The Racist History of Present Laws That Discriminate Against Farmworkers

Date
1982-05-21
Creator: Sandborn, Calvin
Creator: Fraser Valley Farmworkers Legal Services Project
Description

One of the most important briefs on BC provincial history of workers legal discrimination and legislative racism. The historical role of immigration laws, Fisheries Act, Liquour Control Act, Minimum Wage Act, etc; The Minimum Wage Today and Employment Standards Act; Workers' Compensation and Equality Before the Law; Housing and Coronor's Jury; Unemploment Insurance; Industrial Camp Regulations; Recommendations and Footnotes; Also, Report submitted to Workers' Compensation Board with the 'Proposed Agricultural Pesticide Regulation' with extensive Annotation. Submitted to Vancouver public hearing on the 'Discrimination Against Farmworkers'. On February 17, 1983 the Commission released its report 'What this Country did to us it did to itself'.

Subject (Geographic)
British Columbia
Lower Mainland
Fraser Valley (B.C.)
California
Keywords
Briefs and Reports
farm workers
farmworkers
Labour Laws
unemployment insurance
employment standards
Poverty
Child Labour
Labour Contractors
Transportation
Housing
BC Labour Relations Board
Accidents and Deaths
Health and safety
pesticides
Workers' Compensation
Women's issues
Domestic Workers
Off-shore Labour
racism
Discrimination
Immigrants
Genre
Records (Documents)
Type of resource
Text
Language
English
Part of
Canadian Farmworkers Union Collection
Identifier
BRF0043
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