While doing my general strike blog I came across this in the Western Labor News from June 9, 1919 (See photo section)
I wonder what 4,000 people in Stanley Park looks like ?!
Brandon pops up a fair bit. For more on Brandon's Sympathetic Strike
Brandon Strike Resources:
- Brandon, 1919: Labour and Industrial Relations in the Wheat City in the Year of the General Strike
http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=763280&qryID=d3fdebed-d406-454a-8890-720ae86afe29
- Let us rise! A history of the Manitoba Labour Movement
http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=763280&qryID=d3fdebed-d406-454a-8890-720ae86afe29&panelToggle=panelsClosed
Other strike resources:
http://1919winnipeggeneralstrike.blogspot.com/2009/02/some-links-of-interest.html