LABRST 1A03 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Factory Acts
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10 Sep 2016
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Labour studies lecture 6 birth of the labour movement. Different trades begin to move around a lot of equipment. International union unions that are based in the u. s but have assemblies in canada. Canadians didn"t have any say in the international union rules. Nine hour movement- was the idea of limits on hours of work. A lot of people thought it would lead to greater change. Time is needed for workers to be active in the community, engage in politics and be good fathers. Need limits on the hours of work so workers can be at home to contribute to the community and family. They started to start rotating strikes in montreal, kingston, hamilton and toronto. Toronto printers wanted to get the more hour days in their contract. Is a strike about the 9 hour day and ends up having really wide results.