HISTORY 3N03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Social Stratification, Paternalism, Canadian Labour Congress
14 Jan 2017
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History 3n03: poverty, privilege and protest in canadian history. Union: an organized association of workers formed to protect and further their rights and interests; a labour union. Strike: a refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest, typically in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from their employer. In 1872, the toronto typographical union went on strike to demand a nine-hour workday. Prime minister mcdonald passed the trade unions act (1872), legalizing unions in canada. Industrialization in a process of economic and social change which shifts the centres of economic activity onto the focus of work, wages, and incomes. These changes took two forms in the canadian case. First, economic activities shifted from agriculture to manufacturing, and second, from rural to urban. The independent working man was now dependent on their employers. Minerals, and resources exploited especially in ontario, british columbia and quebec. More people working, buying, and selling canadian goods.
