Advertisement placed in the Vancouver Sun, June 25, 1919.
The Winnipeg Citizens Committee placed similar advertisements in newspapers across Canada. Here the Committee called for solidarity among the managerial and professional classes just as the workers had called for support from their brothers. They also displayed their concern over the spread of Bolshevism. While some members of the Committee might have feared a Russian-style revolution in Canada, other members played upon this fear, hoping to blacken the strikers with the brush of Bolshevism. The Vancouver workers proceeded with their strike, despite opposition. Because they maintained essential services, avoiding the contentious permit cards used in Winnipeg, they were not as easily branded as revolutionaries, The Vancouver strike lasted until July 4 eight days after the Winnipeg strike ended. It was never as all-embracing as the Winnipeg strike.
