Workers Capital And The State In British Columbia
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Workers Capital And The State In British Columbia
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Author : Rennie Warburton
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2011-11-01
Workers Capital And The State In British Columbia written by Rennie Warburton and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-01 with Social Science categories.
This collection of essays offers a comprehensive examination of the working class experience in British Columbia and contains essential background knowledge for an understanding of contemporary relations between government, labour, and employees. It treats workers' relationship to the province's resource base, the economic role of the state, the structure of capitalism, the labour market and the influence of ethnicity and race on class relations.
Capital And Labour In The British Columbia Forest Industry 1934 74
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Author : Gordon Hak
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2011-11-01
Capital And Labour In The British Columbia Forest Industry 1934 74 written by Gordon Hak and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-01 with History categories.
The history of British Columbia's economy in the twentieth century is inextricably bound to the development of the forest industry. In this comprehensive study, Gordon Hak approaches the forest industry from the perspectives of workers and employers, examining the two institutions that structured the relationship during the Fordist era: the companies and the unions. He relates daily routines of production and profit-making to broader forces of unionism, business ideology, ecological protest, technological change, and corporate concentration. The struggle of the small-business sector to survive in the face of corporate growth, the history of the industry on the Coast and in the Interior, the transformations in capital-labour relations during the period, government forest policy, and the forest industry's encounter with the emerging environmental movement are all considered in this eloquent analysis.
Canadian Working Class History
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Author : Laurel Sefton MacDowell
language : en
Publisher: Canadian Scholars’ Press
Release Date : 2006
Canadian Working Class History written by Laurel Sefton MacDowell and has been published by Canadian Scholars’ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Business & Economics categories.
Canadian Working-Class History: Selected Readings, Third Edition, is an updated version of the bestselling reader that brings together recent and classic scholarship on the history, politics, and social groups of the working class in Canada. Some of the changes readers will find in the new edition include better representation of women scholars and nine provocative and ground-breaking new articles on racism and human rights; women's equality; gender history; Quebec sovereignty; and the environment.
Organized Labour Vs The State In British Columbia Microform The Political Limitations Of Trade Unions
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Author : Peter Michael Poole
language : en
Publisher: National Library of Canada
Release Date : 1987
Organized Labour Vs The State In British Columbia Microform The Political Limitations Of Trade Unions written by Peter Michael Poole and has been published by National Library of Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Industrial relations categories.
Development Of The Pacific Salmon Canning Industry
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Author : Diane Newell
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 1989-12-01
Development Of The Pacific Salmon Canning Industry written by Diane Newell and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-12-01 with History categories.
Doyle (1874-1961) was founder and first general manager of a major consolidation of packing companies, British Columbia Packers Association (established in 1902), which became British Columbia Packers Ltd., one of the few pioneer fish-packing companies that remains viable today. He was recognised by friends and enemies alike as the unofficial industry historian not only for British Columbia but also for Alaska and the Pacific US coastal states. Doyle was a vora-cious collector of "intelligence," whose extensive papers, now stored in the archives of the University of British Columbia, constitute the only comprehensive insider's history of the rise of the industry. Newell has culled this collection of documents for revealing highlights, important trends, and events within this profitable industry. These documents are reproduced in the text and are supported by editorial essays, annotations, a statistical appendix, and a lengthy glossary of historical terms. The result is an intriguing combination of both the personal and the scholarly view of this industry through its most exciting and critical years.
Hobohemia And The Crucifixion Machine
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Author : Todd McCallum
language : en
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Release Date : 2014-12-28
Hobohemia And The Crucifixion Machine written by Todd McCallum and has been published by Athabasca University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-28 with Political Science categories.
