TRANSPORTATION iJPLOYEES CANADIAN UNION

An Inventory of its papers in

University of British Columbi a

Library

Special Collections Division

Prepared by

Patrick Patterson

March 1984

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Introduction : Organization of to CollectionOrganization History ii iCONSTITUTIONS 1FINACIAL RECORDS 1, 2MINUTE, BOOKS 1NOTEBOOKS 1CORRESPONDENCE TECU 2-6, 7MAPS 7

SUBJECT FILLS

Abbreviation Lists 7Acts Affecting Labour 7Affadavit 7Attestation Files 7Benefit Plan 7B .C . Hydro 7Brotherhood of Locomotive -Egineers 7Brotherhood of Railway Running Trades 7Canadian National Railway 8Canadian Pacific Railway 8"Canadian Peace Wall" Foundation 8Canadian Self-Defence Formation-Associates 8Canadian Union of Transportation Employees (CUTE) 8Certification 8Committee for Independent Canadian Unions 8Confederation of Canadian Unions 9Conventions - TaCL 9Engineers' Workshop 9Executive Lists 9Finance 9International Ihployees Research Institue of Publi c

Affairs 9Labour Canada 9Membership Lists 9Operating Manuals 9Organizing Information 9Pensions 1 0PetitionRailroad Taperecorders Association 1 0Seniority Lists I DStation Numbers 1 0Statistics Canada I CSuccessor Rights 1 0Trade Union Act 1 0Training Programmes 1 0Unemployment Insurance 1 1Workmen's Compensation Board 1 1

PUBLISHED LATELIALS 1 1

CLIPPINGS 11

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INTRODUCTION : ORGANIZATION OF THE COLLECTIO N

The materials in the Transportation hYlaployees Canadian Union

Collection were deposited with Special Collections in Februar y

1984 . The records were discovered in a warehouse, apparentl y

abandoned . They were turned over to the C .A .I .M .A .W . office and

subsequently entrusted to Special Collections by ' . I . Houle .

The circumstances of their careless disposal was reflected in th e

disorder of their organization . The papers arrived in a larg e

unorganized format, with a minimum of ordered files . This neces-

sitated considerable artificial arrangement, and difficulties wer e

particularly evident in the correspondence series . Due to tim e

constraints, some of the correspondence remains unsorted at thi s

writing . L See files 1-45, 1-46, 1-47 ; also the 'Organizing

Information' Subject Files, 2-19 and 2

which were office files . ]

Inexperience on the part of the arranger explains the

ub-

groups which are apparent in scanning this initial inventory . Th e

enormit of the ambitions of the T3 CU executive

e evident in th e

diffuse materials which have survived . The organization history

should explain some of the complexities encountered

determining

the source of various materials and the relationships between them .

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ORGANIZATION HISTORY

The roots of the Transportation Employees Canadian Union were i n

the Brotherhood of Railway Running Trades Union which was grante d

a certificate of registry in 1959 . In the years following its incep-

tion the union failed to achieve its objective, which was

represen t

the running trades on the ONE and CPR . In 1967 Leslie N . Falle wa s

elected national president of the Brotherhood by a full referendum

vote of all the membership . At this time, the union was sufferin g

a significant loss of membership and, consequently, revenue, whic h

posed a threat to its future .

At a legally constitured convention held at North Bay, Ontario i n

Day 1971 the name was changed to the Transportation Employees Canadia n

Union by the membership, under the direction of i . Falle. A new

constitution was voted in to replace the former one . One of Er . Falle '

most significant objectives for the new union was to remove contro l

of the international unions from Canadian railroad labour . Due s

would no longer be diverted to the United States . It was hoped that

the existing 17 unions would be unified under a single charter .

This central body would co-ordinate negotiations of all trades, re-

ducing the costs of negotiations . The constitution allowed fo r

the raiding of the international unions simultaneously, the mandat e

being to "enrol any person employed by a company in transportation . "

These goals were not to be realized, and the available evidenc e

indicates that the union effectively ceased to function

the lat e

1970's . Neither the immediate cause of its failure, or the resul t

s failure is available to me

present . Nr . George

andak ,

Manuscript Curator at UBC Special Collections is making enquirie s

of union officials . According to information from printed constitu-

tion

the past presidents of 'ITC - were: Frederick H . Hall, 1957-

1967 ; Leslie N . Falle, 1967-1976 .

of the 1975 amendment, the

oral President was Do

. Drummond .

