Trades and Labor Congress of Canada

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Other forms of name
Canadian Trades & Labor Congress
Associated country
Canada
Field of activity
Labor movement
Working class
Associated Language
eng
Biographical or Historical Data
Founded 1873
re-estab. in 1885
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 149517787
Wikidata: Q2993122
Library of congress: n 82137153
Sources of Information
  • Information from 678 converted Dec. 18, 2014(Founded 1873; re-estab. in 1885)
  • Proceedings of the Canadian Labor Congress, 1884:title page (Canadian Labor Congress) page [3] (Members of various trades and labor organizations and assemblies of the Knights of Labor were invited to the Congress; "Some time ago, the question of the advisability of holding a Trades' and Labor Congress was brought before a meeting of the Trades' and Labor Council of Toronto.")
  • Proceedings of the second session of the Canadian Trades & Labor Congress, 1886:title page (Canadian Trades & Labor Congress)
  • Proceedings of the third session of the Trades & Labor Congress of the Dominion of Canada, 1887:title page (Trades & Labor Congress of the Dominion of Canada)
  • Wikipedia, Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, viewed March 20, 2023(The Toronto Trades and Labour Council began in 1881, and similar citywide coordinating bodies were soon formed in Montreal, Vancouver, Brantford, Ottawa and other cities. They banded together in 1886 as The Trades and Labour Congress of Canada)
  • NLC 5/14/82(AACR 2: Trades and Labor Congress of Canada; merged 4/56 with Canadian Congress of Labour to form Canadian Labour Congress)