Shifting Gears: Canadian Autoworkers and the Changing Landscape of Labour Politics

by Stephanie Ross and Larry Savage

Book Overview

Follows the evolution of the Canadian Auto Workers union.

In the decades after the Second World War, autoworkers were at the forefront of the labor movement. Their union urged members to rally in the streets and use the ballot box to effect change for all working-class people. But by the turn of this century, the Canadian Auto Workers union had begun to pursue a more defensive political direction. Shifting Gears traces the evolution...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774870869
• ISBN13: 9780774870863
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 356 Pages