Common Cause: The Story of the Operation Solidarity Coalition, Video, 1984

The Social Credit government launched an all-out assault on social services in July 1983. When the staff of the Tranquille Institution in Kamloops learned they were to be shut down, they fought back. ...

This bronze plaque is located at Quayside Park in New Westminster, BC. It was developed with the support of the Canadian Nautical Research Society. The plaque was cast at Ornamental Bronze, a unionize...

Barry O’Neill’s unionism began on Vancouver Island where he worked for several school districts and was rooted in workplace health and safety. He went on to hold elected positions in CUPE (Canadian Un...

With a population of 2,479 in 1931, the city of Prince George, BC had hundreds of unemployed. That year, a branch of the communist-led National Unemployed Workers Association (NUWA) was established in...

Against all odds, pioneering truck driver Diana Kilmury rose through the ranks of the Teamsters union battling corruption and sexism to eventually be elected as international vice-president. In this e...

In April of 1974, 35-year old Amie Antoshchuk was working as a cook at the Glen Private Hospital in East Vancouver. The hospital housed elderly patients requiring ongoing care. The private hospitals w...