BC Labour Heritage Centre

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Working people and their unions in BC. https://www.labourheritagecentre.ca

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Three women standing with sign that reads On Strike C.L.C. - B.C.Fed. - N.U.P.G.E.
Three women standing on picket line. Sign reads Marine Services BCEU On Strike.
Butchers pose in meat market.
The Art of Solidarity: Labour Arts and Heritage in Canada
Five people pose in front of a plaque
Hand holding a cell phone displaying newsletter. Headline reads It's Here.
Three people stand by Ginger Goodwin's headstone. Lest We Forget. Ginger Goodwin Shot July 27th 1918. A Workers Friend.
Seven Japanese men sitting and standing by a pile of lumber.
Special notice to strikers
Remember Battle of Ballantyne Pier, Wednesday June 18, 2025, 11 am, New Brighton Park, Vancouver
Hands holding tablet displaying photograph of women in uniforms. June 2025 Newsletter. Conductorettes, The First Women to Drive Transit.
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Photograph of man sitting on top of train car
Six men wearing aprons stand in front of a building.
Congratulations on 10,000 podcast downloads
A group of women in uniforms pose for photograph.
Three women in uniforms standing in front of a transit bus and laughing.
Two women wearing uniforms and hats leave a building.
A women sitting at the controls of a trolley bus.
Please join us at the Chilliwack Museum and Archives to celebrate Haq and History and the Hands that Braid. 45820 Spadina Avenue, Chilliwack BC May 15, 2025. 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm. Haq and History traces the journeys of early South Asian immigrants who made their way to BC in search of opportunity. Haq and History offers a powerful reflection on the ongoing pursuit of justice and inclusion, celebrating the strenth of South Asian communities in BC. The Hands that Braid is an art project that explores the connections between symbols of wealth, ornamentation, and love and how these connections are shown through the relationships between people and objects. This installation was created by Kiranjob Kaur, a Surrey-based emerging multidisciplinary artist, author, and engineer. For more information visit https://www.chilliwackmuseum.ca
A group of men, women and children walking past buildings. Signs read May first International Labour Day, More relief less police, Release A.H. Evans
Image of a tablet displaying newsletter content. Headline reads May 2025 Newsletter. May Day and Its Contentious History. At times solidarity was hard to find.
IABS&OIW International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers Local Union Number 97.
Union membership book dated Jan 1 1914 International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers
Man with bandages on head and face. Support economic sanctions against South Africa.
Two men on top of an electric transmission pole work on power lines
A man wheels a large wooden box into a railway car. Printing on the box says Rupert Brand.
Two men walk in front of freighter in harbour. Sign reads hands off product of appartheid, SSC Van.
Image of tablet with newsletter heading BC unions take a stand against apartheid in south africa. Image portrays men picketing a freighter and a police officer.
Men in work clothes lay railway ties. Snow is visible.
Men in work clothes stand in line.
Newspaper headlines "Canadian Northern Railroad Construction Men are on Strike" "Over 4000 Men on CNR work go on Strike"
Two women standing at production line in a fish cannery
Newspaper article - War Worker Sculptor Marjorie Robertson, a factory hand at Boeing took first prize in her sculptured "Aircraft Worker" in the Labor-Art contest, "British Columbia at Work" results of which are now on exhibition at the art gallery. Miss Robertson is shown above with her handiwork. Under joint auspices of Labor Arts Guild and Allied Arts War Council, with John Goss as chairman, the contest was encouraged by more than $600 in prize-money donated by local trade unions. There were 150 entries and it was the first artistic effort of its kind in the province.
A poster featuring some artworks including paintings, drawings and sculptures.
Painting by Fraser Wilson titled "Organization" shows three men on a ship in a harbour approaching a dock. A pile of newspapers bears the headline "Union Meeting".
Two children stand with paint can and brushes. Plan de cours, Les enfants au travail