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Workers and Union Unrest:
The Winnipeg General Strike
-Soldiers came back home but they don't get any pensions, medical servies nor jobs.
-Bad economy -> bad wages for workers. prices went up
-People started not to work(Strikes)
-May 1919 Winnipeg’s metal and building workers stopped working
-Higher wages -> collective bargaining (union)
-30 000 workers - general strike(all the workers in the city)
-Rich people saw the strike as Communist Conspiracy (Communists were rising up)
-1 striker died and 30 injured
-this lasted for 43 days. No services for 43 days.
-Later, they earned what they fought for.
-Bad economy -> bad wages for workers. prices went up
-People started not to work(Strikes)
-May 1919 Winnipeg’s metal and building workers stopped working
-Higher wages -> collective bargaining (union)
-30 000 workers - general strike(all the workers in the city)
-Rich people saw the strike as Communist Conspiracy (Communists were rising up)
-1 striker died and 30 injured
-this lasted for 43 days. No services for 43 days.
-Later, they earned what they fought for.
"It is up to the citizens of Winnipeg to stand firm and resist efforts made here to overturn proper authority" Arthur Meighan, Manitoba M.P.
Summary
The Winnipeg General Strike was caused by bad working conditions due to bad economy resulted of World War I.