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TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEES CANADIAN UNIO N

INVENTORY

Box/Folder No . Series Date No . of

items

1 -

1 Constitution 1971 41973

[1975 ]

1 - 2 Constitution - Draft Copy[n .d . ]1975 1

1 -

3 Constitution - Canadian Union of Transportatio nEmployees

(CUTE) 1977 1Constitution - Canadian Union of Transportatio nEmployees

(CUTE)

- Draft Copy [n .d .] 1

1 - 4 By-laws - The Trade of Locomotive Engineers

(TECU )-

Draft #2

(2 Versions) [n .d .] 41 - 5 Financial

Statements - Brotherhood of RailwayRunning Trades 1961 1

1 - 6 Financial

Statements - Brotherhood of Railwa yRunning Trades 1964 7

196 5196 6196 7196 8196 9197 0

1 - 7 Financial

Statements - TECU

(National

Office) 1971 5197 2197 3197 4197 5

1 - 8 Financial

Statements - Trade of Locomotiv eEngineers, Kamloops 1974 4

197 51 - 9 Financial

Statements - TECU, Kamloops 1976 21977

1 -

10 Minute Book - National

Executive Meetings 1976 11977197 8198 1

1 -

11 Minute Book - Home Lodge of the Brotherhood o fRailway Running Trades 1964- 1

196 71 -

12 Minute Book - Unidentified [n .d .] 11 -

13 Pay Record -

[National

Office] 1967- 1197 4

1 -

14 Notebook - Leslie Falle [n .d .] 1Notebook - Unidentified [n .d .] 1

1 -

15 Statement of Dues and Application Fees - TEC UNational

Office 1974- 1 61976

1 -

16 Statement of Dues - Trade Local

#1

(Kamloops) ,CNR 1974- 1 2

19761 -

17 Statement of Dues - Trade Local # 2 [NewWestminster?] 1975 1

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Box/Folder No .

Series

Date

No . of items

1 - 18

Statement of Dues - Trade Local #3 (Kamloops)

1974-

41976

1 - 19

Statement of Dues - Trade Local #4 (Prince George )CNR

1974-

1 41977

1 - 20

Statement of Dues = Trade Local #5 [Por tCoquitlam?]

1974-

1 21975

1 - 21

Statement of Dues - Trade Local #6 (Revelstoke )CPR

1975

1 3

1 - 22

Statement of Dues - Trade Local #7 (Cranbrook )CPR

1974-

5197 5

1 - 23

Statement of Dues - Nelson & Trail - CPR

1975-

1 01976

1 - 24

Correspondence : Incoming- G .B . CaydzienFrom

McDermott, S .J .

1975

1Sirianni, E .A .

1976

1Ministry of Labour, B .C .

1978

1McGrady, Leo B .

1980

1Correspondence : Outgoing- G .B . Caydzien

ToMacKenzie, D .A .

1976

1Membership

[1977]

2Membership

[n .d .]

1

1 - 25

Correspondence : Incoming- Douglas Drummon dFrom

Burgoyne, A .G .

1973

1Boetteger, Clarence L .

1974

1Boyle, Keith

1Caydzien, G .B .

2Chadwick, J .

1Dick, R .

1Ellis, Ralph

2Falle, Leslie N .

2Jefferson, B .P .

1Landals, E .W .

q

1McDermott, S .J .

1Parkins, W .J .

1Roy, Al J .

8Walker, L .D .

1Boetteger, A .G .

1975

1Caydzien, G .B .

3Dohm, Thomas A .

6Falle, Leslie N .

5Findlay, R .J .

1McDermott, S .J .

2O'Hara, R .J .

1Pickrem, Cook and Company

2Roy, Al J .

5Sirianni, E .A .

1

Taylor, W .L .

5

Box/Folder No . Series

Date

No . of items

1 - 28

Ford, Keast, Smith & Phillips

1975Hicks, W .W .

1Membership

3Menard, Richard J .

1Parkins, W .J .Roy, A .J .

