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	Canadian Labour Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Canadian Labour Congress, or CLC (in French "le Congrès du travail du Canada" or CTC) is the central labour body in Canada to which most Canadian labour unions are affiliated.
		The CLC was founded in 1956 by the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada (TLC) and the Canadian Congress of Labour (CCL), the two major labour congresses in Canada at the time.
		There is an executive council, governing body of the CLC between conventions, which consists of the congress officers, the leadership of the 22 largest unions in the CLC, and representatives of women, people of colour, aboriginal, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people, youth and retired workers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian_Labour_Congress (631 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Canadian Labour Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Trades and Labour Congress of Canada was a Canada-wide central federation of trade unions from 1883 to 1956.
		Canadian Congress of Labour, founded fall 1940 as a merger of the All-Canadian Congress of Labour and the Canadian section of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
		McDermott played a prominent role in articulating the key elements of the CLC program for economic and social reform and was instrumental in mobilizing the resources of the Canadian labour movement in combatting wage controls and wage concessions in the public and private sectors.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Canadian-Labour-Congress (1387 words)

	Ken Georgetti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was elected president of the Canadian Labour Congress in May of 1999.
		Georgetti arrived at the head of the Canadian Labour Congress after a quarter century of union activism in British Columbia, home to Canada's most polarized politics and of a vibrant labour movement.
		Georgetti's priorities as the leadership of the Canadian Labour Congress include the defence and strengthening of public medicare, organizing greater numbers of workers, providing life long learning opportunities, enhancing youth's involvement in unions, increasing literacy levels for all Canadians and combating child labour.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ken_Georgetti (580 words)

	On the Growing Split in the Canadian Labour Congress cont'd
		Furthermore, Canadian unions are the fastest growing sector of the trade union movement, bringing masses of women into the labour movement, and transforming it from a predominantly white to a multi-hued movement.
		Canadian sovereignty is a necessary condition for developing the struggle against the employers, who operate on a national as well as an international playing field, and who have related objectives.
		The fulfillment of the central political role of the CLC in defending the political and economic interests of all workers in all sectors should be clearly revealed in campaigns that unite labour in mass action across the country.
	www.communist-party.ca /news/Statements/2000/labrspl2.htm (1159 words)

	[Marxism] article on Canadian Labour Congress Convention (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		FYI Canadian Labour Congress Convention: Labour Brass Ducks Crisis by Barry Weisleder Apart from the substantial vote for Carol Wall, the anti-establishment candidate for President, there were few surprises at the 24th Constitutional Convention of the Canadian Labour Congress held in Montreal, Quebec, June 13-17, 2005.
		Labour’s retreat -- manifested most sharply in terms of concessions bargaining, the curtailment of union democracy and solidarity, and the shrinkage of union density – has resulted in stagnant wages, a declining standard of living, increased job insecurity, and growing union paralysis.
		A kind of CLC glasnost was evident in the composite resolutions, which tended to be all-encompassing and somewhat radical in tone.
	lists.econ.utah.edu /pipermail/marxism/2005-July/027552.html (3602 words)

	Canadian Labour Congress: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The CLC was founded in 1956 by the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada (TLC) and the Canadian Congress of Labour (CCL), EHandler: no quick summary.
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	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/canadian_labour_congress.htm (1432 words)

	The Dalai Lama will be greeted by Canadian labour - www.phayul.com
		The Canadian Labour Congress has been involved for several years with a modest project to improve the health and safety conditions of young workers in the special economic zone of Shenzhen.
		The Canadian Labour Congress, the national voice of the labour movement, represents 2.5 million Canadian workers.
		The CLC brings together Canada's national and international unions along with the provincial and territorial federations of labour and 137 district labour councils.
	www.phayul.com /news/article.aspx?id=6677 (481 words)

	Canadian Labour Congress
		The Canadian Labour Congress is a national UNION CENTRAL founded on 23 April 1956 from the merger of the CANADIAN CONGRESS OF LABOUR and the TRADES AND LABOR CONGRESS OF CANADA.
		In 1961 the CLC and the CO-OPERATIVE COMMONWEALTH FEDERATION leaders joined to form the NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY, a link that has been maintained ever since.
		In 1997 there were 2.5 million trade unionists affiliated with the CLC through 51 international and national unions.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0001303 (164 words)

	Canadian labour congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/canadian_labour_congress (155 words)

	GCIU: The Canadian labour movement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The following excerpts from the history of the labour movement in Canada is adapted from material prepared by the Education Department of the Canadian Labour Congress and are used courtesy of the CLC.
		The Canadian Labour Union was formed, the beginning of a national labour organization, but it suffered a serious setback when a depression depleted the ranks of unions a few years later.
		While the outcome was by no means acceptable to organized labour, the employers in the metal industry, who had previously refused to recognize the union, agreed to accept the principle of collective bargaining.
	www.gciu.org /histcan.shtml (1799 words)

