Not One of the Family : Foreign Domestic Workers in Canada.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781442677944
- HD6072.2.C2 N68 1997
Intro -- 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 -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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