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BC Labour Heritage Centre

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, 4 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, 4 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, 5 yearsJuly 3, 2018 ago
Events

Miners Memorial Weekend

33rd Miners Memorial Weekend and Ginger Goodwin Commemoration 2018 by Joey Hartman and Karen Ranalletta 100 years ago, 31-year-old labour organizer Albert “Ginger” Goodwin was shot and killed by special police constable Dan Campbell as he hid in the hills above Cumberland, BC. Goodwin and others in those hills were Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 5 yearsJune 26, 2018 ago
Walking Tours

‘BC Labour History Walking Tours’ App now available on the Apple Store and Google Play

‘BC Labour History Walking Tours’ An app to discover British Columbia’s rich and diverse labour history, now available for free download on both iOS & Android devices May 28, 2018 – Available today, the app BC Labour History Walking Tour offers a journey back in time in British Columbia to Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 5 yearsMay 28, 2018 ago

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