An early snapshot of the Farm Workers' Organizing Committee, the predecessor of the Canadian Farmworkers' Union.
"For the farmworkers, the achievement of a union will mean an end to the long history of being among the most underpaid and exploited section of Canadian workers, of being denied the status of workers, of being denied human dignity and of being able to carry on organized struggle for their rights as workers. Working people can defend their rights only through their unions. By building their own union, the farmworkers will put an end to their past history and move forward to an era of struggling hand-in-hand with other organized sections of the Canadian workers. Not only will the union be able to phase out the labour contractor who is greatly responsible for the oppression of the farmworker, but it will enable the farmworker to wage successful struggles for legal protection and better working conditions." - FWOC press release, April, 1980