2Taylor, W .L .Todesco, Norm

2Caron, Marcel

1976

1Esselmont, R .G .

1Jones, Harry

1Josephson, Ber tKurnoff, Mike

1MacKenzie, Dave

1Ottewell, Ernie

1Pickrem, Cook & Company

1Roy, A .J .

1Sallows, Le nStaples, JeromeTodesco, Norm

1Zimmerman, Fran kBerg, A .O .

[n .d .]

2Burns, Charlie

1Caydzien, G .B .

1Cope, W .

1Daniels, Harry

1Ellis, Ralph

1Falle, Leslie N .

2Hamilton Committee for Independent Canadian

Unions

1Harrison, E .T .

1McDermott, Steve

2[Membership]

1Parkins, W .J .Roy, A .J .

3Sallows, Len

1Statistics Canada

1[Unknown]

2

1 - 29

Correspondence : Incoming- Leslie N . Fall eFrom

Brotherhood of Railway Running Trades

1971

1Canada Labour Relations Board

1972

1DeCoster, Peter A .

1Larmondin, C .R .

1Prest, L .N .

1Heise, N .T .

1973

1Jefferson, B .P .Kuzych, Myron

2Sallows . L .J . (includes : "The Why, What & How o f

the T .E .C .U .)

3White, J . Earl

3

1 - 30

Couture, Raymond- Confederation des Syndicat sNationaux

1974

1Findlay, R .J .

1

Hnetka, Mrs . Bev

1Jefferson, B .P .

1

List, Wilf (Globe & Mail)

1

5

Box/Folder No . Series

Date

No . of items

1 - 30

Munro, John (Minister of Labour)

197 4Sunstrum, Bill (Federation du Commerce)

1Thorne, H .A .

1Drummond, Douglas

1975

1O'Hara, R .J . (Canada L .R .B .)

1Taylor, W .L . (Labour Unions Returns ,

StatsCan)

1Caydzien, Gene

1976 q

1Ralston, Harvey R .

[n .d .]

1

1 - 31

Correspondence : Outgoing- Leslie N . Fall eTo

Curtis, Peter

1973Himbeault, R .L .

1Jefferson, B .P .

1Kuzych, Myron

3Littlewood

1Membership

3Minister, Dept . of Corporate & Consumer Affairs

1Palmer, Steve

1Sallows, Len

2Smith, J .T .

1Secretary Treasurer's & Financial Committe

1Warnick, Debbie

1White, Earl

2

1 - 32

Armillotta, Joe

1974

1Clement, Jean Guy

1Dinsdale, H .

1Drummond, Douglas

1 7Findlay, R .J .

1Jefferson, B .P .

3Levesque, Pete rMembership

3Officers & Organizers

3Ralston, H .R .

1Roy, A .J ., and Berg, A .0

1Shaw, Peter D .

1Styles, Murray

1Thorne, H .A .

1

1 - 33

Director, C .A .L .U .R .A .

197 5Drummond, Douglas

1 0Esselmont, R .G .Groden, D .

1O'Hara, R .J .

1Members

2Minister, Dept . of Corporate & Consumer Affair sTECU (re claim for union pension money)

1

1 - 34

Drummond, Douglas

1976

1 1Executive Officers, TECU

1Flynn, Frank

1977

2

1 - 35

Correspondence : incoming- Walter Kuhnk eFrom

Gough, R .R ., CN Car Department, Toronto Yard

1972

1Correspondence : outgoing- Walter Kuhnk e

ToGough, R .R .

1972

1

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Box/Folder No . Series Date No . of items

1 - 36 Correspondence :

incoming- S .J . McDermot tFrom

Benjamin, T .M . 1974 1Esselmont,

R .G . 1975 1Correspondence : outgoing- S .J .

McDermot tTo

1974 1Kennett, A .E .Membership 1975 1Membership [n .d .] 2

1 - 37 Correspondence :

incoming- Al .

J .

RoyFrom

Minister of Labour,

Canada 1975 1Solicitor General,

Canada 1Correspondence : outgoing- Al .

J .

