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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790462503321

Autore

Kwavnick David

Titolo

Organized labour and pressure politics : the Canadian Labour Congress, 1956-1968 / / David Kwavnick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1972

ISBN

1-283-53072-4

9786613843173

0-7735-8286-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

322/.2/0971

Soggetti

Labor unions - Political activity - Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Legitimacy and Mandate -- The Canadian Labour Congress: History, Structure, and Function -- The Legitimacy of Organized Labour and the Mandate of the Canadian Labour Congress: The Views of the Congress, Government, and Business -- The Protection of Legitimacy -- The Protection of Mandate -- The SIU Affair: A Case Study in the Protection of Legitimacy and Mandate -- Relations with Government: The Exercise of Legitimacy and Mandate -- Effectiveness of Demands upon Government: Fruits of Legitimacy and Mandate -- Organized Labour and Government -- Appendix A Code of Organizing Practices -- Appendix B The Web of Inter-Group Relations -- Appendix C The An Extract from the Memorandum to the Government of Canada, March 1962.

Sommario/riassunto

An examination of the relations between the Canadian Labour Congress and the Canadian government.