This paper compares two histories of Canadian labour: Craig Heron's Working in Steel: The Early Years in Canada, 1883-1935 (1988) and Sweatshop Strife: Class, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Jewish Labour Movement of Toronto 1900-1939 (1992) by Ruth A Frager. It commences with a comparison of their content and includes a contrast of their methodologies also. Principally, the latter focuses on gender in a manner that was absent from the male-dominated steel industries. 10 pgs. Bibliography lists 4 sources.