ABSTRACT
The chapter examines the Winnipeg General Strike and its role in Canadian legal history. It demonstrates that the Strike was an attempted revolution, which was a result of the ability of workers to unite and form an insurmountable force against management, however the effort could not be sustained. The Canadian government feared a rise in socialism and communism. The growth of socialism and the increased membership in the Socialist Party of Canada (SPC) and the International Workers of the World (IWW) were seen as attempts to overturn capitalism and replace it with a Soviet-style system. Sympathy strikes are strikes that occur because of a display of solidarity with another union who is on strike. Canada is not safe from the international rise of neoliberalism. Labour laws in Ontario were not ideal prior to the Harris government; however, they were vastly eroded after Harris left government.
