Date: 1980 (year approximate)
Description: Leaflet. Date to be determined circa early 1980s.
Date: 1980 (year approximate)
Description: Leaflet. Date to be determined circa early 1980s.
Date: 1980 (year approximate)
Description: Leaflet. Date to be determined circa early 1980s.
Date: 1980 (year approximate)
Description: Leaflet. Date to be determined circa early 1980s.
Date: 1981-04-06
Name(s): Cavanaugh, Judy
Description: Press release announces the first anniversary of the CFU, including; union memmbership at 1,000; 72 hour strike notice at two farms - Jensen Mushroom Farm Ltd and Country Farms Natural Foods Ltd; also, certifications at four farms; and, a contract at Bell Farms Ltd.
Date: 1980-08-24
Description: Abbotsford, BC public meeting following the tragic deaths of an infant and three children as a direct result of terrible living conditions and the absence of day-care on or near farms. Focuses on health and safety in farm work.
Date: 1980-08-24
Description: CFU draft press release: Abbotsford, BC public meeting, at Royal Canadian Legion Hall, following the tragic deaths of an infant and three children as a direct result of terrible living conditions and the absence of day-care on farms. Meeting focuses on the question of health and safety in farm work.
Date: 1980-08-24
Name(s): Chouhan, Raj
Description: 250 farmworkers attend CFU public meeting, in Abbotsford, BC, following the tragic deaths of an infant and three children as a direct result of terrible living conditions and the absence of day-care on the farms. Meeting focuses on the question of health and safety in farm work.
Date: 1980-08-24
Name(s): Ledger, Verna
Description: This pointed speech focuses on the history of pesticide and chemical exposure to farmworkers. Presented at at a CFU public meeting, at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall, in Abbotsford, BC, following the tragic deaths of an infant and three children as a direct result of terrible living conditions and the absence of day-care on or near the farms. The meeting focuses on the question of health and safety in farm work.
Date: 1997-07-10
Name(s): Gill, Charan, Mann, Ajaib
Description: A survey of CFU activities lobbying provincial WCB in early 1990s. A list of recommendations for WCB and Employment Standards
Date: 1983-08-12
Description: Operation Solidarity Press Release quoting Raj Chouhan.
Date: 1983-10-15
Name(s): [Photograher unknown]
Description: From January to March 1983, the "CFU participated in a WCB sub-committee which was established to draft guidelines for pesticide regulations in the agricultural industry. These guidelines were completed." However on March 10, the Social Credit BC provincial government reversed its announcement from a year ago and "removed the enforcement of WCB health and safety regulations for the agricultural industry. In their place, they suggested establishing an educational Farm Safety Agency." The CFU…
Date: 1983-10-15
Name(s): [Photograher unknown]
Description: CFU president Raj Chouhan behind Social Credit's BC provincial Labour Minister Bob McCLelland. From January to March 1983, the "CFU participated in a WCB sub-committee which was established to draft guidelines for pesticide regulations in the agricultural industry. These guidelines were completed." However on March 10, the Social Credit BC provincial government reversed its announcement from a year ago and "removed the enforcement of WCB health and safety regulations for the agricultural…
Date: 1983-03-22
Name(s): [Photograher unknown]
Description: From January to March 1983, the "CFU participated in a WCB sub-committee which was established to draft guidelines for pesticide regulations in the agricultural industry. These guidelines were completed." However on March 10, the Social Credit BC provincial government reversed its announcement from a year ago and "removed the enforcement of WCB health and safety regulations for the agricultural industry. In their place, they suggested establishing an educational Farm Safety Agency." The CFU…
Date: 1983-03-22
Name(s): [Photograher unknown]
Description: From January to March 1983, the "CFU participated in a WCB sub-committee which was established to draft guidelines for pesticide regulations in the agricultural industry. These guidelines were completed." However on March 10, the Social Credit BC provincial government reversed its announcement from a year ago and "removed the enforcement of WCB health and safety regulations for the agricultural industry. In their place, they suggested establishing an educational Farm Safety Agency." The CFU…
