tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69129197197252891692024-02-07T00:14:50.256-06:00Victoria Park 1919a central meeting place for workers during the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912919719725289169.post-7028041502457062922023-04-17T06:49:00.006-05:002023-08-05T14:13:52.062-05:00AT THE UKRAINIAN LABOUR TEMPLE<p> <strong><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="color: #202020; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fult-wpg.us1.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3De13b9150c8b927c11128f1892%26id%3Dca8caf7591%26e%3D3a21a5e83c&data=05%7C01%7C%7C7223a94fbbfc42119f2d08db3eed4031%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638172960940140257%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=CNMKTFlZOqnkYPt1AnNKk662IPDzkTzqfdkZbxO4NRA%3D&reserved=0" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal;">In the Spirit of 1919: Workshop
& Gathering</span></a></span></strong><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="color: #202020; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><div><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="color: #202020; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Saturday, May 6th 2023 </span></div><div><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="color: #202020; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This one-day workshop explored how we can summon the solidarity and hope that the city’s
workers displayed 103 years ago to meet today’s challenges. </span></div><div><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="color: #202020; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It include panel discussions, a
Ukrainian dinner and an evening of working-class song and celebration,
featuring <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fult-wpg.us1.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3De13b9150c8b927c11128f1892%26id%3D24e53eae17%26e%3D3a21a5e83c&data=05%7C01%7C%7C7223a94fbbfc42119f2d08db3eed4031%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638172960940140257%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=SyAOskcPU5N%2FRAtaizVHb8x7tZNx40285j7JkoXSm%2B0%3D&reserved=0" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89;">Maria Dunn</span></a>. </span></div><div><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="color: #202020; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The following day, there was a Winnipeg General Strike Bus Tour . </span></div><div><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="color: #202020; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">To learn more about these events go to. </span>https://www.spiritof1919.ca </div>Labour Historyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026939636942211129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912919719725289169.post-26271468832428195202021-05-16T12:23:00.002-05:002021-05-16T12:28:17.382-05:00Strategic Non-Action<p> <span style="text-indent: 0.25in;">May 15, 1919.
At 7am workers started walking out of their workplaces across the city. By the
end of the week the city was shut down by the workers in what became a historic
moment for Canada, though they did not know it yet.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: .25in;"><span lang="EN-CA">From the book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Magnificent Fight</i>, “There was a huge
cast of players in the drama that was acted out in the Winnipeg General Strike,
mostly divided by class but with many cultural, ethnic and gender alliances or
antagonisms providing a complex script. The issues that motivated the protagonists
were both simple and complex, some contentious and others confused. All of
which stimulated different perspectives of what was at stake in The Strike.
Ultimately the drama ended in a violent confrontation that left the Winnipeg
working class disappointed but not defeated.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: .25in;"><span lang="EN-CA">The Strike
represented issues still at play today. The workers were fighting for the right
to organize in unions and for a living wage. Veterans were protesting their
treatment by the government. Immigrants wanted respect and a fair place in
society. The main strategic action promoted by the strike leaders was to
withdraw their labour, to stop working. As William Ivens wrote in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Western Labor News</i> on May 21, that the
“only thing that the workers had to do to win The Strike is to do nothing”.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: .25in;"><span lang="EN-CA">Today workers
are also consumers. And there is power in what we buy, when, where and how. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: .25in;"><span lang="EN-CA">Today there is
a strategic suggestion from The Strike. In addition to taking a public stand on
what we believe, also withdraw participation in what is exploiting us. Don’t
shop!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: .25in;"><span lang="EN-CA">Just think the
reaction we could have when we refuse to buy products wrapped in useless and
wasteful plastic (covid restrictions showed how quickly the air could be
clearer). Think what we can tell business leaders if we don’t shop at Walmart
or Tim Horton’s (which I admit would be difficult for me). Think what power we
could have if we seriously and vigorously buy local, not imported. Think what
will happen when we cancel Netflix.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: .25in;"><span lang="EN-CA">There are
instructions and inspirations in our history. What we do with history is up to
us.</span></p>Labour Historyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026939636942211129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912919719725289169.post-47438927799512929352020-05-20T19:16:00.000-05:002020-05-21T17:37:42.332-05:00Time for 'Living Wages"<b>Living Wage</b><br />
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Once again, a hundred years later, is the call for a living wage.<br />
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One of the main demands of the 1919 strikers was to establish 'living wage' for workers. They knew it was important to pay a fair or decent wage so families could meet their daily needs. They also knew a living wage was good for the local economy, as it would keep money circulating and generally lifting the well being of communities.<br />
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Now in the time of covid19 there is a renewed call for a living wage. Fortunately the public and politicians now see how important workers - front line, service, support - are to our economy and public health. Will the public and politicians now also realize how important it is to pay these workers a living wage?<br />
<br />Labour Historyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026939636942211129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912919719725289169.post-5384992525183316022019-05-25T06:06:00.000-05:002019-05-25T07:25:18.703-05:00Victoria ParkFINALLY<br />
Victory Park has its own brass plaque.<br />
After 100 years, the location of the park is marked by a tiny plaque on Waterfront Drive between Pacific and James Avenues.<br />
But if going by you may miss it. It is on the south side of the condominium building, accessible by a sidewalk going west.<br />
It was put up this spring, without notice. When the developer was given the land, it was required to post a commemoration of the location, which was not done until this year.<br />
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Labour Historyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026939636942211129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912919719725289169.post-68257097114600725312018-11-30T17:09:00.000-06:002020-02-10T12:05:41.020-06:00100th Anniversary of The Strike<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2019 was the centenary of the General Sympathetic Strike.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.5in;">UFCW Parade & CUPE Concert May
25th, Exchange District to Memorial Park</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px; text-indent: -0.5in;">Joe Hill Road Show May 30, 8pm Ukrainian Labour Temple</span><br />
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<i style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.5in;">Songs for next Century </i><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.5in;">Concert </span><a href="http://mfl.ca/sites/default/files/Rise%20Up%20Smaller%20Poster%20copy.pdf?289" style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.5in;">June 8, Old Market Square</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">STRIKE the musical June
19 - July 9, Rainbow Stage<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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corner Market Ave. / Main St.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anniversary of the Ukrainian Labour Temple<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(February
