ATA President, Larry Booi convenes a special session of the Annual Representative Assembly on the steps of the legislature in May 2001
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December 2002 February 2003 1905 Conference of Industrial 123456 7 1 Unionists in Chicago leads to the formation of the Industrial 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 234567 8 Workers of the World (IWW) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 1234
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1929 Martin Luther King born 1915 IWW Poet Ralph Chaplain writes Solidarity Forever
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1962 Alberta New Democrats founding provincial convention
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26 27 28 29 30 31 ATA President, Larry Booi convenes a special session of the Annual Representative Assembly on the steps of the legislature in May 2001
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December 2002 February 2003 1905 Conference of Industrial 123456 7 1 Unionists in Chicago leads to the formation of the Industrial 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 234567 8 Workers of the World (IWW) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 1234
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1929 Martin Luther King born 1915 IWW Poet Ralph Chaplain writes Solidarity Forever
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1962 Alberta New Democrats founding provincial convention
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1850 Samuel Gompers born 1737 Thomas Paine born
26 27 28 29 30 31 Amalgamated Transit Union Local 583 strike rally at City Hall, Calgary, March 2001
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday January March 1918 Seventy four Edmonton fire 123 4 1 department employees strike in 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 234567 8 one of the first public sector strikes; 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 2000 Founding of the Industrial 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Workers of the World — 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Edmonton Branch 30 31 1
2345678 1990 Amalgamated Transit 1990 Amalgamated Transit Union Local 583 Calgary Union Local 583 Calgary Transit Transit System strike begins; System strike ends 2001 Amalgamated Transit Union Local Union 583 Calgary Transit strike begins 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1938 Goodyear sitdown strike begins 1944 Privy Council Order 1003 comes into effect — provides national recognition of collective bargaining contracts as legal documents 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 Amalgamated Transit Union Local 583 strike rally at City Hall, Calgary, March 2001
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday January March 1918 Seventy four Edmonton fire 123 4 1 department employees strike in 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 234567 8 one of the first public sector strikes; 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 2000 Founding of the Industrial 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Workers of the World — 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Edmonton Branch 30 31 1
2345678 1990 Amalgamated Transit 1990 Amalgamated Transit Union Local 583 Calgary Union Local 583 Calgary Transit Transit System strike begins; System strike ends 2001 Amalgamated Transit Union Local Union 583 Calgary Transit strike begins 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1938 Goodyear sitdown strike begins 1944 Privy Council Order 1003 comes into effect — provides national recognition of collective bargaining contracts as legal documents 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 Canadian Pacific Railway Black Porters c. 1920s — Through their unions, such as the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and the Order of Sleeping Car Porters, they gained recognition for Blacks within the labour movement
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February April 1908 First International 1 1234 5 Women’s Day started in New 234567 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 York city by garment workers 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 23 24 25 26 27 28 27 28 29 30 1
1906 Seven month United 1917 Calgary establishes Mine Workers strike in Labour Representation League Lethbridge begins; results in to nominate candidates in anti-labour Industrial Disputes elections to all levels of Investigation Act passed by government King government in 1907 2345678
1871 Paris Commune Feast Day of Saint Joseph, 1913 First convention of 1951 Local 630 of Oil founded patron saint of workers the Provincial Council of Workers International Union Carpenters certified in Edmonton, the first local in the oil industry to last for some time 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1918 Canadian Women’s 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire — 1980 United Nurses of Alberta Suffrage 147 workers, the vast majority organize program of action to women, perish after being publicize low nurses’ wages locked in the factory by the employer 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
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30 31 Canadian Pacific Railway Black Porters c. 1920s — Through their unions, such as the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and the Order of Sleeping Car Porters, they gained recognition for Blacks within the labour movement
