Farmworkers' Legal Rights

Date
1982-07-24
Creator: Fraser Valley Farmworkers Legal Services Project
Description

An english-punjabi bi-lingual booklet with farmworkers basic employment related rights, including: minimum wages, piece rates vs. hourly rates, holiday and vacation pay, labour contractor, housing and transport deductions, health and safety, pesticide exposure, injuries on the job, women's issues relating to pregnancy, unemploment, income assistance, rights to unionization.

Nationality
Indo-Canadians
South Asians
East Indians
Subject (Geographic)
British Columbia
Lower Mainland
Fraser Valley (B.C.)
Keywords
Campaign Materials - Members
farm workers
farmworkers
Labour Laws
unemployment insurance
employment standards
Labour Contractors
Transportation
Housing
Accidents and Deaths
Health and safety
pesticides
Workers' Compensation
Women's issues
Genre
Records (Documents)
Type of resource
Text
Language
English
Punjabi
Part of
Canadian Farmworkers Union Collection
Identifier
CRA0076
Copyright
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Terms of use
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Copyright owner(s)

Multiple and various copyright owners.