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Free Markets and the Decline of Unions and Good Jobs

Resource type
Authors/contributors
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
Place
Halifax
Publisher
Fernwood
Date
2012
Pages
16-52
Language
English
ISBN
9781552665
Short Title
Boom, bust and crisis
Library Catalog
laurentian.concat.ca
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