Shirley Carr fonds, 1969-2000
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Cameron, Chantal
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The fonds consists of material related to Shirley Carr’s work as President of the Canadian Labour Congress from 1986 to 1992. Materials include minutes, correspondence, presentations, notes, addresses, and reports. Much of the material concerns the Canadian Constitution.
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Shirley Carr was a union activist and officer from Niagara Falls, Ontario. She was instrumental in the formation of a local branch of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) that represented employees of the Regional Municipality of Niagara. She served as their president until 1974, when she became an executive vice-president of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC). In 1986 she became president of the CLC. She was the first female president, as well as the first candidate with a public service background to hold that position.
Under Carr’s leadership, the CLC formed relationships with coalition groups and strengthened ties with the New Democrat Party. She was also a member of the governing body of the International Labour Organization. In this capacity, she defended human rights in repressive regimes around the world and opposed apartheid. She stepped down as president of the CLC in 1992. She died in 2010 in Niagara Falls.
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