Review: Solidarity more often than not

On The Line: A History of the British Columbia Labour Movement
Rod Mickleburgh | Harbour Publishing
$44.95, 294pp.
While mainstream Canadian journalism has never been noted for extensive or sympathetic coverage of labour news, for many years Rod Mickleburgh was an honorable exception, filing authoritative and competent labour stories to The Vancouver Sun and Province.
(Full disclosure. I have known Mickleburgh now for decades. We have, from time to time, discussed stories one or both of us were