14 actual anniversary) Rededication event April 25</span></div>
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Council of Winnipeg 100<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of Labour and the Arts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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numerous locations<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Heritage Winnipeg, Doors Open event <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">May 25 &
26, various important historical sites<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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September<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Art Exhibition: “Revolting” <span style="margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Edge Gallery 621 Main Street.</span> </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">1919 STRIKE Exhibit March 22 onward, Manitoba Museum<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Book Launch: Magnificent Fight May 2, 7pm McNally Robinson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">1919 Strike Conference May 9-12, University of Winnipeg<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Book Launch: PAPERGIRL Sunday May 5, 3pm McNally</div>
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BOLSHIE BASH May 9 – 17, Rachel Brown Theatre</div>
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Book Launch: Graphic History of General Strike <span style="text-indent: -0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.5in;">May 12, 2pm, McNally</span></div>
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Poetry Reading: Ron Romanowski May 13, 7pm McNally</div>
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Memorial Service – Mike Sokolowski May 16, 7pm Brookside Cemetery<br />
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Sympathetic Strike Tour </span><b style="font-size: 16px;"> </b><span style="font-size: 16px;"> May 26, North/South End/Exchange </span></div>
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Labour Historyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026939636942211129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912919719725289169.post-26657582294906469072018-11-22T17:31:00.002-06:002018-12-06T18:09:36.546-06:00Walker Theatre Meeting sets Stage for 1919 Winnipeg Strike<br />
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<span lang="EN-CA">There were two very visible events that fed the view that The Strike
was a revolt, not merely a protest. One was an important meeting at the Walker
Theatre on December 22, 1918, organized by the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council and the Socialist Party of
Canada. It was “dedicated to the purpose of finding no good at all in the
government.” The meeting was planned
because the workers realized that the Trades and Labour Congress officers were
“impotent in the matter of securing from the Government redress of the
grievances complained of, and were determined that the voice of protest should
be heard." (Defense Committee
1920:4)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">The 1,600 workers at the meeting were protesting the use of Orders-in-Council (Dominion
Cabinet orders) to deal with issues they believed parliament should have
responsibility for. They believed Orders-in-Council were undemocratic in
suppressing union action, limiting freedom of the press and curtailing
political party activity. The meeting was also a protest against the continued
imprisonment of political prisoners and sending military forces to fight the
revolutionary government of Russia. The meeting endorsed a resolution (copied
from a similar Toronto meeting), </span><span lang="EN-CA">"that conditions in this country
do not, and never have warranted such an unjustifiable interference with the
liberties of the people. We view with apprehension the introduction of autocratic methods and the increasing tendency of a
few men to usurp the prerogatives of the people which are alone vested in their
elected representatives.” (Defense Committee 1920:7)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">The report on the meeting in the <i>Western
Labor News</i> of December 27 noted that John Queen, “then called for three
cheers for the Russian Revolution. The meeting ended with deafening cries of
‘Long live the Russian Soviet Republic! Long live Karl Liebknecht [a German
Socialist who was murdered by nationalist troops the following January]! Long
live the working class!’ The meeting ordered that, if possible, the message of
congratulations be cabled to the Bolsheviki.” A follow up meeting at the
Majestic Theatre, only organized by the SPC, reiterated the critique of
government made at the Walker, but laid on more of the socialist critique of
government. Despite these meetings, there was never a formal alliance between
the unions in The Strike and any political party. </span></div>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2lHDfRAbWU">Video Statement</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_u9mrA_P20">Introduction to Victoria Park </a>Labour Historyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026939636942211129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912919719725289169.post-30027962794804254272018-06-01T19:33:00.000-05:002018-09-11T10:59:40.568-05:002018 STRIKE Tour<br />
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During MayWorks each year, there is a <b>1919 General </b><b>Sympathetic </b><b>Strike Tour</b> on the last Sunday in May. The City Transit bus was full in previous tours so it is wise to book space early.<br />
To register for the 2019 <b>Strike Tour</b>, contact commgroup@mts.net or call/text 204 793 3289.<br />
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Labour Historyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026939636942211129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912919719725289169.post-85297877177764922982018-05-01T14:30:00.002-05:002018-05-25T07:11:37.322-05:00Labour Action in May 1918<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: .25in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PRELUDE
TO THE WINNIPEG SYMPATHETIC STRIKE 1919<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Civic Workers versus City of Winnipeg, May 1918 <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.25in;">While many people know of the Winnipeg Sympathetic General Strike of 1919, only a few are aware of how Winnipeg civic workers a year before set in motion the political dynamics for 1919.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.25in;"> Pressure to change the relationship
between workers and employers, between the unions and industry, started
building around the turn of the 20</span><sup style="text-indent: 0.25in;">th</sup><span style="text-indent: 0.25in;"> century. While there were
certain definable trends that were predicable – for example, demands for wage
increases met efforts to limit wage increases – the situation was very unstable
and chaotic, evolving. </span><br />
<span style="text-indent: 0.25in;"> Leading to the Winnipeg strike were significant
years when both parties were testing each other on what was possible in asserting
some control over their opposing interests. Though much of the tension of the
time was confined to specific workplaces, they were starting to coalesce in
both the traditional trades and in the more progressive industrial unions, into
union councils and federations representing a collective of unions.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>In 1906 a series of strikes in Winnipeg brought
out the military, private security and legal injunctions to stop union
picketing of employer’s facilities.</b> The situation was dramatic. With the
commercial growth and large immigration that created a booming economy there
was more space for demanding increases in wages and some reduction in work time.
Workers were more plentiful and there was work for both skilled and unskilled
labour as industry was being resourced and encouraged to produce more. The
Street Railway Union (Local 99) was bargaining with the Winnipeg Electric
Railway Company (that owned and ran the street cars) and went on strike. The
company hired a detective agency to protect drivers they brought in from Toronto
to keep the streetcars moving and to break the strike. Violence would often
break out on the picket line as union members tried to stop the trolleys and
the hired security would respond aggressively. The Mayor threatened to bring in
the military but because the public was generally sympathetic to the workers
and the union, he held back and instead agreed to allow mediation that did find
a position both parties ratified. The workers got a wage increase but employers
did not have to accept the union as a representative of the workers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Later that summer, workers for the big
three metal companies went on strike for wage increases and union recognition.
