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:: Saturday, January 17, 2004 ::
An Integral Life in Construction By Francesco Riondino
Former workers movement activist Marino Toppan relives past in The Voice of Labour
Many of us hadn't arrived in Canada yet, some weren't even born, but in 1960-61 two great strikes changed this country's construction industry in depth. In what was a land of lawlessness, with no protection for workers, concepts like workplace safety and fair wages entered the Canadian vocabulary. The movement was led by a group of organizers, mostly Italian, who created the Brandon Union Group, the base for the future international unions of labourers, bricklayers, plasterers, cement finishers and carpenters.------------------------------------------- posted 8:00 AM :: reference link ::
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