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A 1980 to 1984 list of union certifications, de-certifications, collective agreements, labour contracts and voluntary contracts.

An invitation to April 6, 1987 CFU benefit at Isadora's restaurant, Granville Island.

Advising employer that union has applied for certification. Mentions violation of the provincial labour code for firing new union members and complaint laid.

An unlicensed farm labour contractor's van, unsafe and overloaded with 30 people, including children, overturned on highway 401 resulting in many injuries. Accident on July 3, 1982

An appeal to seasonal farm workers to organize. Circa early 1980s.

Four witnesses sign affidavit that Charan Gill is assaulted by members of the International Sikh Youth Federation at the New Westminster Sikh Temple.

Jarnail Singh Deol, a 19 year old farmworker, lost his struggle against pesticide poisoning.

This press release was issued after a court case was settled in an injured farm workers favour with a cash settlement. Basta Grewal's chest was severly injured by a mushroom augar that did not have an inexpensive 'kill' switch, due to a lack of provincial BC health and safety regulations covering agriculture. Without WCB coverage farmworkers had to appeal to the civil provincial courts for settlements. Circa early 1980s.

Sarwan Boal going to a mushroom farm with Harsimon Dhillon, a CFU organizer, to tyr and get her a job in the mushroom farm to organize workers.

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.

Unsigned petition for a royal commission on the provincial BC Workers Compensation system. Circa 1985.

Canadian Farmworkers Union, National Headquarters

Farmworkers Organizing Committee (FWOC) Membership Card. FWOC was established in a room in the New Westminster library on Feb 26, 1979. The main objective was to expose the unjust working conditions for seasonal farmworkers in the Fraser Valley. FWOC's approach was to work with farmworkers, to lobby the government and to undertake public education.

The CFU demands that the WCB immediately adopt California's safety regulations to prevent this type of accident.