To bring in strike breakers the employers sought and were given a court
injunction to stop union picketing which minimized the union’s ability to
pressure the employer. Within a month workers went back to work with a small
wage increase but again without union recognition. The result of these strikes
was that workers saw more clearly how the government and the courts were
positioned to support employers, to the union’s disadvantage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div>
During the First World War, the growing need to support injured soldiers and their families left behind also influenced the development of government involvement in social welfare. Schemes to provide rehabilitation services, income support and pensions started so that in Manitoba the first mothers' allowances legislation was passed in 1916. Several provinces followed with mothers' allowance legislation of their own, which were initially restricted to minimal support for ‘deserted’ and widowed women.</div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk510858769;">In
the final decades of the 19<sup>th</sup> century there were examples of strikes
that made small gains for the unionized members. For example, the International
Typographical Union started in 1894 went on strike in 1896 and was able to
secure an eight hour work day. Boiler Makers, Brakemen, Bricklayers,
Stonecutters and Plasterers Unions in 1884 struck and were able to increase
wages from $3.50 a day to $4. Railway unions in 1883 and 1892 were able to get
jobs back for union members fired by their employer. Incrementally the unions
were demonstrating the value of collective bargaining for members, and while
employers were making concessions there was still overall resistance to
accepting union representation.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk510858769;">The
Dominion Government Department of Labour issued a report in 1918 on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Strikes and Lockouts in Canada 1901-1916</i>.
In that period, there were almost 1,600 strikes (about 100 a year though
peaking in 1911) involving 9,430 employers and almost 400,000 employees, at a
loss of over ten million working days. “The majority of the disputes in the period
1911-1915 were due to questions of wages and hours, about 70 per cent of the
disputes and 63 percent of the time loss being due to this cause,” was reported
in the document (page 7 and 10).</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk510858769;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In 1916
the Manitoba government set up the Fair Wage Board to help define minimum wages
for government and private sector employees. It would issue wage schedules but
had very little power to enforce the schedules, so that there was still a fair
amount of discretion employers could apply. The Norris government also
introduced the Industrial Disputes Commission that gave labour and employers a
forum for dealing with some workplace issues, but it still allowed court
injunctions to stop union picketing which the unions vociferously wanted
removed. Federally the Borden government issued Orders-in-Council in 1918 which
acknowledged workers could form unions which could negotiate hours of work and
wage standards. </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk510858769;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b>By 1918 there was a cadre of workers and
union leaders who had experience dealing with intransigent employers and extracting
small wage gains but who had failed to secure collective bargaining recognition.</b>
They were testing their union muscle in an environment where issues of rights,
wages and democratic input were being discussed in public. In May, contract
negotiations with Winnipeg City officials stalled for electricians, water works
staff, sanitation workers and stablemen, over a wage increases. City officials
had recommended increases of 12% that the unions basically agreed with. When
the City responded with a straight $2 a week increase, the unions refused and
threatened to strike. Immediately there
was talk in other unions about a general strike in support, particularly from
the Steam and Operating Engineers, Telephone Operators and the Typographical
workers. </div>
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City Council passed the Fowler Amendment (presented by Alderman Frank
Fowler) which stated, ”All persons employed by the city should express their
willingness to execute an agreement undertaking that they will not either
collectively or individually at any time will go on strike.” (May 15th) <b>The
employer’s actions infuriated the unions, turning a wage oriented confrontation
into a battle over the right to strike.</b> Of particular concern for the City, was
the firefighters right to strike. The result, both sides dug in their heels and
for three weeks, 40 unions and about 15,000 workers were on a general strike. <o:p></o:p></div>
<span style="text-indent: 0.25in;">The spectre of a long general strike
brought in the Dominion Government which was still embroiled in the war and
therefore very sensitive to the effect of a work stoppage, particularly if the
railway workers were involved. Senator Robertson, on behalf of the Minister of
Labour intervened (May 24th) in Winnipeg to find a settlement that gave the
City unions recognition and the right to strike, withdrew the Fowler amendment
and modified the wage schedules which the unions wanted. He went on to help
settle a Vancouver shipyard strike in June and a postal strike in July using a
similar approach of finding compromise. Within a few months, there were three
other unionized sectors that were in bargaining and on the brink of striking.
The metal workers were bargaining with the big three steel companies, and as
usual the employers were not willing to increase wages or decrease hours of
work and were especially resistant to recognizing collective bargaining. A
strike of letter carriers brought out support from across Canada at the same
time.</span><br />
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk510858769;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All of the
1918 strikes made some small wage gains but only the civic workers were able to
get Winnipeg Council to accept their unions as official representative of
the workers in contract negotiations. However, the tactic of a general strike
demonstrated a union solidarity that encouraged the workers and threatened
employers and the government. Both parties to this confrontation saw a mounting
ability of the unions to backup their contract demands with significant
economic action and consequences. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk510858769;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b>The labour agitation in early 1918 set the stage for a number of union
and government actions that would lead to the 1919 sympathetic strike, and lay
the foundation for labour-management relations for decades to come. </b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk510858769;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Dominion government for example, by
Order-in-Council passed in July, 1918, made a policy declaration that "All
employees have a right to organize in Trade Unions, and this right shall not be
denied or interfered with in any manner whatsoever, and through their chosen
representatives they should be permitted and encouraged to negotiate with
employers concerning working conditions, rates of pay, and other
grievances." <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk510858769;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Coming out of 1918 and what the civic workers in Winnipeg achieved, unions
felt empowered. Government felt threatened. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />Labour Historyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026939636942211129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912919719725289169.post-55469080537884686842017-10-23T20:56:00.000-05:002017-11-02T15:54:05.344-05:00City STRIKE Memorial<div class="MsoNormal">
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Looks like the City’s ‘interpretive centre’ for the Winnipeg
General Strike is complete. And once again we can see how the legacy
of the General Strike is being downgraded and denigrated by those in power
today.</div>
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The steel billboard commemorates a few key words from a
textbook description of Strike events. There is an emphasis on the placement of
the Strike in this part of the city. If the intention was to create something
photogenic for tourists, it has succeeded.</div>
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Clearly the intention was not to recognized the courage and
commitment of the thousands of working people who stood up for their rights in 1919. This thing
certainly doesn’t reflect any of the values and principles that played an
important role in the Strike. And to add insult to injury this passive
structure ignores what the Strike means to Winnipeggers of the past and
present.</div>
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Come to Market Avenue and Lily Street to see it. Tell me what you think.
