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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Saturday, June 28, 2003 ::
Labourers' struggle ended in bloodshed
Strikebreaking, 1843-style, did not go to arbitration. When canal workers at Beauharnois downed tools seeking more money, fewer hours and the right to buy their food from farmers, it ended in riot and gunfire.
The Riot Act was read, and ultimately the troops were ordered to fire upon them, which they did, the rioters immediately dispersing in all directions. We regret to add, while we fully acknowledge the painful necessity, that the result of the firing was three men killed, five wounded and twenty-three prisoners taken.
- The Gazette, Wednesday, June 14, 1843------------------------------------------- posted 12:58 PM :: reference link ::
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