Raising the workers' flag. the Workers' Unity League of Canada, 1930-1936 /

Endicott, Stephen Lyon, 1928-

Raising the workers' flag. the Workers' Unity League of Canada, 1930-1936 / Stephen Lyon Endicott. - Toronto : University of Toronto Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (xvi, 442 pages, 48. pages of plates) illustrations.

Includes bibliographies and index.

1 Workers in Canada's Second Industrial Revolution -- 2 The Red International -- 3 Getting Started -- 4 Going to 'Mecca' -- 5 1931: Trial by Fire -- 6 Red Blairmore -- 7 August 1932: Confronting the Prime Minister -- 8 The First Congress of the Workers' Unity League 1932 -- 9 Women of the Workers' Unity League: Taking Their Place Side by Side as Activists in the Labour Market -- 10 Hard Rock Miners: Anyox- Noranda- Flin Flon -- 11 1933: Gaining Momentum -- 12 Sweatshops and Militancy in the Needle Trades -- 13 Woodsmen of the West -- 14 Fishers in the Salish Sea -- 15 Not Hot Cakes or Foremen: On to Ottawa! -- 16 Changing Times: The Final Convention of the Workers' Unity League -- Afterword -- Appendix I: Draft Constitution of the Workers' Unity League of Canada -- Appendix II: Federal Department of Labour Diagram of the Workers' Unity League, c. 1933 -- Appendix III: Charter for the Right to Live.



9781442696822


Workers' Unity League of Canada--History.


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


Electronic Books.

HD8106 / .R357 2012