FWOC’s mobilizes its first direct action picket line with nearly 200 farmworkers at Mukhtiar Growers Ltd in Clearbrook, BC. Raj Chouhan, President FWOC, on far right. The workers had not been paid their back wages for six weeks. Mukhtiar paid $80,000 in wages on the spot, after two hours of negotiations. Workers went back to work after they received their cheques. The FWOC’s first major victory was reported in the local mainstream press and TV.
