BC Labour Heritage Moments

The BC Labour Heritage Centre has posted a new collection of short videos showcasing labour history in BC through archival images, recordings, and contemporary interviews.

Here are two videos featuring stories about longshore workers and the waterfront. 

Indigenous Longshoremen
With Ron “Red” Baker, John Cordocedo, Sam George

“Early Indigenous longshoremen formed one of the first unions on the Vancouver waterfront, the Lumber Handlers’ Union. They joined the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.) in 1906.”

Injunctions
With Sean Griffin, Les Copan

“In the 1960s court injunctions became the favourite way for employers to keep labour in its place. A steady stream of union leaders were sent to jail for defying these injunctions.”