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The paper relates that the general strike in Winnipeg in the late spring and early summer of 1919 is considered by historians to be the largest and most significant general strike in all of Canadian history. The paper discusses how it began when worker's rights leaders and activists in a labor organization known as the Central Strike Committee called for a strike, which prompted sheet metal workers to walk off the job on May 1st because of low pay, unsafe working conditions, and other labor grievances generated by inflation and rising unemployment. The paper describes how other workers soon joined the strike and within a few days the initial walkouts triggered a general strike involving more than 30,000 workers that lasted for six long, tense, and violent weeks.

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"The general strike that occurred in Winnipeg in the late spring and early summer of 1919 is considered by historians to be the largest and most significant general strike in all of Canadian history. It began when worker's rights leaders and activists in a labor organization known as the Central Strike Committee called for a strike, which prompted sheet metal workers to walk off the job on May 1st because of low pay, unsafe working conditions, and..."

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