Labour Studies
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From ![]() The Biggest Roll-Back of Worker Rights in Canadian HistoryFrom: Boom, Bust and Crisis |
John Peters | 21 | 2012 | $3.15 Add | |
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From ![]() The Bitter EndWomen's Crucial Role in the Nova Scotia Coastal Fishery From: Changing Tides |
Marian Binkley | 14 | 2005 | $1.40 Add | |
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From ![]() The Camino de Santiago |
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 MovementA Short History |
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 HistoryThird 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 IncomeFreedom, Security, Justice |
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 |
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From ![]() NEW! The Case for Prisoners’ Labour UnionsFrom: Solidarity Beyond Bars |
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 |
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From ![]() The Case of the Cabot MillSECTION TWO - The other side of the cotton From: A Distinct Alien Race |
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 |
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From ![]() The Casual Labour Market Today |
Dave Broad | 28 | 2000 | $5.32 Add | |
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From ![]() The Casual Labour Problem |
Dave Broad | 8 | 2000 | $1.52 Add | |
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From ![]() The Changing Nature of Work in CanadaImpact on the Health of Workers From: Sick and Tired |
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 |
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From ![]() NEW! The Colonized Strike Back: Quebec, 1960–72 |
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 |
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From ![]() The Complexities of Worker Anti-UnionismFrom: Labour Under Attack |
Stephanie Ross | 17 | 2018 | $1.70 Add | |
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From ![]() The Construction of Domestic Work in Nineteenth-Century England and the Patriarchy of the WageFrom: Patriarchy of the Wage |
This chapter examines the history of our current understanding of "domestic work/women’s labour" and the effects of this relatively recent construction on women. | Silvia Federici | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() The Craftworkers’ Challenge |
We meet the first movement of organized craftworkers beginning to take shape in the mid-nineteenth century in response to the new capitalist organization of work and labour markets. By the end of … | Craig Heron | 27 | 2012 | $2.70 Add |
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From ![]() The "Creative Class" Creates a Global Urban ClashFrom: Shift Change |
In this chapter, the author examines the relationship between Hamilton and Toronto, and how these two once-divided cities are now closely intertwined. The chapter also explores gentrification in … | Stephen Dale | 53 | 2021 | $5.30 Add |

















