Labor and Austerity in Québec

Lessons from the Maple Spring

Bibliographic Data

ID11229786
AuthorsThomas Collombat (0000-0002-1795-4834, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, QC, Canada, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume39
Issue2
Pages140-159
Publication date2014-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLabor Studies Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0160-449X • E-ISSN: 1538-9758
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0160449x14531680
OpenAlexW2104655147
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited9

During the Spring of 2012, Québec experienced one of the most important social movements of its contemporary history. The Maple Spring started as a student protest against tuition fee hikes but ended up as a much broader social upheaval against austerity and the authoritarianism of the provincial government. This article investigates the role and position of the labor movement during the Maple Spring. It argues that the events of the Maple Spring demonstrate how the Québec labor movement was put under pressure by the politics of austerity and revealed its internal contradictions. More broadly, this article makes the case for a dialectical approach to understanding the labor movement that takes into consideration its internal diversity and tensions

Art · Austerity · Authoritarianism · Democracy · Diversity (politics · Economics · Government (linguistics · Maple · Movement (music · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Social movement · Sociology · Education, sociology, and vocational training · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Social Sciences and Governance

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