“Index” in “Provincial Solidarities”
INDEX
NOTE: Page numbers in boldface refer to photographs.
Acadians, 10, 30–31, 33, 79, 95, 117–19, 140, 164, 170–74, 206–7, 209, 254n40, 259n72. See also bilingualism and NBFL; French language; Parti Acadien
Advisory Council on the Status of Women, 162, 263n26
Afro-Canadians, 87, 114–15, 253n34
Alberta Federation of Labour (1912), 9, 17
All-Canadian Congress of Labour (ACCL), 59, 68–70, 81
Anderson, Joseph P., 32
anti-fascism, 70–71
anti-scab laws, 179–80, 187, 197–98, 268n83. See also strikebreakers
Appleton, Tom, 169–70
Argentina, solidarity with workers in, 160–61, 262n18
Atkinson, Mary, 192
Atlantic Region Labour Education Centre (ARLEC), 155, 159, 187, 202
automobile insurance, public, 133, 142
Ayer, Clifford, 35
back-to-work legislation, 162, 216
labour council, 140, 213. See also Day of Concern, Bathurst (1972)
Baxter, J. B. M., 39–41
Beaulieu, Rodolphe, 154
Belledune, 130, 257n60. See also Brunswick Mining and Smelting
bilingualism and NBFL, 117–19, 170–75, 186, 191, 241n30, 259n74, 264n32. See also French language
Blacquier, Joan, 167–69, 255n44
Blanchard, Mathilda, 118, 118–19, 138, 153, 154, 155, 254nn39, 40
Blanchette, Rolland, 95, 108, 117, 251n21
Booker, Phillip, 111, 154, 156, 156–59
Boudreau, Alexandre, 124
Boudreau, Béatrice, 11
Boudreau, Émile, 272n26
Boudreau, Lily, 80
Boudreau, Michel, 211–13, 224, 269n1
Bourgeois, Valerie, 126, 171, 178–79
Bourque, Merelda, 80
Bourque, Normand, 111
Boyce, Steven, 209
Coca-Cola, 179–81
Dairytown, 197
Sobeys, 157
and United Farm Workers, 143–45
Boyd, Ralph, 108
Breault, Ann, 160
Brewer, Allison, 217
British Columbia Federation of Labour (1910), 9, 17
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, 38, 115
Bruce, John, 27–28
Brunswick Mining and Smelting: strikes, in 1965, 129–30
in 1974, 259n75
in 1990–91, 174–75
Butler, Edith, 135–36
Byrne, Edward. See Byrne Report
Byrne Report (Report of the Royal Commission on Finance and Municipal Taxation in New Brunswick, 1964), 123–24, 255–56n49
Callaghan, Pat, 258n65
Campbellton-Dalhousie and District Labour Council, 155, 185, 187. See also labour councils
Canada Labour Code (1972), 149
Canadian Brotherhood of Railroad (later Railway) Employees (CBRE), 5, 31, 38, 59, 69, 237n59
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers, 134, 260n80
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982), 162, 170, 213, 264n40
Canadian Congress of Labour (CCL), 80–81, 94
Canadian Federation of Labour, 262n16
Canadian Fish Handlers’ Union. See fish plant workers
Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), 10, 94–95, 97–99, 104, 107, 109–10, 125, 147–48, 151, 180, 219, 252n27
and expulsion of building trades, 158, 161, 262n16, 271n21
Canadian National Railways. See “Save Our Shops”
Canadian Paperworkers Union (CPU), 117, 149, 153, 159, 162–63, 186–87, 260n80. See also Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union
Canadian Seafood and Allied Workers. See fish plant workers
Canadian Seamen’s Union (CSU), 72, 86–89, 110, 159
