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Strikes: Canadian AlterLinks Topic Index Arvida Strike Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Resource Type: Article Began July 24, 1941 when some 700 workers in the Aluminium Co. of Canada (Alcan) in Arvida, Québec, spontaneously walked off the job. Asbestos Strike Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Resource Type: Article The Asbestos Strike of 1949, based in and around Asbestos, Quebec, Canada, was a four-month labour dispute by the asbestos miners. Asbestos Strike Connexipedia Article Resource Type: Article The Asbestos Strike of 1949, based in and around Asbestos, Quebec, Canada, was a four-month labour dispute by the asbestos miners. Battle of Ballantyne Pier, 1935 Resource Type: Article A short history and background of the 1935 dockers' strike and subsequent bloody confrontation with police in Vancouver that became known as the Battle of Ballantyne Pier. British Columbia Woodworkers' Strike Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Resource Type: Article 15 May - 20 June 1946. Twenty-seven thousand workers in both the coast and interior regions, led by district president Harold Pritchett, struck when demands for a 25-cent hourly increase, a 40-hour week, union shop and mandatory dues check-off were refused by Stuart Research Service, the bargaining agent for 145 coast operators. Canada Since 1960: A People's History A Left Perspective on 50 Years of Politics, Economics and Culture Resource Type: Book Published: 2016 An account of the most important developments in Canadian history from the 1960s to today, seen through the eyes of Canadian Dimension magazine. Cape Breton Strikes, 1920s Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Resource Type: Article The Cape Breton labour wars of the early 1920s represented an intense local episode of class conflict. In such conflicts militant unions, often led by radical leaders, were attempting to change the balance of power in Canadian industry by insisting on union recognition and improved living standards for the workers. Common Front Strikes Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Resource Type: Article Cartel of Québec public- and para-public-sector trade unions formed in 1972 to negotiate with the provincial government. Connexions Volume 4, Number 2 - March 1979 - Native Rights/Les Droits des Autochtones Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1979 Connexions Volume 4, Number 3 - May 1979 - Immigration Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1979 Connexions Volume 6, Number 4 - November 1981 - Unorganized Workers/Travailleurs Non-Organises Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1981 Connexions Digest Volume 12, Number 2 - Issue 48 - Winter 1988-89 - A Social Change Sourcebook Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1989 Connexions Digest Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1992 Crowsnest Pass Strike, 1932 Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Resource Type: Article A strike that began in January 1932 with demands that companies divide available work in the depressed coal-mining industry equally among miners rather than playing favourites. Coal companies refused to deal with the workers' union, the Mine Workers' Union of Canada. Doctors' Strike Medical Care and Conflict in Saskatchewan Resource Type: Book Published: 1967 Drug strike long and nasty Resource Type: Article Published: 1978 A strike by 400 workers against a Ward 7 company is entering its ninth week with no end in sight. Drumheller Strike Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Resource Type: Article Drumheller miners, rejecting wage cuts negotiated by the United Mine Workers, struck in June 1925. The East York Workers' Association A Response to the Great Depression Resource Type: Book Published: 1975 An account of the activity of relief recipients in the township of East York, an eastern suburb of Toronto, in the 1930s. The Emergence of the Canadian Working Class Movement 1845-1875 Resource Type: Book Published: 1975 Estevan Coal Miners' Strike, 1931 Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Resource Type: Article A strike which led to the murder of three miners by the RCMP. Fort William Freight Handlers Strike Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Resource Type: Article A strike by 700 non-unionized immigrants in August 1909 that was defeated by the use of militia and the RCMP and resulted in the firing of hundreds of workers. Fraser River Fishermen's Strikes Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Resource Type: Article A strikes by whites, natives and Japanese fishermen against salmon canneries that lined the lower Fraser River. Fraser River Railway Strikes Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Resource Type: Article Strikes which started in March 1912 when railway workers organized by the Industrial Workers of the World walked out of construction camps on the Canadian Northern line to protest conditions. Manoir Richelieu Dispute Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Resource Type: Article Few labour disputes have included such dramatic developments as the eventful Manoir Richelieu conflict, which shook Quebec in December 1985 when the Parti Québécois government sold the property, a renowned tourism heritage site, to businessman Raymond Malenfant for $555 555.55.The new owner maintained that he had purchased only a building and was not bound through the transaction by any obligation to the union or the existing collective bargaining agreement. Miners and Steelworkers Labour in Cape Breton Resource Type: Book Published: 1976 Miramichi Lumber Strike Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Resource Type: Article The Miramichi Lumber Strike began 20 August 1937 when 1500 millworkers and longshoremen along the Miramichi River in northern New Brunswick struck 14 lumber firms for increased wages, shorter working hours and union recognition. More than one way to strike Resource Type: Article Published: 1978 Rather than simply walk away from their vehicles, drivers could keep driving, but refuse to collect fares. This puts pressure on the employer without inconveniencing riders. Murdochville Strike Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Resource Type: Article On 10 March 1957 the 1000 workers of Gaspé Copper Mines, Murdochville, Qué, struck for the right to unionize. The conflict lasted 7 months and ended in defeat for the miners. Newfoundland Loggers' Strike Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Resource Type: Article The Newfoundland Loggers' Strike began 31 