Power of the unemployed : a previously suppressed history of 1930's worker's unrest in Newfoundland

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  • Author: Battery Radio
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    Battery Radio

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    Brookes, Chris

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    Welbourn, Kathryn

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    In 1930's Newfoundland, times are desperate. People salvage cast-off food from St. John's harbour, the dole is 6 cents a day, and families are ripped apart in the struggle for survival. A popular movement of the unemployed rises from the mire of despair to take on the British-run Commission Government, fighting for jobs, dignity and respect. Their leader is Pierce Power. For decades, this story was hidden in the Newfoundland Constabulary archives, until uncovered by program-maker Katherine Welbourn.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction
    Original Publisher: St. John's, Newfoundland , Battery Radio
    Language(s): English

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Battery Radio

Brookes, Chris

Welbourn, Kathryn

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In 1930's Newfoundland, times are desperate. People salvage cast-off food from St. John's harbour, the dole is 6 cents a day, and families are ripped apart in the struggle for survival. A popular movement of the unemployed rises from the mire of despair to take on the British-run Commission Government, fighting for jobs, dignity and respect. Their leader is Pierce Power. For decades, this story was hidden in the Newfoundland Constabulary archives, until uncovered by program-maker Katherine Welbourn.

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Canadian nonfiction
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St. John's, Newfoundland

Battery Radio

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