About Us
The BC Labour Heritage Centre was founded in 2004 with Jack Munro as Chair. We preserve, document and present the rich history of working people in British Columbia.
Our People
Board of Directors
Compensation Employees’ Union and SORWUC activist
Past President (retired), Vancouver & District Labour Council
Retired Historian, Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC (FPSE)
Assoc Executive Director, BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF)
Regional Vice-President, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) BC
Executive Director, BC Building Trades
Senior Trustee-Elect, Hospital Employees’ Union
Labour history author
Retired teacher
Retired labour and community activist
Retired labour journalist
Regional Director, Canadian Labour Congress
Second Vice-President, The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Canada
Retired Business Agent, Insulators Local 118
Executive Director, BC Federation of Labour
Retired journalist, author
Secretary Treasurer, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 15
Retired Staff Representative, United Steelworkers
BCGEU activist
Retired Research Representative, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
Our Staff
Supporters
Sponsoring Unions
Although funding for projects is often raised outside of the trade union movement, the BC Labour Heritage Centre relies upon the ongoing financial support of its sponsoring unions in order to continue its operations from year to year.
Sustaining Supporters
The following organizations have made a commitment to supporting BC labour history with an annual donation.
- Victory Square Law Office
- The Boag Foundation
- Community Savings Credit Union
- Pacific Blue Cross
- IATSE Local 891
- Heat and Frost Insulators Local 118
- IUOE Local 115
- ILWU Canada
- CUPE Metropolitan Vancouver District Council
- UA Local 170
We acknowledge the in-kind support received from United Steelworkers Local 1-1937.