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Title: [Protest against IRC (Industrial Relations Council) commissioner Ed Peck]
Date: 1987-01-01 -- 1988-12-31
Collection: Fisherman Publishing Society Photographs

Title: BC Fed [British Columbia Federation of Labour] press conference after all-union meeting
Date: 1984-05-16

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. Photograph shows VDLC president Frank Kennedy addressing the rally.
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Date: 1987-05-20

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: Renate Shearer addressing B.C. Fed [British Columbia Federation of Labour] convention
Date: 1983-11-30

Title: PSAC [Public Service Alliance of Canada] picket, Sinclair Centre, Vancouver
Description: Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada picket Vancouver's Sinclair Centre, a federal government facility. PSAC strike targeted cutbacks to the federal civil service ranks and increased use of contracted workers, part of the Conservative government's plans to privatize public services.
Date: 1991-09-09

Title: Union of Psychiatric Nurses occupation of Woodlands
Description: Union of Psychiatric Nurses members picket Woodlands pyschiatrict institute. Finance Minister Mel Couveilier held out promise of 20.9 per cent wage hike over two years but government negotiators were not making that offer. Psych nurses were seeking job security while the government was downsizing institutions, and to close the wage gap with regular
Show moreUnion of Psychiatric Nurses members picket Woodlands pyschiatrict institute. Finance Minister Mel Couveilier held out promise of 20.9 per cent wage hike over two years but government negotiators were not making that offer. Psych nurses were seeking job security while the government was downsizing institutions, and to close the wage gap with regular registered nurses.
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Date: 1990-07-04

Title: Theatre Employees Union pickets
Description: Pickets at Famous Players Capitol 6 on Granville Street after being locked out by the company in a demand for concessions on weekend work and work by management. The B.C. Federation of Labour declared a boycott of the chain's theatres.
Date: 1984-09-27

Title: Theatre Employees Union pickets
Description: Pickets at Famous Players Capitol 6 on Granville Street after being locked out by the company in a demand for concessions on weekend work and work by management. The B.C. Federation of Labour declared a boycott of the chain's theatres.
Date: 1984-09-27

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: 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: 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: 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: 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

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

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

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