
These were the reasons
This film takes us into the harsh realm of BC's early coal mines, canneries, and lumber camps; where primitve conditions and speed-ups often cost lives. Then, the film moves through the unemployed' struggles of the '30s, post WWII equity campaigns, and into more recent public sector strikes over union rights.
- Year: 2011
- Country: Canada
- Genre: Documentary, History
- Studio: BC Overtime
- Keyword: canada, police brutality, world war i, great depression, labor strike, labor union, coal mining, unemployed, british columbia, intimidation by police, lumber camp, mine strikers, union struggle, teachers, general strike
- Director: Howie Smith
- Cast: