question / pregunta:
Hey, I am a member of the Progressive Librarians Guild, London Ontario Student Chapter. We are developing a special library with the UWO teaching assistants union (PSAC Local 610). It is designed to be a collection of books on the history of the labour movement in Canada, the academic workplace, the student movement, and more. As a joint project, the library is intended to provide an information resource for union activists.
We are currently in the collections development and acquisition stage. Our question is two-fold: would you happen to know of any independent and labour-friendly publishers based in Canada? Would you have any suggestions for materials to strengthen this collection?
academic labour resources
For part two of your question, you might take a look at the following academic labour/corporatization bibliographies:
Living in Interesting Times
Corporatization and Centralization at the University of Victoria
Also Craig Heron (historian at York) has written a short history of the Canadian Labour movement worth reading - and the bibliography will lead you fruitfully elsewhere I'm sure. The relevant LC subject heading is "Labour Unions Canada History" - and you might use it to check Worldcat and see what else is out there.