	Perceptions: CANADIAN LABOUR CONGRESS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Labour support [six-page policy statement supporting gay/lesbian rights was "all but unanimously" adopted at recent 20th Constitutional Convention of the Canadian Labour Congress; further details].
		West [this past fall, the three prairie federations of labour and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) held conference in Edmonton "at which 70 queer prairie trade union activists gathered..."; details of conference].
		Safe workplaces [Canadian Labour Congress has begun campaign "supporting safer work environments for Gay and Lesbian workers"; campaign costing $15,000 reaches out to "the 2.2 million members and 85 affiliates of the CLC"; "main tool is a poster"; etc.].
	library.usask.ca /spcoll/srsd/journals/perceptions/310.html (158 words)

	Submissions - Canadian Labour Congress
		Not least, the CLC has been and remains a major advocate of the development of not-for-profit, community-based supports and services for persons with disabilities, which are essential to full inclusion in society and, where appropriate, in the workplace.
		As interim measures, the CLC is pleased to endorse the key points regarding eligibility for the DTC, as presented in the report "Getting it Right for Canadians: The Disability Tax Credit" (March 2002) which were endorsed unanimously by the House of Commons.
		The CLC is supportive of the basic direction for change suggested by the Federal Court of Appeal that is to make eligible all persons who must spend an inordinate amount of time engaged in the basic activities of daily living.
	www.disabilitytax.ca /subs/clc2-e.html (2321 words)

	CAW Local 114 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		We are affiliated to the BC Federation of Labour and the Canadian Labour Congress.
		The Canadian Labour Congress supports an increase in spending to $5 billion per year over the next five years, as the first part of a national funding plan tied to specific service targets and a specific timetable for implementation.
		The Canadian Labour Congress, the national voice of the labour movement, represents 3 million Canadian workers.
	www.caw114.bc.ca /news/other_news/story.php?id=269 (711 words)

	Ottawa District Labour Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It's important for your union to be part of the 'solidarity' of labour in Ottawa-Carleton.
		B.C. labour leaders planned to meet Sunday to decide whether public and privatesector union members in the Victoria area would walk off the job Monday in support of the province's striking teachers.
		We are very pleased to report that the Canadian Media Guild and CBC management have reached an agreement in principle that will form the basis for a new, fair collective agreement.
	www.ottawalabour.org (252 words)

	Canadian Federal Labour Standards Review - Submission: Canadian Labour Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Canadian Labour Congress Research Paper, 2003.) Thus raising the general level of employment rights and standards is of particular importance from the perspective of promoting greater equality and inclusion, and narrowing pay, job quality, employment security, and opportunity gaps between workers of colour and other workers.
		This means enabling all workers, both younger and older, full- and part-time and unemployed, Canadian born, as well as immigrants and refugees, to learn and upgrade their skills on an on-going basis throughout the course of their lives, both on the job and in the classroom.
		However, evidence for a systematic linkage between labour market regulation and national unemployment rates is lacking in the econometric work of the OECD (Baker, Glyn, Howell, and Schmitt 2002.) The International Labour Organization argues that high employment growth and strong economic growth can be achieved in a very wide range of labour market settings.
	www.fls-ntf.gc.ca /en/sub_fb_03.asp (11131 words)

	CANADIAN LABOUR CONGRESS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This course is designed to help develop young labour activists in both the workplace and community.
		Linkages to a larger labour movement will be developed, including some labour history and discussion of your involvement in social justice issues and movement.
		Ergonomics is concerned with the relationship between people and their working environment for labour.
	www.ldlc.on.ca /LabourEdFlyer.htm (1149 words)

	ipedia.com: Canadian Labour Congress Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is the central labour body in Canada to which most Canadian labor unions are affiliated.
		It was founded in 1956 by the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada (TLC) and the Canadian Congress of Labour (CCL), the two major labour congresses in Canada at the time.
		Past Presidents of note are Bob White (known for founding of the Canadian Auto Workers(CAW) replacing the International United Auto Workers (UAW) as the union for auto workers in Canada, and Shirley Carr, the first woman to head the CLC.
	www.ipedia.com /canadian_labour_congress.html (684 words)

	Canadian Labour Congress is born - "On This Day" - CBC Archives
		The Trades and Labour Congress of Canada advocated for the rights of the skilled trades while the unskilled workers found their support in the Canadian Congress of Labour.
		But at a convention on May 1, 1956, in a bid of solidarity and empowerment the two labour unions merged to form the million-member Canadian Labour Congress.
		But according to analysts of the Canadian labour movement, the decision in Canada had actually been in the works for a long time.
	archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-73-2189-13233-11/on_this_day/politics_economy/TWT (469 words)

