BC Teacher Newspaper 1919 – 2017

Bob Waghorn grew up in North Vancouver. In this interview, he shares memories of accompanying his Teamster father, the last milkman in Vancouver to deliver milk by horse. He trained as a mechanic and ...

This bronze plaque is located inside the CUPE Local 15 office, 545 West 10th Ave, Vancouver BC. It was developed with the support of CUPE Local 15. The plaque was cast at Ornamental Bronze, a unionize...

This bronze plaque is located along Dewdney Trunk Road at 248 Street in Maple Ridge, BC. It was developed with the support of the BC Federation of Labour. The plaque was cast at Ornamental Bronze, a u...

Denise Kellahan became active in the Union FASWOC (Food and Service Workers of Canada) while she was working at the White Spot restaurant as a single mother with two small children. She helped shepher...

The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike is widely commemorated as a landmark moment in Canadian labour history. In Vancouver, 10,000 workers joined a sympathy strike, staying off the job for nearly a month. ...

On February 18, 1918, two hundred oil refinery workers at Ioco, BC — 30 kilometres east of Vancouver — walked off the job. Provincial constables were immediately dispatched to Ioco for special duty, e...