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Waterfront Blues: Labour Strife at the Port of Montreal, 1960-1978

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Waterfront Blues is the story of the dramatic events surrounding the labour battles at the Port of Montreal in the 1960s and 70s. All the way through that time, the prospect – and reality – of technological change poisoned labour relations, provoking a series of bitter strikes in addition to repeated exercises in government intervention. It used to be not until 1978 that management and labour were in a position to negotiate a collective agreement with out a work stoppage or government intervention.

In this new study, Alexander Pathy probes deeply into the causes of this labour unrest and charts the efforts made by the parties concerned – management, labour, and government – to unravel the crisis. It draws upon the writer’s own experiences as a management representative and key figure at the Port of Montreal, in addition to extensive research into the records generated by the entire parties involved.

Exploring complicated issues of labour relations clearly and concisely, Waterfront Blues also boasts an interesting cast of characters, including the colourful labour minister Bryce Mackasey; the shrewd shipping industry lawyer and future prime minister Brian Mulroney; the decisive and no-nonsense management spokesperson Arnie Masters; the fiery union leader Jean-Marc St-Onge; and the blunt, brutally effective mediator/arbitrator Pass judgement on Alan B. Gold.

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