Producers versus Profiteers: The Politics of Class in Newfoundland during the First World War
During the First World War a widespread public impression that merchants were taking advantage of the conflict to extract excessive profits became a major issue in Newfoundland politics, and a cause of widespread public discontent. The Fishermen's Protective Union and other labour organizations...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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University of New Brunswick * Department of History
2011
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| Online Access: | https://research.library.mun.ca/420/ https://research.library.mun.ca/420/1/producers_versus_profiteers.pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/420/3/producers_versus_profiteers.pdf http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/18561 |
| Summary: | During the First World War a widespread public impression that merchants were taking advantage of the conflict to extract excessive profits became a major issue in Newfoundland politics, and a cause of widespread public discontent. The Fishermen's Protective Union and other labour organizations were able to use the profiteering issue as a catalyst for political mobilization, and by 1917 had succeeded in forcing the state to take a greater role in regulating the economy. While their gains turned out to be short-lived, the episode marked a significant moment in the history of collective action by Newfoundland's labouring classes. |
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