LABRST 2C03 Lecture Notes - Ivan Rand, Winnipeg General Strike, Unemployment Insurance Act 1920
19 Oct 2013
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Fordism: conflict and consent october 17, 2013. 1872 trades union act: wasn"t very effective. Ineffectual: factories trying to get women and children out of the workplace. Can take management to court to sue, but have to prove: no voluntarily assumption of risk, didn"t contribute to accident, employer negligence. 1907 industrial disputes investigation act: must go through process to be able to go on strike, and management can"t lock them out without going through it as well. Winnipeg general strike: strike about collective bargaining rights, workers lose, army coming in to protect winnipeg property. 1920s cape breton strikes: threaten steel workers, collective bargaining rights. Great depression relief policies: extreme recession, so government had to intervene, sent troublemakers to work camps and didn"t pay them. On to ottawa trek: travel to ottawa to fight for workers" rights, didn"t make it, government stopped them on the way, lots of arrests.
