Communications and Electrical Workers of Canada

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Communications and Electrical Workers of Canada
AbbreviationCWC
Merged into Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada
Formation1983 (1983)
Dissolved1992 (1992)
Merger of
Type Trade union
Location
  • Canada
Membership (1987–1992)
40,000 [1] [2] [3] [4]
President
Fred Pomeroy
Affiliations Canadian Labour Congress [1]
Formerly called
Communications, Electronic, Electrical, Technical and Salaried Workers of Canada

The Communications and Electrical Workers of Canada (CWC) was a Canadian trade union.

The union was founded in 1983, when the Canadian District of the International Union of Electrical Workers merged with the Communication Workers of Canada [5] to become the Communications, Electronic, Electrical, Technical and Salaried Workers of Canada. [6] In 1985 or 1986, it shortened its name to become the Communications and Electrical Workers of Canada. [5] [6]

It merged with the Energy and Chemical Workers Union and the Canadian Paperworkers Union in 1992 to form the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada. [7] It had 40,000 members at the time of the merger. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Directory of Labour Organizations in Canada, 1988. Labour Canada. 1988. p. 17. ISBN   978-0-660-54244-7.
  2. Directory of Labour Organizations in Canada, October 1989. Labour Canada. 1989. p. xvi. ISBN   978-0-662-55431-8.
  3. Directory of Labour Organizations in Canada, 1990/91. Labour Canada. 1990. p. xvi. ISBN   978-0-662-55431-8.
  4. Directory of Labour Organizations in Canada, 1992–93. Labour Canada. 1992. p. xvii. ISBN   978-0-660-57415-8.
  5. 1 2 "Fonds RC0163 – International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. Canadian District". McMaster University. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  6. 1 2 Gary N. Chaison (1996). Union Mergers in Hard Times: The View from Five Countries. Ithaca, New York: ILR Press. p. 74. ISBN   978-0-8014-8380-6.
  7. 1 2 James McCrostie (1996). Just the Beginning: The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (PDF). Ottawa: Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2014.