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Title: Van Island IWA [International Woodworkers of America] demonstration at Legislature
Description: Woodworkers from across Vancouver Island rally on the steps of the legislature to demand provincial government action for jobs in the forest industry. More than one-quarter of the industry workforce was already unmployed.The rally was also part of a national campaign by the labour movement demanding that the federal government act to bring interest
Show moreWoodworkers from across Vancouver Island rally on the steps of the legislature to demand provincial government action for jobs in the forest industry. More than one-quarter of the industry workforce was already unmployed.The rally was also part of a national campaign by the labour movement demanding that the federal government act to bring interest rates down.
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Date: 1981-11-26

Title: CFU [Canadian Farmworkers Union] protest over denial of WCB [Workers' Compensation Board] regulations to farm workers, Richmond WCB office
Description: Demonstration by farmworkers and trade union supporters against excluding agricultural workers from the protections of labour legislation, long sought by the Canadian Farmworkers Union. In announcing changes to the Labour Code, the Social Credit government also sought to limit rights of workers in general in new Labour Code provisions. This was the
Show moreDemonstration by farmworkers and trade union supporters against excluding agricultural workers from the protections of labour legislation, long sought by the Canadian Farmworkers Union. In announcing changes to the Labour Code, the Social Credit government also sought to limit rights of workers in general in new Labour Code provisions. This was the result of lobbying by employer groups, including the Employers Council of BC, which had moved to the right in its normally acceptance attitude to organized labour.
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Date: 1983-03-22

Title: Walk for Peace, April 23
Date: 1988-04-23

Title: Mass picket at Slade & Stewart
Description: Unionists mount mass picket outside main warehouse of Slade and Stewart to mark one-year anniversary of bitter lockout of Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union members by food wholesaler and to renew demand for legislation to ban the use of scab in labour disputes.
Date: 1985-05-17

Title: Operation Solidarity rally, Empire Stadium
Description: Huge rally in Vancouver's Empire Stadium, the largest organized by Operation Solidarity, draws 50,000 people to protest the Social Credit government's budget and twenty-six pieces of legislation stripping away labour rights and cutting social programs.
Date: 1983-08-10

Title: Women Against the Budget rally, Grace McCarthy's home
Description: Women Against the Budget stage 'Luncheon with Gracie' protest outside the Shaughnessy home of Human Resources Minister Grace McCarthy as part of the campaign to follow cabinet ministers wherever they go and demand that the twenty-six pieces of legislation be withdrawn.
Date: 1983-08-27

Title: May Day march to Lumberman's Arch
Description: May Day rally at Lumberman's Arch in Stanley Park. It was the second May Day march after the original marches were cancelled 21 years previously, and about 1,500 took part -- an increase of 500 following the previous year. Mike Kramer, BC Fed, at mikr.
Date: 1983-05-01

Title: HEU [Hospital Employees' Union] demonstration at VGH [Vancouver General Hospital] re: layoffs
Description: Delegates from the B.C. Federation of Labour convention joint hospital workers at a demonstration outside Vancouver General Hospital to protest the proposed layoff of 260 licensed practical nurses in response to a reduction in funding from the provincial government.
Date: 1987-12-04

Title: May Day rally, City Hall
Date: 1973-04-29

Title: Walk for Peace, 1984
Date: 1984-04-28

Title: Day of Action on Abortion rally, Vancouver
Date: 1989-10-14

Title: Victoria protest against Bill 65
Date: 1977-06-28

Title: CUPW [Canadian Union of Postal Workers] picket line scenes during rotating strikes
Description: Members of CUPW and other unions picket the main post office in Vancouver on the first day of the CUPW national strike, called when the federal government introduced back-to-work legislation Oct. 8 that provided for appointment of a mediator with potential authority to impose a settlement. Picketing continued for several days while the legislation
Show moreMembers of CUPW and other unions picket the main post office in Vancouver on the first day of the CUPW national strike, called when the federal government introduced back-to-work legislation Oct. 8 that provided for appointment of a mediator with potential authority to impose a settlement. Picketing continued for several days while the legislation was before Parliament as Canada Post stepped up its use of strikebreakers.
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Date: 1987-10-10

Title: Anti-apartheid groups Sanctions Now Freedom March, Commonwealth Conference
Date: 1987-10-17

Title: BCNU [British Columbia Nurses' Union], HEU [Hospital Employees Union], HSA [Health Sciences Association] protest at IRC [Industrial Relations Council] over strike interference
Description: BCNU members and other health care workers picket the Industrial Relations Council, at the time a replacement of the B.C. Labour Relations Board under Bill 19. The government ordered the IRC to assume the role of essential services mediator during the BCNU and Hospital Employees Union strike against acute care facilities. The nurses also faced a
Show moreBCNU members and other health care workers picket the Industrial Relations Council, at the time a replacement of the B.C. Labour Relations Board under Bill 19. The government ordered the IRC to assume the role of essential services mediator during the BCNU and Hospital Employees Union strike against acute care facilities. The nurses also faced a vote on an offer from the employer, the Health Labour Relations Association, on a contract; many nurses opposed the deal although the BCNU bargaining committee recommended acceptance, and president Ken Georgetti of the BC Federation of Labour praised the offer. The BCNU supported the Fed's boycott of the IRC.
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Date: 1989-06-23

Title: Health care workers march, rally at VGH [Vancouver General Hospital] during BCNU [British Columbia Nurses' Union] strike
Description: Some 3,000 health care workers rallied outside Vancouver General Hospital to support striking B.C. Nurses Union members. The Hospital Employees Union, the Health Sciences Association and the Operating Engineers were all respecting nurses' picket lines, subject to Essential Services provisions. HEU had issued 72-hour strike notice. The Social Credit
Show moreSome 3,000 health care workers rallied outside Vancouver General Hospital to support striking B.C. Nurses Union members. The Hospital Employees Union, the Health Sciences Association and the Operating Engineers were all respecting nurses' picket lines, subject to Essential Services provisions. HEU had issued 72-hour strike notice. The Social Credit provisional government was criticized for funding shortfalls. BC ranked ninth out of ten provinces for level of health care funding.
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Date: 1989-06-21

Title: Walk for Peace
Date: 1983-04-23

Title: Coalition Against Free Trade demonstration against Mulroney re: budget, Trade Centre
Date: 1989-06-08

Title: IWA [International Woodworkers of America]-Canada rally for Leyland strikers, Pitt Meadows plant
Description: Some 500 IWA Canada members rally outside Leyland Industries in Pitt Meadows to protest the arrest of three Local 1-367 officers by RCMP. Rally was in defiance of a court injunction. Leyland workers were striking for a first contract with the plastics manufacturer. Plant was operating with replacement workers.
Date: 1989-05-10

Title: Fed [British Columbia Federation of Labour] protest
Description: In protest over unemployment insurance cuts and interests rates, some 600 BC Federation of labour convention delegates march from convention venue to the Hotel Vancouver where Prime Minister Joe Clark was addressing $150-a-plate Conservative Party dinner.
Date: 1979-11-22

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