British Columbia Federation of Labour

{{Infobox union

| name = BCFED

| full_name = British Columbia Federation of Labour

| native_name = Fédération du travail de la Colombie-Britannique

| native_name_lang = fr

| logo = BC Federation of Labour logo.svg

| upright = 0.7

| founded = {{Start date and age|1910}}

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| successor =

| dissolved =

| merged =

| members = 500,000 (2024)

| publication =

| location_country = Canada

| affiliation = Canadian Labour Congress

| key_people = {{ubl| Susanne Skidmore, President|Herminder Singh Kailley, Secretary-Treasurer}}

| headquarters = 4259 Canada Way, Unit #110
Burnaby, BC V5G 1H1

| website = {{official URL}}

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The British Columbia Federation of Labour (BCFED), often shortened to the BC Federation of Labour, is a central organization for organized labour in British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1910{{Cite web |title=National Union Centrals {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/union-centrals-national |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}} and has 500,000 members.{{Cite web |title=About the BCFED |url=https://bcfed.ca/about/bcfed |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=bcfed.ca |language=en}}

History

The BCFED was formed in 1910.

In 1917, the BCFED adopted a resolution opposing Canada's recently passed Military Service Act, which mandated conscription for military age men.{{Cite book |last=Buck |first=Tim |title=Canada and the Russian Revolution; the impact of the world's first socialist revolution on labor and politics in Canada |publisher=Progress Books |year=1967 |location=Toronto |pages=30; 42; 82 |language=English}}

The BCFED published a newspaper, The B.C. Federationist. The newspaper had a circulation of 40,000 workers throughout Western Canada and has been characterized as a revolutionary trade unionist publication. The paper was used to distribute socialist messaging, including Left-wing Communism; an Infantile Disorder by V.I. Lenin.

References

External links

{{Official website}}
[https://wayback.archive-it.org/288/*/http://www.bcfed.ca/ British Columbia Federation of Labour (I)]– Web Archive created by the University of Toronto Libraries
[https://wayback.archive-it.org/288/*/http://www.bcfed.com/ British Columbia Federation of Labour (II)]– Web Archive created by the University of Toronto Libraries

Category:Canadian Labour Congress affiliates

Category:Provincial federations of labour (Canada)

Category:Trade unions established in 1910

Category:Trade unions in British Columbia

Category:1910 establishments in British Columbia