Labour Studies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Boom, Bust and Crisis Labour, Corporate Power and Politics in Canada Fernwood Publishing	Informed by both critical animal studies and critical terrorism studies, John Sorenson analyzes ecoterrorism as a social construction. He examines how corporations that profit from animal …	John Peters	199	2012	View
From Border Militarization, Internalization and Externalization From: Essential Work Disposable Workers View Fernwood Publishing	Borders have become a means through which states can dispose of unwanted migrants through deportation and award those deemed legitimate with permanent residency. This has led to the increased …	Mostafa Henaway	10	2023	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Borderlands From: Wanda’s War View Goose Lane Editions	Chapter 1 explores the turbulent history of Poland leading up to the Second World War, in particular, the borderland region of the Kresy that straddles the modern day borders of Poland, Belarus …	Marsha Faubert	15	2023	$1.50 Add
From NEW! Bread and Butter From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter traces Gerry Gallagher’s union organizing across Ontario in the late 1940s and 1950s, particularly his recruitment of Hydro labourers for LIUNA Local 183, and discusses the …	Gilberto Fernandes	11	2026	$1.10 Add
From NEW! Breaking Bones From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter discuses the health toll of underground tunnelling, Italian immigrant labour organizing through Local 183, and organized crime’s encroachment on Toronto.	Gilberto Fernandes	15	2026	$1.50 Add
Breaking the Word Barrier Stories of Adults Learning to Read	In this compelling collection of first-person stories, adults who have made outstanding achievements in adult literacy were paired with writers to tell of their transition to reading. These are …		128		View
From NEW! Brotherhood From: Seven Days in Halifax View Formac Publishing	In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Three of Halifax’s 1970 "Encounter on Urban Environment," focusing on a session on Halifax Shipyards. He highlights the …	Robert Ashe	9	2025	$0.90 Add
From NEW! Brothers! Fratelli! Irmãos! From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter examines Toronto’s construction industry in the late 1960s. Fernandes traces how Local 183 workers—drawn from Irish, Italian, Portuguese, and Polish …	Gilberto Fernandes	12	2026	$1.20 Add
Building a Better World Third Edition An Introduction to the Labour Movement in Canada	This third edition of Building a Better World offers a comprehensive introductory overview of Canada’s labour movement. The book includes an analysis of why workers form unions; assesses …		232		View
From Building Relationships: Indigenous-Settler Solidarity and the NFU From: Frontline Farmers View Fernwood Publishing	The last chapter considers the National Farmers Union’s work in building relationships of solidarity with Indigenous peoples of Canada. Interviews are with Maureen Bostock, Julie Enman, …	Lauren Kepkiewicz	20	2019	$2.00 Add
From Business Control in a Working Class Town From: Their Town View James Lorimer and Company	Examines how local government is structured and explains how business interests have managed to capture and hold political power in what is basically a working class town.	Bill Freeman	10	2016	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Call You by Your Name From: This Has Always Been a War View Arsenal Pulp Press	In “Call You by Your Name” the author delves into their relationship with Lucky. Discussing relationships, cheating, bush life, camp relationships, abuse, manipulation, sex, shame, …	Lori Fox	73	2022	$7.30 Add
From Can We Afford a Basic Income? From: Basic Income For Canadians View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter assesses the cost of basic income and whether it’s something we can realistically afford.	Evelyn L. Forget	28	2020	$2.80 Add
From NEW! “Can You Hear Me?” From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter examines construction worker safety in Toronto during the mid-1960s. The narrative follows Local 183 leader Gerry Gallagher as he battled dangerous subway tunnelling conditions, …	Gilberto Fernandes	18	2026	$1.80 Add
From Canada and the Crisis From: Bankrupticies & Bailouts View Fernwood Publishing		Fletcher Baragar	30	2009	$3.00 Add
From Canada’s Live-In Caregiver Program Popular among Both Employers and Migrants - But Structured for Dependency and Inequality From: Fight Back View Fernwood Publishing		Aziz Choudry; Eric Shragge; Jill Hanley; Martha Stiegman; Steve Jordan	21	2009	$2.10 Add