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• 1931 Vancouver Waitress Strike: News and opinion sample

  Samples of letters to the editor and news reports about the Vancouver 1931 waitress strike. The strike was called on February 3, 1931. The strike was only minimally covered by the two leading newspaper publishers in British Columbia: The Province and the The Vancouver Sun. Responses to letters to the editor and their replies show a back and forth both sides of the battling parties. Examples of how union members use public forums to educate and rebutt. Feb 4 - Feb 25, 1931.
• Restaurant picket guilty of assauting manager (Mar 21, 1980)

  A picket-line confrontation between a SORWUC picketer and Sussy Selbst,the manager of the Muckamuck restaurant, led to a charge of common assault against Patricia Barter. Charges against Donald Fodor and Helen Potrebenko were dropped.
• Quebec 'strikebreakers' draw action from B.C. Fed (Feb 20, 1980)

  A news article that reported complains from the Hotel, Restaurant and Culinary Employees + Bartenders Union Local 40 regarding the Cannery restuarant's employment of professional strikebreakers. Published on February 20, 1980.
• An unsigned copy of a collective agreement between Jericho PUB Inc. and SORWUC (1984-1985).

  Collective Agreement Between Jericho PUB Inc. (the Employer) and SORWUC, Local 1 (the Union). Effective: May 7, 1984 - January 31, 1985
• Shoppers Drug Mart/Don't Shop at Shoppers!!

  An article (creator withheld their name) in Priorities, Vol 1 Number 06, June 1973. It narrates the history of Shoppers strike in 1972-3.
• Denny's: the Picket Stops

  An article by Gillian Campbell in Priorities, Vol 1 Number 05, May 1973. Article provides updates on the case of strike action at Denny's.
• Women at Work

  An article by unknown writer in Priorities, Vol 1 Number 03, March 1973. A general view on labour action happening in BC at that time: Wardair Stewardesses' strike, Shopper's Drug Mart worker’s fight for unionize, and Denny's Restaurant boycott.