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Labour Goes to War: The CIO and the Construction of a New Social Order, 1939-45
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Labour Goes to War: The CIO and the Construction of a New Social Order, 1939-45 Hardback - 2012

by Wendy Cuthbertson

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During the Second World War, the Congress of Industrial Organizations in Canada grew from a handful of members to more than a quarter-million. What was it about the "good war" that brought about this phenomenal growth? Labour Goes to War argues that both economic and cultural forces were at work. Labour shortages gave workers greater economic power in the workplace. But cultural factors - workers' patriotism, ties to those on active service, and allegiance to the "people's war" - also fueled the CIO's growth. The complex, often contradictory, motives of workers during this period left the Canadian labour movement with an ambivalent progressive/conservative legacy.

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During the Second World War, the Congress of IndustrialOrganizations in Canada grew from a handful of members to more than aquarter-million. What was it about the "good war" thatbrought about this phenomenal growth? Labour Goes to Warargues that both economic and cultural forces were at work. Labourshortages gave workers greater economic power in the workplace. Butcultural factors - workers' patriotism, ties to those onactive service, and allegiance to the "people's war"- also fueled the CIO's growth. The complex, oftencontradictory, motives of workers during this period left the Canadianlabour movement with an ambivalent progressive/conservative legacy.

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  • Title Labour Goes to War: The CIO and the Construction of a New Social Order, 1939-45
  • Author Wendy Cuthbertson
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of British Columbia Press
  • Publication date 2012
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780774823425 / 0774823429
  • Weight 0.97 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.8 in (23.11 x 16.00 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Canadian
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Canadiana
  • Category History - Military / War
  • Library of Congress subjects Canada - Histoire - 1939-1945, Canada - Social conditions
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2012406432
  • Dewey Decimal Code 331.883

About the author

Wendy Cuthbertson has worked for the Canadian AutoWorkers Union, the Ontario Pay Equity Commission, and the OntarioConfederation of University Faculty Associations.

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