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Winnipeg Citizen

Location

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Date

May 31, 1919

Page

2

City Council Presses for Compulsory Collective Bargaining

City officials pressed Premier Norris and the cabinet to pass legislation making collective bargaining compulsory and banning sympathetic strikes in public utilities. Aldermen Sparling Fisher Queen Heaps Simpson and others urged Ottawa to act, while soldiers demanded a settlement and criticized police actions. A rescheduled Winnipeg Electric Railway meeting was planned to address streetcar service.

Cty Council Norris Privy Council Parliament Gray Sparling Dominion Mr. Johnson Alderman Fisher Fisher Alderman Sparling Queen Labor Gazette Crothers Labor Civic Transportation Winnipeg Electric Railway Company

City Reinstates Civic Workers After Union Pact

The finance committee approved reinstatement of about a hundred former city workers who signed the new agreement and are subject to department head approval. Two cases await later review as Alderman Fowler urges departments to reorganize. Many more workers continue signing to be reinstated under the pledge not to join outside sympathy strikes.

Civic Finance Committee Alderman Fowler

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Ottawa Cabinet Fowler Aus Trades and Labor Alderman Heaps Council Alderman Simpson Police Commission Norvis
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