Solidarity beyond bars : unionizing prison labour / Jordan House and Asaf Rashid.

  • House, Jordan
Date:
[2022]
  • Books

About this work

Description

"Prisons don't work, but prisoners do. Prisons are often critiqued as unjust, but we hear little about the daily labour of incarcerated workers - what they do, how they do it, who they do it for, and under which conditions. Unions protect workers fighting for better pay and against discrimination and occupational health and safety concerns, but prisoners are denied this protection despite being the lowest paid workers with the least choice in what they do - the most vulnerable among the working class. Starting from the perspective that work during imprisonment is not "rehabilitative," this book examines the reasons why people should care about prison labour and how prisoners have struggled to organize for labour power in the past. Unionizing inmate workers is critical for both the labour movement and struggles for prison justice, this book argues, to negotiate changes to working conditions as well as the power dynamics within prisons themselves."-- Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

Halifax ; Winnipeg : Fernwood Publishing, [2022]

Physical description

xii, 243 pages ; 23 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-233) and index.

Contents

Introduction : prison labour and punishment -- Why care about prisoners' labour rights? -- All work and (almost) no pay -- Injury, illness and death -- "Sweat the evil out" : the evolution of Canadian prison labour -- What are the alternatives? -- The case for prisoners' labour unions -- Conclusion : and justice for all?

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    Medical Collection
    HV8888 2022H84s
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781773635613
  • 1773635611