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Title: [Man holding a poster that says "Canada closed for the day" at the British Columbia Federation of Labour "Out to fight controls" demonstration]
Date: 1970-01-01 -- 1989-12-31
Collection: Fisherman Publishing Society Photographs

Title: Fed. [British Columbia Federation of Labour] demonstration, Vancouver
Description: Delegates from B.C. Federation of Labour convention join march outside old courthouse at Georgia and Howe before marching through downtown streets in opposition to federal government's wage control program and strikebreaking at Canada Post.
Date: 1975-11-07

Title: Picketing of anti-union seminar
Description: B.C. Federation of Labour affiliates picket two-day employers seminar by New York-based firm Advanced Management Research at Hotel Vancouver, billed as "Strategies for Preserving Non-Union Status." The seminar, held in secret after being moved from a previously-booked hotel, attracted numerous large employers, including Honeywell, Merit Oil and
Show moreB.C. Federation of Labour affiliates picket two-day employers seminar by New York-based firm Advanced Management Research at Hotel Vancouver, billed as "Strategies for Preserving Non-Union Status." The seminar, held in secret after being moved from a previously-booked hotel, attracted numerous large employers, including Honeywell, Merit Oil and Royal Insurance.
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Date: 1978-06-20

Title: Vancouver Island labour council, B.C. Coalition of Unemployment jobs rally at legislature
Description: ThePacific Tribunereports that some 2,000 participants marched through Victoria to the provincial legislature, joining about 60 trekkers, some of whom had walked all the way from Campbell River, in one of the largest jobless demonstrations in post-war BC. Demonstrations protested Social Credit government labour policies leading up to a provincial
Show moreThePacific Tribunereports that some 2,000 participants marched through Victoria to the provincial legislature, joining about 60 trekkers, some of whom had walked all the way from Campbell River, in one of the largest jobless demonstrations in post-war BC. Demonstrations protested Social Credit government labour policies leading up to a provincial election on May 5. Organization of Unemployed Workers spokesperson Bill Massey at mike.
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Date: 1983-04-09

Title: Vancouver Island labour council, B.C. Coalition of Unemployment jobs rally at legislature
Description: ThePacific Tribunereports that some 2,000 participants marched through Victoria to the provincial legislature, joining about 60 trekkers, some of whom had walked all the way from Campbell River, in one of the largest jobless demonstrations in post-war BC. Demonstrations protested Social Credit government labour policies leading up to a provincial
Show moreThePacific Tribunereports that some 2,000 participants marched through Victoria to the provincial legislature, joining about 60 trekkers, some of whom had walked all the way from Campbell River, in one of the largest jobless demonstrations in post-war BC. Demonstrations protested Social Credit government labour policies leading up to a provincial election on May 5. Organization of Unemployed Workers spokesperson Bill Massey at mike.
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Date: 1983-04-09

Title: Fed. [British Columbia Federation of Labour] demonstration, Vancouver
Description: Delegates from B.C. Federation of Labour convention join march outside old courthouse at Georgia and Howe before marching through downtown streets in opposition to federal government's wage control program and strikebreaking at Canada Post.
Date: 1975-11-07

Title: Federal labor minister John Munro at B.C. Federation [British Columbia Federation of Labour] convention
Description: B.C. Federation of Labour convention delegate holds up sign in protest during speech by federal labour minister John Munro.
Date: 1975-11-07

Title: Fed. [British Columbia Federation of Labour] demonstration, Vancouver
Description: Delegates from B.C. Federation of Labour convention join march outside old courthouse at Georgia and Howe before marching through downtown streets in opposition to federal government's wage control program and strikebreaking at Canada Post.
Date: 1975-11-07

Title: CFU protest WCB offices
Description: Canadian Farmworkers Union members join B.C. Government Employees Union members at protest outside Workers Compensation Board offices aimed at Labour Minister Bob McClelland and the Social Credit government. The minister had earlier overruled a WCB decision that would have provided WCB protection for farmworkers.
Date: 1983-08-10

Title: CFU protest WCB offices
Description: Canadian Farmworkers Union members join B.C. Government Employees Union members at protest outside Workers Compensation Board offices aimed at Labour Minister Bob McClelland and the Social Credit government. The minister had earlier overruled a WCB decision that would have provided WCB protection for farmworkers. Photograph shows CFU president Raj
Show moreCanadian Farmworkers Union members join B.C. Government Employees Union members at protest outside Workers Compensation Board offices aimed at Labour Minister Bob McClelland and the Social Credit government. The minister had earlier overruled a WCB decision that would have provided WCB protection for farmworkers. Photograph shows CFU president Raj Chouhan speaking.
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Date: 1983-08-10

Title: Vancouver District Labour Council march and rally against Bills 19 and 20
Description: In an action called by the Vancouver and District Labour Council, trade unionists march through downtown Vancouver streets to rally in Robson Square against Bills 19 and 20. The rally, which drew 7,000 people, also kicked off the B.C. Federation of Labour's work-to-rule and ban on overtime, the first phase of job action against the legislation.
Show moreIn an action called by the Vancouver and District Labour Council, trade unionists march through downtown Vancouver streets to rally in Robson Square against Bills 19 and 20. The rally, which drew 7,000 people, also kicked off the B.C. Federation of Labour's work-to-rule and ban on overtime, the first phase of job action against the legislation. Photo shows VDLC president Frank Kennedy addressing the rally.
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Date: 1987-05-20

Title: Press conference against South Africa parties in conference
Description: Member of Parliament Svend Robinson speaks to rally Oct. 15 in Vancouver outside transportation conference in which a South African delegation was taking part, in violation of Commonwealth sanctions.
Date: 1986-10-16

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