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Record information – Brief 50th Anniversary Tribute to the Winnipeg General Strike
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1969-05-01Item number (ISN):62290Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:COMMUNIST PARTY OF CANADAAccession:1987-0443Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Production date:1969-05-01Production company:Communist Party of CanadaDescription:Reception held at R.B. Russel Auditorium in Winnipeg, hosted by Alderman Joe Zuken, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Winnipeg General Strike. A tribute is paid to W.A. Pritchard with excerpts of his speech to the jury in 1920 being read. The main speaker, Tim Buck, long-time leader of the Communist Party of Canada, describes the events of the strike; its historical implications; the current Air Canada machinists' strike, wage parity with U.S. workers; regressive taxation methods of the government, and calls for a withdrawal of U.S. forces from Vietnam.Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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