And it is a shame. Jack Nichol, one of my old acquaintances and mentors died a couple of weeks ago and I did not know. Jack was a former leader of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union which along with Don Garcia's Longshoremen and our Telecommunications Workers Union (with a couple of other Unions) formed the "left" of BC's Labour movement. Jack was a brilliant negotiator, a fiery orator and a fierce advocate for working people . As George Hewison of the UFAWU says, "With his grade 10 education, Jack was smarter than any lawyer we ever hired".
Jack was one of the people who helped convinced a stuttering 30 year old at his first BC Federation of Labour Convention that he just might be able to make a small difference in the lives of working people. Jack, on behalf of the tens of thousands of people whose lives you helped improve, thanks.
Charles Campbell of The Tyee has an excellent article on Jack Nichol and the Memorial
here.
Homer Stevens and Jack Nichol back when the world was sane and we still had a resource industry:
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