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), 116, 122–27, 132, 156–57, 162, 189–96, 202–3, 222, 255n45, 267n79. See also hospital workers; National Union of Public Employees; public employees; public sector general strike (1992); school boards
capital punishment, 142
Caraquet, 27, 85, 118, 153, 164–65
Carland, Everett, 28
Carlin, William, 88
carpenters, 18, 79, 82, 119–20, 145, 158, 262n16
Carter, Terry, 220
casual workers, 26, 187, 213–14, 216–17
Catholic social teachings, 122, 185, 206–7, 218, 266n54
Catholic unions (Québec), 38, 68
Charlebois, Réjean, 130
Charles, Prince of Wales, 207
Charter of Rights and Freedoms. See Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982)
Chestnut Canoe: strike (1948), 83, 246n29
Chiasson, Euclide, 258–59n71
child labour, 7–8, 16, 29, 49, 77
Cirtex Knitting: strike (1976), 153, 155
Civil Service Association of New Brunswick, 126–27, 257n58. See also New Brunswick Public Employees Association
Clavette, Maurice, 174
Coalition of Public Employees (1991–92), 190, 192, 196, 220
Minto mine tragedy (1932), 48–49
strikes, in 1937–38, 61–67
Coca-Cola (Brunswick Bottling): strike (1987–88), 179–81
Coleman, Ed, 200
collective bargaining, 4, 7–9, 37, 58–59, 64–66, 75–76, 90, 148–49, 193–94, 197
first contract legislation, 176, 208
John Davidson on (1898), 7, 213
municipal workers, bargaining rights for, 113, 251n16
provincial public employees, bargaining rights for, 65–66, 84–85, 89–91, 122–29. See also Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; Industrial Relations Act; Labour and Industrial Relations Act; Labour Relations Act; Public Service Labour Relations Act
Common Front for Social Justice, 206, 208–9, 212–13, 269n101
Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union (CEP), 203–4, 222. See also Canadian Paperworkers Union
communists, 68, 87, 251n15, 263n22
Community-University Research Alliance, 13, 230n11
Confederation of Regions Party, 191
Conservation Council of New Brunswick, 185, 209
consumer protection, 260n76
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), 51–54, 71, 77–79, 91, 110, 239nn15–19, 240n25, 244–45nn15, 16, 248n62
Cormier, Guy, 266n64
Cormier, Stella, 11
Craig, Bill, 248n64
Creaghan, Paul, 152
Crilley, Frank, 88, 88, 116, 132
Crothers, T. W., 24
Cyr, Pierrette, 169
Daley, Fred, 25
Dalhousie, 57–59, 110–11. See also Campbellton-Dalhousie and District Labour Council
Daly, John, 11
Dalzell, Vance, 53
Davidson, John, 7
Davis, Harry, 88
Day of Concern, Bathurst (1972), 135–40
Day of Mourning, 200–201, 268n87
Day of Protest (1976), 147–52. See also wage controls (1976)
Department of Labour (New Brunswick), 79, 84, 141–42, 215, 236n48, 245n17, 259n73
Donovan, Ian, 200
Donovan, J. J., 16–17
Doucet, Blair, 174, 186, 202, 215, 216, 217, 219–20, 270n6
dry dock (Saint John). See shipyards (Saint John)
Dufour, Linda, 167
Duguay, Roger, 218
Dysart, A. C., 56, 60–61, 64, 242n41
Edmundston, 57, 79, 95, 107, 114, 174
Edmundston and District Trades and Labour Council, 117
employment insurance. See unemployment insurance
environmental issues, 184–85, 266n56. See also Conservation Council of New Brunswick
Equal Opportunity, 103, 128–29. See also Robichaud, Louis Joseph
equal pay for women, 29, 103, 112–13, 116, 251n16. See also pay equity
