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Article: The Toronto Star and the Winnipeg General Strike.
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- Manitoba History
- Article date:
- June 1, 2005
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To the average Canadian outside of Winnipeg in the summer of 1919, it must have seemed as if that city was at war. On May 13 the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council (WTLC) tallied the vote of its nearly 100 affiliated unions on whether to call city-wide action in sympathy with striking construction and metal workers. The result was 11,000 in favour and 500 opposed. Two days later a general strike of over 25,000 union and non-union workers began--paralyzing Winnipeg's industry, transport, fire, police, postal service and communications. The city's three daily papers, with a combined circulation of approximately 14,500, were forced to close on May 16 when union staff Shut ...
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