Trade Unions in Canada 1812-1902 /

Trade Unions in Canada 1812-1902 / / Eugene Forsey.

We are apt to think of labour unions as a feature of a relatively advanced industrial society. It comes as a surprise to many to learn how long ago in Canadian history they actually appeared. Unions already existed in the predominantly rural British North America of the early nineteenth century. The...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Forsey, Eugene,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1982
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (616 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Part One. The Early period of Unionism
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The period of local unionism 1812-59
  • 3. The entry of the international unions 1859-80
  • 4. Local and regional unionism 1860-80
  • 5. Local central organizations before 1880
  • 6. The first national central organization
  • 7. The Knights of Labor 1875-1902
  • PART TWO. The international unions 1880-1902
  • 8. The revolutionary, railway, and building trades unions
  • 9. The International Typographical Union, the Cigar Makers International Union, and the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees
  • 10. The metal and clothing trades unions
  • 11. Other international unions and the American Federation of Labor
  • PART THREE. Local, regional, and national unions, 1880-1902
  • 12. Local unions in the Maritimes and Quebec 1881-i 902
  • 13. Local unions in Ontario and the West 1881-1902
  • 14. Regional and national unions 1881-1902
  • PART FOUR. Central organizations 1880^1902
  • 15. Local central organizations 1881-1902
  • 16. The conventions of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada 1883-1902
  • 17. The institutional development of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada 1883-1902
  • APPENDIX. Number of international locals in Canada 1880-1902
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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