Communications and Electrical Workers of Canada

Communications and Electrical Workers of Canada
Abbreviation	CWC
Merged into	Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada
Formation	1983
Dissolved	1992
Merger of	Canadian District of the International Union of Electrical Workers; Communication Workers of Canada;
Type	Trade union
Location	Canada;
Membership (1987–1992)	40,000
President	Fred Pomeroy
Affiliations	Canadian Labour Congress
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]

References

^ ^a ^b Directory of Labour Organizations in Canada, 1988. Labour Canada. 1988. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-660-54244-7.
^ Directory of Labour Organizations in Canada, October 1989. Labour Canada. 1989. p. xvi. ISBN 978-0-662-55431-8.
^ Directory of Labour Organizations in Canada, 1990/91. Labour Canada. 1990. p. xvi. ISBN 978-0-662-55431-8.
^ Directory of Labour Organizations in Canada, 1992–93. Labour Canada. 1992. p. xvii. ISBN 978-0-660-57415-8.
^ ^a ^b "Fonds RC0163 – International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. Canadian District". McMaster University. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
^ ^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.
^ ^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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[Directory_of_Labour_Organizations_in_Canada,_1988,_p._17-1] Directory of Labour Organizations in Canada, 1988. Labour Canada. 1988. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-660-54244-7.

[Directory_of_Labour_Organizations_in_Canada,_October_1989,_p._xvi-2] Directory of Labour Organizations in Canada, October 1989. Labour Canada. 1989. p. xvi. ISBN 978-0-662-55431-8.

[Directory_of_Labour_Organizations_in_Canada,_1990/91,_p._xvi-3] Directory of Labour Organizations in Canada, 1990/91. Labour Canada. 1990. p. xvi. ISBN 978-0-662-55431-8.

[Directory_of_Labour_Organizations_in_Canada,_1992–93,_p._xvii-4] Directory of Labour Organizations in Canada, 1992–93. Labour Canada. 1992. p. xvii. ISBN 978-0-660-57415-8.

[McMaster_archives-5] "Fonds RC0163 – International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. Canadian District". McMaster University. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[Chaison_1996,_p._74-6] 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.

[McCrostie_1996,_p._25-7] 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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