The veteran journalist Rod Mickleburgh discusses his new book, On the Line: A History of the British Columbia Labour Movement (Harbour Publishing, 2018), with Joseph Planta.

On the Line: A History of the British Columbia Labour Movement by Rod Mickleburgh (Harbour Publishing, 2018). Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: On the Line

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, at TheCommentary.ca.

Rod Mickleburgh joins me again. He’s just published a new book, On the Line: A History of the British Columbia Labour Movement. It’s in the shape of a coffee table book, but more than that it’s a comprehensive chronicle of organised labour in this province. It’s got hundreds of photos, some neat shots, some never seen before. Mr. Mickleburgh does a fine job in looking at the record of workers fighting against unfair pay and unsafe working conditions. He looks at the politics of this province, often volatile, always colourful. He also casts an eye to the future, and where the labour movement is today. Rod Mickleburgh is a former labour reporter for the Vancouver Sun, Province, and a senior writer for the Globe and Mail. With Geoff Meggs, he co-wrote The Art of the Impossible: Dave Barrett and the NDP in Power, 1972-1975, which he was on this program with in 2012. This new book is published by Harbour. You can follow Rod: @RodMickleburgh is the Twitter handle. Please welcome back to the Planta: On the Line program, Rod Mickleburgh; Mr. Mickleburgh, good morning.

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