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Anti-racism

Grape Boycott

BC labour led a four-year boycott of non-union American grapes The BC labour movement played a crucial role in the international boycott of non-union California grapes between 1966 and 1970. The United Farm Workers’ (UFW) strike began in 1965 near Delano, California but soon spread. The strike became a struggle Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 4 monthsJanuary 29, 2025 ago
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Anyox

400 miners, 100 police, two navy ships and a machine gun Anyox and the 1933 miners’ strike Written and researched by Donna Sacuta Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power Company “owned the souls” of the 1,500 who lived in Anyox, B.C., “from the minerals in the hills, the police station Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 8 monthsOctober 1, 2024 ago
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Injunctions in Labour Disputes

A Symbol of Dissent and Unity researched and written by Donna Sacuta Before British Columbia had modern labour laws, government and the courts frequently used their powers to keep unions under their thumbs, and out of their workplaces. One of their favourite tactics was the use of court injunctions. A Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 10 monthsAugust 6, 2024 ago
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The Italian Labourers’ Strike, July 1910

by Jak King Reproduced with permission from Grandview Heritage Group Originally published November 10, 2022 The summer of 1910 was a hot one for labour across North America. In the first couple of weeks of July, more than fifty thousand garment workers went on strike in New York in a Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 10 monthsJuly 22, 2024 ago
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Strike at IOCO

Worker walkout in 1918 fueled by western labour militancy Researched and written by Donna Sacuta On February 18, 1918, two hundred oil refinery workers at Ioco, B.C. — 30 kilometres east of Vancouver — walked out. It was an expression of the labour militancy spreading across western Canada at the Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 11 monthsJune 27, 2024 ago

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