SOSC 1510 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Winnipeg General Strike, Dust Bowl, Precarious Work
28 Sep 2016
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Free trade: removing tariffs and other custom regulations that protect workers from low cost of work from other countries. Free trade is making their employers rich at the expense of their employees. The last federal election was critical for the future of work: Canada"s reputation as a peacemaker in the world community. Others were confident that further reducing government would increase corporate profits, personal wealth and personal freedom - they believed that a stronger military and police would guarantee our security and protect us from our enemies. Fish, fir, forests, farming, minerals - without heavy machinery. When the europeans came accross canada, they started looking and working with such items with hand. Because in 1917, there was a big agitation on hard workers - they overthrew the government progression. The strike was put down after 6 weeks. 1920"s - a time of growing inequality. The great gatsby f. scott fitzgerald. Wealth for a few, misery for the rest.