RoyTo

1974 1Broten,

L .J .Dohm,

D .L . 1Tasker,

R .S . 1Cormier,

Ivan 1975 11 - 38 Correspondence :

incoming- Eugene Siriann iFrom

Daniels,

H .R . 1974 1Falle,

Leslie

N . 5McDermott,

S .J . 3Boetteger,

C .L . 1975 1Daniels,

H .R . 1Falle,

Leslie

N . 1 1McDermott,

S .J . 3[no name] 1975 1

1 - 39 Correspondence : outgoing- Eugene Siriann iTo

Falle,

Leslie

N . 1973 1Falle,

Leslie

N . 1974 3McDermott,

S .J . 4Falle,

Leslie

N . 1975 7McDermott,

S .J . 2Falle,

Leslie

N . [n .d .] 3Membership

(Engineers) 11 - 40 Correspondence :

incoming- J .

Earl

WhiteFrom

Falle,

Leslie

N . 1973 4[Dennis

?] 1974 1Correspondence :

outgoing- J .

Earl

WhiteTo

1973 3Falle,

Leslie

N .NOTE :

See PENSIONS SUBJECT FILE als o1 -

41 Correspondence :

J .

Earl

White to Dr .

Noel

A .

Hal lregarding Pensions . 1973 1

1976 1 11 - 42 Memoranda :

incoming- S .J .

McDermot tFrom

E .

Sirianni 1974 2Memoranda : outgoing- S .J .

McDermot tTo

1974 4E .

Siriann iTelexes :

TECU Engineers, Kamloops [n .d .] 9[from :Falle, Caydzien,Drummond ]

7

Box/Folder No . Series Date No . of

items

1 - 43 Maps .CP Rail Western Lines - The Collective Agreemen t

AreaCanadian

Pacific Ltd .

-

Regions,

Divisions

&[n .d . ]

Subdivision sCPR -

Boundaries of Bargaining Units,

Pacifi cand

Prairie Regions

1972

[n .d . ]1 - 44 Application for Registry of Complete Alteratio n

of Rules

(TECU)

- Draft & Final

Versions 1981 21 - 45 [UNARRANGED MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE, TECU ]1 - 46 [UNARRANGED MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE,

ETC . ]1 - 47 [UNARRANGED CORRESPONDENCE,

ETC . ]

SUBJECT FILES .

1 - 48 Abbreviation List sRailway Companies [n .d .] 1Trade Code sActs Affecting Labour -

list available from[n .d .] 1

Queen's

Printer,

Victoria,

B .C .Affadavit - Locomotive Engineers at Kamloops

[n .d . ]

Junction :

re non-payment of dues to Brother -hood of Locomotive Engineers 1973 2

1 - 49 Attestation Correspondence - membership1972 61973 1 11974 6

Benefit

Plan - TECU Benefit

Plan Application[n .d . ][n .d .]

4

1 - 50 B .C .

HydroMAPES

(Management & Professional

Employee sSociety of B .C .)

application

for certificatio nand correspondence .

[presently not

itemized ]

Computer-print

list of B .C .

Hydro Managemen tEmployee s

B .C .

Hydro Organization Charts

[n .d . ]

[n .d . ]

1 -

51 B .C .

Hydro - TECU Certificatio n

2 -

1 Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers - Assignmen tLists .Pacific and Prairie Regions 1975 1Kamloops 1975 1Alberta 1975 1Lakehead Division 1975Vancouver & Coquitlam 1975 1

2 - 2 Brotherhood of Railway Running TradesApplication for membershi pApplication for alteration of constitutional

[1962 ]

rules .Announcement of change of name to TECU

1960 1

8

Box/Folder No .

Series

Date

No . of items

2 - 3

Canadian National RailwayAgreement between CNR & Brotherhood of Locomotiv e

Engineers

1929

1Application to Canada LRB by Brotherhood o f

Locomotive Engineers to void agreement wit hCNR

1975

1LRB's judgement on above application

1975

1Memorandum of settlement between CNR & unions

1974

12 - 4

Canadian Pacific RailwayApplication by Trade of Locomotive Engineer s

(TECU), to represent CPR engineers

1975

1Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers interventio n

in application by TECU

1975

1Canada LRB reply to intervening unions

1975

1Trade of Locomotive Engineers (Kamloops) applicatio n

for certification

1975

1Canada LRB Judgement (English and French)

1976

2Map of Collective Agreement Area, CPR Wester n

Lines

[n .d .]

