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Solidarités provinciales Histoire de la Fédération des travailleurs et tr…
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FRANK,DavidOUELLETTE, traduit par Réjean

La Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Nouveau-Brunswick, fondée en 1913, est la deuxième plus ancienne fédération provinciale du travail au Canada. Son histoire remonte aux premières campagnes en faveur de l’indemnisation des accidents du travail et de la reconnaissance syndicale, et elle se poursuit dans les plus récentes luttes visant à défendre les normes sociales et…

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978-1-927356-29-6
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Working Canadians: Books from the CCLH
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336 pages
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Our Union UAW/CAW Local 27 from 1950 to 199
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RUSSELL,Jason

In Our Union, Jason Russell argues that the union local, as an institution of working-class organization, was a key agent for the Canadian working class as it sought to create a new place for itself in the decades following World War II. Using UAW/CAW Local 27, a broad-based union in London, Ontario, as a case study, he offers a ground-level look at union membership, including some of the socia…

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978-1-926836-43-0
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Fabriks: Studies in the Working Class
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336 pages
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Defying Expectations The Case of UFCW Local 401
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FOSTER,Jason

In this study of UFCW 401, Foster investigates a union that has had remarkable success organizing a group of workers that North American unions often struggle to reach: immigrants, women, and youth. By examining not only the actions and behaviour of the local’s leadership and its members but also the narrative that accompanied the renewal of the union, Foster shows that both were essential co…

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9781771991995.01
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Working Canadians: Books from the CCLH
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Confrontation, Struggle and Transformation Organized Labour in the St. Catha…
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PATRIAS,CarmelaSAVAGE,Larry

The study explores the labour movement’s fight to survive and thrive in the Niagara region. Thanks to extensive quotations from interviews, archival sources and local newspapers, the story unfolds, in part, through the voices of the people themselves: workers who fought for unions, community members who supported them and employers who opposed them.

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9781894000086
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CCLH Publications
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