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table of contents
  1. Cover
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. List of Abbreviations
  4. Introduction
  5. Canallers Fight for Work and Fair Wages
  6. The Early Labour Movement
  7. Class and Ethnicity in the Early Twentieth Century
  8. Labour Revolt in Niagara
  9. Welfare Capitalism in Niagara
  10. Unemployment and Organization During the Great Depression
  11. The Crowland Relief Strike
  12. The Cotton Mill Strike, 1936–37
  13. The Monarch Strike
  14. The CIO at McKinnon Industries
  15. Fighting for Democracy on the Home Front, 1939–45
  16. Niagara Labour’s Cold War
  17. Women and Workers of Colour in the 1950s and 1960s
  18. Ideologies Clashing: The 1970 UAW Strike
  19. Strike Wave: 1972–76
  20. Canadian Pulp and Paper Workers Fight Back
  21. Corporate Restructuring and Labour’s Decline
  22. The Eaton’s Strike: Women Workers Walk the Line
  23. “Don’t Lower the Standard”: The Newsroom on Strike
  24. Occupation in Thorold
  25. Labour Builds Brock: Unions and the University
  26. Living in a Dying Town: Deindustrialization in Welland
  27. “Kicking Ass for the Working Class”: Hotel Workers in Niagara
  28. The House Advantage: Organizing Niagara’s Casinos
  29. Migrant Farm Workers in Niagara
  30. Organized Labour and the New Democratic Party in Niagara
  31. Conclusion
  32. Notes
  33. Index

Abbreviations

AFL

American Federation of Labor

AWA

Agricultural Workers Alliance

CAW

Canadian Auto Workers

CCF

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

CCL

Canadian Congress of Labour

CEP

Communications, Energy and Paperworkers

CIO

Congress of Industrial Organizations

CLC

Canadian Labour Congress

CNH

Canadian Niagara Hotels

CPU

Canadian Paperworkers Union

CUPE

Canadian Union of Public Employees

GHSAC

Golden Horseshoe Social Action Committee

GM

General Motors

GROW

Growing Respect for Offshore Workers

HERE

Hotel, Motel and Restaurant Employees Union

IAM

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers

IATSE

International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees

ILGWU

International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union

ILP

Independent Labor Party

IWA

International Woodworkers of America

LIUNA

Laborers’ International Union of North America

MP

Member of Parliament

MPP

Member of Provincial Parliament

NDP

New Democratic Party

OFL

Ontario Federation of Labour

OLRB

Ontario Labour Relations Board

OPSEU

Ontario Public Service Employees Union

OSSTF

Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation

PCC

Plymouth Cordage Company

RWDSU

Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union

SAWP

Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program

TLC

Trades and Labor Congress

UAW

United Automobile Workers of America

UE

United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers Union

UFCW

United Food and Commercial Workers Union

UNITE

Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees

USWA

United Steelworkers of America

UTWA

United Textile Workers of America

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