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February April 1908 First International 1 1234 5 Women’s Day started in New 234567 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 York city by garment workers 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 23 24 25 26 27 28 27 28 29 30 1
1906 Seven month United 1917 Calgary establishes Mine Workers strike in Labour Representation League Lethbridge begins; results in to nominate candidates in anti-labour Industrial Disputes elections to all levels of Investigation Act passed by government King government in 1907 2345678
1871 Paris Commune Feast Day of Saint Joseph, 1913 First convention of 1951 Local 630 of Oil founded patron saint of workers the Provincial Council of Workers International Union Carpenters certified in Edmonton, the first local in the oil industry to last for some time 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1918 Canadian Women’s 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire — 1980 United Nurses of Alberta Suffrage 147 workers, the vast majority organize program of action to women, perish after being publicize low nurses’ wages locked in the factory by the employer 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
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30 31 October 1993 United Nurses of Alberta Rally — Health Care and Social Services
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday March 1917 Seven thousand five 1 hundred Crowsnest miners 234567 8 belonging to the UMW strike 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 12345 Daylight Savings Time begins 1983 Bill 44 introduced 1919 The Edmonton Free removes the legal right to Press, journal of the Edmonton strike for all hospital workers Trades and Labour Council, begins publication; 2001 Amalgamated Transit Union Local Union 583 Calgary 6 7 8 9 10 11Transit Strike ends 12 1980 United Nurses of Alberta (UNA) begin legal strike at 79 hospitals
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1951 Twenty- three delegates 1956 Canadian Labour meet in Calgary to promote civic, Congress formed hospital, school board and health department employees; 1980 Nurses defy back-to-work order from the province, winning a negotiated settlement 20six days later 21 22 23 24 25 26 1933 Fourteen leaders of a International Day of Mourning Calgary relief strike are for workers killed or injured on May arrested the job 12 3 456789 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 27 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 October 1993 United Nurses of Alberta Rally — Health Care and Social Services
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday March 1917 Seven thousand five 1 hundred Crowsnest miners 234567 8 belonging to the UMW strike 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 12345 Daylight Savings Time begins 1983 Bill 44 introduced 1919 The Edmonton Free removes the legal right to Press, journal of the Edmonton strike for all hospital workers Trades and Labour Council, begins publication; 2001 Amalgamated Transit Union Local Union 583 Calgary 6 7 8 9 10 11Transit Strike ends 12 1980 United Nurses of Alberta (UNA) begin legal strike at 79 hospitals
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1951 Twenty- three delegates 1956 Canadian Labour meet in Calgary to promote civic, Congress formed hospital, school board and health department employees; 1980 Nurses defy back-to-work order from the province, winning a negotiated settlement 20six days later 21 22 23 24 25 26 1933 Fourteen leaders of a International Day of Mourning Calgary relief strike are for workers killed or injured on May arrested the job 12 3 456789 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 27 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 UFCW Local 401 workers strike against the Shaw Centre in Edmonton, May 2002
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April June 1830 Mary Harris Jones 1919 Western Labour 1234 5 123456 7 born (Mother Jones); Conference in Calgary votes 1923 International Labour to dissociate Western labour 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Day — Edmonton workers from Trades and Labour 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 rally to support striking Congress of Canada and 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Edmonton coal miners form One Big Union 27 28 29 30 29 30 31 123
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1771 Labour reformer Robert 1919 Winnipeg General Strike Owen born begins
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1919 Edmonton & Calgary 1919 8000 miners in District general strikes in solidarity 18 join sympathy strike with with Winnipeg General Strike Winnipeg workers; 1871 Paris Commune crushed with 25,000 killed 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 UFCW Local 401 workers strike against the Shaw Centre in Edmonton, May 2002
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April June 1830 Mary Harris Jones 1919 Western Labour 1234 5 123456 7 born (Mother Jones); Conference in Calgary votes 1923 International Labour to dissociate Western labour 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Day — Edmonton workers from Trades and Labour 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 rally to support striking Congress of Canada and 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Edmonton coal miners form One Big Union 27 28 29 30 29 30 31 123
