{"product_id":"labour-goes-to-war-the-cio-and-the-construction-of-a-new-social-order-193945-9780774823432","title":"Labour Goes to War  The CIO and the Construction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book examines the explosive growth of the CIO in Canada during the Second World War, showing how cultural as well as economic forces were at work in the gritty work of union organizing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough the CIO began the Second World War on precarious ground, by 1945 it had become a powerhouse. \u003cem\u003eLabour Goes to War\u003c\/em\u003e explains how this transformation took place, offering original insight into the making of the Canadian labour movement during the war years. Drawing on the reconstruction rhetoric of the peoples’ war for democracy, the CIO expanded its own commitment to equality rights for women and minorities and promoted a new language of social entitlement for working people.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Joan Sangster, author of Transforming Labour: Women and Work in Postwar Canada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 “A Trifle Depressing”: The CIO on the Eve of War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Organizing the Unorganized in Wartime\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Wartime Organizing: Getting to a Majority\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 “Becoming Unionized as Well as Organized”: Union Sociability, the Transmission of Ideas, and the Creed of Equality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 “The War for the Common Man”: The CIO’s Narrative of a Fulfilled Democracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 “Equal Partners in This World Crusade”: Women, Equal Pay, and the CIO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404926427479,"sku":"9780774823432","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/labour-goes-to-war-the-cio-and-the-construction-of-a-new-social-order-193945-9780774823432","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}