The Finest Kind: A People's History of the Lockeport Lockout, 1939

The Finest Kind: A People's History of the Lockeport Lockout, 1939

1979
30m
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Overview

In the fall of 1939, more than 600 fishermen and fish handlers in the tiny town of Lockeport, Nova Scotia walked the picket line in front of the town's only employers, Swim Brothers and the Lockeport Company. Both fishplants had locked their doors rather than recognize the Canadian Fishermen's Union as official bargaining agent. For eight weeks, as autumn turned to winter, the men, with their wives and families, held firm. It was a bread-and-butter struggle that made national headlines--one of the first major attempts by Nova Scotia fishermen and fishhandlers to win union recognition, and one of the first major tests of the N.S. Trade Union Act, passed in 1937.

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Companies
Fish or Cut Bait Collective Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative (AFCOOP)
Production Countries
Canada
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

documentary short canadian fishermen's union lockeport, nova scotia the n.s. trade union act lockout

Quick Facts

Release Date September 30, 1979
Status Released
Language EN

Cast

Key Crew

Tom Burger
Director
Bill McKiggan
Director