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Canadian Pacific Railway engineer's quarters at the west portal of Roger's Pass Tunnel.

The Provincial Home for Old Men in Kamloops, B.C.

CFU's first tri-lingual paper with English front side (5-pages) and one French page and Punjabi front side (6-pages); Headlines: CFU on the move - 2 certifications won; Chavez attends Vancouver Rally; Jury raps living conditions; 250 attend meeting on health and safety; CUPE contributes $10,000 to CFU Delegates at NDP convention support farmworkers; Phoney union trying to sabotage CFU organizing; Racist attack on union organizer; Government responsible for deaths of four children in Fraser…

A tri-lingual newspaper with English front side (5-pages), two-page centerfold in French, and Punjabi front side (5-pages). CFU's new logo is presented on the front page. Headlines: CFU National Convention A Success; CFU Signs First Agreement; Ontario's Farmworkers Now Have A Union; Use And Misuse of Pesticides; Immigrant Women Exploited; The Attack at Osoyoos; Okanagan Farmworkers Attend CFU Public Meeting.

Fraser Valley farm worker cabins. Circa 1989.

Fraser Valley farm worker cabins. Circa 1989.

Fraser Valley, BC. Farmworkers cabins. Circa late 1970s.

The lack of both federal and provincial laws for farmworker's handling of pesticides suggests need for provision of shower facilities. Accompanied paper 'Farmworkers and Pesticides' submitted to federal 'Consultative Committee on IBT Pesticides'. Exact date and creator to be determined.

Specific to Indo-Canadian women and their difficulties reporting harassment due to isolation and male chauvinism that blames the victim. Gives examples of harassment of women farmworkers and recommends a women's support group be formed and a conscious men's group. Circa early 1980s.

Photo 01 and text panel 01 from the series 'I would like to tell you a story...Health and Safety Regulations Now!' a photo dramatization of true farmworker accidents and deaths. The exhibit was part of the CFU public campaign protesting the exclusion of farm workers from provincial health and safety regulations--a right all other workers take for granted. In 1993, and some 73 years after the workers' compensation system was established, the Workers' Compensation Board (now WorkSafeBC)…

Photo 02 and text panel 02 from the series 'I would like to tell you a story...Health and Safety Regulations Now!' a photo dramatization of true farmworker accidents and deaths. The exhibit was part of the CFU public campaign protesting the exclusion of farm workers from provincial health and safety regulations--a right all other workers take for granted. In 1993, and some 73 years after the workers' compensation system was established, the Workers' Compensation Board (now WorkSafeBC)…

Photo 03 and text panel 03 from the series 'I would like to tell you a story...Health and Safety Regulations Now!' a photo dramatization of true farmworker accidents and deaths. The exhibit was part of the CFU public campaign protesting the exclusion of farm workers from provincial health and safety regulations--a right all other workers take for granted. In 1993, and some 73 years after the workers' compensation system was established, the Workers' Compensation Board (now WorkSafeBC)…

Photo 04 and text panel 04 from the series 'I would like to tell you a story...Health and Safety Regulations Now!' a photo dramatization of true farmworker accidents and deaths. The exhibit was part of the CFU public campaign protesting the exclusion of farm workers from provincial health and safety regulations--a right all other workers take for granted. In 1993, and some 73 years after the workers' compensation system was established, the Workers' Compensation Board (now WorkSafeBC)…

Photo 05 and text panel 05 from the series 'I would like to tell you a story...Health and Safety Regulations Now!' a photo dramatization of true farmworker accidents and deaths. The exhibit was part of the CFU public campaign protesting the exclusion of farm workers from provincial health and safety regulations--a right all other workers take for granted. In 1993, and some 73 years after the workers' compensation system was established, the Workers' Compensation Board (now WorkSafeBC)…

Photo 06 and text panel 06 from the series 'I would like to tell you a story...Health and Safety Regulations Now!' a photo dramatization of true farmworker accidents and deaths. The exhibit was part of the CFU public campaign protesting the exclusion of farm workers from provincial health and safety regulations--a right all other workers take for granted. In 1993, and some 73 years after the workers' compensation system was established, the Workers' Compensation Board (now WorkSafeBC)…