Labor unions--Canada--History

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".

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".

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".

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".

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".

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 background. From File "Ladysmith Forest Products".

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 role of a dropsorter at a Lumber Mill is to determine where each piece of lumber has to go based on the lumber thickness, width, length, species, quality, and other factors.

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.

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.

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 in the background. Mike Harcourt is a former Canadian politican. He has served as the mayor of Vancouver and as the Premier of British Columbia. Jan Pullinger is a former Canadian politican. She kept her seat on the Legistlative Assembly for the Cowichan-Ladysmith riding in the 1996 BC General Election. From File "I.W.A. Logo Gifting".