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Labour History - Photographs ➔ [Group photo of the "donkey" crew on Hill 60, Kapoor Lumber Company, Sooke Lake]

Item
Identifier:
2021_08_01_049
Repository
Repository Web Site
https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/bc-archives/about-us/about-bc-archives
Repository Identifier
d-09392
Date
1940;Estimated dates
Extent
1 photograph: b&w
Format
still image
Description
Group photo of the "donkey" crew on Hill 60, Kapoor Lumber Company, Sooke Lake. South Asian-owned Kapoor Lumber Company at Sooke Lake was notorious for paying lower wages to its Asian workers. For this reason it was a target for union organizing in the 1940s
Location
Canada;British Columbia;Vancouver Island;Sooke Land District
Notes
South Asian-owned Kapoor Lumber Company at Sooke Lake was notorious for paying lower wages to its Asian workers. For this reason it was a target for union organizing in the 1940s. Image d-09392, courtesy of the Royal BC Museum.
Rights Statement
In copyright
Subject Headings - SACDA
Sikh men
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Lumber trade [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078814];Sawmill workers [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85117788];Sawmills [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85117790];Labor unions [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85136516];Labor unions--Canada [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008106524];Labor unions--Canada--History [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009128451]