CLC Microfilm Records, ca. 1960-1980, including series relating to: Donald MacDonald, CLC President, ca. 1970-1973; Donald MacDonald, CLC Secretary-Treasurer, 1960-1962; the Research Department; CLC Conventions; the Organization Department, including Internal Disputes files concerning jurisdictional questions, reports from regional organization staff, and correspondence files with national and international unions affiliated with the CLC; files of executive vice-president Jean Beaudry, 1960s-1970s; and minutes of CLC Executive Committee and Executive Council meetings, 1976-1980. International Affairs Department, 1978-1993, including files on such topics as: apartheid, South Africa, and the 1992 CLC visit to that country; relations with the labour movement in various countries, the CLC's participation in international labour federations and international tripartite bodies, such as the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the International Labour Organization; and the Gulf War. Organization Department, 1983-1990, consisting of correspondence with or about provincial and territorial federations of labour affiliated with the CLC. Social and Economic Policy Department, 1965-1990, consisting of master files of briefs, policy papers, speeches, reports, and other studies, 1980-1990, prepared by members of this department, relating to all areas of CLC activity and often for delivery or presentation by CLC officers (the files include item-level lists of file contents); and files pertaining to CLC committees on the public sector, crown corporations, and pensions, 1965-1989. Special Projects (Art Kube), 1986-1989, consisting of files on CLC participation in various campaigns, such as the opposition to free trade and NAFTA, and the Pro-Canada Network. Research Department, ca. 1945-1979, including files on such subjects as automation and technological change, trade foreign control of Canadian industry, and labour costs, as well as speeches of Shirley Carr, 1975-1978. Field Services Department, ca. 1960-1989, consisting of: health and safety files, ca. 1960-1989, documenting such subjects as AIDS in the workplace, asbestos, chemical hazards, the CLC National Health and Safety Committee, radiation, workers' compensation, the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, and the campaign to save this Centre; and files on the environment (created by the former Social and Community Affairs Department), 1978-1985, documenting the CLC's positions and activities on environmental issues (including the CLC's 1978 Jobs and the Environment Conference). CLC Conventions, 1956-1990, consisting of proceedings, reports, and addresses on the CLC's biennial national conventions. Research and Legislation, 1969-1989, consisting of files of director Ron Lang, 1982-1988, relating to such topics as a CLC meeting with Prime Minister Mulroney, legislative issues such as drug patents and the Charter of Rights, and postal unions, and general files, 1969-1989, relating to such topics as pensions, the MacDonald Royal Commission, and shorter work time. CLC Commission on Constitution and Structure, 1968-1988, including submissions, records of meetings, and other documents. Political Education/Political Action, ca. 1948-1988, including files on the National Political Education Committee, on CLC relations with and participation in the New Democratic Party of Canada, political education/action correspondence of CLC officers, booklets on the CLC's annual Citizenship Month, 1959-1975, and miscellaneous print items such as a United Rubberworkers of America publicity manual, ca. 1948, and a Canadian Congress of Labour workbook for a labour education course, ca. 1954-1956. Technical Services, 1972-1990, consisting of files on research and legislative issues handled by Technical Services, for example: CLC participation in government bodies such as the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission; labour legislation; pensions and the CLC Pension Committee; immigration; federal budgets; and meetings and conferences on these issues.
Eight reels of the Beaudry series [NA reels H-2903 to H-2910] and three reels of the Organization Department (National and International Unions) series [NA H-2917 to H-2919] are likely copies of originals that the CLC subsequently transferred to the PAC.
