• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
Rank and File

Rank and File

trade unionism from below

  • News
  • Support
  • Subscribe
    • About
    • Contact Us
Close
  • About
  • Contact Us

Peterborough

3/8/2015

The Tilco Strike

On this International Women’s Day, we turn to Peterborough, Ontario in the mid-1960s… Tilco Striker from Matthew Hayes on Vimeo The short film above, created and presented here at ActiveHistory.ca by Matthew Hayes, is the story of women workers in a Peterborough, Ontario plastics factory who unionized and struck in the mid-1960s against management harassment Continue readingThe Tilco Strike

Support rankandfile.ca

RankandFile.ca is committed to building a network of rank-and-file labour activists across the country. We believe sharing stories, experiences, debate, and analysis around our collective struggles strengthens our movement and builds solidarity.

Donate now

Join our
mailing list

  • Find us onTwitter
  • Find us onFacebook
  • Find us onInstagram

Rand and File logo
Copyright © Rank and File, 2025. All rights reserved.