description: -From the back cover. Morden Lazarus' chronicle of labour's shifting approach to the politicians who rule the lives of Canadian workers is essential reading. This is not a history book in the traditional sense. Many of the people one meets in The Long Winding Road are still very much alive and evidently active. But Lazarus begins in 1872 when a Toronto newspaper strike determined the result of the Ontario election that year. he digs into sources involved in scenes of activity far removed from the public one using recent interviews to tie together a unique and enlightening view of Canadian historical events seen as labour saw them. And to top it off, Lazarus was there for most of it. He also offers his information in a first-person account. The book ends where 'contemporary' Canadian history beginns--with the formation of the New Democratic Party in July of 1961 as labour's voice in Canada's houses of government.
language: English
title: The Long Winding Road: Canadian Labour in Politics
titlecomplete: The Long Winding Road: Canadian Labour in Politics
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Boag Foundation