The Canadian Labour Movement A Short History

Author : Craig Heron
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
ISBN 13 : 9781550285222
Total Pages : 226 pages
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Download or read book The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History written by Craig Heron and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Canadian Labour Movement is a fascinating story that brings to life the working men and women who built Canada's unions. This concise history recounts the story of Canadian labour from the nineteenth century to the present day. First published in 1989, it has been updated to include new developments in the world of labour up to 1995. Heron depicts the major events and trends in labour's history, and assesses the current state and direction of the labour movement. The Canadian Labour Movement is a masterful overview of the subject, providing a broad and accessible introduction to Canadian labour.

Author : Craig Heron
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
ISBN 13 : 1459415248
Total Pages : 242 pages
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Download or read book The Canadian Labour Movement written by Craig Heron and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Canadian Labour Movement, historian Craig Heron and political scientist Charles Smith tell the story of Canada's workers from the midnineteenth century through to today, painting a vivid picture of key developments, such as the birth of craft unionism, the breakthroughs of the fifties and sixties, and the setbacks of the early twenty-first century. The fourth edition of this book has been completely updated with a substantial new chapter that covers the period from the great recession of 2008 through to 2020. In this chapter, Smith describes the fallout of the financial crisis, how Stephen Harper's government restricted labour rights, the rise of the "gig economy" and precarious work, and the continued de-industrialization in the private sector. These pressures contributed to fracturing the movement, as when Unifor, the largest private sector union, split from the Canadian Labour Congress, the established "house of labour." Through it all, rank-and-file union members have fought for better conditions for all workers, including through campaigns like the fight for a $15 minimum wage. The Canadian Labour Movement is the definitive book for anyone interested in understanding the origins, achievements, and challenges of the labour and social justice movements in Canada.

Author : Craig Heron
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
ISBN 13 : 1459400577
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History written by Craig Heron and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Canadian Labour Movement, historian Craig Heron tells the story of Canada's workers from the mid-nineteenth century through to today, painting a vivid picture of key developments such as the birth of craft unionism, the breakthroughs of the fifties and sixties, and the setbacks of the early twenty-first century. This new edition has been completely updated, including a substantial new chapter that covers the period from 1995 to 2011. In this chapter, Heron describes the rise of globalization and the restructuring of the private sector that began in the nineties and continues today. The results have been catastrophic for Canadian working people as plants closed and union activities were curtailed. As the political right succeeded in dominating public debate during this period, workers suffered ever greater losses: fewer and more precarious jobs, rising unemployment, stagnating wages, and increases in poverty. Only with the crash of 2008 and the Occupy Wall Street movement has space for the political left and labour begun to open up once again. The Canadian Labour Movement is the definitive book for anyone who is interested in understanding the origins, achievements, and challenges of labour and social justice movements in Canada.

Author : Craig Heron
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Author : Gregory S. Kealey
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773565671
Total Pages : 483 pages
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Download or read book Workers and Canadian History written by Gregory S. Kealey and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1995-10-03 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kealey provides an overview of the study of workers in Canada as well as in-depth examinations of two of the field's leading scholars, political economist Clare Pentland and Marxist historian Stanley Bréhaut Ryerson. He analyses the development of Canadian labour history in particular and social history in general, and provides detailed empirical studies of the Orange Order in Toronto, printers and their unions, the Knights of Labor, and the Canadian labour revolt of 1919. The collection concludes with three synthetic views of Canadian working-class history focusing on the labour movement, the role of strikes, and attempts by the state to manage class conflict. Workers and Canadian History will be of great interest to students and scholars of Canadian history, labour history, Marxist and socialist theory and history, and political science.

Author : Clifford Arnold Scotton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
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Download or read book Canadian labour and politics written by Clifford Arnold Scotton and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Committee on Canadian Labour History
Publisher : St. John's, Nlfd. : Committee on Canadian Labour History & New Hogtown Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lectures in Canadian Labour and Working-class History written by Committee on Canadian Labour History and published by St. John's, Nlfd. : Committee on Canadian Labour History & New Hogtown Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Canadian Labour Congress
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
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Download or read book Lecture Notes on the History of the Canadian Labour Movement written by Canadian Labour Congress and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The History and Development of the Canadian Labour Movement written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Committee on Canadian Labour History
Publisher : [St. John's, Nfld.] : LLAFUR/CCLH
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
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Download or read book Class, Community and the Labour Movement written by Committee on Canadian Labour History and published by [St. John's, Nfld.] : LLAFUR/CCLH. This book was released on 1989 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers from a conference of Committee on Canadian Labour History and Llafur, the Society for the Study of Welsh Labour History, held in April 1987 near Newtown in Mid-Wales.