A labour icon of the west coast fishery passes on

The Tyee rightly points out a major oversight by the province’s major media outlets this month, the passing of long time union head Jack Nichol.

Nichol first joined the union movement shortly after the second world war, gaining elected office in 1964 and rising through the ranks to the leadership of UFAWU in 1977, taking over from the legend of the labour movement Homer Stevens…

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