14 October 1976: One million strike in Canada

Podcast: On This Day in Working Class History · Working Class History

Opublikowano: 2026-10-14

On this day, 14 October 1976, over a million Canadian workers stage a one-day strike to protest wage and price controls. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau had actually campaigned against wage controls during the 1974 elections but his measures were considered to be the worst attack on labour since the 1930s. In response to the walk out, wage controls were reversed eight months before they were initially supposed to end, and the strike strengthened the labour movement as a whole. More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8623/1-million-canadians-strike Our work is only possible because of support from you...