On the Line: Stories of BC Workers
By BC Labour Heritage Centre
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Episodes: 37
Description
Canadian labour history storytelling podcast, produced by volunteers & staff of the BC Labour Heritage Centre on unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) territories. Hosted by labour reporter & author Rod Mickleburgh.
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Ep. 37: Sí se puede | Tunnel Workers Fight for Justice
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Sep 15, 2026 |
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Ep 36: Signatures from Spain
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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Ep 35: The 1965 Granduc Mine Disaster
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Ep. 34 - "Put Your Go****n Money on the Table!" - Labour Icon Syd Thompson
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Ep.33 - Apple Box Belles
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Ep 32: Behind the Seams - Garment Workers in BC
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Ep 31: Conductorettes - The First Women to Drive Transit
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May 20, 2025 |
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Ep. 30. Taking a Stand: Union Solidarity Against Apartheid in South Africa
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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Ep. 29 - Kitimat Wildcat 1976
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Ep. 28 - Union Women in the Fishing Industry
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Ep. 27 - Canning Salmon
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Ep 26: Lenkurt Electric - Turning the Tide
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May 01, 2024 |
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Ep. 25: A Struggle Too Long: Paul Robeson Sings at Peace Arch Park
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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Ep. 24: Tatsuro Buck Suzuki: Community advocate, union activist, environmentalist
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Ep 23: Teamster Diana Kilmury: B.C.’s Tough and Fearless Truck-Driving Woman
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Episode 22: Darshan Singh Sangha: A Human Spirit that Transcended Boundaries
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Episode 21: Construction Unions, the False Creek Rumble and Expo 86
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Episode 20: Grit and Working-Class Solidarity: B.C. Workers Respond to the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Episode 19: Union Maids in Action - The 1918 Steam Laundry Strike
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Episode 18: How Many Deaths Will It Take? Remembering the Canadian Farmworkers Union
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Episode 17: Asbestos - A Lethal Legacy
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Episode 16: The Union Archive That Almost Didn't Make It
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Episode 15: Smelter Wars
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May 09, 2022 |
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Episode 14: The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Episode 13: Relief Camps of the Great Depression
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Episode 12: The Battle of Blubber Bay, BC, 1938
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Episode 11: Chinese Farmers of "Celery City", Armstrong BC
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Episode 10: 'Pins & Needles' - A 1930's Garment Workers' Musical
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Episode 9: Indigenous Longshoremen & the I.W.W.
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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Episode 8: Uniting Woodworkers Across Ethnic Divides
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May 24, 2021 |
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Episode 7: Bea Zucco's Fight for Silicosis Compensation
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Episode 6: AUCE Achieves Full Maternity Benefits, 1974
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Episode 5: The 1921 New Westminster Teachers' Strike
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Episode. 4: The Vancouver Island Coal Strike
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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Episode 3: The 1983 Tranquille Occupation
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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Episode 2: The 1931 Fraser Mills Strike
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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Episode 1: Joe Naylor
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Sep 04, 2020 |