Escuminac Disaster (1959), 106
Fairley, Barb, 11
Fair Wage Act, 57, 65, 71, 74–75, 242–43n45
Fair Wage Board, 59–61, 63–64, 69, 74–75, 243n46
fair wage policies, 17, 19, 24
Fair Employment Practices Act, 92, 250n12
Fair Wages and Hours Act, 91–92
Female Employees Fair Remuneration Act, 112–13. See also equal pay for women; Fair Wage Act; Fair Wage Board; pay equity
Fédération des dames d’Acadie, 209
Fédération des jeunes francophones du Nouveau-Brunswick, 209
Ferlatte, Aurèle, 110–11, 117, 132, 153, 268n84
First World War. See Great War
fisheries, 27, 78. See also Escuminac Disaster (1959); Maritime Fishermen’s Union
Fisheries Bargaining Act (1982), 164. See also Maritime Fishermen’s Union
fish plant workers, 85, 118–19, 153, 167
Flemming, Hugh John, 90–91, 105, 109
Frankel, Saul J., 126–27, 256n54
Fredericton and District Labour Council, 19, 43, 105, 111, 158, 241n30. See also labour councils
Free Trade Agreement, 182–83
French language: use of in NBFL, 59, 101–2, 117–19, 138, 170–75, 241n30, 248n65, 249n70, 264n70. See also bilingualism and NBFL
Frost, Steve, 181
Frye, H. Northrop, 53
Gagnon, John, 213
Garvie, Lawrence, 154
Gauvin, Jean, 263n22
Gillespie, Frank, 59
Gillis, Clarie, 77
Girvan, Harry, 52
Glover, Lettie, 35
Goodfellow, Allan, 200
Graham, Shawn, 217–18
Grant, Marina, 169
Great War (First World War), 23–24, 29
Gribble, Wilfrid, 5–6
Hall, Bob, 182
Halstead, Keay, 160
Hanley, Larry, 147, 150, 156, 158–61, 159, 165–66, 175, 262n19
and Larry Hanley Sr., 143, 159–60
Harm, Henry, 98–99, 248n64, 249n74
Harrington, R. J., 69
Harvey, Harrison, 154
Hatfield, Richard B., 133, 137–38, 141, 142, 149, 176, 181
Hatheway, Ella, 231n11
Hatheway, Warren Franklin, 16–17 25–26, 37
History of Federation of Labor of New Brunswick (1934), 54–55, 240n21
Hodges, Frederick Douglas, 111, 114–15, 115, 253n34
Homer, Doug, 163
hospital workers, 113, 122–23, 128, 167, 170, 193, 195, 255n44
strike (2001), 216. See also Canadian Union of Public Employees
housing, 30, 76, 113, 142, 148, 260n76
Hughes, John, 28
Hussey, Ken, 111
Hyatt, Fred, 17
immigrants and immigration, 18, 24, 29, 40–41, 50, 70, 188, 243n59, 249n74, 258n65
Industrial Relations Act (1971), 129, 155, 162. See also Labour and Industrial Relations Act; Labour Relations Act; Public Service Labour Relations Act
Industrial Relations Board, 141, 155, 263n21
Industrial Relations Council, 265n41
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of Canada, 81–82. See also Maritime Marine Workers Federation
International Association of Machinists (IAM): Local 594, 30, 46, 53, 178, 239n15, 265n44. See also machinists
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), 79–80, 89–91, 149, 158, 260n80
International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers, 58, 111, 117. See also Canadian Paperworkers Union
International Labour Organization (ILO), 191, 213, 216, 236n48, 266n65
International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), 5, 19, 25–26, 32–33, 36, 41, 88–89, 268n89. See also Argentina, solidarity with workers in
International Typographical Union (ITU), 115–16, 234n37
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, 135, 257n61
