http://libcom.org/tags/eugene-plawiuk libcom.org tags en http://libcom.org/node/21222 Eugene Plawiuk Wed, 28 May 2008 23:05:56 +0000 Ed 21222 at http://libcom.org http://libcom.org/library/calgary-1919-birth-obu-general-strike-eugene-plawiuk <p>The One Big Union was founded a mere two months before it was baptized by the Winnipeg General Strike. The founding Convention was held in the Calgary Labour Temple (which still stands today, though it has been converted into a Chinese Restaurant).</p> <p><a href="http://libcom.org/library/calgary-1919-birth-obu-general-strike-eugene-plawiuk">read more</a></p> http://libcom.org/library/calgary-1919-birth-obu-general-strike-eugene-plawiuk#comments North America Canada Eugene Plawiuk IWW 1910s general strikes revolutionary wave c.1905-1927 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:01:03 +0000 Ed 17820 at http://libcom.org http://libcom.org/library/edmonton-general-strike-1919-eugene-plawiuk <p>In May of 1919 a heat wave crossed the province. Edmonton had reached temperatures of 85 degrees. Like the heat wave a mood of union militancy was in the air across Alberta, indeed across Western Canada. A strike wave would soon erupt sweeping the West like a prairie fire.</p> <p><a href="http://libcom.org/library/edmonton-general-strike-1919-eugene-plawiuk">read more</a></p> http://libcom.org/library/edmonton-general-strike-1919-eugene-plawiuk#comments North America Canada Eugene Plawiuk IWW 1910s general strikes revolutionary wave c.1905-1927 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:52:02 +0000 Ed 17819 at http://libcom.org