See if you can pick out the historical inaccuracies they have cut into steel!<br />
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October 2017<br />
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Unveiling November 3rd, 2017<br />
Without a great deal of publicity and community participation, the billboard was unveiled today. See the CBC report;<br />
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<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/1919-winnipeg-general-strike-monument-1.4383590">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/1919-winnipeg-general-strike-monument-1.4383590</a></div>
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Labour Historyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026939636942211129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912919719725289169.post-20622594031471453492016-06-13T13:15:00.002-05:002016-06-15T11:24:04.152-05:00<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b>1919 General Strike
Memorial</b></div>
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<b>Reflecting today’s Complacency, not yesterday’s Courage</b></div>
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When I do the annual
General Strike tour I like to end at Victoria Park, to show how the
legacy of the Strike resonates with politicians and the public today.
And no there isn’t a huge monument there to the most significant
political event in the city’s history. And that is the point of my
approach to the Strike and the tour – there is nothing to mark the
significance of the place, only a condo development and a boutique
hotel.</div>
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Somewhat ironically but
consistent with how City officials have treated the Strike for 97
years, the design for a General Strike Interpretive Centre has
maintained a cancerous official neglect. The City has decided to play
down the political meaning and social importance of the Strike with a
bland and pedantic design that reflects more of today’s attitude
than what actually happened in 1919.</div>
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First the location for
the memorial is innocuous and irrelevant to the Strike. A tiny sliver
of land next to a building at Lilly and Market is virtually invisible
unless you are facing it and standing within meters.
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Second, the City has
allocated only $250,000 for the design and construction of the
memorial.</div>
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Third. The design is
based on text and rusting steel to reflect “multiple conflicting
meanings.” <span lang="en-CA">As Monteyne Architecture Works
describes their design, “</span><span lang="en-CA"><i>It is a
monument made primarily of weathering steel and multiple, conflicting
meanings. The archetypal struggle for a fair deal that gripped the
city almost 100 years ago mirrored the clash between classes and
values that was occurring in other places, and the various
oppositions that existed then continue to dominate our political and
social discourse to this day.”</i></span></div>
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<span lang="en-CA">And
fourth, there was no public input or consultation on the design. I
had hoped the Selection Committee handpicked for the competition
would have the creativity and courage to treat the task with more
respect. But an open public process would have been commensurate with
the nature of the Strike.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span lang="en-CA"></span><br />
<span lang="en-CA">A
historical period that was imbued with honour, sacrifice, solidarity
and courage is written off as a mere competition and extension of
class conflict in this winning design. An event that sent ripples of
change to labour laws, social services, economic relations, urban
design and the cultural character of Winnipeg is given a miniscule
reference in an ambiguous sterile structure. Instead of having a
monument that helps Winnipeggers and visitors understand and
appreciate the contribution of the Strike, we get an abstract
architecture that only vaguely reflects a calendar event with a
scattering of benign references.</span></div>
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<span lang="en-CA"></span><br />
<span lang="en-CA">In
2019 the centenary of the Strike will be celebrated and that will be
an opportunity for the citizens of Winnipeg to reflect their
appreciation for what happened in and for Winnipeg. We will be able
to expose the sacrifices and significance of the Strike and I’m
fairly confident the people who supressed the Strikers will not be
celebrating or holding events that commemorate ‘conflicting
meanings.’</span></div>
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<span lang="en-CA"></span><br />
<span lang="en-CA">Information
on the selection process and chosen design is at:</span></div>
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<a href="http://winnipeg.ca/ppd/planning/Design_Competition/general_strike_design_competition.stm">http://winnipeg.ca/ppd/planning/Design_Competition/general_strike_design_competition.stm</a><br />
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Dennis Lewycky</div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">2019 will mark
the centenary of the General Strike and a number of memorials and events are
being planned for Winnipeg. The next few years will be exciting for everyone
who has been aware of the importance of the Strike to so much of what Winnipeg
is today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The Manitoba Federation of Labour is starting to plan a series of events for 2019. CentreVenture is
looking at what should be done in the Exchange District. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Strike the Musical</i> will start shooting the film version soon that will be shown in 2019. And artist Noam Gonick is planning an
installation on Main Street. The City of Winnipeg has invited proposals for
a ‘Winnipeg General Strike Design Competition and Interpretation Installation
at the corner of Lily Street and Market Avenue’. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">While this City
memorial could be a way for the City to exonerate itself, it appears it is
going to maintain a pattern of virtual denial of the Strike it set almost a
hundred years ago. The site proposed for the installation is small, obscure and
funding is inadequate. Note:</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Two years after the Strike the
City destroyed Victoria Park where the strikers met daily. In 1924 a steam plant
was erected on the site that functioned until 1984.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">A reasonable plan to recreate a
modest Victoria Park in 1999 as part of the North Main Development Plan was
never implemented.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Proposals presented 10 years
ago by the Labour History Project to develop a park and memorial on what was
Victoria Park was rejected by the Planning Committee of the City.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Instead the land was sold to
developers who built a condominium block and boutique hotel on the site that
some historians call “the spiritual centre” of the Strike.</span></span></div>
<br />
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The condominium developer was
required to place a memorial on its façade in 2012 but a modest plaque created
by the Province has not been used (word is they will put it up in 2019).</span></span></div>
<br />
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The memorial plaque that was
put outside on City Hall in 1969 (by the Steelworkers where it could be publicly seen) was removed two years ago and is now in the basement next to the women's bathroom (where very few people will see it).</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Considering
this history of suppressing the Strike story, it is unlikely that the City will
revise its plan for this token site for a memorial. However, someone may bid on
the proposal and note that ‘Hell’s Alley’ was near this site where the ‘Specials’,
hired by the City, attacked and brutalized strikers who were fleeing the North-West
Mounted Police on June 21, 1919.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">For the
record, there are dedicated Winnipeggers who have not let the memory of the Strike
fade away. In 1992, on the 75<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Anniversary of the Strike, the Winnipeg
Labour Council collaborated with community and government in a jubilant
commemoration of the Strike. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Strike the Musical</i> is a wonderful
depiction of the personal passions and deep sacrifices made by the strikers. Tombstones
have been erected for the two men shot by the police on ‘Bloody Saturday’. Each
year there are about five Strike tours around the city to educate people,
entertain tourists and keep the memory of the Strike alive. Historians teach
about the Strike at both universities and The Manitoba Museum has a large
Strike display. At least four web sites are repositories for photos, analysis
and stories from the Strike, and there have been numerous books written and
smaller markers erected to commemorate the Strike or parts of it by individuals.</span></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Hopefully
others will come forward to help commemorate what the strikers did then and how
their courage and solidarity set the stage for so many social benefits we have
today. If you or your organization is interested in contributing to these
efforts, contact me and I will forward your information to the appropriate
groups.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Dennis Lewycky</span></span></div>
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Labour Historyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026939636942211129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912919719725289169.post-24376231784093957342016-01-06T16:10:00.002-06:002017-11-26T10:19:04.011-06:00STRIKE - the movie version.<br />
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STRIKE the Musical is going to the silver screen.</h2>
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The news is out that STRIKE will soon start filming in
Winnipeg. Follow developments:</h2>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/strike-les-miserables-samantha-barks-starring-new-musical/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "calibri";">http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/strike-les-miserables-samantha-barks-starring-new-musical/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></o:p><a href="http://www.strikemusical.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "calibri";">http://www.strikemusical.com/</span></a></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></o:p><a href="http://www.strikemovie.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "calibri";">http://www.strikemovie.com/</span></a></div>
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I’m not sure that City
officials are out to deny history or they merely have delayed recognition of
one of Winnipeg’s most important historical events, the General Strike of 1919.
