The Canadian Autoworkers Union, in other words the CAW, was created in 1985 after its separation from the United Autoworkers union. Since its separation it grew to become one of Canada’s largest private sector unions with around 200 000 participating members. The CAW has continue to grow and…
The Labor Union which was called Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers was highly upset about the pay drop that was going to happen. Because the price of steel was dropping the pay was going to be reduced. The Union member and most other workers decided to have a meeting and they all decided to go on strike because they felt that they did too much for their pay to drop. When the manager decided to hired armed guards to protect the company from the strikers the whole situation became violent. They were also trying to protect the workers that they hired to replace the strikers. Not long after the armed guards appeared the violent quickly approach; guns battle quickly came between the armed guards and the strikers, ten people were killed (including strikers and guards) and many more were injured.…
The Regina Riot was an incident that occurred during the On-to-Ottawa Trek in 1935. This event was a large scale of constance of protesting by the working class that was dissatisfied of the way the government was dealing with things. Canada’s Prime Minister R.B. Bennett was dealing with the Great Depression, as he created a new act that would help people which was The Relief Act mainly for single men that did physically demanding labour. As most men would criticize and demand to improve the living and working conditions within the camps also new work programs. During the time of the relief camps men would live and worked in these camps for a rate of twenty cents per day before walking out on strike in April 1935. After all this event to be…
The Great Railroad strike was one of the biggest strikes in history to this date, and was a big fault on the government and the railroad system. Not to mention it was supported by up to 100,000 workers around the US. It was also not peaceful, as up to 50 got killed and almost 500 were affected by this strike, as it didn’t let rail cars through slowing production because they didn’t have the supplies in the…
In the mid-1800s, the National Labor Union was formed to unify workers in fighting for higher wages, lowered work hours, and various other social causes. However, this sets the stage for many failing unions to come. One of the first major strikes in this period would include the Great Railroad Strike. In the late 1800s, railroad workers from across the country participated in an enormous strike that resulted not only in mass violence, but also very few reforms. An editorial in The New York Times stated: "[T]he strike is apparently hopeless, and must be regarded as nothing more than a rash and spiteful demonstration of resentment by men too ignorant or too reckless to understand their own interests…" (Document B). This editorial, which was clearly in favor of labor reforms, was acknowledging that this method of reform was unsuccessful for the laborers at this time. A failure of this magnitude so early on in the movement should have been enough cease its continuation; however, year after year, strikes were breaking and little was being done in the workers’ favor. Another major strike would be the Homestead Strike and Lockout. In the late 1800s,…
The general strike took place in 1926; It had lasted 9 days from 4 May 1926 to 13 May 1926. It was called by the general council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in an unsuccessful attempt to force the British government to act to prevent wage reduction and worsening conditions for coal miners. There are many reasons for the causes of the General strike including; the government, the TUC; Coal mines and the return of the gold standard.…
The Canadian Union of Public Employees(CUPE) believes that the layoffs in health care facilities across Canada may save money but can also cause complications. CUPE stated that medical transcriptionists are being replace by speech recognition technology. Apart from the new technology being cost efficient, they are 8 times more likely to create errors. This new technology is capable of doing the exact same job as a medical transcriptionists except it is not able to review or edit reports of doctors. CUPE believes that the layoffs will affect the work environment. With no one able to review and edit reports, the doctors are left with more work which can be very time consuming and can ultimately reduce the amount of interacting time spent with the patients in addition to the workers personal time. The Canada Union of Public Employees also states that because…
This is because, the authorities and government had the fear of a communist uprising in Canada to impose the union, the potential conflict between the two sides with and against the worker’s union, and the strikers had been causing many cases of property damage.Therefore, the authorities had taken the most immediate action, much like the“Bloody Saturday” that had left thirty strikers injured left two dead could have been easily avoided by the authorities taking much more tactical action, nevertheless their prompt action had sure suppressed the conflict between the two parties, but not the strikers with the union. I can justify that the authorities actions could be justified for the aforementioned…
Strike replacement occurs when employers hire or use individual to perform the work of employees on strike. In the United States, it is not unfair labor practice for employers to replace the striking workers with others in effort to carry on the company's business. Most other industrialized nations, however, do not allow permanent strike replacement. The United States is already unique among its trading partners in allowing permanent strike replacements and ban on permanent strike replacement would probably raise labor costs…
On June 21st 1919, about 30,000 people picked up their signs and starting striking to earn more rights for workers and to create a union for many. ( Known as “Bloody Saturday”) However, the North West Mounted Police tried to break them up and twenty-seven people were injured. Two strikers were killed.…
While pay equality was the major bargaining issue, the strike marked a last ditch attempt by the Big 5, a group of five companies that dominated Hawai‘i, to break the strength of organized labor. The strike had major consequences beyond Hawai'i and had an impact on Congressional thoughts regarding statehood.…
the Winnipeg General Strike is one of such events that have made an impact on Canadian…
In the novel, Bruce Watson delves into the many factors that fuel the strike situation in Lawrence. One issue that contributes to the strike is immigration. At this point in time, America's makeup was fast changing as immigrants came from Italy, Ireland, Germany, and a wide variety of other lands. One part they play in the strike is coming in and taking away jobs and at lower pay. These newcomers to the country came in with nothing and had to start somewhere and this was the right opportunity for them. I will not call it a perfect opportunity, as it was far from that. Nonetheless they had to take what they could get and that was quite displeasing to those whose jobs were being taken. The immigrants would prove to be an important part to the outcome of the strike in Lawrence.…
What was happening in the year 1919? Well, the First World War had finished, and the soldiers were returning home. The Depression would not come for approximately ten more years. So why weren’t people happy and life brimming with opportunity? What was happening that would lead to such labour and social strife? Relations between Canadian workers and employers were becoming explosive. The Canadian working class was being treated without any social justice. So they had one choice, to stand up and make their voices be heard because if they did not fight, resist, organize and unify to get the power to control their own lives then they would have had to wear the exaggerated look of captivity. Was what happened to Winnipeg an attempt of a revolution? The Canadian working class wanted a revolution, which they deserved, and had the right to strike against the government. For example, the government promised returning soldiers jobs and more money but they did not receive what they were promised and people were being paid extremely low wages compared to what they deserved. Also, minorities were being treated unfairly. They were paid even lower wages then the average wage. Lastly, working conditions were not at all suitable. Workers were risking their lives to make enough money to pay for food.…
– right to strike – At present, in the absence of any legislation in government employees the right to strike, recognizing their right to do so, or regulating the exercise of such right, they are prohibited from striking by express prohibition of MC No. 6 and as implied in EO 180.…