1Correspondence : LRB addenda to original Judgement 1976

22 - 5

Correspondence : incoming & outgoin gCanada Labour Relations Board

1975 -1976

1 8Douglas Drummond

1975

9CPR Organization Charts

[n .d .]

1

2 - 6

"Canadian Peace Wall" FoundationBulletin from Walter Kuhnke

[n .d .]

1Song Sheet : "Canadian Proud", composed by

Walter Kuhnke

[n .d .]

1Song Sheet : "The Canadian Labourer", by

Walter Kuhnke

[n .d .]

1Canadian Self-Defence Formation-AssociatesWhite Manifest Manuscript

[n .d .]

12 - 7

Canadian Union of Transportation Employees (CUTE )Minutes of meeting of Sub-Local 5 of Local 1 ,

Prince George

1974

1Members of Liason Committee for CN & CP

1974

1Partial Members List

[n .d .]

1Statement of Purpose

[n .d .]

12 - 8

CertificationArticle by Les Falle published in Communique

1965

1Application for certification- blank form

provided under "Labour Code of B .C . Act"

[n .d .]

1Applications for certification with TECU

1973

319741975

2 - 9

Committee for Independent Canadian Union sConstitution and by-laws of the Hamilto n

Committee

[n .d .]

1Correspondence

1974

31978

Transcription of radio interview with Mr .Coughlin

1973

1Excerpt from Hansard

1981

1various leaflets and brochures

[n .d .]

9

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Box/Folder Series Date No . of

item s

2 -

10 Confederation of Canadian Unions - newsletters 1974 2

2 -

11 Convention

(TECU )Delegate

invitation 1975 1Minutes of Convention Meetings 1975 2Minutes of Convention 1977 1

2 -

12 Engineers' Workshop Kamloop sMinutes 1974-

1975 7

2 -

13 Executive List sExecutive- Trade Local

#1 1976 -1977 1

Executive - Trade Local #3 [n .d .] 1

B .C . Area Local

Executives 1974 ,1976 2

Executive

- Trail,

B .C . 1973 1Executive lists for various

locals 1974 12 -

14 Finance"The Constitutional

Framework of Union Finance" ,

by J .K .

Eaton .

An analysis of

the financia lprovisions of the constitutions of the main union s

operating

in Canada as of Dec .

31,

1966 .

[19 2page report written under the auspices of th eEconomic and Research Branch, Canada Dept . of

Labour] 1967 12 -

15 Internationl

Employees Research

Institute of

Social

Affairs .Preamble,

Constiturion & Letters of Patent 1975 2Letter to TECU with sample documents attached 1977 1

2 -

16 Labour Canada ."The Trade Union Movement - A Partner in Canada . "Brochure adapted from an address by John Munro .

"Notes from an address by Hon . John Munro,

P .C . ,

M .P .

Minister of Labour,

to Canadian Co-operative

1977 1

Wage Study &

Industrial

Relations Group ." 1975 12 -

17 Membership Lists .Canadian Employees - TECU 1975 1Enginemen at Canadian Terminals

(organizing

record

of Number signed to TECU)

1975 1Mail

& Phone List - Trade Local

#4,

Prince George

[n .d .] 1

Phone List - Engineers - Vancouver & Coquitlam 1974 1Members

list - Engineers,

CPR, Toront o"Addressograph" list of membership, TECU

[n .d .] 1

Kamloops 1976 1

Dues

List

-

Trail,

B .C . 1973 1Unidentified

name

lis tAnnual

vacation for conductors, baggagemen,

[n .d .] 1

brakemen, Northern Ontario Area 1964 12 -

18 Operationg Manuals ."Uniform Code of Operating Rules ." 1962 1"Train Handling & Other

Instructions ."

CPR 1959 1"General

Operating

Instructions ."

CPR 1975 12 -

19 Organizing

Informatio n[2 original

files with various organizin gcorrespondence,

to be

itemized & arranged .] 1973- 34197 4

2 -20 Organizing

Informatio n[unarranged filewith various correspondence ,names and events .] 1972- 4 2

1975

Box/Folder No .

Series

Date

No . of items

2 - 21

PensionsAuditor's Report of CPR Trust Fund .

