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Peter Heenan, Andrew Gilhuly, and Geo Burt discuss the wartime glass strike situation
Circa 1943
Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada


Credits:
Wallaceburg & District Museum
Photographer, Roy Mathany

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In conclusion there were both positive and negative results due to the strike. Sanderson outlined that war production was hurt. While other Canadians demonstrated that the Wallaceburg strike helped initiate the conversation to change the collective bargaining laws in Ontario. There were people on both sides of the debate. The lasting impact the strike had, as a catalyst for legislative change, suggests that the long-term affects far outweighed the short-term consequences. On March 29, 1943, the "glass town strike" ended. This was after 59 days of picketing, $75 000 dollars in lost wages, and at a cost of $7 499.70 to the provincial government for additional police services rendered.