Harnessing labour confrontation : shaping the postwar settlement in Canada /

"The 1940s, a decade of heightened militancy and struggle on the shop floor and on the picket line, were crucial years in the labour history of Canada. The experience of the Depression, closely followed by the mass mobilization of the workforce during the Second World War and later by the econo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McInnis, Peter S. (Peter Stuart), 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Industrial relations > Canada > History > 20th century.
Labor policy > Canada > History > 20th century.
Labor unions > Canada > History > 20th century.
Relations industrielles > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Travail > Politique gouvernementale > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Syndicats > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
Industrial relations
Labor policy
Labor unions
Canada
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • introduction: reassessing the 'labour question'
  • Home front war: labour and political economy in Second World War Canada
  • Planning prosperity: the debate on postwar Canada
  • Reconstructing Canada: industrial unions in the immediate postwar era
  • Teamwork for harmony: labour-management production committees and the postwar settlement in Canada
  • Legislating the compromise: the politics of postwar industrial relations
  • Conclusion: interpreting the legacy of the 1940s.

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