LEADER 04712nam 2200649 450 001 9910458017203321 005 20210616205629.0 010 $a1-4426-5643-3 010 $a1-4426-3313-1 010 $a0-8020-6242-3 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442656437 035 $a(CKB)1000000000396757 035 $a(EBL)3432188 035 $a(OCoLC)929153902 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000084237 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11357323 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000084237 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10164414 035 $a(PQKB)10155235 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4669521 035 $a(CEL)449908 035 $a(OCoLC)918588992 035 $a(CaBNVSL)kck00235784 035 $a(DE-B1597)465699 035 $a(OCoLC)944178691 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442656437 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4669521 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11256053 035 $a(OCoLC)958578247 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000396757 100 $a20160920h19741974 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGompers in Canada $ea study in American continentalism before the First World War /$fRobert H. Babcock 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1974. 210 4$dİ1974 215 $a1 online resource (307 p.) 225 0 $aHeritage 311 0 $a0-8020-2142-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$t1. Introduction --$t2. First encounter --$t3. The rise of branch plants --$t4. Organizing boom --$t5. Labour politics in Canada --$t6. Dual unions --$t7. Berlin victory --$t8. A ?state? federation --$t9. External enemies --$t10. Jurisdictional disputes and secessions --$t11. Political action --$t12. Master and servant --$t13. Labour continentalism --$tAppendixes --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aSamuel Gompers, the charismatic chief of the American Federation of Labor at the turn of the century, claimed to represent the interests of all workers in North America, but it was not until American corporations began to export jobs to Canada via branch plants that he became concerned with representing Canadian workers. Within a very short time the Canadian labour movement was rationalized into a segment of the American craft-union empire. In order to secure the loyalty of these new recruits, the AFI reduced the national trade-union centre of Canada, the Trades and Labor Congress, to the level of an American state federation of labour. But Gombers failed to perceive the different political, historical, and cultural climates north of the forty-ninth parallel, and his policies inevitably generated friction. Although some Canadian workers felt sympathy for labour politicians inspired by left-wing doctrines and the social gospel movement, Gompers strove to keep Canadian socialists at bay. And although Canadian workers expressed considerable interest in governmental investigation of industrial disputes, Gompers remained inimical to such moves. Canadian labour groups desired a seat on international labour bodies, but Gompers would not allow them to speak through their own delegate. Canadian unions deemed rivals to AFL affiliates were banished. Dues were siphoned off into union treasuries in the US, and American labour leaders kept firm control over organizing efforts in Canada. Perhaps most importance, the AFL?s actions at the TLC convention of 1902?its opposition to dual unionism?helped spawn a separate labour movement in Quebec. Yet by 1914, following nearly two decades of effort by Gompers, many Canadian workers had become his willing subjects. Though others struggled to loosen Gompers? grip on the Canadian labour movement, Canadian trade unions appeared firmly wedded to the AFL?s continentalism. The story of Gompers in Canada has never been properly treated: this book is a significant addition to Canadian and American labour history and to the study of American expansion. Based upon exhaustive research in the Gompers papers, the AFL-CIO archives, and in various Canadian manuscript and newspaper sources, it clearly reveals one importance aspect of the growth of American?s ?informal? empire at the turn of the century. 606 $aLabor unions$zCanada$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLabor unions$xHistory. 676 $a331.88/32/0971 700 $aBabcock$b Robert H$g(Robert Harper),$f1931-$0949718 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458017203321 996 $aGompers in Canada$92146624 997 $aUNINA