In this episode of Labour Intensive Jody Tomchishen sits down with Jordan House (assistant professor in the Department of Labour Studies at Brock University) and Asaf Rashid (criminal defence, immigration and prison lawyer, and a member of the Canadian Prison Law Association). Together they have written a book with Fernwood Publishing called Solidarity Beyond Bars: Unionizing Prison Labour. In the interview we discuss what prison labour looks like in Canada, the history of prison labour unions in this country, and also what unions can do going forward. 

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You can visit Asaf's website:

https://arashidlaw.ca/

And you can purchase the book with Fernwood Publishing:

https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/

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