See also specific names; e.g., ALBERTA FEDERATION OF LABOUR; CANADIAN LABOUR CONGRESS; CANADIAN UNION OF POSTAL WORKERS; CANADIAN UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES; LESBIAN AND GAY PROVINCIAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (British Columbia); PUBLIC SERVICE ALLIANCE OF CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN FEDERATION OF LABOUR; SASKATCHEWAN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES' UNION

Also see geographic subdivisions of LABOR UNIONS, below.

Amsterdam 1998 [a report by the author on attendance at an "international conference on Trade Unions, Homosexuality and Work"; "all of the Canadian delegates were struck by how much progress has been made in our country"]. By Donna Smith.
P124 (v16n7)[misnumbered v16n6 on contents page)(Oct. 28, 1998): 8 (39cm.)

Hey! Saskatchewan -- match this! [issues at Alberta Federation of Labour annual convention: publishing articles about gay/lesbian concerns in union publications; attitudes towards anti-discrimination clauses for sexual orientation; author's discussion with Bernie Marcoux, Edmonton postal workers' representative]. By Don McNamee.
P33 (June 10, 1987): 7-8 (61cm.)

Feds unfair, unions charge [three unions say that no distinction should be made between heterosexual and homosexual couples; claim reference to "same-sex couples" in union contracts is discriminatory; details].
P109 (v14n8)(Dec. 4, 1996): 21 (27cm.)

Trade union conference [news report of an Ottawa conference of labor unions on the subject of gays and the workplace].
P118 (v16n1)(Jan. 21, 1998): 25 (33cm.)

Pride and solidarity conference ["one year after the landmark first national conference for gay, lesbian and bisexual trade unionists...sponsored by the Canadian Labour Congress, a second [regional] conference...is set for October 15-18 in Edmonton"; some details and contact information].
P121 (v16n4)(June 10, 1998): 13 (17cm.)

Working out! 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].
P126 (v17n1)(Jan. 27, 1999): 13 (40cm.)

A Winnipeg incident [personal account of continuation of "mockery and harassment of lesbians and gay men" (at labor union event)]. Signed: A.E.
P15 [1985]: 23 (26cm.)