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 online talk 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 great video  by filmmaker Junie Boudreau, dedicated to Canadian miners from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and across Canada. Plus, Which Side Are You On, by George Mann. Produced by Chris Garlock; edited by Patrick Dixon. To contribute a labor history item, email [email protected]

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