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Preview this item Preview this item. The activities and organization of the Citizens' committee of one thousand in connection with the Winnipeg strike May-June, Author: Winnipeg Man. Citizens' Committee of One Thousand. Among the hardest hit in Winnipeg were working-class immigrants.

Workers elsewhere in the world were fighting for better treatment. There had been strikes before the successful Russian Revolution in It inspired western Canadian labour leaders to meet in Calgary in March There, they discussed the creation of the One Big Union.

In Winnipeg , Manitoba , workers in the building and metal trades negotiated with their managers for job improvements. They wanted the right to collective bargaining , better wages and better working conditions. Workers staged several strikes in early May Within hours, almost 30, men and women left their jobs. Public employees joined them in solidarity. These included police , firemen, postal workers, telephone and telegraph operators and utilities workers.

The Central Strike Committee co-ordinated the strike. Its members were elected from each of the unions linked to the WTLC. The strike committee bargained with employers on behalf of the workers. It also ensured that essential services continued in Winnipeg. In reality, there was little evidence that the strike was started by Bolsheviks and immigrants from eastern Europe.

The federal government decided to step in. It was afraid the strike would spark conflicts in other cities. These officials were Senator Gideon Robertson, minister of labour, and Arthur Meighen , minister of the interior and acting minister of justice. Robertson and Meighen refused to meet with the Central Strike Committee.

It threatened to fire federal workers unless they returned to work immediately. Parliament changed the Immigration Act so that British-born immigrants could be deported. Four days later, strikers held a silent parade in support of the arrested leaders. At City Hall, the crowd began to vandalize a streetcar.