Podcast
On the Line: Stories of BC Workers
A Canadian labour history storytelling podcast, produced by volunteers & staff of the BC Labour Heritage Centre on unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) territories.
On the Line: Stories of B.C. Workers is hosted by renowned author and former labour reporter Rod Mickleburgh. Research and writing by Patricia Wejr. Technical assistance by John Mabbott.
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Transcripts (PDF):
Ep. 4 – The Vancouver Island Coal Strike
Ep. 7 – Bea Zucco’s Fight for Silicosis Compensation
Ep. 9 – Indigenous Longshoremen and the I.W.W.
Ep 10 – Pins and Needles: A 1930s Garment Workers’ Musical
Ep 11 – Chinese Farmers of Celery City, Armstrong, B.C.
Ep 12 – The Battle of Blubber Bay BC 1938
Ep 13 – Relief Camps of the Great Depression
Ep 14 – The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Ep 18 – How Many Deaths Will It Take: Remembering the Canadian Farmworkers Union