Labour Studies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Who Are We? Identity and Intersections From: Making Sense of Society View Fernwood Publishing	In Chapter 4, Khasnabish digs into the power-laden process of identification as a collective rather than individual phenomenon. In this chapter, topics include: an examination of how a society’s …	Alex Khasnabish	25	2022	$2.50 Add
From Who Belongs to Unions? Who Doesn’t and Why? From: Building a Better World Third Edition View Fernwood Publishing		Errol Black; Jim Silver; Larry Savage; Stephanie Ross	20	2004	$2.00 Add
From Why are Mothers Still the Default Parent? From: Motherhood, The Mother of All Sexism View Baraka Books	This chapter highlights and critiques the outdated social constructions and everyday sexism that continue to constrain mothers and fathers. It looks at the many challenges of parenthood typically …	Marilyse Hamelin	33	2018	$3.30 Add
From NEW! Why Care About Prisoners’ Labour Rights? From: Solidarity Beyond Bars View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter One focuses on providing a broad overview of the Canadian prison system. The chapter explains why people should care about prisoners’ rights and specifically prisoners’ labour …	Asaf Rashid; Jordan House	32	2022	$3.20 Add
From Why Do Economic Inequalities Matter? From: The Age of Increasing Inequality View James Lorimer and Company	Faster economic growth is not a feasible solution for Canada’s problem of increasing inequality. But although technological change will create new problems of job destruction, it also …	Lars Osberg	20	2018	$2.00 Add
From NEW! Why do economic inequalities matter? From: The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, the author asks why economic inequality matters in early twenty-first-century Canada.	Lars Osberg	21	2024	$2.10 Add
From Why Sexuality is Work 1975 From: Revolution at Point Zero View Between The Lines	The essays in part 1 of the book explore the theoretical foundations of the politicization of housework. These essays explore the wages against housework movement, the transactional nature of …	Silvia Federici	5	2020	$0.50 Add
From Wild in Massachusetts Leadership Development for a Changing Labour Movement From: Labour in Canada Cracking Labour's Glass Ceiling View Fernwood Publishing	Dale Melcher, Tess Ewing and Susan Winning, labour educators based at the University of Massachusetts, examine best practices and challenges of the Women’s Institute for Leadership …	Dale Melcher; Susan Winning; Tess Ewing	18	2019	$1.80 Add
Winnipeg 1919 The Strikers' Own History of the Winnipeg General Strike	On May 15, 1919 workers from across Winnipeg, ranging from metal workers to telephone operators, united to spark the largest worker revolt in Canadian history. Even the Winnipeg police voted to …		340		View
From Women and Basic Income From: Basic Income For Canadians View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter specifically investigates the impact that basic income has on women.	Evelyn L. Forget	19	2020	$1.90 Add
From Women Breaking Barriers Using Education to Develop Women's Leadership Inside Canada's Largest Union From: Labour in Canada Cracking Labour's Glass Ceiling View Fernwood Publishing	In Chapter 9, Morna Ballantyne and Jane Stinson, retired national staff with the Canadian Union of Public Employees, discuss Women Breaking Barriers, the leadership program for women activists …	Jane Stinson; Morna Ballantyne	18	2019	$1.80 Add
From Women, Globalization, and the International Women’s Movement 2001 From: Revolution at Point Zero View Between The Lines	The essays in part 2 of the book explore the patriarchal foundations that the global economy is built on. The essays in this section cover topics including the International Women’s …	Silvia Federici	6	2020	$0.60 Add
From Women, Land Struggles, and Globalization: An International Perspective 2004 From: Revolution at Point Zero View Between The Lines	The essays in part 3 of the book explore the modern female experience from a variety of perspectives. These include individuals involved in elder care, migrant domestic workers and subsistence farmers.	Silvia Federici	12	2020	$1.20 Add
From Women’s Strategies in the Globalized Lake Victoria Fisheries From: Changing Tides View Fernwood Publishing		Modesta Medard	14	2005	$1.40 Add
From Work Alone A New App That Helps Sex Workers From: Rock Paper Sex, Volume II View Breakwater Books	This short chapter describes an app that helps protect workers and clients at Blue Door.	Kerri Cull	2	2021	$0.20 Add
From Work and Human Dignity From: Basic Income For Canadians View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter looks at how we assign value to people based on their jobs and how basic income could end that way of measuring the value of humans.	Evelyn L. Forget	21	2020	$2.10 Add