The triumphs and setbacks of workers and the union movement in Canada

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.

Mandatory retirement has become a major social and political issue in Canada. In this book expert authors explore the key themes that lie at the heart of the debate on this subject.

This completely revised and rewritten edition of Women and Work provides an up-to-date analysis of the issue of workplace inequality.

Agitator, educator, organizer, J.B. McLachlan led the coal miners of Nova Scotia in their struggles for union recognition, united them around ideas of industrial democracy and social reconstruction, and defended their cause in the labour wars of the 1920s.

J.B. McLachlan: A Biography is the epic story of legendary labour leader James Bryson McLachlan, a prominent figure in the workers movements in Nova Scotia.

This illustrated history provides a fascinating look at the CAW from its origins to the present.

This illustrated history provides a fascinating look at the CAW from its origins to the present.

The line that divides management and labour is being crossed regularly in Canada as workers become owners of the companies that employ them. This is the first book to describe this phenomenon.

Vocational education can either reinforce or challenge dominant ideology: students can learn to accept and fit into a workplace, or to change it.