Self-Employed Workers Organize: Law, Policy, and Unions

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 2005 - Business & Economics - 265 pages
A much needed investigation into the working conditions and organizational aspirations of self-employed workers.
 

Contents

Introduction
3
Newspaper Distribution Workers and the Possibilities and Limits of Collective Bargaining
29
Rural Route Mail Couriers and Canada Post
56
The Challenges of Organizing PersonalCare Workers in Ontario
96
Freelance Editors Struggle for Collective Bargaining Rights
136
What Have We Learned?
171
Notes
193
References
233
Index
249
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Cynthia J. Cranford is assistant professor of sociology, University of Toronto. Her research focuses on the intersection of gender, economic restructuring, and labour organizing. Judy Fudge, professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, is co-au Cynthia J. Cranford is assistant professor of sociology, University of Toronto. Her research focuses on the intersection of gender, economic restructuring, and labour organizing. Judy Fudge, professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, is co-au

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