Winnipeg General Strike

The Work Revolution Strike During June 1919, a strike took place that revolutionized unions and the working place today. The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 that took place in Winnipeg was fought between the WTLC (Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council) and the high-payed employers and government. The workers of Winnipeg struck for better working conditions, better pay, and shorter working hours. Little did they know that this strike would lead to total chaos in the city of …

…police to use force to back the opponents up. The WTLC only had the people and their word. Even though the WTLC and workers lost the strike, they created a revolution. They would change the work place for the better. They would make better wages and better working hours. If it wasn't for this enormous strike, who knows how work in general would be in terms of conditions and even how it would be perceived.