Uploaded May 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
May 15, 2019: One hundred years ago, workers in Winnipeg's building and metal trades were negotiating with their employers for the right to collective bargaining, better wages and improved working conditions. Talks were going nowhere so, on May 15, 1919, the Winnipeg Trades and Labor Council called for a general strike. Within hours, 30,000 men and women, many of whom were not union members, left their jobs. Winnipeg was shut down and the shock waves were felt across the country.
The Winnipeg Labour Choir celebrated this epic struggle with a concert in the city's historic Ukrainian Labour Temple.
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Paul S. Graham
paulsgraham.ca
May 15, 2019: One hundred years ago, workers in Winnipeg's building and metal trades were negotiating with their employers for the right to collective bargaining, better wages and improved working conditions. Talks were going nowhere so, on May 15, 1919, the Winnipeg Trades and Labor Council called for a general strike. Within hours, 30,000 men and women, many of whom were not union members, left their jobs. Winnipeg was shut down and the shock waves were felt across the country.
The Winnipeg Labour Choir celebrated this epic struggle with a concert in the city's historic Ukrainian Labour Temple.
Video Production
Paul S. Graham
paulsgraham.ca
