Historical Development of Labour Unions

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  • The fight for a shorter work-week

  • The Toronto Typographical Union strike and the Trade Unions Act

  • Nine-Hour Movement in Ontario and Montreal

  • Canadian Labor Union Formed

  • Trades and Labor Congress of Canada succeeded the Canadian Labor Union

  • Royal Commission on the Relations of Labour and Capital

  • Labor Day National Holiday

  • Federal Department of Labour established

  • The Industrial Workers of the World Founded Chicago

  • The Industrial Disputes Investigation Act

  • The Fort William freight handlers strike

  • Workmen's Compensation Act, Ontario

  • The Winnipeg general strike

  • One Big Union was founded in Calgary

  • Cape Breton Strikes

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    Communist-Supported Workers Unity League

  • On to Ottawa Trek Protest

  • The Oshawa Strike

  • The Birth of Unemployment Insurance

  • Canadian Congress of Labour was formed

  • Kirkland Lake Gold Miners Strike

  • Wartime labour relations regulations, Order-in-Council P.C. 1003

  • Windsor’s Ford strike

  • Industrial Relations and Disputes Investigation Act

  • Union membership exceeded one million workers

  • Founding of the Canadian Labour Congress

  • Newfoundland Loggers' Strike

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    The right to safety at work

  • Public service workers win bargaining rights

  • Federal Public Service Staff Relations Act

  • Period: to

    Maternity & parental benefits

  • Common Front, Quebec

  • Occupational Health Act, Saskatchewan

  • Confederation of Canadian Unions

  • Day of Protest

  • Canadian Federation of Labour

  • Supreme Court of Canada's ruling on Bill 29