Labour Activism History: Photographs

Striking IWA members Amrick Dale, Karnail Hayer, Jora S. Dale and Balbir Rai stand in front of a parked truck at the side of a dirt road in a wooded area. Karnail and Amrick hold cans of Pepsi, while Jora holds a protest sign. An identical sign can be seen pinned to a tree [or utility pole?] behind the men. From File "Strike 86 HQ and Operations". Canadian International Paper Company… more

A group of attendees at the International Woodworkers of America 34th Convention. In the foreground, two men in mid-discussion sit at a long table. On their table and on the others in the background are paper documents, glass cups and pitchers of water. In the background, six men in mid-discussion stand in a circle. Another man stands off to the side, alone. Two men in the background of the photo… more

Five South Asian Women in casual clothes stand lined up along a wooden plank balanced on sawhorses. They are all holding hammers and pounding nails into the wooden plank. Someone standing off-camera holds the plank steady with their left hand. To the left of the plank, three more women can be seen spectating. This is all taking place on a boardwalk in an open field with a stand of pine trees in… more

Striking IWA members Harbahjan Dhillon, Ajit Biahi, and Gurbaksh Bains sit at a folding table at the IWA's strike headquarters in Dunan, B.C. On the table there are printed documents and periodicals. In the background there are cupboards, a blackboard, a desk labelled with a sign reading "Domans W.F.I M.B.", stacks of plastic chairs, and a second table labeled with a sign reading… more

IWA member Jaswant Berar stands in front of a wall bearing a framed copy of the International Woodworkers of America Local Union Charter. From File "I.W.A. 25 and 50 Year Members, and Retirees". more

IWA officer Mangal Singh Parmar stands in front of a building. A door, a window, a raingutter and a small tree can be seen behind him. From File "Assorted IWA Officers and Staff". more

Thirteen South Asian lumber mill workers from the No. 1 Planer Day shift at Industrial Timber Mills Ltd. stand in two rows in a Youbou, B.C. lumber mill. The men in the front row are seated on a long sawhorse while the men in the back row stand. The planer is a machine that smooths and cuts logs of rough lumber to desired thicknesses and dimensions.

Striking IWA members Balbir Rai, Karnail Hayer, Jora S. Dale and Amrick Dale stand in front of a parked truck at the side of a dirt road in a wooded area. Balbir and Karnail hold cans of Pepsi, while Jora holds a coffee mug. A protest sign is pinned to the front of the truck, and an identical sign can be seen pinned to a tree [or utility pole?] behind them. From File "Strike 86 HQ and… more

Striking IWA members Gurdev Pabla, Ajit Manhas, and Raghbir Jaswal pose behind a folding table at the IWA's strike headquarters in Nanaimo, B.C. Gurdev and Raghbir sit while Ajit stands behind them. On the table are printed documents along with a styrofoam cup and an ashtray. Gurdev has a pen in his hand and is writing on one of the documents. From File "IWA Strike, Various Headquarters… more

Striking IWA members Roger Stanyer, Tarlochan Parhar, and Santokh Dhasi stand in front of a parked car near a CIPA sawmill in an urban area. Santokh holds a protest sign. From File "IWA Strike, Various Headquarters and Operations". more

IWA member Germaj Dhut stands in front of a wooden wall holding a framed document commemorating his 25 years of union membership. From File "I.W.A. 25 and 50 Year Members, and Retirees". more

Photo of IWA Local 1-80 Balloting Chairman Jager Gill standing behind a podium. From File "I.W.A. Local 1-80 Officers and Members". more

Photo of IWA members signing papers in an office, including IWA Local 1-80 Balloting Chairman Jager Gill. From File "I.W.A. Local 1-80 Officers and Members". more

A large crowd of South Asian families is gathered at the balcony and front steps of a building. The building is decorated with pennant strings and a large banner reading "Welcome". In front of the building is a table with a podium, a microphone and ten[?] trophies. A man standing behind the table speaks into the microphone. From File "I.W.A. Local 1-80 Officers and Members". more

Two young South Asian boys pose for a photograph standing in a dirt field near a parking lot. They are in the middle of a large crowd of South Asian men and boys. Behind the crowd is a line of cars parked in front of a stand of trees. From File "I.W.A. Local 1-80 Officers and Members". more

Photo of the audience at an IWA Local 1-80 meeting in Duncan, BC, 1960s. From File "Local 1-80 Members, Staff, Officers, Events". more

View from a table of the audience at an IWA Local 1-80 meeting in Duncan, BC, 1960s. From File "Local 1-80 Members, Staff, Officers, Events". more

Group photo of the 1950 Lady of the Lake, Gurdev Hari, and her 3 attendants in Lake Cowichan, B.C. They are posed standing in the grass in front of a parked car. Each young woman is wearing a white gown with a corsage pinned on their right shoulder. The pageant winner also has her regalia - a paper crown, a scepter and a sash reading "Lady of the Lake". more

Sixty-one lumber mill workers from the Night Shift at Industrial Timber Mills Ltd. pose for a photograph at the log deck of a Youbou, B.C. sawmill. They are arranged in three rows, with the first row being seated on a pile of lumber, the second row standing behind them, and the third row further behind standing on milling equipment and taller piles of lumber. On the lefthand side of the image,… more

Twelve mill workers pose for a photo at the Fanny Bay Shingle Mill on Vancouver Island. Five of the men are seated on stacked bundles of shingles, while the other seven sit behind them on a raised wooden deck. Tall piles of lumber and bundled shingles surround them.

