Farmworkers Candlelight Vigil

A vigil for at the The Golden Tree Farmworkers Monument.

Early one March morning in 2007, three women packed, with fourteen others, into a poorly maintained and unsafe work van lost their lives when the driver lost control on a highway near Abbotsford, BC. These senseless deaths sparked a province-wide review of farm transportation and a coroners’ inquest that gave rise to stronger rules, regulations and enforcement, making farm work safer. The Golden Tree stands as a monument to these women, the sacrifices of their families and friends, and as a powerful reminder of the consequences of unsafe work