The item is a photocopy of an essay by Stanley Howard Scott titled "A profusion of issues: immigrant labour, the world war, and the Cominco strike of 1917." The essay was presented to the Pacific Northwest Labour History Conference on 14 May 1976 in Seattle, Washington.

CALL NUMBER: T0104:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert Edward Goddard : life on the coasts of Canada - Prince of Wales RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-10-30 SUMMARY: Albert Edward Goddard was born in 1897. Reminiscences of childhood in and around Burin, Newfoundland in the late 1890s and early twentieth century. Bert remembers his youth, life with family and relatives, education, and the importance of religion. He emphasizes the overpowering influence of the sea on the people of his coastal community. CALL NUMBER: T0104:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert Edward Goddard : life on the coasts of Canada - outpost living RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-11-01 SUMMARY: Bert Goddard adds to his recollections of day-to-day life in the outpost settlement of Burin, Newfoundland in the early part of the twentieth century. He talks about housing, food, furnishings, crafts, building methods, water supply, heating, etc. CALL NUMBER: T0104:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert Edward Goddard : life on the coasts of Canada - salt water neighbours RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-11-06 SUMMARY: Bert Goddard discusses life in the early twentieth century including family and community life, and both professional and amateur health care. Concludes with an interesting description of fishing methods. CALL NUMBER: T0104:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert Edward Goddard : life on the coasts of Canada - working on the move RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-11-09 SUMMARY: Bert Goddard traces his early working life, local and personal reactions to World War I, and his migration west as a railway and farm worker in the mid-1920s. CALL NUMBER: T0104:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert Edward Goddard : life on the coasts of Canada - from interior railways to Pacific shores RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-11-16 SUMMARY: Bert Goddard recalls his railway repair work in Alberta during the 1920s, his move to B.C., and impressions and job descriptions of cannery work. CALL NUMBER: T0104:0006 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert Edward Goddard : life on the coasts of Canada - the shore workers in the west coast fishery RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-11-20 SUMMARY: Bert Goddard continues his description of processes in fish plants including cooking, cleaning, and canning. He discusses the effect of the Depression on workers. CALL NUMBER: T0104:0007 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert Edward Goddard : life on the coasts of Canada - work and the union RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-11-24 SUMMARY: Bert Goddard discusses seasonal layoffs in the fish plants which forced men to go on welfare or head north to prospect in the 1930s. The formation of a shore worker's union provided some security.

Unedited footage. John Fryer, an unidentified woman, BCGEU president Norm Richards, Nancy Hamilton and Laraine Singler are shown addressing audiences at a BCGEU convention.

Unedited footage. F1982:08/004: Union executive meeting. John Fryer being filmed outside BCGEU headquarters. F1982:08/005: Victoria in morning; shots around legislature. Meeting in executive room, BCGEU headquarters. Swearing-in of executive members. Nancy Hamilton talks about daycare for workers.

Unedited footage. Provincial executive meeting at BCGEU headquarters, Burnaby. Shots of newspaper clipping on BCGEU history. Production of "Beautiful British Columbia" magazine. Recreational activities and Vancouver Sea Festival, filmed using split "fly-eye" lens.

Unedited footage. Ferry "Queen of Saanich" leaving dock; BCGEU officials aboard. Union officials in meeting room. Signing memoranda of agreement. John Fryer speaks.

Unedited footage. Union organizers visit new hospital. Contract or memoranda of agreement signing at GERB office, Victoria.

Footage. Baby and woman in a park. Long sequence on the "General Motors Parade of Progress" (several streamlined trucks at a fairground - presumably some kind of traveling exhibition); faded shots of various people (including Oscar Burritt and Dorothy Fowler) at English Bay beach; trip to Harrison Hot Springs [ca.1938], showing people in car, scenery en route, Harrison Lake, car ferry etc.; scenes of parade marking "May Day, A Day of International Solidarity" [01-May-1938?], including marchers with flags, banners, trade union representation, etc; brief scene of oriental man lifting weights.

CALL NUMBER: T3882:0017B/1 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1981-04-10 SUMMARY: Press conference by Raj Chouhan with some musical background; press conference talk by Cesar Chavez; Gary Marcuse questions Chavez and Chouhan.;

CALL NUMBER: T3882:0017B/2 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1981-04-10 SUMMARY: Continues with Gary Marcuse questioning Raj Chouhan.;

CALL NUMBER: T3882:0017B/3 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1981-04-10 SUMMARY: Begins with speeches; crowd noises in background.;

CALL NUMBER: T3882:0017B/5 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1981-04-10 SUMMARY: Begins with a talk by Peter Vanderzalm about his berry farm. (This is the man on whose farm a child drowned in a bucket of water.) Continues with talk by a Mr. Singh, a farm worker contractor, who is questioned by an unidentified female. Continues with talk by someone impersonating "Jack Heinrich, Minister of Labour" [ends in mid-sentence].;

