Union power : : solidarity and struggle in Niagara / / Carmela Patrias and Larry Savage.

• Author: Canadian Committee on Labour History.
• VerfasserIn: Patrias, Carmela, 1950-; Savage, Larry, 1977-
• TeilnehmendeR: Savage, Larry, 1977-; Canadian Committee on Labour History.
• Place / Publishing House: Edmonton, [Alberta] : : AU Press,, 2012.; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Working Canadians (Edmonton, Alta.).
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 pages) :; illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Includes index.

From factory workers in Welland to retail workers in St. Catharines, from hospitality workers in Niagara Falls to migrant farm workers in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Union Power showcases the role of working people in the Niagara region. Charting the development of the region's labour movement from the early nineteenth century to the present, Patrias and Savage illustrate how workers from this highly diversified economy struggled to improve their lives both inside and outside the workplace. Including extensive quotations from interviews, archival sources, and local newspapers, the story unfolds, in part, through the voices of the people themselves: the workers who fought for unions, the community members who supported them, and the employers who opposed them.

Table of Contents

Canallers Fight for Work and Fair Wages --The Early Labour Movement --Class and Ethnicity in the Early Twentieth Century --Labour Revolt in Niagara --Welfare Capitalism in Niagara --Unemployment and Organization During the Great Depression --The Crowland Relief Strike --The Cotton Mill Strike, 1936-37 --The Monarch Strike --The CIO at McKinnon Industries --Fighting for Democracy on the Home Front, 1939-45 --Niagara Labour's Cold War --Women and Workers of Colour in the 1950s and 1960s --Ideologies Clashing: The 1970 UAW Strike --Strike Wave: 1972-76 --Canadian Pulp and Paper Workers Fight Back --Corporate Restructuring and Labour's Decline --The Eaton's Strike: Women Workers Walk the Line -- Don't Lower the Standard": The Newsroom on Strike --Occupation in Thorold --Labour Builds Brock: Unions and the University --Living in a Dying Town: Deindustrialization in Welland --"Kicking Ass for the Working Class": Hotel Workers in Niagara --The House Advantage: Organizing Niagara's Casinos --Migrant Farm Workers in Niagara --Organized Labour and the New Democratic Party in Niagara.