Dear colleagues: The UMFA newsletter -UMFA Fast facts - wants to include a note about the 1919 conference. I have prepared a short description, most of it copied shamelessly from the website. The union wants to publish the newsletter early next week, so if you can respond with your comments, suggestions, additions, subtractions, and whether you approve the inclusion of this note in the UMFA email to members (aka newsletter) by Monday, that would be helpful. thanks!
1919 Winnipeg General Strike Centenary Conference, 8-11 May 2019
This conference commemorates the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, a landmark moment in North American working-class history. In May and June that year, over 30,000 workers ceased work for six weeks. Provoked by the inequities of industrial capitalism, the authoritarianism of their workplaces, the brutal experiences of the First World War, rising prices and stagnating wages, an insecure economic outlook, intransigent employers, and a federal state that responded to their demands with growing repression, the city's workers stood together in an astounding display of unity. The conference explores the history and continuities of those struggles, many of which continue to confront us today. The conference website is http://1919-2019.com/. Registration will begin soon. Please plan to attend!
Julie Guard Professor, History and Labour Studies Office: 117 Isbister Building Mailing address: 218 Isbister Building University of Manitoba 183 Dafoe Road Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2 Phone: 204-474-7110 Email: julie.guard@umanitoba.camailto:julie.guard@umanitoba.ca Please note that as of 1 July 2018 I am no longer Labour Studies Coordinator
Hi Julie,
I think this is quite strong and will appeal to your readers.
I have three suggestions:
- say 'some 30,000' rather than 'more than 30,000' since we don't know for sure but do have archival photo evidence that the strikers themselves said 'We are 30,000 against 1,000'.
- add a sentence about what some of the strike leaders aspitred to - The 'dreaming of what might be' part
- mention that the conference is one part of a much larger program of commemorative activities planned for next spring in and that further information can be found on the MFL website
Best,
Sharon
Sharon Reilly
On Sat, Oct 20, 2018, 5:02 PM Julie Guard, Julie.Guard@umanitoba.ca wrote:
Dear colleagues:
The UMFA newsletter –UMFA Fast facts – wants to include a note about the 1919 conference. I have prepared a short description, most of it copied shamelessly from the website. The union wants to publish the newsletter early next week, so if you can respond with your comments, suggestions, additions, subtractions, and whether you approve the inclusion of this note in the UMFA email to members (aka newsletter) by Monday, that would be helpful. thanks!
1919 Winnipeg General Strike Centenary Conference, 8-11 May 2019
This conference commemorates the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, a landmark moment in North American working-class history. In May and June that year, over 30,000 workers ceased work for six weeks. Provoked by the inequities of industrial capitalism, the authoritarianism of their workplaces, the brutal experiences of the First World War, rising prices and stagnating wages, an insecure economic outlook, intransigent employers, and a federal state that responded to their demands with growing repression, the city’s workers stood together in an astounding display of unity. The conference explores the history and continuities of those struggles, many of which continue to confront us today.
The conference website is http://1919-2019.com/. Registration will begin soon. Please plan to attend!
Julie Guard
Professor, History and Labour Studies
Office: 117 Isbister Building
Mailing address: 218 Isbister Building
University of Manitoba
183 Dafoe Road
Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2
Phone: 204-474-7110
Email: julie.guard@umanitoba.ca
Please note that as of 1 July 2018 I am no longer Labour Studies Coordinator
1919-Conference mailing list 1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/1919-conference
Thanks Sharon!
From: 1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of Sharon Reilly Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2018 5:19 PM To: 1919 conference organizing committee Subject: Re: [1919-Conference] okay to advertise our conference in UMFA fast Facts?
Hi Julie,
I think this is quite strong and will appeal to your readers.
I have three suggestions:
- say 'some 30,000' rather than 'more than 30,000' since we don't know for sure but do have archival photo evidence that the strikers themselves said 'We are 30,000 against 1,000'.
- add a sentence about what some of the strike leaders aspitred to - The 'dreaming of what might be' part
- mention that the conference is one part of a much larger program of commemorative activities planned for next spring in and that further information can be found on the MFL website
Best,
Sharon
Sharon Reilly
On Sat, Oct 20, 2018, 5:02 PM Julie Guard, <Julie.Guard@umanitoba.camailto:Julie.Guard@umanitoba.ca> wrote: Dear colleagues: The UMFA newsletter –UMFA Fast facts – wants to include a note about the 1919 conference. I have prepared a short description, most of it copied shamelessly from the website. The union wants to publish the newsletter early next week, so if you can respond with your comments, suggestions, additions, subtractions, and whether you approve the inclusion of this note in the UMFA email to members (aka newsletter) by Monday, that would be helpful. thanks!
