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Resource type
Book
Authors/contributors
Title
Farm Workers in Western Canada: Injustices and Activism
Abstract
Bill 6, the government of Alberta’s contentious farm workers’ safety legislation, sparked public debate as no other legislation has done in recent years. The Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act provides a right to work safely and a compensation system for those killed or injured at work, similar to other provinces. In nine essays, contributors to Farm Workers in Western Canada place this legislation in context. They look at the origins, work conditions, and precarious lives of farm workers in terms of larger historical forces such as colonialism, land rights, and racism. They also examine how the rights and privileges of farm workers, including seasonal and temporary foreign workers, conflict with those of their employers, and reveal the barriers many face by being excluded from most statutory employment laws, sometimes in violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. -- Publisher's description. Contents: Capitalist farms, vulnerable workers / Bob Barneston -- The personal experiences of an Alberta farm worker and activist / Darlene A. Dunlop with Shirley A. McDonald -- Georgic themes and myths of entitlement in the life writing of prairie settlers / Shirley A. McDonald -- Cows, meat, people / Michael J. Broadway -- A temporary program for permanent gains? / Jill Bucklaschuk -- Working away / Zane Hamm -- Farming the Constitution / Jennifer Koshan, Gianna Argento, Delna Contractor, Brynna Hambly (Takasugi), Paul Kennett, C.F. Andrew Lau, J. Graham Martinelli, Robin C. McIntyre, Nelson Medeiros, Heidi Rolfe, and Kay Elizabeth Turner -- BC-Grown / Kerry Preibisch -- Labouring in the "four-season paradise" / Patricia Tomic and Ricardo Trumper.
Place
Edmonton, Alta.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Date
2016
# of Pages
xxiv, 256 pages
Language
English
ISBN
978-1-77212-138-4
Short Title
Farm Workers in Western Canada
URL
https://ualbertapress.ca/9781772121384/farm-workers-in-western-canada/
Extra
Book available at Internet Archive to people with print disabilities: https://archive.org/details/farmworkersinwes0000unse/mode/2up
Notes

Contents: Capitalist farms, vulnerable workers / Bob Barneston -- The personal experiences of an Alberta farm worker and activist / Darlene A. Dunlop with Shirley A. McDonald -- Georgic themes and myths of entitlement in the life writing of prairie settlers / Shirley A. McDonald -- Cows, meat, people / Michael J. Broadway -- A temporary program for permanent gains? / Jill Bucklaschuk -- Working away / Zane Hamm -- Farming the Constitution / Jennifer Koshan, Gianna Argento, Delna Contractor, Brynna Hambly (Takasugi), Paul Kennett, C.F. Andrew Lau, J. Graham Martinelli, Robin C. McIntyre, Nelson Medeiros, Heidi Rolfe, and Kay Elizabeth Turner -- BC-Grown / Kerry Preibisch -- Labouring in the "four-season paradise" / Patricia Tomic and Ricardo Trumper.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Citation
Broadway, M. J., Bucklaschuk, J., Contractor, D., Dunlop, D. A., Hambly, B., Hamm, Z., Kennett, P., Koshan, J., Lau, C. F. A., Martinelli, J. G., McIntyre, R. C., Medeiros, N., Preibisch, K., Rolfe, H., Tomic, P., Trumper, R., & Turner, K. E. (2016). Farm Workers in Western Canada: Injustices and Activism (S. A. McDonald & B. Barnetson, Eds.). University of Alberta Press. https://ualbertapress.ca/9781772121384/farm-workers-in-western-canada/
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