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BCGEU [British Columbia Government Employees' Union] pension rally, Italian Centre, Vancouver
Year: 1980
Description: Some 4,000 members of the B.C. Government Employees Union, having booked off work, fill the Italian Cultural Centre, and adjoining grounds for a protest over the Social Credit government's pension legislation that would put limits on government contributions and indexing of public sector workers' pensions. The rally, together with another demonstration of 10,000 at the provincial Legislature June 17 capped a campaign that was ultimately successful in compelling the government to make changes to…
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Pension rally, Victoria
Year: 1980
Description: Some 10,000 members of the B.C. Government Employees Union, having booked off work for the day, march to the provincial Legislature grounds for a protest over the Social Credit government's pension legislation, Bill 29, that would put limits on government contributions and indexing of public sector workers' pensions. The rally, together with an earlier rally of 4,000 at the Italian Cultural Centre in Vancouver, capped a campaign that was ultimately successful in compelling the government to…
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Pension rally, Victoria
Year: 1980
Description: Some 10,000 members of the B.C. Government Employees Union, having booked off work for the day, throng the provincial Legislature grounds for a protest over the Social Credit government's pension legislation, Bill 29, that would put limits on government contributions and indexing of public sector workers' pensions. The rally, together with an earlier rally of 4,000 at the Italian Cultural Centre in Vancouver, capped a campaign that was ultimately successful in compelling the government to make…
Type: Still Image
Pension rally, Victoria
Year: 1980
Description: Some 10,000 members of the B.C. Government Employees Union, having booked off work for the day, march to the provincial Legislature grounds for a protest over the Social Credit government's pension legislation, Bill 29, that would put limits on government contributions and indexing of public sector workers' pensions. The rally, together with an earlier rally of 4,000 at the Italian Cultural Centre in Vancouver, capped a campaign that was ultimately successful in compelling the government to…
Type: Still Image
