Labour History - Photographs

Group photo of Harry Bains, 3rd Vice President (standing third from the left) and unidentified IWA executives.

Photo of Ranjit Singh and delegates at the IWA District Council No. 1 Convention in Vancouver. Ranjit Singh, seated at right, received an enormous ovation from delegates when he contrasted the Canadian and Indian labour movements.

Election results regarding the Yukon Lumber, published in The Barker.

Group photo of members of IWA Local 1-357 walking the picket line at North Mitchell Lumber in Agassiz.

Preparing wedding geat, Sikh Temple, Paldi in 1955.

Group photo of IWA Shop Stewards at Richmond Lumber.

Numerical record of South Asian immigration to Canada. Racist immigration restrictions meant women did not begin arriving in significant numbers until the late 1950s. James G. Chadney, "East Indian immigration to Canada by sex: Adult Female", The Sikhs of Vancouver. AMS Press, 1984, 189. Reprinted in Sarjeet Singh, 1991, 138. more

Photo of IWA members during a protest.

Photos of Jim Kinnaird, Mike Kramer, and Gerry Stoney addressing a union meeting. Jim Kinnaird, BC Federation of Labour President, Mike Kramer, BC Federation of Labour Secretary- Treasurer and Gerry Stoney (bottom left photo), President of IWA Local 1-357 (New Westminster) addressed a union meeting. Stoney was the key connection between the CFU and the BC labour movement.

Photo of Raj Chouhan (at microphone) and Charan Gill (seated).

Photo of Farm Workers' Organizing Committee (FWOC) meeting in the Fraser Valley, BC. The main objective for the FWOC was to expose the conditions of farmwork for seasonal workers in the Fraser Valley. The approach was to work with farmworkers, to lobby the government and to undertake public education. more

Photo of unidentified farm workers during protest in Abbotsford, BC.

Photo of South Asian strawberry pickers in the Fraser Valley, BC.

Photo of Farm Workers' Organizing Committee rally. more

Photo of farmworkers protesting for justice and demanding their own union.