Timeline of labour in Greater Sudbury

The following is a timeline of the history of labour organizations in communities in and around Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Listings for incorporated townships which were later amalgamated with the City of Sudbury are noted separately.

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1800s

1896 - First recorded strike in Sudbury, when workers building its new waterworks system struck for higher wages.^[1]

1900s

1906 - Tailors' Union of America (Journeymen) Local No. 226 (Sudbury) founded on September 6.^[2]^:179

1910s

1911
- Sudbury (87 members reported by 4 out of 5)^[3]^:136
  - Bricklayers and Masons International Union Local No. 31 founded on Sept 16.^[4]^:63
  - Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners local founded.^[4]^:63
  - Hotel and Restaurant Employees' International Alliance and Bartenders' International League of America (AFL), Local No. 237 recorded.^[4]^:63
  - Canadian Brotherhood of Railroad Employees, Local No. 31 founded.^[4]^:63
1912 - 5 unions in total, with 2 reporting 59 members combined.^[3]^:136
1913
- Sudbury (348 members reported by 5 out of 6)^[2]^:159
  - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 374 founded on December 22.^[2]^{:107, 175}
  - Western Federation of Miners Local No. 183 founded on April 18.^[2]^{:107, 174}
  - United Association of Plumbers and Steam Fitters Local No. 620 existed.^[2]^:107
  - Canadian Brotherhood of Railroad Employees, Local No. 31 dissolved after being dormant.^[2]^:180
  - Tailors' Local No. 226 dissolved.^[2]^:179
- Western Federation of Miners Local No. 182 (Garson Mines) founded on March 3.^[2]^:174
1914
- Sudbury (306 members reported by 3 out of 5)^[5]^:214
  - Carpenters and Joiners local listed as No. 2635.^[5]^:162
1915
- Sudbury (47 members reported by 2 out of 4)^[6]^:209
  - United Association of Plumbers and Steam Fitters Local No. 620 dissolved.^[6]^:209
1916
- Sudbury
  - Bricklayers' Local 31 reports 15 members and is the only chartered local in the city that year.^[7]^:221
  - International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers (Mine-Mill) Local No. 183 dissolved after inactivity. This is the same Local 183; the Western Federation of Miners had renamed itself.^[7]^:221
  - Carpenters and Joiners Local No. 2635 dissolved.^[7]^:224
  - Restaurant and Bartenders' Local No. 237 dissolved.^[7]^:224
1919 - Sudbury Trades and Labour Council comes into existence.^[8]^:158 It represented eighteen local unions with a combined membership of 800.^[8]^:276

