On the Line: Stories of BC Workers

BC Labour Heritage Centre

Canadian labour history storytelling podcast, produced by volunteers & staff of the BC Labour Heritage Centre on unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) territories. Hosted by labour reporter & author Rod Mickleburgh.

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On the Line: Stories of BC Workers

Episodes (37)

Sep 15th Ep. 37: Sí se puede | Tunnel Workers Fight for Justice
Jul 27th Ep 36: Signatures from Spain
Apr 13th Ep 35: The 1965 Granduc Mine Disaster

On the Line: Stories of BC Workers

Sep 15, 2026
24¾ minutes
16 MB

In 2006, forty Latin American tunnel workers building Vancouver's Canada Line discovered they were paid far less than Canadian and, later, European workers doing identical work underground. With help from Local 1611 of the Labourers' Union and researcher Joe Barrett, they unionized, survived a failed strike vote and a decertification attempt, and ultimately won a landmark BC Human Rights Tribunal ruling for wage discrimination. The five-year fight ended with a settlement that changed workers' lives back home in Costa Rica — and, as the episode reveals, quietly reset pay practices for foreign tunnel workers around the world. Topics covered: Temporary for...

On the Line: Stories of BC Workers

Ep. 37: Sí se puede | Tunnel Workers Fight for Justice

BC Labour Heritage Centre

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