PHOTOGRAPH BY JIM McDOWELL, 1980

A June 28 rally in the fields protesting against farmer George Driediger's reneging on signing a contract with the CFU. Pacific Tribune Photo

"The CFU's picket lines had a very distinctive characteristic. They were not picketed by the striking workers only. In a way, even the picket lines were an extention of the social movement aspect of the struggle. A large number of people from different sections of the society volunteered their time..." - Sadhu Binning in The CFU, A Case Study in Social Movements, 1982