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A socialist funeral for ‘Mrs Kavanagh’

Hilda Harvey Kavanagh died in second wave of 1919 Spanish Flu by Donna Sacuta, BCLHC Executive Director British Columbia experienced three waves of the “Spanish Flu” epidemic in 1918-19. As many as 1,000 people died in Vancouver alone over 15 months of the influenza. Health officials were baffled by the Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 5 yearsNovember 19, 2020 ago
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A Historic Pier, In Flames

Written and researched by Bailey Garden (Note: Bailey previously worked with the (Re)Claiming the New Westminster Waterfront research project, content which is referenced in this article) In a week where the Lower Mainland of British Columbia is blanketed with smoke from unprecedented wildfires along the US West Coast, the ferocious Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 5 yearsSeptember 16, 2020 ago
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Uniting Workers Across Ethnic Divides

by Rod Mickleburgh With the end of the Depression, labour’s long hostility towards Asian workers slowly began to change. The International Woodworkers of America led the way by hiring three non-Caucasian organizers to break down the barriers of race and unite workers across ethnic divides in the forest industry’s diverse Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 5 yearsJuly 30, 2020 ago
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The Tragic Death of Longshoreman Clarence Clemens

Born January 27, 1900 in Alberta, Clarence Clemens moved to British Columbia from Edmonton sometime in 1937. He soon found work on the docks as a longshoreman employed by Empire Stevedoring Co. and settled into the predominantly black neighbourhood of Strathcona in East Vancouver. The heart of this community was known as Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 5 yearsFebruary 18, 2020 ago
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George Casey: Prince Rupert’s Labour Watchdog

Throughout his 50 years in Prince Rupert, George Bernard Casey was a steadfast representative of the working class and its union organizations. Born in Ontario in 1876, George Casey headed to the United States as a young man where he spent time as a “hobo”, ending up in jail on Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 6 yearsAugust 29, 2019 ago

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