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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: 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: 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. Photograph includes Ken Georgetti, British Columbia Federation of Labour president, in the foreground.
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Date: 1989-06-21

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: 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