Politics & Power

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Starting as Professionals, 1920-1969
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Starting as Professionals, 1920-1969

From: Leading Progess

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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Stepping Up to a Larger Union Stage, 2010-19
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Stepping Up to a Larger Union Stage, 2010-19

From: Leading Progess

In this chapter, Russell explores how PIPSC dealt with issues and opportunities as it approached its hundred-year aniversary. PIPSC members confronted the Harper government’s muzzling of … 34 $3.40 Add
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Striking for Status

Striking for Status

From: Essential Work Disposable Workers

This chapter describes why undocumented migrants’ struggles for status are fundamentally about workers’ rights. In certain moments, like 2006 and 2017 in the US and 2008 in France, marginalized … 10 $1.00 Add
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The Construction of Domestic Work in Nineteenth-Century England and the Patriarchy of the Wage

The Construction of Domestic Work in Nineteenth-Century England and the Patriarchy of the Wage

From: Patriarchy of the Wage

This chapter examines the history of our current understanding of "domestic work/women’s labour" and the effects of this relatively recent construction on women. 12 $1.20 Add
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The Gig Is Up

The Gig Is Up

From: Essential Work Disposable Workers

This chapter is a small love note to the iwc (Immigrant Workers Centre) for always being willing to experiment to find new ways to build leadership and solidarity. It’s difficult for unions to … 10 $1.00 Add
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The Long Struggle for Status

The Long Struggle for Status

From: Essential Work Disposable Workers

This chapter is an effort to convey the urgency of permanent status for migrants. The chapter examines the campaigns of self-organized migrants who have constructed communities of struggle that … 16 $1.60 Add
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The McLaughlins vs. The Workers

The McLaughlins vs. The Workers

From: The Truth About the '37 Oshawa GM Strike

In this chapter, Leah traces class conflict in Oshawa, Ontario, from the 1860s through the 1940s, centring on the McLaughlin family and the workers who built the town’s industrial identity. 13 $1.30 Add
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The Neoliberal Rollback in Historical Perspective

The Neoliberal Rollback in Historical Perspective

From: If You're In My Way, I'm Walking

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The Power Manual

The Power Manual

How to Master Complex Power Dynamics

Liberate yourself by understanding and mastering power dynamics All social relations are laden with power. Getting out from under dominant power relations and mastering power dynamics is perhaps … 195 View
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The Strike

The Strike

From: The Truth About the '37 Oshawa GM 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. 75 $7.50 Add
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The Unprotected Worker and the Low-Wage Sphere

The Unprotected Worker and the Low-Wage Sphere

From: If You're In My Way, I'm Walking

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