I became a shop steward in 1975 after a six week strike. For me, the strike crystalized the relationship between me as a worker in the Vancouver Post Office, and the management of the Post Office. They had the power of the...
Read More“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” Martin Luther King Dear Alex, These are dark times and frankly it makes me despair of a bright future for us all. I can ignore or curse the points of...
Read More“When the union’s inspiration through the worker’s blood shall run There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one But the Union makes us strong “...
Read MoreAfter finish reading Rod Mickleburgh’s new history of the BC Labour movement ‘On the Line’, the first emotion I feel is anger. Anger at how the apparatus of the State, through the decades and at the behest of robber barons,...
Read MoreOn October 20th citizens all across BC will have an opportunity to elect mayors, councilors, and area directors – the leadership of our local government. Unfortunately, only about 25-35 per cent of those citizens will...
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