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Building a better world : an introduction to the labour movement in Canada / Stephanie Ross, Larry Savage, Errol Black and Jim Silver.

by Black, Errol

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Fernwood, c2015.

331.880971 B627b

Labor unions -- Canada.

Labor movement -- Canada.

9781552667873 (pbk.)

xv, 216 p. : ill., charts ; 23 cm.

Revision of: Black, Errol. Building a better world.

[Errol Black quoted as main author - t.p. verso]

Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-204) and index.

What Is a Union? -- Understanding Unions -- Early Union Struggles in Canada -- From Keynesianism to Neoliberalism: Union Breakthroughs and Challenges -- Unions In the Workplace -- Unions and Political Action -- How Do Unions Work? -- What Difference Do Unions Make? -- Who Belongs to Unions? Who Doesn€™t and Why? -- The Future of Unions: Decline or Renewal?

"Substantially revised and updated, this widely used introductory text offers a comprehensive introductory overview of Canada's labour movement. The book includes an analysis of why workers form unions; assesses their organization and democratic potential; examines issues related to collective bargaining, grievances and strike activity, charts the historical development of labour unions, and describes the gains unions have achieved for their members and all working people. The book also examines the challenges confronting unions, created by rapid economic and technological change, the rise of neoliberalism and the increasingly contingent and racialized character of the labour force."--From publisher.

Ross, Stephanie, 1970-

Silver, James, 1946-

Savage, Larry, 1977-

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