{"id":82989,"date":"2015-05-05T11:10:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T11:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/?p=82989"},"modified":"2024-11-16T15:09:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T15:09:00","slug":"ilwu_interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/?p=82989","title":{"rendered":"Urban disconnection in BC: myths versus facts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<iframe title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/126766850?h=214717229e\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\"    allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 120,000 British Columbians are directly employed by the resource sector, but if you ask people that live in urban centers, it\u2019s likely they would know very little about it. The ILWU represents over 6,000 rank-and-file workers in BC. 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