Labour & Labour Unions
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From  Can We Afford a Basic Income? |
This chapter assesses the cost of basic income and whether it’s something we can realistically afford. | Evelyn L. Forget | 28 | 2020 | $2.80 Add |
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From  Community Unionism and Alt-Labour in Canada |
For organized labour, realizing the potential of community unionism must become a priority. And yet for all of organized labour’s talk of the need to do things differently, after forty … | Simon Black | 20 | 2021 | $2.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Workers Teaching WorkersFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
This chapter stresses the importance of education in the labour movement. | Andrew Jackson | 3 | 2021 | $0.30 Add |
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From Canadian Labour and the EnvironmentAddressing the Value-Action Gap |
Many of the most valuable things that labour can contribute to the quest for environmental sustainability go beyond its own environmental activities per se, spilling over into the broader … | Dennis Soron | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 Add |
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From Getting from Here to There |
This chapter looks at the next steps for making basic income a reality in Canada. | Evelyn L. Forget | 17 | 2020 | $1.70 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 NEW! A World to WinFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
This chapter examines the activities of the Canadian Labour Congress in a global context, where it worked with organizations from other countries to codify basic labour rights. | Andrew Jackson | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From Class Struggle Goes to CourtWorkers' Rights and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms |
Only when workers and their unions use their collective strength through direct economic and political action — a traditional source of worker power — can we expect truly … | Alison Braley-Rattai; Charles W. Smith | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 Add |
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From The Pandemic as an Invitation to Change |
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From NEW! Labour’s Agenda in a Period of ReactionFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
In this chapter, Jackson examines CLC policies in the 1980s and 1990s, which struck a balance between inward-looking economic nationalism, regulating access to domestic markets, and a more … | Andrew Jackson | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 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 |
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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! A Democratic Socialist FutureFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
In his concluding chapter, the author surveys the political present, and notes that narratives about elections being won by appealing to the "mushy centre" are disproven by the success … | Andrew Jackson | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
