Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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That '70s Strike Support: Labour, Feminism, and the Left in Three Ontario Strikes, 1972-1979

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Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Thesis advisor (ths): Sangster, Joan I., Degree committee member (dgc): Palmer, Bryan D., Degree committee member (dgc): Anastakis, Dimitry, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This thesis examines three Ontario strikes during the 1970s: the Dare Foods, Ltd. strike in Kitchener, Ontario, 1972-1973; the Puretex Knitting Company strike in Toronto, 1978-1979; and the Inco strike in Sudbury, 1978-1979. These strikes highlight gender issues in the Canadian food production, textile, and mining industries in the 1970s, industries that were all markedly different in… more