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Labour Was Banned and Will be arrested to talking about better Wages
1816 the Nova Scotia government prohibited workers from bargaining for better hours or wages and provided prison terms as a penalty -
Labour Unions Formed In Canada
Canadian Formed their first Labor Union in 1873 it spoke for unions mainly in southern Ontario, it was succeeded in 1883. -
The Knights of Labor
Have organized more than 450 assemblies with more than 20 000 members across the country they are an industrialist Union which bought people to come together for their talents except Chinese -
Labor Day
The first Labour day in Canada was 1894 when the federal government officially adopted LABOUR DAY as a national holiday falling on the first Monday in September -
World War 1 and Unions
WWI changed the union while workers worked while some went to war, many employers prospered. Labour was excluded from wartime planning and protested against wartime measures. -
After WW1
Many workers joined unions for the first time and union membership grew rapidly, reaching 378 000. At the end of the war strike activity increased across the country there were more than 400 strikes most of them in Ontario and Québec. -
Poor for better changes
In the 1920's most workers were poor and couldn't afford what common people need to live. Most of the strikes were about wages to change all the people who are poor to be better. Workers also went other strikes for working conditions unpopular supervisors and new rules and to defend workers who were fried for protesting. -
The great Depression
The 1930s marked an important turning point for workers. The biggest problem of the decade was unemployment. In the depths of the great depression more than one million Canadians were out of work, about one in 4 workers. It also lead to the On To Ottawa Trek which was a big protest -
Early World War 2
Early years before World War 2 the government attempted to limit the power of unions making union have less wages many, workers refused to wait until the war was over to win better wages. Strikes such as that of the Kirkland Lake gold miners persuaded the government to change its policies. -
After World War 2
At the end of the war workers achieved major improvements in wages and hours, and many contracts incorporated grievance procedures and new ideas such as vacation pay. The Ford strike in Windsor, Ontario began when 17 000 workers walked off the job. -
Female unions
Significant change has been the rise in the number of female workers. The female labour force participation rate was over 59%. Women made up 45% of the labour force and more than 40% of union membership. -
What Unions Are
Despite organized labour, the sources of conflict between employers and employees have persisted. Workers have continued to exert little direct influence over the investment decisions that govern the distribution of economics across the country. In collective agreements such issues as health, safety and technological change have received greater attention, but the employer's right to manage property has predominated over the workers' right to control the conditions and purposes of their work.