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Ernest F. Arnold fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1949-1953.

Reference:

R4972-0-4-E, MG30-B125

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102521

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Ernest F. Arnold fonds
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Date(s):

1949-1953.

Place of creation:

Québec (Province)

Extent:

4 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of radio scripts of programmes sponsored by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union as part of the drive to organize Eaton's workers in Toronto, n.d., 1950-1951; three reports on the campaign, 1950, 1953, company leaflets distributed by Eaton's to its employees during the organizing campaign; n.d., 1950-1951; and miscellaneous including Union Manual For Department Store Organizing Committees, RWDSU Local 1000 Bylaws, Steward's book, leaflets clippings, and other items, 1949-1953.

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Arnold, Ernest F., 1910-

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Arnold, Ernest F., 1910- : Ernest Arnold, labour leader, was a full-time organizer in the drive to unionize workers at the T. Eaton Co. Ltd. in Toronto, one of the most intensive and sustained organizing campaigns in Canadian labour history. He joined the organizing staff in April 1949, working initially in the Mail Order Department. The Eatons campaign was remarkable in many ways including the number and type of employees involved, the support received from affiliates of the Canadian Congress of Labour, the obstacles encountered in the certification process, and the role of the employer and the press.

The vote for the union was lost by a small margin in 1951 and the concerted campaign to organize the retail industry dwindled thereafter.

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General note:

Received in 1979 from Mr. E.T. Arnold through Mr. Larry Wagg.
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Trade-unions - Canada, 1949-1953 Union Manual for Department Store Organizing Committee, [1949-1953]

Labour leaders - Canada, 1949-1953 RWDSU Local 1000 Bylaws, [1949-1953]

Toronto (Ont.) - Labour leaders, 1949-1953 Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, 1949-1953

Toronto (Ont.) - Trade-unions, 1949-1953

Trade-unions - Clerks (Retail trade) - Organizing, 1949-1953

Trade-unions - Organizing, 1949-1953

Department stores - Canada, 1949-1953

Toronto (Ont.) - Department stores, 1949-1953

Department stores - Employees - Canada, 1949-1953

Toronto (Ont.) - Department stores - Employees, 1949-1953

Radio scripts, [1950-1951]

Radio programs - Canada, [1950-1951]

Toronto (Ont.) - Radio programs, [1950-1951]

Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. Local 1000 - By-laws, [1949-1953]

T. Eaton Co. - History, 1949-1953

T. Eaton Co. - Employees, 1949-1953

Pamphlets

Labour - archival fonds
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Private

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MG30-B125
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