Interview with Ivan Limpright

Date

2023-06-21

Description

Ivan Limpright was born and grew up in the Fraser Valley. After working for his father driving truck and front-end loaders, he graduated from high school and started working at the Overwaitea warehouse in Burnaby. Ivan's union activism began when the company contracted out the warehouse work to Loman. He rose from shop steward to chief shop steward to union executive member and staff of the UFCW, representing members and bargaining contracts on Vancouver Island, the Interior, the Lower Mainland and throughout B.C. Ivan became head of UFCW Local 1518 and retired as President in 2018 after 34 years with the union.

Physical description

1 online resource (1 video file (0:51:46))

Location

Burnaby, B.C.

Keywords

Fraser Valley, Langley, Limpright the Manure King, benefits, Overwaitea Foods, Burnaby, BC Sugar, Redpath Sugar, Brooke Sundin, warehouse, shop steward, collective agreement, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo, Sointula Co-op, Port Hardy, Courtenay, Lower Mainland

Genre

Interviews

Oral histories

Video recordings

Type of resource

Moving Image

Language

English

Part of

BC Labour Heritage Centre Oral History Collection

Identifier

BCLHC_079

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