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BC Labour Heritage Centre

Arts & Music

The Day Led Zeppelin Became Part of the Union

On February 1, 1975 members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), at CKLG AM Radio (known as “LG73”) in Vancouver went on strike for a first contract. The disc jockeys and news staff walked out, locked the doors and left a pro-union song playing on-air in a continuous Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 6 yearsJanuary 31, 2019 ago
Education

Helena Gutteridge & The Toy-Making Co-operative

Did you know that October is Women’s History Month in Canada? This year’s theme is #MakeAnImpact – we would like to highlight a woman in BC’s labour history who certainly did just that. Helena Gutteridge, ca. 1911 – City of Vancouver Archives [371-2693] The 1912 recession was difficult for all Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 7 years ago
In the Archives

Archival Find Confirms 1935 Golden Tale from ‘On-to-Ottawa’ Trek

The On-to-Ottawa Trek in 1935 is a fabled part of Canada’s social history.  Thousands of unemployed men, frustrated with the lack of compassion from government to their plight, boarded CPR freight trains in Vancouver with a plan to confront Prime Minister RB Bennett in Ottawa. After receiving a cool reception Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 7 yearsOctober 11, 2018 ago
Strikes

The Ginger Goodwin General Strike

by Rod Mickleburgh Originally published in the Mickleblog August 2, 2018 At 12 o’clock sharp on Aug. 2, 1918 – one hundred years ago today –Vancouver transit operators stopped their streetcars in mid-route, drove them to the barns and walked home. The city’s normally bustling waterfront fell silent, as 2,000 Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 7 yearsAugust 7, 2018 ago
Strikes

Hiring Halls and Company Favouritism on the Waterfront

The International Longshore Association disappeared from the waterfront in BC following their 1923 strike. The union was broken by employers in the Shipping Federation of BC, and a company union was put in place. Favouritism in hiring was rampant. As the economy worsened in the 1930s new militant longshore unions Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 7 yearsJuly 3, 2018 ago

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