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History Post-confederation (1867-)

Remember Kirkland Lake, 2nd Edition

The Gold Miners Strike of 1941-42

by (author) Laurel Sefton MacDowell

Publisher
Canadian Scholars' Press Inc.
Initial publish date
Aug 2002
Category
Post-Confederation (1867-)
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781551301594
    Publish Date
    Aug 2002
    List Price
    $29.95

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Remember Kirkland Lake: The Gold Miners' Strike of 1941–42 tells the story of one of the most important industrial disputes in Canadian labour history. This strike united the Canadian labour movement around the demand for collective bargaining legislation, which it won in 1944 and which remains central to our industrial relations system.

The book provides a comprehensive analysis of all the factors in this dramatic dispute. At the community level, a social history approach examines the local living and working conditions of the miners and their families, the role of the women in the dispute, and the ethnic makeup of the workforce.

About the author

Laurel Sefton MacDowell teaches Canadian history in the Department of History, University of Toronto. She is a co-editor of Canadian Working Class History: Selected Readings, 2nd edition and Patterns of the Past: Re-interpreting Ontario's History, a past editor of the journal Ontario History, and the author of numerous articles.

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