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William Dodge (Executive Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer) files [textual record (some microform)]

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Series

Date:

1954-1974.

Reference:

R5699-51-X-E, MG28-I103

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

107931

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Canadian Labour Congress fonds

William Dodge (Executive Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer) files
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Series includes:

1625 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1954-1974.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

7.75 m of textual records.
31 microfilm reels of textual records positive 16 mm.

Language of material:

English

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Series consists of William Dodge's files created in his capacity as the CLC's executive vice president (1958-1968) and secretary-treasurer (1968-1974), pertaining to such areas as affiliated unions and organizational issues, such as organizing, jurisdictional questions, strikes, complaints, raiding, and policy on international unions; relations with other labour federations, including foreign and international bodies, and merger discussions with the Confederation of National Trade Unions / Confédération des syndicats nationaux; legislative and public policy matters, including CLC representation on public bodies; international affairs; human rights; government employees; political education and action, including the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, the National Committee for the New Party, and the New Democratic Party; the Seafarers International Union of Canada, the Canadian Maritime Union, other maritime transportation unions, and the Board of Trustees of the Maritime Transportation Unions; CLC Executive Council and Executive Committee meetings, conventions, departments, and standing committees; CLC relations with and participation in non-labour organizations; conferences; Dodge's speeches and personal correspondence; and general administrative matters. Included are copies of CLC Executive Council and Executive Committee minutes with Dodge's annotations, and the occasional document which does not appear in the official minutes. The files contain correspondence, minutes, reports, proceedings, addresses, speeches, resolutions, notes, print matter, publicity material, constitutions, legal papers, submissions, and other documents.

Microfilm reels H-84 to H-85, H-102 to H-104, H-243 to H-257, H-312 to H-321, H-642.

See also the Donald MacDonald / William Dodge Joint Files series for files jointly created and used by MacDonald and Dodge in their respective capacities as president and secretary-treasurer of the CLC.

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Dodge, William, 1911-1986

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Dodge, William, 1911-1986 : William Dodge (1911-1986) was born and raised in Verdun, Quebec. In 1927, he became an employee of Canadian National Railways, and in 1930 joined the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees (CBRE). After serving with the Royal Canadian Artillery in the Second World War, he studied economics at Sir George Williams University (B.A., 1949). He worked for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation's (CCF) Quebec Labour Committee in 1948 and became a full-time representative for the CBRE in 1949.

Dodge served several terms as vice-president of the Montreal Labour Council and also sat on the executive council of the Quebec Federation of Labour (1957-1958). An active CCFer, he contested ridings for the party and served on its national executive. In 1958, he was elected executive vice-president of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC); he continued in that post until he was elected secretary-treasurer in 1968.

As a senior officer of the CLC, Dodge was involved in several national labour issues, including the Norris Inquiry (Industrial Inquiry Commission on Shipping on the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River System) and the trusteeship over maritime transportation unions. He established the CLC's White Collar Organizing Committee and supervised its activities for about five years. He sought the CLC presidency in 1974, but did not stand for office at the 1974 convention after the CLC executive council narrowly endorsed Joe Morris for president.

After his retirement from the CLC executive, Dodge served as the CLC Ombudsman (1975-1983) and also as a union appointee on arbitration boards. He was active in various consultative and policy research organizations, notably the C.D. Howe Research Institute and the Conference Board of Canada, and he continued to work with these organizations after leaving the CLC executive.

Dodge was a member of the Ontario Government's Committee on University Affairs (1967-1974), and in retirement served on the boards of directors of Ontario Hydro (1974-1981) and of the Bank of Canada (1975-1981). He also served on the Board of Trustees of National Museums Canada (NMC) and on the executive of Canada World Youth (CWY). He was made an officer of the Order of Canada in 1974. He died in Ottawa In 1986.

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(Electronic) The file classification system for Dodge's Secretary-Treasurer files is included as "Appendix A" in the introduction of part 1 of the finding aid Note that Dodge used a different file classification system for his files as Executive Vice President, although both systems were alpha-numeric and similar in format. MSS0492 (Restrictions not set)

(Electronic) All or some of the documents described have been digitized and are available at the following address: (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_107931

(Electronic) Les documents décrits ont été complètement ou en partie numérisés et sont disponibles à l'adresse suivante : (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_107931?usrlang=fr

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Related material:

Researchers may also wish to consult the William Dodge fonds (MG 31, B 56; finding aid MSS2069), which include files on Dodge's role as the CLC's ombudsman (1975-1983), as well as materials on his activities outside the CLC.

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Private

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MG28-I103
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG28 I 103]

[Consultation 90 Open]

364--401;

[Consultation 90 Open]

619--620;

[Consultation 90 Open]

622;

[Consultation 90 Open]

624--625;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 492] 49--50

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Textual records: microform

[Consultation90 Open]

Microfilm reel

[Consultation 90 Open]

H-102--H-104;

[Consultation 90 Open]

H-243--H-257;

[Consultation 90 Open]

H-312--H-321;

[Consultation 90 Open]

H-642;

[Consultation 90 Open]

H-84--H-85;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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