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Introduces Canadian postage stamps as a form of public identity, memory and iconography, and applies this lens to the representation on stamps of workers and the labour movement. Analyzes the particular stamps where workers and labour are commemorated, reproductions of which are included are in the article. Compares the relatively small number of Canadian labour stamps to those produced in the UK, Australia, France, and the US. Concludes that there should be greater inclusion of workers and unions in the selection and design of stamps, as recommended by the Canadian Committee on Labour History to Canada Post.
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The long view of New Brunswick history over the past century shows us glimpses of a vigorous tradition of social reform, much of it driven by the activism of organized labour. The New Brunswick Federation of Labour, established in 1913, was a major force in this history. The Federation played a leading part in the achievement of labour standards such as workmen’s compensation (1918) and subsequently in the enactment of laws to protect the right to union membership and collective bargaining. In pursuing these and other objectives, the province’s labour organizations have contributed to traditions of social democracy that are too easily overlooked in contemporary debates in New Brunswick. This essay sheds light on that important history, and why organized labour still matters in the province.
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Established in 1913, the New Brunswick Federation of Labour is the second oldest provincial federation of labour in Canada. Its history began in early campaigns for workers’ compensation and union recognition and continues today in the latest battles to defend social standards, secure employment, and union rights. Active initially in the port city of Saint John and the railway centre of Moncton, the federation soon expanded to include workers in the mines and mills of the north, taking up the causes of public employees and women workers and confronting the realities of life and work in a bilingual society. A pioneering study, written in clear and forceful prose, this is the untold story of provincial labour solidarities that succeeded in overcoming divisions and defeats to raise the status of working men and women within New Brunswick society. Drawing on archives, newspapers, and workers’ own descriptions of their experiences, Frank makes an original contribution to our understanding of the political, economic, and social development of the province. In so doing, he helps meet the need for an informed public awareness of the history of workers and unions in all parts of Canada.
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The article reviews the book, "Global Labour History: A State of the Art," edited by Jan Lucassen.
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The article reviews the book, "Trinity of Passion: The Literary Left and the Antifascist Crusade," by Alan M. Wald.
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The article reviews the book, "Colliers Across the Sea: A Comparative Study of Class Formation in Scotland and the American Midwest, 1830-1924," by John H. M. Laslett.
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Is there a Canadian labour film? After a century of film production in Canada, the answer is uncertain. Canadian workers do appear in a variety of documentary and feature film productions, but their presence often arises from the incidental processes of documentation and fictionalization. There is also a more purposeful body of work focused on the concerns of labour history, but its promise remains relatively underdeveloped. Although film has become one of the dominant languages of communications at the end of the 20th century, the practice of visual history stands to benefit from closer collaboration between historians and filmmakers.
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The article reviews the book, "Working Stiffs, Union Maids, Reds, and Riffraff: An Organized Guide to Films about Labor," by Tom Zaniello.
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The article reviews the book, "Working-Class Hollywood: Silent Film and the Shaping of Class in America," Steven J. Ross.
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The article reviews the book, "Nineteenth Century Cape Breton: A Historical Geography," by Stephen J. Hornsby.
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The article reviews the book, "'Ole Boy': Memoirs of a Canadian Labour Leader, J.K. Bell," by Sue Calhoun.
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The article reviews the book, "Women from Spillertown: A Memoir of Agnes Burns Wieck," by David Thoreau Wieck.
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The article reviews the book, "United We Stand: The United Mine Workers of America 1890-1990," by Maier B. Fox.
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This article reviews the book, "The wpirg Reader: Case Studies in Underdevelopment," by the Waterloo Public Interest Research Group.
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This article reviews the album and book, "Come Hell or High Water: Songs of the Buchans Miners," by Breakwater Recording.
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When Professor Murray Young was teaching his pioneering courses on New Brunswick history up to what was then the recent past of the 1960s, colleagues would ask him what text he was using for the contemporary period. His answer was the Byrne Report. Students in that class learned how to read tables of data and lists of recommendations, and they came to appreciate the Report of the Royal Commission on Finance and Municipal Taxation as one of the most significant documents in the historical evolution of the province. --Introduction
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The article reviews the book, "Theorizing Historical Consciousness," edited by Peter Seixas.
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The article reviews and comments on the book, "Progressive Heritage: The Evolution of a Politically Radical Literary Tradition in Canada," by James Doyle.
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The author discusses his experiences teaching labour history at the university, trade union, and public levels, as well as a media commentator on labour-related issues. Concludes that labour historians can make a distinctive contribution to the historical pursuit of meaning by shifting the terms of public discourse toward a working-class perspective.
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The article reviews and comments on "British Coalminers in the Nineteenth Century: A Social History," by John Benson, "Independent Collier: The Coal Miner as Archetypal Proletarian Reconsidered," edited by Royden Harrison, "Keir Hardie: The Making of a Socialist," by Fred Reid, "By the Sweat of their Brow: Womee Workers at Victorian Coal Mines," by Angela John, "Work Relations in the Coal Industry: The Hand-Loading Era, 1880-1930," by Keith Dix, "The Miner's Freedom: A Study of the Working Life in a Changing Industry," by Carter Goodrich, "Life, Work, and Rebellion in the Coal Fields: The Southern West Virginia Miners, ,1880-1922," by David Corbin, and "Power and Powerlessness: Quiescence and Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley," by John Gaventa.
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