Labour & Labour Unions
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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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 ![]() Organizing Against the OddsAnti-Unionism in Niagara's Casino Gaming Sector From: Labour Under Attack |
Larry Savage; Nick Ruhloff-Queiruga | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! Recipe for a Renewed EconomyFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
This chapter details Jackson’s policy proposals for a green economy that is capable of sustaining future generations. | Andrew Jackson | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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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 |
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From ![]() NEW! The Allende of the NorthFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
This chapter examines the Dave Barrett NDP government of British Columbia, which was in power from 1972-1975. Jackson later worked with the BC NDP caucus as they tried to resist the resurgent … | Andrew Jackson | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() The Complexities of Worker Anti-UnionismFrom: Labour Under Attack |
Stephanie Ross | 17 | 2018 | $1.70 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 ![]() NEW! The Fight Against InequalityFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
In this chapter, Jackson writes about the Great Recession of 2008-2009, and suggests that the functioning of democracies relies on economic and social equality. The best way to achieve this … | Andrew Jackson | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
![]() 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 |
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From ![]() The Future of Work |
This chapter looks at our relationship with work as individuals and as a society and how basic income will fundamentally change that relationship. | Evelyn L. Forget | 16 | 2020 | $1.60 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 ![]() The Pandemic as an Invitation to Change |
Evelyn L. Forget | 2 | 2020 | $0.20 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! Think Tanks and Progressive Policy InstitutionsFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
In this chapter, Jackson discusses the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, which worked closely with the labour movement to counter the development of right-wing thought and policies. It … | Andrew Jackson | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 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 ![]() 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 |






