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A Strike was launched due to lack of workers' rights.
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Workers are ABUSED.
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Metalworkers join the strike.
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The General strike is officially declared by sympathizers.
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The Justice Minister and Labour Minister both travel to Winnipeg to meet the representatives citizens' however the leaders of the strike were not invited.
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They refuse to sign a contract saying they would not join any unions, but said they would continue to maintain law and order. They were then fired and replaced by an 1800-man force known as "Specials" to tame the strikers. They were armed with horses and baseball bats.
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Arrests were made for strike leaders in late-night raids.
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On June 21st the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) attack the strikers who flipped a car outside of parliament, killing 30.
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Afraid of more violence the leaders call off the strike, http://canadaonline.about.com/od/canadianhistory/a/winnipegstrike.htm
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The day in history in which someone decided to just sell all their stocks at once, triggering people to sell their own stocks, causing the stock market to crash, making the economy crash.