	Canadian Labour Congress Convention
		Constitutional Convention of the Canadian Labour Congress held in Montreal, Quebec, June 13-17, 2005.
		CLC President Ken Georgetti in 2004 committed the faux pas of speaking his mind when he said that unions should stop opposing the so-called free trade agreements because they are ‘here to stay’.
		During the CLC Convention supporters of the ‘Venezuela, We are with You’ Coalitions, from Montreal and Toronto, worked together to distribute over a thousand pieces of literature, in English and French.
	www.kclabor.org /canadian_labour_congress_convent.htm (4155 words)

	CLC/CTC > Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The workers met with you regarding their labour rights after the legal representative of Delphi told the General Director of the STPS that Delphi was closing its plants to move to China.
		On behalf of the 3 million Canadian men and women workers affiliated to the Canadian Labour Congress, we write to you to express our deep concern about your company’s announcement on June 10 that it will be closing factories in Cuidad Frontera and Allende in Coahuila, Mexico.
		Zimbabwe: 43 ZCTU congress delegates to be deported
	www.canadianlabour.ca /index.php/mexico (800 words)

	Catholic Insight : Political : Trade unions & "same-sex marriage" law
		The labour movement - from local activists to national leadership - stood united with the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender community and played a critical role in persuading the Canadian government to pass the same-sex marriage law.
		The Canadian Labour Congress is the head office of the trade union movement in Canada.
		The CLC is financed from affiliation fees paid from the compulsory union dues of compulsory union members.
	catholicinsight.com /online/political/article_623.shtml (2875 words)

	CLC urging Canadian labour to help U.S. victims (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ottawa - The Canadian Labour Congress is urging Canadian unions to give money to the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) for distribution to victims of last week's devastating terrorist attacks on the United States.
		"The Canadian Labour Congress is forwarding $25,000 immediately to the AFL-CIO for them to distribute where it is most needed," says CLC president Ken Georgetti.
		The CLC brings together the majority of Canada's national and international unions along with the provincial and territorial federations of labour and 132 district labour councils.
	www.nupge.ca /news_2001/news_se01/n17se01a.htm (323 words)

	Canadian Labour Congress sues National Post and CanWest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The three-million-member central labour body quickly set the record straight, and sent a letter to the National Post and CanWest-Global demanding a correction and a retraction.
		Editorials in (Oct. 14) editions of the Ottawa Citizen and the Vancouver Province said: “even the Canadian Labour Congress has admitted free trade is good for the country.” This has never happened, except in the minds of certain newspaper editors, the CLC says.
		The Canadian Labour Congress, the national voice of the labour movement, represents three million Canadian workers.
	www.nupge.ca /news_2004/n19oc04a.htm (462 words)

	What Is The Canadian Labour Congress? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Congress is the national voice of the labour movement, but we speak for all workers and their families, in Canada and beyond.
		The majority of national and international unions in Canada belong to the Congress, and the CLC includes 12 provincial and territorial federations, and 125 district labour councils.
		We have developed close ties with the women’s movement, with seniors, with anti-poverty activists, with churches, environmentalists, peace activists and groups seeking social and economic equality at the national, regional and community level.
	www.ailins.com /Agency/PR/unions/canadian_labor.html (190 words)

	Canadian Jewish News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The resolution cites the July 2, 2004, International Court of Justice decision that the barrier, which the CLC refers to as “a separation wall,” is contrary to international law.
		Paul Purrit, the CLC’s international department program director, told The CJN he did not understand the uproar the statement caused in the Jewish community, because it was “quite well-balanced” and, in terms of policy, if not language, not much different from the position of Israel’s Labor Party.
		Cohen was not aware of the CLC’s position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that it adopted in 2002, but she was taken aback when informed that it had used apartheid as a comparison.
	www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=6700 (1100 words)

	Dominion Weblog: Interview with Carol Wall, Presidential Candidate for the Canadian Labour Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Carol Wall: I was frustrated with the lack of visibility of the Canadian Labour Congress.
		CW: Under my leadership, CLC Executive Council meetings would be strategy sessions where affiliates, labour councils and federations of labour would work out a collective strategy that adheres to the policy on “no concession bargaining” that is already on the books for the CLC.
		CW: The CLC must look at its structures to see where there are barriers to the full participation of equity seeking groups at all levels of the organization and develop (and follow through on) an action plan to eliminate those barriers.
	www.dominionpaper.ca /weblog/2005/06/interview_with_carol_wall_presidential_candidate_for_the_canadian_labour_congress.html (1005 words)

	CNW Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Canadian Labour Congress quickly set the record straight, and sent a letter to the National Post and CanWest-Global demanding a correction and a retraction.
		This seems to be the editorial policy of the Post and the newspapers it controls," said Canadian Labour Congress President Ken Georgetti, reacting to yet another case of the newspaper chain's deliberate misrepresentation of the facts.
		Editorials in today's editions of the Ottawa Citizen and the Vancouver Province repeat the lie that "even the Canadian Labour Congress has admitted free trade is good for the country" - something the CLC has never done, anywhere, except in the minds of certain newspaper editors.
	www.newswire.ca /en/releases/archive/October2004/14/c0481.html (442 words)

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