Labour History - Video Clips ➔ [Video interview with Harinder Mahil conducted by Dr. Anushay Malik]
Item
Identifier:
2021_08_04_013
Repository
Repository Web Site
https://unionzindabad.pressbooks.com/
Date
May 13 2021;Date(s) of creation
Creator
Publisher
Extent
1 digital video clip (6 min, 5 seconds)
Format
moving image
Description
The origins of the Canadian Farmworkers Union can be traced to the Vancouver chapter of the Indian People’s Association of North America (IPANA). Its earliest members included Harinder Mahil, Raj Chouhan and Chin Banerjee. These men were already friends who recognized that farmworkers in British Columbia were being exploited. In this clip activist Harinder Mahil recalls that an IPANA meeting in 1979, Chouhan and Mahil agreed to attempt to organize the farmworkers. Both had personally experienced the working conditions on farms and both had connections to the labour movement. This clip is from the second of two full-length interviews conducted with Harinder by Dr. Anushay Malik on behalf of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's "Union Zindabad!" Project, 2021.
Location
British Columbia;New Westminster Land District;Metro Vancouver Regional District;Vancouver
Language
Rights Statement
Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Subject Headings - SACDA
South Asian Canadian men
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Labor unions [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85136516];Agricultural laborers [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85002338];Sawmills [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85117790]