CALL NUMBER: T3882:0017B/6 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1981-04-10 SUMMARY: Continues talk by "Jack Henrich, Minister of Labour" (impersonator); skit members introduced; three cheers to the CFU by audience; speech by Raj Chouhan.;

CALL NUMBER: T3882:0017B/7 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1981-04-10 SUMMARY: Introduction of and speech by Cesar Chavez; announcement that Nishga Indians have won first round in suit against Amax Mining Co.; announcement of Vancouver Status of Women losing funding; further announcements; end of recording with tone.;

CALL NUMBER: T3882:0017B4 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1981-04-10 SUMMARY: Begins with introduction of folk dancers performing East Indian dances. Ends with a talk by a mother of a child who drowned in a bucket of water.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Carl Ericson RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1972-04-27 SUMMARY: Carl Ericson was born in 1908 in a Manitoban Swedish community, and moved to B.C. in 1942. Description of Swedish community in Manitoba, some discussion of Swedish community activities in Vancouver. Discussion of Trade Union movement in Vancouver since 1942.

Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners (Victoria Branch) minute books, 1890-1920; Nanaimo Branch minute book, 1912-1915; Victoria District Council of Carpenters minute book, 1920-1923; United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners (Shipwrights, etc.) Local 1598 [Victoria] minute book, 1920-1926, and correspondence, 1919-1926. Joint Trades Council of Carpenters and Joiners, Victoria, minute books, 1911-1914, and papers, 1905-1952; Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers' Union of America, Local 634 [Victoria], charter, 1920.

Series is divided into the following themes: Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners (Box 1) ; Victoria District Council of Carpenters (Box 2 File 1) ; United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, Local 1598 Shipwrights (Box 2 File 2-3) ; Joint Trades Council of Carpenters and Joiners Victoria (Box 2 File 4-6) ; Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers' Union of America, Local Union No. 634, Victoria (Box 2 File 7.

This series contains copies of all collective bargaining agreements made in British Columbia between 1946 and 1971, filed as required by the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act. The series also includes some routing correspondence regarding filing of the agreements. Files are arranged alphabetically by company names.

The names of Unions have been shortened in this finding aid. For full names refer to the documents.

This series contains copies of collective bargaining agreements negotiated in British Columbia from 1960-1975 and 1979-1995. These agreements were kept by the Labour Relations Branch, part of the Department of Labour and its successors. Most agreements were kept in its library for reference and research purposes. Under section 52 of the Labour Relations Code, parties to a collective agreement were required to file a copy with the Labour Relations Board.

Most of the agreements were negotiated under British Columbia labour legislation but copies of agreements negotiated under federal legislation may also be included. This collection does not purport to include a copy of every collective agreement negotiated in the province during this time period, but it does include the bulk of agreements.

The series is arranged in two parts, based on accession:

Part I
Accession G84-015 is arranged Alphabetically by company name and covers the dates 1960-1975.

Part II
Accession 91-0342 covers agreements within the date range 1979-1995. Each file may cover agreements for one or more years within this time period. Agreements are arranged alphabetically by subject, then alphabetically by employer.

The following subjects are included: accommodation and food; communication and utilities; construction; education; electrical products; federal government; finance; insurance and real estate; food and beverage; health and welfare; machinery; metals; miscellaneous manufacturing; miscellaneous services; mining; municipal; printing; provincial government; trade; transportation; transportation equipment; wood; and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.

The ministries responsible for these records, and the years they were responsible are:
Dept. of Labour (1917-1976)
Ministry of Labour (1976-1986)
Ministry of Labour and Consumer Services (1986-1993)
Ministry of Skills, Training and Labour (1993-1996)

The series consists of taped interviews and radio broadcasts, all relating to Cominco. The original recordings include audio cassettes, 3", 5", 7" and 10" reels and 8 track tapes.

T3135 to T3147 consists of thirteen oral history interviews with retired Cominco employees, recorded by students employed under the Young Canada Works Program in the summer of 1977.

Items T4217:1-2 consist of the proceedings of the annual general meetings for Cominco, 1978 and 1980.

T4245 consist of oral history history interviews, recorded from [197-] to 1982. Archives staff transcribed many of the interviews or kept content notes. Three of the interviews consist of notes or memoirs only, no taped recording. If a transcript of an oral history interview exists, it is noted in the file list. Documentation files containing notes on interviews are also indicated on the file list.

T4350 consists of oral history interviews with retired Cominco employees (1-42), recorded between 1977 and 1981, mainly by Dr. Joanne Pepper. It also contains recordings (43-88) of radio broadcasts and audio tracks for slide presentations, social events and pension rallies, all recorded between the 1950s and 1983. No transcripts exist for these recordings however some content notes exist in the accession file.

