A Symbol of Dissent and Unity researched and written by Donna Sacuta Before British Columbia had modern labour laws, government and the courts frequently used their powers to keep unions under their thumbs, and out of their workplaces. One of their favourite tactics was the use of court injunctions. A Read more…
by Jak King Reproduced with permission from Grandview Heritage Group Originally published November 10, 2022 The summer of 1910 was a hot one for labour across North America. In the first couple of weeks of July, more than fifty thousand garment workers went on strike in New York in a Read more…
This Day in History: Sept. 22, 1980, the TWU Struggle Against the BC Telephone Company Begins Researched and written by Bailey Garden, BCLHC Project Manager The 1980s kicked off in British Columbia with an inspiring example of workers using new tactics to cope with an aggressively anti-union employer. The BC Read more…
Historic Reversal of a Government “Betrayal” Written and researched by Bailey Garden, BCLHC Project Manager On Aug. 30th 2021, the provincial government of BC under the New Democratic Party (BC NDP) announced that dietary and housekeeping workers in the healthcare industry would be brought back into the public domain after Read more…
Written and researched by Bailey Garden, BCLHC Project Manager Much of the colonial history of this province has centered the perspectives of white male settlers who came in search of gold and glory. While gold miners tended to work on their own claims, some of the earliest labour organizing in Read more…