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The article presents research which focuses on the public works workers' strike in Québec in June 1878. It demonstrates the organization of this group of workers who fought against the repressive forces of employers and the government. It discusses Québec's industrial activities during the early 19th century which included forest product exportation and shipbuilding and the eruption of labor strikes and unrest in the U.S. and Canada during the second half of the 19th century and public works seen as secure employment during that time in Québec. It focuses on the construction of new parliamentary buildings in Québec overseen by former conservative minister and entrepreneur Simon-Xavier Cimon and the construction site workers' general strike which lasted from June 3 to June 15, 1878.