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Not One of the Family : Foreign Domestic Workers in Canada.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1997Copyright date: ©1997Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (194 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442677944
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Not One of the FamilyLOC classification:
  • HD6072.2.C2 N68 1997
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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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