Updates

Expo 86's not so nostalgic side, May Day at the Labor Temple and Miners' Memorial weekend in the May 2026 edition of the BC Labour Heritage Centre newsletter.

Learn about the history of Vancouver's Labor Temple and an upcoming event to recognize its importance to the city's unions in the April 2026 newsletter.

The labour movement has been "stirring the pot" for a very long time. Read our take on 2026 BC Heritage Week's theme of how food is a part of our collective heritage.    

The BC Labour Heritage Centre office has moved! Our new address is #102, 3920 Norland Ave, Burnaby, B.C. You may recognize this as "The Jack Munro Building," home of the United Steelworkers District 3. This is a particularly fitting new space for us, as the BC Labour Heritage Centre was founded by Jack Munro in 2004. He was the legendary [...]

For almost five decades Syd Thompson (1914-1992) was a formidable force in BC’s labour movement. When he spoke, people listened — they had no choice. His voice was so loud they had to turn the microphone away from him. Read about him in the February 2026 Newsletter. Listen to Syd Thompson, unfiltered, on our podcast "On the Line: Stories of [...]

Ginger Goodwin is one of the most widely known historical labour figures in BC. Learn about his British roots in Yorkshire and meet some of his descendants in our January 2026 newsletter.