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On to Ottawa Trek 75th |
Highlights from the June 06, 2010 celebration at Crab Park, Vancouver to mark the 75th Anniversary of the 1935 On to Ottawa Trek. |
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On to Ottawa!: On June 3, 1935 more than 1200 single unemployed men, members of the Relief Camp Workers' Union, hopped freights in Vancouver determined to take their demands for "Work and Wages" to the federal government in Ottawa. Police violently dispersed the trekkers in Regina on July 1 arresting the leaders, beating and hospitalizing many more. Nevertheless the trek has become a seminal event in Canadian labour history. It led directly to unemployment insurance and other social programs. |
Highlights video RT: 8:48 |
working TV #474 Pt. 1 of 3 RT: 10:53 |
working TV #474 Pt. 2 of 3 RT: 10:36 |
working TV #474 Pt. 3 of 3 RT: 5:26 |
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