The Winnipeg General Strike involved members of which unions?

• A. Building and Metal Trade Councils
• B. Agricultural Workers Union
• C. Miners' Union
• D. Teachers' Union

Answer: (A)

The key idea here is how urban workers organized their big labor action through coordinated unions. The Winnipeg General Strike was led by the city’s skilled-trades networks, with the Building and Metal Trades Councils playing a central role in mobilizing workers across construction and metal-related trades. These councils, operating under the umbrella of Winnipeg’s trades and labor organizations, provided the structure, discipline, and solidarity needed to shut down large parts of the city’s economy in 1919. Because of that prominent leadership and participation, this option best fits the event. The other groups—agricultural workers, miners, and teachers—were either rural, resource-extraction, or education-sector unions and were not the primary organizers of Winnipeg’s general strike.