Beagle, Mickey


BEAGLE, Mickey, union organizer (b 1907, Vancouver; d 1999 Vancouver). After living for many years in the US, she and her husband returned in 1945 to VANCOUVER, where she worked as local union secretary for the INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA (IWA). In 1949 she went to work in the FISHING industry, joining the UNITED FISHERMEN AND ALLIED WORKERS' UNION. She first served on the union executive in 1951 and became second vice-president in 1954. A dedicated Communist and the union's first...

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