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CARLETON UNIVERSITY: INSTITUTE FOR CANADIAN STUDIES

1984-0138

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1983-12-14

Carleton University Institute For Canadian Studies

interviewer, John Doherty

John Doherty interviews Nick Treanor, former union secretary of IATSE. Treanor discusses: his background; his joining the CBC as a film assistant in 1954; working conditions at the time; the state of unionization at the CBC at the time; the Radio and Television Department of IATSE; Hugh Sedgwick; the 1955 management rights clause; his dismissal and rehiring in 1955; his becoming union secretary of IATSE; the arbitration case concerning the firing of Stone and McLaughlin; the founding of the Canadian Broadcasting Union in 1956; his work as business manager of the CBU; union structure; the unsuccessful attempt to decertify IATSE; dissension in the Toronto and Montreal locals; grassroots union activities; the improvement of working conditions; nationalism and unionism; the CLC's position; the nature of staff in the 1950s; Catholic Action and the CBC; attitudes towards IATSE; idealism and pragmatism; relations among CBC unions; wages; and contract negotiations. <1h 13mn>

English

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~Originally closed for 5 years from date of interview.

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