Labour Goes to War: The CIO and the Construction of a New Social Order, 1939-45

by Wendy Cuthbertson

During the Second World War, the Congress of Industrial Organizations in Canada grew from a handful of members to more than a quarter-million and from political insignificance to a position of influence in the emergence of the welfare state. What was it about the "good war" that brought about this phenomenal growth? And how did this coming of age during the war affect the emerging CIO? Labour Goes to War analyzes the organizing strategies of the CIO...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774823437
• ISBN13: 9780774823432
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"