International Woodworkers of America: in the Miramichi (1964), 254n41
in Newfoundland (1959), 106
Irving Oil (Saint John): strikes, in 1948, 86
in 1963, 120–21
Irving Pulp and Paper, 149, 151
Jones, Robert, 248n57
Jones, Tom, 248n61
Kemp, John, 26
Kenny, Michael J., 108, 110, 112
Kensit, Walter, 121
King, Danny, 222
Knowles, Stanley, 107
Kuttner, Tom, 192–94
Laberge, Louis, 118–19, 254n39
Laboissonnière, Daniel, 79
LaBossière, John, 182
Labour and Employment Board, 203, 267n82. See also Industrial Relations Board; Labour Relations Board
Labour and Industrial Relations Act (1938), 64–67, 71, 75 242–43nn44, 45
Labour and Manpower New Brunswick, 259n73
labour candidates, 33–35, 39, 42
Labour Party, 33, 35. See also Co-operative Commonwealth Federation; New Democratic Party
Labour College of Canada, 132, 159, 187
labour councils, 5, 15, 161, 179–81, 206, 219, 268n90, 270n14
Acadian Peninsula labour council, 173
affiliated to NBCL, 70
in Campbellton-Dalhousie, 155, 185, 187
and Day of Mourning, 200–201
and Day of Protest (1976), 147–48, 150–51
in Edmundston, 117
in Fredericton, 19, 43, 105, 111, 158, 241n30
in the Miramichi, 161, 166, 200
in Moncton, 16, 19, 31–32, 52, 116, 122, 171, 178, 233–34n29, 269n1
in Newcastle-Chatham, 142
in Saint John, 16, 18–19, 37, 41, 50, 53–54, 59, 88, 91, 115–16, 147, 150–52, 159, 185, 234n37
sectoral councils, 250n11
Labour Day, 7, 16, 104, 233–34n29
Labourers’ Benevolent Association (LBA), 2, 41. See also International Longshoremen’s Association
labour history: scope of, 5–13, 224, 265n42
labour newspapers: Eastern Labor News, 24
Union Worker, 34, 37, 234–5nn37, 38
Labour Relations Act (1945), 79–80, 84–85, 89–92, 113, 122–23, 126, 129, 253n33, 256n57. See also Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; Industrial Relations Act; Labour and Industrial Relations Act; Public Service Labour Relations Act
Labour Relations Board, 79–80, 85, 121, 125, 253n34
labour unions and labour movement: Angus MacLeod on, 106, 249n69
Bob Hickes on, 208
“Ethical Reflections on the Economic Crisis” (1983), 185
James Whitebone on, 92
Larry Hanley on, 159
Paul LePage on, 141
purposes and challenges of, 7–10, 42, 213–14; 223–26
Lacelle, Debbie, 220
Landry, Aldéa, 195–96
Landry, Fernand, 195–96
Lawson, Dorothy Power. See Power, Dorothy
Layton, Jack, 218
LeBlanc, Alice, 264n32
LeBlanc, Roméo, 263n22
LeBlanc, Yvon, 111
Leger, Kathryn-Ann, 167, 169–70, 206, 263n26
Léger, Raymond, 200
Legere, J. C., 26
LePage, Paul, 119, 126, 131–34, 137–42, 142, 147, 150, 151–56, 154, 162, 168, 261nn11, 12
Letterick, Sheila, 192
Linton, John, 62
Liquor Control Board (New Brunswick), 125, 251n16
Lister, Frank, 19
Logan, Rodman, 151–52
longshoremen. See International Longshoremen’s Association; Labourers’ Benevolent Association
Lord, Bernard, 216–17
lumber mills, 18, 32, 47, 119–20. See also woods, workers in the
Lund, Greg, 206
MacDonald, Donald, 109–10
machinists, 30–32, 46, 52–53, 71, 79, 81, 178–79, 239n15, 265n44
MacLeod, Angus, 81, 81–83, 96–97, 105–10, 108, 245n25, 249n69, 252n23
MacMillan, John Francis (Lofty), 118, 122–26, 124, 126, 128–29, 132, 151, 162, 193, 255n48, 267n73
MacNintch, Laurie K., 79
