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Title: Building trades pickets at Metrotown Hyundai re: boycott
Description: Building Trades workers picket Hyundai car dealership at Metrotown in Burnaby to protest the South Korean corporation's partnership with notorious anti-union firm JC Kerkhoff. Also targeted was Hyundai's treatment of its workers in Korea. Hyundai and Kerkhoff were later to provide the pile-driving on the Skytrain bridge over the Fraser River,
Show moreBuilding Trades workers picket Hyundai car dealership at Metrotown in Burnaby to protest the South Korean corporation's partnership with notorious anti-union firm JC Kerkhoff. Also targeted was Hyundai's treatment of its workers in Korea. Hyundai and Kerkhoff were later to provide the pile-driving on the Skytrain bridge over the Fraser River, ending the dominance of the Carpenters Union in that field and presaging the decimation of union labour in construction.
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Date: 1988-03-19

Title: Anti-free trade cavalcade
Description: John Starcevic (front car) and Richard Saunders (centre) join dozens of cars lined up at the Maritime Labour Centre June 10 to take part in a car cavalcade to Stanley Park where 350 people joined a national protest against the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. The event was organized by the Coalition Against "Free" Trade.
Date: 1988-06-12

Title: Joint labor-concerned citizens ICBC protest rally, Agrodome
Description: The newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the
Show moreThe newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the Legislature February 13 and a Lower Mainland protest that filled the PNE Agrodome February 1. Pat McGeer was the provincial cabinet minister responsible for ICBC.
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Date: 1976-02-01

Title: ICBC protest rally - Victoria legislature
Description: The newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the
Show moreThe newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the Legislature February 13 and a Lower Mainland protest that filled the PNE Agrodome February 1. Pat McGeer was the provincial cabinet minister responsible for ICBC.
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Date: 1976-02-13

Title: ICBC protest rally - Victoria legislature
Description: The newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the
Show moreThe newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the Legislature February 13 and a Lower Mainland protest that filled the PNE Agrodome February 1. Pat McGeer was the provincial cabinet minister responsible for ICBC.
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Date: 1976-02-13

Title: ICBC protest rally and car cavalcade - Simon Fraser University
Description: The newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the
Show moreThe newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the Legislature February 13 and a Lower Mainland protest that filled the PNE Agrodome February 1. Pat McGeer was the provincial cabinet minister responsible for ICBC.
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Date: 1976-02-08

Title: Surrey-White Rock Concerned Citizens for Fair ICBC rates - rally - White Rock Senior Secondary
Description: The newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the
Show moreThe newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the Legislature February 13 and a Lower Mainland protest that filled the PNE Agrodome February 1. Pat McGeer was the provincial cabinet minister responsible for ICBC.
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Date: 1976-01-18

Title: Surrey-White Rock Concerned Citizens for Fair ICBC rates - rally - White Rock Senior Secondary
Description: The newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the
Show moreThe newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the Legislature February 13 and a Lower Mainland protest that filled the PNE Agrodome February 1. Pat McGeer was the provincial cabinet minister responsible for ICBC.
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Date: 1976-01-18

Title: Concerned Citizens for Fair ICBC Rates rally, Queen Elizabeth School, Surrey
Description: The newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the Legislature and a Lower
Show moreThe newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the Legislature and a Lower Mainland protest that filled the PNE Agrodome. Pat McGeer was the provincial cabinet minister responsible for ICBC.
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Date: 1975-01-25

Title: Concerned Citizens for Fair ICBC Rates rally, Queen Elizabeth School, Surrey
Description: The newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the
Show moreThe newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the Legislature February 13 and a Lower Mainland protest that filled the PNE Agrodome February 1. Pat McGeer was the provincial cabinet minister responsible for ICBC.
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Date: 1975-01-25

Title: Concerned Citizens for Fair ICBC Rates rally, Queen Elizabeth School, Surrey
Description: The newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the
Show moreThe newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the Legislature February 13 and a Lower Mainland protest that filled the PNE Agrodome February 1. Pat McGeer was the provincial cabinet minister responsible for ICBC.
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Date: 1976-01-25

Title: Concerned Citizens for Fair ICBC Rates rally, Queen Elizabeth School, Surrey
Description: The newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the
Show moreThe newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the Legislature February 13 and a Lower Mainland protest that filled the PNE Agrodome February 1. Pat McGeer was the provincial cabinet minister responsible for ICBC.
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Date: 1975-01-25

Title: Surrey-White Rock Concerned Citizens for Fair ICBC rates - rally - White Rock Senior Secondary
Description: The newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the
Show moreThe newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the Legislature February 13 and a Lower Mainland protest that filled the PNE Agrodome February 1. Pat McGeer was the provincial cabinet minister responsible for ICBC.
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Date: 1976-01-18

Title: Surrey-White Rock Concerned Citizens for Fair ICBC rates - rally - White Rock Senior Secondary
Description: The newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the Legislature and a Lower
Show moreThe newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the Legislature and a Lower Mainland protest that filled the PNE Agrodome. Pat McGeer was the provincial cabinet minister responsible for ICBC.
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Date: 1976-01-18

Title: Concerned Citizens for Fair ICBC Rates rally, Queen Elizabeth School, Surrey
Description: The newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the
Show moreThe newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the Legislature February 13 and a Lower Mainland protest that filled the PNE Agrodome February 1. Pat McGeer was the provincial cabinet minister responsible for ICBC.
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Date: 1976-01-25

Title: Concerned Citizens for Fair ICBC Rates rally, Queen Elizabeth School, Surrey
Description: The newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the
Show moreThe newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the Legislature Feb. 13 and a Lower Mainland protest that filled the PNE Agrodome Feb. 1. Pat McGeer was the provincial cabinet minister responsible for ICBC.
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Date: 1976-01-25

Title: Concerned Citizens for Fair ICBC Rates rally, Queen Elizabeth School, Surrey
Description: The newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the
Show moreThe newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the Legislature February 13 and a Lower Mainland protest that filled the PNE Agrodome February 1. Pat McGeer was the provincial cabinet minister responsible for ICBC.
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Date: 1976-01-25

Title: Surrey-White Rock Concerned Citizens for Fair ICBC rates - rally - White Rock Senior Secondary
Description: The newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the
Show moreThe newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the Legislature February 13 and a Lower Mainland protest that filled the PNE Agrodome February 1. Pat McGeer was the provincial cabinet minister responsible for ICBC.
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Date: 1976-01-18

Title: Surrey-White Rock Concerned Citizens for Fair ICBC rates - rally - White Rock Senior Secondary
Description: The newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the
Show moreThe newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the Legislature February 13 and a Lower Mainland protest that filled the PNE Agrodome February 1. Pat McGeer was the provincial cabinet minister responsible for ICBC.
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Date: 1976-01-18

Title: Concerned Citizens for Fair ICBC Rates rally, Queen Elizabeth School, Surrey
Description: The newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the
Show moreThe newly-elected Social Credit government's announcement in January, 1976 that it would increase ICBC rates for auto insurance by 2X to 3X existing rates, and eliminate provisions that kept rates down for young drivers, sparked opposition throughout the province, beginning with regional protests and followed by a huge march and rally at the Legislature February 13 and a Lower Mainland protest that filled the PNE Agrodome February 1. Pat McGeer was the provincial cabinet minister responsible for ICBC. Photograph shows Bill Vander Zalm, second from right.
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Date: 1976-01-25

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