Operation Solidarity Meeting Agenda

On July 15, 1983 the BC labour movement set aside internal disagreements and held an all-union delegated conference at which Operation Solidarity was born.

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ALL UNION DELEGATED CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE B.C. FEDERATION OF LABOUR
Friday, July 15, 1983
10:00 a.m.
OPERATING ENGINEERS’ HALL, BURNABY, B.C.
AGENDA
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. OPENING, Art Kube, President, B.C. Federation of Labour
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. OUR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, Jim Roberts, Catholic Priest
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS, Dr. Charles Paris, Chairman, B.C. Human Rights Commission
10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. EVALUTION OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION, Norm Richards, President B.C. Government Employees’ Union
11:15 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. PUBLIC SECTOR CAMPAIGN, Jack Adams, Public Sector Committee Co-ordinator
11:40 a.m. – 12:00 Noon OVERALL TRADE UNION CAMPAIGN – “OPERATION SOLIDARITY”, Mike Kramer, Secretary-Treasurer, B.C. Federation of Labour
12:00 Noon – 1:00 p.m. LUNCH
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. STATEMENT OF ENDORSEMENT OR CRITIC
Jack Munro, President, IWA Regional Council No: 1
Roy Gautier, President, B.C. & Yukon Building Trades Council
Owen Dykstra, President B.C. Division of CUPE
Jack Gerow, Business Manager, Hospital Employees’ Union
Jess Succamore, Vice-President, Confederation of Canadian Unions
Monty Alton, Assistant Director, District No: 3, USWA
Bill Clark, President, Telecommunications Workers’ Union
Larry Kuehn, President, B.C. Teachers’ Federation
Don Garcia, President, Canadian Area ILWU
Nora A. Paton, Chief Executive Officer, B.C. Nurses’ Union
2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. MOTION IN SUPPORT OF “OPERATION SOLIDARITY”, DISCUSSION
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. CLOSING REMARKS, Art Kube, President B.C. Federation of Labour
4:00 p.m. ADJOURNMENT
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