Kate Braid Interview: Women in Trades and the Power of Words

Allan Coleman (1907-1974) was Secretary of the Journeymen Barbers’ International Union, Local 120 in Vancouver. In this short interview he covers the union’s origins including its unique structure tha...

Lloyd Edwards came to BC from Trinidad in 1953 and got his first teaching job in 1957 on Texada Island. He taught in several BC communities before settling in Surrey. As President of the Surrey Teache...

BC’s unionized building trades led a valiant effort in the 1980s to fight off the anti-union Social Credit government. It all came to a head in the run-up to Vancouver’s World’s Fair, Expo 86. The pro...

John Calvert was born in Oshawa, Ontario and grew up in London, Ontario. In his late teens, he obtained a commercial pilot’s license, which meant that he could help pay for his post-secondary educatio...

During the Great Depression, unemployed men took to the rails, with the intention of arriving en masse in Ottawa. While they did not reach their destination, this protest lives on in memory. Students ...

This bronze plaque is located at the Unifor Local 2301 office at 235 Enterprise Ave, Kitimat, BC It was developed with the support of Unifor Local 2301 and the Kitimat, Terrace and District Labour Cou...