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Scenes from the May Day Protest

A parade of signs professed support for strikers, vitriol towards the Campbell government.

Christopher Grabowski, 3 May 2004, TheTyee.ca

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More than 5000 supporters massed in downtown Vancouver on Saturday to show support for HEU workers and cheer calls for a general strike, narrowly averted the next day by an eleventh hour agreement between labour leaders and the Liberal government.  Click on gallery to sample the atmosphere.

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