Discrimination Against Farmworkers Public Hearing: Brief Presented to the Human Rights Commission of British Columbia

Date
1982-05-21
Creator: Kapahi, Raj
Creator: National Association of Canadians of Origins in India, BC Chapter
Description

Vancouver public hearing on the 'Discrimination Against Farmworkers'. CFU and 28 organizations and individuals present briefs asking the BC provincial government to stop all legislative discrimination against farmworkers. On February 17, 1983 the Commission released its report 'What this Country did to us it did to itself'. The Commission accepted the gist of the presentations which called for the equality of farm workers before the law.

Nationality
Indo-Canadians
South Asians
East Indians
Subject (Geographic)
British Columbia
Lower Mainland
Fraser Valley (B.C.)
Keywords
Briefs and Reports
farm workers
farmworkers
Labour Laws
employment standards
Poverty
Child Labour
Housing
Accidents and Deaths
Health and safety
pesticides
Workers' Compensation
Women's issues
racism
Discrimination
Immigrants
Genre
Records (Documents)
Type of resource
Text
Language
English
Part of
Canadian Farmworkers Union Collection
Identifier
BRF0042
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