December 1958 when hundreds of loggers employed by Anglo-Newfoundland Development Co at Grand Falls struck for wage increases and for improvements in living conditions at wood camps. The Newsletter #5 Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1974 Ninety-Nine Days The Ford Strike in Windsor, 1945 Resource Type: Book Published: 1995 Oshawa Strike 1937 Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Resource Type: Article In 1937, more than 4000 workers if General Motors plant in Oshawa, Ontario, went on strike to fight for better wages and working conditions. Our Generation Volume 8 number 3 part 2 Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Out of the Driver's Seat Marxism in North America Today Resource Type: Article Published: 1974 Outlines the political perspective of the Windsor-based Labour Centre in the wake of divisions in the Centre in 1974. Issues explored include the nature of the working class, women in the working class, gay rights, and students rights. Plunderbund and Proletariat A History of the IWW in B.C. Resource Type: Book Published: 1975 A history of working class struggle from the workers' perspective. La Presse Strike Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Resource Type: Article Two days later, the 3 main Union Centrals defied a municipal ban to organize a huge march in solidarity with the newspaper workers. More than 12 000 people clashed with 100 Montréal policemen. The outcome was some 50 arrests, several dozen injuries and one death from natural causes. Producers' strike at CBC/Société Radio-Canada Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Resource Type: Article A strike by producers at Société Radio-Canada in Montréal in 1958-59. The Quebec general strike 1972 Resource Type: Article The story of one of the largest working class rebellions in American history. 300,000 workers participated in North America's largest general strike to that date, radio stations were seized, factories were occupied, and entire towns were brought under workers' control, and it won important gains. Québec Shoe Workers' Lockout Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Resource Type: Article A lockout of Quebec shoe workers in 1900. Raising the Workers' Flag The Workers' Unity League of Canada, 1930-1936 Resource Type: Book Published: 2012 A history of the Workers' Unity League, the Canadian affiliate of the Communist Red International of Labour Unions. Reesor Siding Strike of 1963 Connexipedia Article Resource Type: Article A labour conflict which resulted in the shooting of 11 union members. Saskatchewan Doctors' Strike Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Resource Type: Article A strike against the introduction of medicare by Saskatchewan doctors in 1962. Seeds of Fire A People's Chronology Resource Type: Article Published: 2017 Recalling events that happened on this day in history. Memories of struggle, resistance and persistence. Seven News Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1970 Seven News (7 News) was a community newspaper published in the area of Toronto east of downtown which at the time was known as Ward 7. Seven News was published from 1970 to 1985. Seven News is no longer publishing, but all issues of the paper have been scanned and are available on the Connexions website. Ward 7 covered the area of Toronto east of downtown, from Sherbourne Street to Logan Avenue, south of Bloor-Danforth, including Don Vale, Cabbagetown, Regent Park, Riverdale, St. Jamestown. Steel Strike Hamilton 1946 Resource Type: Book Strikes and Lockouts Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Resource Type: Article A strike is the withholding of labour by workers in order to obtain better working conditions; such withholding of labour is generally accompanied by demonstrations, such as picketing, parades, meetings. A lockout is the opposite, being the temporary shutdown of a business by an employer to compel employees to accept certain conditions. Toronto's Poor A Rebellious History Resource Type: Book Published: 2916 Toronto’s Poor reveals the long and too often forgotten history of poor people’s resistance. It details how the homeless, the unemployed, and the destitute have struggled to survive and secure food and shelter in the wake of the many panics, downturns, recessions, and depressions that punctuate the years from the 1830s to the present. The Trade Union Movement of Canada, 1827-1959 Resource Type: Book Published: 1968 An account of trade union evolution as a whole for the period 1827-1959, as well as an ouline of continuing sphere's of Labour's effort, such as organization of the unorganized, the fight for better conditions, legislative and political action, peace and Canadian independence. Vancouver general strike of 1918 Connexipedia Article Resource Type: Article The first general strike in Canadian history, held 2 August 1918, organized as a one-day political protest against the killing of draft evader and labour activist Albert "Ginger" Goodwin, who had called for a general strike in the event that any worker was drafted against their will. Vancouver Island Coal Strike Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Resource Type: Article A strike that began in September 1912 when miners at declared a holiday to protest the firing of a worker. We're Going to Run This City Winnipeg's Political left after the General Strike Resource Type: Book Published: 2015 Explores the dynamic municipal politics thqt came out of the largest labour protest in Canadian history and the ramifications for Winnipeg throughout the 1920s and 1930s. West Coast Longshore Strikes, 1923 and 1935 Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Resource Type: Article Strikes by members of the International Longshoremen's Association. When the State Trembled How A.J. Andrews and the Citizens' Committee Broke the Winnipeg General Strike Resource Type: Book Published: 2010 Recovers the story of how the business elite-led Citizens' Committee of 1000 crushed the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919. Who Cares? The Crisis in Canadian Nursing Resource Type: Book Published: 1991 Windsor Strike 1945 Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Resource Type: Article Windsor Strike, 12 Sept-20 Dec 1945, at the WINDSOR, Ont, plant of Ford Motor Co. There was really only one strike issue at Ford: union recognition. The united automobile workers demanded it; the company refused to grant it. Winnipeg's Red Scare Resource Type: Article Published: 2007 An account of the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919.

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