A [partial?] transcript of a meeting of the Special Committee on Investigation of the Fire Department held on March 5, 1920, in which the committee was hearing suggestions for ways to improve the efficiency of the Fire Department. Several firemen let go during the General Strike used this as an opportunity to voice their dissent.
Winnipeg (Man.). Special Committee on Investigation of the Fire Department
Contains several requests to replace, return, or hand out new special constable badges that gave certain City staff such as inspectors their authority. Note that this does not include the Special Police Constables used during the General Strike.
A letter from G.A. Harrison, Superintendent of Public Baths, to M. Peterson, Secretary of the Committee on Finance, asking for a replacement Special Police badge as he lost his during the strike.
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.
Correspondence related to a request by J.G. Glassco, Manager of the Light and Power Department, that those staff in his department that continued to work during the strike be paid overtime.
A letter from J.G. Glassco, Manager of the City Light and Power Department, to the Committee on Finance, recommending that overtime be paid to those who continued to work during the strike.
A letter from M. Peterson, Secretary of the Committee on Finance, to J.G. Glassco, Manager of the City Light and Power Department, agreeing with his recommendation that workers who stayed on after the strike began on May 15 be paid overtime.
A letter from M. Peterson, Secretary of the Committee on Finance, to the Committee on Fire, Water, Light, and Power, regarding overtime being paid to City Light and Power Department workers who did not go on strike.
A letter from C.J. Brown, City Clerk, to Committee on Finance, informing it that the Committee on Fire, Water, Light, and Power has agreed that City Light and Power Department employees who did not go on strike be paid overtime.
A letter from the M. Peterson, Secretary of the Committee on Finance, to W.H. Evanson, City Comptroller, informing him that it was decided that City employees who continued to work during the strike will be paid overtime.
A letter from M. Peterson, Secretary of the Committee on Finance, to J.G. Glassco, Manager of City Light and Power Department, informing him that he may pay overtime to employees that continued to work 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 job application to the Accounting Department from Rose Jeffires, submitted during the General Strike. The oath forbidding employees from engaging in strike action - the Slave Pact - is featured prominently.
A letter from M. Peterson, Secretary of Committee on Finance, to W.H. Evanson, City Comptroller, informing him that the Committee has agreed to the hiring of Rose Jeffires (misspelled "Jeffiers").
A letter from H.C. Thompson, City Treasurer, to Committee on Finance, listing all employees of the Treasurer's Department that went out on strike on May 15.
Correspondence related to a request by W.P. Brereton, City Engineer, that those staff in his department that continued to work during the strike be paid overtime.
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 the City Clerk's Office to W.P. Brereton, City Engineer, informing him that Council ordered overtime be paid to those employees that worked during the strike.
A letter from C.J. Brown, City Clerk, to the Committee on Finance, informing them that the Committee on Health has given the Chief Health Inspector full power to increase the wages of garbage collectors if needed during the strike.
A letter from C.J. Brown, City Clerk, to the Committee on Finance, informing them that the Committee on Health has given the Chief Health Inspector full power to increase the wages of garbage collectors if needed during the strike.
