Document Record

Creator

Co-operative Press Associates

Title

Co-operative Press Association collection : News releases
Fonds de la Co-operative Press Association

Identifier

MIKAN: 100071
Reels/Bobines: C-6858 to C-6861
Archival Reference/Référence Archivistique: MG 28 I 176, R3717-0-3-E
oocihm.lac_mikan_100071
lac_mikan_100071

Subject

Papers
Media and communications
Labour
Papiers
Médias et communications
Travail

Document source

Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

Notes

1961/1971

Language

English

Description

The Co-operative Press Association (CPA) was established in January 1944 as a news service for the publications of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), and included such labour and union newsletters as subscribers: CCL News, Canadian Railway Employees Monthly, Steel Labour, Packinghouse Worker, and the United Auto Workers publications in Oshawa and Windsor. By 1953, CPA had 17 paying subscribers, three CCF and 14 union papers. When the Canadian Labour Congress was founded in 1956, the number had risen to 40. In 1972, the name of the CPA was changed to Co-operative Press Associates.
This collection consists of news releases from 1961 to 1971 and 1973 to 1980.
There is an index to the news releases on microfilm reel C-6858.
La Co-operative Press Association (CPA) fut créée en janvier 1944 en tant que service de presse pour les publications de la Fédération du Commonwealth coopératif (FCC). Parmi ses abonnés, on trouvait des bulletins des travailleurs et des bulletins syndicaux bien connus comme la CCL News, la Canadian Railway Employees Monthly, la Steel Labour, le Packinghouse Worker, et les publications de l’United Auto Workers d’Oshawa et de Windsor. Dès 1953, la CPA comptait 17 abonnés payants, 3 journaux de la FCC et 14 journaux syndicaux. Lors de la fondation du Congrès du travail du Canada en 1956, ce nombre s’éleva à 40. En 1972, la CPA adopta le nom de Co-operative Press Associates.
Cette collection regroupe des communiqués de presse parus entre 1961 et 1971, et entre 1973 et 1980.
La bobine de microfilm C-6858 contient un index pour les communiqués de presse.

URL

https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_100071