A Death at Deer Lake: Catalyst of a Forgotten Newfoundland Work Stoppage, 1924

Introduces an edited version of testimony at the inquiry held into the death of Thomas Hartery, who died from measles at age 18 in the quarantine hut of a paper mill construction camp at Deer Lake, Newfoundland, on March 12, 1924. The circumstances of Hartery's death, including disposition of the body, prompted a collective workers' protest (there was no union) that culminated in a one-and-a-half-day strike over wages, food, accommodation, and hospital facilities—a little-remembered episode in the evolution of the Atlantic region's labour struggles.