Labour Movement
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From  1928-1936: Communists Build a Foundation |
In this chapter, Leah traces Communist efforts to organize auto workers across Canada from 1928 to 1936, building toward the landmark 1937 Oshawa strike at General Motors. | Tony Leah | 21 | 2024 | $2.10 Add |
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From  A Crisis of RepresentationFrom: Labour Under Attack |
Anti-Unionism, Media and Popular Culture | Dennis Soron | 16 | 2018 | $1.60 Add |
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From  ForewordFrom: A New Kind of Union |
Peter Kennedy, Unifor’s former secretary treasurer, briefly explains why he is proud to have played a part in the creation of Unifor. | Jerry Dias; Peter Kennedy | 4 | 2019 | $0.40 Add |
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From  A New Agenda for Labour |
Assesses the emerging agenda for labour in the hostile climate of the 1990s | Craig Heron | 11 | 2012 | $1.10 Add |
A New Kind of UnionUnifor and the birth of the modern Canadian union |
This book describes the unique process by which the Canadian Auto Workers Union (CAW) and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) decided not just to merge but to create … | 256 | View | ||
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From A Moment of TruthFrom: A New Kind of Union |
Documents Canadian labour and the issues that it faced from 2011 – 2012. Details the key events and discussions which led to the creation of Unifor and gives a history of the roles … | Fred Wilson | 31 | 2019 | $3.10 Add |
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From  Address of Peter Heenan to the House of Commons, June 2, 1920From: Winnipeg 1919 |
Liberal MP Peter Heenan’s address to the House of Commons on June 2, 1926, in which he disclosed the contents of documents relating to the government’s response to the 1919 Winnipeg … | Norman Penner | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! AfterwordAndaiye and the Carribean Radical Organizing Tradition |
This reading consists of the following essays: Andaiye and the Caribbean Radical Organizing Tradition (Anthony Bogues) | Alissa Trotz; Andaiye | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
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From AfterwordLooking Back on A Moment of Truth: An International Perspective From: A New Kind of Union |
Economist and union activist Jim Stanford looks back on Canada’s union movement since 2011 and how Canadian labour fares compared to other countries with the use of key graphs and statistics. | Fred Wilson; Jim Stanford | 22 | 2019 | $2.20 Add |
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From An Introduction to Anti-Unionism in CanadaFrom: Labour Under Attack |
Larry Savage; Stephanie Ross | 16 | 2018 | $1.60 Add | |
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From  NEW! “Another Kind of Violence” |
This chapter discusses how the 1961 Toronto construction strike, led by Charles Irvine and Bruno Zanini, forced a fifty-day halt to residential construction after contractors abandoned union … | Gilberto Fernandes | 22 | 2026 | $2.20 Add |
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From Anti-Unionism in Professional SportThe Case of Major Junior Hockey From: Labour Under Attack |
Anti-Unionism in Niagara’s Casino Gaming Sector | Simon Black | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add |
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From BibliographyFrom: Winnipeg 1919 |
Norman Penner | 2 | 2019 | $0.20 Add | |
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From NEW! Bread and Butter |
This chapter traces Gerry Gallagher’s union organizing across Ontario in the late 1940s and 1950s, particularly his recruitment of Hydro labourers for LIUNA Local 183, and discusses the … | Gilberto Fernandes | 11 | 2026 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! Breaking Bones |
This chapter discuses the health toll of underground tunnelling, Italian immigrant labour organizing through Local 183, and organized crime’s encroachment on Toronto. | Gilberto Fernandes | 15 | 2026 | $1.50 Add |
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From NEW! Brothers! Fratelli! Irmãos! |
This chapter examines Toronto’s construction industry in the late 1960s. Fernandes traces how Local 183 workers—drawn from Irish, Italian, Portuguese, and Polish … | Gilberto Fernandes | 12 | 2026 | $1.20 Add |
