Ray Whitehead Fonds
The Ray Whitehead Fonds contains items spanning the years 1973 to 1987. Whitehead’s union career included time with the BC Ferry and Marine Workers Union (BCFMWU), the BC Government Employees’ Union (BCGEU) and most notably, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
Whitehead held many union positions, including Regional Director of CUPE BC. He died in 2007. The items in this Fonds were donated by his son. A large collection of union pins was donated to the CUPE BC office.
The content includes:
● Publications:
○ “The CUPE Story” (circa 1974)
○ “CUPE Solidarity, Vol 1 No 3” (October 21, 1983)
● Ephemera:
○ BCGEU LCB Branch, Local 2, S. Vancouver Island certificate of affiliation, to BC Federation of Labour (April 1, 1973)
○ BCGEU Marshall armband)
○ CUPE/SCFP Embroidered Patch
○ CUPE BC International Women’s Day Ribbons
○ 12 photographs of CUPE Staff (1988)
○ BCGEA Marine Branch (unlicensed) door plaque
○ CUPE International Women’s Day poster (1987)
○ Assorted business cards (no date)
○ Manitoba Government Employees’ Association (MGEA) Convention plaque, 1974