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Political Science Labor & Industrial Relations

Power Begins at the Cod End

The Newfoundland Trawlermen's Strike, 1974-75

by (author) David Macdonald

Publisher
ISER Books
Initial publish date
Jan 1980
Category
Labor & Industrial Relations
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780919666382
    Publish Date
    Jan 1980
    List Price
    $19.95

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This book shows how a union leader, beginning with very few cards in his hands, managed to contrive a victory for the trawler fishermen of Newfoundland. The social and economic changes in Newfoundland between 1900 and the year of the strike provide the background for the story. An important and original study for anyone interested in industrial dispute, the place of rhetoric in public life, and the role the media plays in swaying public opinion.

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Editorial Reviews

"...should not only be required reading for anyone concerned with fish trades, but it should also be a practical handbook for our labour leaders. It is an excellent study of the use of words." - The Newfoundland Herald