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1771 Labour reformer Robert 1919 Winnipeg General Strike Owen born begins
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1919 Edmonton & Calgary 1919 8000 miners in District general strikes in solidarity 18 join sympathy strike with with Winnipeg General Strike Winnipeg workers; 1871 Paris Commune crushed with 25,000 killed 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 To protest the meeting of the G8 in Kananaskis, Alberta, labour mobilizes activists across North America, June 2002
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June 1 to December 14, 1986 1912 Alberta Federation of 1935 The On-to-Ottawa Trek “The Battle of 66 Street” — Labour founded in Lethbridge reaches Calgary. The trek one thousand one hundred begins in Vancouver in May members UFCW Local 280P and is violently repressed begin six-month strike at by the RCMP on July 1 in Gainers Meatpacking Regina Plant 1234567 1872 Trade unions provided first recognition in Canadian law but with severe restrictions that force most of them to forego registering 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1914 One hundred eighty nine miners die in Hillcrest mine disaster, Alberta’s worst mine disaster ever
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22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1919 Government raids unions May July across Canada, enforcing new “sedition” legislation meant to 12 3 1234 5 restrict unionism and fend off 456789 10 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 socialism 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 29 30 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 27 28 29 30 31 To protest the meeting of the G8 in Kananaskis, Alberta, labour mobilizes activists across North America, June 2002
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June 1 to December 14, 1986 1912 Alberta Federation of 1935 The On-to-Ottawa Trek “The Battle of 66 Street” — Labour founded in Lethbridge reaches Calgary. The trek one thousand one hundred begins in Vancouver in May members UFCW Local 280P and is violently repressed begin six-month strike at by the RCMP on July 1 in Gainers Meatpacking Regina Plant 1234567 1872 Trade unions provided first recognition in Canadian law but with severe restrictions that force most of them to forego registering 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1914 One hundred eighty nine miners die in Hillcrest mine disaster, Alberta’s worst mine disaster ever
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1869 Emma Goldman, famous 1928 Six Labour members win anarchist - feminist born seats in Alberta provincial election
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1919 Government raids unions May July across Canada, enforcing new “sedition” legislation meant to 12 3 1234 5 restrict unionism and fend off 456789 10 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 socialism 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 29 30 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 27 28 29 30 31 Hotel Employees Restaurant Union members on strike in Edmonton c. 1940s
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June 1919 A mass arrest of One 1977 UNA begins legal strike 123456 7 Big Union members is at 7 hospitals in Alberta coordinated by federal 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 affecting 2,500 nurses government 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 12345
1949 International 1918 Hotel and Restaurant 1961 Amalgamated Association of Bridge, Employees Union organizes Association of Street Electric Structural, Ornamental and two hotels and six restaurants Railway and Motor Coach Reinforcing Iron Workers in Calgary after Trades and Employees of America Local Local 720 charter issued Labour Council threatens a 583 Calgary Transit Strike general strike July 11 to August 22 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1912 Woody Guthrie born 1936 Spanish Civil War 1921 United Farmers of Alberta begins government is elected. Four Labour members are also elected
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1966 Canada Packers strike by United Packinghouse Workers of America
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 August 12 345678 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 27 28 29 30 31 31 Hotel Employees Restaurant Union members on strike in Edmonton c. 1940s
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June 1919 A mass arrest of One 1977 UNA begins legal strike 123456 7 Big Union members is at 7 hospitals in Alberta coordinated by federal 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 affecting 2,500 nurses government 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 12345
1949 International 1918 Hotel and Restaurant 1961 Amalgamated Association of Bridge, Employees Union organizes Association of Street Electric Structural, Ornamental and two hotels and six restaurants Railway and Motor Coach Reinforcing Iron Workers in Calgary after Trades and Employees of America Local Local 720 charter issued Labour Council threatens a 583 Calgary Transit Strike general strike July 11 to August 22 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1912 Woody Guthrie born 1936 Spanish Civil War 1921 United Farmers of Alberta begins government is elected. Four Labour members are also elected
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20 21 22 23 24 25 26 August 12 345678 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 27 28 29 30 31 31 University of Alberta workers — Provincial Medical staff 1919 — Outdoor threshing on University of Alberta grain plots 1918
