Labour Studies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
The Age of Increasing Inequality The Astonishing Rise of Canada's 1%	For 35 years, Canada has become vastly wealthier, but most people have not. This book documents the dramatic and rapid growth in inequality. It identifies the causes. It proposes meaningful steps …		248		View
From The Aging Population and Workforce Implications for Occupational Health and Safetly From: Sick and Tired View Fernwood Publishing	Views Regarding Older Workers Health Changes in Normal Aging Occupational Health and Safety Issues for Older Workers Conclusion	Harry S. Shannon; Lauren E. Griffith; Parminder Raina	10	2018	$1.00 Add
From NEW! The Allende of the North From: The Fire and the Ashes View Between The Lines	This chapter examines the Dave Barrett NDP government of British Columbia, which was in power from 1972-1975. Jackson later worked with the BC NDP caucus as they tried to resist the resurgent …	Andrew Jackson	8	2021	$0.80 Add
From NEW! The Bellingham Riot From: White Riot View Arsenal Pulp Press	In this chapter, Paul Englesberg describes the anti-Asian riots that took place in Washington State in 1907. Englesberg explores how the violent riots against the Punjabi labourers in Washington …	Paul Englesberg	12	2023	$1.20 Add
From The Biggest Roll-Back of Worker Rights in Canadian History From: Boom, Bust and Crisis View Fernwood Publishing		John Peters	21	2012	$3.15 Add
From The Bitter End Women's Crucial Role in the Nova Scotia Coastal Fishery From: Changing Tides View Fernwood Publishing		Marian Binkley	14	2005	$1.40 Add
From The Camino de Santiago From: Weapons of Mass Instruction View New Society Publishers	Inspired by the pilgrimage to St. James’ tomb which draws young and old from around the world each year to walk across Spain, I decided to help kids toward lives as producers rather than …	John Taylor Gatto	8	2010	$0.80 Add
The Canadian Labour Movement A Short History James Lorimer and Company	The Canadian Labour Movement tells the story of Canada’s workers since the mid-nineteenth century, painting a vivid picture of key developments, such as the birth of craft unionism, the …		240		View
The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History Third Edition	In The Canadian Labour Movement, historian Craig Heron tells the story of Canada’s workers from the mid-nineteenth century through to today, painting a vivid picture of key developments …		252		View
NEW! The Case for Basic Income Freedom, Security, Justice Between The Lines	Inequality is up. Decent work is down. Free market fundamentalism has been exposed as a tragic failure. In a job market upended by COVID-19—with Canadians caught in the grip of precarious …	Dr. Danielle Martin; Elaine Power; Jamie Swift	264	2021	View
From NEW! The Case for Prisoners’ Labour Unions From: Solidarity Beyond Bars View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter Six takes up the question of prisoners’ unions in more detail and looks to actual examples/past experiments in unionization. This chapter discusses the successful unionization of …	Asaf Rashid; Jordan House	35	2022	$3.50 Add
From The Case of the Cabot Mill SECTION TWO - The other side of the cotton From: A Distinct Alien Race View Baraka Books	The Cabot Company continued to house most of the rapidly growing Franco-American population throughout the 19th century; in this chapter, the author explores the history of this company and the …	David Vermette	24	2018	$2.40 Add
From The Casual Labour Market Today From: Hollow Work, Hollow Society? View Fernwood Publishing		Dave Broad	28	2000	$5.32 Add
From The Casual Labour Problem From: Hollow Work, Hollow Society? View Fernwood Publishing		Dave Broad	8	2000	$1.52 Add
From The Changing Nature of Work in Canada Impact on the Health of Workers From: Sick and Tired View Fernwood Publishing	Data Sources Labour Market Participation Immigrants and Permanent Residents Temporary Foreign Workers Self-Employed and Employed Workers Part-Time, Overtime and Absences Information Gaps Emerging …	Peter Smith	15	2018	$1.50 Add
From NEW! The Colonized Strike Back: Quebec, 1960–72 From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter explores how in the early 1960s Quebec sovereignists reframed francophone economic subordination as internal colonialism. Worker exploitation and separatist sentiment together with …	Bryan D. Palmer	13	2026	$1.30 Add