Interview with Marion Pollack and Micki McCune

Video file
Date
2023-05-17
Personal name
Interviewer: Cornes, Al
Interviewee: Pollack. Marion
Interviewee: McCune, Micki
Corporate name
Description

Marion Pollack and Micki McCune both started working for Canada Post as mail sorters in the 1970s. While both were initially impressed with the union wages they were earning, they soon became union activists, given the working conditions at Canada Post. These included sexual harassment and other forms of harassment, sexism, racism, and arbitrary and unfair management. As feminists, they advocated for the formation of women's committees in unions and engaged in many campaigns to advance the rights of women in the workplace, including paid maternity leave, reproductive rights, and pay equity. In this interview, they also discuss technological change at Canada Post, CUPW strikes, efforts by CUPW to organize rural and suburban mail carriers and gig workers, and international solidarity.

Physical description
1 online resource (1 video file (1:28:12))
Location
Burnaby, B.C.
Genre
Interviews
Oral histories
Video recordings
Type of resource
Moving Image
Language
English
Identifier
BCLHC_069
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Source/owner of material

BC Labour Heritage Centre