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    Between 25,000 and 30,000 Winnipeg workers walked out on 15 May 1919. Winnipeg General Strike Work stopped quickly at the big railway shops and yards across the city. Most restaurants, retail stores, and even barber shops closed.

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    Between 25,000 and 30,000 Winnipeg workers walked out on 15 May 1919. Winnipeg General Strike Work stopped quickly at the big railway shops and yards across the city. Most restaurants, retail stores, and even barber shops closed.

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    The Inter-War Years

    Canada

    Winnipeg General Strike


    Beginning

    promptly at
    11:00 a.m.,
    Thursday, 15
    May 1919,
    between 25,000
    and 30,000
    Winnipeg
    workers walked

    Winnipeg General Strike


    The strike was

    called a
    general strike
    because workers
    from many
    different jobs
    took part in
    stopping
    working.

    Winnipeg General Strike

    Work stopped quickly at the big railway

    shops and yards across the city, while


    and all factory production ceased.

    Winnipeg General Strike

    Winnipeg had

    no mail,
    streetcars,
    taxis,
    newspapers,
    telegrams,
    telephones,
    gasoline, or

    Winnipeg General Strike

    Most restaurants, retail stores, and

    even barber shops closed.

    Winnipeg General Strike


    Police, fire

    fighters, and
    employees of the
    water works
    shocked and
    frightened many
    in Winnipeg by
    joining the strike.

    Winnipeg General Strike


    Canadians across the country

    wondered what was going on in


    Winnipeg.

    Winnipeg General Strike


    The Winnipeg General Strike would last

    six weeks until it was finally brought to


    an end by the tragic events of Bloody
    Saturday.

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