… and Members of their Families has been heralded as a significant international achievement in the protection of migrant workers. Antoine Pecoud and Paul de Guchteneire assert that it represents “the most comprehensive international treaty protecting migrants’ rights and is therefore a crucial element in fostering respect for migrants’ human rights throughout the world” (2004:2). …

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… closures is grabbing both public imagination and media attention.
Their story begins with a sign hanging from a factory gate: OUT OF BUSINESS. LOOK FOR WORK ELSEWHERE. Or else it begins with a letter in the mailbox: WILL NOT PAY FINAL MONTH’S SALARY OR PROCESS REQUESTS FOR SEVERANCE PACKAGES.
Or rather, their story begins earlier, with an owner’s calculation that juicier profits …

… as well as increased incidence of referrals from provincial social assistance programs and private disability insurers (Torjman 2002: 21). The increase can also be partly explained by the context of “the growing acceptance of conditions - such as stress, chronic fatigue and environmental hypersensitivities - as ‘disabilities’” (Torjman 2002: 27). Clearly, critiques of CPPD that …

… sex life. These dolls do not think, feel or speak (although advances in robotic-technologies will almost certainly change this in the near future), however, they fulfill sexual roles and provide an illusory form of companionship. It is indubitable that these feminised creations provide some owners with societal interactions traditionally considered as uniquely human. Men give their dolls …

Comment by Samantha: … If indeed dolls and sex …

… on the towering buildings? According to the lyric writer, Chan Siu Kei, they deliberately included the shot to emphasize the human element of the city’s success story. But what I can see is that the clip starts with a rather unimaginative, postcard-like parade of skyscrapers, all the modern monuments of economic power, the images of Hong Kong as a city skylined by global capital. By the …

… that are organised into assembly lines within those factories.  Yet, one of its most profitable business segments is Cat Financial.  At just 7% of revenue and sales, it generates 15% of profits.  Most of its lending is to its dealers and customers so that they can buy Cat built machinery.  The ‘productive’ aspect of Caterpillar is intimately dependent upon the ‘financial’ …

… were facing problems with the employer-state (Latouche 1974; Güntzel 2001). Moreover, the period preceding the Quiet Revolution, during which le petit peuple québécois was under the yoke of the Catholic Church and the industrial sector of its economy was under the control of foreigners-Americans or English-Canadians-is depicted as a dark age during which Quebecers became backwards …

… with conflicting interests, greater ‘agency’ in reproducing the social, economic and political landscape of capitalism. They have also theorized new opportunities that arise for union intervention at urban and regional scales. Labour is an active economic agent(s) in processes shaping contemporary Vancouver. An analysis of the pro-Olympic stance of the British Columbia and Yukon …

… subordinates and bosses. While this paper does not purport to be an exhaustive account, it intends to offer steps towards theorizing about queer women in the workplace; and hopes to raise the relevant questions that will inform further analysis into the experiences of these women. Using the Foucauldian notions of the “normalizing gaze” and “self-surveillance”, this paper will …

… and more deeply into the older generation, it is likely to remain so for some while. However, notions of ‘work’ and accompanying sub-values of competitiveness, efficiency, and productivity, are increasingly being linked to social concerns such as healthy, educated, and reasonably wealthy citizenry. To quote Mitt Romney, speaking at the California Republican debate on Jan. 30th, …

… came to France with short-term contracts which guaranteed their return to their country of origins. According to Michel Wieviorka, “although such workers were socially integrated in terms of labor relationships, they were politically and culturally excluded” (Wieviorka, 2002, p. 132). In the mid-1960s, the condition of the Algerian immigrants and their relation to France changes, …

… appears as a positive force on the one hand, as producers are emancipated from serfdom and from the fetters of the guild. On the other hand, this appears as a negative force insofar as these new freedman became sellers of themselves. They simply turned into wage-labourers who produce commodities with their abstracted labour. Once reconstituted as commodities— as hands for …

… in the capitalist system” (Beder, 7).
BIG CITY vs. SMALL CITY
Different values were stressed across different geographical places at the local level. Big city values such as the Global City concept, involve large urban centers trying to drive towards being a “global city”. When people think of Ontario, or even Canada, they would immediately associate that with the cities …

… and consumers. He also worries that government and central bank policies will exacerbate the pain experienced by these people. Stiglitz has frequently been lauded by those on the left as a more sensible economist than the outright corporate apologists who generally represent the breed. He has defended some of the positions held by anti-globalization activists, particularly their …

… 2008). “Is oil supply at its peak?” Toronto Star, B1, B4.

Comment by D. T. Cochrane: … became solidly middle-class. …