Bumsted, J.M. “1919: The Winnipeg General Strike Reconsidered.” In The Beaver: Exploring Canada’s History. June/July 1994. 27-44.
In “The Winnipeg General Strike Reconsidered,” Bumsted provides a detailed examination of various aspects of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, including motivations, events, military, economy, ideologies, and overall impacts on early twentieth century Canadian society. Although not a direct link to my chosen topic at first glance, Bumsted’s analysis provides extensive information on the era I am researching and makes important connections between the war and worker unrest, particularly in the sections concerning the strike acting as industrial dispute, the returning soldiers, the role of women, and the
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Dankert discusses various aspects of this 1907 labour act. Using various tables and following a statistical approach, Dankert details the origins, provisions, procedures and applications of the act in history. He argues that the illegal strikes and lockouts occurring in the five years immediately following the war have not only been more numerous but also more extensive in number of employees affected and working days lost than any resistance before the war (156). In regards to my paper, Dankert’s discussion of this act is essential in providing context of the labour policies and legislation in place before and during World War I, as well as shedding light on the relationship between the Canadian government and the working …show more content…
Using a collection of essays from various scholars, Heron comes to this conclusion by examining broad national context, region-specific workers’ movements, ideas of conservatism and exceptionalism, the role of women and immigrants in the labour force, and the post-war years of economic slowdown. He situates this labour militancy occurring at the end of the First World War within the bigger picture of Canadian social, economic and political history, as it stemmed from both the conflict abroad and the repressive conditions at home. This book will help place my research within the proper historiographical context of this significant period of widespread worker’s revolt in Canada, as well as provide information on the social and economic climates of the early