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The Rise and Fall of the Toronto Typographical Union, 1832-1972 : A Case Study of Foreign Domination.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Heritage SeriesPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1982Copyright date: ©1982Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (409 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442632929
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Rise and Fall of the Toronto Typographical Union, 1832-1972LOC classification:
  • Z243.C2 Z475 1982
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Part One. The Founding of a Canadian Union -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The York Typographical Society, 1832-1837 -- 3 Consolidation -- Part Two. Growth and Affiliation -- 4 The international connection -- 5 An autonomous period -- Part Three. ITU Centralization -- 6 The expansion of ITU power and formalization of negotiations -- 7 Local 91 and the allied trades -- Part Four. The ITU in Control -- 8 The ITU short-hour movement -- 9 The forty-four-hour printers' strike -- 10 The depression years -- 11 Prelude to the 1960s -- 12 Technology overtakes the TTU -- 13 A sad finale -- Conclusion -- APPENDIX: Growth of the TTU -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Summary: This case study traces the development of the union which began as the Toronto Typographical Society. Through a close examination of this Canadian local's relations with its eventual parent organization in the US, Zerker reveals the 'domination' and brings into question the advantages of an international connection.
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Cover -- Contents -- Part One. The Founding of a Canadian Union -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The York Typographical Society, 1832-1837 -- 3 Consolidation -- Part Two. Growth and Affiliation -- 4 The international connection -- 5 An autonomous period -- Part Three. ITU Centralization -- 6 The expansion of ITU power and formalization of negotiations -- 7 Local 91 and the allied trades -- Part Four. The ITU in Control -- 8 The ITU short-hour movement -- 9 The forty-four-hour printers' strike -- 10 The depression years -- 11 Prelude to the 1960s -- 12 Technology overtakes the TTU -- 13 A sad finale -- Conclusion -- APPENDIX: Growth of the TTU -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

This case study traces the development of the union which began as the Toronto Typographical Society. Through a close examination of this Canadian local's relations with its eventual parent organization in the US, Zerker reveals the 'domination' and brings into question the advantages of an international connection.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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