HIST 1133 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Canadian Labour Congress, Bookbinding, Samuel Gompers
9 Oct 2016
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A class is made when a group of people perceive interests in common in relationship to other groups. Many forms of capital (social, cultural, economic) Class distinction (system of taste, behaviour, beliefs, occupations, etc) stratifies society and is reproduced in educational systems. Hamilton: canadian labor and mutual improvement protection association (1872) Plans for a series of general strikes in may 1872. Legal to conspire to influence wages, hours, work conditions. Local (ontario has 70 different ones emerge between 1860 and 1880) International (moulders, printers, carpenters, cigarmakers, coopers, shoemakers). Several (knights of st. crispin, coopers) disappear in 1870s depression. Strikes over control of work, access to craft, against wage declines. Ontario"s urban population triples between 1850 and 1880. Winnipeg population: 100 in 1870 to 4000 in 1874. Hamilton, 1851: 5 employees/firm 1871: 17 e/f. Toronto 88% of firms less than 30 employees = 33% of total employees. 1870s # of tanneries, agri. equipment, railroad cars, sawmills while # of employees .
