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    Strikes and Lockouts

    A strike is the withholding of labour by workers in order to obtain better wages or working conditions. A lockout is the opposite, being the temporary shutdown of a business by an employer to compel employees to accept certain conditions.

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    Tenant League

    Tenant League, popular name for the Tenant Union of Prince Edward Island, a militant agrarian movement fd 19 May 1864 in Charlottetown, PEI.

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    US Strikes Back at Terrorists

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on August 31, 1998. Partner content is not updated.Osama bin Laden is a slender man with a thick black beard, lightened by traces of grey, and soft eyes that give his face a melancholy air. He does not look dangerous, but according to American officials the Saudi Arabian exile, about 40, is the world's leading terrorist.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on August 31, 1998

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    Vancouver Feature: Bloody Sunday

    The following article is a feature from our Vancouver Feature series. Past features are not updated. That stately building at the northwest corner of Hastings and Granville is known as the Sinclair Centre today. It houses federal offices, upscale clothing shops and a small mall. It was once Vancouver’s main Post Office, the site of “Bloody Sunday,” a violent Depression-era clash between police and unemployed workers.

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    West Coast Longshore Strikes 1923 and 1935

    West Coast Longshore Strikes, 1923 and 1935 On 8 Oct 1923 the 1400 members of the International Longshoremen's Assn (ILA) in Vancouver struck for higher wages.

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    Women's Prison Riot

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on March 6, 1995. Partner content is not updated. Shortly after the disturbance, Corrections Canada officials launched their own investigation into the incident. That report, made public last month, concluded that Mary Cassidy, who was warden of the maximum-security prison during the unrest, was justified in calling in the riot squad.

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    Women's Prison Riot Report

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on April 15, 1996. Partner content is not updated.

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    WTO Seattle Riots

    It was a remarkable, and perhaps prophetic, closing chapter to the millennium.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on December 13, 1999

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