Solidarity: The Largest Political Protest in British Columbia's History Solidarity: The Largest Political Protest in British Columbia’s History BC Labour Heritage Centre
Gary Steeves (BC Government Employees Union staff) [00:00:00] It was middle, mid-July… Was like a week, 10 days later. On July the 8th, in this massive assault Grace […]
Larry Kuehn (President, BC Teachers’ Federation) [00:00:00] Operation Solidarity was a strictly a coalition of the B.C. Fed and every other union, including the, the CCU, the Canadian […]
Used picket signs are now part of archival collections and demonstrate a newly politicized BC Teachers’ Federation after their participation in Solidarity in 1983.
Strike placards carried by members of the BCGEU referenced part of the Social Credit legislation which would give public employers the right to fire workers without cause thus […]
Members of other unions and the Solidarity Coalition joined BCGEU picket lines at Robson Square in downtown Vancouver once the strike deadline had passed on October 31, 1983.
When school boards obtained injunctions against teacher picketing, members of the Solidarity Coalition took their place on the picket lines ensuring that the strike went ahead.
Operation Solidarity planned an escalating province-wide walkout. BC teachers, who had no legal right to strike, took a strike vote anyway and joined the picket lines on November […]
At midnight on October 31, 1983 forty thousand members of the BCGEU went on strike for a new contract and an end to the government bills attacking union […]
Daycare proponents joined the Solidarity Coalition out of concern that the Social Credit budget would impact children. Transcription: THIS BUDGET HURTS CHILDREN PUBLIC MEETING: Impact of new budget […]
Foster parents in British Columbia were one of the community groups that became involved in the Solidarity Coalition and protested the elimination of Family Support Workers by signing […]
The October 15 demonstration included unions, professional organizations, community groups and the general public. Patsy George, fired BCGEU member and Solidarity Coalition staff, is smiling at the camera.
The October 15 Rally for your Rights became the largest political protest in BC’s history. At far left is Norman Richards, President of the BC Government Employees’ Union.
