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The Council of Canadian Unions was founded in 1969 by militant labour organizers Madeleine Parent and Kent Rowley. The pair sought to establish a democratic, independent Canadian labour movement free of the influence of American-based international unions. At the July 1973 convention, the organization took its present name.
Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists; British Columbia Teachers' Federation; Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions; Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union; Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association; Canadian Union of Postal Workers; Canadian Union of Public Employees; Directors Guild of Canada
Brandon University Students' Union: Canadian Mennonite University: CMU Students' Council: Red River College: Students' Association: Université de Saint-Boniface: Association Étudiante de l'Université de Saint-Boniface: University College of the North: Student Association Council: University of Manitoba: University of Manitoba Students' Union
Registered Nurses’ Union Newfoundland & Labrador; Saskatchewan Union of Nurses; United Nurses of Alberta; Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union (COPE) Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association (CPAA) Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Congress of Union Retirees of Canada (CURC)
Rowley was the President of the union with Madeleine Parent as Secretary-Treasurer. In 1953 Parent married Rowley. In 1969, they became founding members of the Council of Canadian Unions that latter became the Confederation of Canadian Unions (CCU), in which Rowley served as Secretary-Treasurer until his death in 1978.
In 1963, independent unions representing civic workers and workers in the broader public sector merged their organizations to form the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). In the late 1960s and early 1970s, legislative changes allowed employees of the federal and provincial public service to join unions, bringing new members into CLC ...
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (French: Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique; CUPE–SCFP) is a Canadian trade union serving the public sector – although it has in recent years organized workplaces in the non-profit and para-public sector as well. CUPE–SCFP is the largest union in Canada, representing some 700,000 workers in ...
The Canadian Region of the UAW unionized the Ford Motor Company in 1945 after a major strike which established the right of Canadian labour union members to union dues checkoff. George Burt was the Canadian Director of the United Auto Workers (UAW) from 1939 to 1968. He is the longest-serving leader of the Canadian Union at 29 years.