Strikes in the Maritimes, 1901-1914

Abstract

As JAMES PENDER SAT AT HIS DESK on 6 November 1912, he was thinking about the traumatic events of the last few months and their ominous implications. Just one month before, the machinists in his nail factory in Saint John had presented a request for a wage increase and the nine-hour day, and they later refused to work on a Saturday afternoon at the rate normally paid during the week. On 7 October, three machinists, including two who had represented the workers in negotiations with Pender, were dismissed, and the remaining men went on strike in support of their shop mates. Like so many other employers in the Maritimes, Pender found himself in the middle of a difficult industrial conflict.1

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