ATA President, Larry Booi convenes a special session of the Annual Representative Assembly on the steps of the legislature in May 2001 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 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 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 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 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1850 Samuel Gompers born 1737 Thomas Paine born 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 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 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 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 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 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 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 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 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 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Cesar Chavez born 1927 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 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 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 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Cesar Chavez born 1927 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 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 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 1886 Haymarket Riot in 1818 Karl Marx born; 1968 French students and Chicago 1903 Premiere issue of workers revolt in Paris Alberta’s first labour newspaper, Bond of Brotherhood, appears in Calgary 45678910 1771 Labour reformer Robert 1919 Winnipeg General Strike Owen born begins 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1921 Sacco & Vanzetti trial