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The Farmworker 1981 Vol. 04
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.
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The drawing is based on a photograph by Craig Berggold.
Farmworkers ESL Crusade Graduation Ceremony event. South Vancouver, BC, May 6, 1984.
CFUs 2nd ESL Crusade ends with first Graduation celebration for all tutors, students, families, union staff and CFU executive at Marpole Community Centre, Vancouver. The film A Time To Rise is shown, food is served and the women dance Gidda and several people join the union. Eleven volunteer tutors taught 40 students between Jan-May 1984. (left to right) Craig Berggold, Sittal Dhillon, David jackson, Pritam Kaur, Sarwan Boal, Raj Chouhan, Mike Fleming, Charan Gill, Jawala Singh Grewal.
Hoss Farm mushroom workers celebrate being rehired with back wages at the BC Labour Relations Board, Vancouver.
Eight women mushroom farm workers who joined the CFU celebrate at the BC Labour Relations Board. CFU organizer Darshan Dhillion (top left), CFU President Raj Chouhan, CFU organizer Sukhwant Hundal, unkown man in orange hat. CFU Secretary Treasurer Sarwan Boal (sitting bottom right). The BC LRB issued the certification at Hoss Mushroom Farm and ordered that the terminated workers be rehired with back wages. But the problem didn't end there. The harassment of workers continued. Despite several…
Solidarity Coalition Rally for Human Rights at Victoria Legislature Building, BC. Canadian Farmworkers Union, BC Organization to Fight Racism and Downtown Eastside Residents Association.
On July 23, 1983, at this Victoria rally a Petition to the Legislative Assemby of the Province of BC was submitted to withdraw the budget and government bills that jeopardize the rights of all citizens. CFU marched in BC wide demonstrations (on July 23, July 27, Aug 10, Oct 15, 1983) protesting the 'Restraint' budget of Social Credit Premier Bill Bennett. Amongst its many cuts the provincial government disbanded the BC Human Rights Commission. 'The massive fightback under the banner of…
Solidarity Coalition Rally for Human Rights at Victoria Legislature Building, BC. BC Organization to Fight Racism. Bill 27, Bill 11, Do not protect rights.
On July 23, 1983, at this Victoria rally a Petition to the Legislative Assemby of the Province of BC was submitted to withdraw the budget and government bills that jeopardize the rights of all citizens. CFU marched in BC wide demonstrations (on July 23, July 27, Aug 10, Oct 15, 1983) protesting the 'Restraint' budget of Social Credit Premier Bill Bennett. Amongst its many cuts the provincial government disbanded the BC Human Rights Commission. 'The massive fightback under the banner of…
Solidarity Coalition Rally for Human Rights at Victoria Legislature Building, BC. Canadian Farmworkers Union and BC Organization to Fight Racism.
On July 23, 1983, at this Victoria rally a Petition to the Legislative Assemby of the Province of BC was submitted to withdraw the budget and government bills that jeopardize the rights of all citizens. CFU marched in BC wide demonstrations (on July 23, July 27, Aug 10, Oct 15, 1983) protesting the 'Restraint' budget of Social Credit Premier Bill Bennett. Amongst its many cuts the provincial government disbanded the BC Human Rights Commission. 'The massive fightback under the banner of…
McKim Farm workers, the Sidhu family, at the Robeson Square Law Courts, Vancouver. BC Law Union lawyer Stuart Rush, on behalf of the Farm Workers Organizing Committee, represents the Sidhu's family of farmworkers who had been cheated out of wages. Circa 1980.
From left to right: Raj Chouhan, Baldev S. Poonia, Carolyn McCool (lawyers assistant) and BC Law Union lawyer Stuart Rush and members of the Sidhu Family. In 1978, the Sidhu family worked a full season at a farm owned by Doug McKim in Richmond. However, Mr. McKim did not pay the full wages he owed to the family. He owed the family approximately $25,000. The FWOC represented the Sidhu family and took this case all the way to the BC Supreme Court. Although the FWOC won the case, the Court…
Utah Phillips Benefit Concert for the Canadian Farmworkers Union. CFU organizer Sarwan Boal auctions new poster 'Good Enough to Work, Good Enough to Unionize' by Carole Conde and Karl Beveridge.
Utah Phillips Benefit Concert for the Canadian Farmworkers Union and the Vancouver film premiere of A Time to Rise (Uthan Da Vaila) attended by 700 people at John Oliver High School, Vancouver. 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…
Hoss Farm mushroom workers' picket line in South Langley, BC. Justice for farmworkers. Ten of the eleven fired workers show their unity.
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. At Hoss 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…
Fraser Valley Mushroom Growers' Co-operative secondary picket line in Langley, BC. Sakhdarshanpar Machi (center) leads her co-workers in song and chants. Hoss Farm women mushroom pickers on the line demand their jobs back.
After three days of picketing at the remote Hoss Farm, the fired 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…
Fraser Valley Mushroom Growers' Co-operative secondary picket line in Langley, BC. CFU Vice-President Jawala Singh Grewal with sign Decent Conditions Now!.
After three days of picketing at the remote Hoss Farm, the fired 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…
Hoss Farm mushroom workers' picket line in South Langley, BC. Jasweer Kaur Brar fired for joining the Canadian Farmworkers Union.
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. At Hoss 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…
Hoss Farm mushroom workers' picket line in South Langley, BC. Sakhdarshanpar Machi, Jasbir Kaur Sagoo and Jasweer Kaur Brar (left to right), fired for joing the Canadian Farmworkers Union.
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. At Hoss 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…
Hoss Mushroom farm workers' picket line in South Langley, BC. Hoss is a bad boss. We want our jobs back.
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. At Hoss 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…