Journeymen Barbers Union Locals 120 & 372 Fonds

Labour’s May Day (sometimes called International Workers’ Day) on the first of May has been held around the world for over 120 years. In many countries May 1 is a statutory holiday. Workers’ May Days ...

While documenting the events of the 1938 Relief Camp Workers sit-down strikes and occupations in downtown Vancouver, this film presents their reasons for the protest, and the radically differing react...

In this far-reaching conversation, Lee Loftus discusses his experiences as a third-generation insulator, and union member and executive with the Heat and Frost Insulators Union Local 118 in British Co...

Barney McGuire (1916-1995) was a hardrock miner, born and raised in Alice Arm, BC In 1933 he began working in mines throughout BC, the Yukon, Northwest Territories and later in eastern Canada after be...

Originally compiled in 2019....

Emmitt Holmes (1924-2005) came to British Columbia in the 1940s from Saskatchewan and was the only black member of the Vancouver Local of the International Woodworkers of America (IWA Local 1-217) whe...