The CFU public rally and celebration at Vancouver's Walter Moberly School on March 29 to celebrate the union's first national convention. Pacific Tribune Photo
"We have achieved a great deal in one year of existence. And because of what we have been able to do it is now much clearer how much more we have to do. We have to strengthen our position, expand our membership to ultimately include all farmworkers, and struggle resolutely for a just and fair deal for all farmworkers all across Canada. It is not an easy task and we are going to face many difficulties. But, working together with enthusiasm, we can only succeed. And succeed we will. We are here. We are here to stay." - CFU executive, March 1981