Four men pose for a photo in a parking lot in an industrial area. Three of them are IWA members. The leftmost man is local politician, likely NDP member Mike Harcourt. He is wearing a suit with a campaign pin on the lapel. They are all standing in front of a parked car with a campaign poster for Legislator Jan Pullinger over its driverside window. Warehouses and large piles of lumber can be seen… more

CIPA Lumber Co. dropsorter Boota Rai, wearing a hardhat and work gloves, turns away from his workstation in the sawmill to pose for a photo. Before him is a long, flat track covered in sawdust and various squared boards. Loose boards and tangled electrical cables can be seen at his feet. From File "CIPA Sawmill, Nanaimo". CIPA Lumber Co. Ltd. is a subsidiary of ITOCHU Corporation. The… more

CIPA Lumber Co. sawyer Sarwan Sujan turns away from his workstation at CIPA's Nanaimo Sawmill to pose for a photo. Before him is a console with a large radial scale and several switches, knobs and buttons. Behind the console, mill machinery is visible through a glass pane. From File "CIPA Sawmill, Nanaimo". CIPA Lumber Co. Ltd. is a subsidiary of ITOCHU Corporation. more

CIPA Lumber Co. lumber grader Darshan Athwal poses for a photo in front of various boards and milling equipment at CIPA's Nanaimo sawmill. Behind him, a plywood board is scrawled with scribbles, signatures, tally marks, and a drawing of a bird. From File "CIPA Sawmill, Nanaimo". CIPA Lumber Co. Ltd. is a subsidiary of ITOCHU Corporation. more

Three men in the middle of a discussion stand in a conference room. In the foreground, a fourth man sits facing away from the camera. Behind the men is a long table where at least one other man is sitting. There are plastic cups and paper documents on the table. Two vintage posters are pinned to the wall in the background, mostly obscured by the standing men. This photo's caption identifies… more

Six IWA members in mid-discussion sit at a long table in a conference room. The table is littered with books, paper documents, and styrofoam cups. In the background, six[?] more people can be seen from the neck-down, standing. This photo's caption identifies one of these IWA members as Dan Clements. From File "I.W.A. Local 1-80 Officers and Members". more

Eight IWA Delegates sit at a long table in a conference room while a ninth stands. The table is littered with items including paper documents, cups, and a pair of glasses. From File "Unknown Region 1 Convention". more

Medium close-up of the audience at an IWA Local 1-80 meeting in Duncan, BC, 1960s. From File "Local 1-80 Members, Staff, Officers, Events". more

A headshot portrait of a South Asian IWA chairman. From File "Plant and Camp Chairmen". more

A wide shot of five or six lumber mill workers standing on a deck in a Mayo Lumber Company sawmill. Among them are the spotter Ranjit Karod and the bull saw operator Chuck Williams. From File "Mayo Lumber". more

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

At a dinner party, five South Asian men and one South Asian Woman sit at a folding table [in a gymnasium?]. To their left and right, other tables with other dinner guests can be seen. The tables are littered with cutlery, cups, and dinner plates. From File "Unattributed socials/meeting". more

A South Asian man and woman pose for a photo at a banquet. Dining tables and other guests can be seen behind them. From File "Unidentified Banquet/Social". more

At the 1978 B.C. Federation of Labour Convention, IWA delegatges Naranjan Parhar and Stu Hawkins pose for a photograph while sitting at a long table and pouring over some documents, including a binder labeled "Fair Deal for Public Employees". The table is littered with various other binders, paper documents, publications and standees. In the background, more delegates can be seen… more

Wide, panorama shot of one hundred and forty-one attendees from the 6th Annual Convention of the International Woodworkers of America (C.I.O) District Council No. 1. They are standing some three rows deep on the street in front of a building in Vancouver, B.C. Those in the front row closest to the center are seated. The men are dressed in suits and ties, with some wearing hats or overcoats, while… more

At the 35th Regional IWA Convention, Karnail Manhas points out something of interest in a binder that he and fellow IWA delegate Art Conley are going over. They are seated at a table laden with paper documents, binders, cups and ashtrays. More attendees can be seen seated at another table in the background. From File "35th IWA Convention (Part 2)". more

At the IWA 28th International Convention, union member S. Garcha sits at a long table alongside other convention attendees. The table is aden with periodicals, paper documents, books, glass cups, pitchers of water, and ashtrays. Other attendees can be seen seated at tables in the background. From File "28th International Convention". more