Timeline of labour issues and events in Canada

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This is a timeline of labour issues and events in Canada .

Contents

1700s

Early-mid 1800s

1870s

1880s

1890s

1900s

1910s

The Winnipeg general strike in 1919 WinnipegGeneralStrike.jpg
The Winnipeg general strike in 1919

1920s

1930s

1940s

Female shop stewards at the Burrard Drydock, North Vancouver, British Columbia. The company hired more than 1000 women during World War II, all of whom were dismissed after the war to free up jobs for the men returning from armed service. Shop Stewards at Burrard Drydock.jpg
Female shop stewards at the Burrard Drydock, North Vancouver, British Columbia. The company hired more than 1000 women during World War II, all of whom were dismissed after the war to free up jobs for the men returning from armed service.

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

See also

Footnotes

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  12. Gambone. For Freedom We Will Fight. pp. 1–2.
  13. Gambone. For Freedom We Will Fight. pp. 8–9.
  14. Gambone. For Freedom We Will Fight. p. 15.
  15. Gambone. For Freedom We Will Fight. pp. 9–10.
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  18. Gambone. For Freedom We Will Fight. p. 11.
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  20. 1 2 Gambone. For Freedom We Will Fight. pp. 18–19, 23–25.
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  41. Erickson & Laycock 2015, pp. 13–15.
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  45. Laxer 1976, p. 127.
  46. "Air Canada Hit By Work-to-Rule", The Sun, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, pp. 1–2, 9 December 1968, retrieved 28 November 2016
  47. Gambone and Asperovitz. They Died For You. p. 30.
  48. Gambone and Asperovitz. They Died For You. p. 32.
  49. "1973 – 1982: CUPE Becomes a Seasoned Political Force". Canadian Union of Public Employees. 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
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References

Gambone, Larry and D.J. Asperovitz, They Died For You. A Brief History of Canadian Labour Martyrs, 1903-2006. IWW Vancouver Island GMB Literature Committee (2011)