Building a Working-Class Community: From Wartime Housing to Schools in Kingscourt
In the early 1940s the Canadian federal government partnered with Wartime Housing Ltd. to construct
Solidarity in Wartime: The 1942 Kingston Shipbuilders Sympathy Strike
In April of 1942, workers at the Kingston Shipbuilding Company organized a sympathy walk-out to
How three illegal strikes established Kingston’s municipal workers’ union, CUPE 109
Between June 16 and 20, 1952, more than a hundred employees of the City of
ATAK: Tenant Action in the ’60s and ’70s
“The only way to counteract federal-provincial apathy is to organize – to stick together and
Kingston in Hard Times
Report The Kingston Workers’ History Project held its first meeting as a “fringe” event for
Unemployed workers invade City Hall!
In early 1933, three out of ten Canadians were unemployed. Kingston did not escape the
When Mike Harris came to town
By Doug Nesbitt In October 1995, the Tory government of Ontario Premier Mike Harris had