What the records say
- When
- 2 Aug 1918
- Kind
- Strike
- Coordinates
- 49.26° N, 123.11° W
- Description
- 1918 widespread worker protest in Vancouver, Canada
1918 Vancouver general strike
Worker protests in Vancouver, Canada
The 1918 Vancouver general strike was a general strike that took place in response to the death of Albert "Ginger" Goodwin on 2 August 1918. It was the first general strike in the history of British Columbia and a pivotal event in the Canadian Labour Revolt, which would unfold over the following years.
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- Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Vancouver general strike, the first general strike in Canada, triggered by the killing of Ginger Goodwin by police”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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