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NORTH-SOUTH INSTITUTE / INSTITUT NORD-SUD, L'

1989-0126

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1988-02-05

Bernard Wood (Interviewer)

Labour organizer Joe Morris was interviewed on 5 February 1988 at his home in Victoria, B.C., by Bernard Wood of the North-South Institute. Among the topics discussed were: family and social influences on Morris; his early involvement in the labour movement; his political beliefs; Communist attempts to influence the labour movement; his involvement with the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and their international activities; ICFTU participation in starting unions in Third World countries; his reasons for joining the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC); his tenure as President of the CLC (1974-1978); his role in international affairs as workers' representative on the governing body of the International Labour Organization (ILO); his role on the Brandt Commission; the ILO's anti-Apartheid program; and the Canadian labour movement's position on international matters such as free trade and the United Nations. <100mn>

CANADA~LABOUR & LABOURING CLASSES~LABOUR POLICY~POLITICAL PARTICIPATION~TRADE UNIONS~TRADE UNIONS & COMMUNISM~CANADIAN LABOUR CONGRESS~INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF FREE TRADE UNIONS~INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION~NORTH-SOUTH INSTITUTE ~UNITED NATIONS~MORRIS, JOE~WOOD, BERNARD

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