From Crisis to Austerity: Neoliberalism, Organized Labour and the Canadian State

• Fowler, Tim (Editor)

Table of Contents: 1. From Crisis To Austerity: An Introduction / Tim Fowler -- 2. The Canadian State and the Crisis: Theoretical and Historical Context / Stephen McBride & Heather Whiteside -- 3. From the Great Recession of 2008-2009 to Fiscal Austerity: The Role of Inequality / Akhter Faroque and Brian K. MacLean  -- 4. Neoliberalism, Capitalist Crisis, and Continuing Austerity in the Ontario State / Tim Fowler  -- 5. Collective Bargaining in a Time of Austerity: Public-Sector Unions and the University Sector in Ontario / Mathew Nelson & James Meades --  6. "We Will Fight This Crisis": Auto Workers Resist an Industrial Meltdown/ Bill Murnighan & Jim Stanford -- 7. The Decline of the Labour Movement: A Socialist Perspective / Murray E.G. Smith & Jonah Butovsky -- 8. Labour’s Response to the Crisis and the Future of Working-Class Politics / David Camfield.

Endorsements: "...[a] thought-provoking collection on contemporary austerity and the attack on labour reveals how divergent interpretations of capitalist crisis frame different understandings of the contemporary crisis of the workers' movement." -  Bryan D. Palmer  is Canada Research Chair at Trent University, author of  James P. Cannon and the Origins of the American Revolutionary Left, 1890-1928 and Editor of  Labour/Le Travail. "...a big-picture look at how Canadian governments and business sought solutions favouring the wealthy at the expense of an ever more constrained labour movement. The collection will be a critical read for anyone seeking a comprehensive account of the crisis and how Canada's politics of austerity have affected unions and workers across the country." -  John Peters teaches labour studies at Laurentian University and is editor of  Boom, Bust, Crisis: Labour, Corporate Power, and Politics in 21st Century Canada.