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Canadian Farmworkers Union Collection
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- From Different Perspectives: Photographs from the Agricultural Landscape: Exhibition Notes April 8 - June 6, 2010.
- A curatorial booklet to accompany the photography group show with participating artists, Craig Berggold, Elaine Briere, Carole Conde and Karl Beveridge. The show focused on the history of the CFU and farmworkers organizing in the BC; temporary off-shore Mexican farm workers in Ontario; and Mexican-American farmworrkers and the UFW organizing in Washington State apple orchards. Also, invitation card.
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- Canadian Farmworkers Union Educational: Canadian History and Trade Union Reading List
- Ten books on labour history and draft course outline. Circa early 1980s.
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- Get Wise and Organize
- Appeals to farm workers about their working conditions and suggests that only with collective strength can the CFU fight to change them. Date to be determined.
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- Leaflet. Date to be determined circa early 1980s.
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- Leaflet. Date to be determined circa early 1980s.
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- Leaflet. Date to be determined circa early 1980s.
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- Letter in Punjabi
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- Farming Season has begun…
- An appeal to seasonal farm workers to organize. Circa early 1980s.
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- Basta Grewal Mushroom Worker Accident
- This press release was issued after a court case was settled in an injured farm workers favour with a cash settlement. Basta Grewal's chest was severly injured by a mushroom augar that did not have an inexpensive 'kill' switch, due to a lack of provincial BC health and safety regulations covering agriculture. Without WCB coverage farmworkers had to appeal to the civil provincial courts for settlements. Circa early 1980s.
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- An Unending Story of Sexual Harassment of Farmworkers
- Specific to Indo-Canadian women and their difficulties reporting harassment due to isolation and male chauvinism that blames the victim. Gives examples of harassment of women farmworkers and recommends a women's support group be formed and a conscious men's group. Circa early 1980s.
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- Draft contract language on piece rate and hourly rate for mushroom workers
- Draft contract language on piece rate and hourly rate for mushroom workers. Collective agreement notes. Circa 1980s.
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- Labour History: A Selected Bibliography
- Labour History: A Selected Bibliography. Circa 1980s.
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- Leaflet. Date to be determined circa early 1980s.
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- TRANSLATION required
- Leaflet. Date to be determined circa early 1980s.
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- Leaflet. Date to be determined circa early 1980s.
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- Concerning the Phenomenon of Underweight East Indian Newborns and its Relationship to the Plight of BC's Farmworkers
- Includes appendix of a scientific article 'Outreach counselling in nutrionally at-risk pregnancies - Food for thought'. Submitted at municipal hearings. Circa early 1980s.
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- Canadian Farmworkers Union National Constitution
- CFU National Constitution. This version the date to be determined.