A combination of circumstances and fate give Brandon Evans a chance to star as the quarterback for New York State University. While achieving tremendous on-field success that makes him "America's Superstar," Brandon learns the hard way that the modern 24/7 media world of cable television, sports talk radio, and especially the Internet can tear down a person as fast as it can build someone up. An intrusive media and a jealous teammate come together to not only destroy Brandon's reputation, but that of the woman with whom he has fallen deeply in love. Brandon has to take matters into his own...
A combination of circumstances and fate give Brandon Evans a chance to star as the quarterback for New York State University. While achieving tremendo...
Working People in Alberta traces the history of labour in Alberta from the period of First Nations occupation to the present. Drawing on over two hundred interviews with labour leaders, activists, and ordinary working people, as well as on archival records, the volume gives voice to the people who have toiled in Alberta over the centuries. In so doing, it seeks to counter the view of Alberta as a one-class, one-party, one-ideology province, in which distinctions between those who work and those who own are irrelevant. Workers from across the generations tell another tale, of an...
Working People in Alberta traces the history of labour in Alberta from the period of First Nations occupation to the present. Drawing on ove...
This textbook provides workers and students with an introduction to effective injury prevention. It pays particular attention to how issues of precarious employment, gender, and ill-health can be better handled in Canadian occupational health and safety (OHS). Health and Safety in Canadian Workplaces offers an extensive overview of central OHS concepts and practices and provides practical suggestions for health and safety advocacy. It attempts to bring OHS into a twenty-first century context by discussing contemporary workplaces and the health effects of new work processes and...
This textbook provides workers and students with an introduction to effective injury prevention. It pays particular attention to how issues of prec...
In this study of UFCW 401, Foster investigates a union that has had remarkable success organizing a group of workers that North American unions often struggle to reach: immigrants, women, and youth. By examining not only the actions and behaviour of the local's leadership and its members but also the narrative that accompanied the renewal of the union, Foster shows that both were essential components to legitimizing the leadership's exercise of power and its unconventional organizing forces.
In this study of UFCW 401, Foster investigates a union that has had remarkable success organizing a group of workers that North American unions often ...