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There is only one official marker
of the Strike put up by the City – a bronze plaque at the corner of William and
Main. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t be embarrassed if you have
never seen it, as it is very innocuously placed where only those waiting for a
bus might notice it.</div>
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Another plaque was to the right
of the entrance to the City Hall chambers. It was taken down, apparently ‘for
cleaning’ over two years ago and has not been replaced.</div>
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The Provincial government has
at least recognized the Strike. There is a very informative display at the
Museum of History. However, another plaque that was in the main hall of the Legislative
building has been removed. </div>
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Bruce Owen of the Free Press
recently noted at a public event, that for decades after the Strike there was
virtually no mention of the Strike in city newspapers. This is understandable
as the owners of the media, business and industry were the ones who suppressed the
Strike.</div>
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Fortunately that are people in
the City who are keeping the history of the Strike very alive. Thanks to Danny
Schur and STRIKE the Musical, or the Brown family and Victoria Parkette (see
story below). The Winnipeg Labour Council President has spoken often about the
Strike and the Labour History Project has kept this blog active.</div>
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Could it be that there is still
a fear in City officials and the ruling elite of Winnipeg, that another general
strike could erupt if there is recognition of what happened before. Possibly
they are just waiting for the 100<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the Strike to
recognize its contribution to our social history and to then take credit for
the Strike!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912919719725289169.post-56809261553268195792015-04-30T16:53:00.000-05:002015-05-30T18:41:20.982-05:00General Strike - 96th Anniversary<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">MUSEUM OF HISTORY</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b></span></span>OTTAWA—A room devoted to the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike could have been excluded from the renovated <a href="http://www.historymuseum.ca/home" target="_blank">Canadian Museum of History</a>, but officials promise the labour movement will still have a home in its halls. <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.historymuseum.ca/home</span></b></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/05/22/museum-of-history-to-dismantle-winnipeg-general-strike-exhibit.html?referrer=http://t.co/gQTyaDQuhw"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Toronto Star article</span></b></span></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">STRIKE Tour - May 24, 2015</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
1919 General Strike Tour took 40 people through the highlights of what happened in 1919, with a
look at social and economic conditions that led to the General Strike. The tour reflected
on how the echoes of the Strike can be heard in Winnipeg of 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The tour started in the
north end, went to the residential area south of the Assiniboine River and ended in the Exchange area of the city, particularly on the Red River at <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Victoria Park. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Participants said they found the tour informative and particularly were pleased to learn about Victoria Park and the lack of effort on the part of government to commemorate this important moment in Winnipeg's history.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912919719725289169.post-36166264573811581042015-04-15T18:29:00.000-05:002016-12-05T19:30:09.581-06:00Victoria ParketteWho knows where the Victoria Parkette is located?<br />
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It is a small section of land, at the corner of Lily and James, near the waterfront. It is intended to remind everyone of Victoria Park that was once a central feature of the City's park infrastructure.<br />
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The owners of the land have set up Victoria Parkette on their own, as they saw the significance of the Park to our social history. Jon Brown of Leon Brown initiated the effort and I think we should applaud him and his family for it. The signage is now removed (September 2016)but for at least a few years this was the only memorial to Victoria Park.<br />
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The Parkette is not on the original land of Victoria Park as that land is now occupied by a condominium development and a hydro station. The City of Winnipeg has done virtually nothing to commemorate the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 and Victoria Park, so it has fallen to people like Jon and those involved in the Labour History Project to maintain this important place in history. <br />
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Watch Videos: <a href="http://youtu.be/3_u9mrA_P20">Victoria Park</a> and <a href="https://youtu.be/UQSyUo5TKwQ">Victoria Parkette</a><br />
<br />Labour Historyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026939636942211129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912919719725289169.post-13630451864821466432015-04-13T16:28:00.003-05:002016-01-06T16:17:21.980-06:00STRIKE becomes a movie<h2 class="notop">
The award-winning 2005 stage musical by Danny Schur & Rick Chafe becomes a major movie musical</h2>
Production Facts<br />
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<li>Stars signing on</li>
<li>Shooting on location in Winnipeg, Canada in spring/summer, 2016</li>
<li>Made-in-Manitoba production enjoys one of the highest labour tax credits of any jurisdiction</li>
<li>Funded by Strike! Movie Limited Partnership</li>
<li>Premiering in the first quarter of 2017</li>
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<a href="http://www.strikemovie.com/">STRIKE MOVIE</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912919719725289169.post-54630379948721010262014-04-21T05:59:00.000-05:002015-05-03T16:35:44.066-05:00STRIKE Tour 2014<b>May 25th 2014, </b> The 1919 Strike Tour last year took 35 people through highlights of what happened in 1919, with an eye to the social and economic conditions that laid the foundation for the strike. The presentation reflected on how the echoes and shadows of the General Strike can be heard and seen in Winnipeg of 2014.<br />
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It was 95 years ago when the workers of Winnipeg, with their supporters in the police and soldiers returning from the war, stood up in mass solidarity and brought the city to a stop. Their courage and sense of justice launched dynamics that serve the people of Winnipeg today!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abut 40 history buffs ended the tour at the boutique hotel that now occupies the site of the original Victoria Park.</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912919719725289169.post-88518139177601900942012-04-15T10:56:00.000-05:002015-02-04T15:16:28.173-06:00Cabaret May 25th<a href="http://victoriapark1919.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/VP-Cabaret-May-25.pdf">VP Cabaret May 25</a><br />
<b>2nd Annual </b><br />
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<b>Victoria Park 1919 Cabaret </b><br />
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Friday, May 25, 2012 - doors 5:30 pm<br />
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Ukrainian Labour Temple,<br />
Pritchard and McGregor<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912919719725289169.post-78935749278632008172011-07-04T15:31:00.001-05:002015-02-04T15:12:43.398-06:00Councillors Approve Zoning<br />
