Christine Micklewright Fonds
Christine Hayvice Micklewright was a vice-president of the BC Federation of Labour, and a member of the Vancouver Industrial Writers Union. She was an officer of the airlines division of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW). A significant portion of the collection relates to her involvement in a 1992 whistleblowing complaint against Japan Airlines (JAL) concerning the practice of racial profiling of passengers.
Micklewright completed work on a history of a unit of airline workers in Canada in 2021 covering 60 years, 1942-2002, called Arrivals and Departures. The fonds include correspondence within the CAW during 1992, as well as newspaper clippings, research papers, handwritten notes, and union publications from 1992-1998.
The detailed file list provides a breakdown of the collection’s contents:
● Correspondence: This series includes correspondence from January 31 – April 3, 1992; April 7 – May 14, 1992; May 18 – December 21, 1992 and correspondence from 1995-1998. It also contains letters of support from 1992.
● Newspaper Clippings: Dating from 1992-1995.
● Personal Notes: These notes are undated.
● Reports, Magazines, Brochures: This material dates from 1991-1993
● Canadian Auto Workers Materials: These materials span 1988-1992.
● Research Papers: 1998.
The collection offers insights into the activities of the CAW Union and the specifics of the racial profiling complaint involving Japan Airlines through Christine Micklewright’s involvement.