Download or read book Canadian Union Movement in the 1980s written by Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Industrial Relations Centre and published by Kingston, Ont. : Industrial Relations Centre, Queen's University. This book was released on 1988 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the perspectives of Canada's prominent labour leaders on the major challenges and issues facing the Canadian labour movement in the 1980s, and how unions have responded to them. The study is based on personal interviews with heads of 12 major unions and federations conducted by the editors during the months of March through November 1987. Included are the viewpoints of Shirely Carr, Canadian Labour Congress (CLC); Louis Laberge, Quebec Federation of Labour (QFL); Gerald Larose, Confederation of National Trade Unions (CNTU); James McCambly, Canadian Federation of Labour (CFL); Daryl Bean, Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC); James Buchanan, Canadian Paper Workers Union (CPU); Gerard Docquier, United Steel Workers of America (USWA); Clifford Evans, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW); John Fryer, National Union of Provincial Government Employees (NUPGE); Fred Pomeroy, Communication and Electrical Workers of Canada (CWC); Jeff Rose, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE); and Robert White National Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers Union of Canada (CAW).
Download or read book Working class Experience written by Bryan D. Palmer and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 1983 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Canadian Labour Movement A Short History written by Craig Heron and published by Lorimer. This book was released on 1989 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise history recounts the story of Canadian labour from the nineteenth century to the present day. First published in 1989, it has been updated to include new developments in the world of labour up to 1995. Heron depicts the major events and trends in labour's history, and assesses the current state and direction of the labour movement. This masterful overview provides a broad and accessible introduction to Canadian labour.
Download or read book Compensation and Industrial Relations written by James G. Frank and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada. Monograph on unemployment and inflation since the 1970's, and national level perceptions on labour relations, wage determination and price control - synthesises the findings from nation-wide surveys, employers organizations and trade unions, shows relatively high level of compensation although productivity gains have exceeded wage rate, comments on government policy in labour legislation, anti-inflation programmes, etc., And covers labour movements, social security systems, etc. Graphs, references and statistical tables.
Download or read book Working People in Alberta written by Alvin Finkel and published by Athabasca University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A political and economic analysis of the history of working people in Alberta.
Download or read book The Canadian Labour Movement written by Craig Heron and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Canadian Labour Movement, historian Craig Heron and political scientist Charles Smith tell the story of Canada's workers from the midnineteenth century through to today, painting a vivid picture of key developments, such as the birth of craft unionism, the breakthroughs of the fifties and sixties, and the setbacks of the early twenty-first century. The fourth edition of this book has been completely updated with a substantial new chapter that covers the period from the great recession of 2008 through to 2020. In this chapter, Smith describes the fallout of the financial crisis, how Stephen Harper's government restricted labour rights, the rise of the "gig economy" and precarious work, and the continued de-industrialization in the private sector. These pressures contributed to fracturing the movement, as when Unifor, the largest private sector union, split from the Canadian Labour Congress, the established "house of labour." Through it all, rank-and-file union members have fought for better conditions for all workers, including through campaigns like the fight for a $15 minimum wage. The Canadian Labour Movement is the definitive book for anyone interested in understanding the origins, achievements, and challenges of the labour and social justice movements in Canada.
Download or read book The Canadian Labour Movement A Short History written by Craig Heron and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Canadian Labour Movement is a fascinating story that brings to life the working men and women who built Canada's unions. This concise history recounts the story of Canadian labour from the nineteenth century to the present day. First published in 1989, it has been updated to include new developments in the world of labour up to 1995. Heron depicts the major events and trends in labour's history, and assesses the current state and direction of the labour movement. The Canadian Labour Movement is a masterful overview of the subject, providing a broad and accessible introduction to Canadian labour.
Download or read book On the Line written by Rod Mickleburgh and published by Harbour Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-28 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The BC tradition of fighting back against unfair pay and unsafe working conditions has been around since before the colony joined Confederation. In 1849 Scottish labourers at BC’s first coal mine at Fort Rupert went on strike to protest wretched working conditions, and it’s been a wild ride ever since. For years the BC labour movement was the most militant in the land, led by colourful characters like Ginger Goodwin, murdered for his pains, and pull-no-punches communist Harvey Murphy, who brought the house of labour down on himself with his infamous “underwear speech.” Through years of battles with BC’s power elite and small victories followed by bitter defeats, BC unions established the five-day work week, the eight-hour day, paid holidays, the right to a safe, non-discriminatory workplace and many more taken-for-granted features of the modern work landscape. But unions’ enemies never sleep and, well into the second decade of the twenty-first century, battles still go on, like that of BC teachers in their long and ultimately successful struggle to improve classroom conditions. On the Line also highlights the role played by women, Indigenous and minority workers in working toward equality and democracy in workplaces and communities. In prose that is both accessible and engaging, accompanied by over two hundred archival photos, Mickleburgh tells the important story of how BC’s labour organizations have shaped the economic, political and social fabric of the province—at a cost of much blood, sweat, toil and tears. This volume is the most comprehensive overview of labour’s struggle in BC and will be of particular interest to union members, community activists, academics and readers of regional history.
