LABRST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Great Power
21 Mar 2017
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Largest strike wave up to this point. Scares police radical talk and global climate; spontaneous strikes (no organization) Local problems how much is local or broader (biggest strike) North end was working class immigrants and brits. Tension got worse during the war (unions were doing more militant things to win) Build off of what was happening in the city (broader call for support) Strike call unions ordered to walk out of the job and strike. Citizens ctte. of 1,000 garbage collection, road clean up, etc. all shut down (always an issue in any strike) Committee of big employers (regain control of the city) Attacking the strike; 1) foreign conspiracy (against patriotic british people) 2) attempt to overthrow the government. Special constables young conservative men gearing up to prepare for a big fight. All people providing government services were fired (arresting strike leaders) Break out in other parts of the country. Scare employers, and raises pressure of workers mobilization.
