quote:John Francis "Lofty" MacMillan, one of Canada's trade union giants and a founding CUPE pioneer, has died at the age of 88. His involvement with the labour movement began when he became a Cape Breton coal miner at age 16. Tired of seeing colleagues die in mining accidents, he decided to get involved in the union.
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posted 24 January 2006 08:40 PM
