TY - BOOK ID - 30690703 TI - Sweatshop strife PY - 1992 SN - 1282056581 9786612056581 1442680318 9781442680319 0802059686 0802068952 9780802068958 9780802059680 1442615133 PB - Toronto, Ont. University of Toronto Press DB - UniCat KW - Jewish labor unions KW - Labor movement KW - Women in the labor movement KW - Jews KW - History. KW - Jewish trade-unions KW - Hebrews KW - Israelites KW - Jewish people KW - Jewry KW - Judaic people KW - Judaists KW - Labor and laboring classes KW - Labor unions KW - Ethnology KW - Religious adherents KW - Semites KW - Judaism KW - Social movements KW - Trade-unions KW - Clothing workers KW - Industrial unions KW - Labor, Organized KW - Labor organizations KW - Organized labor KW - Unions, Labor KW - Unions, Trade KW - Working-men's associations KW - Societies KW - Central labor councils KW - Guilds KW - Syndicalism KW - History KW - E-books KW - Juden. KW - Canada KW - Toronto KW - Ontario KW - Relations interethniques. KW - York KW - Metropolitan Toronto KW - Amérique du Nord britannique KW - British North America KW - Canada (Dominion) KW - Canada (Province) KW - Canada-Uni KW - Nouvelle-France KW - Région frontalière canado-américaine KW - Amérique du Nord KW - Frontières KW - Provinces anglophones UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30690703 AB - In the first half of the twentieth century, many of Toronto's immigrant Jews eked out a living in the needle-trade sweatshops of Spadina Avenue. In response to their expliotation on the shop floor, immigrant Jewish garment workers built one of the most advanced sections of the Canadian and American labour movements. Much more than a collective bargaining agency, Toronto's Jewish labour movement had a distinctly socialist orientation and grew out of a vibrant Jewish working-class culture.Ruth Frager examines the development of this unique movement, its sources of strength, and its limitations, focusing particularly on the complex interplay of class, ethnic, and gender interests and identities in the history of the movement. She examines the relationships between Jewish workers and Jewish manufacturers as well as relations between Jewish and non-Jewish workers and male and female workers in the city's clothing industry.In its prime, Toronto's Jewish labour movement struggled not only to improve hard sweatshop condistions but also to bring about a fundamental socialist transformation. It was an uphill battle. Drastic economic downturns, hard employer offensives, and state repressions all worked against unionists' workplace demands. Ethnic, gender, and ideological divisions weakened the movement and were manipulated by employers and their allies.Drawing on her knowledge of Yiddish, Frager has been able to gain access to original records that shed new light on an important chapter in Canadian ethnic, labour, and women's history. ER -