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COPE [Committee of Progressive Electors] demonstration at Hydro building - presentation of petition
Year: 1976
Description: Photograph includes Bruce Yorke.
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B.C. Fed [British Columbia Federation of Labour] elections - 21st convention, Hotel Vancouver
Year: 1976
Description: Photograph shows B.C. Federation of Labour secretary Len Guy being interviewed by the media.
Type: Still Image
B.C. Fed [British Columbia Federation of Labour] elections - 21st convention, Hotel Vancouver
Year: 1976
Description: Photograph shows Art Kube speaking to reporters.
Type: Still Image
B.C. Fed. [British Columbia Federation of Labour] elections of 21st convention
Year: 1976
Description: Photograph shows Len Guy being interviewed by the media.
Type: Still Image
B.C. Fed. [British Columbia Federation of Labour] elections of 21st convention
Year: 1976
Description: Photograph shows Jack Munro being interviewed by the media.
Type: Still Image
B.C. Fed. [British Columbia Federation of Labour] elections of 21st convention
Year: 1976
Description: Photograph shows Jack Munro being interviewed by the media.
Type: Still Image
Day of Protest against wage controls - march - rally, Queen Elizabeth Plaza
Year: 1976
Type: Still Image
B.C. Fed [British Columbia Federation of Labour] lobby
Year: 1973
Description: Photo shows reporters interviewing NDP labour minister Bill King during BC Federation of Labour lobby of provincial MLAs demanding changes to proposed labour legislation. Among contentious points were the sweeping powers to be given to the proposed new Labour Relations Board and the provision allowing opt-out from unions on religious grounds.
Type: Still Image
B.C. Fed [British Columbia Federation of Labour] lobby
Year: 1973
Description: B.C. Federation of Labour secretary-treasurer Ray Haynes talking to reporters during BC Federation of Labour lobby of provincial MLAs demanding changes to proposed labour legislation. Among contentious points were the sweeping powers to be given the proposed new Labour Relations Board and the provision allowing opt-out from unions on religious grounds.
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ICTU [Independent Canadian Transit Union] membership meeting
Year: 1984
Description: Seventy per cent of ICTU members turned out to membership meeting at PNE Agrodome where they voted 90% to reject the terms of the Morris report, prepared by former Canadian Labour Congress Joe Morris under government appointment. The report provided terms that differed little from the operating company's demands. Photograph shows ICTU president Colin Kelly talking to the media following the vote. Union members were later forced back to work under threat of legislative sanction.
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ICTU [Independent Canadian Transit Union] membership meeting
Year: 1984
Description: Seventy per cent of ICTU members turned out to membership meeting at PNE Agrodome where they voted 90% to reject the terms of the Morris report, prepared by former Canadian Labour Congress Joe Morris under government appointment. The report provided terms that differed little from the operating company's demands. Photo shows ICTU president Colin Kelly talking to the media following the vote. Union members were later forced back to work under threat of legislative sanction.
Type: Still Image
B.C. Fed [British Columbia Federation of Labour] rally on jobs, Robson Square
Year: 1984
Description: Photograph shows B.C. Federation of Labour president Art Kube talking to the media.
Type: Still Image
B.C. Fed [British Columbia Federation of Labour] convention, presidential, secretary-treasurer elections - Art Kube
Year: 1984
Description: Art Kube talks to media at B.C. Federation of Labour convention after winning re-election as president in close three-way race.
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Bruce Yorke at Supreme Court re: by-election ruling
Year: 1984
Description: Vancouver incumbent COPE alderman Bruce Yorke speaks to media outside B.C. Supreme Court December 6 after the court struck down his election on a technicality involving affirmation of non-registered voters. Yorke later won his seat again in a byelection February 2, 1985 by a substantial margin over Non Partisan Association candidate Philip Owen.
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