The On the Level newspaper was published by Local 452 of the Carpenters Union in Vancouver, British Columbia, from 1965 to 2006. It provided a means for the union to "promote social criticism from a trade union perspective and raise awareness on issues of worker health and safety" and to communicate to its members regarding such topics as union news and events, labour disputes, labour legislation, and union benefits.

With the exception of the March 1976 issue the entire run of the newspaper, beginning with the first issue in September 1965, has been digitized and is available here.

License and Usage Permissions

Images from the On the Level newspaper collection have been made available by Simon Fraser University Library under a Creative Commons attribution, non-commercial license. A full legal outline of the license can be viewed at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode.

We encourage the appropriate open use of images from this collection for educational and other not-for-profit purposes. Attribution/citation should be provided as follows:

Image [insert image number here, eg. 1965-09-01-01 ] courtesy of the On the Level newspaper collection, a digital initiative of the Construction, Maintenance and Allied Workers (CMAW) union and Simon Fraser University Library. [Please include the website url when images are used in an offline or print-based context].

Parties interested in using images from the On the Level newspaper collection for commercial purposes should contact the CMAW.

Acknowledgements

SFU Special Collections and Rare Books gratefully acknowledges the financial support provided by the Construction, Maintenance and Allied Workers (CMAW) union to make this collection available online.

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