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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

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Canallers Fight for Work and Fair Wages

The Early Labour Movement

Class and Ethnicity in the Early Twentieth Century

Labour Revolt in Niagara

Welfare Capitalism in Niagara

Unemployment and Organization During the Great Depression

The Crowland Relief Strike

The Cotton Mill Strike, 1936–37

The Monarch Strike

The CIO at McKinnon Industries

Fighting for Democracy on the Home Front, 1939–45

Niagara Labour’s Cold War

Women and Workers of Colour in the 1950s and 1960s

Ideologies Clashing: The 1970 UAW Strike

Strike Wave: 1972–76

Canadian Pulp and Paper Workers Fight Back

Corporate Restructuring and Labour’s Decline

The Eaton’s Strike: Women Workers Walk the Line

“Don’t Lower the Standard”: The Newsroom on Strike

Occupation in Thorold

Labour Builds Brock: Unions and the University

Living in a Dying Town: Deindustrialization in Welland

“Kicking Ass for the Working Class”: Hotel Workers in Niagara

The House Advantage: Organizing Niagara’s Casinos

Migrant Farm Workers in Niagara

Organized Labour and the New Democratic Party in Niagara

Conclusion

Notes

Index

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