Solidarity: The Largest Political Protest in British Columbia's History Solidarity: The Largest Political Protest in British Columbia’s History BC Labour Heritage Centre
The provincial government attempted to portray the closing of the Human Rights Branch and firing of the Human Rights Commission as a means of making the system more […]
A cartoon expresses fears raised by the July 7, 1983 BC budget that slashed core social programs and targeted labour groups.
In 1982 Premier Bill Bennett announced a program to address “the new economic reality” in BC and launched his 1983 election campaign with a platform of “restraint”. Transcription: […]
Premier Bill Bennett campaigned on a platform of economic “restraint” during the 1983 provincial election campaign and was re-elected on May 5. No one predicted what was to […]
Leader of the BC New Democratic Party Dave Barrett was greeted by enthusiastic crowds during the 1983 provincial election campaign. The party was widely expected to win the […]
Joy Langan (BC Federation of Labour) [00:00:01] A lot of unions who we had hoped to deliver were concerned they wouldn’t be able to deliver, and we were […]
Paul Johnston [00:00:01] A management type at the college attempted to cross in a van, and he was held back first of all by a couple of construction […]
Father Jim Roberts [00:00:01] A big reason why I went is because I had heard Art Kube speak before that on certain occasions and I was… What’s the […]
Father Jim Roberts [00:00:00] There is big Art, and there’s Renate in her trench coat, and there’s me in my black suit with a collar. A study in […]
Joy Langan (BC Federation of Labour) [00:00:00] We were so successful right from day one in terms of the size of rallies. The rally we had in Victoria, […]
David McKinnon [00:00:00] Our involvement was, our role and it was, in effect, it was one of the leadership roles because of the situation. Not because we were […]
Norm Richards [00:00:00] Well, certainly. I was not only President of the BC Government Employees Union, I was a vice president of the B.C. Federation of Labour, as […]
