Solidarity: The Largest Political Protest in British Columbia's History Solidarity: The Largest Political Protest in British Columbia’s History BC Labour Heritage Centre
On July 12, 1983 hundreds of people attended a forum called by fired members of the BC Human Rights Commission to express outrage at the attack on human […]
Within days of the July 7, 1983 budget, George Hewison, head of the Vancouver Labour Council Unemployment Committee called a meeting at the Fisherman’s Hall. More than a […]
As cabinet ministers rose in the legislature on July 7, 1983 they introduced 26 new pieces of legislation as well as a budget slashing social programs and labour […]
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 […]
Unemployment Action Centres were established around the province in response to severe economic conditions of the early 1980s. The centres became involved in the 1983 Solidarity movement as […]
A public meeting called by the Vancouver District Labour Council’s Unemployment Committee on April 9, 1983 at the United Fisherman and Allied Workers’ Union Hall in Vancouver. A […]
In 1982 the BC Federation of Labour established Unemployment Action Centres around the province to assist workers as unemployment peaked. The Centres became community hubs for organizing the […]
Father Jim Roberts [00:00:00] We always talked consultation instead of confrontation, talking along that line. That’s, of course, what we believed in. But we never had, really, one […]
