List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
“Makers of History”
Chapter 1.
“An Accomplished Fact” 1913–1929
16 September 1913
Before the War
Workers’ Compensation
Reconstruction
Broader Horizons
“No Short Cut”
Chapter 2.
“What We Were Promised” 1930–1939
“The Prevention of Unemployment”
A New Politics?
The Right to a Union
Miramichi and Minto
The Labour and Industrial Relations Act
Ending the Depression
Chapter 3.
“A Province Fit for Heroes” 1940–1956
Defending Democracy
“A Blue-Print of Peace”
Industrial Unionism
Industrial Legality
Power and Politics
House of Labour
Chapter 4.
“The New Unionism” 1957–1975
Equal Opportunities
Whitebone vs. MacLeod
New Members
Public Employees
Development and Underdevelopment
Looking Forward
Chapter 5.
“On the Line” 1976–1997
Days of Protest
Moderates and Militants
Strengthening Participation
Plan of Action
McKenna vs. the Unions
“Make It Fair”
Epilogue
“Honour the Past. Build the Future”
Appendix: Membership in the New Brunswick Federation of Labour, 1913–2011
Notes
Index