Raising the Workers' Flag : The Workers' Unity League of Canada, 1930-1936 /

During the Great Depression, the conflicting interests of capital and labour became clearer than ever before. Radical Canadian workers, encouraged by the Red International of Labour Unions, responded by building the Workers' Unity League - an organization that greatly advanced the cause of unio...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Endicott, Stephen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2020]
Temas:
Labor unions > History > 20th century > Canada.
Labor unions > Canada > History > 20th century.
Working class > History > 20th century > Canada.
Working class > Canada > History > 20th century.
HISTORY / Canada / General.
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Workers in Canada's Second Industrial Revolution
  • 2. The Red International
  • 3. Getting Started
  • 4. Going to 'Mecca'
  • 5. 1931: Trial by Fire
  • 6. Red Blairmore
  • 7. August 1932: Confronting the Prime Minister
  • 8. The First Congress of the Workers' Unity League 1932
  • 9. Women of the Workers' Unity League: Taking Their Place Side by Side as Activists in the Labour Market
  • 10. Hard Rock Miners: Anyox - Noranda - Flin Flon
  • 11. 1933: Gaining Momentum
  • 12. Sweatshops and Militancy in the Needle Trades
  • 13. Woodsmen of the West
  • 14. Fishers in the Salish Sea
  • 15. Not Hot Cakes or Foremen: On to Ottawa!
  • 16. Changing Times: The Final Convention of the Workers' Unity League
  • Afterword
  • Appendix I: Draft Constitution of the Workers' Unity League of Canada
  • Appendix II: Federal Department of Labour Diagram of the Workers' Unity League, c. 1933
  • Appendix III: Charter for the Right to Live
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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