Interview with Nick Carr

Date
2016-04-04
Interviewer: Griffin, Sean
Interviewee: Carr, Nick
Creator: BC Labour Heritage Centre
Description

This is an audio-only interview with Nick Carr. Nick was born in Croatia (former Yugoslavia) before moving to Canada as a young boy, where he spent his career as a fisherman. He became President of Local 1 of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union, and was a key player in the development of the union's Benefit Fund. Nick Carr passed away in 2021.

Physical description
1 online resource (1 video file (02:17:43))
Location
Vancouver
Keywords
BC Federation of Labour
BC Packers
Benefit fund [UFAWU]
Boat Clearance Program
Canadian Fishing Company
communism
Croatia
Drag fleet [fishing by trolling]
Fisheries
Fraser River
Gillnetting [fishing]
Homer Stevens
Ocean Falls [strike]
Organizing
Pacific Gillnetters Association
Picket lines
Reduction herring fishery
Roe herring fishery
Salmon Purse Seiners Union
Seining [fishing]
Solidarity
Strikes
Strike sales (herring, salmon)
Trade unionism
Worker's compensation
World War Two [WWII]
United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union [UFAWU]
Yugoslavia
Genre
Interviews
Oral histories
Video recordings
Type of resource
Moving Image
Language
English
Part of
BC Labour Heritage Centre Oral History Collection
Identifier
BCLHC_047
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Source/owner of material

BC Labour Heritage Centre