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Vernon Fruit Union packinghouse, Oyama, 1931

Black and white photo of about twenty men and women working inside an old building. In the foreground is a raised row of boxes filled with apples and labelled OK Brand. Shooks of wood are stacked beneath. Men are looking at apples in boxes or at the photographer. In the centre, women are packing apples along each side of two central conveyor belts. To the right, a man is building an apple box.

Date: 1931

Location: Oyama, British Columbia

Credits: Greater Vernon Museum & Archives, Image #11104

The first attempt to unionize packinghouse workers took place in the 1930s but was unsuccessful due to the surplus of available workers.