Maher, Allan, 192
Malchow, Charles A., 108
Marchand, Jean, 137–38
Maritime Commonwealth, 77–78. See also Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Maritime Fishermen’s Union (MFU), 163–65, 263n22
Maritime Marine Workers Federation, 82, 87, 93
Maritime Rights campaign, 39–40
Martin, Dick, 200
Martin, J. S., 32–33, 35, 44, 47, 60, 234n31, 235n39
Martin, Linda Silas. See Silas, Linda
maternity leave, 117
McAdam: plywood mill in, 153
McCarthy, Tim, 154, 155–56, 166, 166, 170–73, 175–77, 180–82, 181, 186, 190, 200
McEachreon, Gregory, 60, 241n33
McEwen, John, 154, 186–87, 188, 189–90, 193–94, 196, 198, 200, 202
McGraw, Debbie, 192
McGuire, Glen, 163
McKee, Mike, 180
McKenna, Frank, 176, 187–98, 207
McLachlan, J. B., 61
McMullin, F. S. A., 39
McNair, J. B., 63–66, 77, 79, 83, 89–91
medicare, 94, 113, 132–33, 178, 182, 257–58n64. See also public health care
Melanson, Célime Antoine, 30–31 31, 33–34, 36, 94, 235n42
Melvin, George, 33, 44, 49, 52, 54, 59, 68, 85, 98
Mercier, Richard, 172, 186, 206
Milltown Textile Cooperative, 93
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. See International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
minimum wages, 38, 46, 55–56, 61, 76, 113, 170, 212, 214, 240n25, 260n76
Minto. See coal miners
Minto mine tragedy (1932), 48–49. See also coal miners
Miramichi: labour conditions in the, 32–33, 47, 200
labour councils in the, 161, 166, 200
strikes in the, in 1919, 32–33
in 1937, 60–61, 65. See also New Brunswick Farmer-Labour Union
Moncton Amalgamated Central Labour Union, 31
Moncton and District Labour Council, 116, 122. See also labour councils
Moncton Trades and Labour Council, 16, 52. See also labour councils
Moore, Tom, 24, 38, 41, 53, 68
Mosher, A. R., 70
Moss, Jean, 167–68
Mothers’ Allowance Act, 39, 46, 55, 77, 236n52
Mugridge, J. A., 79
Mulroney, Brian, 176, 182–84, 188
Mulroney, Mila, 183
Murphy, Brian, 175
Murphy, Greg, 183
Murphy, John, 259n73, 264n32, 270–71n15
Murray, Gary, 154
Myles, Roy, 79
Nackawic, 211. See also St. Anne–Nackawic Pulp and Paper
National Union of Public Employees (NUPE), 111, 116, 122, 124. See also Canadian Union of Public Employees; public employees
New Brunswick Association of Registered Nurses, 126–27. See also nurses
New Brunswick Building Trades Council, 208, 217
New Brunswick Coalition of Unions, 219–20
New Brunswick Council of Labour (NBCL), 10, 68–70, 81–82
merger of with NBFL, 95–97, 105
New Brunswick Farmer-Labour Union, 60–61, 119, 241–42nn31–35
New Brunswick Federation of Labour (NBFL): affiliated membership, 80, 96, 100, 104, 144–45, 155, 176, 208, 215, 219–20, 222, 227, 268n90, 271nn22, 23
delegates at conventions of, 15, 19, 33, 35, 43, 45–46, 50, 54, 68, 74, 94–95, 222–23, 244n2, 260n80
executive structure of, 19, 116, 158, 169–70, 173, 219, 270n14
merger of with NBCL, 95–97
name changes of, 170–72, 264n29
policy statements of (1975), 142, 260n76
purposes of, 4, 10, 16–18, 43, 54, 58, 95, 117, 161, 197, 208–9, 225–26, 250n11
Reconstruction Programme (1919), 29–30
Reconstruction Report (1942) and brief to Committee on Reconstruction (1943), 76–77
support for New Democratic Party, 134–35
