The Winnipeg General Strike is a topic that has been incredibly detailed by Canadian historians since events unfolded in the summer of 1919. It is the largest strike in Canadian history, and it featured over 30,000 workers leaving their jobs from May 15^th to June 25^th, 1919. The Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council and the Central Strike Committee led the strike and were opposed by the Citizens Committee, a group of powerful businessmen and politicians from the city. They were convinced the strike was begun by the Bolsheviks and other immigrants from Eastern Europe. Strike leaders were arrested, and the protests escalated until eventually on Bloody Saturday on June 19^th, the North-West Mounted Police killed two protestors and injured thirty others. The main goal of most strikers was to receive better wages, better working conditions, collective bargaining, and the ability of industrial unionism (Camfield, 60) (Kramer, 12).