West Hastings looking west from Cambie, 1919 Vancouver’s second general strike was called in sympathy with the Winnipeg General Strike in May 1919. Street car operators were one of the groups that walked off the job, leaving Vancouver without public transit from 5 June until 30 June. To undermine the strikers, jitneys - which had been banned as unfair competition to the street cars - were allowed to operate for the duration of the strike. Source: Photo by Stuart Thomson (cropped), City of Vancouver Archives #99-232
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West Hastings looking west from Cambie, 1919

Vancouver’s second general strike was called in sympathy with the Winnipeg General Strike in May 1919. Street car operators were one of the groups that walked off the job, leaving Vancouver without public transit from 5 June until 30 June. To undermine the strikers, jitneys - which had been banned as unfair competition to the street cars - were allowed to operate for the duration of the strike.

Source: Photo by Stuart Thomson (cropped), City of Vancouver Archives #99-232

Source: searcharchives.vancouver.ca

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