In Search of Penal Labour Citizenship: Prisoner-Workers Organize for Labour Rights in Canada

Authors

  • Luis Aguiar UBC
  • Dr. Independent Researcher
  • Dr. Department de Sociologie, Universite de Montreal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18740/ss27313

Keywords:

prisons; prison labour; prison workers;citizenship; incarceration; carceral state;Canadian prisons

Abstract

Do Canadian federal prison-workers have a right to unionize? This key question is investigated in a case study approach to an attempt, by prison-workers, to organize a union in a Canadian federal penitentiary in British Columbia. The authors analyze prisoner-workers penal labour citizenship position via-a-vis the State’s conceptualization of prison-workers as non-employees and difficulties in finding the appropriate Canadian jurisdiction to hear their case.

Author Biography

Dr., Independent Researcher

Tina is a recent PhD researching labour, immigration and city politics in Kelowna, British Columbia.

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Published

2022-11-29