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Jean Rands fonds
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Speaking and writing

Series reflects Jean Rands’s speaking and writing activities over the course of the 1970s and 80s on topics relating to women and labour activism. Some of the writing in this series was published, including An Account to Settle: The Story of the United Bank Workers (SORWUC) and “Toward an Organization of Working Women” in Women Unite! The series includes manuscripts, draft articles, solidarity speeches, and published versions of articles.

Personal and family files

Series consists of Jean Rands’s personal and family records; it contains diaries and journals; personal correspondence; résumés and job application records; newspaper clippings of her participation in peace demonstrations; a manuscript of a book written by her father Stan Rands, Privilege and Policy, which was published posthumously; and a small number of photographs.

Labour organizing

Series reflects Jean Rands’s involvement in labour organizing in the B.C. lower mainland and in Saskatchewan, predominantly in the 1970s and 80s, both independently and in connection with the various unions and labour organizations she was part of. These include the Association of University and College Employees (AUCE), where she was a founding member; the Working Women’s Association (WWA), which disseminated information about labour issues faced by women; the Service, Office and Retail Workers Union of Canada (SORWUC), where Jean was a founding member and served as president at the national level; SORWUC Local 2, United Bank Workers; SORWUC Local 4, Bank and Finance Workers, where she served as president; Union Sisters, a grassroots group for women’s labour organizing in the B.C. lower mainland; and the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (UTFE/TFEU).

The records consist of documents arising from Jean’s involvement as an executive and active member of these groups, such as meeting agendas and minutes, leaflets and flyers, legal documents, conference planning records, and correspondence. The records also consist of newspaper clippings and articles on topics of women and labour issues, reflecting Jean’s ongoing interest in these topics throughout her life.

Jean Rands fonds

  • RBSC-ARC-1855
  • Fonds
  • 1954-2019

Fonds reflect Jean Rands’s interest and activism in feminist labour organizing in western Canada and her speaking and writing around these issues, and also contains records relating to her family and personal connections. The fonds primarily consists of labour union meeting agendas and minutes, union leaflets and flyers, newspaper clippings, legal documents, correspondence, and drafts of speeches and articles. Personal records include diaries, personal correspondence, and a few photographs.

Rands, Jean

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