FEDERAL EMPLOYEE UNIONISM
AND THE IDEOLOGY OF PUBLIC SERVICE
IN
By
Anthony Thomson
1977
Chapter 4, Militancy
in the Canadian Civil Service, 1918-1920. Full Text
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Contents:
Introduction
Working Conditions in the Civil Service
The 1918 Postal Strike
The Amalgamated Postal Workers/Amalgamated Civil
Servants of Canada
The Debate on Affiliation with Organized Labour
The Civil Service Federation and the Affiliation
Debate, 1919-1920
End Notes for Chapter Four
Chapter 5, The Response
to Classification and Reorganization. Full Text
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Contents:
Scientific Management
Different Responses: CSAO, CSF, and AFEO
Classification and Reorganization in the Post
Office
Reorganization in the Printing Bureau
Professional and Technical Civil Servants
Conclusion
End Notes for Chapter Five
Chapter 6, The Ascendancy
of the "Service Ethic". Full Text
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Contents:
Postal Workers on Strike: 1919
Amalgamation or Federation of Post Office Unions
The 1924 Post Office Strike in Canada
The 1924 Strike and its Aftermath
The Amalgamated Civil Servants of Canada – “Industrial” Unionism
The Ascendancy of Conservatism
1930s: Retrenchment in the Civil Service
End Notes for Chapter Six