ECON/LBST 330: Workers and the Economy (Rev. C2)

This course explores the economies of rich countries like Canada from the perspective of working people. It follows them to labour markets, into the production process and to markets for consumer goods. The course also explores economic policies and international economic relations. Working people encounter company owners and managers in all of the aforementioned markets and institutions. The course shows the conflict of interest between these two different groups of people and concludes with a unit on the prospect of labour movements.

LBST 200/202: Introduction to Labour Studies (Rev. C4)

This course is about workers and their organizing efforts. In other words, it is about efforts carried out in order to improve the working and living conditions of people who have to find paid employment to make a living.

LBST332/SOCI332/WGST 332: Women and Unions (Rev. C3/C3/C3)

LBST 332 course explores the relationship between women and unions from a global perspective.

LBST 332/SOIC 332/WGST 332: Women and Unions (Rev. A2)

LBST 332 SOCI 332 WGST 332 is about the relationship between women and unions in Canada.

LBST 335/GLST 335/HIST 335: Global Labour History (Rev. C2)

LBST 335 follows workers and workers movements from Caribbean slave plantations and Atlantic slave trade in the 18th century to today’s global production and distribution networks. After a theoretical introduction, the course explores working class formation and the organization of unions and workers parties in the 18th and 19th century. It then looks at 20th century labour in the West, the East, and the Global South. The course ends with an overview of global labour in the 21st century. Each unit of the course looks at the ways in which race and gender differentiated the global forces of labour.

LBST 335/GLST 335/HIST 335: Global Labour History (Rev. A1)

This course examines the field of labour studies and the place of working people and the labour movement in society. It provides an overview of Canadian labour history, a survey of the social organization of work, and an analysis of the role and function of trade unions.

LBST 413: What Do Unions Do? (Rev. C3)

LBST 413 investigates the theory and practice of trade unions in contemporary capitalist societies.