Historical Resources

BC at Work, Episode 10, was first broadcast on November 6, 1988. It was produced by Michael Morgan and Associates...

BC at Work, Episode 9, was first broadcast on October 30, 1988. It was produced by Michael Morgan and Associates...

BC at Work, Episode 7, was first broadcast on October 16, 1988. It was produced by Michael Morgan and Associates...

Norman T. Richards (1922-2000) joined the BC Government Employees' Association (BCGEA) in the early 1950s, becoming active after a public...

This interview was conducted by journalist Rod Mickleburgh with Syd Thompson around the time of his retirement. Thompson was president...

BC at Work, Episode 6, was first broadcast on October 9, 1988. It was produced by Michael Morgan and Associates...

BC at Work, Episode 5, was first broadcast on October 2, 1988. It was produced by Michael Morgan and Associates...

BC at Work, Episode 4, was first broadcast on September 25, 1988. It was produced by Michael Morgan and Associates...

Preserving Our Past, Preparing Our Future records the history of the BC Labour Heritage Centre from its establishment in 2004...

Mike Kramer (d. 1995) was a national representative of CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees) and Secretary-Treasurer of the BC...

BC at Work, Episode 3, was first broadcast on September 18, 1988. It was produced by Michael Morgan and Associates...

John Cunningham “Jack” McVicar (1893-1971) was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 213 in Vancouver...

There's never a bad time to talk about unions! This 60-second video, produced by the National Union of Provincial Government...

Joy Langan (1943-2009) trained as the first woman apprentice compositor at Pacific Press in Vancouver. As a member of the...

John Murray "Jack" Campbell (1882-1969) came to Canada from Ireland in 1906, working at various jobs including on the Canadian...

BC at Work, Episode 2, was first broadcast on September 11, 1988. It was produced by Michael Morgan and Associates...

BC at Work, Episode 8, was first broadcast on October 23, 1988. It was produced by Michael Morgan and Associates...

This rare interview with Lew Perry was featured in BC at Work, a public affairs television program produced in 1988...

This interview with Ernest Leslie (Les) Walker (1899-1974) details the history of the Mine-Mill union in Trail, British Columbia, its...

The BC Workers’ News was published by the Communist Party beginning in 1935. It changed its title several times in...

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada has been successfully representing working people in British Columbia since 1948.

Harry Haywood Woodside’s (1890-1973) first work experience was in building the Lake Buntzen diversion tunnel at Coquitlam in 1909. His...

Jack Henderson (1880-1968) was a labour activist and community leader in Vancouver, Canada. Henderson discusses his long involvement in the...

Jack Hanson provides a detailed account of the early history of the Rossland Miners Union (Western Federation of Miners, Local...

John David (Jack) Harrington (1879 – 1970), recounts his long history with the labour and socialist movements in North America,...

William Arthur (Bill) Pritchard (1888-1981) was a major figure in BC labour and politics. Born in England, Pritchard came to...

The Hospital Employees' Union's newsletter was launched as a mimeographed publication in 1950 and then reborn as the Hospital Guardian...

These two key newspapers were published in the United States, and were widely read in British Columbia where the IWW...

The Industrial World newspaper was published in Rossland, BC from 1899 to 1901. It was the weekly predecessor to The...

Founder and leader of the Socialist Party of Canada, E.T. Kingsley edited the Labor Star in Vancouver in 1919. Richard...

The Labor Statesman was a significant newspaper dedicated to labor unity and a higher standard of living for workers. Affordable...

The Lardeau Eagle was founded in 1900 by Parm Pettipiece in Ferguson, BC. Pettipiece was one of the founders of...

On the Level began as a mimeographed publication in 1961, published by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, Local...

The Pacific Tribune, was a consistent source of reporting and analysis of labour movements and people's struggles in British Columbia....

Project News was a publication of the Relief Project Workers' Union (RPWU) The RPWU was successor to the Relief Camp...

The Red Flag was launched by the Socialist Party of Canada (SPC) in 1918 when The Western Clarion was banned...

The Rossland Evening World was a four-page daily newspaper established on May Day 1901 in Rossland, BC, dedicated to supporting...

The Fisherman bi-weekly newspaper documents shore workers and other labourers working in the fishing industry. Canneries, Indigenous peoples, commercial fishing...

The Voice of the Federation was the newspaper for the Maritime Federation of the Pacific, a consortium of unions that...

The Waterfront Worker was a newsletter published by an anonymous group of rank and file longshoremen from 1932-1936 which galvanized...

The Western Clarion was a pivotal publication in Canadian labour and socialist history. From 1903 to its final issue in...

This item is a single issue of Federation News and Views dated December 12, 1952, Vancouver, BC, a publication of...

Solidarity Times published nine editions between October and December 1983 during the Solidarity movement in British Columbia. The newspaper was...

BC District Union News was published by the BC, Yukon and Northwest Territories locals of the International Union of Mine,...

The Lumber Worker collection comprises digitized newspapers from 1938-2006, published by the International Woodworkers of America (IWA), the most prominent...

The BC Teachers' Federation has produced a regular publication each school year since 1919 to highlight news, events and stories...

The BC Trades Unionist was a newspaper published by the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council (VTLC) in 1908 and 1909....

Originally started in 1907 by the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council as the Western Wage Earner, the British Columbia Federationist...

The British Columbia Labor News was the official organ of the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council (VTLC) and its affiliated...

The Canadian Farmer-Labor Advocate was published weekly in Vancouver, BC between 1925 and 1926. It began publishing after the British...

The Commentator was the official organ of the Trail and District Smelter Workers, Local 480 International Union of Mine Mill...

District 18 organized and negotiated collective agreements in the coalfields of BC, Alberta, and Saskatchewan and had a membership of...

The Dispatcher has been the essential lifeline for members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) since 1942. It...

This recording contains a 1964 interview with Hachiro Miyazawa and his son Joe Miyazawa about the Camp and Mill Workers...

This is a joint interview with Charles McGregor Stewart (1891-1968) and Peter Campbell Munro (1887-1971), who were active in the...

H.R. (Harry) Neelands (1881-1974) was born in Ontario and came to BC as a child. He apprenticed as a printer...

Christopher Pritchard (1894-1973) joined the Plumbers’ Union (United Association of Journeymen Plumbers, Gas Fitters, Steam Fitters, and Steam Fitters’ Helpers...

Allan Coleman (1907-1974) was Secretary of the Journeymen Barbers’ International Union, Local 120 in Vancouver. In this 8-minute interview interview...

Horace Mackey (1880-1970) was Legislative Chairman and later Chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in the BC District. He...

Dan Radford (1902-1977) was a Nanaimo coal miner who held many union positions, including President of the BC. Federation of...

Barney McGuire (1916-1995) was a hardrock miner, born and raised in Alice Arm, BC In 1933 he began working in...

Charles Grant MacNeil (1890-1976) was a veteran of the First World War. Upon his return to Canada, MacNeil became secretary...

Arthur J. Turner (1888-1983) was a socialist and trade unionist who came to Canada from England in 1913. He was...

Percy Trerise (1886-1965) was born in Cornwall, England and arrived in Canada around 1908. He initially worked as a granite...

Elroy Robson (1897-1986) was a labour organizer for the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers (CBRT) who held...

A short-lived union at the IOCO (Imperial Oil Company) oil refinery near Port Moody from 1918-1921, the Oil Refinery Workers...