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Free Concert and Film Commemorating Alberta’s 1919 Labour Revolt
September 24, 2019
To: All MoveUP Members in Alberta
Join your fellow union members and the public ‘Great Labour Revolt’ that swept across Canada in 1919 at the end of World War One with a FREE concert and film event in Calgary (Saturday, October 5) and Red Deer (Sunday, October 6).
Workers in Central Alberta were amongst those who took to picket lines and protest rallies to express their anger and disagreement with the price-gouging and profiteering that took place, as industrialists and friends of government took advantage of the War to make windfall profits while workers died in the battlefields and made sacrifices at home. They struck in sympathy with the 35,000 workers who went out in the Winnipeg General Strike which began on May 15, 1919, and ended six weeks later with a bloody police charge on ‘Bloody Saturday’, June 21. They also struck for reasons in their own workplaces and communities.
We cannot forget the spirit of resistance that surfaced in 1919, and is still alive in Alberta today, as workers face an uncertain future after a recent provincial election and an upcoming federal election. The Labour Revolt of 1919 reminds us that we can only expect decent conditions in the workplace and justice in our society when were are prepared to fight for them.
Calgary Event
Date: Saturday, October 5
Location: CUPE 37 Union Hall (5112 3rd St. SE, Calgary)
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Click here for more information on the Calgary event.
Red Deer Event
Date: Sunday, October 6
Location: Red Deer Legion (2810 Bremner Ave., Red Deer)
Doors open at 1:30 pm.
Click here for more information on the Red Deer event.
In solidarity,
Lori Mayhew & Rysa Kronebusch
Political Action Committee Co-chairs