The long distance feeling
Subtitle: a history of the Telecommunications Workers Union
By: Elaine Bernard.
Publisher: New Star Books
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Vancouver
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Telecommunications Workers Union (B.C.) -- History.; British Columbia Telephone Company -- History.; Telecommunication -- Employees -- Labor unions -- British Columbia -- History.; Telephone -- British Columbia -- History.
Description: Labour historian Elaine Bernard traces the tumultuous history of B.C.'s telephone workers, from the installation of the province's first phone in 1878 to the remarkable five-day occupation of B.C.'s telephone system in 1981. Bernard documents the development of telecommunications technology, the telephone companies, and the unions. The impact of technological change is emphasized throughout.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.