Canadian Congress of Labour
Canadian Congress of Labor/Congrès canadien du travail | |
Federation merger | Canadian Labour Congress |
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Founded | 1940 |
Dissolved | 1956 |
Location | |
Members | 100,000–50,000 |
Key people | Charles Millard |
Parent organization | Congress of Industrial Organizations |
Affiliations | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, Industrial unionism |
The Canadian Congress of Labour (CCL) was founded in 1940 and merged with Trades and Labour Congress of Canada (TLC) to form the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) in 1956.
Founding[]
In 1939, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) supporters were expelled from the TLC, due to the demands of the American-based American Federation of Labor (AFL).[1] This split had to do with the CIO unionizing industrial trades, and the AFL organizing craft trades.[1] The expelled unions included the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, now called the United Steelworkers (USW); United Auto Workers of America, now Unifor; and the United Mine Workers (UMWA). They negotiated with the All-Canadian Congress of Labour and founded the Canadian Congress of Labour in 1940 to rival the TLC.[1] At its founding, it had 100,000 members, and grew to 250,000 by 1943.[1]
The Congress' founding executive included Aaron Mosher (Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees), Silby Barrett, Sol Spivak, and Charles Millard (Steelworkers). They were all members of the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) political party. They were united in the belief that labour should be involved in politics.[1]
In 1981 a postage stamp, depicting Mosher flanked by two railway workers, was issued to commemorate the centenary of Mosher's birth.[2]
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Caplan 1973, p. 91.
- ^ https://postagestampguide.com/stamps/16178/aaron-r-mosher-1981-canada-postage-stamp Aaron R. Mosher 1981
References[]
- Caplan, Gerarld (1973). The Dilemma of Canadian Socialism: The CCF in Ontario. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.
- Horowitz, Gad (1968). Canadian Labour in Politics. University of Toronto Press.
- Congress of Industrial Organizations
- Canadian Labour Congress
- Economic history of Canada
- Trade unions established in 1940
- Trade unions disestablished in 1956
- 1940 establishments in Canada
- 1956 disestablishments in Canada