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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.

A tri-lingual paper with English front side (4-pages), and only the CFU 'President Message' in French, and Punjabi front side (3-pages). Headlines: Farmworker Dies Of Pesticide Poisoning; Agreement Signed At Jensen Mushroom Farm; UIC Discrimination Against Farmworkers Ends; Ontario Summer Legal Clinics; A Time To Learn; Film 'A Time To Rise' Banned in India;

Utah Phillips Benefit Concert for the Canadian Farmworkers Union and the Vancouver film premiere of A Time to Rise (Uthan Da Vaila), co-directed by Anand Patwardhan and Jim Munro, and attended by 700 people at John Oliver High School, Vancouver.

Charan Gill, Surrey-White Rock's NDP candidate in the 1988 federal election, but lost to the Conservative canididate.

Charan Gill ran as Surrey-White Rock's NDP candidate in the 1988 federal election, but lost to the Conservative canididate.

Charan Gill ran as Surrey-White Rock's NDP candidate in the 1988 federal election, but lost to the Conservative canididate.

Charan Gill ran as provincial NDP candidate in the 1991 and 1996 BC elections, and lost both times to provincial BC Liberals. Photo is either 1991 or 1996?

A joint press conference oraganized by CFU with UFW President Cesar Chavez to launch a renewed Grape Boycott campaign to pressure California growers to stop using pesticides and poisoning farm workers and consumers. The CFU hosted Cesar Chavez promoting the UFW's second major table grapes boycott. CFU held a press conference to announce the start of the Canadian boycott at the CFU Burnaby office. Attending (right to left) Father Jim Roberts, BC Federation of Labour President Art Kube, CFU…

The CFU hosted UFW President Cesar Chavez promoting the UFW's second major table grape boycott. CFU held a press conference to announce the start of the Canadian grape boycott at the CFU Burnaby office. This photo is a private house meeting with CFU staff and supporters. (Left to right) Arturo Rodriguiez (current 2011 UFW President), Calvin Sandborn (4th), Tom Sandborn (5th), Sarwan Boal, (6th center), Cesar Chavez (7th center top), Anju Hundal (7th center bottom), Sukhwant Hundal (8th top…

Founding of Canadian Farmworkers Union, a public celebration with guest speaker UFW President Cesar Chavez on his first trip to Vancouver in solidarity with CFU. At David Thompson Secondary School, Vancouver.

CFU demonstration to protest the grower's withdrawal from negotiations. Driediger Farms negotiated with the Canadian Farmworkers Union for well over two months. Terms of the collective agreement between the Union and the employer were finalized on April 13, 1980. The grower backed out at the last minute saying he is a 'Free Enterpriser' and doesn't believe in unions. CFU demands include Minimum of $4.00 per hour, and Minimum of $3.00 per flat (for a 16 lb. flat).

CFU demonstration to protest the grower's withdrawal from negotiations. Driediger Farms negotiated with the Canadian Farmworkers Union for well over two months. Terms of the collective agreement between the Union and the employer were finalized on April 13, 1980. The grower backed out at the last minute saying he is a 'Free Enterpriser' and doesn't believe in unions. CFU demands include Minimum of $4.00 per hour, and Minimum of $3.00 per flat (for a 16 lb. flat).

CFU demonstration to protest the grower's withdrawal from negotiations. Driediger Farms negotiated with the Canadian Farmworkers Union for well over two months. Terms of the collective agreement between the Union and the employer were finalized on April 13, 1980. The grower backed out at the last minute saying he is a 'Free Enterpriser' and doesn't believe in unions. CFU demands include Minimum of $4.00 per hour, and Minimum of $3.00 per flat (for a 16 lb. flat).