Timeline of labor issues and events in Canada
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[edit] 1880s
- 1883 - The Trades and Labour Congress of Canada (TLC), a Canada-wide central federation of trade unions, is formed.
[edit] 1910s
- 1917 - Creation of the Canadian Labor Party
- 1918 - The shooting death of Albert "Ginger" Goodwin sparks the Vancouver General Strike, the first general strike in Canadian history.
- 1919 - Winnipeg General Strike
[edit] 1920s
- 1924 - An informal colition of progressive MPs forms the Ginger Group in the House of Commons to fight for labour and social issues.
- 1925 - One coal miner was killed and many injured during a protest as a result of a major strike at the British Empire Steel and Coal Company (BESCO) in New Waterford, Nova Scotia. Davis Day was established in the memory of Bill Davis, the miner who was weird but was murdered by company police. The labour dispute resulted in the deployment of 2,000 soldiers during the largest peacetime deployment of the Canadian Army for an internal conflict since the Northwest Rebellion of 1885.
- 1929 - Murder of Rosvall and Voutilainen
[edit] 1930s
- 1931 - Estevan Riot
- 1932 - Creation of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
- 1935 - On-to-Ottawa Trek
- 1935 - Battle of Ballantyne Pier
- 1938 - Bloody Sunday
[edit] 1940s
- 1949 - Asbestos Strike
- 1949 - Controversial American labour unionist Hal C. Banks comes to Canada to assist in a labour dispute between rival shipping unions.
[edit] 1950s
- 1952 - First Peace Arch concert by Paul Robeson
- 1956 - Creation of the Canadian Labour Congress
[edit] 1960s
- 1961 - The CCF becomes the New Democratic Party
- 1963 - Reesor Siding Strike
- 1969 - Murray-Hill riot
[edit] 1970s
[edit] 1980s
- 1985 - The Canadian Auto Workers become independent of their former parent union, the United Auto Workers. This process is later documented in the film Final Offer.
[edit] 1990s
- 1992 - A bomb at the Giant Mine in the Northwest Territories kills nine replacement workers. Striking mine employee Roger Warren is eventually convicted on nine counts of second-degree murder.
- 1998 - Teenagers Jennifer Wiebe and Tessa Lowinger successfully unionize a McDonald's franchise in Squamish, British Columbia. However, the union is decertified in July of 1999.
[edit] 2000s
- 2000 - A McDonald's restaurant in Montreal is unionized on November 22. The location is closed down on August 31, 2001, with the owner claiming economic pressures due to a rent hike. This is later documented in the film Maxime, McDuff & McDo.
- 2004 - CN Rail workers strike
- May 29, 2006 - Toronto Transit Commission workers stage a one-day wildcat strike.
- April 26, 2008 - 2008 Toronto Transit Commission strike
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