Jul 4, 2024 | Oral History Project, Video
David Kidd is a long-time labour and community activist who was interviewed on July 4, 2024. He was a member and elected steward with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 79 which represents inside workers with the City of Toronto. In the interview, he...
Apr 12, 2024 | Oral History Project, Video
Michael Lyons began his union involvement at Northern Electric in Bramalea, where he was active in the United Auto Workers (now part of Unifor). In the early 1970s, he was a staff member of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, and in 1977 was hired by the Labour...
Aug 28, 2023 | Oral History Project, Video
Aug 21, 2023 | Oral History Project, Video
David Rapaport, an activist in the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, is the author of No Justice, No Peace: the 1996 OPSEU strike against the Harris Government in Ontario. Rapaport joined the Ontario government as an IT specialist in 1984, and served on the...
May 15, 2023 | Oral History Project, Video
Herman Stewart, hired as an organizer with the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union in 1980, shook up a sleepy union when he was chosen Ontario business manager in a contested election in 1986. The union had had a cozy relationship with employers,...
Apr 4, 2023 | Oral History Project, Video
Sol Blaser started in the garment industry at age 15, joining the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union in 1952. He spent 47 years in the industry. Interviewed by Beatrix Henry and Caren...