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The Canadian labour movement : a short history / Craig Heron.

by Heron, Craig.

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James Lorimer & Co., c2012.

331.880971 H562c

Labor unions -- Canada -- History.

Labor unions -- Canada -- History -- 19th century.

Labor unions -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.

Labor unions -- Canada.

xix, 232 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references, glossary and index.

The craftworkers' challenge -- The workers' revolt -- The giant tamed -- The new resistance -- Counterattack -- Rebuilding the house of labour -- A new agenda for labour -- Labour at the dawn of the twenty-first century.

Tells the story of Canada's workers from the mid-nineteenth century through to today. Describes the rise of globalization and the restructuring of the private sector that began in the nineties and continues today. The results have been catastrophic for Canadian working people as plants closed and union activities were curtailed. As the political right succeeded in dominating public debate during this period, workers suffered ever greater losses: fewer and more precarious jobs, rising unemployment, stagnating wages, and increases in poverty. Only with the crash of 2008 and the Occupy Wall Street movement has space for the political left and labour begun to open up once again.

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