LABRST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Solidarity Action, Winnipeg General Strike, Labour Council

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Labour Studies
• Course: LABRST 1A03
• Professor: David Goutor

Document Summary

Spanish influenza flu pandemic, killed may people, hit canada hard as well as workplaces because they didn"t" want to shut down their business, but many workers were sick. April 1919 they cancelled the stanley cup final because things were so bad. New depression- as soon as the war ends, the economy goes under. People get laid off and the government stops spending money. All of these things hit the economy very hard. The government remains scared and does not take off the war measures act. They still feel there is an emergency because of labour issues. Massive strike wave, in the mines and factories. The strikes are not about just getting a raise, they are about more than that. Workers not just mad about wages, they are angry about lots of things. Planned for widespread strikes, and mostly for the one big union.