Labour Studies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Solidarity From: Bent out of Shape View Between The Lines		Karen Messing	14	2021	$1.40 Add
NEW! Solidarity Beyond Bars Unionizing Prison Labour	Prisons don’t work, but prisoners do. Prisons are often critiqued as unjust, but we hear little about the daily labour of incarcerated workers — what they do, how they do it, who they …		180		View
Somebodies and Nobodies Overcoming the Abuse of Rank New Society Publishers	In the ongoing attempts to overcome racism and sexism in North America today, we are overlooking another kind of discrimination that is no less damaging and equally unjustifiable. It is a form of …	Robert W. Fuller	208	2004	View
From NEW! Starting as Professionals, 1920-1969 From: Leading Progess View Between The Lines	In this chapter, the author discusses how the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada emerged and changed along with Canada during its first fifty years, when major external and …	Jason Russell	27	2020	$2.70 Add
From Steel City Meltdown From: Boom, Bust and Crisis View Fernwood Publishing		John Peters	18	2012	$2.70 Add
From NEW! Stepping Up to a Larger Union Stage, 2010-19 From: Leading Progess View Between The Lines	In this chapter, Russell explores how PIPSC dealt with issues and opportunities as it approached its hundred-year aniversary. PIPSC members confronted the Harper government’s muzzling of …	Jason Russell	34	2020	$3.40 Add
From Stopping Monsanto: Coalition Building Against rBGH and GM Wheat From: Frontline Farmers View Fernwood Publishing	The third chapter examines the NFU’s work in building a coalition against Monsanto and genetically modified crops and bovine growth hormone. Interviews are with Peter Dowling, Lucy …	Carla Fehr	26	2019	$2.60 Add
From Striking for Status From: Essential Work Disposable Workers View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter describes why undocumented migrants’ struggles for status are fundamentally about workers’ rights. In certain moments, like 2006 and 2017 in the US and 2008 in France, marginalized …	Mostafa Henaway	10	2023	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Structuring Collective Action From: Class Action View Between The Lines	In Structuring Collective Action, Hanson explores the underlying structures behind the successful collective action achieved by Ontario School teachers since the early 1970’s. Topics …	Andy Hanson	27	2021	$2.70 Add
From Suggested Further Readings and Resources From: Canadian Labour in Crisis View Fernwood Publishing		David Camfield	2	2011	$0.40 Add
From Survival and Fighting Back From: Fight Back View Fernwood Publishing		Aziz Choudry; Eric Shragge; Jill Hanley; Martha Stiegman; Steve Jordan	24	2009	$2.40 Add
From NEW! “Sweat the Evil Out” The Evolution of Canadian Prison Labour From: Solidarity Beyond Bars View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter Four places the contemporary Canadian prison system into a historical context. This chapter examines the role of prison labour in the founding of the Canadian prison system, how prison …	Asaf Rashid; Jordan House	23	2022	$2.30 Add
From Taking Stock: Taxes and Opportunities From: Equal as Citizens View Formac Publishing	looks at comparable rates of taxation, income disparity, employment rates, regional development between the provinces concluding that Canada is not meeting the goal of equal citizenship	Richard Starr	13	2014	$1.30 Add
From Tectonic Shift From: Shift Change View Between The Lines	This chapter describes Hamilton as it once was: foundries belching iron oxide into the atmosphere, traffic jams driven by shift changes at factories, and workers toiling at all hours of the day …	Stephen Dale	25	2021	$2.50 Add
From Teena’s Dream From: Breaking the Word Barrier View Goose Lane Editions	Janet Hammock imagines the future story of Teena, someone currently learning how to read and write. The chapter is different discusses reaching ones literary goals, motivations afterwards, …	Janet Hammock	8	2009	$0.80 Add
From NEW! Tenant Organizing Today From: The Tenant Class View Between The Lines	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 …	Ricardo Tranjan	15	2023	$1.50 Add