Not one of the family : foreign domestic workers in Canada /

In Not One of the Family, experts on foreign domestic workers and workers-turned-activists document how the Canadian system has institutionalized unequal treatment of citizen and non-citizen workers. Since the 1940s, rights of citizenship for immigrant domestic workers in Canada have declined while...

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Other Authors: Bakan, Abigail B. 1954- (Editor), Stasiulis, Daiva K. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto [Ontario] ; Buffalo [New York] ; London [England] : University of Toronto Press, 1997.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • ""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""