LABRST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Winnipeg General Strike, Solidarity Action, 1918 Flu Pandemic

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

Document Summary

Spanish influenza (last great influenza, killed about 50,000 people in canada, as many as people killed in the war) Tended to be workers who were inflicted the hardest (because they were working in the public) Economy goes down, government stops spending, workers come back from the war and there is mass unemployment. Government controls (refuses to end the war measurement act) Still has all the power it had during the war. Shows how scared government leaders were of a workers revolt (called it still a crisis where they still need all their powers) All the big industries are hit, lots of (violent) confrontations. Strike wave is strongest in the west but also in central ontario. Frightens the authorities and political leaders because they"re being initiated by the ground floor (regular workers that are pissed off, here about others striking in other places and do the same walk of the job) Formal hello to lennon (strike fear in the prime minister)