Free Markets and the Decline of Unions and Good Jobs
Resource type
Authors/contributors
- Peters, John (Author)
- Peters, John (Editor)
Title
Free Markets and the Decline of Unions and Good Jobs
Abstract
Docments the rising inequality, financialization of the economy, erosion of the manufacturing sector, the growth in resource industries and construction, changes in the workforce, and ithe decline in union density in the context of the neoliberal poltiical climate in Canada. Concludes that unions must contribute to a broader working class organization that redresses the balance.
Book Title
Boom, Bust and Crisis: Labour, Corporate Power and Politics in Canada
Series
Labour in Canada (Halifax, N.S.)
Series Number
2
Date
2012
Publisher
Fernwood
Place
Halifax
Pages
16-52
ISBN
9781552665
Language
English
Call Number
331.0971/09051
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract by Desmond Maley
Citation
Peters, J. (2012). Free Markets and the Decline of Unions and Good Jobs. In J. Peters (Ed.), Boom, Bust and Crisis: Labour, Corporate Power and Politics in Canada (pp. 16–52). Fernwood. https://archive.org/details/boombustcrisisla0000unse/page/n5/mode/2up
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