1943

1Annual Report of the Pension Committee, Canadia n

Railways Employees Pension Association, B .C .Branch .

Abbreviated Version of the Dr . Noel A . Hall RailwayPension Plan Report

1977

1Clipping re Hall Report from "Locomotive Engineer" 1977

1Letter to members of C .R .E .P .A . from J . Earl White 1981

1

2 - 22

PetitionFor regional representation .

[n .d .]

4

2 - 23

Railroad Taperecorders Associatio nMembership Bulletin

[n .d .]

1

2 - 24

Seniority List sYardmen - Pacific Region, Vancouver & Canyo n

Divisions

1976

1

Firemen - CPR, B .C . District

1950

1Engineers - CPR, B .C . District

1951

1

Firemen - CPR, B .C . District

1951

1

Enginemen - CPR, B .C . District

1974

1Firemen - CPR, B .C . District

1974

1

Enginemen - CPR, B .C . District

1975

1

Firemen - CPR, B .C . District

1975

1Enginemen - CPR, B .C . District

1976

1

Firemen - CPR, B .C . District

1976

1

District #5, B .C .

1976Enginemen - 9th & 10th Districts, Mountain Region 1974

1

Locomotive Engineers - 7th District, Prairi eRegion

1974

1

Locomotive Engineers - Great Lakes Region

1972

1

2 - 25

Station Number sList of station numbers assigned by CP Rail

[n .d .]

1

Statistics Canada_form Letters

[n .d .]

2

Labour Union Returns

1975, 1976

1

Brochure & letter describing "Social SecurityProgrammes"

197 8Successor Right sDigest of law regarding successor rights, from

CanadianLabour Law Reports

[1973?]

1

2 - 26

Trade Union Act - RSC 1970, c .T-11

[1970]

1

Training Programme s"Engine Service Training", Transportation Trainin g

Centre

[n .d .]

1

List of Local Chairmen, General Committee o fAdjustment, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers ,Prairie & Pacific Regions

[n .d .]

1

Circular # 34, G .C .A .B .L .E .

1973

1Correspondence : outgoing . United Transportatio n

Union .

1972-

3197 4

Syllabus - Locomotive Engineers Training Course

1971

1Letter from Canadian Transport Commission to J .M .

Staples

1973

1

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Date

No . of items

PUBLISHED MATERIAL S

2 - 28

"B .C . Today", Sept . 14- 27, 1976

1976

1"Independence News", Dec . 1978-Jan . 1979

1978

1

"Keeping Track", [CN publication], March 1976

1976

1

"Locomotive Engineer", Aug . 20, 1976, June 29,

1976

3

1979, July 13, 1979 .

1979Newsletter from the Vancouver Joint Council o f

Railway Unions, Dec . 1973

1973

1"Regards", Jan . 1978, Feb, 1978 .

1978

2

[published by Social Credit Party of Canada ]"Topic", (TECU), Aug . 1973, March 1974

1973

21974

"Trade Union Law", Dec . 1980

1980

1

"Westward Across Canada", a CPR publication

[n .d .]

1

2 - 29

CLIPPINGS

Miscellaneous :

2 - 30

Clippings of the column "Canadian Spotlight "

from Locomotive Enginee r

2 - 31

EPHEMERA

Printed materials :TECU dues cards

[n .d .]

3

TECU change of address cards

[n .d .]

2

TECU membership application

[n .d .]

2

TECU membership cards

[n .d .]

2

TECU tax deduction receipt

[n .d .]

1

TECU letterhead paper & letter head pape r

for "Topic"

[n .d .]

2

TECU sign (in envelope)

[n .d .]

1

TECU badges (in envelope)

[n .d .]

2

Poster - Labour Canada .

[n .d .]

1

2 - 32

EPHEMERA

Certificate of Registry - Brotherhood of Railwa y

Running Trades, Aug . 13, 1959 . Photocopy .TECU Charters of Certification - various original s

and photocopie s

Box/Folder No .

Series

2 - 27

Unemployment Insurance - message re change sresulting from Bill C-69, Dec . 20, 1975 .

[1975]

1

Workmen's Compensation Board- Amendments to Workmen' s

Compensation Act, July 1, 1975

1975

1

34

1 3

1

14