Solidarity

SOLIDARITY was a coalition of labour unions and community and advocacy groups formed in July 1983 to fight the austerity program (a policy of "restraint") introduced by the SOCIAL CREDIT PARTY government of Bill BENNETT. The coalition was led initially by Art Kube, head of the BC FEDERATION OF LABOUR (BCFL), Renate Shearer, a HUMAN RIGHTS worker, and Father Jim Roberts, a CATHOLIC theologian. Funded by the union movement, it organized one of the largest political demonstrations in BC history as...

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