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Past & Present

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“UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT”: The BC Tel Strike of 1980-81

This Day in History: Sept. 22, 1980, the TWU Struggle Against the BC Telephone Company Begins Researched and written by Bailey Garden, BCLHC Project Manager The 1980s kicked off in British Columbia with an inspiring example of workers using new tactics to cope with an aggressively anti-union employer. The BC Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 1 yearSeptember 22, 2021 ago
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“Make It Public!”: The History of HEU’s Fight Against Privatization

Historic Reversal of a Government “Betrayal” Written and researched by Bailey Garden, BCLHC Project Manager On Aug. 30th 2021, the provincial government of BC under the New Democratic Party (BC NDP) announced that dietary and housekeeping workers in the healthcare industry would be brought back into the public domain after Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 1 yearSeptember 9, 2021 ago
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The Battle of Kelly’s Cut

Prince Rupert’s Fight Over Labour Rights, 110 Years Ago Written by Bailey Garden, BCLHC Project Manager; Research by Bailey Garden & Rod Mickleburgh The Industrial Workers of the World, otherwise known as the IWW or the Wobblies, were the most radical labour organization North America has ever seen. They weren’t Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 2 yearsApril 6, 2021 ago
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“Grudge not the poor miner his food”: Rebecca Gibbs, Barkerville Laundress and Poet

Written and researched by Bailey Garden, BCLHC Project Manager Much of the colonial history of this province has centered the perspectives of white male settlers who came in search of gold and glory. While gold miners tended to work on their own claims, some of the earliest labour organizing in Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 2 yearsFebruary 23, 2021 ago
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BC’s Union Barbershop

It Was No Holiday! BC’s only union barber reflects on the COVID shutdown of 2020 Photos by Joshua Berson Written by Donna Sacuta Photographer Joshua Berson caught up with Guy Quesnel at Elk’s Barbershop, 771 6th Street in New Westminster to find out how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected him Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 2 yearsSeptember 23, 2020 ago

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