LABRST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Regina Manifesto, Northern Ontario

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Labour Studies
• Course: LABRST 1A03
• Professor: David Goutor

Document Summary

Lecture 17- organizations and strategies, old and new part 1. 1920"s orthodoxy: wlm king (prime minister, holds to a traditional view that the spending during the war stops and that business leaders want to pull back from active government) 19330s: more orthodoxy government in canada becomes well-known, hold to traditional values again, canada becomes very conservative: relief for the poor in particular. The reason for this was to just get the people out of the city and under control, prevent disruption. Iron heel of ruthlessness - bennett says that they will crush submersion with the iron heel of ruthlessness: king gets re-elected and earns his reputation as a stall. He makes all kinds of excuses to do nothing. King lightens the level of repression a little. Roles of craftsman pulls away more and more. 1930s- easier on craft unions than the 20"s because they are not investing in technology.