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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results33 Connexions Library2 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 2 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 8 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryAngels of the Workplace: Women and the Construction of Gender Relations in the Canadian Clothing Industry, 1890-1940 Steedman, Mercedes Book 1997 Examines how the intricate weaving together of the meanings of class, gender, ethnicity, family, and the workplace created a job ghetto for women. Detailing the disparities between men and women in te... The Canadian Guide To Working and Living Overseas: For Entry Level and Seasoned Professionals Hachey, Jean-Marc Book 1992 This work profiles 700 employers in government, the private sector,voluntary and international organizations for people who want to work in the Third World. The Captive Labour Force on Non-English Speaking Immigrant Women Article 1980 An article focusing on the 'invisible work' that non-English speaking immigrant women, in particular, have done and continue to do. Connexions Library: Women's Issues Focus  Website Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on women. Connexions Library: Work Focus Page Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on work. The Export of Philippine Women Aguilar, Delia D. Article 1997 Principles of social justice are clearly not served by applauding a system that prides itself in an increased GNP at the same time that it farms out its women to be servants of the world. Feminism vs. Marxism: Origins of the Conflict Article 1974 Contrary to an opinion still subscribed to in certain circles, modern feminism did not emerge full-grown from the fertile womb of the New Left, but is in fact an ideological offspring of the utopian e... Getting There: Producing Photostories With Immigrant Women Barndt, Deborah, Cristall, Ferne, Marino, Dian Book 1983 Photostories about immigrant women surviving in and adapting to a new culture.
Harlan County USA Kopple, Barbara Film 1976 An effort of 180 coal miners and their wives to strike for benefits at the Eastover Coal Company's Brookside Mine in Harlan County, southeast Kentucky in 1973. Is that an archive in your basement... or are you just hoarding?: Sources News Release Article 2012 Are you an 'accidental archivist'? Have you been saving the publications and documents produced by the social justice projects you've been involved in? Then Connexions would like to hear from you. Live Working or Die Fighting: How the Working Class Went Global Mason, Paul Book 2010 Mason realtes a series of struggles for worker and human rights over the past two hundred years and compares them to current struggles. Monographs on the Portuguese Article 1975 A collection of analytical essays on the Portugese immigrant community in Toronto. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - March 5, 2016: International Women's Day Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2016 In this issue of Other Voices, we mark International Women's Day. An article written by Alexandra Kollontai in 1920 talks about the early history of this event, which grew out of a proposal put forwar... Out of Africa: A Migrant's Story: New Internationalist June 2005 - #379 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2005 An issue on the story of a nurse's return back to Kenya and the reason why she has worked so far away from home. Also, a discussion on a widespread crisis in international healthcare and the human co... Out of the Driver's Seat: Marxism in North America Today Article 1974 Outlines the political perspective of the Windsor-based Labour Centre in the wake of divisions in the Centre in 1974. Issues explored include the nature of the working class, women in the working clas... Part-time Paradox: Connecting Gender, Work and Family Duffy, Ann; Pupo, Norene Book 1992 Tthe authors discuss whether the over-representation of women in part-time labour is exploitive or liberating. They present interviews and original research to describe the ways in which alternative w... A People's History of the World: From the Stone Age to the New Millennium Harman, Chris Book 1999 Harman describes the shape and course of human history as a narrative of ordinary people forming and re-forming complex societies in pursuit of common human goals. Rosa Luxemburg for Our Time Holmstrom, Nancy Article 2016 Does Rosa Luxemburg leave feminists a theoretical and political legacy? That is, does she give us any theoretical guidance as to how to understand women's oppression? If so, what is it? Suburban Sweatshops: The Fight for Immigrant Rights Gordon, Jennifer Book 2007 Jennifer Gordon discusses her years spent working with the organization she founded, the Long Island-based Workplace Project. A Tale of Two Offices Farragher, Elaine Article 1977 Daily life and offices politics viewed through the experience of working in two libraries with very different management styles. Toronto's Poor: A Rebellious History Palmer, Bryan D.; Heroux, Gaetan Book 2016 Toronto’s Poor reveals the long and too often forgotten history of poor people’s resistance. It details how the homeless, the unemployed, and the destitute have struggled to survive and secure food an... The 24 hour day: women, work and class German, Lindsay Article 2017 Movements of women, as well as those involving large numbers of women, will increasingly be features of resistance to neoliberalism. The extent to which they succeed will be the extent to which they a... The Uses of Literacy Hoggart, Richard Book 1957 In this partly autobiographical book Hoggart observes the loss of an authentic popular culture and denounces the imposition of mass culture by the culture industries. Wage-Earning Women: Industrial Work & Family Life in the U.S. 1900-1930 Tentler, Leslie Woodcock Book 1986 What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America Frank, Thomas Book 2004 Explores the rise of conservative populism in the United States through the lens of Frank's native state of Kansas. According to his analysis, the political discourse of recent decades has dramaticall... The Winter of our Discontent: Experiences Organizing Nursing Homes Burcher, Betty; Donner, Lissa Article 1973 An account by two nursing home workers describing their jobs and their successful efforts to organize unions at their workplaces.
Published in Issue #2 (1973) on the New Tendency newsletter. Woman's Consciousness, Man's World Rowbotham, Sheila Book 1973 The cultural and economic liberation of women is inseparable from the creation of a society in which all people no longer have their lives stolen from them, and in which the conditions of their produc... Women Working: Issue #6 Article 1976 Examination of many of the issues facing women in the working world. Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesChild Care Advocacy Association of Canada Advocate for accessible, affordable, high quality, comprehensive, not for profit child care for every Canadian. Labor Notes Labor Notes is a media and organizing project that has been the voice of union activists who want to put the movement back in the labor movement since 1979.
Through our magazine, website, books, conf... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsFrom the Connexions ArchivesAgainst the Current Serial Publication (Periodical) 1986 Bi-monthly magazine oriented toward movements for social and economic justice; radical, socialist and feminist in orientation. Cleaners' Action Newsletter Periodical profile published 1979 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1979 Cleaner's Action is a monthly newspaper published in Portuguese, English and Spanish. Intercede: International Coalition To End Domestics Exploitation Organization profile published 1981 Organization 1981 The International Coalition to End Domestics' Exploitation (INTERCEDE) was created in May, 1980, a joint effort of four groups: Employment Services for Women, Housewives Initiative, Labour Rights for ... The Newsletter Periodical profile Serial Publication (Periodical) 1973 Newsletter published in 1973 and 1974 by the New Tendency, a loose collaboration of independent leftists primarily based in Toronto, Windsor, Winnipeg, and Kitchener-Waterloo. Articles dealt with work... Women Working With Immigrant Women (WWIW) Organization profile published 1981 Organization 1981 Women Working With Immigrant Women (WWIW) is an umbrella organization composed of 22 agencies that work specifically with immigrant women. |
