Labour & Labour Unions
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From  Family and Work-Life Balancing Policies |
This chapter examines the family policies of the Nordic countries, which emphasize financial support measures, allocation of parental leave, and work-life balance. | Dominique Côté; Marie-France Raynault; Sébastien Chartrand | 10 | 2015 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! The Great Free Trade DebateFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
This chapter concerns the authors’ work on the free trade debates in 1988, which culminated in the edited collection The Free Trade Deal. | Andrew Jackson | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
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From  Work and Human Dignity |
This chapter looks at how we assign value to people based on their jobs and how basic income could end that way of measuring the value of humans. | Evelyn L. Forget | 21 | 2020 | $2.10 Add |
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From  Interrogating the Union Politics of Equity, Inclusion and Diversity |
The floodgates have been opened and systemic racism is now at the centre of national attention. If we do not seize this opportunity to rebuild labour unions as a transformative vehicle for a … | Carol Wall; Winnie Ng | 21 | 2021 | $2.10 Add |
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From  Just TransitionFrom: Getting to Zero |
Discusses how the shift away from carbon-heavy industries should and could be done in a socially just way to ensure workers in sunset industries, Indigenous People, and immigrants will not be … | Tony Clarke | 30 | 2018 | $3.00 Add |
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From  The Cultural Politics of Labour in RetailFrom: Labour Under Attack |
- | Kendra Coulter | 16 | 2018 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! The Divided House of LabourFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
In this chapter, Jackson examines the Canadian Labour Congress, which appointed him senior economist on May Day 1989. He suggests that the CLC is a fragile body compared with central labour … | Andrew Jackson | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From  UniforFrom: A New Kind of Union |
Describes the concrete steps that were taken in 2013 as Unifor began to take shape, including the naming and logo design process, decisions on leadership and finalizing policy. Documents the … | Fred Wilson | 41 | 2019 | $4.10 Add |
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From Women and Basic Income |
This chapter specifically investigates the impact that basic income has on women. | Evelyn L. Forget | 19 | 2020 | $1.90 Add |
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From “I Work at Vice Canada and I Need a Union”From: Labour Under Attack |
Organizing Digital Media | Greig de Peuter; Nicole S. Cohen | 31 | 2018 | $3.10 Add |
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From NEW! An Uneasy MarriageFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
This chapter examines the marriage of labour and social democracy in Canada, which dates to the founding of the New Democratic Party in 1961. He suggests that the NDP has moderated its … | Andrew Jackson | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From How Basic Income Affects Different People |
This chapter explores the impact of basic income on different populations including indigenous people, racialized people, and people with disabilities. | Evelyn L. Forget | 19 | 2020 | $1.90 Add |
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From Which Side Are You On?Indigenous Peoples and Canada's Labour Movement |
Unions will need to extend their activities beyond the traditional concerns of organized labour to substantively engage with Indigenous struggles. This requires a multipronged approach, … | Suzanne E. Mills; Tyler McCreary | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 Add |
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From NEW! Corporatism in CanadaFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
In this chapter, the author compares the corporatist labour policies of Europe to the situation in Canada. He suggests that the European model was driven by the strength of the labour movement … | Andrew Jackson | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From Mythbusting |
This chapter debunks a variety of myths surrounding basic income | Evelyn L. Forget | 30 | 2020 | $3.00 Add |
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From The Politics of Migrant Worker Organizing in Canada |
Migrant labour in Canada is structurally essential to the economy but ultimately treated as a disposable resource. In response, migrants have collectively organized to challenge these … | Dani Magsumbol; Karl Gardner | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 Add |
