Search Results for "general strike"

The struggle between the LO and SAF and history of the labor movement

Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est

“1917, A Greve Geral” tells the story of one of the longest strikes ever held in Brazil, which suffered brutal repression by the government.

The dramatic story of the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919 told through the recollections of the men and women who were there. This presentation traces the events leading up to the strike; the issues, the personalities and the divisions among the people of Winnipeg. It culminates with the riot of June 21, 1919 in which death and serious injury resulted.

CBC video describes one of the pivotal events in Canadian labour history, the Winnipeg General strike of 1919.

Workers in a factory in pre-revolutionary Russia go on strike and are met by violent suppression.

When 90% of Iceland’s women walked off the job and out of their homes one morning in 1975, they brought their country to its knees and catapulted Iceland to the forefront of today's global fight for gender equality. Unexpectedly funny, laced with evocative animation and powerfully told by the women who lived it – this is the true story of 12 hours that launched a revolution.

This film takes us into the harsh realm of BC's early coal mines, canneries, and lumber camps; where primitve conditions and speed-ups often cost lives. Then, the film moves through the unemployed' struggles of the '30s, post WWII equity campaigns, and into more recent public sector strikes over union rights.