Sometimes we need to know where we've been and what we've accomplished to know what we're fighting for. Here's a brief timeline to help show some major labour accomplishments | 1886 | ........ | Ontario Factory Act ends "legal" child labour. | | 1916 | ........ | First B.C. Workmen's Compensation Act passed - for workers injured on the job. | | 1916 | ........ | Women get the vote for federal elections | | 1920 | ........ | Minimum-Wage Act passed | | 1927 | ........ | Old age pensions are introduced | | 1941 | ........ | Unemployment insurance is introduced | | 1947 | ........ | Workers win vacation pay | | 1960 | ........ | Aboriginal people get the right to vote federally | | 1968 | ........ | Medicare is nationalized | | 1993 | ........ | B.C. Farm workers are included under the Worker's Compensation Act | | 1999 | ........ | The Supreme Court of Canada finds that it is discriminatory to deny benefits to same-sex partners. |
Source - Youth, Unions, and You - A secondary teacher's guide to labour studies for B.C. Schools., May 2001 by BC Teacher's Federation | 
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