LABR 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Communist Party Of Canada, Winnipeg General Strike, Knights Of Labor
7 Jan 2016
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Pre-industrial work, capitalism and the rise of craft unions. The first world war, the labour revolt and its aftermath, 1914-1929. The second world war and the postwar compromise 1939-1948. These questions are central to understanding the history and evolution of labour law in canada. Prior to and immediately after contact with europeans, work and economic activity in what would become canada was focused on. European settlers brought with them capitalist modes of production, which eventually dominated and displaced indigenous labour processes. Even so, the vast majority of the population lived and worked on the land, only moving into wage labour if needed. By the mid-nineteenth century, factory employment was still a relatively rare form of work. Work in factories was characterized by harsh conditions, rife with strikes and conflict. Despite these shared experiences, there was no working class . Workers were divided along regional, occupational, and income lines, as well as on the basis of ethnicity and gender.