1919 Winnipeg General Strike Centenary Conference, 8-11 May 2019
This conference commemorates the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, a landmark moment in North American working-class history. In May and June that year, over 30,000 workers ceased work for six weeks. Provoked by the inequities of industrial capitalism, the authoritarianism of their workplaces, the brutal experiences of the First World War, rising prices and stagnating wages, an insecure economic outlook, intransigent employers, and a federal state that responded to their demands with growing repression, the city’s workers stood together in an astounding display of unity. The conference explores the history and continuities of those struggles, many of which continue to confront us today. The conference website is http://1919-2019.com/. Registration will begin soon. Please plan to attend!
Julie Guard Professor, History and Labour Studies Office: 117 Isbister Building Mailing address: 218 Isbister Building University of Manitoba 183 Dafoe Road Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2 Phone: 204-474-7110 Email: julie.guard@umanitoba.camailto:julie.guard@umanitoba.ca Please note that as of 1 July 2018 I am no longer Labour Studies Coordinator
_______________________________________________ 1919-Conference mailing list 1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.camailto:1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/1919-conference
Hi Julie, That sounds good, although you might want to add a specific mention of the roundtables of current activists talking about issues from the WGS. Jim
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On Oct 20, 2018, at 5:02 PM, Julie Guard <Julie.Guard@umanitoba.camailto:Julie.Guard@umanitoba.ca> wrote:
Dear colleagues: The UMFA newsletter –UMFA Fast facts – wants to include a note about the 1919 conference. I have prepared a short description, most of it copied shamelessly from the website. The union wants to publish the newsletter early next week, so if you can respond with your comments, suggestions, additions, subtractions, and whether you approve the inclusion of this note in the UMFA email to members (aka newsletter) by Monday, that would be helpful. thanks!
1919 Winnipeg General Strike Centenary Conference, 8-11 May 2019
This conference commemorates the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, a landmark moment in North American working-class history. In May and June that year, over 30,000 workers ceased work for six weeks. Provoked by the inequities of industrial capitalism, the authoritarianism of their workplaces, the brutal experiences of the First World War, rising prices and stagnating wages, an insecure economic outlook, intransigent employers, and a federal state that responded to their demands with growing repression, the city’s workers stood together in an astounding display of unity. The conference explores the history and continuities of those struggles, many of which continue to confront us today. The conference website is http://1919-2019.com/. Registration will begin soon. Please plan to attend!
Julie Guard Professor, History and Labour Studies Office: 117 Isbister Building Mailing address: 218 Isbister Building University of Manitoba 183 Dafoe Road Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2 Phone: 204-474-7110 Email: julie.guard@umanitoba.camailto:julie.guard@umanitoba.ca Please note that as of 1 July 2018 I am no longer Labour Studies Coordinator
_______________________________________________ 1919-Conference mailing list 1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.camailto:1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/1919-conference
good idea. do we have a plan about when registration begins?
-------- Original message -------- From: James Naylor Naylor@BrandonU.CA Date: To: 1919 conference organizing committee 1919-conference@lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: Re: [1919-Conference] okay to advertise our conference in UMFA fast Facts?
Hi Julie, That sounds good, although you might want to add a specific mention of the roundtables of current activists talking about issues from the WGS. Jim
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 20, 2018, at 5:02 PM, Julie Guard <Julie.Guard@umanitoba.camailto:Julie.Guard@umanitoba.ca> wrote:
Dear colleagues: The UMFA newsletter –UMFA Fast facts – wants to include a note about the 1919 conference. I have prepared a short description, most of it copied shamelessly from the website. The union wants to publish the newsletter early next week, so if you can respond with your comments, suggestions, additions, subtractions, and whether you approve the inclusion of this note in the UMFA email to members (aka newsletter) by Monday, that would be helpful. thanks!
1919 Winnipeg General Strike Centenary Conference, 8-11 May 2019
This conference commemorates the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, a landmark moment in North American working-class history. In May and June that year, over 30,000 workers ceased work for six weeks. Provoked by the inequities of industrial capitalism, the authoritarianism of their workplaces, the brutal experiences of the First World War, rising prices and stagnating wages, an insecure economic outlook, intransigent employers, and a federal state that responded to their demands with growing repression, the city’s workers stood together in an astounding display of unity. The conference explores the history and continuities of those struggles, many of which continue to confront us today. The conference website is http://1919-2019.com/. Registration will begin soon. Please plan to attend!
Julie Guard Professor, History and Labour Studies Office: 117 Isbister Building Mailing address: 218 Isbister Building University of Manitoba 183 Dafoe Road Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2 Phone: 204-474-7110 Email: julie.guard@umanitoba.camailto:julie.guard@umanitoba.ca Please note that as of 1 July 2018 I am no longer Labour Studies Coordinator
_______________________________________________ 1919-Conference mailing list 1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.camailto:1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/1919-conference
Not yet.
