Farm workers in Western Canada : injustices and activism / Shirley A. McDonald and Bob Barnetson, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McDonald, Shirley Ann, 1953- editor.

Barnetson, Bob, 1970- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural laborers--Legal status, laws, etc--Canada, Western.

Agricultural laborers.

Agricultural laborers--Canada, Western--Social conditions.

Agricultural laws and legislation--Canada, Western.

Agricultural laws and legislation.

Agricultural laborers--Legal status, laws, etc.

Agricultural laborers--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Western Canada.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 226 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press, 2016.

Summary:

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

One. Capitalist farms, vulnerable workers / Bob Barneston

Two. The personal experiences of an Alberta farm worker and activist / Darlene A. Dunlop with Shirley A. McDonald

Three. Georgic themes and myths of entitlement in the life writing of prairie settlers / Shirley A. McDonald

Four. Cows, meat, people / Michael J. Broadway

Five. A temporary program for permanent gains? / Jill Bucklaschuk

Six. Working away / Zane Hamm

Seven. Farming the Constitution / Jennifer Koshan, Gianna Argento, Delna Contractor, Brynna Hambly (Takasugi), Paul Kennett, C.F. Andrew Lau, J. Graham Martinelli, Robin C. McIntyre, Nelson Medeiros, Heidi Rolfe, and Kay Elizabeth Turner

Eight. BC-Grown / Kerry Preibisch

Nine. Labouring in the "four-season paradise" / Patricia Tomic and Ricardo Trumper.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Farm workers in Western Canada.

ISBN:

9781772121384

177212138X

OCLC:

934885842