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Labour Advisory Committee, Terrace (British Columbia). – 1979
Introductory teaching units for secondary students on the history of the Canadian labor movement and labor law are presented in this report. Five units are outlined, addressing the following questions: (1) How do students perceive organized labor, its position in today's society, and its historical development?; (2) What knowledge do students have…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Foreign Countries, History, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedStanley, Amy Dru – Journal of American History, 1988
Explores how the post-bellum U.S. code of contract denied married women the right to own their labor and their wages. Maps the legal symmetry between slavery and marriage, contradicting contemporary ideologies that placed the right to work for wages as a cardinal freedom. Discusses "earnings" laws passed by state legislatures that…
Descriptors: Contracts, Employed Women, Females, Feminism
