LABRST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Solidarity Action, List Of Divided Cities, Winnipeg General Strike

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

Document Summary

Spanish in uenza: large numbers of deaths, breaks out in large cities where people are under strain, working in close quarters. New depression: government immediately stopped spending after the war, money was pulled out of the economy, resulting in unemployment. Gov"t controls: passed laws allowing arrests to be made if an individual used force or imposed change. All around the country, a huge wave of strikes. Variety of strikes, some large, small, some last a long time. Government and businesses could not get a grip/understand the workers as there was not one set of demands that were to be met. The number of days lost to strike reaches an all time high. Shop-floor anger: workers are extremely fed up. The leadership level, decided to start their own congress. March 1919: radicals in calgary, location of the wcl conference. Start to build towards one big union (obu) Winnipeg general strike, st. may 15 (strike begins)