Rethinking the Politics of Labour in Canada

Focusing on the Canadian postwar era, this examination seeks to explain how and why workers were able to exert collective power–and how they might reclaim it. With essays from established and emerging scholars from a wide range of disciplines, this collection assesses the past, present, and uncertain future of labor politics in Canada. The study combines the traditional electoral-based aspects of labor politics with analyses of the rediscovered forms of working-class organization and strategies influenced by social movements, which have become increasingly important in the Canadian labor movement.