Winnipeg general strike

Winnipeg General Strike
Winnipeg General Strike
Part of the Canadian Labour Revolt
	Crowd gathered outside old City Hall during the Winnipeg general strike, June 21, 1919
Date	May 15 – June 26, 1919
Location	Winnipeg
Methods	Strikes, protests, demonstrations
Parties
Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council	Citizens' Committee of One Thousand; Royal North-West Mounted Police;
Lead figures
	J. S. Woodsworth; George Armstrong; Roger Ernest Bray; Abraham Albert Heaps; William Ivens; Robert B. Russell; John Queen; Arthur Meighen (Acting Minister of Justice); Gideon Robertson (Minister of Labour); Charles F. Gray (Mayor of Winnipeg); A. J. Andrews;
Casualties
Death(s)	2
Injuries	30
Arrested	94

The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 was one of the most famous and influential strikes in Canadian history.^[1] For six weeks, May 15 to June 26, more than 30,000 strikers brought economic activity to a standstill in Winnipeg, Manitoba, which at the time was Canada's third largest city. In the short term, the strike ended in arrests, bloodshed and defeat, but in the long run it contributed to the development of a stronger labour movement and the tradition of social democratic politics in Canada.

^ Reilly, J. Nolan; Skikavich, Julia; Baker, Nathan (July 9, 2021). "Winnipeg General Strike of 1919". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved April 15, 2023.

[1] Reilly, J. Nolan; Skikavich, Julia; Baker, Nathan (July 9, 2021). "Winnipeg General Strike of 1919". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved April 15, 2023.

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