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⏲ Duration: 23 min 46 sec ✓ Published: 21-Mar-2024
Description: Interviewed by Phil LeggnnSy Pederson was born into a logging family of fallers in Courtenay and followed the family tradition when he turned 21.Falling was a dangerous job and Sy recognized the hazard posed by the piecework system.He organized fallers in an illegal strike in 1972, despite union opposition, where they stayed home to successfully achieve a day rate system.Active in his union, the International Woodworkers of America (IWA), he became president of his local as well as of the
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