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 20, 2018, at 5:59 PM, Julie Guard <Julie.Guard@umanitoba.camailto:Julie.Guard@umanitoba.ca> wrote:
good idea. do we have a plan about when registration begins?
-------- Original message -------- From: James Naylor <Naylor@BrandonU.CAmailto:Naylor@BrandonU.CA> Date: To: 1919 conference organizing committee <1919-conference@lists.umanitoba.camailto:1919-conference@lists.umanitoba.ca> Subject: Re: [1919-Conference] okay to advertise our conference in UMFA fast Facts?
Hi Julie, That sounds good, although you might want to add a specific mention of the roundtables of current activists talking about issues from the WGS. Jim
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 20, 2018, at 5:02 PM, Julie Guard <Julie.Guard@umanitoba.camailto:Julie.Guard@umanitoba.ca> wrote:
Dear colleagues: The UMFA newsletter –UMFA Fast facts – wants to include a note about the 1919 conference. I have prepared a short description, most of it copied shamelessly from the website. The union wants to publish the newsletter early next week, so if you can respond with your comments, suggestions, additions, subtractions, and whether you approve the inclusion of this note in the UMFA email to members (aka newsletter) by Monday, that would be helpful. thanks!
1919 Winnipeg General Strike Centenary Conference, 8-11 May 2019
This conference commemorates the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, a landmark moment in North American working-class history. In May and June that year, over 30,000 workers ceased work for six weeks. Provoked by the inequities of industrial capitalism, the authoritarianism of their workplaces, the brutal experiences of the First World War, rising prices and stagnating wages, an insecure economic outlook, intransigent employers, and a federal state that responded to their demands with growing repression, the city’s workers stood together in an astounding display of unity. The conference explores the history and continuities of those struggles, many of which continue to confront us today. The conference website is http://1919-2019.com/. Registration will begin soon. Please plan to attend!
Julie Guard Professor, History and Labour Studies Office: 117 Isbister Building Mailing address: 218 Isbister Building University of Manitoba 183 Dafoe Road Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2 Phone: 204-474-7110 Email: julie.guard@umanitoba.camailto:julie.guard@umanitoba.ca Please note that as of 1 July 2018 I am no longer Labour Studies Coordinator
_______________________________________________ 1919-Conference mailing list 1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.camailto:1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/1919-conference _______________________________________________ 1919-Conference mailing list 1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.camailto:1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/1919-conference
Julie, can you ask them if there's any space whatsoever for a graphic, which I can supply? If so, can you ask them what size (in inches)?
Let me know tomorrow if you need any further info.
KL
On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 6:02 PM James Naylor Naylor@brandonu.ca wrote:
Not yet.
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 20, 2018, at 5:59 PM, Julie Guard Julie.Guard@umanitoba.ca wrote:
good idea. do we have a plan about when registration begins?
-------- Original message -------- From: James Naylor Naylor@BrandonU.CA Date: To: 1919 conference organizing committee < 1919-conference@lists.umanitoba.ca> Subject: Re: [1919-Conference] okay to advertise our conference in UMFA fast Facts?
Hi Julie, That sounds good, although you might want to add a specific mention of the roundtables of current activists talking about issues from the WGS. Jim
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 20, 2018, at 5:02 PM, Julie Guard Julie.Guard@umanitoba.ca wrote:
Dear colleagues:
The UMFA newsletter –UMFA Fast facts – wants to include a note about the 1919 conference. I have prepared a short description, most of it copied shamelessly from the website. The union wants to publish the newsletter early next week, so if you can respond with your comments, suggestions, additions, subtractions, and whether you approve the inclusion of this note in the UMFA email to members (aka newsletter) by Monday, that would be helpful. thanks!
1919 Winnipeg General Strike Centenary Conference, 8-11 May 2019
This conference commemorates the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, a landmark moment in North American working-class history. In May and June that year, over 30,000 workers ceased work for six weeks. Provoked by the inequities of industrial capitalism, the authoritarianism of their workplaces, the brutal experiences of the First World War, rising prices and stagnating wages, an insecure economic outlook, intransigent employers, and a federal state that responded to their demands with growing repression, the city’s workers stood together in an astounding display of unity. The conference explores the history and continuities of those struggles, many of which continue to confront us today.
The conference website is http://1919-2019.com/. Registration will begin soon. Please plan to attend!
Julie Guard
Professor, History and Labour Studies
Office: 117 Isbister Building
Mailing address: 218 Isbister Building
University of Manitoba
183 Dafoe Road
Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2
Phone: 204-474-7110
Email: julie.guard@umanitoba.ca
Please note that as of 1 July 2018 I am no longer Labour Studies Coordinator
1919-Conference mailing list 1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/1919-conference
1919-Conference mailing list 1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/1919-conference
1919-Conference mailing list 1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/1919-conference
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