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Knights of Labour
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-first international industrial union to enterCanada, 1881. 1 million members world-wide, allowed women, unskilled workers, and minorities.
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Nine Hour Movement
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Brits/Americans argued that a shorter workingday would produce better quality work because workers would not be exhausted,and society as a whole would benefit by freeing up time that workerscould spend with their families and communities.
-spread across southern Ontario and Quebec. employersresisted, resulted in a major strike in the spring of 1872 involvingtypesetters and printers in Toronto. 24 union execs arrested under monopolylaws |
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Monopoly Laws
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designed to stop merchants or traders fromcolluding with each other for the purpose of controlling or dominating aproduct market. British legislators expanded the application of the laws,defining unions as a method of monopolizing the labour market. Thus, under themonopoly laws, unions could be considered a means to restrain trade, and“criminal conspiracy” charges could be laid against union organizers.
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Industrial Unionism
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-focuses on “strength in numbers” and maximizing power byrecruiting as many members as possible, regardless of occupation, rather thanconcentrating solely on representation of a particular occupational group.Opposite idea to craft unions.
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Craft unions
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-earliest attempts to organize trade unions inCanada were limited to specific geographic areas and small groups of workers,usually those in a particular trade or occupation. Popular because: size of Canada (more practical to organize locally), means for tradespeople to control the market fortheir skills and thus to control wage rates, Canada's role as exporter,not importer. Market for exported goods increased demand forskilled tradespeople, increasing their bargaining power with employers
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Rand formula
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result of post-war settlement in 1945 whenworkers at Ford motor plant in Windsor went on strike. determined that uniondues would be automatically deducted from every worker’s pay- cheque. Inexchange, the union would allow individuals to formally opt out of unionmembership if they so desired. By 1950, being used by 90% of Canadian unions
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Winnipeg General Strike
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began in May 1919, first extended, large-scalegeneral strike involving workers from different occupations and unions. workersdenied right to collective bargaining, 30,000+ workers walked off jobs.Sympathy strikes happened in other cities
-strike leaders arrested in June, resulting in strikers protesting. Mounted police violently intervened resulting in 2 dead and 30 injured |
