The Vancouver Island Coal Strike; Skyscraper Labor

<p>This week, the story of the 1912 Vancouver Island Coal Strike -- the most protracted, violent and hard-fought strike in British Columbia's long labour history -- from the On The Line podcast.  In Part 1 of her <a href='https://youtu.be/qNU1Fp9ZMVI'>online talk</a> for The Skyscraper Museum last November, architectural historian Joanna Merwood-Salisbury traces labor protests in the construction industry in Chicago in the 1880s and examines the formation of unions uniting trades-based groups with ethnic organizations, as well as the public spaces of their protest movements. And on Labor History in 2:00, Rick Smith tells us about The Rise of Settlement Houses.  Today’s music includes My Song for the Miner, by Fred White, from a <a href='https://youtu.be/K8tIo0Ys_7k'>great video</a>  by filmmaker Junie Boudreau, dedicated to Canadian miners from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and across Canada. Plus, Which Side Are You On, by <a href='https://georgemann.org/'>George Mann</a>.   Produced by Chris Garlock; edited by Patrick Dixon. To contribute a labor history item, email <a href='mailto:laborhistorytoday@gmail.com'>laborhistorytoday@gmail.com</a></p> <p>Labor History Today is produced by the Metro Washington Council’s Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University. We're a proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network, more than 60 shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod You’ll find more Labor History in 2:00 <a href='https://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/'>here. </a></p>