Athabasca University Press @aupress.ca · Mar 31 Les McDonald is known for establishing triathlon in the Olympics, but his story began in the labour struggles of Vancouver’s IBEW Local 213. This new book uncovers his role in the 1966 Lenkurt Strike and the “red” activism that shaped a generation of union politics. #LabourHistory #CanadianHistory
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Drawing on meeting minutes, news articles, collected correspondence, and oral history, this study reconstructs a pivotal moment in postwar labour conflict. The story centres around a wildcat strike that led to the imprisonment of four union leaders. #WorkingClassHistory