FEDERAL EMPLOYEE UNIONISM

AND THE IDEOLOGY OF PUBLIC SERVICE

IN CANADA, 1911-1939
By
Anthony Thomson
1977

Chapter 4, Militancy in the Canadian Civil Service, 1918-1920.  Full Text pdf format
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 pdf format
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 pdf format
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