TY  - BOOK
AU  - Forsey,Eugene
TI  - Trade Unions in Canada 1812-1902
T2  - Heritage
SN  - 9781487595432
AV  - HD6524 .F68 1982eb
U1  - 331.88/0971 19
PY  - 1982///]
CY  - Toronto : 
PB  - University of Toronto Press, 
KW  - Industrial relations
KW  - Canada
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Labor unions
KW  - Working class
KW  - HISTORY / Canada / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - restricted access
N2  - We are apt to think of labour unions as a feature of a relatively advanced industrial society. It comes as a surprise to many to learn how long ago in Canadian history they actually appeared. Unions already existed in the predominantly rural British North America of the early nineteenth century. There were towns and cities with construction workers, foundry workers, tailors, shoemakers, and printers; there were employers and employees - and their interests were not the same. From this beginning Dr Forsey traces the evolutions of trade unions in the early years and presents an important archival foundation for the study of Canadian labour. He presents profiles of all unions of the period - craft, industrial, local, regional, national, and international - as well as of the Knights of Labor and the local and national central organizations. He provides a complete account of unions and organizations in every province including their formation and function, time and place of operation, what they did or attempted to do (including their political activity), and their particular philosophies. This volume will be of interest and value to those concerned with labour and union history, and those with a general interest in the history of Canada
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