Communications and Electrical Workers of Canada
AbbreviationCWC
Merged intoCommunications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada
Formation1983 (1983)
Dissolved1992 (1992)
Merger of
TypeTrade union
Location
  • Canada
Membership (1987–1992)
40,000[1][2][3][4]
President
Fred Pomeroy
AffiliationsCanadian 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]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "Fonds RC0163 – International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. Canadian District". McMaster University. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  6. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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.


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