"The general public has not been innocent. It has been guilty of the greatest sin: the sin of indifference.” J.S. Woodsworth, June, 1919

He didn't just call out strikebreakers, but the silence that cost lives.

Words mattered. They still do.

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She is a reminder that the strike was about more than wages, it was about who got to be seen, heard, and protected.

She stood her ground when few others would, and made sure women were not left behind in the fight
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Ma Armstrong organized strikes, ran a labour café, and offered shelter to jobless women. Arrested during the General Strike, she kept organizing from her cell.

Shes quoted as saying: “The men cannot win this fight alone.” And she was right.

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In 1919, Winnipeg workers faced skyrocketing inflation, stagnant wages, and unsafe conditions. Veterans returned from war to find poverty instead of opportunity.

On May 15, more than 30,000 workers shut down the city in a mass general strike.

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I’ll post what I can, when I can. If something resonates—share it. If you need to talk—DM me. If you want to organize—let’s get to work.

In solidarity, always.

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This series is for that. For you.

📘 Rights you may not know you already have #Solidarity101
🛠️ Workplace scenarios #InSolidaritySituations
🔥 Updates and actions from across the labour movement #SolidarityNow
📜 And stories from the fights that came before #SolidarityRoots

This account is my way of keeping that conversation going.

I don’t speak for the union here—but I do speak as a worker. As someone who knows what it’s like to feel unsure, to not even know what questions to ask, and to need help navigating this system.