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  1. Angels of the Workplace
    Women and the Construction of Gender Relations in the Canadian Clothing Industry, 1890-1940
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1997
    Examines how the intricate weaving together of the meanings of class, gender, ethnicity, family, and the workplace created a job ghetto for women. Detailing the disparities between men and women in terms of wages and representation, this book is the definitive history of discrimination against women in Canada's clothing industry.
  2. The Artistic Woodwork Strike 1973
    A Lesson for the Canadian Labour Movement
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1974
  3. Arvida Strike
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
    Resource Type: Article
    Began July 24, 1941 when some 700 workers in the Aluminium Co. of Canada (Alcan) in Arvida, Québec, spontaneously walked off the job.
  4. Asbestos Strike
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
    Resource Type: Article
    The Asbestos Strike of 1949, based in and around Asbestos, Quebec, Canada, was a four-month labour dispute by the asbestos miners.
  5. Asbestos Strike
    Connexipedia Article
    Resource Type: Article
    The Asbestos Strike of 1949, based in and around Asbestos, Quebec, Canada, was a four-month labour dispute by the asbestos miners.
  6. Battle of Ballantyne Pier, 1935
    Resource Type: Article
    A short history and background of the 1935 dockers' strike and subsequent bloody confrontation with police in Vancouver that became known as the Battle of Ballantyne Pier.
  7. British Columbia Woodworkers' Strike
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
    Resource Type: Article
    15 May - 20 June 1946. Twenty-seven thousand workers in both the coast and interior regions, led by district president Harold Pritchett, struck when demands for a 25-cent hourly increase, a 40-hour week, union shop and mandatory dues check-off were refused by Stuart Research Service, the bargaining agent for 145 coast operators.
  8. Canada Since 1960: A People's History
    A Left Perspective on 50 Years of Politics, Economics and Culture
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2016
    An account of the most important developments in Canadian history from the 1960s to today, seen through the eyes of Canadian Dimension magazine.
  9. Canada's 1960s 
    The Ironies of Identity in a Rebellious Era
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2008
    A history of social movements of the 1960s, including student and anti-war movements, the rise of women's liberation, labour struggles, and Quebec nationalism.
  10. Canadian News Synthesis Project - September 1974
    Volume II Number 9
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1974
    The Canadian News Synthesis Project journal presents current news coverage to show major trends in Canada and Latin America.
  11. Canadian News Synthesis Project - February 1975
    Volume III Number 2
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1975
    The Canadian News Synthesis Project journal presents current news coverage to show major trends in Canada and Latin America.
  12. Canadian News Synthesis Project - May 1975
    Volume III Number 5
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1975
    The Canadian News Synthesis Project journal presents current news coverage to show major trends in Canada and Latin America.
  13. Canadian News Synthesis Project - June 1975
    Volume III Number 6
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1975
    The Canadian News Synthesis Project journal presents current news coverage to show major trends in Canada and Latin America.
  14. Canadian News Synthesis Project - October 1975
    Volume III Number 8
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1975
    The Canadian News Synthesis Project journal presents current news coverage to show major trends in Canada and Latin America.
  15. Cape Breton Strikes, 1920s
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
    Resource Type: Article
    The Cape Breton labour wars of the early 1920s represented an intense local episode of class conflict. In such conflicts militant unions, often led by radical leaders, were attempting to change the balance of power in Canadian industry by insisting on union recognition and improved living standards for the workers.
  16. Common Front Strikes
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
    Resource Type: Article
    Cartel of Québec public- and para-public-sector trade unions formed in 1972 to negotiate with the provincial government.
  17. Connexions
    Volume 4, Number 2 - March 1979 - Native Rights/Les Droits des Autochtones
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1979
  18. Connexions
    Volume 4, Number 3 - May 1979 - Immigration
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1979
  19. Connexions
    Volume 6, Number 4 - November 1981 - Unorganized Workers/Travailleurs Non-Organises
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1981
  20. Connexions Digest
    Volume 12, Number 2 - Issue 48 - Winter 1988-89 - A Social Change Sourcebook
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1989
  21. Connexions Digest
    Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1992
  22. Crowsnest Pass Strike, 1932
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
    Resource Type: Article
    A strike that began in January 1932 with demands that companies divide available work in the depressed coal-mining industry equally among miners rather than playing favourites. Coal companies refused to deal with the workers' union, the Mine Workers' Union of Canada.
