Gompers in Canada : a study in American continentalism before the First World War /
Samuel Gompers, the charismatic chief of the American Federation of Labor at the turn of the century, claimed to represent the interests of all workers in North America, but it was not until American corporations began to export jobs to Canada via branch plants that he became concerned with represen...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Toronto ; Buffalo :
University of Toronto Press
[1974]
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| Online-Zugang: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctt15jvwh9 |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. First encounter
- 3. The rise of branch plants
- 4. Organizing boom
- 5. Labour politics in Canada
- 6. Dual unions
- 7. Berlin victory
- 8. A 'state' federation
- 9. External enemies
- 10. Jurisdictional disputes and secessions
- 11. Political action
- 12. Master and servant
- 13. Labour continentalism
- Appendixes
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index