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Today (July 4<sup>th</sup>, 2011), a Council Committee voted to approve a zoning change, so a private company can build a hotel on the banks of the Red River. The recommendation will now go to Council later in the month for final approval.<br />
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The Standing Policy Committee on Downtown Development, Heritage and Riverbank Management approved the rezoning despite a well reasoned opposition to the rezoning and creative alternatives for the hotel project put forward by Friends of Victoria Park and residents of Waterfront Drive.<br />
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The Committee basically <b>ignored the standards set in law to protect public property</b> from such private development, as well as a history of municipal efforts to develop waterfront land for public use.<br />
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First, the Winnipeg Charter Act sets out the criteria for permitting zoning changes;<br />
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<i><a href="http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/2002/c039_2f.php#247(3)">247(3)</a></i><i> An application for a variance with respect to a property may be approved if the variance </i><br />
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<i>(a) is consistent with Plan Winnipeg and any applicable secondary plan; </i><br />
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<i>(b) does not create a substantial adverse effect on the amenities, use, safety and convenience of the adjoining property and adjacent area, including an area separated from the property by a street or waterway; </i><br />
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<i>(c) is the minimum modification of a zoning by-law required to relieve the injurious effect of the zoning by-law on the applicant's property; and </i><br />
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<i>(d) is compatible with the area in which the property to be affected is situated. </i><br />
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<i><a href="http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/2002/c039_2f.php#247(4)">247(4)</a></i><i> A variance must not be approved if it makes a change of land use other than </i><br />
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<i>(a) a temporary change of land use for a period of not more than five years; or </i><br />
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<i>(b) a change of land use to a use that is substantially similar to a use permitted under the zoning by-law being modified by the variance. </i><br />
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The <b>current zoning for Riverbank property is also very clear</b>. Quoting from Downtown Winnipeg Zoning By-law 2004, <i>Part 6;</i><i> This sector is intended primarily for the use and enjoyment of the public. Uses supportive of and accessory to a continuous linear parkway and public gathering nodes are encouraged. </i><br />
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Third, the area being considered was rezoned ‘Riverbank’ in 2005. At the time, the same Council Committee looked at a number of existing plans for the area and concluded, in the administrative report by the Planning Department, that;<br />
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<i>Together, these policies and guidelines foresee an interconnected linear parkway system. The parkway system provides public access along the riverbanks, integrated with the adjacent neighbourhoods via streets and pathways linked to the rivers at a number of activity nodes. These nodes have many forms and encourage public gathering at a variety of intensities – ranging from casual viewpoints to programmed public activity areas such as The Forks. The Alexander Docks site is envisioned as a key focal point for inviting visitors into the Exchange District and connecting Exchange District denizens to the North Winnipeg Parkway System.</i><br />
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<i>None of these policies and guidelines prevents or prohibits development of riverbank properties in general or the Alexander Docks site in particular. On the other hand, they do encourage development of the subject properties to be of a form and function that strengthens public access opportunities to, from, and along the Red River and that its operations have a clear connection to its riverbank location.</i><br />
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Underlying many of these public development efforts, was a <b>recognition of the historical significance of this part of Winnipeg</b>. Victoria Park, which was one of Winnipeg’s three keystone public parks built at the turn of the 19<sup>th</sup> century, was to be a meeting and socializing space for Winnipeg’s workers and their families. The Park was then a meeting place for workers during the uprising of 1919. Later city officials destroyed the park in an act of vicious retribution.<br />
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A document prepared by the Planning, Property Development Department in 2005, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Alexander Docks, Vision and Development Parameters</span> states, “This site has historical significance to the settlement of Winnipeg, to its early public park history, to its evolution as a major North American trade centre, and the inland fishery.”<br />
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For example, next year, 2012 will see the Bicentenary of the 1812 establishment of the Red River Settlement by the Earl of Selkirk. This Bicentenary has been referred to by the President of the Manitoba Historical Society as one of ‘the most important historical event in the history of Manitoba’. Prime Minister Harper, in a speech recently, referred to this settlement as the very beginning of today’s settled western Canada.<br />
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The Chief Executive Officer of CentreVenture gave the hotel total support and a token recognition of its historical significance. He said there are plans for a small memorial, which according to Friends of Victoria Park is totally inappropriate and basically an insult to the memory of the Park and its value to Winnipeg. (Incidentally the CEO was part of a city appointed committee that proposed a major memorial park to be built on this land in the 1990’s.)<br />
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Opponents also showed how the developer’s plans for the area lack technical merit. The developer of the hotel complex, Sunstone Properties, applied for a change in zoning because the proposed hotel would not meet any of the current criteria nor does it augment any of the heritage potential of the area.<br />
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The developer claimed that the hotel will not cause concern for local residents;<br />
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<li>The hotel proposal claims parking is ample for the number of rooms (approximately 1 parking space for every 3 rooms) but not for the restaurant or special occasion clientele.</li>
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<li>The restaurant would be a big noise maker, but the developer claimed the restaurant is set behind the hotel in the intake structure, providing screening for noise by the hotel itself, which is highly unlikely as sound travels over and around buildings, especially at night when residents require the silence of the river and area.</li>
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<li>The developer also claims the hotel will not affect the local resident’s view of the river. Considering that a three story hotel is planned on the riverbank, it is inconceivable that the landscape will be uninterrupted. </li>
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<li>As well, the developer argued they have provided unencumbered pedestrian access along the riverfront, behind the hotel, and they are building a restaurant for everyone. However, this complex will be the only interruption along the entire riverfront drive from the Forks to Point Douglas, changing significantly the natural and scenic personality of the entire area.</li>