  23. The East York Workers' Association
    A Response to the Great Depression
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1975
    An account of the activity of relief recipients in the township of East York, an eastern suburb of Toronto, in the 1930s.
  24. The Emergence of the Canadian Working Class Movement
    1845-1875
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1975
  25. Estevan Coal Miners' Strike, 1931
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
    Resource Type: Article
    A strike which led to the murder of three miners by the RCMP.
  26. Fort William Freight Handlers Strike
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
    Resource Type: Article
    A strike by 700 non-unionized immigrants in August 1909 that was defeated by the use of militia and the RCMP and resulted in the firing of hundreds of workers.
  27. Fraser River Fishermen's Strikes
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
    Resource Type: Article
    A strikes by whites, natives and Japanese fishermen against salmon canneries that lined the lower Fraser River.
  28. Fraser River Railway Strikes
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
    Resource Type: Article
    Strikes which started in March 1912 when railway workers organized by the Industrial Workers of the World walked out of construction camps on the Canadian Northern line to protest conditions.
  29. Hold the Line
    Resource Type: Film/Video
    First Published: 2009
    A restrained story-telling of the 2009 CUPE strike in Windsor, Ontario. Excellent shots of Windsor backed by a moody soundtrack, this film tells the story of the Windsor CUPE strike from the workers' point of view.
  30. Manoir Richelieu Dispute
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
    Resource Type: Article
    Few labour disputes have included such dramatic developments as the eventful Manoir Richelieu conflict, which shook Quebec in December 1985 when the Parti Québécois government sold the property, a renowned tourism heritage site, to businessman Raymond Malenfant for $555 555.55.The new owner maintained that he had purchased only a building and was not bound through the transaction by any obligation to the union or the existing collective bargaining agreement.
  31. Miners and Steelworkers
    Labour in Cape Breton
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1976
  32. Miramichi Lumber Strike
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
    Resource Type: Article
    The Miramichi Lumber Strike began 20 August 1937 when 1500 millworkers and longshoremen along the Miramichi River in northern New Brunswick struck 14 lumber firms for increased wages, shorter working hours and union recognition.
  33. More than one way to strike
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1978
    Rather than simply walk away from their vehicles, drivers could keep driving, but refuse to collect fares. This puts pressure on the employer without inconveniencing riders.
  34. Murdochville Strike
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
    Resource Type: Article
    On 10 March 1957 the 1000 workers of Gaspé Copper Mines, Murdochville, Qué, struck for the right to unionize. The conflict lasted 7 months and ended in defeat for the miners.
  35. Never Say Die!
    Resource Type: Book
    Autobiography of labour lawyer John Stanton with an account of Canadian labour history since the 1930's.
  36. Newfoundland Loggers' Strike
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
    Resource Type: Article
    The Newfoundland Loggers' Strike began 31 December 1958 when hundreds of loggers employed by Anglo-Newfoundland Development Co at Grand Falls struck for wage increases and for improvements in living conditions at wood camps.
  37. The Newsletter #5
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1974
  38. Ninety-Nine Days
    The Ford Strike in Windsor, 1945
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1995
  39. Organizing for Workers' Power!
    Resource Type: Article
    Allan Engler, author of Economic Democracy, critiques segments of the left for largely ignoring working class power. Recognizing that social change can only be carried through by the working class, Engler puts forth a series of demands designed to facilitate solidarity and comraderie with and among workers.
  40. Oshawa Strike 1937
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
    Resource Type: Article
    In 1937, more than 4000 workers if General Motors plant in Oshawa, Ontario, went on strike to fight for better wages and working conditions.
  41. Our Generation
    Volume 8 number 3 part 2
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
  42. Out of the Driver's Seat
    Marxism in North America Today
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1974
    Outlines the political perspective of the Windsor-based Labour Centre in the wake of divisions in the Centre in 1974. Issues explored include the nature of the working class, women in the working class, gay rights, and students rights.
