Study for Plucking Chickens, 1952, Mac Hone.
Rare Books and Special Collections is well-known for our extensive collections on labour in British Columbia. We were excited therefore to see a new digital collection from the University of Saskatchewan on labour in that province. The collection contains over 2,494 images or textual documents scanned from over 32 fonds and collections at 8 different archival institutions. Users can search, or browse by theme or occupation. Visit the site by clicking here.
RBSC’s labour union records include the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, the Industrial Workers of the World Vancouver Branch, the Service, Office and Retail Workers Union of Canada and many others. To find others, search the RBSC site for the keywords “labour union.”