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A Battle Royal: Service Work Activism and the 1961-1962 Royal York Strike

A Battle Royal: Service Work Activism and the 1961-1962 Royal York Strike

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A Battle Royal: Service Work Activism and the 1961-1962 Royal York Strike

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A Battle Royal: Service Work Activism and the 1961-1962 Royal York Strike

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Committee on Canadian Labour History

Journal title

Labour (Halifax), 2006-09, Vol.58 (58), p.13-40

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English

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Committee on Canadian Labour History

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Although service work occupies an increasingly central position in the Canadian labour market, its legacy of activism has largely been forgotten by scholars. This paper begins a reclamation of that legacy by analysing the bitter 1961-1962 strike at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Canada's most luxurious lodgings. The unsuccessful battle of mostly...

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A Battle Royal: Service Work Activism and the 1961-1962 Royal York Strike

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_36632055

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_36632055

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ISSN

0700-3862

E-ISSN

1911-4842

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