Solidarity: The Largest Political Protest in British Columbia's History Solidarity: The Largest Political Protest in British Columbia’s History BC Labour Heritage Centre
A handbill itemizes concerns of women after the July 7, 1983 budget and legislative package. Transcription: GOVERNMENT ATTACKS ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS BILL 3 PUBLIC SECTOR RESTRAINT AND MORE […]
Members of the BC Human Rights Commission took their concerns directly to a public meeting in Vancouver on July 12, 1983 after being fired by the provincial government. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
