Rank and File Rebellion: The 1981 Ontario Hospital Strike

by Ron Rosenthal, Susan Rosenthal (Introduction)

The Ontario Hospital strike poses important questions for the union movement. What compelled hospital workers to strike illegally? How were members able to maintain the strike despite opposition from union officials? What forced the strikers back to work? What strategies could have been used to keep the picket lines strong? And how can we better prepare for next time?

Written by a rank-and-file strike leader at Toronto General Hospital, this booklet also includes four pages of comments by hospital workers about their experience of the strike.

64 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 17, 2014