The lead reporter for Le Devoir was Gérard Pelletier, who was deeply sympathetic to the cause of the workers.
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On March 5, Archbishop Joseph Charbonneau delivered a fiercely pro-union speech asking all Catholics to donate to help the strikers.
The film examines life in the Maurice Duplessis-era Asbestos region of rural Québec prior to the Asbestos Strike of the late 1940s.
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During Duplessis' mandates, several significant labour strikes occurred such as the Dominion Textile in Valleyfield in 1946, the Asbestos Strike of 1949 in the Estrie region and the Murdochville copper mine strike in 1957.