Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Abbreviations xv
5. 1. Workers in Canada’s Second Industrial Revolution 1
6. 2. The Red International 13
7. 3. Getting Started 32
8. 4. Going to ‘Mecca’ 53
9. 5. 1931: Trial by Fire 67
10. 6. Red Blairmore 100
11. 7. August 1932: Confronting the Prime Minister 127
12. 8. The First Congress of the Workers’ Unity League 1932 144
13. 9. Women of the Workers’ Unity League: Taking Their Place Side by Side as Activists in the Labour Market 157
14. 10. Hard Rock Miners: Anyox – Noranda – Flin Flon 177
15. 11. 1933: Gaining Momentum 200
16. 12. Sweatshops and Militancy in the Needle Trades 226
17. 13. Woodsmen of the West 244
18. 14. Fishers in the Salish Sea 263
19. 15. Not Hot Cakes or Foremen: On to Ottawa! 272
20. 16. Changing Times: The Final Convention of the Workers’ Unity League 300
21. Afterword 321
22. Appendix I: Draft Constitution of the Workers’ Unity League of Canada 331
23. Appendix II: Federal Department of Labour Diagram of the Workers’ Unity League, c. 1933 335
24. Appendix III: Charter for the Right to Live 336
25. Notes 339
26. Bibliography 413
27. Index 427