Work and Labour in Canada : Critical Issues

ISBN-13: 9781551303666 / Angielski

Andrew Jackson

Opis

Focuses on critical issues surrounding work and labour in Canada. This book examines changes in the labour market and in the workplace, with an empirical component based upon the Statistics Canada data.

Spis treści

• List of Tables and Figures
• List of Boxes
• Foreword by Wallace Clement
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Introduction
• Part I: Working People and the Canadian Workplace
• Chapter 1: Why Jobs Are Important: Thinking about Work and Labour in Tumultuous Times
• Chapter 2: Work, Wages, and the Living Standards of Canadian Working People
• Chapter 3: Taking Lifelong Learning Seriously
• Chapter 4: The Unhealthy Canadian Workplace
• Part II: Inequalities and Differences: Gender, Race, Ability, Age
• Chapter 5: Women in the Workforce: Still a Long Way from Equality
• Chapter 6: Seeking Equality in the Workforce: Recent Immigrants and Racialized Workers, Aboriginal Canadians, and Persons with Disabilities
• Chapter 7: Older Workers, Pensions, and the Transition to Retirement
• Chapter 8: Troubled Translations: A Note on Young Workers
• Part III: Contemporary Canadian Unions
• Chapter 9: The Impact of Unions
• Chapter 10: Is There a Future for Canadian Unions?
• Part IV: Canada in a Global Perspective
• Chapter 11: Canadian Workers in a Changing World: The Impacts of Globalization and Free Trade
• Chapter 12: Improving Work: Could Canada Look More Like Denmark?
• Copyright Acknowledgments
• Index