Identifier: reportoflabour192022cana (find matches)
Title: ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LABOUR ORGANIZATIONS IN CANADA for the years 1920-1922
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Canada. Dept. of Labour. Economics and Research Branch Canada. Bureau of Labour Information Canada. Workplace Information Directorate
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Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Guelph, University of Windsor and University of Toronto Libraries

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6, the loss in branches being 115. The internationalorganizations show, it is true, the greatest loss in members, but the combinedmembership in Canada of the 92 international bodies operating in the Dominionrepresented at the close of 1922 approximately 74 per cent of the total of allclasses of workers organized under trade union auspices. The non-internationalorganizations, though showing a gain of eight branches, sustained a decrease inmembers of 1,507. The reported membership of 19 of the 25 independent unitswas 9,063, a decrease in members of 6,581 and a loss in units of 2. The mem-bership of the national and Catholic unions, as reported by the Federation ofCatholic Workers and local Catholic unions not connected with the Federation, a DEPARTMENT OF LABolR shows a decrease in members of 6,665 and in unions of 14. The One Big Union,which was established in 1919, does not appear to be now a factor in the labourmovement of the Dominion. The general officers of the organization having
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refused to supply any information, and only one of the 34 units recorded in1921 having reported, the names of the remaining 33 have been deleted from thereport, and the membership of 5,300 as given in the previous year is now placed LABOUR ORGANIZATION IN CANADA 9 at 100. The figures for 1922 with the number of branches and the reportedmembership of each group of labour organizations operating in Canada are asfollows: Branches. Membership. International 2,108 206,150 Non-international 272 22,973 Independent units 25 9,063 National and Catholic 106 38,335 One Big Union 1 100 Totals 2,512 276,621 The chart presented herewith indicates clearly the standing of organizedlabour in Canada for the past twelve years, the period covered by these annualreports. Another chart shows the division by trade groups of the 276,621organized workers in the Dominion. The group comprising railroad employeescontains the largest number of members, having 78,929, representing 28-53 percent of the total; the b

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