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1932 The CCF is founded in July September Calgary by labour, farmer 1234 5 1 2345 6 and socialist parties, along 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 with one union, the Canadian 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Brotherhood of Railway 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Employees 27 28 29 30 31 28 29 30 31 12
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10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1961 Amalgamated Association 1834 British National Trades of Street Electric Railway and Union founded Motor Coach Employees of America Local 583 Calgary Transit strike ends 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
1980 Solidarnosc founded 31 Gdansk, Poland
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 University of Alberta workers — Provincial Medical staff 1919 — Outdoor threshing on University of Alberta grain plots 1918
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1932 The CCF is founded in July September Calgary by labour, farmer 1234 5 1 2345 6 and socialist parties, along 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 with one union, the Canadian 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Brotherhood of Railway 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Employees 27 28 29 30 31 28 29 30 31 12
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10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1961 Amalgamated Association 1834 British National Trades of Street Electric Railway and Union founded Motor Coach Employees of America Local 583 Calgary Transit strike ends 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
1980 Solidarnosc founded 31 Gdansk, Poland
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 13th Annual Labour Day barbeque sponsored by the Edmonton and District Labour Council, 2002
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1907 More than half of 1920 Edmonton Free Press 1946 Alberta Farmers Union Calgary’s population attends becomes Alberta Labour News; begins 30- day strike Labour Day parade organized serves as official paper for AFL demanding minimum fixed by Trades and Labour Council price for wheat 123456 1904 Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 488 receive first charter — largest Plumbers & Pipefitters local in Canada and one of the largest in North America 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1963 CUPE is formed by a 1918 Borden government 1918 Borden government bans merger of National Union of outlaws publications and 14 organizations, including Public Service Employees meetings in 14 languages. Industrial Workers of the World, and National Union of Public Canada’s radical and labour Social Democratic Party, Employees press are key targets Chinese Labour Association and Ukrainian Social Democratic Party 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
August October 12 123 4 345678 9 567891011 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31 28 29 30 31 13th Annual Labour Day barbeque sponsored by the Edmonton and District Labour Council, 2002
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1907 More than half of 1920 Edmonton Free Press 1946 Alberta Farmers Union Calgary’s population attends becomes Alberta Labour News; begins 30- day strike Labour Day parade organized serves as official paper for AFL demanding minimum fixed by Trades and Labour Council price for wheat 123456 1904 Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 488 receive first charter — largest Plumbers & Pipefitters local in Canada and one of the largest in North America 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1963 CUPE is formed by a 1918 Borden government 1918 Borden government bans merger of National Union of outlaws publications and 14 organizations, including Public Service Employees meetings in 14 languages. Industrial Workers of the World, and National Union of Public Canada’s radical and labour Social Democratic Party, Employees press are key targets Chinese Labour Association and Ukrainian Social Democratic Party 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
August October 12 123 4 345678 9 567891011 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31 28 29 30 31 Group of Chinese section workers on handcars CPR
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September November 1920 One Big Union miners 1 2345 6 1 begin province-wide strike Government passes Order- 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 234567 8 in-Council for miners to 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 accept UMWA as their 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 official representative 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 1234
1958 Office and 1919 Alberta Teachers Professional Employees Alliance holds province’s International Union Local first teachers’ strike 379 chartered in Calgary
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1918 Unionists in Calgary stage 1976 Canadian Labour 1919 Alberta Teachers sympathy strike with Calgary Congress holds national Alliance strike resolved freight handlers; day of protest against 1975 Grace Hartman Trudeau government’s becomes president of the wage-control policy CUPE, the first woman president of a major union in North America12 13 14 15 16 17 18
