by\u00a0Melanie Leavitt<\/h3>\nPioneers of the Picket Line:\u00a0The role of women in the labour movement<\/h3>\n![](\"http:\/\/memoire.mile-end.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/En_greve_avec_Lea_et_les_midinettes-600x501.jpg\")
Les Midinettes de Montr\u00e9al, 1937 \/ Archives de la FTQ \/ Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n
\n\n\n\nFrom sweat-shop floors to picket lines, discover the stories of women \u2013 union organizers, community activists, and factory workers \u2013 who paved the way for the modern labour movement and workers’ rights in Montreal. A special focus will placed on the clothing industry and the work of Lea Roback, among others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSunday 29 January 2017, 2:00<\/strong>\u20134:00 p.m.<\/p>\nMordecai-Richler Library \u2013 Mile End District<\/strong>
\n5434 avenue du Parc, Montreal (south of Saint-Viateur \u2013 80 bus)
\nin the upstairs meeting room<\/p>\nFree<\/strong><\/p>\nLanguages:\u00a0Presentation in French<\/strong>,\u00a0discussion in French and English<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Les Midinettes de Montr\u00e9al, 1937 \/ Archives de la FTQ \/ Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n
From sweat-shop floors to picket lines, discover the stories of women \u2013 union organizers, community activists, and factory workers \u2013 who paved the way for the modern labour movement and workers’ rights in Montreal. A special focus will placed on the clothing industry and the work of Lea Roback, among others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Sunday 29 January 2017, 2:00<\/strong>\u20134:00 p.m.<\/p>\n Mordecai-Richler Library \u2013 Mile End District<\/strong> Free<\/strong><\/p>\n Languages:\u00a0Presentation in French<\/strong>,\u00a0discussion in French and English<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by\u00a0Melanie Leavitt Pioneers of the Picket Line:\u00a0The role of women in the labour movement From sweat-shop floors to picket lines, discover the stories of women \u2013 union organizers, community activists, and factory workers \u2013 who paved the way for the modern labour movement and workers’ rights in Montreal. A special focus will placed on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/memoire.mile-end.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3984"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/memoire.mile-end.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/memoire.mile-end.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/memoire.mile-end.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/memoire.mile-end.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3984"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/memoire.mile-end.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3987,"href":"http:\/\/memoire.mile-end.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3984\/revisions\/3987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/memoire.mile-end.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/memoire.mile-end.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/memoire.mile-end.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n5434 avenue du Parc, Montreal (south of Saint-Viateur \u2013 80 bus)
\nin the upstairs meeting room<\/p>\n