. 9 $0.90 Add
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Not Victims but Warriors

Not Victims but Warriors

From: Rock Paper Sex, Volume II

This chapter features a 42-year-old gay man who owns and operates three adult massage studios. He also runs NL Adult, a free service that connects sex workers with clients. 3 $0.30 Add
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Notes

Notes

From: Haircuts by Children and Other Evidence for a New Social Contract

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