Rouyn Noranda Strike

During the year

of ’54 households

felt the sting of less food

after months

of income losses.

A strike meant everything

was at a standstill

in town-life and 

business locations.

Us kids had a plan –

trap rabbits and share

the meat -- heady ideals

for a handful  of

12 year olds helping

a family’s food supply and we

did trap the little fellas.

For the first time in a while

meat visited the meagre

menu on many tables

among our friends. And

not soon enough

the drain of a six-month

strike ended.