terms of officers, 181, 207–8, 219. See also bilingualism and NBFL; labour councils; women and NBFL
New Brunswick Government Employees Union (NBGEU), 191, 208, 220
New Brunswick Native Indian Women’s Council, 209
New Brunswick Nurses Union. See nurses
New Brunswick Public Employees Association (NBPEA), 189, 208, 220, 257n58, 259n74. See also Civil Service Association of New Brunswick; New Brunswick Union of Public and Private Employees
New Brunswick Senior Citizens Federation, 208–9
New Brunswick Student Alliance, 209
New Brunswick Teachers’ Federation. See teachers
New Brunswick Union of Public and Private Employees (NBU), 220–22, 271n19. See also New Brunswick Public Employees Association
Newcastle-Chatham and District Labour Council, 142. See also labour councils: in the Miramichi
New Democratic Party (NDP), 11, 111–12, 133–35, 138, 151, 153–54, 177, 182, 184, 190, 207, 217–18, 251n21, 252nn26, 27, 261n10, 266n64
New Brunswick Waffle, 133–34, 258n65
“New Party,” 107, 109–11, 251n15. See also New Democratic Party
Nigadoo miners: strike (1966), 131, 257n61
Noel, Tim, 163
Nova Scotia Trade Union Act (1937), 64–66. See also Trade Union Act
nuclear arms, 253n32
nuclear power, 184–85. See also Argentina, solidarity with workers in
and bargaining rights, 256–57n58
New Brunswick Association of Registered Nurses, 126–27
New Brunswick Nurses Union, 189, 192–93, 208, 217, 219, 222, 261n2, 268n86
Bethel Nursing Home strike (1981–82), 167–68
O’Brien, John, 28
Occupational Health and Safety Act, 161–62. See also workers’ compensation
Occupational Health and Safety Commission, 157–58, 199–200
oil refinery workers. See Irving Oil
Old Age Pensions Act, 46, 50, 56, 57. See also pensions
One Big Union (OBU), 38, 61, 68, 224
O’Reilly, Leonora, 23, 42, 231–32n12
Park, Frank W., 65–66, 242–43n45
Parti Acadien, 140, 181–82, 258–59n71, 261n10
Paulin, Ronald, 173
pay equity, 169–71, 177, 181, 187, 189, 212, 217, 251n16
ITU and, 116. See also equal pay for women
PC 1003 (1944), 76, 79. See also Second World War
pensions, 8, 39, 46, 50–51, 55–57, 67, 78, 142, 205, 212, 214, 260n76
Pickering, Delalene, 169
Plourde, Armand, 181–82
plumbers (Saint John): strike (1917), 27–28
police unions: Fredericton, 85–86, 111, 156
Moncton, 260n78
right to strike of, 266n61
Saint John, 124
postal workers, 162
Power, Dorothy, 115–16, 263n26
public employees, 65–66, 75, 84–86, 89–91, 95, 106, 122–29, 156–57, 246n36. See also Canadian Union of Public Employees; Civil Service Association; collective bargaining; National Union of Public Employees; New Brunswick Government Employees Union
public health care, 24, 78, 184, 206, 212, 217
health insurance, 67, 94, 103, 106
Medical Services Payment Act, 133. See also medicare
public ownership, 24, 30, 78, 133, 137–38, 142
public sector general strike (1992), 192–96. See also Canadian Union of Public Employees; Coalition of Public Employees
Public Service Labour Relations Act (1968), 124, 127–29, 221, 256n57
Public Service Labour Relations Board, 128, 267n82
pulp and paper mills, 54, 58–59, 80, 135, 149, 156, 166, 211. See also Canadian Paperworkers Union; International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers
