Labour History - Photographs

Group photo of women and children in Paldi, BC. The community consisted entirely of workers and families at the Mayo Lumber Company.

Group photo of IWA Shop Stewards at Richmond Lumber.

Photo of IWA members during a protest.

Group photo of South Asian hospitality union members during strike against Toigo's White Spot. Many South Asian women became members of unions in the hospitality industry, working in hotels and restaurants such as White Spot. more

Photo of United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union (UFAWU) members at the union meeting in Steveston.

Windermere Unit members turned up at Trizec Corp. head office in downtown Vancouver in April to demonstrate against the corporation's racist practices. The workers were protesting the higher wages being paid to white non-union people at the Vancouver health care facility during the strike. more

Photo of unidentified women processing pickled herring in Richmond, BC.

Portrait of Surjit Brar, member of Hospital Employees' Union. more

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

Photo of United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union shoreworkers strike.

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

Photo of farmworkers' cabins in the Fraser Valley, BC. more

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 CFU organizers, Raj Chouhan and Judy Cavanaugh.

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