Farm Workers in Western Canada
Title | Farm Workers in Western Canada PDF eBook |
Author | Shirley A. McDonald |
Publisher | University of Alberta |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2017-01-16 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1772122726 |
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. Contributors: Gianna Argento, Bob Barnetson, Michael J. Broadway, Jill Bucklaschuk, Delna Contractor, Darlene A. Dunlop, Brynna Hambly (Takasugi), Zane Hamm, Paul Kennett, Jennifer Koshan, C.F. Andrew Lau, J. Graham Martinelli, Shirley A. McDonald, Robin C. McIntyre, Nelson Medeiros, Kerry Preibisch, Heidi Rolfe, Patricia Tomic, Ricardo Trumper, and Kay Elizabeth Turner.
Farm Workers in Western Canada
Title | Farm Workers in Western Canada PDF eBook |
Author | Shirley Ann McDonald |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Agricultural laborers |
ISBN | 9781772122732 |
"Farm workers are the faceless multitudes driving agriculture production. Many workers--men, women, and children--are injured and even killed at work. In nine essays, contributors to Farm Workers in Western Canada look at the origin, 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. Scholars in the disciplines of sociology, Canadian history, law, and rural and labour studies, as well as policy makers, farmers, farm workers, and activists will benefit from reading Farm Workers in Western Canada."--
Hired Hands
Title | Hired Hands PDF eBook |
Author | Cecilia Danysk |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 1995-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780771025525 |
In this first full-length study of labour in Canadian prairie agriculture during the period of settlement and expansion, Cecilia Danysk examines the changing work and the growing rural community of the West through the eyes of the workers themselves.
Labor in Canadian Agriculture
Title | Labor in Canadian Agriculture PDF eBook |
Author | George Vickers Haythorne |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 142 |
Release | 1960 |
Genre | Agricultural laborers |
ISBN |
The Agrarian Revolt in Western Canada
Title | The Agrarian Revolt in Western Canada PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Frederick Sharp |
Publisher | University of Regina Press |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Agriculture |
ISBN | 9780889771062 |
Originally published: Minneapolis: Univ. of Minnesota Press, 1948.
Migrant Workers in Agriculture
Title | Migrant Workers in Agriculture PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics |
Publisher | |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 1940 |
Genre | Agriculture |
ISBN |
More Farmers for Western Canada
Title | More Farmers for Western Canada PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Stewart |
Publisher | |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 1941 |
Genre | Agriculture |
ISBN |