1999 Founding meeting of Alberta Labour History Institute southside Rosie’s, Edmonton
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September November 1920 One Big Union miners 1 2345 6 1 begin province-wide strike Government passes Order- 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 234567 8 in-Council for miners to 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 accept UMWA as their 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 official representative 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 1234
1958 Office and 1919 Alberta Teachers Professional Employees Alliance holds province’s International Union Local first teachers’ strike 379 chartered in Calgary
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1918 Unionists in Calgary stage 1976 Canadian Labour 1919 Alberta Teachers sympathy strike with Calgary Congress holds national Alliance strike resolved freight handlers; day of protest against 1975 Grace Hartman Trudeau government’s becomes president of the wage-control policy CUPE, the first woman president of a major union in North America12 13 14 15 16 17 18
1999 Founding meeting of Alberta Labour History Institute southside Rosie’s, Edmonton
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26 27 28 29 30 31 1911 The building of the High Level Bridge in Edmonton by United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners, Local 1325
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16 17 18 19 20 21 22 1995 CUPE Local 8 illegal 1992 Canadian Paperworkers strikes ends in victory, with a Union, Communications & 30 moratorium on contracting out Electrical Workers of Canada & the Energy & Chemical Workers Union merge to create Canadian Energy & Paperworkers Union (CEP) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1911 The building of the High Level Bridge in Edmonton by United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners, Local 1325
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2345678 1902 United Brotherhood of 1995 CUPE Local 8 laundry Carpenters and Joiners of workers in Calgary engage in America granted charter as illegal strike to stop contracting Local 1325 Edmonton, the out. Strike spreads to all of city’s oldest construction union still major hospitals operating under its original charter in Alberta 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1997 Maple Leaf pork plant (formerly Gainers) workers strike despite company threat to close plant if workers strike
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 1995 CUPE Local 8 illegal 1992 Canadian Paperworkers strikes ends in victory, with a Union, Communications & 30 moratorium on contracting out Electrical Workers of Canada & the Energy & Chemical Workers Union merge to create Canadian Energy & Paperworkers Union (CEP) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Edmonton Hunger March 1932 — organized to demand relief for farmers and employment for workers. Over 12,000 workers and farmers partcipate
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1905 J.A. Kinney, president 1921 William Irvine of of Carpenters Local 1325, Calgary wins first federal becomes first president of labour seat in Alberta for American Federation of CanadianLabour Party Labour (Alberta) 123456
1869 Knights of Labour 1886 American 1883 Railway engineers founded; Federation of Labour and firemen in Calgary 1910 Bellevue Mine disaster founded strike against wage cuts claims the lives of 31 miners 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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1932 Edmonton Hunger March is ended by police violence with over 100 arrested 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
1886 Knights of Labour November January 2004 establish first Alberta base with 1 12 3 an assembly in Calgary 234567 8 456789 10 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 23 24 25 26 27 28 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 28 29 30 31 Edmonton Hunger March 1932 — organized to demand relief for farmers and employment for workers. Over 12,000 workers and farmers partcipate
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1905 J.A. Kinney, president 1921 William Irvine of of Carpenters Local 1325, Calgary wins first federal becomes first president of labour seat in Alberta for American Federation of CanadianLabour Party Labour (Alberta) 123456
1869 Knights of Labour 1886 American 1883 Railway engineers founded; Federation of Labour and firemen in Calgary 1910 Bellevue Mine disaster founded strike against wage cuts claims the lives of 31 miners 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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1932 Edmonton Hunger March is ended by police violence with over 100 arrested 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
1886 Knights of Labour November January 2004 establish first Alberta base with 1 12 3 an assembly in Calgary 234567 8 456789 10 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 23 24 25 26 27 28 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 28 29 30 31 CEP Picket at Calgary Herald — locked out by Conrad Black when union tried to finalize first contract 1999 - 2000
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1929 Martin Luther King Jr. 1915 IWW Poet Ralph born Chaplain writes Solidarity Forever
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1929 Martin Luther King Jr. 1915 IWW Poet Ralph born Chaplain writes Solidarity Forever
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