  43. Perspectives
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1977
    Perspectives is a small magazine that deals with a variety of social justice and labour struggles with a focus on the London area, though with a global perspective.
  44. Plunderbund and Proletariat
    A History of the IWW in B.C.
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1975
    A history of working class struggle from the workers' perspective.
  45. La Presse Strike
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
    Resource Type: Article
    Two days later, the 3 main Union Centrals defied a municipal ban to organize a huge march in solidarity with the newspaper workers. More than 12 000 people clashed with 100 Montréal policemen. The outcome was some 50 arrests, several dozen injuries and one death from natural causes.
  46. Privacy and the Right to Strike in Canada
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2013
    The neoliberal assault on labour has now entered its fourth decade. Equally concerning for the labour movement has been the long assault on the post-war labour freedoms to organize, bargain, and strike.
  47. Producers' strike at CBC/Société Radio-Canada
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
    Resource Type: Article
    A strike by producers at Société Radio-Canada in Montréal in 1958-59.
  48. The Quebec general strike 1972
    Resource Type: Article
    The story of one of the largest working class rebellions in American history. 300,000 workers participated in North America's largest general strike to that date, radio stations were seized, factories were occupied, and entire towns were brought under workers' control, and it won important gains.
  49. Québec Shoe Workers' Lockout
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
    Resource Type: Article
    A lockout of Quebec shoe workers in 1900.
  50. Raising the Workers' Flag
    The Workers' Unity League of Canada, 1930-1936
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2012
    A history of the Workers' Unity League, the Canadian affiliate of the Communist Red International of Labour Unions.
  51. Reesor Siding Strike of 1963
    Connexipedia Article
    Resource Type: Article
    A labour conflict which resulted in the shooting of 11 union members.
  52. The Russian Revolution Ninety Years After
    Against The Current vol. 131
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2007
    The October Revolution of 1917 in Russia was the most influential political event of the 20th century. But since history is written by the victors, it is not well known that October was the opening shot of a vast and powerful challenge to capitalism that swept the industrial world and had strong echoes in colonial countries. Between 1918 and 1921 union membership and days lost in strikes everywhere reached new heights, while the ranks of the revolutionary wing of the socialist movement swelled.
  53. Saskatchewan Doctors' Strike
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
    Resource Type: Article
    A strike against the introduction of medicare by Saskatchewan doctors in 1962.
  54. Seeds of Fire 
    A People's Chronology
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2012   Published: 2017
    Recalling events that happened on this day in history. Memories of struggle, resistance and persistence.
  55. Seven News
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1970
    Seven News (7 News) was a community newspaper published in the area of Toronto east of downtown which at the time was known as Ward 7. Seven News was published from 1970 to 1985. Seven News is no longer publishing, but all issues of the paper have been scanned and are available on the Connexions website.
    Ward 7 covered the area of Toronto east of downtown, from Sherbourne Street to Logan Avenue, south of Bloor-Danforth, including Don Vale, Cabbagetown, Regent Park, Riverdale, St. Jamestown.
  56. Steel Strike
    Hamilton 1946
    Resource Type: Book
  57. Strikes and Lockouts
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
    Resource Type: Article
    A strike is the withholding of labour by workers in order to obtain better working conditions; such withholding of labour is generally accompanied by demonstrations, such as picketing, parades, meetings. A lockout is the opposite, being the temporary shutdown of a business by an employer to compel employees to accept certain conditions.
  58. Synthesis: A review of events reported in the Canadian press
    Volume VI Number 5
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1978
    Synthesis is the journal of the Canadian News Synthesis Project. Previously known as the Canadian News Synthesis Project (1974 - 1976), Synthesis analyzes and presents current news coverage of the most important economic, political and cultural forces in Canadian Society, using major newspapers from across the country.
    May 1978 issue.
  59. Synthesis: A review of events reported in the Canadian press
    Volume VI Number 6
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1978
    Synthesis is the journal of the Canadian News Synthesis Project. Previously known as the Canadian News Synthesis Project (1974 - 1976), Synthesis analyzes and presents current news coverage of the most important economic, political and cultural forces in Canadian Society, using major newspapers from across the country.
