SOSC 1130 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Winnipeg General Strike, Industrial Workers Of The World, Xenophobia
24 May 2016
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Industrial leaders who contributed to the country by increasing productivity, expanding the markets and producing jobs: heads of ctr railway c. Influenced immigration policy substantially, they would find ways to bring immigrants: avery readings: asian immigrant workers and european workers, immigrant workers and labor protest a. Immigrant as labor activists (immigrant workers tried to take collective action to protest unfair treatment c. i. Iww (industrial workers of the world) : tried to organize the. European immigrant workers in all industries (mining, fishing, labor) failed because focused on individual complaints but had implications for future immigrants in canada to not give up (spring board for the immigrants) c. ii. Garment industries: winnipeg general strike, took place may 15- june 28 1919, class and ethnic conflict arose, labor negotiations between management and labor caused the winnipeg. Consisted of rich business men and professionals: 1925 railway agreement a.
