Document Record

Title

Canadian Labour Congress : International Affairs Department files
Congrès du travail du Canada : dossiers du Service des relations internationales

Identifier

MIKAN: 107948
Reels/Bobines: H-28 to H-33, H-162 to H-186, H-189 to H-208, H-399 to H-412, H-550 to H-557, H-599 to H-601, H-674 to H-686, H-762 to H-770, H-852 to H-864, H-880 to H-888
Archival Reference/Référence Archivistique: MG 28 I 103
oocihm.lac_mikan_107948
lac_mikan_107948

Subject

Papers
Labour
Working class
Corporate history
Foreign relations
Social welfare
Social history
Papiers
Travail
Classe ouvrière
Histoire de l'entreprise
Relations extérieures
Santé et sécurité au travail
Histoire sociale

Document source

Library and Archives Canada/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

Notes

1950-1978
Copyright Not Evaluated/Droit d'auteur non évalué
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Language

English

Description

The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), Canada's largest and most influential labour federation, was formed in 1956 by the merger of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada (TLC) and the Canadian Congress of Labour (CCL). As of 2013, it represented the interests of over 3 million affiliated workers. The CLC is the umbrella organization for dozens of affiliated Canadian and international unions, as well as provincial federations of labour and regional labour councils.
The collection consists of files of the International Affairs Department documenting the CLC's international activities and relations. The Department was established at the CLC's founding in 1956 and is responsible for implementing CLC policies that are international in scope and establishing links with labour movements in other countries. Topics covered in the collection include: CLC participation in international organizations, such as the Organization for Economic Co-operation Development, the International Labour Organization, and the International Labour Office; Canadian government agencies and departments dealing with international issues; political, social, and human rights issues in other countries; Canadian foreign and defence policy, and related topics such as nuclear disarmament and the Law of the Sea, and Canadian organizations with an international dimension, such as Oxfam and the United Nations Association in Canada.
Le Congrès du travail du Canada (CTC), la plus grande et la plus influente des centrales syndicales du Canada, fut fondé en 1956 par la fusion du Congrès des métiers et du travail du Canada (CMTC) et du Congrès canadien du travail (CCT). En 2013, il représentait les intérêts de plus de 3 millions de travailleurs affiliés. Le CTC chapeaute des douzaines de syndicats nationaux et internationaux, ainsi que des fédérations provinciales de travailleurs et des conseils régionaux de travailleurs.
La collection se compose de dossiers du Service des relations internationales, lesquels documentent les activités et les relations internationales du CTC. Le Service fut créé en 1956 lors de la fondation du CTC. Il était responsable de la mise en œuvre des politiques du CTC ayant une portée internationale et de l'établissement des liens avec les mouvements syndicaux à l'étranger. Parmi les sujets abordés dans cette collection, mentionnons : la participation du CTC dans des organisations internationales comme l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, l'Organisation internationale du travail et le Bureau international du travail; les organismes et les ministères du gouvernement canadien qui se penchent sur les questions internationales; les questions politiques, sociales et relatives aux droits de la personne dans les pays étrangers; la politique étrangère, la défense du Canada et autres sujets connexes comme le désarmement nucléaire et le droit de la mer, ainsi que les organisations canadiennes ayant une dimension internationale telles que Oxfam et l'Association canadienne pour les Nations Unies.
Finding Aid MSS492 is a list of textual records in the fonds. Part 1 is file list of containers 1 to 535. Part 2 is a file list of microfilm reels numbered from H-17 to H-923. Part 3 consists of printed reports from a database listing of files in containers 536 to 689, related microfilm copies, and microfilm reels M-9601 to M-9608; the database itself is temporarily available only in the Economic and Governance Archives Section, Canadian Archives Branch. Note that folders in containers 581 to 689 are only identified by the container and folder numbers; while a file list is included in each of these containers, researchers should nevertheless make note of the appropriate container and folder numbers while consulting Part 3 of the finding aid. MSS0492 http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001618.pdf http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001619.pdf http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002232.pdf
Series consists of files of the International Affairs Department documenting the CLC's international activities and relations. Major topics include CLC relations with unions and labour federations in other countries; correspondence with CLC-affiliated unions, municipal labour councils, and provincial federations of labour on international issues; CLC participation in international organizations, such as the Organization for Economic Co-operation Development (and its Trade Union Advisory Committee), the International Labour Organization, and the International Labour Office; CLC affiliation with and participation in international labour federations, such as the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the Organizaçion Regional Interamericana de Trabajadores (ORIT), including the Cuernavaca Project undertaken by the CLC in conjunction with ORIT (sponsorship of a labour college in Mexico); international trade secretariats for specific industries, such as the International Metalworkers' Federation; Canadian government agencies and departments dealing with international issues; political, social, and human rights issues in other countries (such as apartheid in South Africa); Canadian foreign and defence policy, and related topics such as nuclear disarmament and the Law of the Sea; Canadian organizations with an international dimension, such as Oxfam and the United Nations Association in Canada; the Committee on International Affairs and other CLC standing committees; CLC conventions; inter-office correspondence; and general administrative matters. The files contain correspondence, minutes, reports, proceedings, submissions, speeches, publicity material, print matter, and other material.

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