Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Union Organizing in the Canadian Banking Industry, 1940–1980

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Year: 2016, 2016
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Smith, Julia, Thesis advisor (ths): Sangster, Joan, Degree committee member (dgc): Palmer, Bryan, Degree committee member (dgc): Warksett, Rosemary, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>In this dissertation, I examine union organizing in the Canadian banking industry between 1940 and 1980. By demonstrating that bank workers consistently sought to unionize throughout the twentieth century, I challenge claims that bank employees and other private sector white-collar workers have low rates of unionization because they are not interested in unions or suffer from false… more
Full Text: UNION ORGANIZING IN THE CANADIAN BANKING INDUSTRY, 1940–1980 A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT …