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Canadian Labour in Crisis

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Does Canada have a working-class movement? Though many of us think of ourselves as middle class, most of us are, in fact, working class: we work for a wage. And though many of us are members of uni...
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  • 01 March 2011
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Does Canada have a working-class movement? Though many of us think of ourselves as middle class, most of us are, in fact, working class: we work for a wage. And though many of us are members of unions – the most significant organizations of the working-class movement in Canada – most people do not understand themselves to be part of this movement. Canadian Labour in Crisis asks why this is so. Through an analysis of the contemporary Canadian working-class movement and its historical development, David Camfield offers an explanation for its current state and argues that reform within the movement is not enough. From the structure of organizations to their activities and even the guiding ideology, Camfield contends that the movement needs a radical reinvention – and offers us a new way forward in reaching this goal.
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Price: $21.95
Pages: 168
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
Imprint: Fernwood Publishing
Publication Date: 01 March 2011
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781552664162
Format: Paperback
BISACs: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-)
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“…a rich and compelling account of what is happening within unions in Canada and Quebec, and a detailed agenda for a new kind of working class movement. This should be read by anyone concerned with the future of unions in Canada and Quebec and would be a useful text in a union course or an introductory university course on unions.”

David Camfield is an associate professor in labor studies at the University of Manitoba. He
lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.