Rogers, Frank

ROGERS, Frank, union activist (b circa 1878; d 15 Apr 1903, Vancouver). He was BC's first union martyr. A longshoreman and leading socialist in VANCOUVER in the early 1900s (see SOCIALIST PARTY OF BC), he led the BC FISHERMEN'S UNION in the FRASER R STRIKE in 1900–01. In 1903 members of the United Brotherhood of Railway Employees went on strike against the CPR, supported by sympathy strikes by various other unions, including the stevedores. While investigating a disturbance near the Vancouver...

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