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General Strike Tour



Thank you to everyone who attended last year's General Strike Tours on May 12, 2009 and Sept. 12, 2009. Plans are well underway for  the next General Strike Tour to take place in Spring of 2011. If you are interested in attending, please contact Steve Pataki by e-mail or phone at 988-7122.


 

WINNIPEG, MB - Ninety years ago 30,000 men and women left their jobs to protest for better wages, and the improvement of their working conditions. The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 was one of the most influential strikes in Canadian history.

On May 12, 2009, Patrick McGuire will guide a bus tour, seminar and film dedicated to the strike. Patrick McGuire is a University of Winnipeg alumnus, a high-school history teacher at Sturgeon Heights Collegiate and a sessional instructor in the University of Manitoba's Labour Studies Program.

Sites on the tour will include the CPR station on Higgins Avenue, the Ukrainian Labour Temple, neighbourhoods in the North End, River Heights, Wolseley and City Hall.

The tour will give participants an understanding of the context and historical significance of the strike and its lasting impact on Canadian society.

Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009

4:30 p.m. - Reception and light dinner

5:00 p.m. - Film presentation

6:00 p.m. - Guided bus tour

Location: Room 2D12 in The Duckworth Centre at the University of Winnipeg
Cost: $15 (includes light dinner)

 

To register, contact:

The University of Winnipeg Alumni Affairs Office

9th Floor, 491 Portage Ave. (Rice Building)
Phone: 204.988.7118
E-mail: alumni@uwinnipeg.ca