Confrontation at Winnipeg - Labour, Industrial Relations, and the General Strike

Why was Winnipeg the scene of the longest and most complete general strike in North American history? Bercuson answers this question by examining the development of union labour and the impact of depression and war in the two decades preceding the strike.

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David Jay Bercuson

Summary

Why was Winnipeg the scene of the longest and most complete general strike in North American history? Bercuson answers this question by examining the development of union labour and the impact of depression and war in the two decades preceding the strike.

Product details

• Authors: David J Bercuson, David J. Bercuson
• Assisted by: David Bercuson (Editor)
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.1990
• EAN: 9780773507944
• ISBN: 978-0-7735-0794-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 426 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Labour, economic and industrial sociology