Union power : : solidarity and struggle in Niagara / / Carmela Patrias and Larry Savage.
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 th...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edmonton, [Alberta] : : AU Press,, 2012. ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Working Canadians (Edmonton, Alta.).
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 pages) :; illustrations; digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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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.