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Cracked (How Telephone Operators Took on Canada's Largest Corporation ... And Won)

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  • Product Details

    Author:
    Joan M. Roberts
    Format:
    Paperback
    Pages:
    384
    Publisher:
    Dundurn Press (January 12, 2016)
    Language:
    English
    Audience:
    General/trade
    ISBN-13:
    9781459731721
    ISBN-10:
    1459731727
    Dimensions:
    6" x 9" x 1"
    File:
    PGW-LEGATO-Metadata_Only_Publishers_Group_West_Customer_Group_Metadata_20260428164618-20260428.xml
    Folder:
    PGW
    List Price:
    $26.99
    Case Pack:
    32
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    $23.21
    Publisher Identifier:
    P-PER
    Discount Code:
    C
    Country of Origin:
    Canada
    Pub Discount:
    60
    Weight:
    19.2oz
    Imprint:
    Dundurn Press
  • Overview

    2015 Ontario Historical Society Alison Prentice Award — Winner
    2016 Heritage Toronto Book Award — Nominated


    The story of the Bell Canada union drive and the phone operator strike that brought sweeping reform to women’s workplace rights.

    In the 1970s, Bell Canada was Canada’s largest corporation. It employed thousands of people, including a large number of women who worked as operators and endured very poor pay and working conditions. Joan Roberts, a former operator, tells the story of how she and a group of dedicated labour organizers helped to initiate a campaign to unionize Bell Canada’s operators.

    From the point of view of the workers and the organizers, Roberts tells an important story in Canada’s labour history. The unionization of Bell Canada’s operators was a huge victory for Canada’s working women. The victory at Bell established new standards for women in other so-called “pink-collar” jobs.