A letter from the City Clerk's Office to Alderman J. Blumberg, informing him that Council appointed him to the Social Welfare Commission during the absence of Aldermen A.A. Heaps and John Queen.
A letter from the City Clerk's Office to G.B. Clarke, Secretary of the Social Welfare Commission, informing him that Alderman J. Blumberg has been appointed to the Commission in the absence of Aldermen John Queen and A.A. Heaps.
By-law number 10589, It amending By-law number 10020 (pensions of civic employees) to provide those who participated in the General Strike credit for their employment prior to the strike, rather than having to start over as new employees.
Forms part of Series 54. Subseries consists of minutes for the Committee on Finance, a standing committee of Council. The minutes of the Finance Committee contain a wide range of information relating to works undertaken by the City, employment practices, contract administration and policy implementation. Minutes of the Finance Committee also contain financial information for all other committees, which were required to report to the Finance Committee on any budget items. Indexes are included.
A letter from M. Peterson, Secretary of the Committee on Finance, to G.A. Harrison, Superintendent of Public Baths, informing him that he has been authorized to be supplied with a Special Police badge to replace the one he lost during the strike.
Job applications to various City departments, many of which were submitted during the General Strike and feature the Slave Pact that required City employees to agree not to take strike action.
A letter from W.P. Brereton, City Engineer, to M. Peterson, Secretary of the Committee on Finance, requesting that employees who continued to work during the strike be paid overtime.
A letter from M. Peterson, Secretary for the Committee on Finance, to the Committee on Fire, Water, Light, and Power regarding volunteers who worked in the Engineering and Electrical departments during the General Strike.
A letter from J.E. Buchanan, Chief of the Fire Department, to M. Peterson, Committee on Finance, referring him to C.D. Sheppard of the Citizens Committee of One Thousand, who was responsible for the volunteer fire brigade that operated during the strike.
A letter from M. Peterson, Secretary of the Committee on Finance, to the Committee on Fire, Water, Light, and Power, asking that they submit a list of volunteers who manned the fire stations during the strike.
Reports created by the Chief Health Inspector regarding the destruction of food stuffs that took place during the General Strike and the following month.
A letter from M. Peterson, Secretary for the Committee on Finance, to J.H. Pearson, Chief Health Inspector, instructing him to prepare a report on the quantity and value of food stuffs destroyed during the General Strike and the following month.
A report from J.H. Pearson, Chief Health Inspector, to F.O. Fowler, Acting Mayor, regarding the quantity and value of food stuffs destroyed during the General Strike and the month that followed. A report on the same from May 15 to June 31, 1918 is included for comparison.
Correspondence between Jean Arsin of the Winnipeg Publicity Studio and the Committee on Finance regarding the purchase of a film the former had made about the General Strike.
A letter from M. Peterson, Secretary of the Committee on Finance, to five casual employees of the Street Commissioner's Department, informing them that their petition for compensation due to having been laid off during the strike came before the Committee on Finance.
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.