Rod Mickleburgh
Gebundenes Buch

On the Line: A History of the British Columbia Labour Movement

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The BC tradition of fighting back against unfair pay and unsafe working conditions has been around since before the colony joined Confederation. In 1849 Scottish labourers at BCs first coal mine at Fort Rupert went on strike to protest wretched working conditions, and its been a wild ride ever since. For years the BC labour movement was the most militant in the land, led by colourful characters like Ginger Goodwin, murdered for his pains, and pull-no-punches communist Harvey Murphy, who brought the house of labour down on himself with his infamous underwear speech. Through years of battles wit...