. Labour Strife In the late fall of 1923, the Vancouver waterfront was the scene of labour strife that occasionally turned violent. During the weekend of November 24-25, some of that violence spilled over into Grandview. Several strikers were alleged to have attacked several men, and they were also responsible for breaking a window in … Continue reading 100 Years Ago Today in Grandview, # 18
Category: Labour
The Italian Labourers’ Strike, July 1910
. The summer of 1910 was a hot one for labour across North America. In the first couple of weeks of July, more than fifty thousand garment workers went on strike in New York in a dispute that would eventually draw in more than 100,000 workers; bricklayers and stonemasons walked off the job in Montreal; … Continue reading The Italian Labourers’ Strike, July 1910
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