Rod Mickleburgh: 2 books
On the Line
A History of the British Columbia Labour Movement
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2018
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 BC’s first coal mine at Fort Rupert went on strike to protest wretched working conditions, and it’s been a wild ride...
The Art of the Impossible
Dave Barrett and the NDP in Power, 1972-1975
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
At his first cabinet meeting Premier Dave Barrett takes off his shoes, leaps onto the leather-inlaid cabinet table and skids the length of the room. Are we here for a good time or a long time?” he roars. His answer: a good time, a time of change, action, doing what was needed and right, not what...