Download or read book Canada written by Harvey Lazar and published by IIGR, Queen's University. This book was released on 1999-02 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Working Class History written by Working Class His Working Class History and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-26 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History is not made by kings, politicians, or a few rich individuals--it is made by all of us. From the temples of ancient Egypt to spacecraft orbiting Earth, workers and ordinary people everywhere have walked out, sat down, risen up, and fought back against exploitation, discrimination, colonization, and oppression. Working Class History presents a distinct selection of people's history through hundreds of "on this day in history" anniversaries that are as diverse and international as the working class itself. Women, young people, people of color, workers, migrants, indigenous people, LGBTQ people, disabled people, older people, the unemployed, home workers, and every other part of the working class have organized and taken action that has shaped our world, and improvements in living and working conditions have been won only by years of violent conflict and sacrifice. These everyday acts of resistance and rebellion highlight just some of those who have struggled for a better world and provide lessons and inspiration for those of us fighting in the present. Going day by day, this book paints a picture of how and why the world came to be as it is, how some have tried to change it, and the lengths to which the rich and powerful have gone to maintain and increase their wealth and influence.
Download or read book Work in Tumultuous Times written by Vivian Shalla and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2007-03-12 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a progressive approach to political economy, contributors propose alternative policies and practices that might secure more decent livelihoods for workers and their families.
Download or read book On All Frontiers written by Christina Bates and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 2005-04-30 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nursing has a long and varied history in Canada. Since the founding of the first hospital by the Augustine nuns in 1637, nurses have contributed greatly to Canadians' quality of life. On All Frontiers is a comprehensive history of Canadian nursing. Editors Christina Bates, Dianne Dodd, and Nicole Rousseau have brought together a vast body of research into one volume. Authored by leading experts, the chapters and vignettes form an overview of the history of Canadian nursing to date. From the midwives of early Canada to urban public health nurses, from remote outposts to the battlefields of Europe, On All Frontiers documents the hardships, challenges, and achievements of Canadian nurses. Richly illustrated with archival photographs, it will prove essential to scholars of Canadian health care history.
Download or read book Recent Social Trends in Canada 1960 2000 written by Lance W. Roberts and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2005 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canadian society has changed dramatically since 1960. This work captures the scope and range of these changes through a systematic documentation of seventy-eight social trends. The introduction summarizes and locates the major waves of change. The authors then document each trend in relation to eighteen thematic groups that include age, community, women, labour, management, stratification, social relations, the state, mobilizing institutions, social forces, ideologies, households, lifestyle, leisure, education, integration, and attitudes and values. In contrast to many recent works and journalistic reports, Recent Social Trends in Canada concentrates on the trajectory of change rather than on current events. It provides a longitudinal context in which unfolding events can be interpreted in a broader historical and international context. Comparable volumes in the McGill-Queen's Comparative Charting of Social Change series describe similar tendencies in the United States, Quebec, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Russia, and Bulgaria, making it possible to situate the Canadian experience in a global context.
Download or read book Who Rules America Now written by G. William Domhoff and published by Touchstone. This book was released on 1986 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author is convinced that there is a ruling class in America today. He examines the American power structure as it has developed in the 1980s. He presents systematic, empirical evidence that a fixed group of privileged people dominates the American economy and government. The book demonstrates that an upper class comprising only one-half of one percent of the population occupies key positions within the corporate community. It shows how leaders within this "power elite" reach government and dominate it through processes of special-interest lobbying, policy planning and candidate selection. It is written not to promote any political ideology, but to analyze our society with accuracy.
Download or read book Unions in Court written by Charles W. Smith and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2017-06-09 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the turn of the twenty-first century, Canadian unions have scored a number of important Supreme Court victories, securing constitutional rights to picket, bargain collectively, and strike. Unions in Court documents the evolution of the Canadian labour movement’s engagement with the Charter, demonstrating how and why labour’s long-standing distrust of the legal system has given way to a controversial, Charter-based legal strategy. This book’s in-depth examination of constitutional labour rights will have critical implications for labour movements as well as activists in other fields.
Download or read book Unions Equity and the Path to Renewal written by Janice R. Foley and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trade unions in Canada are losing their traditional support base, and membership numbers could sink to US levels unless unions recapture their power. Unions, Equity, and the Path to Renewal brings together a distinguished group of union activists and equity scholars who trace how traditional union cultures, practices, and structures have eroded solidarity and activism and created an equity deficit in Canadian unions. Informed by a feminist vision of unions as instruments of social justice, the contributors argue that equity within unions is not simply one possible path to union renewal � it is the only way to reposition organized labour as a central institution in workers' lives.
Download or read book Labour Relations in a Changing Environment written by Alan Gladstone and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
