Labour Studies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! What to do? From: The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, the author examines various courses of action and policies that could be taken to address economic inequality in Canada.	Lars Osberg	35	2024	$3.50 Add
From What’s Been Happening to Canada’s Middle Class? From: The Age of Increasing Inequality View James Lorimer and Company	Historically, Canada’s middle class has expected increasing prosperity from one generation to the next. Real hourly wages did grow strongly until 1981, when inflation control became the …	Lars Osberg	29	2018	$2.90 Add
From NEW! What’s been happening to Canada’s middle class? From: The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter the author looks at the stagnation of middle class incomes in Canada over the past few decades.	Lars Osberg	31	2024	$3.10 Add
From When Sisters Become Competitors Coastal Women's Innovative Utilization of Trawler By-Catch in Ghana From: Changing Tides View Fernwood Publishing		Ragnhild Overa	16	2005	$1.60 Add
From NEW! “When the Thaw Comes” From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks View James Lorimer and Company	The Hogg’s Hollow tunnel disaster of March 17, 1960, in Toronto became a rallying point for exposing the exploitation of Italian immigrant construction workers. Frank Drea’s bold …	Gilberto Fernandes	9	2026	$0.90 Add
From NEW! Where the Fuck Are We in Your Dystopia? From: This Has Always Been a War View Arsenal Pulp Press	In “Where the Fuck Are We in Your Dystopia?” the author explores their love and issues with the genre of feminist dystopian fiction. Discussing gender roles, the #MeToo movement, …	Lori Fox	24	2022	$2.40 Add
From Which Side Are You On? Between Yellow Vests and Migrant Rights in the New Saskatchewan From: Divided View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter highlights how policy makers responded to public cases of foreign worker exploitation and took seriously the state of precarity that defines migrant labour.	Andrew Stevens	17	2021	$1.70 Add
NEW! White Riot The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver Arsenal Pulp Press	White Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver explores the conditions leading up to and the impact of a demonstration and parade in Vancouver, Canada, organized by the Asiatic Exclusion …	Henry Tsang	192	2023	View
From Whither the Quebec Model? From: Boom, Bust and Crisis View Fernwood Publishing		John Peters	17	2012	$2.55 Add
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 NEW! “Who Gets Nick’s Head” From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter traces the concrete forming industry in Toronto during the mid-to-late 1960s, centring on Nick Di Lorenzo’s struggle to maintain dominance as rival contractors challenged his grip.	Gilberto Fernandes	11	2026	$1.10 Add
From NEW! “Who is Calling the Shots?” From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter traces the autumn of 1971, when Local 183 business manager Stefanini secured agreements with five of Toronto’s largest high-rise apartment builders.	Gilberto Fernandes	12	2026	$1.20 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