The Winnipeg General Strike.
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who were the major players in the winnipeg general stike in 1919
The Winnipeg General Strike lasted a total of 43 days, beginning on May 10th, 1919, and ending with "Bloody Saturday" which was June 21st, 1919.
It began in May and ended on 21 June 1919.
Peter Kidd has written: 'The Winnipeg general strike' -- subject(s): General Strike, Winnipeg, Man., 1919
Laddie Dennis was born in 1919, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
A general strike was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
1919 ended later in the year after the death of two people and hundreds injured.
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 marked the beginning of 7 years of peace after World War I.
In His Brother's Place - 1919 was released on: USA: 14 July 1919 France: 30 July 1920
The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 was one of the most influential strikes in Canadian history. It resulted in much improved working conditions for millions of Canadians.J.S. Woodsworth, a strike leader who was briefly imprisoned, would go on to found Canada's first socialist political party, the Co-operativeCommonwelth Federation, which was he forerunner of the New Democratic Party. After World War I many Canadian soldiers returned home to find few opportunities, all the while companies had enjoyed enormous profits on war contracts. Wages and working conditions were dismal and labour regulations were mostly non-existent.