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Happy Labour Day!

The first of May is International Workers' Rights Day, aka Labour Day! Celebrate this important date by reading one of these nonfiction titles about labour history, labour rights, human rights, and labour unions!

Aurora Public Library

44 items

  • Precarious

    The Secret Lives of Migrant Workers

    Di Cintio, Marcello
    BookCanada : Biblioasis, 2025. — ON ORDER
  • Careless People

    a Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

    Wynn-Williams, Sarah,
    BookNew York : Flatiron Books, 2025. — 302.30285 WYN
  • Code Dependent

    Living in the Shadow of AI

    Murgia, Madhumita
    BookNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2024. — 303.4834 MUR
  • Releasing the Mother Load

    How to Carry Less and Enjoy Motherhood More

    Djossa, Erica
    BookVancouver : Appetite by Random House, 2024. — 155.6463 DJO
  • Health for All

    a Doctor's Prescription for a Healthier Canada /

    Philpott, Jane, 1960-
    Also available in eBook
    BookToronto, ON : Signal, an imprint of McClelland & Stewart, 2024. — BEX PHILP
  • What She Said

    Conversations About Equality

    Renzetti, Elizabeth
    Book[Toronto] : McClelland & Stewart, 2024. — 305.420971 REN
  • Gigs, Hustles, & Temps

    How Precarious Work Makes Workers Poorer and Less Free While Enriching Big Corporations

    Foster, Jason
    BookToronto : James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers, [2023] — 331.25729 FOS
  • Cobalt Red

    How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives /

    Kara, Siddharth
    Also available in eBook
    BookNew York : St. Martin's Press, 2023. — 338.2748 KAR
  • Dominion

    the Railway and the Rise of Canada

    Bown, Stephen R.
    Book[Toronto] : Doubleday Canada, [2023] — 385.0971 BOW
  • Emotional Labor

    the Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power

    Hackman, Rose
    BookNew York : Flatiron Books, 2023. — 155.333 HAC
  • How Canada Works

    the People Who Make Our Nation Thrive

    Mansbridge, Peter
    BookToronto, Ontario : Simon & Schuster Canada, 2023. — 971.07092 MAN
  • Black Ghost of Empire

    the Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation

    Manjapra, Kris, 1978-
    BookNew York : Scribner, 2022. — 306.362 MAN
  • The Antiracist Organization

    Dismantling Systemic Racism in the Workplace

    Daniels, Shereen
    BookHoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2022. — 658.30089 DAN
  • The No Club

    Putting a Stop to Women's Dead-end Work

    Babcock, Linda, 1961-
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster, 2022. — 331.481658 BAB
  • Downloadable Audiobook[United States] : Author's Republic, 2022. — eAudiobook hoopla
  • Fight Like Hell

    the Untold History of American Labor

    Kelly, Kim
    BookNew York : One Signal Publishers/Atria, 2022. — 331.80973 KEL
  • Work Without the Worker

    Labour in the Age of Platform Capitalism /

    Jones, Phil
    BookLondon : Verso, 2021. — 331.25 JON