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Labor unions--Strike benefits

Creator: Griffin, Sean
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Photo of South Asian truckers and independent owner-operators at the protest convoy from Abbotsford to Surrey in a campaign to stop trucking companies from whipsawing drivers to push wage rates down.
Creator: Griffin, Sean
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Photo of protestors at the International Longshore and Warehouse Union rally at the Portside Park.
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Photo of Canadian Farmworkers Union (CFU) members during a union protest. Sarwan Boal was savagely beaten on his way home from a banquet celebrating the union's first certification at Jensen Mushroom Farm in July.
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Photo of a trailer with posters of Canadian Farmworkers Union, Fraser Valley, BC.
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Photo of women farmworkers protesting for better working conditions.
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Photo of unidentified farm workers during protest in Abbotsford, BC.
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Photo of CFU organizers, Raj Chouhan and Judy Cavanaugh.
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Photo of farmworkers protesting for justice and demanding their own union.
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Windermere Unit members turned up at Trizec Corp. head office in downtown Vancouver in April to demonstrate against the corporation's racist practices. The workers were protesting the higher wages being paid to white non-union people at the Vancouver health care facility during the strike.
Creator: Keeton, Dan
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Group photo of South Asian hospitality union members during strike against Toigo's White Spot. Many South Asian women became members of unions in the hospitality industry, working in hotels and restaurants such as White Spot.