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Title: PSAC [Public Service Alliance of Canada] rally re: post office Sept. 11
Date: 1988-09-11

Title: March to Robson Square rally
Description: B.C. Federation of Labour convention delegates march from convention centre to provincial government offices at Robson Square to demonstrate support of Solidarity Coalition in continuing campaign against government cutbacks.
Date: 1983-11-30

Title: CUPW [Canadian Union of Postal Workers] demonstration for bargaining demands, reduced work time, jobs
Date: 1984-09-12

Title: CUPW [Canadian Union of Postal Workers], unemployed, trade union demonstration in support of CUPW bargaining, main post office
Description: Photograph shows Sarwan Boal (left) and Raj Chouhan (second from left).
Date: 1984-10-04

Title: CUPW [Canadian Union of Postal Workers] demonstration for bargaining demands, reduced work time, jobs
Date: 1984-09-12

Title: CUPW [Canadian Union of Postal Workers] demonstration outside Vancouver post office, on national protest
Date: 1979-02-14

Title: CUPW [Canadian Union of Postal Workers] demonstration outside Vancouver post office, on national protest
Date: 1979-02-14

Title: Abe Feinglass & Giberto Oyanadel (CUT [Workers' United Center of Chile] representative) at September 7 Chile rally
Description: Gilberto Oyanadel, exiled representative of the Chilean Labor Federation, is introduced at a rally for democracy in Chile at the Unitarian Church in Vancouver. It marked the second anniversary of the military coup in Chile.
Date: 1975-09-07

Title: Community rally (Grandview Park) in support of Skyway [Luggage] strikers
Description: Local residents and unionists take part in community rally organized by B.C. Federation of Labour in support of striking Skyway Luggage workers on strike for 10 weeks and facing contempt of court charges for picketing plant in defiance of injunctions. The workers eventually signed an agreement in August, after their union local amalgamated with the
Show moreLocal residents and unionists take part in community rally organized by B.C. Federation of Labour in support of striking Skyway Luggage workers on strike for 10 weeks and facing contempt of court charges for picketing plant in defiance of injunctions. The workers eventually signed an agreement in August, after their union local amalgamated with the Teamsters. The company closed the Vancouver manufacturing plant permanently in December.
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Date: 1976-06-26

Title: May Day march, rally, Commercial Drive
Description: May Day rally & parade, Vancouver 1989. Speakers hit free trade as promoted by the government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Several speakers from Latin America talked of liberation struggles there.
Date: 1989-04-30

Title: May Day march, rally, Commercial Drive
Description: May Day rally & parade, Vancouver 1989. Speakers hit free trade as promoted by the government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Several speakers from Latin America talked of liberation struggles there.
Date: 1989-04-30

Title: May Day march, rally Grandview Park
Description: May Day rally & parade, Vancouver 1989. Speakers hit free trade as promoted by the government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Several speakers from Latin America talked of liberation struggles there.
Date: 1989-04-30

Title: May Day march, rally Grandview Park
Description: May Day rally & parade, Vancouver 1989. Speakers hit free trade as promoted by the government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Several speakers from Latin America talked of liberation struggles there.
Date: 1989-04-30

Title: May Day march, Commercial Drive
Description: May Day rally & parade, Vancouver 1989. Speakers hit free trade as promoted by the government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Several speakers from Latin America talked of liberation struggles there.
Date: 1989-04-30

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: May Day march to Lumberman's Arch
Description: May Day marchers wend way through downtown Vancouver en route from Robson Square to 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.
Date: 1983-05-01

Title: May Day rally, Vancouver Technical School auditorium
Description: MLA Pauline Jewett (centre) addresses May Day rally. In the 1970s and 1980s May Day rallies were a major affair with speeches by both NDP and Communist Party representatives. May Day events were later to involve a series of events throughout the month under the banner, Mayworks. In the 1990s May Day events waned, the likely victim of the decline of
Show moreMLA Pauline Jewett (centre) addresses May Day rally. In the 1970s and 1980s May Day rallies were a major affair with speeches by both NDP and Communist Party representatives. May Day events were later to involve a series of events throughout the month under the banner, Mayworks. In the 1990s May Day events waned, the likely victim of the decline of left forces following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1992.
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Date: 1982-05-01

Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World