The Farmworker 1979 Vol. 01 No. 01

Date
1979-08-03
Creator: Farm Workers Organizing Committee
Description

The first Canadian farm workers newspaper published by the Farm Workers Organizing Committee. A bi-lingual paper with Punjabi front side (8-pages) and English front side (4-pages). Headlines include: 'Farmworkers First Major Victory Farmer Had To Pay $80,000' at Mukhtiar Growers in Fraser Valley, BC; Also, press release supporting Vietnamese refugee boat people but not as bonded labour by sponsoring Fraser Valley farmers; UFW campaign to Boycott Chiquitta bananas; letters of support from UFW President Cesar Chavez.

Physical description
Original
Nationality
Indo-Canadians
South Asians
East Indians
Asians
Vietnamese
Subject (Geographic)
British Columbia
Lower Mainland
Fraser Valley (B.C.)
California
Keywords
CFU Newspapers
farm workers
farmworkers
Organizing
Strikes
Labour Laws
employment standards
Poverty
Labour Contractors
Transportation
Women's issues
United Farm Workers of America
Farm Workers Organizing Committee
Genre
Newspapers
Type of resource
Text
Language
English
Punjabi
Part of
The Farmworker
Identifier
EPH0434
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