On Strike: Six Key Labour Struggles in Canada 1919-1949

by Irving Abella

Book Overview

On Strike focuses on six important--but largely unknown--strikes where Canadian workers fought the combined forces of capital and government for basic union rights and for decent wages and working conditions. The strikes described--the Winnipeg 1919 general strike, Estevan 1931, Stratford 1933, Oshawa 1937, the Ford Windsor strike of 1945, and Asbestos 1949--were all major events in Canadian labour and political history. They demonstrate the strength...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888620578
• ISBN13: 9780888620576
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Lorimer
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"