The Red Baron of IBEW Local 213

Les McDonald, Union Politics, and the 1966 Wildcat Strike at Lenkurt Electric

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Book cover: The Red Baron of IBEW Local 213: Les McDonald, Union Politics, and the 1966 Wildcat Strike at Lenkurt Electric, by Ian McDonald.

Cover image: Les McDonald leads Local 213’s left faction en route to a demonstration of unemployed building trades workers at Vancouver City Hall, 1960. Les McDonald private collection.

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  • issn
    1925-184X
  • publisher
    Athabasca University Press
  • publisher place
    Athabasca, AB, Canada
  • rights
    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). It may be reproduced for non-commercial purposes, provided that the original author is credited.
  • rights holder
    Ian McDonald
  • series title
    Working Canadians: Books from the CCLH
  • doi