Farm Workers Organizing Committee meeting, circa 1979.

Date
1979-03-08
Creator: [Photograher unknown]
Description

A FWOC public meeting during the first year of organizing. Circa 1979. FWOC President Raj Chouhan with clinched fist. "The main objective for the FWOC was to expose the conditions of farmwork for seasonal workers in the Fraser Valley. The approach was to work with farmworkers, to lobby the government and to undertake public education." Membership fee was $2 and in one year achieved 700 members.

Physical description
B&W Print
35mm B&W Negative
Nationality
Indo-Canadians
South Asians
East Indians
Subject (Geographic)
British Columbia
Lower Mainland
Fraser Valley (B.C.)
Keywords
Photographs
farm workers
farmworkers
Organizing
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
Canadian Farmworkers Union Collection
Identifier
Photos-021
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