1920s

1920
- Capreol (531 members reported by 6 out of 8 unions)^[8]^:280
  - Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Local No. 728 is recorded.^[8]^:190
  - Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen Local No. 584 is recorded.^[8]^:190
  - International Association of Machinists Local No. 518 is recorded.^[8]^:190
  - United Brotherhood of Maintenance-of-Way Employees and Railway Shop Labourers Local No. 372 is recorded.^[8]^:190
  - Canadian Brotherhood of Railroad Employees Local No. 48 is recorded.^[8]^:190
  - Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Local No. 894 is recorded.^[8]^:190
  - Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America Local No. 422 is recorded.^[8]^:190
  - Order of Railway Conductors Local No. 645 is recorded.^[8]^:190
- Sudbury (284 members reported by 7 out of 15 unions)^[8]^:281
  - International Typographical Union Local No. 846 is chartered.^[8]^:292
  - International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators Local No. 634 is chartered.^[8]^:294
  - Canadian Association of Stationary Engineers Local No. 35 is dissolved.^[8]^:296
  - Retail Clerks' International Protective Association Local No. 505 is dissolved.^[8]^:297
- Mine-Mill Local No. 148 (Coniston) surrenders its charter.^[8]^:295
1921
- Capreol (449 members reported by 6 out of 8 unions)^[9]^:270
  - Canadian Association of Railway Enginemen Local No. 5 is chartered.^[9]^:186
- Sudbury (121 members reported by 4 out of 8 unions)^[9]^:271
  - United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners Local No. 267 surrenders its charter.^[9]^:283
  - Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America Local No. 1152 surrenders its charter.^[9]^:283
  - United Association of Journeymen Plumbers and Steam Fitters Local No. 369 surrenders its charter.^[9]^:284
  - International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers Local No. 264 surrenders its charter.^[9]^:284
  - International Typographical Union Local No. 846 surrenders its charter.^[9]^:284
  - International Union of Steam and Operating Engineers Local No. 753 surrenders its charter.^[9]^:284
  - Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees Local No. 1386 surrenders its charter.^[9]^:285
  - Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers Local No. 279 is recorded.^[9]^:208
  - International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders and Helpers Local No. 492 is recorded.^[9]^:208
  - International Brotherhood of Dominion Express Employees Local No. 19 is recorded.^[9]^:208
  - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 900 is recorded.^[9]^:208
  - International Association of Machinists Local No. 1205 is recorded.^[9]^:208
  - Canadian Brotherhood of Railroad Employees Local No. 136 is recorded.^[9]^:208
  - Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America Local No. 187 is recorded.^[9]^:208
1922
- Capreol (446 members reported by 7 out of 8 unions)^[10]^:283
- Sudbury
  - Sudbury Trades and Labour Council ceases to function.^[10]^:82
  - Boilermakers Local No. 492 surrenders its charter.^[10]^:297
1923
- Capreol (465 members reported by 6 out of 9 unions)^[11]^:258
- Sudbury (46 members reported by 3 out of 4 unions)^[11]^:258
1924
- Capreol (506 members reported by 7 out of 9 unions)^[12]^:239
- Sudbury (121 members reported by 6 out of 7 unions)^[12]^:239
  - Branch of Lumber Workers Industrial Union No. 120 (Industrial Workers of the World) is founded.^[12]^:112
  - Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees Local No. 1093 is founded.^[12]^:112
  - Tailors' Union of America (Journeymen) Local No. 69 is founded.^[12]^:112
1925
- Capreol (382 members reported by 6 out of 9 unions)^[13]^:241
- Sudbury (3,751 members reported by 6 out of 6 unions)^[13]^:241
  - Branch of Lumber Workers Industrial Union No. 120 (IWW) reports membership of 3,650, meaning that an overwhelming majority of union members in the city were IWW members.^[13]^:239
  - Journeymen Tailors Union of America Local No. 69 surrenders its charter.^[13]^:241
1926
- Capreol (367 members reported by 5 out of 9 unions)^[14]^:249
  - International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers Local No. 919 is recorded.^[14]^:113
- Sudbury (89 members reported by 5 out of 7 unions)^[14]^:250
  - Algoma Eastern System Federation, a federation of workers on the Algoma Eastern Railway, is dissolved.^[14]^:262
  - Brotherhood of Canadian Pacific Express Employees Local No. 19 is recorded.^[14]^:123
  - Pattern Makers League of North America Local No. 1205 chartered.^[14]^:260
1927
- Capreol (342 members reported by 6 out of 9 unions)^[15]^:277
- Sudbury (588 members reported by 6 out of 8 unions)^[15]^:277
  - Lumber Workers Industrial Union of Canada branch is chartered.^[15]^:286
1928
- Capreol (409 members reported by 6 out of 8 unions)^[15]^:219
  - International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers Local No. 919 surrenders its charter.^[15]^:232
- Sudbury (380 members reported by 6 out of 8 unions)^[15]^:219
  - An Employment Service of Canada office opens.^[16]
  - At its ninth Ontario district conference on October 7, the Lumber Workers' Industrial Union (IWW) decides to select French- and Ukrainian-speaking delegates to travel to lumber camps in the Sudbury area.^[16]^:170
  - Local association of the Canadian Federation of Women's Labour Leagues founded.^[15]^:247
1929
- Capreol (330 members reported by 6 out of 10 unions)^[17]^:213
- Sudbury (337 members reported by 5 out of 11 unions)^[17]^:214
  - Order of Railroad Telegraphers, Div. No. 7 (Canadian Pacific Railway) is recorded with a Sudbury chairman covering lines headed east, and a Winnipeg chairman covering lines headed west, for Northwestern Ontario.^[17]
  - Provincial Federation of Ontario Fire Fighters Local No. 38 is recorded with its office at the Central Fire Station.^[17]^:121
  - United Association of Journeymen Plumbers and Steamfitters Local No. 604 is recorded.^[17]^:121
  - Communist Party of Canada attempts to run a candidate for the 1929 Ontario provincial election for Sudbury, but is rejected due to insufficient nominations.^[17]^:172
  - International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers local chartered.^[17]^:223
  - International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers Local No. 398 chartered.^[17]^:224
  - Lumber Workers Industrial Union of Canada dissolves its local branch, as well as many other branches in Northern Ontario.^[17]^:225

