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. 

Visit Special Collections and Rare Books Canadian Farmworkers Union Project for more information, including an extensive chronology that provides contextual access to items in the collection.

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Berryland Foods: CFU summary of field worker meeting

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Date: 1985-07-31
Description: Details wage rates and farm worker issues raised at a CFU organizing meeting.

Berryland Foods: Labour Code of British Columbia Labour Relations Board - Complaint of Violation

Date: 1985-08-08
Name(s): Chouhan, Raj
Description: During the CFU organizing drive at Berryland Foods a new CFU member is fired. This application requests the re-hiring of the worker.

Berryland Foods: Labour Code of British Columbia Labour Relations Board: Application For Certification at Berryland Foods

Date: 1985-08-02
Name(s): Chouhan, Raj
Description: CFU applies to the provincial BC LRB to represent the field workers at Berryland Foods (A Division of Jim Pattison Enterprises).

Bhangra dancers at the Canadian Farmworkers Union's 3rd Anniversary Celebration. A young boy from Paul Binning's dance troupe the Punjab Cultural Association.

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Date: 1983-04-09
Name(s): [Photograher unknown]
Description: Bhangra dancers at CFU Anniversary Celebration. A young boy dancer from Paul Binning's dance troupe the Punjab Cultural Association based in Richmond. 550 attend CFU Anniversary Celebration. Speaker Cesar Chavez.

Bhangra Giddha dancers at Canadian Farmworkers Union's 3rd Anniversary Celebration.

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Date: 1983-04-09
Name(s): [Photograher unknown]
Description: Giddha dancers at CFU Anniversary Celebration. 550 attend CFU Anniversary Celebration. Guest speaker UFW President Cesar Chavez.

Bhangra Giddha dancers at Canadian Farmworkers Union's 3rd Anniversary Celebration.

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Date: 1983-04-09
Name(s): [Photograher unknown]
Description: Giddha dancers at CFU Anniversary Celebration. 550 attend CFU Anniversary Celebration. Guest speaker UFW President Cesar Chavez.

Boycott Campbell Products - Documents

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Date: 1983-03-31
Description: A package of documents to support the Farm Labor Organizing Committee strike of 2000 Ohio farmworkers who harvest tomatoes for Campbell products.

Boycott Campbell Products - Press Release

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Date: 1983-05-16
Description: A message of solidarity between the CFU and Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) in Ohio, United States.

Boycott Campbell Soup in Support of MidWestern Farmworkers

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Date: 1983-03-31
Description: Ohio-based Farm Labor Organizing Committee's anti-Campbell Soup poster 'Cream of Exploitation'. In support of FLOC's strike of 2000 Ohio farmworkers who harvest tomatoes for Campell products.

Boycott Campbell Soup: Farm Labor Organizing Committee Letter and Brochure - The FLOC Story

Date: 1983-03-31
Name(s): Velasquez, Baldemar
Description: A letter from Ohio Farm Labor Organizing Committee requesting an endorsement in support of the Boycott against Campbell Soup Company.

Brief to Matsqui Municipal Council - Re: The Proposed Seasonal Full-Time Farm Help Accommodation By-Law No. 2261

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Date: 1982-02-01
Name(s): Sandborn, Calvin
Description: Very important brief on housing conditions in the Fraser Valley. Attached examples: Michigan Agricultural Labor Camp Licensing; USA Occupational Safety and Health - Temporary Labor Camp regulations; Ontario Guildlines on Accommodation for Migrant Farm Workers; United Nations ILO - Code of Practice, Safety and Health in Agricultural Work - Accommodation and Feeding; provincial BC Health Act - Regulations for the Sanitary Control of Industrial Camps.

British Columbia Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines Letter

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Date: 1986-04-03
Name(s): Meggs, Geoff
Description: Letter asking for support on the resolution at Canadian Labour Congress to recognize Philippino trade union Kilusango Mayo Uno.

Building a Farmworkers' Support Network within the Church Community

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Date: 1983-04-01
Description: This proposal was developed to raise funds amongst the Church community.

Bulletin - CFU Signs First Agreement

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Date: 1980-12-01
Description: The bulletin to members details the CFU's first labour contract with Bell Farms Ltd Headlines: Contract System Eliminated at Bell Farm; Wage Inceases of 30 to 47 Percent; Attend Local Union Meetings.

Bulletin - Important Notice for all CFU members

Date: 1981-11-01
Description: Bi-lingual Newsletter to CFU members only. Headlines: Agreements Signed with Reimer's Nursery and Fraser Valley Frosted Foods; Two Seasonal Voluntary Agreements; CFU Memebers Dispatched to Bell Farm; Hartal (Strikes); Abolish the 25 Day Rule, CFU launches UIC Campaign; Why the Union is Fighting For Workers Compensation Coverage; Access to Cabins; Okanagan Activities; Bring Your Income Tax Forms to the Union Office; Legal Services Clinic.