Olivier-David Benoît
Deceased Person
1837 – 1897
Who was Olivier-David Benoît?
Olivier-David Benoît was a shoemaker by trade and attained importance in history as a trade union leader.
Benoît had his early trade union experience with an American-based group called the Knights of Labor. Expanding from the United States to Canada in the late 19th century, they supported a radical set of social reforms. They were politically active and worked to educate the public with their positions
Olivier-David Benoît was a first generation labour leader who believed in the ideals espoused by the Knights and worked to give working people a societal voice. In a notable case, Benoît appeared before the Royal Commission on the Relations of Capital and Labor in Canada chaired by James Sherrard Armstrong. In that appearance he was to make his case about the conditions faced by workers in the boot and shoe industry.
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