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Alice West
A Formidable Force for Working Women by Rod Mickleburgh with Donna Sacuta Alice West was a BC union pioneer who died on September 17, 2021 at the age of 95. She devoted much of her working life to paving a …
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“UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT”: The BC Tel Strike of 1980-81
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 …
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“Make It Public!”: The History of HEU’s Fight Against Privatization
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 …
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Roger Ernest Bray
Winnipeg’s “Most Dangerous Man” Became one of North Vancouver’s oldest and most respected citizens. Written and researched by Donna Sacuta Under close police surveillance, the 1936 Vancouver May Day parade announcer mocked passing effigies of local white nationalist Tom MacInnes …
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Tom Berger
“No free man shall be distrained to make bridges.” Tom Berger’s first fight against injustice as a young Vancouver labor lawyer by Rod Mickleburgh The recent passing of Tom Berger brought an outpouring of tributes and accolades for his long, …