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Terms To Know: • Communism • O. B. U • Collective Bargaining • General Strike • Sedition • Citizen’s Committee of 1, 000 • Bloody Saturday

Winnipeg General Strike North Main Street, 21 June 1919, resulting in 30 casualties and one death

The Lead Up Winnipeg -Largest Western City

The Lead Up 1. Soldiers -Lack of gov’t aid (pension, medical) -Few jobs -Resented rich employers (factory owners)

Returning WWI soldiers at Union Returning Station, home, 1919 Winnipeg, 1919 Canadian Soldiers, WW 1

The Lead Up 2. Workers -Poor pay -Poor conditions

Rules of the Workplace (Cigar Factory) • 10 hrs make up a day's work • No one is allowed to stop work during working hours • All employees to be search before leaving the factory • Loud or profane talking strictly prohibited. • All employees wasting or dropping tobacco on the floor will be fined for each offence. • Hair combing not allowed in the factory

The Lead Up 3. Influenza (Flu) Epidemic -Passed along CPR lines -Hit Winnipeg hard (1918/19)

The Lead Up 4. Communist Influences -Russian Revolution (1919) -”Worker’s Unite!” -No private ownership -High Russian Population

Power In Numbers Unions -organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals

Power In Numbers O. B. U. “One Big Union” (1919) -Represents all Canadian workers -Main Weapon: GENERAL STRIKE!! Strike Committee 1919

Power In Numbers Collective Bargaining - 1 bargains on behalf of the whole e. g. Union leaders negotiate with a company for better wages/ conditions for workers(union members.

How It All Went Down 1. Metal Workers Walk Out (May 1919) Demands: -higher wages (85 cents/hour) -shorter work week (60 hrs/wk -> 44) -Right to collective bargaining

How It All Went Down 2. GENERAL STRIKE! -30, 000 Support Strike -Strike Committee -Winnipeg ground to a halt!

How It All Went Down 3. Citizen’s Committee of 1, 000 -Business leaders, politicians, factory owners -Create Special Police Force -Arrest strike leaders -Fire civic workers -“Sedition” -threatening the state

Citizen’s Committee of 1000

How It All Went Down 4. Bloody Saturday (June 21, 1919) -Parade: workers protest -N. W. M. P. charge the crowd -1 dead, 30 injured -Many arrested

How It All Went Down 5. Workers Defeated -Back to Work (Monday June -43 day protest ends 22, 1919)

Results 1. Many strikers were not rehired

Results 2. Some strikers were rehired, but forced to sign a contract: Forbidding union involvement

Results 3. 7 arrested leaders served prison time J. S. Woodsworth: -formed the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) NDP

Summary 1. Winnipeg in a fragile state, unhappy masses 2. Workers STRIKE to protest unrest 3. City grinds to a halt 4. Citizen’s Committee of 1000 opposes 5. Bloody Saturday – violence erupts 6. Workers return back to work

Forum Question: Were the workers justified in their decision to strike?