Farmworkers Need Your Support

Date
1981-01-01
Creator: Canadian Farmworkers' Union
Description

A short list of farmworkers' accidents and deaths in BC Fraser Valley, racist attacks in Okanagan, and exclusion from health and safety laws in Ontario. A financial appeal to support the newly formed union. Cover photo shows Pritam Kaur leaving the fields to join the July 12, 1980 Clearbrook march and CFU organizer Sarwan Boal with bullhorn. Cover photo by Peter Battistoni. Inside photos Jim McDowell.

Physical description
Original
Nationality
Indo-Canadians
South Asians
East Indians
Quebecois
Subject (Geographic)
British Columbia
Lower Mainland
Fraser Valley (B.C.)
Okanagan
Ontario
Keywords
Campaign Materials - Public
farm workers
farmworkers
Organizing
Labour Laws
employment standards
Poverty
Child Labour
Housing
Accidents and Deaths
Health and safety
pesticides
Workers' Compensation
Women's issues
racism
Discrimination
Genre
Records (Documents)
Type of resource
Text
Language
English
Part of
Canadian Farmworkers Union Collection
Identifier
EPH0446
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