Cracked

<i>2015 Ontario Historical Society Alison Prentice Award — Winner<br>2016 Heritage Toronto Book Award — Nominated</i> <br> <br> <b>The story of the Bell Canada union drive and the phone operator strike that brought sweeping reform to women’s workplace rights.</b> <br> <br>In the 1970s, Bell Canada was Canada’s largest corporation. It employed thousands of people, including a large number of women who worked as operators and endured very poor pay and working conditions. Joan Roberts, a former operator, tells the story of how she and a group of dedicated labour organizers helped to initiate a campaign to unionize Bell Canada’s operators. <br> <br>From the point of view of the workers and the organizers, Roberts tells an important story in Canada’s labour history. The unionization of Bell Canada’s operators was a huge victory for Canada’s working women. The victory at Bell established new standards for women in other so-called “pink-collar” jobs.