"They Didn't Starve Us Out": Industrial Cape Breton in the 1920s

"They Didn't Starve Us Out": Industrial Cape Breton in the 1920s

1991
21m
6.0

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Documentary History
Overview

For 200 years, coal mining had been a way of life in Cape Breton. By 1920 things were looking up: miners were unionized and paid decent wages. Then the British Empire Steel Corporation arrived and bought every single steel and coal company in Nova Scotia. BESCO cut wages by a third, setting off a bitter labour dispute. The miners settled in for a long strike. Finally, in 1925, the military ended the unrest with brute force. But the miners, in one sense, had won. They broke up the monopoly and provided an example to workers across the country.

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Production Information

Production Companies
ONF | NFB
Production Countries
Canada
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

labor strike labor union coal mining worker's rights miners strike

Quick Facts

Release Date October 1, 1991
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0224246
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Cast

Lulu Keating
Lulu Keating

Narrator (voice)

Key Crew

Floyd Elliott
Producer
Patricia Kipping
Director
Patricia Kipping
Writer
Keith Packwood
Producer