    September 1978 issue.
  60. Synthesis: A review of events reported in the Canadian press
    Volume VI Number 7
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1978
    Synthesis is the journal of the Canadian News Synthesis Project. Previously known as the Canadian News Synthesis Project (1974 - 1976), Synthesis analyzes and presents current news coverage of the most important economic, political and cultural forces in Canadian Society, using major newspapers from across the country.
    October 1978 issue.
  61. Synthesis: A review of events reported in the Canadian press
    Volume VI Number 8
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1978
    Synthesis is the journal of the Canadian News Synthesis Project. Previously known as the Canadian News Synthesis Project (1974 - 1976), Synthesis analyzes and presents current news coverage of the most important economic, political and cultural forces in Canadian Society, using major newspapers from across the country.
    November 1978 issue.
  62. Synthesis: A review of events reported in the Canadian press
    Volume VII Number 2
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1979
    Synthesis is the journal of the Canadian News Synthesis Project. Previously known as the Canadian News Synthesis Project (1974 - 1976), Synthesis analyzes and presents current news coverage of the most important economic, political and cultural forces in Canadian Society, using major newspapers from across the country.
    February 1979 issue.
  63. Synthesis: A review of events reported in the Canadian press
    Volume VII Number 5
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1979
    Synthesis is the journal of the Canadian News Synthesis Project. Previously known as the Canadian News Synthesis Project (1974 - 1976), Previously known as the Canadian News Synthesis Project (1974 - 1976), Synthesis analyzes and presents current news coverage of the most important economic, political and cultural forces in Canadian Society, using major newspapers from across the country.
    Includes letter to readers from CNSP collective.
    May 1979 issue.
  64. Toronto's Poor
    A Rebellious History
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2016   Published: 2916
    Toronto’s Poor reveals the long and too often forgotten history of poor people’s resistance. It details how the homeless, the unemployed, and the destitute have struggled to survive and secure food and shelter in the wake of the many panics, downturns, recessions, and depressions that punctuate the years from the 1830s to the present.
  65. The Trade Union Movement of Canada, 1827-1959
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1967   Published: 1968
    An account of trade union evolution as a whole for the period 1827-1959, as well as an ouline of continuing sphere's of Labour's effort, such as organization of the unorganized, the fight for better conditions, legislative and political action, peace and Canadian independence.
  66. 24 Days in Brooks
    Resource Type: Film/Video
    First Published: 2007
    Centred on the 24-day Lakeside Packers strike, this film is a nuanced portrait of people working together for change. They are people like Peter Jany Khwai, who escaped war in Sudan and Edil Hassan, a devout Muslim born in Somalia.
  67. Vancouver general strike of 1918
    Connexipedia Article
    Resource Type: Article
    The first general strike in Canadian history, held 2 August 1918, organized as a one-day political protest against the killing of draft evader and labour activist Albert "Ginger" Goodwin, who had called for a general strike in the event that any worker was drafted against their will.
  68. Vancouver Island Coal Strike
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
    Resource Type: Article
    A strike that began in September 1912 when miners at declared a holiday to protest the firing of a worker.
  69. We're Going to Run This City
    Winnipeg's Political left after the General Strike
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2015
    Explores the dynamic municipal politics thqt came out of the largest labour protest in Canadian history and the ramifications for Winnipeg throughout the 1920s and 1930s.
  70. West Coast Longshore Strikes, 1923 and 1935
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
    Resource Type: Article
    Strikes by members of the International Longshoremen's Association.
  71. When the State Trembled
    How A.J. Andrews and the Citizens' Committee Broke the Winnipeg General Strike
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2010
    Recovers the story of how the business elite-led Citizens' Committee of 1000 crushed the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919.
  72. Who Cares?
    The Crisis in Canadian Nursing
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1991
  73. Windsor Strike 1945
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia
    Resource Type: Article
    Windsor Strike, 12 Sept-20 Dec 1945, at the WINDSOR, Ont, plant of Ford Motor Co. There was really only one strike issue at Ford: union recognition. The united automobile workers demanded it; the company refused to grant it.
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