b"Early15 5 10 21MayWinnipeg Trades and Labour CouncilStrike begins at 11 a.m., with the entire Employers and Metal & Buildingasked to support striking trades; 12,000Winnipeg MayorPolice replaced by untrainedBloody SaturdaySilent parade protesting arrest Trades fail to negotiate collectivemembers asked to vote on calling aworking population of Winnipeg walkingannounces ban onspecial constables withof strike leaders becomes violent confrontation bargaining agreement MAY general strike off the job (30,000 workers) demonstrations clubs who patrol streets between demonstrators and authorities APRIL Metal & Building TradesResults of general strike voteFederal ministers travel to Winnipeg toCity dismisses almost entireLeaders of Strike CommitteeStrike Committee calls are announced: overwhelmingobserve strike, take side with authoritiesJUNE police force, who will not signarrested by Royal North-Westend to general strikego on strike support for strike from membership; and express concern that strike ispledge to not participate inMounted PoliceStrike Committee established attempt to overthrow government unions or strikesAfter three months of negotiations with the Winnipeg Builders' Exchange, all the unions grouped together under the1 & 2 13 24 9 17 26Building Trades Council to go on strike.The strike also caused workers rights and the workplace to become political, because voters now deeply cared about these issues. As a result, voters shifted their support to politicians that would take action on workers rights. As evidence of this, labour-supported City Council members increased in the municipal election in 1919, and nine labour-supported candidates were elected MLAs in the following provincial election in 1920, some of whom were serving jail sentences. Despite hard work and steps forward that have been made on workers rights since 1919, there are still a number of issues that have not yet been completely resolved. In particular, matters relating to workplace safety and living wages are still problems for workers today, says Rebeck. Workers continue to suffer injuries and lose their lives at work. Many workers still earn poverty level wages despite the experience in other jurisdictions where workers make a living wage, spend those earnings in the community and have a positive effect on local businesses and the local economy.The Winnipeg General Strike was the event that drove home the need for workers rights in Manitoba and Canada as a whole. Public support for unions and an effective process for dealing with issues in the workplace are now an important part of business relations between workers and business owners. Issue 3FallEdition 2019 BUILD MANITOBA 51"