Jury Raps Farmworkers' Living Conditions

Date
1980-08-21
Creator: Canadian Farmworkers' Union
Description

CFU draft press release: On July 16, 1980, in a Matsqui, BC, a seven month old baby girl, Sukhdeep Madhar, drowned in a bucket of water in a horse stall for a cabin. An inquest took place over this tragic incident. The coroner's jury recommended that "the living conditions of farmworkers be investigated and upgraded so an incident of this nature is less likely to happen in the future".

Nationality
Indo-Canadians
South Asians
East Indians
Subject (Geographic)
British Columbia
Lower Mainland
Fraser Valley (B.C.)
Keywords
Press Releases
farm workers
farmworkers
Labour Laws
Poverty
Child Labour
Housing
Accidents and Deaths
Health and safety
Women's issues
Discrimination
Genre
Records (Documents)
Type of resource
Text
Language
English
Part of
Canadian Farmworkers Union Collection
Identifier
EPH0496
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