Labour Activism History: Photographs

Lumber graders Buta Manhas and Gurdial Parmar are hard at work at Mayo Lumber in Nanaimo, B.C. Wearing work gloves, hard hats, and safety earmuffs, the two men examine boards coming down[?] a long, flat track. From File "Mayo Lumber and Mayo Forest Products". more

Lumber graders Gurdial Parmar and Buta Manhas pose for a photo near their workstation at Mayo Lumber in Nanaimo, B.C. They are wearing work gloves, hard hats, and safety earmuffs. From File "Mayo Lumber and Mayo Forest Products". more

Nirmal Manhas, tail sawyer at Goug[?] Sawmill, uses a [tool?] to [measure?] a log as it moves down a conveyer and [into?] a machine. He is wearing a hardhat. On the wall behind him, a drawing of a bird and various other messages have been scratched into the wood. From File "Mayo Lumber". more

Edger Karnail Manhas and another lumber mill worker pose for a photo at [Goug?] Sawmill. Both men are wearing hardhats. From File "Mayo Lumber". more

Six South Asian lumber mill workers eat lunch in the breakroom of Ladysmith Forest Products. One of them is only barely visible, with everything but his hand obscured by another worker. They sit around a table covered with lunchboxes and thermoses. Behind them, four other workers can be seen at a similar table, turning to better face the camera. There are coats hanging on the wall in the… more

A wide shot of two lumber mill workers standing amidst large piles of lumber in a fenced-off outdoor storage area at Mayo Lumber. One of the workers uses a [ratchet bander?] to bind straps to a bale of lumber. A second worker, wearing a hardhat, watches the first. From File "Mayo Lumber". more

Nine lumber mill workers sit at two tables in the Mayo Lumber Company lunchroom. The tables are covered with lunchboxes, thermoses, and equipment, including hardhats. Two instructional posters are pinned to the rear wall. From File "Mayo Lumber and Mayo Forest Products". more

Fourteen IWA members pose for a photo in a conference room. Eleven of them are seated in four rows, another two stand behind them, and one man, partially visible in the background, is seated at a desk. From File "Unattributed socials/meeting". more

At the 34th Regional IWA Convention, the delegates for the Local Union 1-80 including H. "Dutchy" Vonkeman, Bill Townsley, Len Edwards, and Karnail Manhas wait to vote on the "constitutional". They are seated at a long table laden with periodicals, paper documents, books, glass cups, pitchers of water, and ashtrays. Other delegates and attendees can be seen seated at tables in… more

Karnail S. Hayer turns away from his workstation at CPFP Ladysmith to pose for a photo. A monitor, a telephone and various consoles can be seen before him. From File "CPFP Ladysmith". This photo of Karnail is in portrait orientation. Canadian Pacific Forest Products is now a part of Resolute Forest Products. more

At the 34th Regional IWA Convention, the delegates for the Local Union 1-80 including Bill Townsley, Len Edwards, Karnail Manhas and Bob MacPhee sit at a long table laden with periodicals, paper documents, books, glass cups, pitchers of water, and ashtrays. A podium with a microphone can be seen in the background along with other long tables where more attendees are seated. From File "34th… more

Karnail S. Hayer turns away from his workstation at CPFP Ladysmith to pose for a photo. A monitor, a telephone and various consoles can be seen before him. From File "CPFP Ladysmith". This photo of Karnail is in landscape orientation. Canadian Pacific Forest Products is now a part of Resolute Forest Products. more

IWA Local 1-80's Balloting Committee Chariman Jager Gill poses for a photo in an office. He's in a suit, holding a pen and standing over a table covered in paper documents. From File "Art Green, Jager Gill". more

A close-up headshot of Jarnail "Jerry" Kang, identified as the IWA Local 1-80's "executive-at-large". Jerry is wearing a hardhat and standing outside of a sawmill. From File "Terry Knight + Jarnail Kang". more

Photo of dinner guests at the 1976 IWA Job Stewards Banquet in Honeymoon Bay, B.C. The photo is focused on [four?] South Asian men and women seated at the corner of one table. More dinner guests can be seen seated further down the table and at other tables in the background. The table is set with cutlery, napkins, coffee cups and salt and pepper shakers. From File "Job Stewards Banquet". more