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BC Fed [British Columbia Federation of Labour] rally against government anti-labor legislation, Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver
Year: 1979
Description: B.C. Federation of Labour rally of 4,000 people at Orpheum Theatre called to protest the Social Credit government's anti-labour legislation. The meeting also released the leaked text of a letter from Labour Minister Allan Williams to the Labour and Industrial Relations Commission in Missouri in which he inquires about the state's experience with recently-held referendum on right-to-work legislation. Photo shows Grace Hartman, national president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees,…
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AUCE [Association of University and College Employees] picket line, entrance to Simon Fraser University
Year: 1979
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Dene, Yukon Indians, Nishga press conference on native rights campaign
Year: 1979
Description: Council of Yukon Indians representative Mary Easterson speaks at a news conference in Vancouver as the Dene Nation and the Nisga'a Tribal Council joined forces in launching a Northern Native Rights campaign across the country.
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Pacific Life Community anti-trident march, Queen Elizabeth to U.S. consulate - Stanley Park
Year: 1979
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Canadians for Democracy in Chile protest at consulate against May Day arrests
Year: 1981
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CASC [Central America Support Committee] rally against US intervention in El Salvador, Robson Square
Year: 1981
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Welfare rights coalition rally and march (to Socred convention) against welfare cuts
Year: 1981
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Muckamuck strike opening
Year: 1978
Description: Aboriginal workers, newly-organized into the Service, Office and Retail Workers of Canada (SORWUC) went on strike against the Muckamuck Restaurant, the city's first restaurant serving Northwest Coast aboriginal cuisine, demanding wage increases and reinstatement of workers fired for union activity. Workers maintained the picket line for three years while owner kept the restaurant operating with strikebreakers. After a further two years, the Labour Relations Board ordered owners to pay remedies…
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Muckamuck strike opening
Year: 1978
Description: Aboriginal workers, newly-organized into the Service, Office and Retail Workers of Canada (SORWUC) went on strike against the Muckamuck Restaurant, the city's first restaurant serving Northwest Coast aboriginal cuisine, demanding wage increases and reinstatement of workers fired for union activity. Workers maintained the picket line for three years while owner kept the restaurant operating with strikebreakers. After a further two years, the Labour Relations Board ordered owners to pay remedies…
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Farmworkers Union rally and march at Clearbrook against labor contractor system
Year: 1980
Description: Some 200 members of the Canadian Farmworkers Union march beside growers' fields in Clearbrook towards an organizing rally in a nearby park.
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BC Fed [British Columbia Federation of Labour] UIC [Unemployment Insurance Commission] cutbacks rally, PNE gardens
Year: 1979
Description: B.C. Federation of Labour unemployment committee coordinator Joy Langan addressing rally of 1,000 at PNE Gardens, called as part of a Canadian Labour Congress campaign against restrictions on unemployment insurance introduced by the former Liberal government and new restrictions proposed by the Conservative government of Joe Clark.
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