Get to Know Us

• Founded in 1952
• One of the largest independent, multisector, national unions in Canada with over 60,000 members working in a wide range of sectors—construction, education, emergency services, healthcare, retail, service, transportation, manufacturing, and more
• Non-partisan. We work with governments of all stripes on behalf of our members.
• 14 member centres located in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and BC
• 22 active, independent, affiliated locals
• Over 900 current collective agreements successfully negotiated, and over 8,000 since 1952
• Over 3,000 bargaining unit certificates granted by provincial and federal labour boards
• Part of the international labour movement as an affiliated member of the World Organization of Workers