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CANADIAN SHOPCRAFT UNION RESEARCH COLLECTIO N
An Iry , r yIn the Library of the University of British Columbia
Special Collections Division
Prepared by :Joan Lighthal lAugust 1989
INTRODUCTION
Jerry Houle, a former member of t`e
i herhood RailwayCarmen of the United States and Canada, attempted to establish astrong Cana :l
nion in his profession in the 1980's . Active i nthe Vancouver section of the Shoperaft Organizing Committee, h ebecame the
_ al President of the Canadian Shoperaft Unionich was conricted to the Confederation of the Canadian Union
(CCU) . After an unsuccessful attempt to obtain a strongmemberhip, the union disbanded .
Records relating to the railroad transportation industry an dthe role of the Canadian Shoperaft Union and railway workers i nit have been collected and created by Jerry Houle. Thecorrespondence, legal records, union data, reports, newsletters ,and other collected printed m' fi eses upon the labourmovement and the divergent pethe !ietweee Canadian and America nlabour in the 1980 7 s . The collection is an excellent eeaepl e4e
nedianization movement which has tended to reject business -in favour of
i_nism tailored
to the CanadianAlthough the data, reports, newsletters, articles ,
ted material has not been listed in detail, all theseries focus on the labour force and its milieu . This inventor yis just a guide to the collection, it will be helpful for th eresearcher to scan the entire collection .
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Canadian Shoperaft Union
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Introduction
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LETTERS:
INCOMING
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LETTERS :
OUTGOING ~ ~ . .~~ . . .~ . . .~ . .~ . . . . ~
Legal records
Constitutions
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Financial records
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Union Circulars
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Newsletters
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Clippings
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Photos
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Di ary
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LETTERS :
INCOMING
Box, folder No .
Series
Date Items
1-2
1-3
Ages, Bob (Robert)
1982-85Asher
1982Avant-Garde
1982
Berar, Ab
1978Boily, Johanne
1982Boydell, Dr .
A .M .
1987Brotherhood Railway Carmen of the
1974-87United States and Canad a
(assorted locals)
Cameron, David L .
1982-83Cameron, Peter
1983Canada Labour Relations Board
1983Canadian Assn .
of Communication &
1983Allied Worker s
Canadian Ass .
of Industrial ,Mechanic:A, a Allied Workers
1980-Canadian Assn .
of Rlrd .
1983Pipefitter s
Canadian Assn .
of Smelters & Allied
1983
1
11132
10
54
Worker sCanadian Brotherhood of Rlwy .
Carmen 1987Canadian Brotherhood of Plwy .
1983Transport & Genera'.
_r sCanadian Council of Rlwy Shope-raft
1982-E , I_yees & Allied Worker s
C .M .
Rail
1983-88 7Canadian Overseas Telecommunications
1983Union
C.P.
Rail
1983 2
1-4
Canadian Railway Employees ? Pension
1985Association
Carbonneau, Raymond
1981-82 4Carter, Joe
1988 1Carlin, James
1985 1Caroline, Gary
1979-86 44Chalain, Bruno
1981 2
1-5 City of Vancouver Archives
1975 1Committee on Canadian Labour History
1981 1Confederation of Canadian Unions
1974-85 26
2
1-6 Dawson, Ross 1981 1Elliott,
C .E. 1983 1Faulks,
A, J . 1973 1Fleming, DaveFoga,
1973n .d .
1
Forget, Pierre A . 1975 1Francoeur, Andre 1981-83 4Friesen, Benno 1975 1Gelfand, Barry A . 1984 1Gersavitz, David n .d . 1Gribbons, Collin 1982 1Halikowski, Dave 1984 1Harcourt, Mike 1988 1Independent Canadian Transit Union 19E3 1Independent Union of ileavy Equipmen t
Trades1O3 1
International Assn .
of Machinists °&-Aerospace Workers
198 1
International Brotherhood o fBoilermakers Iron Ship Builders
198 1
International Brotherhood o fElectrical Workers
1983
Jones, G .P . 198 1Veal y, Greg 1981 1Kolar, Marty 1983Koshurba, John 1985 4Lang, John B . 1981 1Lysiak, Bert 1983
1-7 McBride, Bob 1982-83 9McCann, Margo 1983 1McCay, Duff & Co . 1987 1McClelland, Ken n .d . 1McMurray Ind .
Oil Workers Union 1983 1Mazankowski, Don 1984 1Mieland, Michael 1982 1Miller, Roy 1983 4Mitchell, Margaret 1984 1Nagel, Ed 1982 3Nolt, Lorne 1983 1Ouellet, Andre 1983 1Peclet
Pierre 1982 1Pellizzaro, Guido 1983 5Perry, Ken 1983 1Phillips,
Paul n .d . 1Potter, Mr . n .d . 1Pulp, Paper & Woodworkers of Canada 1983 4
1-8 Rail Canada Traffic Controllers 1981-85 26Railway Carmen's Journal 1982 1Richards, Peter 1982 1Roberge, Denis 1982 1Robertson, D . 1984 1
1-9 Sawchuk, J . n .d . 1Schuster, Michael J . 1983 2Shoperaft Organizing
ittee 1982 1Sidof,
Albert A . 1982 1Sihota, Moe 1988 1Sinclair, Don 1988 1Syria, R .T . 1981-83 3Timperley, Ben 1981 2Towarnicki, W . 1981 1Travis,
K . 1983 1United Assn .
of Journeymen & 1983 1Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pip eFitting Industry of the U.S.
