The Holmes Foundry Strike of March 1937: We'll Give Their Jobs to White Men!
Resource type
Author/contributor
- Snow, Duart (Author)
Title
The Holmes Foundry Strike of March 1937: We'll Give Their Jobs to White Men!
Abstract
Examines the 1937 sit-down strike at the Holmes Foundry in Sarnia, Ontario, during which the strikers were beaten and . Discusses the impetus for the strike as well as the situation in the area and the foundry in particular. Comments on the strategy of the strikers and the stoking of racial hatred by the management and local authorities. The author argues that the Holmes Foundry strike illustrated the exent to which the elite was willing to go to crush the strike.
Publication
Ontario History
Volume
69
Pages
4-31
Date
1977
Language
English
Notes
Abstract by Erin Vader.
Citation
Snow, D. (1977). The Holmes Foundry Strike of March 1937: We’ll Give Their Jobs to White Men! Ontario History, 69, 4–31.
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