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The longshoremen’s strike

The picture shows a page from a newspaper on which are printed a photograph and an article about the longshoremen’s strike. On the picture, we see a crowd of protesters in front of three men standing on a stage.

La Presse, May 11, 1966

Source: collection of Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec

In 1966, longshoremen went on strike in one of the main ports, causing an unprecedented crisis that would affect owners of schooners and coasters. Many would never recover from it.