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The BC Labour Heritage Centre Society preserves, documents and presents the rich history of working people in British Columbia. The Society engages in partnerships and projects that help define and express the role that work and workers have played in the evolution of social policy and its impact on the present and future shaping of the province.

We are a registered non-profit society.

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“On the Line: A History of the British Columbia Labour Movement”
by Rod Mickleburgh, published 2018.

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BC Labour Heritage News

Read our latest BC labour history research

Alice West

A Formidable Force for Working Women by Rod Mickleburgh with Donna Sacuta Alice West was a BC union pioneer who died on September 17, 2021 at the age of 95. She devoted much of her Read more…

“UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT”: The BC Tel Strike of 1980-81

This Day in History: Sept. 22, 1980, the TWU Struggle Against the BC Telephone Company Begins Researched and written by Bailey Garden, BCLHC Project Manager The 1980s kicked off in British Columbia with an inspiring Read more…

Articles

“Make It Public!”: The History of HEU’s Fight Against Privatization

Historic Reversal of a Government “Betrayal” Written and researched by Bailey Garden, BCLHC Project Manager On Aug. 30th 2021, the provincial government of BC under the New Democratic Party (BC NDP) announced that dietary and Read more…