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An appeal sent to the Friends of Victoria Park by a Waterfront Drive resident, summed up <b>the social value of the area</b> and what would be lost by situating the hotel on public waterfront land.<br />
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M<i>y wife and I recently retired and purchased a condo on Waterfront Drive. We really enjoy being a part of the community in the exchange district. Yes! we bought our bikes and love to explore whenever we can along the many trails that the city has provided. It especially nice to witness how popular Juba Park and the rest of the green space is to Winnipeg families. On many days it is a steady stream of bicycles, baby strollers, wedding parties and boats on the Red River. From the Forks to the Ball Field to Juba Park the theme has been focused and consistent.. "Relaxation and Family fun". Now it appears that the city has been distracted and want to see a hotel erected on the river bank. Please ... there are numerous opportunities for hotels on the west side of Waterfront Drive. Continue to develop the riverfront for the exclusive use and enjoyment of Winnipeggers, Manitobans and their families. Don't get distracted with words like boutique. History will thank you.”</i><br />
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The Friends of Victoria Park also pointed out that there arebetter alternative developments for Waterfront Drive. First, this hotel complex could be built further north and on the west side of Waterfront Drive. Also, there were proposals for development along the Red River that would retain its cultural heritage while providing the City with some revenue. The 2008 proposal by the Labour History Project for example, rejected by this same Committee, could have met all the City needs and vision for the area (note the full proposal on this web site).<br />
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At the end of the public hearing, it was clear there was no substantial evidence to back up the opinion that this hotel complex would benefit Winnipeg. On the other hand, there were substantial arguments to show how the hotel would irrevocably alter the riverfront for all Winnipeggers and for generations to come. But that imbalance did not affect the Councillors (Swandel, Steeves, Browaty, Gerbasi) who approved the rezoning.<br />
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Once again, City Councillors showed that they are intent in promoting commercial development regardless of the cost to community development.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912919719725289169.post-6584334337402815382011-07-04T15:30:00.000-05:002015-02-04T15:19:59.411-06:00Study the History of Winnipeg in a North End Setting<br />
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The History of Winnipeg, HIST 3544/6, is taking a new direction this September.<br />
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I will offer the course off our main campus for the first time in North End Winnipeg. In the fall term, the course will be taught in the new classrooms of the UW Inner-Cities Studies store front offices on Selkirk Ave. and, during winter term, in the Ukrainian Labour Temple on Pritchard Ave. The ULT was recently designated a National Historic Site by the government of Canada.<br />
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The History of Winnipeg investigates the themes of ethnicity, race, gender, social class, politics, culture, and economic transformation in the historical context of Winnipeg’s past and present.<br />
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The citizens of Winnipeg and the city’s physical space will be the primary resources for the course. The Winnipeg General Strike tour, explorations of the North End and other neighbourhoods, and visits to various public institutions will be integral dimensions of this course. Also, a section of the course will focus on oral tradition, an essential dimension of Aboriginal history, and oral history to prepare students for projects grounded in their communities in Winnipeg.<br />
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Wednesday, 1:30 PM- 4:15 PM<br />
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For information contact: Nolan Reilly at <a href="mailto:n.reilly@uwinnipeg.ca">n.reilly@uwinnipeg.ca</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912919719725289169.post-55320367334659275262011-06-18T07:42:00.001-05:002015-02-04T15:22:10.131-06:00Project puts heritage buildings at risk<br />
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The future of two historic buildings in Winnipeg is up in the air as plans progress to build a commercial space, including a hotel, across from the MTS Centre downtown.<br />
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CentreVenture, the city's downtown development agency, wants to build on a space that is currently occupied by the MTS Exhibit Hall (former A&B Sound building) and the Mitchell-Copp building.<br />
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<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2011/06/17/mb-heritage-buildings-hotel-portage-winnipeg.html">Read, CBC New Report.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912919719725289169.post-758810183319522802011-06-15T16:23:00.000-05:002012-10-12T13:46:50.004-05:00Hotel Proposed for Waterfront DriveWinnipeg City Council will consider a lease agreement soon to build a hotel and restaurant at the Alexander Dock, on the Red River.<br/><br/> On February 14<sup>th</sup>, the City’s downtown development committee approved a lease agreement to allow Sunstone Boutique Hotels to develop a multi-storey hotel on Waterfront Drive. The committee voted to grant a 50-year lease to the developer that is connected to the condominium development on the west side of the street.<br/><br/>City officials said preliminary plans show Sunstone wants to build a three-storey hotel with about 60 rooms. The company plans to also redevelop the Harbourmaster building into a restaurant.<br/><br/>This proposal is the latest to develop the area around Alexander Docks, which saw two failed attempts to develop the area in 2007 and 2008.<br/><br/>St. Norbert Councillor Justin Swandel, who chairs the downtown development committee, has downplayed the significance of building a hotel on this historic site. This was where Victoria Park was located, one of the three major parks the City created at the turn of the 19<sup>th</sup> century.<br/><br/>He also did not acknowledge that the hotel could block the view of the river for residents and those traveling along Waterfront Drive. If constructed, the hotel will be the only commercial development and physical structure along the entire west side of Waterfront Drive.<br/><br/>Sunstone will be appealing for a zoning exemption on July 4th. The Downtown Development Committee will hear the appeal and both supporters and critics of the proposed hotel will also be presenting their positions.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.sunstonegroup.ca/">http://www.sunstonegroup.ca/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912919719725289169.post-54544520146942658962011-05-25T13:05:00.000-05:002012-10-12T13:46:49.984-05:00Victoria Park 1919 CabaretThursday, May 19, 2011 - 7 pm<br/><br/>Ukrainian Labour Temple, Pritchard & McGregor<br/><br/>The Victoria Park Cabaret drew over 130 supporters for a great meal, suburb entertainment and hot discussions about history, politics and the importance of remembering Winnipeg's cultural heritage.<br/><br/>Thanks to all to came out, helped out and suppoted this great cause.<br/><br/>Sandra Gessler, chair Friends of Victoria Park<br/><br/> <strong>Entertainers for the evening were: </strong><br/><br/>Magician Joe Kaufert<br/><br/>Musicians Dan Frechette <a href="http://www.danfrechette.com/">http://www.danfrechette.com/</a><br/><br/> Emma Cloney, <a href="http://www.emmacloney.com/">http://www.emmacloney.com/</a><br/><br/> What’s Left <br/><br/> Three Blind Mice<br/><br/>[gallery link="file"]Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912919719725289169.post-80878498433420175012011-02-24T03:28:00.000-06:002015-02-04T15:25:35.625-06:00Putting Winnipeg On Track<br />