1930s

1930
- Capreol (402 members reported by 8 out of 10 unions)^[18]^:219
- Sudbury (150 members reported by 5 out of 12 unions)^[18]^:219
  - Sudbury Trades and Labour Council is re-founded with dual American Federation of Labor and Canadian Trades and Labour Congress charters.^[18]^{:77, 79} It represents 8 of the 12 local unions then in existence.^[18]^:215
  - Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers' International Union Local No. 28 is chartered.^[18]^{:120, 229}
  - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 473 is chartered.^[18]^{:120, 229}
  - Federated Association of Letter Carriers Local No. 61 is chartered.^[18]^:229
  - Branch of Lumber and Agricultural Workers' Industrial Union of Canada is recorded.^[18]^:120
  - Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees Local No. 248 is recorded alongside Local 136.^[18]^:120
  - Branch of Mine Workers' Industrial Union (Workers' Unity League) is recorded.^[18]^:163
  - Communist Party of Canada sponsors mayor and alderman candidates for Sudbury municipal elections, receiving 69 and 56 votes respectively.^[18]^:180
  - May Day parade is broken up by police, who arrest eighteen participants, including Amos Hill. A demonstration is made outside the police station, with the fire hose used on the protestors and more arrests made. After being convicted in local courts, the convictions are overruled on appeal, with fines of $25 plus costs being upheld.^[18]^{:182, 183}
  - Lumber Workers' Industrial Union No. 120 (IWW) branch is dissolved.^[18]^:231
  - Amos T. Hill runs under Communist Party of Canada endorsement for Nipissing (which at the time included Sudbury) in the 1930 federal election, receiving 584 votes and coming in third and last place.^[19]^:168
- Lumber and Agricultural Workers' Industrial Union branches founded in Sudbury, Turbine and Worthington, the latter with 41 members.^[18]^{:207, 219, 229}
1931
- Capreol (410 members reported by 8 out of 9 unions)^[19]^:240
- Sudbury (164 members reported by 9 out of 10 unions)^[19]^:241
  - National headquarters of the Lumber and Agricultural Workers' Industrial Union located at 35 Lorne Street.^[19]^:42
  - May Day meeting at Bell Park occurs, with no arrests or disruption.^[19]^:198
1935 - Joseph Levert and Amos T. Hill run as Co-operative Commonwealth and Communist Party of Canada candidates for Nipissing in the 1935 federal election, receiving 2,236 and 931 votes respectively and coming in third and fifth place.

1940s

1943 - Robert Carlin (Co-operative Commonwealth) is elected for the Sudbury riding to the Ontario Legislative Assembly after running in the 1943 provincial election.
1944 - On April 21, Mine-Mill Local 598 is certified as representative of Sudbury's mine workers.^[1]
1945
- J. Benonie Levert (Co-operative Commonwealth) receives 11,349 votes running for the Nipissing riding in the 1945 federal election, coming in second place.
- Robert Carlin (Co-operative Commonwealth) is re-elected to the Ontario Legislative Assembly in the 1945 provincial election.
1948 - Robert Carlin finishes in second place for the Sudbury riding in the 1948 provincial election, running as an independent after being expelled from the Ontario CCF as a result of its anti-communist purges.
1949 - In the 1949 federal election, Robert Carlin runs under a Farmer-Labour ticket against Co-operative Commonwealth candidate Willard H. Evoy in the newly-created Sudbury riding, with the two coming in third and fourth place respectively, with 6,161 and 5,717 votes.

1950s

1953 - Willard H. Evoy (Co-operative Commonwealth) receives 3,514 votes running for the Sudbury riding in the 1953 federal election, coming in third place with 16.49% of the vote.
1956 - Mine-Mill holds its Canadian convention in Sudbury, which hosted the first concert performed by Paul Robeson outside of the United States after his travel ban.
1958 - First major mine workers' strike in Sudbury.

1960s

1961 - Riot occurs at a Mine-Mill meeting at the Sudbury Arena on September 21 over a discussion of whether or not the local should affiliate with the United Steelworkers.
1965 - Sudbury Steelworkers Hall is opened on November 25.
1966 - Mine workers' strike which was smaller than the one in 1958.
1967 - National Mine-Mill organization merges with the United Steelworkers, but Local 598 stays independent as a rump local.^[1]
1969 - Mine workers' strike which was smaller than the one in 1958.

1970s

1978 - INCO Strike of 1978-79 begins on September 15. 11,700 workers participated in the strike, which was organized by USW Local 6500 and which became known as one of the most significant labour disputes in Canadian history.^[20]
1979 - INCO strike of 1978-79 ends on June 7.

1990s

1993 - Mine-Mill Local 598 affiliates with the Canadian Auto Workers, having been the last surviving Mine-Mill local for almost 30 years.

2000s

2008 - Historic Sudbury Steelworkers Hall is destroyed by arson on September 19.^[21]
2009 - Strike at Vale by members of USW Local 6500 begins on July 13.

2010s

2010
- Graduate teaching assistants at Laurentian University vote to join the Canadian Union of Public Employees.^[22]
- Vale strike ends on July 5, having lasted longer than the 1978 strike.
- Unit 2 of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 677, representing office, technical, and administrative workers at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, goes on strike on August 16.^[23] A tentative agreement is reached by November 2.^[24]

References

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↑ Bradley, Lara (19 September 2008). "Chronology of the fire". Sudbury Star. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
↑ "Laurentian University graduate teaching assistants join CUPE" (Press release). Canadian Union of Public Employees. 2 March 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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