Labour Studies
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 NEW! The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada |
There are more billionaires than ever in Canada – and they are capturing an ever-growing share of the country’s wealth. Meanwhile 90% of Canadians are steadily losing ground. … | 288 | View | ||
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From  NEW! “The Sewers of the ‘Sweet Life’” |
This chapter examines the intersection of Italian-Canadian identity, union activism, and workplace safety in Toronto during 1961 and 1962. Fernandes explains how strikes, threats of violence … | Gilberto Fernandes | 17 | 2026 | $1.70 Add |
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From  NEW! The Social ContractFrom: Class Action |
In The Social Contract Hanson focuses on the impact of Premier Bob Rae’s idea of the “social contract” and its aftermath. The chapter discusses the Social Contract demanded $2 … | Andy Hanson | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 Add |
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From  The Spoils of the Tar SandsFrom: Boom, Bust and Crisis |
John Peters | 13 | 2012 | $1.95 Add | |
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From  The Strike |
In this chapter, Leah examines the conditions that led to the 1937 General Motors strike in Oshawa, Ontario, and the organization of the strike itself. | Tony Leah | 75 | 2024 | $7.50 Add |
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From  The technical is politicalFrom: Bent out of Shape |
Karen Messing | 28 | 2021 | $2.80 Add | |
 NEW! The Tenant Class |
In this trailblazing manifesto, political economist Ricardo Tranjan places tenants and landlords on either side of the class divide that splits North American society. What if there is no housing … | Ricardo Tranjan | 145 | 2023 | View |
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From The third hourFrom: Bent out of Shape |
Karen Messing | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 Add | |
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From NEW! The Toronto Troubles |
This chapter traces the criminal violence and union racketeering that consumed Toronto’s construction industry in 1972 and 1973, including the bombings of Acme Lathing and the attempted … | Gilberto Fernandes | 13 | 2026 | $1.30 Add |
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From  The Tragedy of the 1880sFrom: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins 1500-1890 |
This chapter discusses the state of Canada in the 1880s. Though still a British colony, the country had emerged as a powerful industrial capitalist state yet was deeply fragmented along economic, … | Bryan D. Palmer | 13 | 2024 | $1.30 Add |
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From  The Transportation Equipment IndustryFrom: Climate@Work |
Austin Hracs; John Holmes | 19 | 2013 | $1.90 Add | |
The Truth About the ’37 Oshawa GM StrikeThey Made Cars and They Made Plans: Reds, the Rank and File, and International Solidarity Unionized GM |
Autoworkers unionized the General Motors plant in Oshawa in 1937 after a bitterly fought strike that pitted them against a rabidly anti-union government, hostile press and GM corporation. It was … | Tony Leah | 288 | 2024 | View |
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From  The Unprotected Worker and the Low-Wage Sphere |
Thom Workman | 20 | 2005 | $3.20 Add | |
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From  The Vagina MonologuesFrom: Rock Paper Sex |
The firsthand account of a sex worker in St. John’s named Emily. She relays her experiences with clients, and her business approach. The chapter ends with a discussion about the toll that … | Keri Cull | 11 | 2017 | $1.10 Add |
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From  The WallReflections on a Workshop Methodology |
Chapter Five is a retrospective on The Wall methodology by Bev Burke and Suzanne Doerge, long-time social-movement eduators who created the methodology to empower women to take action on … | Bev Burke; Suzanne Doerge | 19 | 2019 | $1.90 Add |
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From  NEW! The Wild PlaceFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 7 reflects on Wanda’s time as a displaced person in the Wildflecken displaced persons camp, which housed more than fifteen thousand displaced Poles. The chapter covers the living … | Marsha Faubert | 11 | 2023 | $1.10 Add |
