B.C. Fed [BC Federation of Labour] Conventions (Internal S-3 Affiliation)
- MSC-102-0-1-7-0-71
- File
- 1983-1987
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B.C. Fed [BC Federation of Labour] Conventions (Internal S-3 Affiliation)
Raj Chouhan – [speech] at a public meeting on the Philippines, Vancouver, Oct. 3 1985
File consists of correspondence and 5 photographic prints relating to a meeting of the Urban-Rural Mission in Newark, New Jersey.
BC Fed Conv. ’87 [BC Federation of Labour Convention photographs]
File consists of 14 photographic prints and 14 negatives of the BC Federation of Labour 1987 convention.
An appeal to form a B.C. Farmworkers Support Committee
File consists of records relating to a meeting at McGill University, Montreal, on October 5, 1979.
[Publicity material from Montreal, November 1979]
[Speech notes, August 11, 1979]
[Speech notes outlining activities and progress]
Document is titled Jakhu-Report on Farm and Domestic Workers to BCLA Committee-1974.pdf.
[Draft unidentified document on farmworker safety and workers’ rights]
Plan of Action : Canadian Farmworkers Union, January 1982 – June 1983
Briefs and presentations – CFU [Canadian Farmworkers Union]
File consists of the briefs Brief to the Federal Human Rights Commission – Raj Chouhan: Justice for Farmworkers – Time to End the Bitter Harvest (ca. 1981); Farmworkers are Workers Too! Submission presented to the B.C. Human Rights Commission concerning the problems related to fruit pickers and transients in the Okanagan (April 23, 1981); Brief presented to the Workers’ Compensation Board and the Minister of Labour, the Honourable Jack Heinrich, concerning recommendations for legislative and regulatory change to provide workers’ compensation coverage to B.C. farmworkers (June 29, 1981); Justice for Farmworkers: Mandatory Workers Compensation Coverage. A brief to the NDP Caucus by Raj Chouhan, President, Canadian Farmworkers Union (November 16, 1981); Women in the Agricultural Industry, for ‘Resources for Feminist Research.’ Comment by Judy Cavanagh, Staff Representative, Canadian Farmworkers Union (December 2, 1981); Submission #1: Coverage, Assessment & Claims Adjudication. Submitted to Workers’ Compensation Board (July 30, 1982); Canadian Farmworkers Union presentation to the Workers’ Compensation Board public hearings regarding second draft amendments to health and safety regulations (1984); a brief to WCB public hearings (January 16, 1984); Presentation to the B.C. Federation of Labour’s inquiry into the Workers’ Compensation Board (April 11, 1985); and A History of Discrimination (January 1986).
Briefs
Scope and content: File consists of the briefs Submission to the Workers’ Compensation Board: The Necessity for Fieldworker Shower Facilities (198-); The Racist History of Present Laws that Discriminate Against Farmworkers (1982?); Brief to Matsqui Municipal Council re: The Proposed Seasonal Full-time Farm Help Accommodation By-law No. 2261 (February, 1982); The Bitter Harvest: Pesticides and Farmworkers (February, 1982); Brief Presented to the Human Rights Commission of British Columbia (May 21, 1982); and an untitled brief on pesticide poisoning for Workers’ Compensation Board (September, 1982).
[Assessment of Canadian Farmworkers Union Plan of Action – draft]
[Part of report or thesis on the establishment of the Canadian Farmworkers Union]
[Partial draft of report on working conditions and the work of the Canadian Farmworkers Union]
[Briefs pertaining to organizing workers, unemployment insurance, and pesticides]
[Working Paper on the Issue of Scientific Data Requirements – draft]
File consists of records relating to a Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society study of worker legislation, workers’ rights, and farm labour contracting.
[Farm Workers’ Organizing Committee planning documents]
Canadian Farmworkers Union National Legislative Strategy – draft
Vancouver City Council, December 1984-1986
Item is a photocopied list of Vancouver councillors, with photographs.
Convention and meeting minutes, photographs, and other records
Sub-series contains programs, notes, minutes, photographs, and other material from the Canadian Farmworkers Union’s annual conventions. Also included are records from Farm Workers’ Organizing Committee and Canadian Farmworkers Union public meetings, including photographs, speaking notes, and flyers; publicity records from CFU information meetings held by support committees across Canada; minutes and planning notes from CFU staff retreats; and programs and photographs from external meetings and conventions attended by CFU members, including those of the United Farm Workers of America, the BC Federation of Labour, the Canadian Labour Congress, the Manitoba Farm Workers Association, and the Indian People’s Association in North America.
Certification correspondence, contracts, and photographs
Sub-series consists of records relating to the certification of the union at specific farms, including negotiation correspondence, contracts, and worker information. Records include photographs of meetings with the owners of Jensen Mushroom Farm.