Labour History - Photographs

Photo of lumber miill workers at the Fraser Mills. Fraser Mills (Canadian Western Lumber Company) was a vast lumber plant on the north shore of the Fraser River, in what was then the Francophone community of Maillardville – now a suburb of Coquitlam.

Group photo of lumber mills workers at the Fraser Mills. Fraser Mills (Canadian Western Lumber Company) was a vast lumber plant on the north shore of the Fraser River, in what was then the Francophone community of Maillardville – now a suburb of Coquitlam.

Portrait of a Sikh millworker at the Fraser Mills. Fraser Mills (Canadian Western Lumber Company) was a vast lumber plant on the north shore of the Fraser River, in what was then the Francophone community of Maillardville – now a suburb of Coquitlam.

The One Big Union flyer.

Mugshot of Husain Rahim.

Group photo of Sikh sawmill workers.

Newspaper clipping titled, Sikh honor Harold Winch." Harold Winch was given a ceremonial sword called the kirpan in recognition of his efforts to help South Asians during his political career. more

Group photo of the "donkey" crew on Hill 60, Kapoor Lumber Company, Sooke Lake. South Asian-owned Kapoor Lumber Company at Sooke Lake was notorious for paying lower wages to its Asian workers. For this reason it was a target for union organizing in the 1940s more

Photo of Darshan Singh Sangha with members of the BC District Council of the IWA in Vancouver.

Photo of 1943 Lake Cowichan Dominion Day parade. The entire membership of the IWA got behind South Asian demands for equality at work. In this photo from the 1943 Lake Cowichan Dominion Day parade, children of union members held a banner promoting "Equal Pay For Equal Work For All" — a key union demand that was achieved in the 1943 and 1946 agreements. more

Group photo of workers at Kapoor Lumber Company, Sooke Lake.

Letter addressed to Hindi workers by International Woodworkers of America [I.W.A.].

Labour Day Sports, Lake Cowichan, BC.

International Woodworkers of America promotional label.

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Election illustrations.