Winnipeg General Strike

• • Importance: the biggest protest Canada had seen, strike helped unite the working class in Canada and inspired workers to continue to fight for better wages
  • For the most party, organized labour never mounted such a serious challenge to capitalist Canada
• Why did they join the strike?

  • Angry with working condition and lack of rights they had in the workforce
• What did the strikers demand?

  • More money to live
  • 8 hour work days
  • Union representation
• How did violence play a role in the strike?

  • they threw rocks and bricks at authorities and overturned a streetcar, in return they responded with violence
  • Attacked strikers with clubs
  • Came with the military, opened fire and killed two men and many others