1. The Worker Crisis
of 1920
By: Adam Perry

2. Returning from the Front
Veterans returning from the front find themselves without work
Many never find work

3. Unrest in the Populace High rate of unemployment Fear of unemployment
High cost of living
Wages too low
Desire for shorter hours

4. Why it was so Bad Men worked anywhere between 4-17 hours per day
Women worked between 5-14 hours per day
Bad conditions

5. Average Wages and hours
Job Wages Hours/week
Bricklayer $
Carpenter $
Plumber $
Electrician $
Painter $
Metal worker $
Builder Labourer $
Factory Labourer $

6. To make things worse Insufficient or poor housing
Denial of right to organize Unions
Refusal to recognize Unions
Denial to recognize collective bargaining
Restrictions on freedom of speech and press

7. Rising against the Man
As working conditions get worse workers unite and begin to strike
Strikes hit all time high in 1920 with over strikers
Out of those strikers:
Lost Won
Compromised
Never Ended

8. Famous Strikes
Winnipeg Workers strike
Cape Breton Coal workers strike

9. Tragedy in the Streets
Many of the original strikes were considered Riots
In some cases people were killed when police opened fire on them such as in the Winnipeg Workers Strike
Even when the strikes were peaceful

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