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- W1534248889 abstract "A labour shortage in 1922, the promise of a bumper yield in 1923, and increased imperialist sentiment resulted in the recruitment of nearly 12,000 British workers to assist Canadian harvesters with the 1923 prairie wheat crop. Since most of them came from the cities they found the transition to western agriculture difficult and their complaints about the treatment they endured caused considerable damage to Canada's image abroad. Nevertheless, many persevered and returned home after the harvest satisfied. Those who remained to make a new life for themselves had a harder time since they were forced to take farm work at subsistence wages for the winter. Others chose to seek work in their own trades in Canada's cities. Like many, those in Toronto faced unemployment but, with the help of area radicals the militants amongst them decided to lead a long march to demand work at reasonable wages from the Mackenzie King government. Despite unrelenting harassment from public officials they remained united and with the assistance of citizens in the communities along the way they reached the capital bedraggled but defiant a fortnight later. While their march proved futile in the short term, it was an early example of escalating militancy among the unemployed, both domestic and immigrant, which helped to focus attention on both the plight of unskilled labour in a national economy and on the short-sighted, employer-driven immigration policies. Resumes Une penurie de travail en 1922, la promesse d'un effet pare-choc en 1923 et l'augmentation du sentiment imperialiste ont donne lieu au recrutement de pres de 12 000 travailleurs britanniques pour venir en aide aux moissonneurs canadiens et a la recolte du ble dans les Prairies en 1923. Puisque la plupart d'entre eux venaient des villes, ils ont vecu la transition a l'agriculture de l'ouest avec difficulte et leurs recriminations concernant leurs conditions a cause des dommages considerables a l'image du Canada a l'etranger. Neanmoins, plusieurs ont persevere et sont retournes dans leur pays apres les recoltes. Ceux qui sont restes pour se refaire une vie ont eu plus de difficulte puisqu'ils se sont retrouves dans l'obligation d'accepter du travail de ferme a un salaire de subsistance pendant l'hiver. D'autres ont choisi de chercher du travail dans leur propre metier dans les villes canadiennes. Comme plusieurs, ceux qui se sont retrouves a Toronto ont du faire face au chomage mais avec l'aide des radicaux du secteur, les militants parmi eux ont decide d'entreprendre une longue marche pour exiger du travail a un salaire raisonnable du gouvernement Mackenzie King. Malgre le harcelement incessant des autorites, ils sont demeures unis et avec l'aide des citoyens des collectivites qu'ils traversaient, quinze jours plus tard, ils arrivaient dans la capitale, debrailles mais provocants. Bien que leur marche ait ete futile a court terme, elle a ete un des premiers exemples de la montee du militantisme chez les chomeurs canadiens et immigrants. Elle a attire l'attention sur l'engagement des travailleurs sans specialites dans l'economie nationale et sur l'absence de vision des politiques d'immigration axees sur la satisfaction des besoins des employeurs." @default.
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- W1534248889 title "A Miniature Coxey's Army: The British Harvesters' Toronto-to-Ottawa Trek of 1924" @default.
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