Waterfront blues
Subtitle: labour strife at the Port of Montreal, 1960-1978
By: Alexander C. Pathy ; with Marianne Dufour and Curtis Fahey.
Contributors: Fahey, Curtis, 1951-; Dufour, Marianne.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
Subjects: Strikes and lockouts -- Stevedores -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- History.; Industrial relations -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- History.; Grèves et lock-out -- Débardeurs -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- Histoire.; Relations industrielles -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- Histoire.; Montréal (Québec) -- History.; Montréal, Port de (Québec) -- Histoire.
Description: "Waterfront Blues is the story of the dramatic events surrounding the labour battles at the Port of Montreal in the 1960s and 1970s. During that time, the prospect - and reality - of technological change poisoned labour relations, provoking a series of bitter strikes as well as repeated exercises in government intervention. It was not until 1978 that management and labour were able to negotiate a collective agreement without a work stoppage or government action." "In this new study, Alexander Pathy probes deeply into the causes of this labour unrest and charts the efforts made by the parties concerned - management, labour, and government - to resolve the crisis. It draws upon the author's own experiences as a management representative and key figure at the Port of Montreal, as well as extensive research into the records generated by all the parties involved."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-315) and index.