Québec: support for strike in Saint John (1963), 121
Québec Federation of Labour, 118–19, 197
railway unions, 36, 38–40, 46, 79, 237n59
railway strike (1950), 246n28. See also Canadian Brotherhood of Railroad (later Railway) Employees; Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers; “Save Our Shops”
regional cooperation: labour federations and, 114, 268n83. See also Atlantic Region Labour Education Centre
regional disparities. See regional underdevelopment
regional underdevelopment, 10, 19, 93, 102–3, 106, 118, 130, 135–40, 178–79, 185, 212–13, 248n60
Reid, Eddie, 87
relief camps (1930s), 237–38n8. See also unemployment
replacement workers. See strikebreakers
reproductive rights, 142
Restigouche Woodsmen’s Union, 119, 245n22
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), 121–22, 179–80
Richard, Bishop André, 207
Richard, Mariette, 169
Richards, C. D., 50
Richardson, J. Albert, 133–34, 182, 258n65
Riche, Nancy, 182
Roberts, W. F., 57
Robertson, Brenda, 168
Robichaud, Fernand, 206
Robichaud, Herménégilde, 164
Robichaud, Louis Joseph, 101–3, 109, 123, 126, 126–29, 249–50n4
Robinson, James A., 35
Rogers, Pat, 191
Rogers, W. R., 53
Roy, Raymond, 59
Royal Commission on Employer-Employee Relations in the Public Services of New Brunswick. See Frankel, Saul J.
Royal Commission on Finance and Municipal Taxation in New Brunswick. See Bryne Report
Royal Commission on the Relations of Labour and Capital (1889), 7
Saint John and District Labour Council, 115–16, 151–52, 159, 185, 234n37. See also labour councils
Saint John Trades and Labour Council, 16, 18, 37, 41, 50, 54, 88, 91. See also labour councils
Saunders, Lorne, 260n78
“Save Our Shops” (Moncton), 177–79, 178, 183–84
school boards, 35, 46, 113, 122–23, 125, 195, 197, 202, 255n45
school board employees’ strike (1982), 162
Scott, Vivian, 192
Second World War: labour relations during, 72–76
Shannon, Sara, 35
shipyards (Saint John), 82, 212, 252n23
Simonds, John, 97
Skaling, Arthur E., 90–92, 105, 109, 248n57
Sobeys: strike, in 1968–69, 122
in 1980–81, 157
socialism, 17, 53, 77, 107, 133–34, 234n31, 235n38, 239n19, 249–50n4. See also Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Squires, F. C., 240n25
Stafford, Harold, 248n64
St. Anne–Nackawic Pulp and Paper, 149
strike (1981), 162–63
Steep, Tom, 215
Steeves, E. R., 44, 46–47, 47, 49, 51–52, 54, 57, 238n10, 248n57
Stevenson, Ray, 135
Stewart, Paul, 200
street railway workers (Saint John): lockout (1921), 37
strikebreakers, 20, 27–28, 88–89, 179, 186, 197
restrictions on strikebreaking, 128, 256n57. See also anti-scab laws
Stuart, Henry Harvey, 32, 35, 234n31
Sugar Refinery Workers Union (Saint John): strike (1955), 97, 249n70
Sugrue, James L., 17–20, 18, 22–28, 30, 49, 233n23
Tabak, Enrique, 160
Tansley, Donald, 127
New Brunswick Teachers’ Federation, 126–27, 129, 189, 191–92, 257n58, 271n21
textbooks, 19, 24, 42, 56, 66, 76
textile workers, 35, 68–69, 80–81
Milltown Textile Cooperative, 93
Thériault, Gilles, 164–65, 173, 263n22
Thomas, J. H. “Jimmy,” 41–42
Thompson, Fred, 224
Thorne, Nellie, 33
Tighe, James Edmund, 26, 32, 36, 36–41, 48, 51, 55–56, 69
Tilley, Leonard, 54–56
