What was happening during the 1960s? Here's a short list to provide some context.
A merger of the National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) and the National Union of Public Service Employees (NUPSE) forms the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).
CUPE joins Public Services International.
National Convention votes to petition the federal government to repeal laws and give Indigenous Peoples the same rights as other Canadians.
National Convention calls for a federal government department on peace, working with the Canada Peace Research Institute.
Grace Hartman, CUPE Regional Vice-President, chairs the Ontario Federation of Labour’s first Women’s Committee.
550 Saskatchewan hospital workers (mainly women) in 34 locals run a yearlong campaign for provincial bargaining, picketing government and demanding equal pay for equal work and a “living wage” for “maids,” “domestics” and other hospital workers.
Maternity leave for six months without loss of seniority negotiated at New Brunswick health centre.
Grace Hartman, CUPE 373, City of North York, elected National Secretary-Treasurer, making labour history as first woman in top national union job in Canada.
First pay equity breakthrough when CUPE 101 in London, Ontario wins end to separate collective agreements for men and women.
