In quest of emotional gratification and cognitive consonance : organized labour and Québec separatist nationalism, 1960-1980

• Main Author: Güentzel, Ralph Peter.
• Other Authors: Levesque, Andree (advisor)
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: McGill University 1997
• Subjects: Labor unions > Québec (Province) > Political activity.; Québec (Province) > History > Autonomy and independence movements.
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=42049

This thesis examines the reaction of organized labour to Quebec separatist nationalism for the period between 1960, the year of the creation of the Rassemblement pour l'independance nationale and the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec, and 1980, the year of the first referendum on Quebec's constitutional status. The thesis investigates four labour organizations: the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), the Federation des travailleurs et travailleuses du Quebec (FTQ), the Confederation des syndicats nationaux (CSN), and the Centrale de l'enseignement du Quebec (CEQ). It shows in which ways the positions of the four centrals have been informed by their members' national identifications and the emotional and cognitive mechanisms that resulted from these identifications.