Yep that's the title of a Led Zepplin song, its also the feature stories in todays Toronto Sun. Where reporter Brodie Felon writes about the Chinese Immigrant community, in that city. The articles are on the end of the Head Tax and the tragedy of the failure of Canada to recognize foreign educational and occupational credentials. Both well worth the read, especially the history of exploitation and racism that surrounds the head tax.
The IWW was one of the first inclusive unions to recognize Chinese workers, while other craft unions and even the Knights of Labour shamefully attacked them as 'foreign workers', gee sounds familar.
Oh and for a fun version of the Led Zep song check this out.
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