COMMITTEE REPORTS
Teachers Join In Solidarity Parade
Reprinted with permission from the Manitoba Teachers' Society
H
undreds of Manitoba public school teachers
joined with hundreds of others in a parade
to commemorate the 1919 Winnipeg General
Strike.
Delegates to the MTS Annual General Meeting
took a break from business on Saturday, May 25, to
join hundreds of other Manitobans in the solidarity
parade through downtown Winnipeg.
The 1919 strike began just weeks after the
Manitoba Teachers’ Federation (which became The
Manitoba Teachers’ Society) was created. Much
of the AGM was in celebration of the formation of
the union and the accomplishments achieved for
teachers, students and public education in general.
History was on full display at this year’s meeting
with displays of documents and artifacts, a
reproduction of the first issue of The Manitoba
Teacher (then called The Bulletin) and the unveiling
of a website dedicated to the Society’s first 100
years.
The history website can be accessed from the
homepage of the main MTS site at www.mbteach.org
Life Members
August 2019
Derwyn Davies, Winnipeg, MB
Luther E. Judt, Winnipeg, MB
Doreen Langdon, Winnipeg, MB
Marie Montsion, Winnipeg, MB
10 n RTAM KIT Winter 2019
September 2019
Frank E. Basiuk, Brandon, MB
Lloyd R. Franklin, Winnipeg, MB
Jennie Goldstine, Winnipeg, MB
James Aitken Henderson, Ladysmith, BC
Isabelle MacDonald, Winnipeg, MB
Abe Siemens, Winnpeg, MB
October 2019
Betty I. Bartush, Winnipeg, MB
Norma C. Daly, Winnipeg, MB
Michael Raymond Joshua, Winnipeg, MB
Meroslaw Lakusta, Winnipeg, MB
Dirpaul Ramkissoon, Winnipeg, MB
Alvin James Wieler, Winnipeg, MB