Labour Studies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Sharing Parental Leave– A Radical Step? From: Motherhood, The Mother of All Sexism View Baraka Books	Quebec is a trailblazer in North America when it comes to paternity leave, borrowing from a tried-and-true template popular in Scandinavian nations; however, fathers in Quebec are more hesitant …	Marilyse Hamelin	30	2018	$3.00 Add
Shift Change Scenes from a Post-industrial Revolution Between The Lines	Hamilton’s industrial age is over. In the steel capital of Canada, there are no more skies lit red by foundries at sunset, no more traffic jams at shift change. Instead, an urban …	Stephen Dale	252	2021	View
Sick and Tired Health and Safety Inequalities	Bringing together a multidisciplinary group of experts from the fields of labour studies, public health, ergonomics, epidemiology, sociology and law, Sick and Tired examines the …		203		View
From NEW! Silence, Memory From: Wanda’s War View Goose Lane Editions	Chapter 13 examines the individual trips Wanda and Casey took to Poland during the 1970’s. The chapter reflects on Wanda and Casey’s life and experiences of exile and trauma after the …	Marsha Faubert	12	2023	$1.20 Add
From Slogging towards Tomorrow From: Shift Change View Between The Lines	This chapter examines the activities of the Hamilton Roundtable and other similar institutions, which sought to bridge the gaps between government, the non-profit sector, business, churches, and …	Stephen Dale	48	2021	$4.80 Add
From Sloshed From: Rock Paper Sex View Breakwater Books	This chapter covers the perspectives of a few women who work as bartenders in strip clubs in St. John’s Newfoundland. A discussion of the policies and etiquette at strip clubs as well as …	Keri Cull	4	2017	$0.40 Add
From So What’s Stopping You? From: Curing Affluenza View Between The Lines	Chapter 9 concludes with a call to action, discussing topics including democratic reform and citizen influence, Neoliberalism, communal goals and future cultural changes.	Richard Denniss	18	2018	$1.80 Add
From Soaring From: Breaking the Word Barrier View Goose Lane Editions	Afiena Kamminga recounts the story of Cathy. The chapter discusses her difficulty learning, her dyslexia, her time learning with CALP, and more.	Afiena Kamminga	3	2009	$0.30 Add
From NEW! Social Democracy and Labour From: The Fire and the Ashes View Between The Lines	In this chapter, the author discusses the conditions and circumstances that labour movements faced during his career. Topics include the rise of student activism, the culture wars of the 1970s, …	Andrew Jackson	7	2021	$0.70 Add
From NEW! Social Democracy in a Neo-Liberal Era From: Class Action View Between The Lines	In Social Democracy in a Neo-liberal Era Hanson explores how conditions changed, or failed to change, after the election of Ontario’s first NDP premier. The chapter discusses topics such …	Andy Hanson	20	2021	$2.00 Add
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