Labour Studies

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Introduction

From: Motherhood, The Mother of All Sexism

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An introduction by the author that outlines the goals of and context for this book. 13 $1.30 Add
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Kicking was the Whole Point

From: Rock Paper Sex

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The firsthand account of a young sex worker in St. Johns Newfoundland named Lori. The chapter includes a discussion of the factors that lead an individual to becoming a sex worker and includes … 8 $0.80 Add
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Neoliberal Migration Takes Hold

From: Essential Work Disposable Workers

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This chapter focuses on four countries in the Global South to illustrate how the implementation of neoliberal policies has not led to development but has turned them into major labour-exporting … 15 $1.50 Add
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PART 1 – Developing the Quebec Cotton Industry

Girls and Women Wanted

From: Through the Mill

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This chapter explores the early days of the Quebec cotton textile industry, starting around 1844-78. It covers key figures, companies, and regions of Quebec in this industry’s establishment … 39 $3.90 Add
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The Good and Bad of Some Earlier Feminist and Left Organizing in the Region

From: The Point is To Change the World

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This reading consists of the following essays: The Angle You Look from Determines What You See: Towards a Critique of Feminist Politics and Organizing in the Caribbean [2002] – The Historic … ; 55 $5.50 Add
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Preface

From: Breaking the Word Barrier

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Preface by authors Marilyn Lerch and Peter Sawyer. 2 $0.20 Add
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Section One From Trawl to Table in Globalizing Fisheries

Globally Fishy Business

From: Changing Tides

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Social Democracy and Labour

From: The Fire and the Ashes

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In this chapter, the author discusses the conditions and circumstances that labour movements faced during his career. Topics include the rise of student activism, the culture wars of the 1970s, … 7 $0.70 Add
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Starting as Professionals, 1920-1969

From: Leading Progess

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In this chapter, the author discusses how the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada emerged and changed along with Canada during its first fifty years, when major external and … 27 $2.70 Add
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The Casual Labour Market Today

From: Hollow Work, Hollow Society?

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The Changing Nature of Work in Canada

Impact on the Health of Workers

From: Sick and Tired

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Data Sources Labour Market Participation Immigrants and Permanent Residents Temporary Foreign Workers Self-Employed and Employed Workers Part-Time, Overtime and Absences Information Gaps Emerging … 15 $1.50 Add
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The third hour

From: Bent out of Shape

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The Working-Class Movement Today

Unions and the Workplace

From: Canadian Labour in Crisis

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