A letter from C.J Brown, City Clerk, to the Committee on Finance, enclosing a letter sent by W.W. Lefeaux, Honourary Secretary of the Winnipeg Central Labor Council of the One Big Union, requesting the City provide a band for a Labour Day event.
Contains records regarding the request by firemen that who had returned to work after going on strike that their pensions not start over as if they were new employees.
Correspondence regarding request from Winnipeg Public School Board to be reimbursed for use of their facilities and labour for food, milk, and ice distribution during the General Strike.
Contains pension information about employees leaving the City’s service, drafting notes for pension By-law 10589, and correspondence regarding the pensions of employees who participated in the 1919 General Strike.
Correspondence regarding the settlement of a dispute between the City and former Police Chief Donald MacPherson regarding his pension. MacPherson was let go during the General Strike.
A report from J.H. Pearson, Chief Health Inspector, to the Health Committee on scavenging and crematory operations for May, 1919. It records ammounts of refuse removed and cremated, dollars spent, and other statistics. There is also a comparison to May, 1918.
A report by the Health Department, Communicable Diseases Division for June, 1919, submitted to A.J. Douglas, Medical Health Officer. Statistics are listed for various diseases and the operational difficulties caused by the General Strike are addressed.
File pertaining to the General Strike of 1919, including records from various origins sent to or from the Mayor's office relating either to the strike itself or its fallout. Included are letters from citizens commending or condemning the City's actions during the strike.
Contains job applications submitted to the City Surveyor from 1919-1924, all of which feature the Slave Pact agreement that civic employees began to have to sign after the General Strike that essentially forbade them from taking any strike action.
A bound collection of communications sent by the Parks Board to various recipients between December, 1918, and May, 1920. A recipient index is attached in the back. Individual pages are on thin, semi-transparent paper.
A report submitted to A.J. Douglas, Chief Health officer, regarding dairy inspection for the month of June, 1919. It is noted that, due to the General Strike, special inspections and deliveries were made in cooperation with the Food Committee.
Letter from C.J. Brown, City Clerk, to T.H. Hooper, Operating Superintendent of Waterworks Department, regarding Council's confirmation of the actions of the Board of Control in regards to striking employees.
Letter from C.J. Brown, City Clerk, to Robert Ringland of the Winnipeg Firemen's Association Local No. 14 discussing the formation of a Special Committee to help end the municipal strike.
Letter from W.M. Coburn, Secretary and Business Agent of the International Union of Steam and Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 498, to the City Clerk's Office, expressing displeasure of City funds being used for anti-strike advertisements.
Letter from E. Robinson, Secretary and Business Agent of the Winnipeg Trades and Labor Council, to C.J. Brown, City Clerk, pledging its support to the striking civic workers, and calling on Council to capitulate to the strikers.