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“The Lucky Things That Happen to Me”
From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks
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This chapter traces the life of Gerry Gallagher, an Irish immigrant who arrived in Canada in 1951 to organize
construction workers. It examines his wartime experiences, his founding of LIUNA Local 183 in Ontario, and the broader context of displaced-person labourers facing xenophobia in post-war Canada.
Contributors
Gilberto Fernandes
Gilberto Fernandes is a visiting scholar and instructor in the Department of History at York University. He is the author of several academic publications on the history of the Portuguese diaspora in North America, and Ontario's construction industry and building trade unions. He is an award-winning public historian with several credits, including documentaries, exhibitions, community archives, websites, podcasts, walking tours, and theatre. Among these are the award-winning project City Builders: A History of Immigrant Construction Workers in Postwar Toronto, as well as the Laborem Ex Machina: A History of Construction Machinery and Operating Engineers in Canada.
