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Imperfect Union--Canadian Labour & the Left, Part 2: Born of Hard Times*

• 1989 ----- color ----- 52 min ----- vhs
• The world plunges into the Great Depression which, like most leaders, Canada's R. B. Bennett refuses to combat with unbalanced budgets and government spending. Inspired by reports from Russia, many turn to communism for solutions. The 1937 General Motors strike in Oshawa gives the Congress of Industrial Organizations a toehold in Canada, but on the eve of World War II Canada's tiny unions remain blocked by restrictive labor laws and, like the equally tiny Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, locked in struggle with communist rivals. (Donated by the Department of Canadian Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)
• Topics: (Canadian Studies, History: Canadian, Labor Relations, Political Science: Canadian)

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