44 Hours or Strike!
The Toronto Dressmakers’ Strike of 1931 brings young Jewish sisters Sophie and Rose together in a fight for better working conditions, decent wages, and for their union. They are faced with unexpected and sometimes violent barriers, and they quickly find that a strike is more than just a march....
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The Toronto Dressmakers’ Strike of 1931 brings young Jewish sisters Sophie and Rose together in a fight for better working conditions, decent wages, and for their union. They are faced with unexpected and sometimes violent barriers, and they quickly find that a strike is more than just a march. In the midst of anti-Semitism and the Great Depression, they come together to try to make a lasting change.
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781927583760 (1927583764)
ASIN: 1927583764
Publish date: 2015-09-15
Publisher: Second Story Press
Pages no: 112
Edition language: English
Category:
History,
Cultural,
Economics,
Health,
Family,
Death,
International,
Social Issues,
Social Movements,
Social Justice,
Poverty
Welcome to the war. Although the war was being played out in another country, its effects were being felt everywhere including Canada. The year is 1931 and many females were being forced out of school to help with the family’s finances and/or to help with the war efforts by working. Rose dropped out...
44 Hours or Strike is a fictional book based on non-fiction events. Centered around the Toronto Dressmakers’ Strike of 1931, the author tells the story of Sophie and her older sister, Rose. After the two sisters go on strike to protect long hours and low pay, Rose is arrested and thrown into prison,...
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