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Political Science Labor & Industrial Relations

Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada

by (author) Bob Barnetson

Publisher
Athabasca University Press
Initial publish date
Jun 2010
Category
Labor & Industrial Relations, Workplace Culture, Industrial Health & Safety, Labor
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781926836010
    Publish Date
    Jun 2010
    List Price
    $24.99

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Workplace injuries are common, avoidable, and unacceptable. The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada reveals how employers and governments engage in ineffective injury prevention efforts, intervening only when necessary to maintain the standard legitimacy. Barnetson sheds light on this faulty system, highlighting the way in which employers create dangerous work environments while they pour billions of dollars into compensation and treatment. Examining this dynamic clarifies the way in which production costs are passed on to workers in the form of workplace injuries.

About the author

Bob Barnetson is a professor of labour relations at Athabasca University. He is the author of The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada (2010) and co-editor of Farm Workers in Western Canada: Injustice and Activism (2016). His research focuses on the political economy of workplace injuries, with particular attention to child, migrant, and farm workers. Bob previously worked for a trade union, the Alberta Workers’ Compensation Board, the Alberta Labour Relations Board ,and Alberta Employment and Immigration.

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