1949 labour dispute among miners in Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
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The Asbestos strike of 1949, based in and around the town of Asbestos, Quebec, Canada, was a four-month labour dispute by asbestos miners. It has traditionally been portrayed as a turning point in Quebec history that helped lead to the Quiet Revolution.[1] It also helped launch the careers of Jean Marchand, Gérard Pelletier, and Pierre Trudeau.
The Asbestosstrike of 1949, based in and around the town of Asbestos, Quebec, Canada, was a four-month labour dispute by asbestos miners. It has traditionally...
film depicts life in the Maurice Duplessis-era Asbestos Region of rural Québec before the AsbestosStrike of 1949. Set at Christmas time, the story is told...
L'Or-Blanc regional county municipality (French: white gold). The Asbestosstrike, a critical part of Quebec's labour history, occurred in the region...
global, the publication of Les insolences du Frère Untel, the 1949 AsbestosStrike, and the 1955 Richard Riot. Artists and intellectuals in Quebec signed...
significant labour strikes, such as the Dominion Textile in Valleyfield in 1946, the AsbestosStrike in Estrie, and the Murdochville copper mine strike in 1957....
took part in major strike actions such as the Asbestosstrike in 1949, the Louiseville Strike [fr] in 1952 and the Murdochville strike in 1957. In 1968...
possessed. The strike failed and was called off in October. Duplessis's labour laws and action against strikers here and in the 1949 Asbestosstrike have been...
The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace...
unique in Canada. When strike action did occur, the police were immediately deployed to break it (as was the case in Asbestos in 1949). Quebec's management...
their massive presence. Among the most important strikes of the era was the widely publicised Asbestosstrike, which Duplessis, as Attorney General, ordered...
declaration of Jerusalem as an international city. The Asbestosstrike began in and around Asbestos, Quebec. Died: Fernand Desprès, 69, French anarchist...
Université de Montréal and a social activist, particularly during the AsbestosStrike and as a founder and frequent contributor to the magazine Cité libre...
protests 1949 - AsbestosStrike (at Asbestos, QU. 5000 miners went on strike for three months against a foreign corporation at Asbestos and Thetford Mines...
three-month old Asbestosstrike blockaded every road into the area to prevent the Canadian Johns Manville Company from bringing in strike-breakers. Charlie...
Soviets. The Kemi strike began in Finland. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India was established. In Quebec, the Asbestosstrike ended after the...
(parliament of Israel) convenes for the first time. 1949 – The AsbestosStrike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec...
signs of frustration with the status quo appeared with the bitter AsbestosStrike of 1949. It led to a greater appreciation of labour and social-democratic...
31, 1940. He is best known in Canada for his pro-labour role in the AsbestosStrike. Upon his resignation on February 9, 1950, Charbonneau was made titular...
International Paper Company frequently used asbestos insulation in its walls, floors, and roofs as a protective measure. Asbestos insulation was also used on pipes...
of talc is its frequent co-location in underground deposits with asbestos ore. Asbestos is a general term for different types of fibrous silicate minerals...
(ed.) Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, c1998. ISBN 0-7710-8591-5 The asbestosstrike. (Grève de l'amiante), translated by James Boake 1974 Pierre Trudeau...
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