Constructed in 1918-19, this is the first and largest Ukrainian Labour Temple in Canada, built primarily by volunteer labour and financed by donations. Built to a Neo-Classical design prepared by Robert E. Davies of Winnipeg, the Temple contained an auditorium and balcony to seat 1,000 people, as well as classrooms, library and printshop. A 1926 addition provided space for a new printing plant and offices for the Ukrainian Labour-Farmer Temple Association. It remains the national headquarters for the Workers Benevolent Association established at the Temple in 1922.
The Temple was a focus for Ukrainian culture and worker and farmer political activism. As a rallying centre for the trade union movement, it was raided by the police during the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike. The Temple remains the only surviving labour hall associated with the turbulent events of the Strike. The Ukrainian Labour News and other Ukrainian language publications were prepared and distributed from here.
The unity of working people is symbolized over the entrance by two clasping hands reaching across the globe, underscored with Workers of the World Unite.
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Construit en 1918–1819, cet édifice est le premier et le plus gros temple ouvrier ukrainien au Canada; il a été érigé par des ouvriers bénévoles et financé par des dons. De style néoclassique, ce bâtiment, conçu par Robert E. Davies de Winnipeg, contenait un auditorium et un balcon pouvant accueillir 1 000 personnes, de même que des salles de classe, une bibliothèque et une imprimerie. Une annexe construite en 1926 a permis l’installation d’une nouvelle imprimerie et de bureaux pour la Ukrainian Labor-Farmer Temple Association. L’édifice abrite encore aujourd’hui le siège de la Workers Benevolent Association, établie au temple en 1922.
Le temple a été un centre important de la culture ukrainienne et de l’activisme politique ouvrier et fermier. Il a servi de centre de ralliement du mouvement syndical ouvrier et a subi un raid policier pendant la grève générale de Winnipeg de 1919. Le temple est le seul édifice encore présent associé aux événements turbulents de la grève générale. Le Ukrainian Labor News et d’autres publications en ukrainien ont été produits au temple et distribués à partir de cet endroit.
Surplombant l’entrée, l’unité des travailleurs est symbolisée par deux mains jointes au-dessus d’un globe sous lesquelles on lit les mots « Travailleurs de tous les pays, unissez-vous ».
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