Working People in Alberta: A History

• Main Author: Eric Strikwerda (auth)
• Other Authors: Joan Schiebelbein (auth), Jason Foster, Winston Gereluk (auth), Jennifer Kelly (auth), Jim Selby (auth), Dan Ciu (auth), Alvin Finkel (auth), James Muir (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Athabasca University Press 2012
• Series: Working Canadians: Books from the CCLH
• Subjects: unions; working class; labour; labor
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Working People in Alberta traces the history of labour in Alberta from the period of First Nations occupation to the present. Drawing on over two hundred interviews with labour leaders, activists, and ordinary working people, as well as on archival records, the volume gives voice to the people who h...