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'Moment of Awakening': The Impact of the Winnipeg General Strike on Canada's Labour Movement

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Title
'Moment of Awakening': The Impact of the Winnipeg General Strike on Canada's Labour Movement
Abstract
On May 15th, 1919, the country — and the world — watched in astonishment as tens of thousands of workers walked off the job in Winnipeg. They demanded higher pay, better working conditions and the right to bargain collectively. Some 35,000 workers took over the running of Canada's third-largest city for six weeks. The Winnipeg General Strike was one of the most important labour events in Canadian history. It began months after the end of the Great War, which had demanded profound sacrifices. Husbands, sons and siblings died; soldiers returned from the front with profound physical and psychological scars. Back at home, unemployment and inflation were rampant. "The whole world was in ferment," said Ian McKay, L.R. Wilson Chair in Canadian History at McMaster University and the author of Reasoning Otherwise, Leftists and the Peoples Enlightenment in Canada, 1890 to 1920. "It was a very exciting but worrying time to be alive. The fall of the Czar was pivotal." --Introduction
Program Title
The Sunday Edition with Michael Enright
Format
Podcast
Place
Toronto
Network
CBC Radio One
Date
May 19, 2019
Running Time
38:31
Language
English
Notes

Michael Enright, host; Susan Mahoney, executive producer; Cate Cochran, Chris Wodskou, Talin Vartanian, Pauline Holdsworth, producers; Pete Morey, musical and technical. 

Citation
Enright, M. (2019, May 19). “Moment of Awakening”: The Impact of the Winnipeg General Strike on Canada’s Labour Movement [Podcast]. In The Sunday Edition with Michael Enright. CBC Radio One. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/moment-of-awakening-the-impact-of-the-winnipeg-general-strike-on-canada-s-labour-movement-1.5140049