Roll back the clock to the summer of 1977.
The kitchen is avocado green. Rod Stewart is on the radio. Somewhere somebody is wearing platform shoes and entirely too much Love's Baby Soft.
And a group of young women in Centralia, Ontario are about to make Canadian history.
Playwright Kristen Da Silva joins host Joanne Wallace to talk about Sisters of '78, her powerful new play inspired by what's come to be known as the Fleck strike. This was a five-month labour battle that pitted neighbour against neighbour, drew a shocking police response, and ultimately changed labour law across Canada.
Kristen shares the remarkable history behind the play, the research that brought her face-to-face with women who lived through the strike, and the challenge of turning one of Ontario's most dramatic labour disputes into compelling theatre.
Have a listen -- and fall in love with the women whose story deserves to be remembered.
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Credits:
Producer/Host: Joanne Wallace
Sound Designer/Engineer: Jim Park
Music: Theme: Gotta Give Me Something, River Run Dry, via Epidemic Sound; Lofi Podcast, Leberch; Whimsical Acoustic, The Mountain, both via Pixabay; Almost the Same (Instrumental Version), Peter Crosby, via Epidemic Sound.
