{"product_id":"rising-up-the-fight-for-living-wage-work-in-canada-paperback-softback-9780774864374","title":"Rising Up; The Fight for Living Wage Work in Canada (Paperback \/ softback) 9780774864374","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRising Up\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Fight for Living Wage Work in Canada\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBryan Evans (Edited by), Carlo Fanelli (Edited by), Tom McDowell (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774864374\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 November 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e300 pages, 17 charts, 16 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is an older, more classical, and well-informed political economy analysis. - T. M. Bateman, St. Thomas University (CHOICE Connect)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eCanada has one of the highest rates of low-wage work among advanced industrial economies. In a labour market characterized by the ongoing fallout from COVID-19, deepening income inequality, job instability, and diluted union representation, the living wage movement offers a response. \u003cem\u003eRising Up\u003c\/em\u003e traces the history and international context of living wage movements across Canada. In the 1970s, the balance of political and economic power began to shift in favour of business, as trade unions weakened and governments failed to check corporate power. By the 2000s, austerity measures had dismantled social spending, facilitating the growth of low-waged employment. Contributors to this astute collection of essays examine union- and community-based approaches to labour organizing, migrant labour, and media (mis)representations, among other key topics. Offering stimulating debate about living wages and social inequality, \u003cem\u003eRising Up \u003c\/em\u003epromotes alternatives to a neoliberalized labour market.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Resisting Low-Wage Work: The Struggle for Living Wages \/ \u003cem\u003eBryan Evans, Carlo Fanelli, and Tom McDowell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: The \"Standard\" Employment Relationship: Low-Wage Work\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 The Comparative Political Economy of Low Wages \/ \u003cem\u003eStephen McBride, Sorin Mitrea, and Mohammad Ferdosi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 Labour Justice: Assessing the Politics of the American Labor Movement \/ \u003cem\u003eBiko Koenig and Deva Woodly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 Media (Mis)Representations and the Living Wage Movement \/ \u003cem\u003eCarlo Fanelli and A.J. Wilson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: The Fight for Living Wages in Canada\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 The Emergence of the Living Wage Movement in Canada's Northern Territories \/ \u003cem\u003eKendall Hammond\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 Getting By but Dreaming of Normal: Low-Wage Employment, Living in Toronto, and the Crisis of Social Reproduction \/ \u003cem\u003eMeg Luxton and Patricia McDermott\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 The Living Wage and the Extremely Precarious: The Case of \"Illegalized\" Migrant Workers \/ \u003cem\u003eCharity-Ann Hannan, John Shields, and Harald Bauder\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8 Working for a Living, Not Living for Work: Living Wages in the Maritimes \/ \u003cem\u003eMary-Dan Johnston and Christine Saulnier \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9 The BC Living Wage for Families Campaign: A Decade of Building \/ \u003cem\u003eCatherine Ludgate\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10 Challenging the Small Business Ideology in Saskatchewan's Living Wage Debate \/ \u003cem\u003eAndrew Stevens\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Resistance and Alternatives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11 The Living Wage Campaign in Hamilton: Assessing the Voluntary Approach \/ \u003cem\u003eDavid Goutor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12 Why Business-Led Living Wage Campaigns Fail: The Case of Calgary, Alberta 1999–2009 \/ \u003cem\u003eCarol-Anne Hudson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13 The Low-Wage Economy in the Age of Neoliberalism: What Can be Done? \/ \u003cem\u003eTom McDowell, Sune Sandbeck, and Bryan Evans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eList of Contributors; Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"UBC Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52531137052952,"sku":"9780774864374","price":25.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/rising-up-the-fight-for-living-wage-work-in-canada-paperback-softback-9780774864374","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}