Labour & Labour Unions
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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A New Kind of UnionUnifor and the birth of the modern Canadian union |
This book describes the unique process by which the Canadian Auto Workers Union (CAW) and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) decided not just to merge but to create … | Fred Wilson | 256 | 2019 | View |
Basic Income For CanadiansFrom the Covid-19 Emergency to Financial Security for All |
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the idea of providing a basic income to everyone in Canada who needs it was already gaining broad support. Then, in response to a crisis that threatened to put … | Evelyn L. Forget | 258 | 2020 | View |
Labour Under AttackAnti-Unionism in Canada |
This multi-disciplinary edited collection critically examines the causes and effects of anti-unionism in Canada. Primarily through a series of case studies, the book’s contributors document … | Larry Savage; Stephanie Ross | 150 | 2018 | View |
Rethinking the Politics of Labour in Canada2nd ed. |
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to re-establish the labour movement’s political capacity to exert collective power in ways that foster greater opportunity and equality for … | Larry Savage; Stephanie Ross | 240 | 2021 | View |
NEW! The Fire and the AshesRekindling Democratic Socialism |
In The Fire and the Ashes, long-time union economist and policy analyst Andrew Jackson looks back on a fascinating career in the labour movement, the NDP, and left politics, combining keen … | Andrew Jackson | 180 | 2021 | View |
From NEW! A Life on the LeftFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
In the opening chapter, Jackson describes his book as "part personal memoir, part historical analysis, and part political manifesto." He also discusses how the labour movement has been … | Andrew Jackson | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
From An Introduction to Anti-Unionism in CanadaFrom: Labour Under Attack |
Larry Savage; Stephanie Ross | 16 | 2018 | $1.60 Add | |
From ForewordFrom: A New Kind of Union |
Jerry Dias, president of Unifor, overviews why Unifor is an important institution in Canadian labour and briefly documents his experience in its foundation. | Jerry Dias | 4 | 2019 | $0.40 Add |
From Introduction |
The introduction provides an overview of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic how it may play a role in the adoption of basic income. | Evelyn L. Forget | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
From Introduction |
From growing levels of income and wealth inequality in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to capital’s consistent ability to tame governments willing to reject neoliberal imperatives; from … | Larry Savage; Stephanie Ross | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
From A Crisis of RepresentationFrom: Labour Under Attack |
Anti-Unionism, Media and Popular Culture | Dennis Soron | 16 | 2018 | $1.60 Add |
From A Guaranteed Livable Income for Canadians |
This chapter provides an outline of what basic income is. | Evelyn L. Forget | 27 | 2020 | $2.70 Add |
From Canadian Labour and COVID-19 |
Only by tearing down the false division between political and economic spheres and questioning the legitimacy of a capitalist economic system that continues to prioritize profits over people … | Larry Savage; Stephanie Ross | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
From Free Markets and the Decline of Unions and Good JobsFrom: Boom, Bust and Crisis |
John Peters | 39 | 2012 | $5.85 Add | |
From NEW! Social Democracy and LabourFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
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, … | Andrew Jackson | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
From Business Unionism and Social Unionism in Theory and Practice |
Recognizing the coexistence of historicized ideal types of both “business unionism” and “social unionism” in the labour movement in general, and specifically within unions … | Stephanie Ross | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |