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Winnipeg General Strike of 1919
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Winnipeg_General_Strike_of_1919
GPTKB entity
Statements (42)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:cause
demand for better wages and working conditions
gptkbp:country
gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:endDate
1919-06-25
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Winnipeg General Strike of 1919
gptkbp:legacy
subject of books and documentaries
commemorated by Winnipeg General Strike Monument
influenced Canadian labor laws
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Winnipeg
gptkbp:mediaCoverage
gptkb:The_Manitoba_Free_Press
gptkb:The_Winnipeg_Tribune
gptkb:Western_Labor_News
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:Bloody_Saturday
arrest of strike leaders
deployment of the Royal North-West Mounted Police
use of special constables
violent clashes on June 21, 1919
gptkbp:notablePerson
gptkb:A.J._Andrews
gptkb:Fred_Dixon
gptkb:Helen_Armstrong
gptkb:J.S._Woodsworth
gptkb:Mike_Sokolowski
gptkb:R.B._Russell
gptkb:William_Ivens
gptkb:George_Armstrong
gptkb:John_Queen
gptkb:Robert_Boyd_Russell
gptkbp:numberOfStrikers
over 30,000
gptkbp:opposedBy
gptkb:federal_government_of_Canada
gptkb:Citizens'_Committee_of_One_Thousand
gptkb:city_government_of_Winnipeg
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Red_Scare
gptkb:One_Big_Union
Canadian labor movement
post-World War I economic conditions
labor unrest in North America
gptkbp:result
arrests of strike leaders
increased labor activism in Canada
gptkbp:startDate
1919-05-15
gptkbp:supportedBy
gptkb:Winnipeg_Trades_and_Labour_Council
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Exchange_District
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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