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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Miranda, Susana P.     Subjects     Women cleaning personnel -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.     Labor movement -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.     Women immigrants -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.     Portuguese -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.     Employee rights -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.     Working class -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.     Building cleaning industry -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.     Women in trade-unions -- Canada.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Miranda, Susana P.       by title:      Cleaning up : Portug...       by call number:      331.478 M672c     Search the Web     Miranda, Susana P.     Women cleaning personnel -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.     Labor movement -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.     Women immigrants -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.     Portuguese -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.     Employee rights -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.     Working class -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.     Building cleaning industry -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.     Women in trade-unions -- Canada.       MARC Display

Cleaning up : Portuguese women's fight for labour rights in Toronto / by Susana P. Miranda with Franca Iacovetta. by Miranda, Susana P. Between the Lines, 2023. Call #: 331.478 M672c Subjects Women cleaning personnel -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.   Labor movement -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.   Women immigrants -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.   Portuguese -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.   Employee rights -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.   Working class -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.   Building cleaning industry -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.   Women in trade-unions -- Canada. ISBN:  9781771136266 (trade pbk) Description:  247 p. ; 23 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "This fascinating book uncovers the little-known, surprisingly radical history of the Portuguese immigrant women who worked as night-time office cleaners and daytime “cleaning ladies” in postwar Toronto. Drawing on union records, newspapers, and interviews, feminist labour historians Susana P. Miranda and Franca Iacovetta piece together the lives of immigrant women who bucked convention by reshaping domestic labour and by leading union drives, striking for workers’ rights, and taking on corporate capital in the heart of Toronto’s financial district. Despite being sidelined within the labour movement and subjected to harsh working conditions in the commercial cleaning industry, the women forged critical alliances with local activists to shape picket-line culture and make an indelible mark on their communities. Richly detailed and engagingly written, Cleaning Up is an archival treasure about an undersung piece of working-class history in urban North America."--Publisher. Other authors:  Iacovetta, Franca, 1957- Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 331.478 M672c Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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