Date
2018-11-17
Personal name
Interviewer: den Hertog, Johanna
Interviewee: Hiebert, Rod
Corporate name
Creator: BC Labour Heritage Centre
Description
Rod Hiebert became President of the Telecommunications Workers Union (TWU) in 1991. During his time as a union leader he was present for many pivotal issues affecting members, including pension funds, technological change and pay equity. He discusses the union's decision to intervene with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) when BC Telephone Company applied for a rate increase. The TWU employed many creative strategies including the 'un-strike', a 'super service campaign' and 'bulletin board warfare'. He describes the five-day occupation of telephone company offices in 1981.
Physical description
1 online resource (1 video file (01:44:35))
Location
Burnaby, B.C.
Keywords
Genre
Interviews
Oral histories
Video recordings
Type of resource
Moving Image
Language
English
Identifier
BCLHC_044
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BC Labour Heritage Centre