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Smelter Wars

A Rebellious Red Trade Union Fights for Its Life in Wartime Western Canada

By: Ron Verzuh

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Smelter Wars

A Rebellious Red Trade Union Fights for Its Life in Wartime Western Canada

By: Ron Verzuh

In 1938, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) sent communist union organizer Arthur "Slim" Evans to the smelter city of Trail, British Columbia, to establish Local 480 of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. Six years later the local was recognized as the legal representative of more than 5,000 workers at a smelter owned by the powerful Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada. But the union’s fight for survival had only just begun. Smelter Wars unfolds that historic struggle, offering glimpses into the political, social, and cultural life of the semi-rural, single-industry community. Hindered by economic depression, two World Wars, and Cold War intolerance, Local 480 faced fierce corporate, media, and religious opposition at home. Ron Verzuh draws upon archival and periodical sources, including the mainstream and labour press, secret police records, and oral histories, to explore the CIO’s complicated legacy in Trail as it battled a wide range of antagonists: a powerful employer, a company union, local conservative citizens, and Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) leadership. More than the history of a union, Smelter Wars is a cultural study of a community shaped by the dominance of a world-leading industrial juggernaut set on keeping the union drive at bay.

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University of Toronto Press

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Smelter Wars

A Rebellious Red Trade Union Fights for Its Life in Wartime Western Canada

By: Ron Verzuh

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A Rebellious Red Trade Union Fights for Its Life in Wartime Western Canada

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A Jewish Professor's Political Punditry

Fifty-Plus Years of Published Commentary by Ron Rubin

By: Ron Rubin

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A Jewish Professor's Political Punditry

Fifty-Plus Years of Published Commentary by Ron Rubin

By: Ron Rubin

This publication is a collection of Ron Rubin’s published writings, amassed over his decades-long career. With articles ranging from those written for a college newspaper during his years as an undergraduate to more recent pieces published on the national level, this anthology provides an extensive look at the contemporary issues that have influenced the Jewish community. The author addresses a wide variety of topics including American Jewish political and social behavior, Israel among the nations, Soviet anti-Semitism, and political and public personalities who have had an impact on, or been affected by, the Jewish world.

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Syracuse University Press

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0815652135

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9780815652137

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