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Winnipeg General Strike
Title: Winnipeg General Strike
Category: History
Details: Words: 649 | Pages: 2.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
Winnipeg General Strike
The Work Revolution Strike
During June 1919, a strike took place that revolutionized unions and the working place
today. The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 that took place in Winnipeg was fought between the
WTLC (Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council) and the high-payed employers and government.
The workers of Winnipeg struck for better working conditions, better pay, and shorter working
hours. Little did they know that this strike would lead to total chaos in the city of …showed first 75 words of 649 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 649 total…police to use force to back the opponents up. The WTLC only had the
people and their word. Even though the WTLC and workers lost the strike, they created a
revolution. They would change the work place for the better. They would make better wages and
better working hours. If it wasn't for this enormous strike, who knows how work in general
would be in terms of conditions and even how it would be perceived.
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