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Jack Kavanagh

An Irish-Marxist BC Labour Leader written by Donna Sacuta A fiery Irish-Catholic who lost both parents before he turned 12, Jack Kavanagh came to Vancouver in 1908 after serving in the British Army in South Africa during the Boer War. Upon arriving in BC, Kavanagh took up the tile-laying trade Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 4 weeks 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 months2 months ago
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Interviewees Wanted: Solidarity, 1983

(Photo: Solidarity rally at Empire Stadium in Vancouver, August 1983: Simon Fraser University Pacific Tribune Collection) Were you or someone you know involved in the Solidarity Movement of 1983? Do you have stories to share about your experiences? Consider commemorating your participation by sharing these stories in a recorded oral Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 3 years3 years ago
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