Not One of the Family

Author： Abigail Bakan   Daiva Stasiulis  

Publisher： University of Toronto Press‎

Publication year： 1997

E-ISBN: 9781442677944

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Language： ENG

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Description

A collection of original essays by researchers and workers-turned-activists, it documents how citizen and non-citizen workers are treated unequally in the Canadian system and demonstrates how workers can resist exploitation.

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Introduction

One: Foreign Domestic Worker Policy in Canada and the Social Boundaries of Modern Citizenship

Two: From 'Mothers of the Nation' to Migrant Workers

Three: An Affair between Nations: International Relations and the Movement of Household Service Workers

Four: Little Victories and Big Defeats: The Rise and Fall of Collective Bargaining Rights for Domestic Workers in Ontario

Five: 'The Work at Home Is Not Recognized': Organizing Domestic Workers in Montreal

Six: 'We Can Still Fight Back': Organizing Domestic Workers in Toronto

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