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mar 1, 1919 - WINNIPEG GENERAL STRIKE OCCURS

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After a combination of less pay, increasing bankruptcies, and less jobs for veterans coming home from WWI enraged them into a strike. they were first waved off by city council, but they only took noticed when other unions took up arms and joined the strike.

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mar 1, 1919
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~ 106 years ago