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The Provincial Workmen's Association, like many other unions,
provided workers with more than just grievance support. It
contributed financial assistance in times of need, and it also
offered its members an opportunity to maintain craft traditions
and foster important relationships. Events like parades, hockey
games and picnics created a sense of camaraderie and increased
solidarity amongst these workers.
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"The picnic held by the carpenters last Saturday in Dundurn Park, was
in every sense of the word a success. Such outings do far more good
than is generally supposed; they bring members of a craft together
and make strangers into fast friends, and any person of common
discernment can see the benefits of ... knowing each other. ... [W]e hope
that tradesmen will never fail to have their annual outings in the
summer season and social gatherings in the winter, as it all tends
to make them more united and competent to fight the master (Capital),
when occasion requires."
Palladium of Labor, August 15, 1885
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