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Collective Bargaining Citizen’s Committee of 1,000 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 -Lack of gov’t aid (pension, medical) -Few jobs 1. Soldiers -Lack of gov’t aid (pension, medical) -Few jobs -Resented rich employers (factory owners)

Returning WWI soldiers at Union Station, Winnipeg, 1919 Returning home, 1919 Canadian Soldiers, WW1

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

No one is allowed to stop work during working hours 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 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 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 22, 1919) -43 day protest ends

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 Winnipeg in a fragile state, unhappy masses Workers STRIKE to protest unrest City grinds to a halt Citizen’s Committee of 1000 opposes Bloody Saturday – violence erupts Workers return back to work

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