Interview with John Shields

• Other Authors: BC Labour Heritage Centre
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: American Federation of Labour [AFL] > American Nazi Party > Bargaining > BC Federation of Labour > BC Government Employees Union [BCGEU] > Bill Bennett [former BC Premier] > Bill Vander-Zalm [former BC Premier] > Brooklyn; New York > Capital Regional District [CRD] > Catholic Children’s Aid > Catholic church > Children’s Aid Society > Civil Rights Act [U.S.; 1964] > Civil rights movement > Collective bargaining > Collective rights > Congress of Industrial Organizations [CIO] > Corbin Commission > Daycare Workers of Vancouver > Father Daniel Berrigan > Indigenous communities > Kelowna Accord > Labour movement > Martin Luther King; Jr. > Negotiations > New Democratic Party [NDP] > New York City [NYC] > Nisga’a First Nation > Operation Solidarity > Pay equity > Privatization > Public sector (industry) > Religion > Social Credit Party [SoCreds] > Social justice movement > Social Service Employees Union [SSEU] > Social work (industry) > Solidarity Coalition > Solidarity Movement [BC; 1983] > Southern Christian Leadership Group > Spirituality > Strikes > Vancouver > Victoria; Anstein; Barrett; Bedford; Brooklyn; Harcourt; Levy; Shearer; First Nations
• Online Access: https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/bclhc-7/interview-john-shields

John Shields was born and raised in New York City, New York, raised by Irish Catholic parents. He was always drawn to helping people and pursued a career in the Catholic church clergy, but left after disagreement with the church’s new revelations. He moved to Vancouver and became a social worker, an...