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  1. Canadian Women at Work
    Their Situation, Their Union Status, and the Influence of the Public Sector
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1989
  2. The Exploitation Explosion
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Female workers in developing countries are undervalued and underpaid.
  3. The Newsletter
    Periodical profile
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1974
    Newsletter published in 1973 and 1974 by the New Tendency, a loose collaboration of indepedent leftists based in Toronto, Windsor, Winnipeg, and Kitchener-Waterloo. Articles dealt with workplace issues, labour unions, workers autonomy and related topics. A total of five-and-a-half issues were published.
  4. Part-time Paradox: Connecting Gender, Work and Family
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1992
    Tthe authors discuss whether the over-representation of women in part-time labour is exploitive or liberating. They present interviews and original research to describe the ways in which alternative work forms simultaneously challenge and reinforce traditional gender roles.
  5. A Troublemaker's Handbook
    How to Fight Back Where You Work -- And Win!
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1991
  6. Union Woman
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1979
  7. Women at Work - Ontario, 1850- 1930
    Resource Type: Book
  8. Women on the Global Assembly Line
    Resource Type: Book
  9. Women’s work devalued
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    An examination of the global failure to recognize the value of women's work.

Experts on Women & Work in the Sources Directory

  1. BBM Human Resource Consultants Inc.
  2. Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
  3. Canadian Labour Congress
  4. Canadian Union of Public Employees
  5. The Canadian Women's Health Network
  6. Congress of Union Retirees of Canada
  7. Shirin Khamisa - Careers By Design Coaching and Counselling
  8. Momentum Learning Inc.
  9. Ontario Nurses' Association
  10. PJ Wade --The Catalyst
  11. Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario
  12. Lisa Rickwood, BFA, CTACC -- Author, Speaker, Small Business Coach
  13. Work-Life Harmony Enterprises
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