In the early years of the Great Depression, thousands of unemployed homeless transients settled into Vancouver’s “hobo jungle.” The jungle operated as a distinct community, in which goods were exchanged and shared directly, without benefit of currency. The organization of life was immediate and consensual, conducted in the absence of capital accumulation. But as the transients moved from the jungles to the city, they made innumerable demands on Vancouver’s Relief Department, consuming financial resources at a rate that threatened the city with bankruptcy. In response, the municipality instituted a card-control system—no longer offering relief recipients currency to do with as they chose. It also implemented new investigative and assessment procedures, including office spies, to weed out organizational inefficiencies. McCallum argues that, threatened by this “ungovernable society,” Vancouver’s Relief Department employed Fordist management methods that ultimately stripped the transients of their individuality. Vancouver’s municipal government entered into contractual relationships with dozens of private businesses, tendering bids for meals in much the same fashion as for printing jobs and construction projects. As a result, entrepreneurs clamoured to get their share of the state spending. With the emergence of work relief camps, the provincial government harnessed the only currency that homeless men possessed: their muscle. This new form of unfree labour aided the province in developing its tourist driven “image” economy, as well as facilitating the transportation of natural resources and manufactured goods. It also led eventually to the most significant protest movement of 1930s’ Canada, the On-to-Ottawa Trek. Hobohemia and the Crucifixion Machine explores the connections between the history of transiency and that of Fordism, offering a new interpretation of the economic and political crises that wracked Canada in the early years of the Great Depression.
When Coal Was King
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Author : John Hinde
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2011-11-01
When Coal Was King written by John Hinde and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-01 with History categories.
The town of Ladysmith was one of the most important coal-mining communities on Vancouver Island during the early twentieth century. The Ladysmith miners had a reputation for radicalism and militancy and engaged in bitter struggles for union recognition and economic justice, most notably the Great Strike of 1912-14. This strike, one of the longest and most violent labour disputes in Canadian history, marked a watershed in the history of the town and the coal industry.
Politics Policy And Government In British Columbia
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Author : R. Kenneth Carty
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 1996-09-23
Politics Policy And Government In British Columbia written by R. Kenneth Carty and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-09-23 with Political Science categories.
Politics, Policy, and Government in British Columbia examines the political life of Canada's dynamic Pacific province. Each of the seventeen chapters, written by well-known experts, provides an up-to-date portrait and analysis of one of the many faces of B.C. politics. Taken together they provide a clear and comprehensive overview of the dominant themes and issues that have been the distinguishing features of the province's political life.
A Long Way To Paradise
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Author : Robert A.J. McDonald
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2021-10-15
A Long Way To Paradise written by Robert A.J. McDonald and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-15 with Political Science categories.
The political landscape of British Columbia has been characterized by divisiveness since Confederation. But why and how did it become Canada’s most fractious province? A Long Way to Paradise traces the evolution of political ideas in the province from 1871 to 1972, exploring British Columbia’s journey to socio-political maturity. Robert McDonald explains its classic left-right divide as a product of “common sense” liberalism that also shaped how British Columbians met the demands and challenges of a modernizing world. This lively, richly detailed overview provides fresh insight into the fascinating story of provincial politics in Canada’s lotus land.
Rebel Life 2nd Ed
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Author : Mark Leier
language : en
Publisher: New Star Books
Release Date : 2013-09-05
Rebel Life 2nd Ed written by Mark Leier and has been published by New Star Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Extensively revised throughout and including a brand-new chapter, Rebel Life chronicles the life of labour organizer, revolutionary, anarchist and labour spy Robert Gosden. This new edition includes new information about Gosden’s career that has come to light since the first edition was published in 1999. Canada’s west coast was rife with upheaval in the second and third decades of the twentieth century. At the centre of the turmoil is Robert Gosden, migrant labourer turned radical activist–turned police spy. In 1913, he publicly recommends assassinating Premier Richard McBride to resolve the miners’ strike. By 1919, he is urging Prime Minister Robert Borden to “disappear” key labour radicals to quelch rising discontent. What happened? Rebel Life plumbs the enigma that was Gosden, but is much more: it is an introduction to BC labour history. With its archival photograph and sidebars rich with historical arcana, and a chapter outlining the research that unearthed Gosden’s story, Rebel Life is a rich resource for instructors, students, and trade unionists, and an ideal introduction to the historian’s craft.