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The Calgary general strike is the largest labour dispute in the city's history, costing 31,700 striker days and lasting four weeks. As the strike progressed, more unions voted to participate including bricklayers, masons, and plasterers. [ 31 ]
1919 – Western Labour Conference in Calgary leads to creation of One Big Union. 1919 – Winnipeg general strike. Two shot dead by police. 1919 – General strikes in Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Victoria, Brandon, Amherst (NS). The 1919 Vancouver strike in sympathy with Winnipeg is the longest general strike in Canadian history. [25]
It was founded at the initiative of the Toronto Trades and Labour Council and the Knights of Labor. It was the third attempt at a national labour federation to be formed in Canada: it succeeded the Canadian Labour Union which existed from 1873 to 1877 and the Canadian Labour Congress which held only one conference in 1881.
With the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada–Canadian Congress of Labour merger complete in 1956, a further step was taken. Although political discussion was downplayed during the merger talks, in 1958 the Canadian Labour Congress and Co-operative Commonwealth Federation set up a 20-person joint committee to discuss the foundation of a new ...
Christian Labour Association of Canada; Confédération des syndicats nationaux; Congress of Democratic Trade Unions; Confederation of Canadian Unions; Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec; Industrial Workers of the World; International Union of Elevator Constructors; Major League Baseball Players Association
The drive to form labour unions in Upper Canada resulted from a fundamental change in the way building projects in Toronto were contracted. The change to general contracting happened first in government construction projects, then private ones, leading to labour strife.
The Canadian Labour Union (1872 – 1878) was the short-lived first attempt at a national central organization [1] to represent labour unions in Canada. It was founded in Toronto, Ontario on September 23, 1873, [2] by 46 local unions. It could not be considered a national body as only Ontario-based unions participated.
Trash seen being put into the plastic covering sealed trash bins on June 22. On June 22 at midnight Toronto municipal workers belonging to two separate unions (CUPE Local 416 - representing the out8side workers, and CUPE Local 79 - representing the inside workers) went on strike following six months negotiating with the municipality over contract renewal.