Sociology / Labour

The new edition of this influential text addresses key issues about the past, present, and future of workers and unions in Canada.

Jobs with Inequality provides a novel political explanation of growing inequality in Canada today.

This edited collection explores how the value of training and skills invested in internationally educated health professionals is transferred, and transformed, and in some cases tarnished, at all stages of the international migration process.

Smelter Wars examines a radical BC trade union’s struggle to survive from the 1930s to the 1950s.

German Social Democracy through British Eyes uses diplomatic reports sent from Germany to Britain to document the rise of social democracy as well as efforts to repress it.

By exposing the separation of art and labour, Art Work provides a valuable, historical perspective on the present-day struggle for artists’ rights.

This short, engaging book details the life history of Esperanza Ruiz and four generations of her family. Their stories recount a century of change in a poor highland community in Panama, and how ordinary people struggle, survive, and impact history.

This book examines Yugoslavia’s efforts to build and maintain a relationship with its migrant workers in Western Europe through cultural and educational programs.

Ageism at Work looks at how ageism plays out in the labour market and how it intersects with sexism from the perspective of both older workers and employers.

The Chronology of Revolution is a fresh, outward-facing history of the Communist Party of Great Britain with a compelling lesson for today’s socialist activists.

The Violence of Work demonstrates that violence has always been an important part of work under capitalism. The editors explore workplace violence in a diverse range of North American workplaces from the nineteenth through the twenty-first century.

Engaging with themes of conflict, change, and crisis, this book re-invigorates the distinct interdisciplinary field of Canadian political economy.

In recent years, schools across North America, serving vastly distinct communities, have been subject to strikingly similar waves of neoliberal policies by governments that are reshaping the nature of teachers’ work.

The sole source of protection for many workers in precarious jobs, this book reveals gaps in the enforcement of employment standards in Ontario, Canada, and offers a bold vision for change drawing on innovative initiatives emerging elsewhere.

Personal accounts are at the heart of Closing Sysco, where each story reveals the cultural, political, and historical ramifications of industrial closure in Sydney, Nova Scotia, the former steel city of Atlantic Canada.

Also Serving Time informs readers about the realities of provincial and territorial prison work in Canada as interpreted by correctional officers.