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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. Results37 Connexions Library5 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 3 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 3 Sources Library 6 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryAlterNet Website Online news magazine and community featuring original journalism as well as material from many other independent media sources. AlterNet's aim is to inspire action and advocacy on the environment, hum... Angels 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 Changing Workplace: Reshaping Canada's Industrial Relations System Drache, Daniel; Glasbeek, Harry Book 1992 Describes how business, labour and government have organized the production of goods and services in Canada since 1945. Focusing on the industrial relations system and how it works, the authors call f... Combatting Racism in the Workplace: A Course for Workers Thomas, Barb; Novogrodsky, Charles Book 1983 With the ultimate aim of combatting racism within the labour movement, the Cross Cultural Communication Centre, under the auspices of the Humber Collage for Labour Studies, ran a ten-week, 30 hour pil... Combatting Racism in the Workplace Readings Kit Thomas, Barb; Novogrodsky, Charles Book 1983 Readings and case studies on fighting racism. Common Sense for Hard Times: The Power of the Powerless to Cope with Everyday life and Transform Society in The Nineteen Seventies  Brecher, Jeremy; Costello, Tim Book 1976 Presents a vision of society as it is and as it could be. Putting the problems of contemporary daily life in historical perspective, it reveals that they have their roots in the way our society is org... Connexions Digest: Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1992 Connexions Library: Labour and Unions Focus Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on labour and unions. Connexions Library: Work Focus Page Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on work. Dual power at work: When the workers make changes to their work environment without seeking management approval Article 2006 Rather than wait for the boss to give in to our demands and institute long-sought change, workers often have the power to institute those changes on our own, without the boss's say-so. Fighting for Hope: Organizing to Realize Our Dreams Kuyek, Joan Newman Book 1990 Detailed information and advice on how to organize a group for social change. Glaberman, Martin - Writings - Index Glaberman, Martin Article Writings of Martin Glaberman (1918-2001). Judging workers for control and profit Lin, Htun Article 2013 The computer with its air of objectivity has come to dominate human beings. The usurping of human judgment pervades all of society, from healthcare and education to manufacturing and the judicial sphe... The "Labor Aristocracy" and Working-Class Struggles: Consciousness in Flux, Part 2: Against The Current vol. 124 Post, Charles Article 2006 Whatever the theoretical and empirical problems with the economics of the labor aristocracy thesis, its defenders still claim that well paid workers have generally been more reformist and conservative... 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. Online Rights for Online Workers - Privacy at Work Website Deals with workers' right to privacy in the face of online surveillance by employers. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - February 17, 2018: Hearts and Minds: How do People Change? Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2018 How can we reach the millions we need to reach and engage if fundamental change is to happen? How can we accomplish the essential task of persuading a majority of the population that a fundamental soc... Proletarian management: Informal workplace organization - Kämpa Tillsammans Article 2005 Interesting article about informal workplace organising, management tactics and suggestions for workers to build power on the job. Real Utopia: Participatory Society for the twenty-first century Spannos, Chris (ed.) Book 2008 Real Utopia identifies and obliterates the barriers to an egalitarian, bottom-up society, while convincingly outlining how to build it. Red Menace #2: Volume 2, Number 1 - Summer 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 A Libertarian Socialist Newsletter Report from Dubai: Against The Current vol. 131 Francis, Vicky Article 2007 Dubai — This gulf emirate is shaping up into a key tourist destination. For golf, luxury hotels and high-end shopping, it is firmly established as a key player in the Middle East region. Dubai’s geogr... Soft Sell: Quality of Working Life Programs and the Productivity Race Wells, Don Book 1987 Quality of Working Life is a grab-bag of programs that promise workplace improvements and greater job satisfaction in exchange for increased productivity on the part of Canadian workers. But, says Don... The Spy Who Fired Me: The human costs of workplace monitoring Kaplan, Esther Article 2015 Kaplan discusses the growing practice of employers monitoring the internet use of their employees. Strike!: The True History of Mass Insurgence from 1877 to the Present Brecher, Jeremy Book 1972 A history-from-below that brings to light strikes as authentic revolutionary movements against the establishments of state, capital, and trade unionism. A Troublemaker's Handbook: How to Fight Back Where You Work -- And Win! La Botz, Dan Book 1991 An organizing manual for workers dealing with both major issues and everyday problems in the workplace. A Troublemaker's Handbook 2 Slaughter, Jane (ed.) Book A manual for workers who want to take control over their lives at work. In hundreds of first-person accounts, workers tell in their own words how they organized and struggled to do that. The Whistle-Blower as Deep Mole: Spying on Malfeasance Macaray, David Article 2014 There’s an intriguing idea based loosely on the turn-of-the-century union practice of "salting" a workplace. Salting consists of union activists secretly hiring into an anti-union shop in order to pro... Windows on the Workplace: Technology, Jobs, and the Organization of Office Work Greenbaum, Joan Book 2004 Takes us behind the news stories of the highly efficient, high-tech workplace and shows us the ways in which technologies have been adapted by management to reshape the way work is done. Work and New Technologies: Other Perspectives (Volume 3) DeBresson, Chris; Lowe Benston, Margaret; Vorst, Jesse Book 1987 Essays covering health hazards, labour concerns, and issues of deskilling related to new technologies in the workplace. Working in a supermarket Anonymous Article 1979 Observations on working as a carry-out in a supermarket. Working in Steel: The Early Years in Canada, 1883-1935 Heron, Craig Book 1988 Examines the huge steel plants that were built at the turn of the twentieth century in Sydney and New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, and Trenton, Hamilton, and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Emphasizes the importa... Workplace Democracy: A Guide to Workplace Ownership, Participation, and Self-Management Experiments in the US and Europe Zwerdling, Daniel Book 1978 Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesAgainst the Current Bi-monthly magazine oriented toward movements for social and economic justice; radical, socialist and feminist in orientation. Break Their Haughty Power Articles on capitalism, socialism, and revolution, from a left-Marxist perspective. Marxists Internet Archive Large archive of the writings of Marx and Engels and of others in the Marxist tradition. Searchable.
News and Letters An organization of Marxist-Humanists standing for the abolition of capitalism, both in its private property form and ins its state property form. We stand for the deveopment of new human relations; wh... Red Menace, The The online archive of the libertarian socialist newsletter The Red Menace. Articles on socialism, Marxism, anarchism, work, popular education, organizing, wages for housework, Leninism, bureaucracy, h... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryEthics and Gender: Equality in the newsroom, Brussels Declaration Sources News Release 2009 Brussels Declaraton on Ethics and Gender: Equality in the newsroom. For Better or Worse A Practical guide to Canadian Employment Law, Third Edition - Fully Revised and Updated Echlin, The Honourable Mr. Justice Randall Scott; Thomlinson, Christine M. 2011 Human Resources Guide to Workplace Investigations Rubin, Janice B.A., LL.B; Thomlinson, Christine B.A., LL.B 2006 A comprehensive "how-to" manual for planning and executing a proper and fair workplace investigation. From 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. Marxists Internet Archive Website Large archive of the writings of Marx and Engels and of others in the Marxist tradition. Searchable. 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... The Red Menace A libertarian socialist newsletter Serial Publication (Periodical) 1975 Articles on topics such as socialism, Marxism, anarchism, work, popular education, organizing, wages for housework, Leninism, bureaucracy, hierarchy, jargon, prostitution, obscenity, science fiction, ... |