Tippett, Paula, 268n84
Touchie, Bill: on organizing unions, 145
Trades and Labour Congress of Canada (TLC), 9–10, 19, 38, 53, 61, 68, 72, 91, 124, 236n46
1914 charter from, 231n6
1914 convention (Saint John), 22–24
1929 convention (Saint John), 2, 41–42, 237n60
conflict of with CIO unions, 80–81
Freedom of Trade Union Association Act drafted by, 59, 240n28
merger of with CCL, 94
Trade Union Act (1872), 58. See also Nova Scotia Trade Union Act
Trites, Albert E., 235n40
Trites, Peter, 182
Trudeau, Pierre Elliott, 148–50, 152, 198
unemployment, 40–41, 47–48, 54, 67, 71, 102, 113. 135
relief camps (1930s), 237–38n8
relief work, 47–48
unemployment insurance, 51, 67–68, 75, 140, 205–7
union membership, New Brunswick, 9, 80, 100, 104, 144, 167, 214–15, 222, 227, 245n20 260n79
Union of Bank Employees, 167
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, 18, 79, 82, 119–20, 145, 158, 260n80, 262n16
United Farmers of New Brunswick, 34–35
United Farm Workers (California), 143–45
United Mine Workers of America (UMWA). See coal miners
United Packinghouse Workers of America: strike (1947), 83
United Steelworkers of America, 131, 158, 174–75, 186, 202, 207, 215, 272n26. See also Day of Concern, Bathurst (1972)
vacation pay, 83, 92, 106, 113
Vandenbore, Frank, 79
Vandenbroeck, Joseph, 66–67
Vanderbeck, Abram, 35
Vanderbeck, John W., 35, 235n39
Vautour, Angela, 206–7
Veniot, Peter J., 39–41
Vietnam War, 253n32
vocational schools, 42, 54, 56, 234n35, 240n21
Waffle, New Brunswick, 133–34, 258n65. See also New Democratic Party
wage controls: in 1976, 147–52
in 1982, 176
Walker, William, 105
Ward, Valentine, 169
Washburn, Larry, 203
Webber, Kenneth J., 112
Weekly Rest Period Act, 92
Weir, Elizabeth, 188, 190, 194–95, 198, 200, 201, 216–17, 268n84
Whitebone, James A., 41, 44, 46, 49, 49–50, 54–58, 61, 64, 66–68, 70, 72, 73–76, 84–85, 89, 91, 94–98, 96, 106–15, 115, 123, 238n12, 248nn57, 65, 249n69
Williams, J. D., 79
Williamson, H. H., 127–28
Wilson, F. C., 26
women, 19, 24, 29, 38–39, 68–70, 74–75, 112–13, 115–18, 175
enfranchisement of, 24, 34, 42
repeal of ban on employment of married women in civil service, 126, 256n52. See also Advisory Council on the Status of Women; equal pay for women; nurses; pay equity
women and NBFL: vice-presidency for women’s issues, 169–70
women delegates at meetings of, 33, 35–36, 68, 80, 95, 115–16, 119, 167, 222–23, 248n66
Women’s Committee, 168–71, 169
woods, workers in the, 27, 34, 54, 56, 119–20, 234n36, 236n54, 254n41
Woodsworth, J. S., 51–53, 239n17
workers’ compensation, 19, 25–27, 33–34, 39–40, 42, 49, 51, 55–57, 77, 113, 157–58, 177, 198–201, 216–17, 232–33n20, 233n22, 238n10, 251n16. See also Workmen’s Compensation Board
Workers’ Unity League (WUL), 57, 61
working day: length of, 2, 29, 41
Workmen’s Compensation Board (1918), 27, 49, 143, 200, 234n36, 248n57
Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission (1995), 200, 216, 217
workplace safety, 19, 174–75, 199–20. See also Escuminac Disaster (1959); Minto mine tragedy (1932); Occupational Health and Safety Act; workers’ compensation
Wright, R. H., 70
Yorston, G. W., 79
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