The series consists of the records of the Commission on the Labour Dispute at Burns and Company Limited,1937 under Judge J. Charles McIntosh, which investigated the labour dispute between Burns & Company of Vancouver and its employees. The records consist of correspondence and vouchers, transcripts of the proceedings, submissions, affidavits of discharged employees, exhibits and the final report.

Letters to Superintendent Hussey from the Chief Constable, Nelson, the constable at New Denver, and the constable sent to Sandon, regarding the miners' strike in the Slocan Valley, Nov. 1899 - Jan. 1900. Includes copies of letters from the secretary of the Sandon Miners' Union, the Silver-Lead Mines Association of B.C., and the manager of the Payne mine.

SUMMARY: Description by Bill Herbert, announcer, about: Ocean Falls, British Columbia, Pacific Mills Pulp and Paper Plant; pulp and paper processing; including comments by N. Compton (?) and Stan Holgate (?), labourers, about: Labour Management Production Committee; including sounds from operation of pulp and paper mill; including proceedings of meeting of Labour Management Production Committee with unidentified representatives of management and labour at Pacific Mills Pulp and Paper Plant, about: resources, water shortage, necessity to curtail production.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Carpenter at Vancouver General Hospital RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-08-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Davie Doig discusses: his upbringing in Scotland; coming to Canada; joined VGH in 1921 as a carpenter; renovations done to buildings at VGH in his time; wages; the effect of the Depression on VGH; union organizing; opinions of Mr. Haywood, Mr. Hickernell; description of carpentry jobs he did around the hospital. TRACK 2: Mr. Doig discusses the Centennial Pavilion; anecdotes about the early days at VGH; opinion of Miss Ellis, the nursing director. (End of interview)

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Francis Lacasse : Fraser Mills strike 1931 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1973-04-26 SUMMARY: Francis Lacasse was born in 1906 and shares reflections on Maillardville and Fraser Mills; biographical information; job history; union experience; 1931 strike; French-Canadian identity.;

Unedited footage. Grace Hartman speaking in Winnipeg.

Unedited footage. Assertiveness training group for women.

Unedited footage. J. Morris addressing group of women about the Canadian Labour Congress. Water polo game. Assertiveness training group for women.

Unedited footage. Views of Harrison Lake and hotel (exterior and interior). John Fryer addressing leadership training group.

Unedited footage. John Fryer addressing audience.

Unedited footage. John Fryer addressing leadership training group on the history of the international union movement.

Unedited footage. John Fryer addressing leadership training group on internal union problems.

Unedited footage. John Fryer addressing leadership training group. J. Morris addressing women about the Canadian Labour Congress.

Unedited footage. Water polo game in swimming pool. Assertiveness training group for women.

The item is an audio recording of an interview with Henry Hansen in 1974.
T0299:0001 track 1: Mr. Hansen describes: early life in logging, 1929-1936; working for Brown and Kirkland Logging Company, 1942-1944; logging in the Nimpkish Valley, 1942-1962. Daily life in a logging camp. Changing worker-management relations, 1936-1946. Change from hand-falling to power-falling.
T0299:0001 track 2: Mr. Hansen describes: the hiring of fallers during the 1940s; early camp life at Nimpkish, 1942; organization of the workforce at Nimpkish, 1942-44; decline of morale at B & K logging camp during 1943-44; changing worker-management relations, unions and strikes.

T0299:0002 track 1: Mr. Hansen describes: hand-logging, fallers, falling crews and falling; accidents in logging, 1930-70; changes from hand-falling to power saw-falling, 1936-50; wage rates of fallers, 1935-50; duties of the production supervisor.
T0299:0002 track 2: Mr. Hansen discusses: changes in the manpower force at Englewood Division, 1950-70; changing types of work in logging, 1930-70; changing timber volumes, 1940-70; changing production costs, 1940-70; skyline and cold deck logging techniques, 1940-62; logging with caterpillar tractors; the building of Nimpkish, Woss and Vernon camps, 1943-53; travel in the Englewood Division, 1940-60; recreation in the camps; Vernon Lake fire, early 1950s.

T0299:0003 track 1: Consequences of the Vernon Lake fire on the logging operation at Englewood. Organization of Nimpkish Valley logging operation, 1940s. Railway logging techniques, 1940s. Sorting logs and the water transportation of logs. Advent of truck-railway logging operation at Englewood, 1962-63. (End of interview)

This series contains the records of the Industrial Inquiry Commission on Electrical and Plumbing Industries. The commissioners, H. Carl Goldenberg (chairman), E.A. Jamieson and George A. Wilkinson, were appointed to inquire into the circumstances and merits of the disputes between various employers, employers' association, employees and unions engaged in the plumbing and pipe-letting industry and the electrical industry of British Columbia. The series consists of a photocopy of a single page majority report signed by Goldenberg and Jamieson in which they recommended a wage increase. Attached is a copy of a two page minority report by Wilkinson in which he disagreed with the recommendation of his fellow commissioners.