Proceedings of a special convention of the International Union of Mine-Mill and Smelter Workers in Commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Western Federation of Miners (forerunner of Mine-Mill). The convention was held in Sudbury, Ontario and was hosted by Local 598 of the International Union of Mine-Mill Smelter Workers. The chairman was Jim Tester, President of Local 598, Sudbury. The convention speeches were recorded by Nancy Stunden of the Public Archives of Canada.~Letter by Mrs. Cormetta King, President of the Martin Luther King Center of Social Change, about: justice; social change; labour, and trade unions. The letter was read to the convention by the chairman, Mr. Jim Tester.~Letter by Cesar Chavez President of the United Farm Workers of America, about: labour, trade unions, and justice. The letter was read to the convention by the chairman, Mr. Jim Tester.~Letter by the Honourable John Munro, Minister of Labour, about: labour and trade unions. The letter was read to the convention by the chairman, Mr. Jim Tester.~Speech by Tom McGuire, former union organizer for the Quebec-Ontario region of the International Union of Mine-Mill and Smelter Workers, about: labour, trade unions, the Western Federation of Miners, the International Union of Mine-Mill and Smelters Workers, union organizing at Kirkland Lake, strike at Kirkland Lake, 1941-1942, union organizing at Sudbury 1943; and Canada, Mr. McGuire was introduced by the chairman of the convention, Mr. Jim Tester.~Speech by Homer Stevens, President of United Fishermen and Allied Workers, about: Sudbury; environment; labour, fishermen's strike at Cape Breton Island 1970, union solidarity, and the Canadian Labour Congress. Mr. Stevens was introduced by the chairman of the convention, Jim Tester.~Speech by Art Lafferty, about: labour, trade unions, International Union of Mine-Mill and Smelter Workers, United Steel Workers of America, Mr. Laventy was introduced by chairman of the convention, Jim Tester.~Speech by George Harris, National Secretary-Treasurer of the United Electrical Workers Union, about: Tom McGuire; labour, strike at Kirkland Lake 1941-1942; labour, trade unions, the Western Federation of Miners, the International Union of Mine-Mill and Smelters Workers, the United Electrical Workers, the Canadian Labour Congress; labour management relations, and union solidarity. Mr. Harris was introduced by the chairman of the convention, Mr. Jim Tester.~Speech by Gordon Lampton, union official for Local 199 of United Automobile Workers in St. Catherines, about: labour, trade unions, the United Auto Workers, union solidarity; Sudbury miners strike of 1958; John Diefenbaker; and labour-management relations. Mr. Lampton was introduced by the chairman of the convention, Mr. Jim Tester.~Speech by Boris Mather, President of the Communications Workers of Canada, about: labour, unions, Communications Workers of Canada; trade unions and their history. Mr. Mather was introduced by the chairman of the convention, Mr. Jim Tester.~Speech by Nelson Lamontagne, President of Local 523 of the United Electrical Workers in Welland, about: labour, trade unions, United Electrical Workers, and International Union of the Mine-Mill and Smelter Workers. Mr. Lamontagne was introduced by the chairman of the convention, Mr. Jim Tester.~Speech by Mr. Buddy DeVito, former mayor of Trail, British Columbia, about: labour, trade unions, Western Federation of Miners, International Union of Mine-Mill and Smelter Workers, history; and Natural Resources. Mr. DeVito was introduced by the chairman of the convention, Mr. Jim Tester.~Speech by Emel Bjarnason, independent labour consultant and adviser to the International Union of Mine-Mill and Smelter Workers, about: Les Walker; Ted Ward; labour, trade unions, Western Federation of Miners, Mine-Mill and Smelter Workers, Local 598; the economy, inflation, unemployment, wage freezes; bargaining units; finance, the dollar, International Monetary Fund; union solidarity, political activity. Mr. Anderson was introduced by the chairman of the convention, Mr. Jim Tester.~Speech by Bill Walsh, independent labour consultant and former union negotiator for local 598 of Mine-Mill Smelter Workers Union, Sudbury, about: labour, trade union, Mine-Mill Smelter Workers Union, Local 598, Sudbury strike of 1969, union solidarity, labour history, settlement of 1972, union recognition, labour-management relations, political activity. Mr. Walsh was introduced by the chairman of the convention, Mr. Jim Tester. <2h>
