Trade Unions in Canada 1812-1902

by Eugene Alfred Forsey

We are apt to think of labour unions as a feature of a relatively advanced industrial society. It comes as a surprise to many to learn how long ago in Canadian history they actually appeared. Unions already existed in the predominantly rural British North America of the early nineteenth century. There were towns and cities with construction workers, foundry workers, tailors, shoemakers, and printers; there were employers and employees - and their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802063888
• ISBN13: 9780802063885
• Release Date: December 1982
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 616 Pages
• Weight: 1.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher