Canadian Farmworkers Union Collection

Selected publications, documents, and other significant items from the complete Canadian Farmworkers Union collection. 500+ publications, documents, and other significant items from the complete CFU archival collection held by the SFU Library's Special Collections. 

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A Study of Farmworkers in the Small Fruit Industry in the Lower Mainland Region 1994

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Date: 1994-09-30
Name(s): Basran, Satvinder, Sidhu, Sukhpinder
Description: Important summary of findings from 300 to 500 farmworker survey including: Work Force Composition; Crop Industries; Hours of Work; Number of farmworkers in transport vehicles; Washing and toilet facilities; Availability of drinking water and First Aid; Exposure to pesticides; Children accompanied to farms; Child Labour; Awareness of government regulations; Discrimination in workplace; Image of farmworker; Injury rate; WCB claims; etc. Also a list of recommendations for Enforcement; Education;…

A Time To Change Exhibition. Photo 01 by Craig Berggold. Women field worker topping Brussels sprout suckers. Aldergrove, BC, October 1983.

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Date: 1983-10-01
Name(s): Berggold, Craig
Description: Women field worker topping Brussels sprout suckers. Aldergrove, British Columbia. October 1983. Photo 1 of 30.

A Time To Change Exhibition. Photo 02 by Craig Berggold. Back-aching work: two field workers stoop and bend over all day topping Brussels sprout suckers. Aldergrove, BC, October 1983.

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Date: 1983-10-01
Name(s): Berggold, Craig
Description: Back-aching work: two field workers stoop and bend over all day topping Brussels sprout suckers. One of the many cold crops harvested in the Fraser Valley. Aldergrove, British Columbia. October 1983. Photo 2 of 30.

A Time To Change Exhibition. Photo 03 by Craig Berggold. Elderly field worker topping Brussels sprout suckers. Aldergrove, BC, October 1983.

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Date: 1983-10-01
Name(s): Berggold, Craig
Description: Elderly field worker topping Brussels sprout suckers. Aldergrove, British Columbia. October 1983. Photo 3 of 30.

A Time To Change Exhibition. Photo 04 by Craig Berggold. Field workers cut the Brussels sprouts off the stalks at the cutting tables during winter harvest. Aldergrove, BC, November 1983.

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Date: 1983-11-01
Name(s): Berggold, Craig
Description: Using kitchen paring knives, farmworkers cut the Brussels sprouts off the stalks at the cutting tables during winter harvest. Aldergrove, British Columbia. November 1983. Photo 4 of 30.

A Time To Change Exhibition. Photo 05 by Craig Berggold. Elderly field worker posing with machete. Aldergrove, BC, November 1983.

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Date: 1983-11-01
Name(s): Berggold, Craig
Description: Elderly field worker posing with machete. Usually men cut down the Brussels sprout stalks and carry them to the tables. Aldergrove, British Columbia. November 1983. Photo 5 of 30.

A Time To Change Exhibition. Photo 06 by Craig Berggold. Brussels sprout cutting tables are set up in the fields. Aldergrove, BC, November 1983.

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Date: 1983-11-01
Name(s): Berggold, Craig
Description: Brussels sprout cutting tables are set up in the fields. Aldergrove, British Columbia. November 1983. Photo 6 of 30.

A Time To Change Exhibition. Photo 07 by Craig Berggold. Cutting Brussels sprouts off the stalks and loading bucket. Aldergrove, BC, November 1983.

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Date: 1983-11-01
Name(s): Berggold, Craig
Description: Cutting Brussels sprouts off the stalks and loading bucket. Aldergrove, British Columbia. November 1983. Photo 7 of 30.

A Time To Change Exhibition. Photo 08 by Craig Berggold. Field worker hauls and dumps Brussels sprouts into the grower's warehouse processing bin. Aldergrove, BC, November 1983.

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Date: 1983-11-01
Name(s): Berggold, Craig
Description: Farmworker hauls and dumps Brussels sprouts into the grower's warehouse processing bin. Aldergrove, British Columbia. November 1983. Photo 8 of 30.

A Time To Change Exhibition. Photo 09 by Craig Berggold. Field worker has her daily 'piece-rate' card punched by labour contractor during Brussels spout harvest. Aldergrove, BC, November 1983.

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Date: 1983-11-01
Name(s): Berggold, Craig
Description: Farmworker has her daily 'piece-work' card punched by labour contractor during Brussels spout harvest. Fieldwork harvesting is usually paid at piece rates, and not hourly wages. This often results in many field workers receiving less than a minimum wage. Aldergrove, British Columbia. November 1983. Photo 9 of 30.

A Time To Change Exhibition. Photo 10 by Craig Berggold. Two field workers strike a pose at the end of the day harvesting Brussels sprouts. Aldergrove, BC, November 1983.

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Date: 1983-11-01
Name(s): Berggold, Craig
Description: Two field workers strike a pose at the end of the day harvesting Brussels sprouts. They await the labour contractor to transport them home. Many farmworkers are transported from the metro Vancouver and Surrey areas to the Fraser Valley in vans owned and operated by labour contractors. Aldergrove, British Columbia. November 1983. Photo 10 of 30.

A Time To Change Exhibition. Photo 11 by Craig Berggold. Jasweer Kaur Brar and Jasbir Kaur Sagoo, two mushroom pickers who had just joined the union and been fired, on picket line. South Langley, BC, May 29, 1984.

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Date: 1984-05-29
Name(s): Berggold, Craig
Description: Jasweer Kaur Brar (left) and Jasbir Kaur Sagoo (right), two mushroom pickers who had just joined the union and been fired--on an information picket line outside their worksite. On May 27, 1984 eleven women mushroom pickers were fired at Hoss Farm, five for signing Canadian Farmworkers' Union cards and six more who then approached the Indo-Canadian grower about his actions. Langley/Aldergrove area, British Columbia. May 29, 1984. Photo 11 of 30.

A Time To Change Exhibition. Photo 12 by Craig Berggold. Sakhdarshanpar Machi, Jasbir Kaur Sagoo and Jasweer Kaur Brar, all new union members on picket duty. South Langley, BC, May 29, 1984.

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Date: 1984-05-29
Name(s): Berggold, Craig
Description: Sakhdarshanpar Machi, Jasbir Kaur Sagoo and Jasweer Kaur Brar (left to right), all new union members on picket duty along the lonely rural road leading to the mushroom farm. At Hoss's mushroom farm the women had had enough of the poor working conditions that were typical for many mushroom workers in the Fraser Valley. This included working up to 15 hours per day with no overtime, being paid at piece rates amounting to $2-$3 an hour (far less than minimum wage), no bathrooms or cleaning…

A Time To Change Exhibition. Photo 13 by Craig Berggold. The fired women brought their children with them to the picket line. South Langley, BC, May 30, 1984.

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Date: 1984-05-30
Name(s): Berggold, Craig
Description: The fired women brought their children with them to the picket line and for days shouted "Prani picker vipislo" (All pickers back to work!). Langley/Aldergrove area, British Columbia. May 30, 1984. Photo 13 of 30.

A Time To Change Exhibition. Photo 14 by Craig Berggold. A secondary picket line at the Fraser Valley Mushroom Growers' Co-operative--which packaged mushrooms under the brand name Money's Mushrooms. Langley, BC, May 31, 1984.

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Date: 1984-05-31
Name(s): Berggold, Craig
Description: After three days of picketing at the remote farm, the women farmworkers set up a secondary picket line at the Fraser Valley Mushroom Growers' Co-operative--which packaged mushrooms under the brand name Money's Mushrooms. The Co-op warehouse workers who processed the mushrooms, members of the Retail & Wholesale Union, refused to cross the picket line. The plant shut down and the distribution and sale of mushrooms in retail stores came to a standstill. The pressure exerted by the picket line…