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A pioneering study, written in clear and forceful prose, this is theuntold story of the New Brunswick Federation of Labour and theprovincial labour solidarities that succeeded in overcoming divisionsand defeats to raise the status of working men and women within NewBrunswick society. Drawing on archives, newspapers, and workers’own descriptions of their experiences, Frank makes an originalcontribution to our understanding of the political, economic, andsocial development of the province. In so doing, he helps meet the needfor an informed public awareness of the history of workers and unionsin all parts of Canada.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Introduction, “Makers of History”

One, “An Accomplished Fact”

Two, “What We Were Promised”

Three, “A Province Fit for Heroes”

Four, “The New Unionism”

Five, “On the Line”

Epilogue, “Honour the Past. Build the Future”

Appendix

Notes

Index

Provincial Solidarities: A History of the New

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      Publisher: AU Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/05/2013
      ISBN13: 9781927356234, 978-1927356234
      ISBN10: 1927356237

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A pioneering study, written in clear and forceful prose, this is theuntold story of the New Brunswick Federation of Labour and theprovincial labour solidarities that succeeded in overcoming divisionsand defeats to raise the status of working men and women within NewBrunswick society. Drawing on archives, newspapers, and workers’own descriptions of their experiences, Frank makes an originalcontribution to our understanding of the political, economic, andsocial development of the province. In so doing, he helps meet the needfor an informed public awareness of the history of workers and unionsin all parts of Canada.

      Table of Contents

      List of Abbreviations

      Acknowledgements

      Introduction, “Makers of History”

      One, “An Accomplished Fact”

      Two, “What We Were Promised”

      Three, “A Province Fit for Heroes”

      Four, “The New Unionism”

      Five, “On the Line”

      Epilogue, “Honour the Past. Build the Future”

      Appendix

      Notes

      Index

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