Labour Studies

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The Long Struggle for Status

The Long Struggle for Status

From: Essential Work Disposable Workers

This chapter is an effort to convey the urgency of permanent status for migrants. The chapter examines the campaigns of self-organized migrants who have constructed communities of struggle that … 16 $1.60 Add
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The “Lucky” Ones
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The “Lucky” Ones

From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks

This chapter explores Toronto’s underground construction workers from the late 1940s through the 1970s. The chapter traces the deadly conditions faced by tunnellers building the Yonge and … 16 $1.60 Add
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“The Lucky Things That  Happen to Me”
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“The Lucky Things That Happen to Me”

From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks

This chapter traces the life of Gerry Gallagher, an Irish immigrant who arrived in Canada in 1951 to organize construction workers. It examines his wartime experiences, his founding of LIUNA … 15 $1.50 Add
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The McLaughlins vs. The Workers

The McLaughlins vs. The Workers

From: The Truth About the '37 Oshawa GM Strike

In this chapter, Leah traces class conflict in Oshawa, Ontario, from the 1860s through the 1940s, centring on the McLaughlin family and the workers who built the town’s industrial identity. 13 $1.30 Add
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The Moving Picture of Incomes

The Moving Picture of Incomes

From: The Age of Increasing Inequality

Inequality of annual incomes is like a snapshot of inequality, which only captures part of the moving picture of our fluctuating incomes. Lifetime income depends on career progression and whether … 20 $2.00 Add
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The moving picture of incomes
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The moving picture of incomes

From: The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada

In this chapter, the author analyzes the meaning of statistics about disparities in income and what they actually say about economic inequality and well-being in Canada. He points out that the … 22 $2.20 Add
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The Neoliberal Rollback in Historical Perspective

The Neoliberal Rollback in Historical Perspective

From: If You're In My Way, I'm Walking

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The Pandemic as an Invitation to Change

The Pandemic as an Invitation to Change

From: Basic Income For Canadians

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The Point is To Change the World

The Point is To Change the World

Selected Writings of Andaiye

Radical activist, thinker, and comrade of Walter Rodney, Andaiye was one of the Caribbean’s most important political voices. For the first time, her writings are published in one collection. … ; 320 View
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The Political Renter Class in So-Called Australia
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The Political Renter Class in So-Called Australia

From: Dispatches from the Threshold

In this chapter, the authors examine the political renter class in Melbourne during the 2020 pandemic, linking Australia’s housing crisis to settler colonialism and Indigenous dispossession. ; 9 $0.90 Add
The Power Manual

The Power Manual

How to Master Complex Power Dynamics

Liberate yourself by understanding and mastering power dynamics All social relations are laden with power. Getting out from under dominant power relations and mastering power dynamics is perhaps … 195 View
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The Power of Gender Ideology in the Face of Resource Decline in Newfoundland, Canada

The Power of Gender Ideology in the Face of Resource Decline in Newfoundland, Canada

From: Changing Tides

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The Power of Knowledge

The Power of Knowledge

From: Changing Tides

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The Reckoning, Part I
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The Reckoning, Part I

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 8 focuses on the Nuremberg trials, and other efforts to hold perpetrators of war crimes during the Second World War criminally responsible. 17 $1.70 Add