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The National The legacy of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike
Winnipeg is marking one of the seminal strikes in Canadian history. One hundred years ago, tens of thousands of workers walked off the job in what would come to be known as the Winnipeg General Strike.
- 2019
- 00:02:51
- 13-14
- Added on: 07/23/2019
News in Review - April 1993 Giant Mine Strike: The Price of Gold
In this account of events surrounding the fatal bombing during the 1992-93 Giant Mine Strike in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, we examine the issues relating to Canada's one-industry towns, union-management relations, and the role of the police in such situations.
- 1993
- 00:13:11
- 13-14
- Added on: 04/20/2016
CBC News Bloody Saturday: The Winnipeg General Strike
In May 1919, 30,000 Winnipeg workers walked off the job and into the history books, launching the largest strike in Canadian history. It lasted six weeks and ended in the violence of Bloody Saturday, a day organized labour has never forgotten or forgiven. Was the strike a legitimate protest against low wages, poor working conditions and a lack of bargaining ...
- 2007
- 00:45:37
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
News in Review - November 2012 Ontario Teachers and Democratic Rights
With a provincial deficit approaching $15 billion and a debt load of over $200 billion, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty made it clear to the public sector that wages would be frozen until the province’s finances could be brought back to a reasonable level. Caught in the cross hairs of this threat were Ontario’s teachers whose contracts were set to expire ...
- 2012
- 00:14:44
- 13-14
- Added on: 11/15/2012
News in Review - December 1999 Pay Equity: Work of Equal Value
After a long struggle on the part of federal government employees — the majority of them women — to win back wages owing to them because of what they claimed were discriminatory practices, an assessment that was confirmed by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, the federal government of Canada finally settled in this landmark legal case. It offered to compensate ...
- 1999
- 00:10:11
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/15/1999
News in Review - September 1999 Overworked and Underpaid: Nurses Strike Back
During the spring and summer of 1999, nurses across Canada either went on strike or threatened strikes to redress what they say is too much work and too little pay as a result of government cutbacks in health care. The illegal strike in Quebec, which led to a major confrontation between nurses and the government of Lucien Bouchard, and the ...
- 1999
- 00:12:16
- 13-14
- Added on: 09/15/1999
News in Review - February 1997 Canadian Airlines: Fighting to Survive
The issues of management skills, pressure from an American corporate partner, competition from Air Canada and union intransigence are focal points for this story.
- 1997
- 00:14:35
- 13-14
- Added on: 02/15/1997
News in Review - December 1996 A Day of Protest: Shutting Down Toronto
This report looks at a case study in labour’s attempt to rally support against a way of governing that it says is widening the gulf between the rich and poor.
- 1996
- 00:12:31
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/15/1996
News in Review - December 1996 The GM Strike: Driving in New Directions
Outsourcing, the changing global automobile industry, new international alignments and the significance of this strike in terms of labour history are the focal points of this report.
- 1996
- 00:14:38
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/15/1996
News in Review - October 1991 On Strike!
In this report we review the recent postal, public service and transit strikes and we explore the history of the labour movement in Canada.
- 1991
- 00:13:48
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/15/1991
News in Review - February 1991 The Manitoba Nurses' Strike
This strike leads us to an examination of the nursing profession and Canada's health care system.
- 1991
- 00:13:19
- 13-14
- Added on: 02/15/1991
