LABRST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Labour Candidates And Parties In Canada

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

Document Summary

Reading: canadian labour movement pgs. 35-42 & donald avery article. Immigration & development: national policy bring in immigrants. They come over and were recruited who lied to them about the conditions can settle down pretty quickly. Come from places with stronger labour movements than canada (germany, uk etc. ) Faced day to day struggles just to get work. Most come over single men didn"t make much money. Unskilled workers: hardship & insecurity, levels of control, community support & ethnic niches. Asian immigration: small numbers never more than 2%