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The Tragic Death of Longshoreman Clarence Clemons

Written and researched by Bailey Garden Born January 27, 1900 in Alberta, Clarence Clemons moved to British Columbia from Edmonton sometime in 1937. He soon found work on the docks as a longshoreman employed by Empire Stevedoring Co. and settled into the predominantly black neighbourhood of Strathcona in East Vancouver. The heart of this Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 11 months11 months ago
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Never Give Up the Ship: The Raid on the SS Bawnmore

Written and researched by Donna Sacuta JANUARY 18, 1893: A light snow fell on Nanaimo harbour. The British steamer Bawnmore – a coastal freighter carrying a non-union crew – was anchored at Esplanade Wharf. The crew had not been paid for months. Shortly after 11 pm a small boat pulled Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 12 months12 months ago
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The People Paint: BC Artists and the Victory of Democracy Over Fascism

by Donna Sacuta The Labor Arts Guild: An Ambitious Wartime Project In November 1944 and again in 1945 — as the Second World War neared its end — two art exhibitions celebrating labour took place at the Vancouver Art Gallery. The first exhibition included 150 works; in 1945 there were Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 1 year1 year ago
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George Casey: Prince Rupert’s Labour Watchdog

Throughout his 50 years in Prince Rupert, George Bernard Casey was a steadfast representative of the working class and its union organizations. Born in Ontario in 1876, George Casey headed to the United States as a young man where he spent time as a “hobo”, ending up in jail on Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 1 year1 year ago
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Early Labour Day Parades

by Bob McDonald This article is reprinted from the May 2019 Vancouver Historical Society newsletter. Bob McDonald, one of BC’s leading historians, passed away on June 19, 2019. This image is from a Labour Day parade on Hastings Street in Vancouver in the late 1890s. Here we see a forty-foot Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 1 year1 year ago

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