| Description |
1 online resource (337 pages). |
| Series |
Fabriks: Studies in the Working Class
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Fabriks: Studies in the Working Class.
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| Contents |
Introduction : local unions in the post-World War II decades -- Built to last -- The national union -- Employers and bargaining units -- Collective bargaining -- Labour relations -- The social and community agenda -- Community politics and activism -- "It was all about families" -- Conclusion : looking back -- Appendix A : Local 27 bargaining units -- Appendix B : Interviews. |
| Summary |
"The post-war period witnessed dramatic changes in the lives of working-class families. Wages rose, working hours were reduced, pension plans and state social security measures offered greater protection against unemployment, illness, and old age, the standard of living improved, and women and members of immigrant communities entered the labour market in growing numbers. Existing studies of the post-war period have focused above all on unions at the national and international levels, on the "post-war settlement," including the impact of Fordism, and on the chiefly economic issues surrounding collective bargaining, while relatively scant attention has been paid to the role of the union local in daily working-class experience. In Our Union, Jason Russell argues that the union local, as an institution of working-class organization, was a key agent for the Canadian working class as it sought to create a new place for itself in the decades following World War II. Using UAW/CAW Local 27, a broad-based union in London, Ontario, as a case study, he offers a ground-level look at union membership, including some of the social and political agendas that informed union activities. As he writes in the introduction, "This book is as much an outgrowth of years of rank-and-file union activism as it is the result of academic curiosity." Drawing on interviews with former members of UAW/CAW Local 27 as well as on archival sources, Russell offers a narrative that will speak not only to labour historians but to the people about whom they write."--Publisher's description. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access |
PDF: Unrestricted online access. Unrestricted online access. CaOONL |
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EPUB: Access restricted to LAC onsite clients. Online access with authorization. CaOONL |
| Form |
Issued also in printed form. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
CAW-Canada. Local 27 -- History.
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International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Canadian Region -- History.
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TCA-Canada. Local 27 -- Histoire. |
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Syndicat international des travailleurs unis de l'automobile, de l'aéronautique, de l'astronautique et des instruments aratoires d'Amérique. Région canadienne -- Histoire. |
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CAW-Canada. Local 27. |
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International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Canadian Region. |
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Labor unions -- Ontario -- London -- History.
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Labor union locals -- Ontario -- London -- History.
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Labor union locals -- Social aspects -- Ontario -- London.
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Automobile industry workers -- Labor unions -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. |
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Automobile industry workers -- Labor unions. |
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Labor union locals. |
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Labor unions. |
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Canada. |
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Ontario -- London. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781926836430 |
| ISBN |
9781926836447 (electronic bk.) |
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1926836448 (electronic bk.) |
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128347056X |
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9781283470568 |
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9781926836454 (EPUB) |
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1926836456 (EPUB) |
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