Stewart, William

STEWART, William, union leader (b 1912, Scotland; d 1974, Vancouver). He immigrated to BC as a young man, and he first became prominent in the LABOUR MOVEMENT as an organizer of the Hotel and Restaurant Workers at a time when the union's mostly female membership was fighting for recognition and better working conditions. During WWII he was an organizer on the waterfront. In 1942 he was elected president of the Boilermakers' Union, along with Malcolm McLeod as secretary. The president of the...

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