1/22 Workers touch the sky from the roof of Canada Place in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Photo by Douglas Williams.
2/22 "Gentrification steamrolls through the heart of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside," writes The Blackbird in the caption in Flickr. The steamroller was turning Vancouver's Carrall St. into a bikeway.
3/22 They've obviously been working hard, but photographer Hans Peter Meyer manages to get a smile out of at least some of these forest industry workers in Mt. Waddington, B.C.
4/22 Knightbefore_99 calls this one "Two Thumbs of the Law."
5/22 Going vertical isn't the preferred career path for everyone, but our photo pool contributor, okanaganboy, doesn't seem to mind heights.
6/22 Few work harder than those who run a diner. In this shot, rick forgo captures half-full condiments, stainless steel warming trays, and a woman with her back to the customers. Classic. Image by .
7/22 Bruce Dean's "Working Girl" looks like she means business.
8/22 At the Prince George Farmers' Market, DJHuber captures a local artisan hard at work.
9/22 In the past, you might have thought this. Photograph by Space of Imagination.
10/22 Graffiti artists get creative in Victoria, B.C. Image by Lotus Johnson.
11/22 Dawna Friesen films on-location in Kelowna for Global TV. Photograph by Jason Drury.
12/22 Collecting bottles and cans. Photograph by popeye logic.
13/22 Ah, coffee: the source of this office-worker's strength, captured in this image by Lawrence.
14/22 Getting ready to fight fires from the air near Golden, B.C. By Vertically Inclined.
15/22 Welders on the new Port Mann Bridge. Image by Roger.
16/22 On a clear April day, Tobe takes in the daffodil rows at Saanichton's Vantreight Farms. Photographed by Jane Boles.
17/22 Jeremy Hiebert's photograph highlights the lack of labour in a formerly bustling part of the province. In Summerland, he notes, about 100 people lost their jobs when the BC Fruit Packers Cooperative closed their facility there.
18/22 Really. What collection of work-related photos from B.C. would be complete without the obligatory barista pic? Photograph taken in Richmond by Andriy M.
19/22 The Vancouver Convention Centre makes for a picture-perfect work environment. Photo by picaday.
20/22 No water cooler chatter or dingy cubicle for this guy. This photograph, by The Photography Elf, catches an artist selling his work in Vancouver's Gastown.
21/22 Popeye logic calls this one, "Work, the old fashioned way."
22/22 The Dorothy MacKenzie 2 works a log boom on the Fraser River off Burnaby's Foreshore Park. Photo by Glenbucket1.
Whether you spent July and August working hard or hardly working, September means it's back to the daily grind. And so for Labour Day, The Tyee's staff mined Your BC: The Tyee's Flickr Photo Pool for reader-submitted pictures about working life in British Columbia.
As usual, the talented photographers that contribute to pool didn't let us down. We found more beautiful, employment-related pictures than we could fit into one photo essay. From shots of chalk and graffiti artists at work on urban streets, to airborne firefighters, we've got 'em. From pouring espresso to soldering steel, it's all in here.
We hope these images inspire (and perhaps pacify) you, dear readers, as the harsh realities of bills-to-pay and mouths-to-feed eradicate any lingering glow you have left from this year's too-short summer.