Standing Up to Big Nickel: The Story of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Strike

  • Author Name: Elizabeth Quinlan
  • Publisher: McGill-Queens University Press
  • Publication Date: 2025
  • ISBN: 9780228024804

About the Book

Quinlan traces the events before, during, and after one of Canada’s greatest strikes in both magnitude and duration. Featuring biographical sketches and scenes based on archival and documentary data, Standing Up to Big Nickel captures an intensely dramatic juncture in Canadian labour history.

About the Author

Elizabeth Quinlan is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Saskatchewan and an associate member of its Women's and Gender Studies Program.