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<b><i>Using Heritage as a Tool for Downtown Rejuvenation</i></b><br />
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After incorporation in 1873, the city of Winnipeg flourished, growing from 25,000 people in 1891 to almost 180,000 by the beginning of the 1920s. During this period of rapid expansion, a number of American architects headed across the border to leave their mark on Winnipeg’s skyline. Much of their work was carried out in the 20-block area of the downtown known as the Exchange District, which housed the Winnipeg Grain Exchange, lavish theatres, banks, and some of the tallest skyscrapers in the British Empire.<br />
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Today, Winnipeg’s Exchange District is an exciting and slightly Bohemian area of the city. As a National Historic Site of Canada, it also contains a range of preserved, architecturally significant assets that illustrate Winnipeg’s role in shaping Western Canada from 1880 to 1914. Unfortunately a majority of the recent city centre development initiatives have focused on the portion of downtown south of Portage Avenue, ignoring the historic area. As a result more architectural testaments to Winnipeg’s past are torn down almost every year<br />
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To counteract such decay, the City of Winnipeg is committed to inner-city revitalization and heritage conservation. Promoting heritage assets has worked in other cities to rejuvenate the city centre, and Winnipeg should capitalize on its own beautiful heritage architecture to rekindle a sense of pride for the downtown. The City should consider transforming the Exchange District into a major attraction that, like a museum or arena, draws people and investment to the city’s core. The Exchange could become an interactive living history museum, showcasing one of North America’s best examples of preserved early 20th century architecture. The life line of this living museum would be a streetcar system that, by linking the Exchange to the other historic sites in the city centre, takes passengers on a journey through 10,000 years of Canadian history.<br />
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As streetcar tracks were a prominent feature of urban design in the early 1900s, re-establishing a heritage tramline using traditional-style streetcars could unify scattered structures into a collective historical whole. The urban railway could also be used to help revitalize the downtown. Rail systems are different than other public transportation initiatives because of their sense of permanency. Tracks are a symbol of a lasting commitment by the city government to encourage development along the transit corridor. Investors see that commitment, and focus their own efforts on these areas. Since the original construction of a streetcar line in Portland, properties along its length have reportedly experienced $2.3 billion in new investment.<br />
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Some of American cities have traditional-style rail systems. City planners in these municipalities recognize that vintage trams offer a look and feel that fit well into a downtown made up of elegant historical buildings. While the Winnipeg streetcars would be a year-round feature of regular public transit, during the summer months they could also be an integral part of a living urban museum. Special cars would be used to offer hour-long tram tours throughout the day, with a costumed conductor acting as a guide as the streetcar made its way from the Aboriginal gathering place at the Forks, past the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Upper Fort Garry gate, and through the Exchange District.<br />
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To truly turn the Exchange District into an urban museum, however, the new streetcar would be complemented by a number of other initiatives. In the summer months, actors could be deployed around the Old Market Square, portraying characters—war veterans, nurses, railway workers, suffragettes, and business people—living in the summer of 1919. They could act out short 20- 25 minute plays throughout the day around the Exchange, and during streetcar tours board the trams to speak with passengers. As well, food carts could be set up along the streetcar line selling foods, like perogies and latkes,that would have been popular in Winnipeg in 1919. An historical newspaper or magazine stand could be situated along the route, along with a jazz ensemble to perform music appropriate to the era.<br />
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Ultimately though, the goal of this venture is not only to showcase some of the most interesting aspects of Winnipeg’s evolution, but to spur development in the downtown. Unlike a conventional museum or arena, the streetcar tour would not be a feature in isolation; rather, it will introduce passengers to the city centre in its entirety. They will be able to see the many shops and restaurants located along the tram route, while the historical activities in the Exchange District encourage them to explore the neighbourhood. With urban rail lines already appealing to businesses because of their permanence, this influx of potential customers makes investment in the area even more attractive.<br />
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Additionally, this project would help Winnipeggers envision a city that is less car-dependent. With a streetcar line connecting the Exchange District to the parking lots and other transit routes available at the Forks, it could even be feasible to make a number of city blocks in the Exchange car-free during the summer months, assisting with the municipal government’s goal of creating a more pedestrian-friendly city.<br />
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Learning the history of the neighbourhood would familiarize Winnipeggers with their downtown, making them more interested in its preservation. Furthermore, a number of themes appropriate for the tour—including Aboriginal heritage, the women’s suffrage movement, and the Winnipeg General Strike—would strongly complement the exhibits found in the new human rights museum, by illustrating Manitoba’s critical role in the development of human rights in Canada.<br />
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A living museum would bring people to the city’s core, nurture development in the downtown, and support the preservation of Winnipeg’s architectural heritage. Lastly, it would promote alternative modes of transportation by offering passengers an informative and fun historical tour, or simply a pleasant ride past a gorgeous early 20th century streetscape.<br />
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After one hundred years, it is time to put Winnipeg back on track.<br />
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<i>Benjamin Gillies is a recent graduate of the global political economy program at the University of Manitoba, where he focused on energy policy and urban development.</i><br />
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Published in Fast Fact, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, February 17, 2011Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912919719725289169.post-64452588998746728182010-12-06T11:33:00.000-06:002015-02-04T15:03:55.010-06:00Another Historic Building to be Demolished<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The City of Winnipeg Property and Development committee has recommended the demolition of the Shanghai Restaurant Building at 228 King Street.<br />
According to Jenny Gerbasi, Councillor Fort Rouge-East Fort Garry who spoke on the value of the building to Winnipeg’s cultural history and economic development, “What we have here is a classic case of demolition by neglect where the building has been allowed to fall into a state of decline.”<br />
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Read more about the building on <a href="http://jennygerbasi.ca/?p=588#more-588">Councillor Gerbasi’s blog.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0