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Strikes

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

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