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Title: Komagata Maru: A Story in Picture
Description: Produced for the 75th anniversary of the Komagata Maru incident. Photos from the Vancouver Public Library collection.
Date: 1989-05-23

Title: Letter to Suspend CFU Organizing in Ontario - Confidential
Description: Discussion about financial assistance from Canadian Labour Congress.
Date: 1983-04-27

Title: Women in the Agriculture Industry - Speech by Judy Cavanagh, CFU National Representative
Description: This article looks at the historical role of women in the agriculture industry. That women make up the majority of farmworkers and receive less pay than male farmworkers
Date: 1982-12-02

Title: 1981 Canadian Farmworkers Union Poster - Good Enough To Work Good Enough To Unionize
Description: Toronto artists Carole Conde and Karl Beveridge's poster portraying southern Ontario tobacco pickers announces the new CFU-National slogan 'Good Enough To Work...' that references the lack of workplace legal rights for farm workers across Canada, including the right to organize into a union - one of the many work rights taken for granted by most
Show moreToronto artists Carole Conde and Karl Beveridge's poster portraying southern Ontario tobacco pickers announces the new CFU-National slogan 'Good Enough To Work...' that references the lack of workplace legal rights for farm workers across Canada, including the right to organize into a union - one of the many work rights taken for granted by most other workers. In 2011, the slogan is still relevant as Ontario farmworkers still do not have the right to form unions. The colour off-set poster had a limited run of 200.
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Date: 1981-09-01

Title: Correspondence on Canadian Farmworkers Union Art Projects
Description: Series of letters regarding photography and video projects produced by Canadian Farmworkers Union artist-in-resident Craig Berggold. Oxfam report is early 1986.
Date: 1985-04-03

Title: Jensen Mushroom Farm signing a first contract, July 30, 1982.
Description: Mr. Jensen (left) and Raj Chouhan (center) sign a first contract. It took two years, since the CFU’s first certification and after a 15-month bitter strike, before the CFU Local No.1 and Jensen Mushroom Farm Ltd. signed a first contract.
Date: 1982-07-30

Title: Hoss Farm Letter for Certification
Description: Advising employer that union has applied for certification. Mentions violation of the provincial labour code for firing new union members and complaint laid.
Date: 1984-05-27

Title: Canadian Farmworkers Union President Raj Chouhan speaks to farm workers in the Fraser Valley fields.
Description: Canadian Farmworkers Union President Raj Chouhan speaks to Indo-Canadian farm workers in the berry fields of Fraser Valley, BC. Circa early 1980s.
Date: 1981-01-01

Title: Operation Solidarity Meeting Minutes
Description: Raj Chouhan's handwritten notes at Operation Solidarity meeting that reviews some of BC unions strategy to fight against Social Credit provincial government restraint budget; including attacks on BCGEU contract, and Bill 27 terminating the BC Human Rights; and create a broad coalition.
Date: 1983-07-15

Title: Ontario Region Canadian Farmworkers Union - Report March 1983
Description: A one year evaluation of organizing potential with regional description of farm work across Ontatrio. Includes, fundraising, staff and legal clinics.
Date: 1983-03-01

Title: Farmworkers ESL Crusade 1983 : Photo Book by Craig Berggold
Description: A large format hand-made photo book documenting the first year of the CFU 'ESL Crusade' in South Vancouver student homes. Twelve photos by Craig Berggold.
Date: 1983-04-01

Title: Canadian Farmworkers Union Letter to Supporters
Description: The letter has an overview of CFU's political history in BC's provincial legislative area.
Date: 1985-05-27

Title: Mushroom Boycott Meeting Minutes
Description: Handwritten minutes of an important internal union meeting of staff and key supporters to discuss the strategy and tactics of a future Mushroom Boycott that did not happen.
Date: 1985-11-13

Title: Canadian Farmworkers Union Founding Convention April 6, 1980. Raj Chouhan speaks.
Description: Canadian Farmworkers Union was founded in New Westminster, British Columbia. "This is the first union in Canada's history formed by farmworkers to improve the working conditions in the agricultural industry. The Union's formation was the result of one year of intensive work by the Farmworkers Organizing Committee (FWOC) in the Fraser Valley."
Date: 1980-04-06

Title: March Against the Labour Contract System - Support BC Farmworkers
Description: Headlines: Contractors Live off the Labour of Farmworkers; Contractors Take 25-40% of Farmworkers wages; Contractors Grow fat by posing as Farmworkers benefactors; Eliminate the Labour Contract System.
Date: 1980-07-12

Title: Farmworkers ESL Crusade 1985 : 'A Time to Grow' - A Set of Ten Problem Posing Drawings for the Farmworkers ESL Crusade - Tutor's Guide First Draft
Description: The drawings depict stories in the daily lives of Indo-Canadian farmworkers. Each drawing tries to encode problems that farmworkers face. The text provides teaching lessons for English applied to political analysis. The drawings that tutor's actually use are 11"x 17" mounted on cardboard and laminated. Drawings by Shirley McGrew and text by ESL
Show moreThe drawings depict stories in the daily lives of Indo-Canadian farmworkers. Each drawing tries to encode problems that farmworkers face. The text provides teaching lessons for English applied to political analysis. The drawings that tutor's actually use are 11"x 17" mounted on cardboard and laminated. Drawings by Shirley McGrew and text by ESL coordinator David Jackson. See file 'A Set of Ten Problem Posing Drawings for the Farmworkers ESL Crusade' to view original scanned drawings.
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Date: 1985-02-01

Title: Union Activism Punjabi Theatre in BC
Description: Features Vancouver Sath theatre group and interviews two of the collectives principal founders Sadhu Binning and Sukhwant Hundal. Also, profiles Sadhu's brother, Paul Binning who created a Bhangra Dance Company and introduced political ideas into the traditional dance. In 1985-86, the Canadian arts magazine FUSE ran a series of articles about CFU
Show moreFeatures Vancouver Sath theatre group and interviews two of the collectives principal founders Sadhu Binning and Sukhwant Hundal. Also, profiles Sadhu's brother, Paul Binning who created a Bhangra Dance Company and introduced political ideas into the traditional dance. In 1985-86, the Canadian arts magazine FUSE ran a series of articles about CFU organizing and culture.
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Date: 1985-09-01

Title: Equality for Farmworkers Demonstration - Canadian Farmworkers Union. No More Labor Contractors.
Description: At the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery, 400 demonstrators attend a CFU rally 'Equality for Farmworkers', protesting an end to legislative discrimination and farmworkers exclusions from provincial BC Employment Standards and Workers' Compensation Act.
Date: 1981-08-21

Title: Berryland Foods : Labour Code of British Columbia Labour Relations Board - Complaint of Violation
Description: During the CFU organizing drive at Berryland Foods a new CFU member is fired. This application requests the re-hiring of the worker.
Date: 1985-08-08

Title: Canadian Farmworkers Union Educational: Canadian History and Trade Union Reading List
Description: Ten books on labour history and draft course outline. Circa early 1980s.
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Simon Fraser University
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