Free trade agreements, restructuring global production chains and the intensifying of neoliberal austerity policies globally have all contributed to heightened competition between workers [...]
Watch the video of CAWLS 2017 Keynote Address, given by Bill Fletcher Jr. during our 4th Annual Conference, “Trump, Right-Wing Populism, and the Future of the Labour Movement”. This [...]
The PhD in Labour Studies is the newest component of McMaster University’s School of Labour Studies. The only such degree in North America, this program engages closely and critically with the [...]
CAWLS is proud to announce the winners of its 2017 Prizes for outstanding scholarship in the field of Work and Labour Studies in Canada. The awards were given out at a ceremony at CAWLS’ fourth [...]
Toronto’s Poor A Rebellious History by Bryan D. Palmer and Gaétan Héroux (Between the Lines) Toronto’s Poor reveals the long and too often forgotten history of poor people’s resistance. It [...]
It Takes A Riot: Race, Rebellion, Reform, produced by Simon Black, Howard Grandison, and Idil Abdillahi On May 4, 1992 in Toronto, a march against anti-Black police violence turned into a riot. [...]
We Can Do Better. Ideas for Changing Society by David Camfield (Fernwood) The view that capitalism is an inherently flawed, exploitative, crisis-prone, oppressive system is not new. But [...]
Work and Labour in Canada, 3rd Edition, by Andrew Jackson and Mark P. Thomas (Canadian Scholars) Now in its third edition, Work and Labour in Canada explores critical issues Canadian labourers [...]
Working Toward Equity: Disability Rights, Activism, And Employment In Late Twentieth Century Canada by Dustin Galer (University of Toronto Press) In Working Toward Equity, Dustin Galer argues [...]
Blood, Sweat, and Fear Violence at Work in the North American Auto Industry, 1960–80 by Jeremy Milloy, UBC Press. Going postal. We think of the rogue employee who snaps. But Blood, Sweat, and [...]
