Working people
By: Desmond Morton.
Edition: 4th ed., rev. and updated
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Montréal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
Subjects: Labor unions -- Canada -- History; Labor movement -- Canada -- History; Working class -- Canada -- History; Syndicats -- Canada -- Histoire; Travailleurs -- Canada -- Histoire; Labor unions -- Canada -- History; Working class -- Canada -- History
Other titles: Illustrated history of the Canadian labour movement
Description: "In this expanded and updated classic, Desmond Morton explores the history of the Canadian labour movement and brings the story to the present day with a discussion of globalization and its impact on workers. Working People examines the clash between the idealists, who fought for such "impossible" dreams as the eight-hour day, paid holidays, industrial democracy, and equality for woman, and the realists, who wrestled with the human realities of self-interest, prejudice, and fear.

It focuses on workers - from 19th-century dock workers to teenage "crews" at McDonald's today - and documents their struggle for dignity and security in a constantly changing world."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 362-383) and index.
Subtitle on cover: An illustrated history of the Canadian labour movement.