Labor union meetings

An excerpt of the 1944 IWA publication Proceedings of the Eighth Constitutional Convention , including the cover and pages 56, 57 and 58. Over these pages, an uniedentified union member raises his concern regarding members of the Communist Party who also hold union membership, whom he believes are out to subvert the union and use their meetings as covert recruitment venues. In response, a Union member identified as Brother Singh (likely Darshan Singh) calls for the broad tolerance of communists in their midst, explaining that they have his sympathy even though he once feared that he would be persecuted for his religion under communism. Alluding to Martin Niemöller's famous poem "Zuerst kamen sie ...", Singh argues that the persecution of communists almost always opens the door for further persecution of ethnic and cultural minorities, himself included. The meeting is then briefly suspended for a group photo-op, before Union member Brother Alsbury argues that if the Union makes concessions for the communists, then they will end up making concessions for every special interest group and that the integrity of the IWA as a trade union will be compromised as a result.

An excerpt of the 1944 IWA publication Proceedings: Seventh Annual Convention , including the cover and pages 17, 52 and 53. Page 17 includes resolutions 17 through 20, with the focus being No. 18, where Darshan Singh advocates for adding the phrase "Anti-Fascist National Government" to a resolution concerning the government of India. Resolution No. 18 is revisited on pages 52 through 53, which explain in detail the Resolution's two primary aims. The first is for the Convention to urge the Canadian Federal Government to appeal to the British Government to establish a Provisional Anti-Fascist National Government for the people of India in recognition of their allyship in the war effort against the Axis Powers. The second is a similar petition to the Federal Government, this time to provide food and supplies to help combat the famine in India. This aim, while partially borne out of advocacy for the wellbeing of the Indian people, also serves to bolster the war effort and help preserve the "prestige of the United Nations". The remainder of page 53 includes the unrelated Resolution No. 19, which concerns wage control order.

An excerpt from a printed document, possibly IWA's 1946 publication Proceedings: Ninth Annual Convention , including pages 60, 61, 62 and 63. These pages primarily cover resolution No. 17, concerning the treatment of Black IWA delegates who were denied access to proper rooms in various Vancouver hotels and instead sequestered into cramped and substandard lodgings. The discussion of this resolution concerns who is at fault for this mistreatment and what measures ought to be taken in response, including the possibility of not holding future conventions in the city of Vancouver, and closes with a number of delegates voting in opposition to the resolution. Page 60 also includes the brief resolution 16, concering safety, and page 63 includes the beginning of resolution No. 18, concering transportation of seriously injured loggers.

An excerpt of the 1946 IWA publication Proceedings: Ninth Annual Convention , including the cover and pages 31, 32 and 33. These pages cover the end of a discussion concerning budgeting for union members' medical bills, the entirety of resolution no. 1, where Darshan Singh discusses the impact that the ongoing Chinese Civil War is having on North American Trade and advocates for the protest of armed intervention in China (Operation Beleaguer), the entirety of resolution no. 2, where Darshan Singh advocates for the protest of Canada's military support of the Netherlands during the Indonesian National Revolution, and resolutions 3 through 5, each very brief motions concerning Francoist Spain, atomic energy, and the labour code, respectively.

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 the women wear overcoats and skirts, with some wearing hats. A number of the attendees have ribbons pinned to their lapels.

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 reading newspapers. From File "BC Federation of Labour Convention".

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".

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)".

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 Regional IWA Convention".

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 the background. From File "34th Regional IWA Convention".