&Canada
Viscount Sort Motel 1982 3Waite,
T .N . 1983 1Watkins, Mel 1983 1Watson, Stephen 1985 1Wilk, Wayne 1982 1Wilkins,
B . 1988 1Winpisinger, 1983 1Wood, Bundy n .d . 1York University Staff Assn . 1983 1Zuar,
F.W . 1981 1Unidentified 1981 1Unidentified 1983 5Unidentified 1984 1Unidentified 1987 1Uree
ified n .d . 3
LETTERS:
OUTGOING
1981 11-10 Raymon dWebb, W . 1981 1Towarnicki, W . 1981 1Cecka, Gordon 1981 1Horseman, Neil 1981 1Webber, R . 1981 1Timperley, Ben 1981 1McEvoy, Pat & Leona 1981 1Syria, R .T . 1981 1Zuar,
F .W . 1981 1Webb, W. 1981 1
4
10 Lang, John
1981
2Carbonneau, Raymond
1981
1Francoeur, Andre
1981
1Nay, John
1981
1Timperley, Ben
1981
1Marasse, A .L .
1981
1Burke, Ervine
1981
1Margaret
1981
1Schaffer, J .M .
1981
1Jones, G . P .
1981
1Soc . Toronto & Montreal
1981
1Lundrigan, B .J .
1981
1Rosner, Abe
1981
1Maclean, S .
1981
1
Yerex, Ed
1981
1Caroline, Gary
1981
1Chalvin, Bruno
1981
1Montreal & Toronto Soc's
1982
1LeBlanc, Ulysses
1982
1Gandhi, Shrikant
1982
1Sargent, Garry
1982
1Dort, David
1982
2McClelland, Ken
1982
1Toronto Soc .
1982
1Sidof, Albert
1982
2McBride, Robert
1982
2SOC's
1982
1Caroline, Gary
1982
1Neudorfer, Asher
1982
3Shrikant, Dave
1982
1Jones, G .P .
1982
1Ages, Bob
1982
1Chalvin, Bruno
1982
1
1°12 Rogic, John
1982
1McBride, Bob
1982
5Cecka, Gordon
1982
3Caroline, Gary
1982
8Wilk, Wayne
1982
1Syria, Ray
1982
11 , Ed
1982
1Mil~ard, Mike
1982
1McConnell, Dave
1982
1Herbert Translations
1982
1Elliott, Clarence
1982
1Lang, John
1982
3Gelfand, Barry
1982
1Thompson, John A .
1982
1
5
1-12 "Brothers" 1982 1Yerex, Ed 1982 3Telford,
A. 1982 1Age, Bob 1982 1Nev . . .,
Asher 1982 1Wilk, Wayne 1983 2CAIMAW 1983 1Cecka, Gordon 1983 1Cameron, Dave 1983 1McBride, Bob 1983 1Warren, John 1983 1Francoeur, Andre 1983 1Sidof, Albert 1983 2Syria, Ray 1983 1McClellan, Ken 1983 1Caroline, Gary 1983 1Ages, Bob 1983 1Executive Board 1983 1"Brother" 1983 1
McLaren, Ron 1983 1Caroline, Gary 1983 5L'Esperance, Jim 1983 1Waite,
T .N . 1983 1Cameron, Dave 1983 6McBride, Bob 1983 4Ages, Bob 1983 7Hauff, Chris 1983 1Syria, Ray 1983 3Nelson, Jim & John 1983 1McConnell, Dave 1983 1Cecka, Gordon 1983 2Gouveia, J . 1983 1Wilk, Wayne 1983 1McClelland, Ken 1983 2Francou-, Andre 1983 2Shaffer, Jerry 1983 2Lang, John 2Bruno & Andre 1983 1Ulysses 1983 1Lamot-2,
Richard 1983 1Yerex, Ed 1983 1McEvoy, Pat 1983 1Mike Millard 1983 1White, Earl 1983 1
1-14 Cameron, DaveWatson, RobShaffer, Jerr yCaroline, Gar yCaydzien, G .B .Lamothe, Richar dHjorth, PaulPitt, AlBrothers & Sister sWilk, W .Ages, BobMcBride, BobSidof, Alber tCecka, GordonMcClelland, KenGelfand, Barr ySculer, Dic kFoga, JohnYerex, EdMacKeigan, Bruce
1983
4116
1983
11983
11983
11983
11983
119831983
41983
21983
11983
11983
11983
11983
11983
21983
11983
1
Caroline, Gary
1983
7Rogic, John
1983
1Loveless, Andy
1983
1Mackeigan, Bruce
1983
1Lau, George
1983
2Foga, John
1983
1Steinle, Peter
1983
1Enokson, Calvin
1983
1rElfand, Barry
1983
1Hart, Danny
1983
1Dhensaw, Robert
1983
1Hellman, Jim
1983
1Yerex, Ed
1983
1Jerry, Rod & Steve
1983
1Doug, Joe & Wayne
1983
2Hardy, Ron
1983
2Lysiak, Bert
1983
2Schuster, Michael
1983
1L!anson, Bruce
1983
1Haiven, L .
