The Western Labor Conference[1] was a radical Canadian labour convention held March 13-15, 1919, in Calgary.
[5] The British Columbia Federation of Labour, which was viewed as the most militant of any of the attending groups of delegates, proposed several resolutions.
[2] They included a six-hour work day, the end of Allied interference in Russia, severance of ties to international unions outside of Canada, the end of the political imprisonment of Canadian citizens, and the acknowledgement of the impediment of labour movements under the capitalist economic system.
If these demands were not met by the Canadian government by June 1, 1919, the newly formed One Big Union would call for a general strike.
In its place, the conference agreed to form a committee that would familiarize Canadian workers with the concept of One Big Union.