Today i lectured on the Winnipeg General strike as an introduction to the 1920s.

Main points included

– Labour Unrest (soldiers were unemployed, low wages, unsafe conditions

– What the One Big Union was

– What they demanded

– Who opposed the strike (Citizens Committee of One Thousand and  the federal government)

– Short term failure but long term success of the strike

You did questions 1-4 in the chapter questions.

If you didn’t present your protest project, deadline in Wednesday tutorial to get full credit for your effort.