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Imperfect Union: Canadian Labour and the Left - Part 1 - International Background - Canadian Roots
198954 min 30 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Arthur Hammond
Production: Arthur HammondJohn SpottonDon HopkinsJohn Taylor
Script: Arthur Hammond
A look at the problematic relationship of Canadian unions and the New Democratic Party on the eve of the 1980s, as the Socialist International meets in Vancouver. This triggers a flashback to the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain, and the birth of both modern trade unions and democratic socialism. The influence of British, American and European immigration, of American trade unions, World War 1 and other events provide a turbulent and fascinating backdrop to the evolution of the Canadian labour-socialist alliance. Part 1.
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Subject categories
- Work and Labour Relations > Historical PerspectivesUnionization and the Labour Movement
- Politics and Government - Canada > Political PartiesSocial Action
- History - Canada - 1920-1945 > Politics and GovernmentWork and Labour Relations
- Social Studies > Canadian Politics and GovernmentLabour Studies
- History and Citizenship Education > Industrialization (1800s)
Credits
- director
- Arthur Hammond
- producer
- Arthur Hammond
- script
- Arthur Hammond
- executive producer
- John Spotton
- Don Hopkins
- John Taylor
- camera
- John Walker
- Eugene Boyko
- Joan Hutton
- sound
- John Uhthoff
- Robert Young
- Peter Clements
- editing
- Jack Morbin
- John Kramer
- sound editing
- André Galbrand
- Jean-Pierre Viau
- André Chaput
- re-recording
- Hans Peter Strobl
- Adrian Croll
- narrator
- Jill Frappier