Items

• [Union Hotels as at August 11th 1947]

  List of union hotels as of August 11th, 1947. The HREU was undertaking a major campaign to unionize them.
• [Unidentified woman in “Miss Service Worker” sash]

  A photo of an unidentified woman in “Miss Service Worker” sash. Courtesy of May Martin.
• [Unidentified chambermaids or waitresses]

  Unidentified chambermaids or waitresses. c.1930s. This was possibly taken in Nova Scotia where May Ansell [Martin] did organizing work.
• [Unidentified chambermaids or waitresses]

  A photo of unidentified chambermaids or waitresses. c.1930s. This was possibly taken in Nova Scotia where May Martin did organizing work. Courtesy of May Martin.
• [Three waitresses pose outside The Empress Hotel, Victoria, Canada]

  Three waitresses pose outside the Canadian National Railway (CNR)-owned Empress Hotel In Victoria, Canada.
• [Strikebreakers pages1 of 2]

  Page 1 of 2. Dispatch to members that on May 14, 1980 Muckamuck strikebreakers withdrew their latest application to decertify the union. The union explains the restaurants action and how SORWUC is responding.
• [Strikebreakers page 2 of 2]

  Dispatch to members that on May 14, 1980 Muckamuck strikebreakers withdrew their latest application to decertify the union. The union explains the restaurants action and how SORWUC is responding.
• [Signing of the Restaurant agreement, July 1946]

  An image of Emily Nuttall Watts and May Martin signing of the Restaurant agreement, July 1946. Courtesy of May Martin.
• [Right to Collective Bargaining]

  A flyer given an update on the status of the Muckamuck strike, why strikes are necessary, why not to patronize the Muckamuck.
• [Protest on the steps of the British Columbia Provincial Courthouse]

  A Protest on the steps of the British Columbia Provincial Courthouse in Vancouver. The image features a banner of the S.O.R.W.U.C. union.
• [Protest at Provincial Courthouse plaza]

  Protest at the Provincial Courthouse, Vancouver, Georgia Street. "Native Women Rights Now" sign.
• [Petrobenko Poem]

  "Days and Nights on the Picket Line", a poem by Helen Petrobenko, January 1978. Published in SORWUC National Newsletter Vol 1 No 1 May 1978.
• [Paper mache figure used in the Muckamuck Strike]

  The images shows a paper mache full size figure of a woman that was used by supporters of the Muckamuck Strike, Vancouver, Canada
• [Muckamuck Strike supporters action]

  Photo of two women strikers posing on a sidewalk with a human-sized fabric doll that has two skin complexions. All three figures hold signs of strike at Muckamuck, SORWUC Local 1 around their necks.
• [May Ansell Martin, unknown male, and Emily Nuttall in front of the Alexandra Hotel]

  A photo of May Ansell [Martin], unknown male, and Emily Nuttall in front of the Alexandra Hotel.
• [May Ansell Martin with union sisters]

  May Ansell [Martin] with Hotel and Restaurant Employess Union sisters on May Day 1946. She is holding a donation tin.
• [May Ansell (Martin) in automobile she and Ted Ansell drove from Windsor, Ontario.]

  A photo of May Ansell in the automobile that she and husband Ted Ansell drove from Windsor, Ontario, to Calgary, Alberta. They sold it in Calgary for cash and hitchhiked to Vancouver. April 1940.
• [March by BC Women in support of unions, better wages and working conditions.]

  A protest march by B.C. women in support of unions and better wages and working conditions.
• [HREU Local 28 Union Restaurant List]

  A list with the header, Union Restaurants, with the names of Vancouver restaurants that are members of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union Local 28 in 1947.
• [Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union Local 28 with international union rep and Emily Nuttall]

  A photo of Hotel and Restaurant EmployeesUnion Local 28 group with international rep and Emily Nuttall marching with their banner on the streets of Vancouver. Late 1930s or 1940s
• [Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union banquet. c.1940’s]

  A photo of people at a H.R.E.U. banquet. Courtesy of May Martin.
• [H.R.E.U. Milwaukee Convention April 7, 1947]

  An image shows a table of men celebrating at the Milwaukee Convention 1947. Courtesy of Edra McLeod.
• [H.R.E.U. dinner February 20, 1947]

  A photo of the H.R.E.U. reps and possibly others having dinner on February 20, 1947. Likely conferenU. dinner February 20, 1947. [From lower left-hand corner clockwise} Flo Fehr, Executive Member; John Fehr; Estelle Morrin; Phil Leniczek; May Ansell, Secretary; John Tannch; Marion Sarich, Shop Steward; Bill Myers; Babel Beck, Recording Secretary and Shop Steward; John Nuttall; President Emily Nuttall Watts. [names from The Labor Statesman].Courtesy of May Martin.
• [Group of protestors at Provincial Courthouse plaza ]

  A group of protestors with signs advocating for women rights at Provincial Courthouse plaza Vancouver, c.1975.
• [Five women, including Emily Nuttall and an H.R.E.U. international rep at a H.R.E.U. banquet. c.1940’s]

  A photo of five women, including Emily Nuttall and an H.R.E.U. international rep at a H.R.E.U. banquet. Courtesy of May Martin.