04792cam a22007578i 4500 ocn935108338 OCoLC 20200709060441.0 m d cr un||||||||| 160106s2016 quc ob 001 0 eng NLC eng rda NLC OCLCO N$T OCLCO YDXCP CELBN OCLCO JSTOR 20159084660 9780773598942 (electronic bk.) 0773598944 (electronic bk.) 9780773598959 0773598952 (OCoLC)935108338 22573/ctt1c9hzbk JSTOR n-us--- n-cn--- BX8128.E36 T557 2016eb BX8128 E36 T557 2015 BUS 038000 bisacsh POL 013000 bisacsh SOC039000 bisacsh 331.880973 23 MAIN Thiessen, Janis, 1971- author. Not talking union : an oral history of North American Mennonites and labour / Janis Thiessen. 1605 Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016. 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "This book investigates the labour history of a people who have not been involved in the twentieth-century labour movement in large numbers: North American Mennonites. It explores their historically-constructed attitudes toward organized labour and unions, which it attempts to understand on its own terms. Although Mennonites are typically associated with rural life, they in fact became very involved as workers in specific locations in both traditional Mennonite enclaves in Ohio, Indiana, Ontario, and Manitoba, and those to which they migrated in the twentieth century, such as British Columbia and California. Mennonites in these locales found employment both as field workers for large agri-business operations (for example, the orchards and packing plants of the San Joaquin Valley in California) and as factory hands in manufacturing firms (such as the automotive factories in southern Ontario). The late twentieth century experiences of North American Mennonites in these settings caused them to confront and reassess their attitudes toward unions. A study of these Mennonites--united by transnational ties of ethnic and religious identity yet shaped, at times, in distinct ways by their differing geographic locations, immigration histories and ethnic origins, denominational ties, and class positions--provides insights into how and why the majority of North American Mennonites have rejected labour unions in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The oral histories of the 113 Mennonites interviewed provide insight into why many working North Americans are not union supporters, and how people in general negotiate tensions between their commitments to faith and conscience and the demands of their employment. An important aim of the book is to bring labour historians and historians of religion into conversation."-- Provided by publisher. Master record variable field(s) change: 050, 072 Labor unions United States Religious aspects Mennonites. Labor unions Canada Religious aspects Mennonites. Mennonites United States Attitudes. Mennonites Canada Attitudes. Labor unions United States History. Labor unions Canada History. Oral history United States. Oral history Canada. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations bisacsh Syndicats États-Unis Aspect religieux Mennonites. Syndicats Canada Aspect religieux Mennonites. Mennonites États-Unis Attitudes. Mennonites Canada Attitudes. Syndicats États-Unis Histoire. Syndicats Canada Histoire. Histoire orale États-Unis. Histoire orale Canada. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Not talking union. (CaOONL)20159084652 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1219234 EBSCOhost EBSC 1219234 YBP Library Services YANK 12973589 Canadian Electronic Library CELB 11209174 YBP Library Services YANK 12988290 92 N$T 56793 56793