Building A Better World
An Introduction to the Labour Movement in Canada
Stephanie Ross author Larry Savage author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
Published:12th Jan '23
Should be back in stock very soon
This fourth edition of Building a Better World offers a comprehensive introductory overview of Canada’s labour movement. The book explores 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. This new and expanded edition also analyzes the challenges facing today’s labour movement as a result of COVID-19 and the strategies being developed to overcome them.
Ross and Savage, two of Canada’s foremost experts in labour studies, detail the evolving struggle of Canadian workers to defend themselves under capitalism. They chronicle how workers have organized to improve working conditions, pay and a better life. Workers wanting to organize as well as students of labour studies will find this book essential reading.
-- Peggy Nash, former senior UNIFOR negotiator and former MP, now a senior advisor at Toronto Metropolitan UniversISBN: 9781773635927
Dimensions: 23mm x 15mm x 1mm
Weight: 425g
288 pages
4th Revised edition