The Committee

The Golden Tree Monument Project Committee is overseeing site selection, design and fundraising.

The committee is composed of six (6) members: one (1) member from each of the three women’s families as well as one (1) representative each from the partnering organizations: Abbotsford Community Services, Progressive Intercultural Community Services and the BC Federation of Labour.

Abbotsford Community Services is the project finance lead, collecting contributions and dispensing funds to vendors. Abbotsford Community Services reports to the Committee and must seek approval for all expenditures over $500 prior to releasing funds.

Abbotsford Community Services, Progressive Intercultural Community Services and the BC Federation of Labour have all committed to working on this project as it directly supports their individual mandate to support, educate and advocate for the improvement of the living and working conditions of migrant and immigrant workers, and farm workers in particular. Each organization has worked extensively to promote the improvement of the occupational health and safety of the agricultural industry.

The Tree will be built with the generous support of donations from government, labour organizations, business, community groups and individual donations from people like you.

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TESTIMONIALS

We are overjoyed with this beautiful monument, designed in rememberance of our lost wives and mothers. We are proud to dedicate this monument to all farmworkers in BC, to honor the work they do and to symbolize the importance of healthier and safer working conditions in agriculture.
- The Punia, Bal and Sidhu families

This beautiful memorial commemorates three lives cut tragically short. But it is much more than just that. It is also a testament to the strength of the families whose lives were shattered by this tragedy and the work they have done to ensure that their loved ones' lives were not lost in vain.
The Golden Tree will also serve as a reminder to all of us that we must work together to ensure that farm work is safe, and that the men and women who work in farming return home safely to their loved ones at the end of the work day.
-Darryl Walker, Past President
BC Government & Servcies Employees' Union

This monument ensures farmworkers are no longer invisible, second-class workers. Spear-headed by the courageous Punia, Bal and Sidhu families, The Golden Tree is a lasting tribute that offers, not only recognition, but hope, that farmworkers will be treated with the dignity, respect and safe working conditions that they deserve.
-Jim Sinclair, President
B.C. Federation of Labour