SOSC 3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: United Steelworkers, Stelco, Working Class Culture

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 3130
• Professor: Jan Kainer

Document Summary

Intro to getting by in hard times (luxton and corman: investigates how working class families in hamilton cope with changes during a period of intense economic restrustcturing from. How do families respond to the shrinking welfare state: overall question asked: how do families survive in a period of economic transition. Second overarching question around identity: how do people negotiate the gender, class, and race identities under conditions of economic change: authors argue that class, gender, and racial inequalities deepen globalization leads to this. Historically speaking, hamilton one of the first industrialized cities in canada. Was and is a working class town (steel city). Also attracted immigrants and a vibrant working class culture was established in hamilton by the late 1800s. Very first unions well established b the latter part of 1800s: labour unions got an early starta dn craft unionism in particular well established.