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Local 1005, United Steel Workers of America, 1996. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hamilton: Local 1005 Hamilton, 1996. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Black cloth with gilt (roughly) 11 1/4" by 9" (inches), 58 pages, filled with b & w photos, Near Fine condition, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition, now in Mylar. "The strikers had manufactured an iron wall around the plant on land. Unfortunately a large portion of Stelco's boundaries lay on water. It did not take long before Stelco started moving both men and supplies across the Bay from Burlington. The union needed a boat that could harass the company boats and hopefully disrupt their supply line. On July 20th the union's navy was born with the purchase of a motor launch they renamed the "WHISPER". The "WHISPER" was bought from a Hamilton bootlegger who used it to outrun the authorities. It was by far the fastest boat on the harbour, capable of 40 miles an hour. The stories of Whispers' tireless work are legendary as Jake Isbister remembers... "Some of the scabs… Read More