1983
1Cameron, Dave
1983
1Kolar M.
1983
1Larry
198 3
1Langstaff, K.J.
1983
1Willsher, Bill
1983
1Read, S.H .
1983
1Canada Labour Relations Board
1983
1Gielens, D .M. etc .
1983
1Potter, Albert
1983
1Salessky, Peter
1983
1
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1983198319831983198319831983198319831983198319831983198319831983198319831983198319831983198319831983
1983
1984
71984
11984
21984
11984
11984
11984
11984
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11984
11984
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1-16 Nyland, J .Mushens, C .L.Beauchemin, Miche lPapenbrock, Wih oHalliday, Ji mSaIdanha, Carlo sBoerefyn, JohnBeauchemin, .Crane, A .Williams, RoyFinnigan, J .R .Verex, EdCaroline, Gar yRoy, LeoTravis, K.Ouellet, Andr eSpratt, SusanTelford, A.Lysiak, Ber tSedore, Rand ySalessky, P .Herrell, KarenJohnson, DougLau, GeorgePotter, Alber tFix, J.E .MacPhee, Richar dMcBride, BobSchetakis . Ji m
1-17 Caroline, Gar yLang, JohnYerex, EdSuccamore, JessVancouver SunCanada Mineworkers Unio nBailey, Wayn eBrother sFoga, JohnHorodyski, S .A .Guido
1-18 Caroline, Gary 1984
4Fix,
J . 1984
1Fog,,,,
John 1984
1-2nu;ian Railwayman 1Robinson, Doug 1984
1Susan, Bob & Jim 1984
1Lang, John 1984
2Richard & Bruno 1984
1Potter, Albert 1985
1Brothers 1985
1Caroline, Gary 1985
1Lang, John 1985
2Sue 1985
1Jess 1985
2Koshurba, J . 1985
2Burgess, Anne 1985
1Harodyski, S. 1985
1Hut a, John 1985
1Shand, Ron 1985
1McMillan,
M .W. 1966
1McDonagh, B . 1986
1Horodyski, S . 1987
1John 1987
1Stan 1987
1Heys, R . 1988
1John 1988
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2-(1-13) LEGAL RECORDS
- Assorted contracts, arbitrations and agreements ranging indate from 1974 to 1988. Prrangod chronologically .
3-(1-2) CONSTITUTIONS
- Draft constitutions of the C.S .U . as well as one of th eBrotherhood of Railway carmen .
3-(3-5) FINANCIAL RECORD S
- Auditor's statements of union records ;
band books an dreceipts, 1974-88 .
3-6 - 5-7 UNION DATA
Consists primarily of seniority and membership lists, aswell as date pertaining to either the C .S .U. or associatedunions, ranging in date from 1959-88, arranged chronologically .
5-8 - 7-12 REPORTS
- Corsis of convention reports, reports presented to unio nmembership =i-iii other similar documents, 1970's-1988, arrange dchronologically .Many of the reports of companies and unions relating to th etransportation industry were collected by J . Houle on behalf o fthe Shoperaft Organizing Committee .
8-1 - 9-8 UNION CIRCULAR S
- Consists of circulars distributed by union executives t orank-and file membership . Boyh CSU circulars and those of otherunions are included . Arranged chronologically .
9-(9-12) NEWSLETTERSShoperaft Organizing Committee/Canadian Sh nporaft Union
- Arranged chronologically ; of newslettersdistributed by S .O .C . which evolved into the C .S.U., 1981-88.
9-13 - 11-6 U' .!ION NEWSLETTERS
- Newslot' . s of unions associated with tht ment o fthe C .S .U ., 1970-1988 .
11-(7-26) CLIPPINGS
- Clippings from assorted newspapers, including articlesrelating to both the labour movement and the railway industry .Arranges chronologically .
11-(27-38) ARTICLES
- Photocopied essays, the majority of which
n to th elabour movement, mainly undated .
11-39 12-24 PRINTED MATERIAL
booklets are information about unions, some undated .
12-25 PHOTOGRAPHS
- Prints and negatives taken from founding convention of theC .S .U ., January 1983 . Most are group photos with no i .d . o fpersons included .
12-26 DIARY
- Journal kept by J. Houle, 1983-84, documenting inceptio nof the C .S .U . .
12-27 CHARTE R
- Charter of the C .S .U. as granted by the E .C .U . in 19G3.