My life as a Newfoundland union organizer : the memoirs of Cyril W. Strong, 1912-1987 / edited by Gregory S. Kealey.

My life as a Newfoundland union organizer : the memoirs of Cyril W. Strong, 1912-1987 / edited by Gregory S. Kealey.

By
: 
Strong, Cyril W. (Cyril Wellington), 1912-1987.

Publication Date
: 
2020, 1987

Publication Information
: 
St. John's, N,L. : Committee on Canadian Labour History,

Edition
: 
2nd edition.

Physical Description
: 
xi, 184 p. : ill.

Subject Term
: 
Labor unions -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
 
Labor unions -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Organizing -- History.

Additional Contributors
: 
Kealey, Gregory S., 1948- ,

Summary
: 
With the creation of the Canadian Labour Congress in 1956, Strong became a CLC representative. Although not involved directly with the International Woodworkers of America, Cyril saw the dramatic events of the 1959-60 IWA organizing drive and loggers strike from the inside, a story which he recounts here. This led to him to take a brief stint at provincial politics in 1959, running for the newly-formed Newfoundland Democratic Party (NDP), a name which persuaded Tommy Douglas to adopt in 1961 in place of the federal CCF.

Language
: 
English

ISBN
: 
9780995288348


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