Nobody saw it coming. In February, Quebec’s labor minister, Jean Boulet, of the ruling conservative Coalition for the Future ...

In Winnipeg, tensions would explode. The Winnipeg General Strike culminated in the outbreak of violence. Pictured here, strikers overturn a streetcar during a protest on June 21, 1919.

Over on Main Street, a sculpture of a partially toppled streetcar created by Bernie Miller and Noam Gonick commemorates the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike. The board chair of the Winnipeg Arts ...

Stranded passengers wait at Jorge Newbery airport during a general strike against the austerity measures of President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, April 10, 2025.

Over on Main Street, a sculpture of a partially toppled streetcar created by Bernie Miller and Noam Gonick commemorates the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike. The board chair of the Winnipeg Arts Council ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s trains and subways were disrupted, flights grounded, grain shipments interrupted, deliveries halted and banks shuttered as unions held a general strike ...