1946 Stelco strike

The 1946 Stelco strike was a strike by Stelco steelworkers in Hamilton, Ontario in July 1946.28 August 1946 1946 Stelco Strike https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/audio/1.436665 25 June 2024 CBC Radio Canada25 June 2024 1946 Strike https://hamiltoncivicmuseums.ca/exhibition/brightside/1946-2/1946-strike-strike-stories/ 25 June 2024 Hamilton Civic Museum Strike On 14 July, the workers met at the Playhouse Theatre on Sherman Avenue and voted in favour of strike action. Their demands included a 40-hour week, increased salaries, and recognition of Local 1005.21 August 2021 The 1946 Stelco strike changed the face of Hamilton https://www.thespec.com/life/hamilton-region/the-1946-stelco-strike-changed-the-face-of-hamilton/article_115397fe-0934-58c7-8f12-3ff170bca2be.html 25 June 2024 The Hamilton Spectator On 15 July, the workers walked off the job and the strike began. As workers from other unions in the city joined, the strike would reach 20% of Hamilton's industrial workforce at its height, and received support from Hamilton mayor Samuel Lawrence.15 July 2019 July 15, 1946: Stelco strike changes the face of labour https://www.thespec.com/life/hamilton-region/july-15-1946-stelco-strike-changes-the-face-of-labour/article_d75d3c85-a041-5255-915c-e4a416a3c989.html 25 June 2024 The Hamilton Spectator During the strike, Bill Scandlan, a nail maker who had begun working at the factory just before the start of World War II, was named as the entertainment coordinator for the workers, including arranging baseball games and appearances by Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger.30 October 2019 Bill Scandlan kept up morale during the great Stelco strike of 1946 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/bill-scandlan-1.5338052 Craggs Samantha 25 June 2024 CBC News Frank Tunney would organise a wrestling competition in support of the strike.https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/cradle/html/siege1.htm The strike saw some violence, with Stelco hiring several hundred strikebreakers to attack the picket lines on the second day of the strike.15 July 2019 1946 Strike https://uswa1005.ca/1946-strike/ 25 June 2024 United Steelworkers of America Local 1005 Nora Frances Henderson, the first woman to be elected to the Hamilton city council, opposed the strike. On 4 October 1946, the strike ended as workers voted 2173 to 112 to accept an agreement. Aftermath Samuel Lawrence would win the 1946 Hamilton, Ontario, municipal election, held in December. Bill Scandlan, the strike's entertainment coordinator, would go on to run for the federal parliament with the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in the Hamilton West riding in the 1957 and 1958 elections, later becoming Ontario NDP vice-president in the 1960s. In April 1947, the city would demolish Woodlands Park, a city park that served as a frequent gathering spot for the striking workers.20 July 2022 'Ghost Landscape' installation tells story of Woodlands Park role in Hamilton's labour history https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/union-heritage-woodlands-park-1.6525686 Nickerson Cara 25 June 2024 CBC News Legacy Rob Kristofferson of Wilfrid Laurier University has called the strike "a huge event in the city's history," saying that it "resembled a general strike."12 July 2021 Veteran of the ’46 Stelco strike remembers the bitter labour battle 75 years ago https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/flashbacks-hamilton/veteran-of-the-46-stelco-strike-remembers-the-bitter-labour-battle-75-years-ago/article_c02960e9-a7a7-5c3b-9aa8-2b4e8386ae32.html McNeil Mark 25 June 2024 The Hamilton Spectator In 2017, the CBC described it as "one of the most significant strikes and labour force conflicts in national history."1 July 2017 Canada 150: 7 Hamilton moments that matter for Canada https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/canada-150-7-hamilton-moments-that-matter-for-canada-1.4173770 CBC News 3 April 2026 See also Economic history of Hamilton, Ontario References Category:1946 labor disputes and strikes Category:Labour disputes in Ontario Category:20th century in Hamilton, Ontario Category:July 1946 in North America Category:1946 in Ontario Category:Manufacturing industry strikes in Canada Category:History of the steel industry in Ontario Category:Steel industry strikes