The Strike That Wasn’t : Teachers’ “Strike” Brandon, 1922

Thin card covers, 136 pages, 5.75x8.75 in - 15x22 cm, B&W photographs.

Covers creased and worn at corners and edges. Front cover scratched, back cover stained. Bottom edge lightly stained. Title page marked in ink and stamped by previous owner, p.5 stamped by previous owner. Many pages lightly soiled or stained, all pages readable

In this volume, former President of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society Margaret Mann recounts a 1922 conflict between the Brandon School Board and its teachers. In February, the Board announced a substantial pay reduction followed by the termination of all contracts (with budget-adjusted contracts beginning May 1). Rejecting the terms, all teachers under the Board’s employ were dismissed on April 30. Mann explains the factors behind the Board’s proposal, examines media coverage of the dismissals, sketches the Board’s attempts to find replacement teachers, and traces the post-dismissal careers of various teachers. Throughout, she relies on newspaper coverage as well as documents produced by both the Teachers’ Society (then, the Manitoba Teachers’ Federation) and Brandon School Board. Errata slip.