These developments speak to the need to examine more fully the ways in which the police construct their role and the role of labour unions in labour strikes and public protests. Based on interviews with police in 38 different cities and 10 provincial jurisdictions across Canada, this article ...
There was enormous public support for the parade and the authorities could no longer deny the important role that the trade unions had to play in the emerging Canadian society. A few months later, a similar parade was organized in Ottawa and passed the house of Canada’s first prime minister...
1884 the American Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demanded an eight-hour workday, to come in effect as of May 1st 1886. This resulted in the general strike and the Haymarket (in Chicago) Riot of 1886, but eventually also in the official sanction of the eight-hour workday....
Unions and associations across Canada have their very own insurance program, powered by Canadian unionized insurance brokers. It’s a members-helping-members approach to risk, managing your home, automobile and seasonal assets—a unique insurance service to fit your unique needs. ...
in 19thcentury Canada were, asJason Russell describes, “dark spaces with machinery that lacked guards to protect the workers operating them. The factories were places of boilers, steam engines and open flywheels […] and achieving even a 10-hour workday was a major objective for craft unions...
1884 the American Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demanded an eight-hour workday, to come in effect as of May 1st 1886. This resulted in the general strike and the Haymarket (in Chicago) Riot of 1886, but eventually also in the official sanction of the eight-hour workday....
On the first Monday in September, people take the day off to celebrate Labor Day and reflect on the American worker's contribution to their country. 在9月的第一个星期一,人们用这一天来庆祝劳动节,并反思美国工人对国家的贡献。 May day
How do people often celebrate Labour Day in in the United States and Canada, working people Americ a nowadays?got together to set up unions(工会). The union A. By working all day.leaders asked factory bosses for shorter working time B. By giving gifts to working people.and higher salaries...
But do you know how it started?During the 19th century, in many parts of the world, people worked for fourteen to sixteen hours a day in factories, but made very little money. Later, in the United States and Canada, working people got together to set up unions(工会). The union ...
The sponsor of the bill, MP Russ Hiebert, says he was just seeking to bring unions in line with charities, since union dues are deductible in the same way as charitable donations. Donations, of course, are voluntary, but in many cases workers have no choice but to pay dues to the unio...